Silas

People being incapable of something doesn't mean its difficult or requires talent to do, people fail to manage basic tasks all the time :3

Veeeeeeeeeeery interesting. I like it. I wonder if they're also increasing recharge though, since no mention of that in the post. If it buffs everyone in a 30ft radius you don't really need the powers to recharge in a second or two, but it'd be nice if they kept the old recharges.

That's a really nice slotting numbers wise, I like it. For me, the downside would be not being able to use the Hecatombs elsewhere and thus not get the set bonuses and enh values.

I used 5/6 Hecatombs (all but the Dam) in MG because its my best attack and needs the high recharge more than SL does. I've got something stupid like 110% global recharge plus Spiritual so SL is up plenty.

Agree with this except for TopDocs guide. It was good at the time, but its very outdated now. Last build was with Legacy Fitness and left a bit to be desired. Haven't checked out the more recent builds by others in the thread though, those might be a better bet.

For real. Brother straight up used nyan as an adjective.

Well, the last line was perhaps uncalled for. My apologies.

My personal stance on this is that if I was putting together a dream team, in all likelihood a Tanker wouldn't be on it. But that would be purely theoretical. In reality, when I form a team, speed or otherwise, I tell people to bring whatever they want.

I've been on a lot of speed runs. My experience is that it matters less what people bring and more that people know what they're doing and are good at moving fast. Pretty much any high level team is going to have some buffing and debuffing on it, with enough brute force to destroy spawns. The difference between bringing a Scrapper and a Tanker just isn't that large.

I'm no great fan of Tankers myself. Hell, I still get regular hatemail from Tankers about the jokes I crack in my guides. I just think its silly to exclude a given AT because with skill and good builds, it doesn't matter what people bring because you'll still destroy TFs.

No, it doesn't. Vet time arguments I really object to. One of the best players I know has like a year and a bit of vet time. How long someone has played for has very little relation to how well they play. Hell, lots of vets play like complete crap and are convinced they know what they're doing precisely because they've been playing so long.

The game and its mechanics have changed dramatically since launch. The result of this is that playing since way back then doesn't really mean you know more about the game. It means you know more fun anecdotes about how things used to be.

The only thing that makes a real difference to how much someone knows about the game is how willing they are to learn.

In addition to that, someones forum reg date only shows when they registered on the forums. Mine is about 6 months after I started playing. It means nothing. If you want to make a point, attack the arguments, not the man.

You like thinking and strategy eh? Don't you have a bunch of Scrappers? :3

Few corrections here:

The thing about base damage and caps are two different issues. In regards to the base damage thing, that's about AAO buffing base damage, which is much higher for Scrappers than it is for Brutes. This means Scrappers gain more of a benefit from it, whereas for Brutes the effect is largely diluted by Fury and is working off a lower base damage.

The caps issue is that Lightning Rod and Shield Charge are pseudopets, so they use the pet damage cap, 400%. With about 100% from enhancements, 100-140% from Fury and Build Up you're already close to hitting that cap on a Brute. This means Scrappers get more benefit from damage buffs for these powers too.

Brutes do have more hitpoints, but they're not any easier to softcap than Scrappers. Brutes and Scrappers use the same defense modifiers. Deflection and Battle Agility are 11.3% def base for Brutes, exact same values for Scrappers. When softcapped, a Brute will be tougher due to their higher hitpoint pool. That said, being softcapped is huge mitigation by itself so I'd go with the Scrapper since the offensive advantages far outweight the defensive advantages of a Brute.

Another thing in the Brutes favour is that they have punchvoke on their primary attacks, but AAO is such a strong taunt aura it doesn't really matter.

Doesn't work anymore. Used to, got fixed. As for the BotZ or Steadfast IOs in SB/ID, they won't buff your target, they act as universal enhancements. Like putting a LotG 7.5 in one of the FF shields, the caster will have that recharge all the time, the person they buff won't get it.