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A bus stop?

It was not my intention to be curt. I should have reworded the response clouded senses slotting. My apologies.

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Here are a few minor tweaks you might consider:

1) The 5th bonus out of reactive armor isn't so great. You could choose to add a titanium res/end to be a little more endurance efficient. We're talking fractions of a percent here.
2) I bet you'd like to get a 5th slot in dark obliteration somehow for that recharge bonus. You might be able to take out some slots in powersink and lose the 5% bonus and gain a 6.25% bonus, and a slight boost by adding the energy proc there.
3) You can get a slight bit more efficiency out of gloom switching a few set IOs around. Try this:
--Devastation: Acc/Dam/Rech/End, Acc/Dam/Rech
--Thunderstrike: Acc/Dam/End, Acc/Dam/Rech, Dam/End/Rech
4) I'm curious as to how well the procs will work out in Tremor. I'm not sure you actually will gain anything from this or not.
5) Gaussian's has one expensive piece (rech/end). It has great bonuses. If you find yourself in need of more slots, you can 3 slot it with one recharge and adjusted targeting's rech and to-hit/rech. Those defense bonuses are tasty, though.

IOs are an art. Some things are given, such as the traditional 4 slotting of stamina with performance shifter or picking doctored wounds for high-recharge heals. Other things have more finesse - do you choose to go melee defense or smashing/lethal, or hp/regen? Overall, as you keep working on your build (mine can take months of planning), you'll tweak some here and there until you're happy with it.

I guess what I'm saying is, take my word for a grain of salt. It's how I like things done. Here's my line of thinking:

1) Brutes' primary source of incoming fire is usually melee. Therefore, I tend to concentrate on melee defense. The other valid option is to concentrate on smashing/lethal as many attacks have this component. Range,AoE, Energy/Neg/Fire/Cold defense can suffer a bit if the primary source of damage is mitigated better.
2) Tanks would be pretty useless in war without their guns. Sure, survival is important, but a good offense is a step toward survival. Build your brute to be strong, but don't forget that you want things dead.

Here's some minor tweaks to your build. I'm not happy with it myself, but maybe you can tinker with it some more. Here's some of the things I did:

Kismet 6% to hit (it says accuracy, but it's really to-hit)
3rd Numina in Health for some more regen
4th Reactive in Tough for some more bonuses
5th slot for Dark Oblit for the proc and the recharge bonus
6th slot in Tremor for better damage/rech/end efficiency.
7th...hey, no 7th slot.

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Grounded Wire: Level 50 Mutation Brute
Primary Power Set: Stone Melee
Secondary Power Set: Electric Armor
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Stone Mallet

• (A) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
• (3) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (3) Crushing Impact - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (5) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (5) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50

Level 1: Charged Armor

• (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance: Level 40
• (37) Reactive Armor - Resistance: Level 40
• (40) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge: Level 40
• (40) Reactive Armor - Endurance/Recharge: Level 40
• (45) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance: Level 50

Level 2: Heavy Mallet

• (A) Crushing Impact - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (7) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (7) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (9) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
• (9) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50

Level 4: Conductive Shield

• (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance: Level 40
• (13) Reactive Armor - Endurance: Level 40
• (15) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge: Level 40
• (15) Reactive Armor - Resistance: Level 40

Level 6: Kick

• (A) Accuracy IO: Level 50

Level 8: Fault

• (A) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge: Level 50
• (11) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage: Level 50
• (11) Explosive Strike - Chance for Smashing Damage: Level 20

Level 10: Static Shield

• (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance: Level 40
• (13) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge: Level 40
• (39) Reactive Armor - Resistance: Level 40
• (42) Reactive Armor - Endurance/Recharge: Level 40

Level 12: Build Up

• (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff: Level 50
• (17) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge: Level 50
• (19) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance: Level 50
• (19) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance: Level 50
• (21) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance: Level 50
• (21) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up: Level 50

Level 14: Swift

• (A) Run Speed IO: Level 50

Level 16: Tough

• (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance: Level 40
• (17) Reactive Armor - Resistance: Level 40
• (37) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge: Level 40
• (37) Reactive Armor - Endurance: Level 40

Level 18: Combat Jumping

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 50
• (23) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 50
• (36) Kismet - Accuracy +6%: Level 30

Level 20: Health

• (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal: Level 50
• (34) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance: Level 50
• (34) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge: Level 50

Level 22: Weave

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 50
• (23) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 50
• (45) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance: Level 50

Level 24: Seismic Smash

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
• (25) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge: Level 30
• (25) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage: Level 30
• (27) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance: Level 30
• (27) Pounding Slugfest - Accuracy/Damage: Level 30
• (40) Pounding Slugfest - Damage/Recharge: Level 30

Level 26: Grounded

• (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%: Level 30

Level 28: Energize

• (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance: Level 50
• (29) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
• (29) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge: Level 50
• (39) Doctored Wounds - Heal: Level 50
• (39) Doctored Wounds - Recharge: Level 50

Level 30: Lightning Field

• (A) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (31) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (31) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (31) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance: Level 50

Level 32: Tremor

• (A) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge: Level 50
• (33) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (33) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (33) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
• (34) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
• (50) Scirocco's Dervish - Chance of Damage(Lethal): Level 50

Level 35: Power Sink

• (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge: Level 50
• (36) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Endurance: Level 50
• (36) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50

Level 38: Hasten

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
• (43) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
• (43) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 41: Gloom

• (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (42) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (42) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
• (43) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
• (45) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50

Level 44: Dark Obliteration

• (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
• (46) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (46) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (46) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (50) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy): Level 50

Level 47: Darkest Night

• (A) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff: Level 50
• (48) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Endurance: Level 50
• (48) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance: Level 50
• (48) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge: Level 50

Level 49: Super Jump

• (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points): Level 50
• (50) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance: Level 50

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Level 1: Brawl

• (A) Empty

Level 1: Sprint

• (A) Empty

Level 2: Rest

• (A) Empty

Level 1: Fury
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Set Bonus Totals:

• 2.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 13% Defense(Smashing)
• 13% Defense(Lethal)
• 4.25% Defense(Fire)
• 4.25% Defense(Cold)
• 13.3% Defense(Energy)
• 13.3% Defense(Negative)
• 3% Defense(Psionic)
• 9.88% Defense(Melee)
• 12.4% Defense(Ranged)
• 5.5% Defense(AoE)
• 23% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 4% Enhancement(Heal)
• 41.3% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 5% FlySpeed
• 168.7 HP (11.3%) HitPoints
• 5% JumpHeight
• 5% JumpSpeed
• Knockback (Mag -4)
• Knockup (Mag -4)
• MezResist(Immobilize) 11.6%
• MezResist(Sleep) 1.65%
• MezResist(Stun) 2.2%
• MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%
• 11% (0.18 End/sec) Recovery
• 72% (4.51 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 2.84% Resistance(Fire)
• 2.84% Resistance(Cold)
• 5% RunSpeed

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Set Bonuses:
Crushing Impact
(Stone Mallet)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.2%
• 16.9 HP (1.13%) HitPoints
• 7% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Reactive Armor
(Charged Armor)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 1.1%
• 1.25% Defense(Energy,Negative), 0.63% Defense(Ranged)
• 1.25% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 0.63% Defense(Melee)

Crushing Impact
(Heavy Mallet)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.2%
• 16.9 HP (1.13%) HitPoints
• 7% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Reactive Armor
(Conductive Shield)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 1.1%
• 1.25% Defense(Energy,Negative), 0.63% Defense(Ranged)
• 1.25% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 0.63% Defense(Melee)

Reactive Armor
(Static Shield)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 1.1%
• 1.25% Defense(Energy,Negative), 0.63% Defense(Ranged)
• 1.25% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 0.63% Defense(Melee)

Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control
(Build Up)

• 5% JumpSpeed, 5% JumpHeight, 5% FlySpeed, 5% RunSpeed
• 28.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints
• 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
• 2.5% DamageBuff(All)
• 2.5% Defense(Melee), 1.25% Defense(Lethal), 1.25% Defense(Smashing), 2.5% Defense(Ranged), 1.25% Defense(Energy), 1.25% Defense(Negative), 2.5% Defense(AoE), 1.25% Defense(Fire), 1.25% Defense(Cold)

Reactive Armor
(Tough)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 1.1%
• 1.25% Defense(Energy,Negative), 0.63% Defense(Ranged)
• 1.25% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 0.63% Defense(Melee)

Luck of the Gambler
(Combat Jumping)

• 10% (0.63 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Numina's Convalescence
(Health)

• 12% (0.75 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 28.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints

Luck of the Gambler
(Weave)

• 10% (0.63 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 16.9 HP (1.13%) HitPoints
• 7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Kinetic Combat
(Seismic Smash)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.75%
• 22.5 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
• 3.75% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 1.88% Defense(Melee)

Pounding Slugfest
(Seismic Smash)

• 8% (0.5 HP/sec) Regeneration

Steadfast Protection
(Grounded)

• 3% Defense(All)

Doctored Wounds
(Energize)

• MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%
• 1.26% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
• 4% Enhancement(Heal)
• 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Multi Strike
(Lightning Field)

• MezResist(Sleep) 1.65%

Scirocco's Dervish
(Lightning Field)

• 10% (0.63 HP/sec) Regeneration

Scirocco's Dervish
(Tremor)

• 10% (0.63 HP/sec) Regeneration

Obliteration
(Tremor)

• MezResist(Stun) 2.2%

Efficacy Adaptor
(Power Sink)

• 16.9 HP (1.13%) HitPoints
• 1.5% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery

Thunderstrike
(Gloom)

• 2% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery
• 2.5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.25% Defense(Ranged)

Devastation
(Gloom)

• 12% (0.75 HP/sec) Regeneration

Positron's Blast
(Dark Obliteration)

• 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
• 1.58% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
• 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 6.25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Dark Watcher's Despair
(Darkest Night)

• 22.5 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
• 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
• 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Blessing of the Zephyr
(Super Jump)

• 3.13% Defense(Ranged), 1.56% Defense(Energy), 1.56% Defense(Negative)
• Knockback Protection (Mag -4)

I'm currently unemployed. As an artist as well, I tend to look at any failure to land a job as meaning I'm not talented enough, when there might be other factors. It's the artist, constantly in doubt about the creation.

All artists doubt themselves, yet every once in a while, you get a Sistene chapel or Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra. Bartok was dying, and wondering what his legacy would be. A good friend of his, a conductor (who I cannot recall right now), requested that he write a piece for the orchestra. The final result was a masterwork that theorists and orchestrators still study today. I could pick many other people in my field that struggled and triumphed. Brahms burned a decade of his music searching for his voice because he felt inadequate to come after a Beethoven. Mahler was ignored during his life, yet today he is one of the most popular symphonists. Every one of them had doubts at one point.

I'm not one for adulation, so consider this a high compliment: I am impressed. To begin with, not many videos do as good of a job at linking the sound and music to the video. This was done very well. As a musician, that is the first thing I notice.

You also chose to offer a tremendous amount of detail over the content of the update - which is great for a newcomer to the game. This is a big reason why I prefer this over the official video.

Seriously?

How many force-fielders do you you have PK?

Does this happen that much solo?

The squishy support class because they stand back and lob in attacks while buffing/debuffing while the tank holds the aggro. If you get mezzed, your tanker isn't holding aggro or grabbed too much.

When a melee AT gets stunned they die VERY quickly because of the amount of aggro they generate. Unlike the random lieutenant that the squishy attracts, a tank usually has 8-17 enemies on them at one time, which means that if their defenses drop, they are dead.

I've heard the same thing about this, but with my force feedback in footstomp, it fires nearly every time footstomp is up. I opened an herostats recording of an ideal run on my SS/elec brute to see just how often it fired. These results are in an ideal situation where every time you hit footstomp, you hit ten enemies. Typical gameplay does not allow for this.

What it shows me is that I still need to place Armageddon in Footstomp. It also shows me that since my recharge of footstomp isn't under 10 seconds, I'm not able to say whether FF is working or not.
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Record Session Duration: 14:36
Footstomp Fired: 58 Times (3.97 per minute)
Force Feedback Fired 34 Times (2.33 per minute)

Footstomp hit 540 times, implying that almost every application was at saturation.

Total Recharge bonus per second is:
[(2.33 * 5 * 100 ) / 60]= 19.474

So about a 20% bonus to recharge.


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Oh and the rest of the fun data:
Total recorded DPS (including AoE): 431.97
Lightning Field accounted for 120.67 of that
Don't let anybody tell you Lightning field isn't for damage.

Wut?

You're playing a squishy. You get a lot of perks that melee AT's don't get. For example, buffs, debuffs, an arsenal of either ranged control or ranged attacks. I tell you what. Give my brutes fulcrum shift and we'll talk balance.

Name one circumstance solo where you are facing a magnitude 13 mez. (besides Ghost Widow).

You are seriously suggesting that there be parity between a Stone Tanker and a Blaster?

My brutes would like to have a word with you. Outside in the alley.

So a powerset that provides incredible endurance management tools needs a set used to improve recovery? If you're going S/L defense, switch this to reactive armor.

Again, why not reactive? I'd focus on improving S/L/E/neg over fire/cold. There isn't that much of this in the game.

Why not a steadfast KB protection or the 3%? The resistance bonus to negative you get from this is barely 2%.

Try Scirocco's Acc/Dam/End, Dam/End and Multistrikes Acc/Dam/End and Dam/End. Save a slot.

I like hasten with 3 recharge IOs.

Absolutely NO. Scrappers would kill for access to Gloom. It's that good.

Stop it. You're killing me...slowly.
But the set bonuses!
No.

Take a look at the bonus if you 4-slotted this with Dark Watcher's.

I just noticed you didn't take the fitness pool. Health is still very handy to have on a brute. At the very least, you want health.

Nope, you have something in common with me, having been a professional musician for classical, rock, and jazz.

I don't hate you at all, City. I just find that you sometimes go a little over the top, like you did with the rest of your post. What happened to the friendlier attitude you used to have? What's the phrase? C'est la vie?

In most circumstances, you will only be faced with a low magnitude of mez. Thus, you are practically removing mez from the game. When solo, you often will only encounter one mob capable of mez. The suggested level of mez removes this possibility.

On a team, if you are attracting that much aggro, you deserve the mez. This is where the learning to play argument comes in. If you are getting mezzed on a team as a squishy, somebody isn't doing their job.

You obviously have never played a VEAT.

1)Crab Spiders armor is a magnitude 4 protection. Add to that fortification, and you have better mez protection than a brute (8.3 for a total of 12.3)
2)Bane Spiders only have the magnitude 4 armor, but this also is plenty against most things in the game.
3) Widows and Fortunatas have a mag 10 protection

I'm glad you're amused.

I never saw Superman not try to fight back just because someone had kryptonite. He dealt with his weakness. So should you.

Neither electric or shield are a good choice for PvP. Electric Melee is very poor for taking out single targets, which will be the majority of your encounters in PvP while shield is a defensive set without the ability to generate the defensive numbers necessary for PvP. While energy aura and super reflexes both have tier nines that allow them to be difficult to hit in PvP, shield does not.

Also, elec/shield brutes tend to be more expensive options for farming, while cheaper sets have similar performance. Unless you are willing to invest about 800 million inf, there are better options. I would call elec/shield a farmer's toy.

A mouse is a mammal.
Therefore, Mickey Mouse is human.

I think you meant to say:

It's challenging. If you don't like playing the AT, then don't. I play corrs regularly, and rarely have to deal with mezzes. When I do, I have break frees, or I can make one from sets of 3. I rarely need them.

I took my rad/kin corr on a backroom freak map once with a tray of breakfrees. On that particular map, I was at the aggro cap for myself and had to stay alive, in spite of the fact that freakshow attacks often stun. If I can manage to do that, I think the AT works fine.

As your argument is subjective, I cannot argue with you other than to tell you I disagree. You will also find the majority of people here disagree with you.