Vitality

Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba

About 1 DPS tweaked to the walls if comparing scrapper MA to what would be scrapper SS.

About 40 DPS in SS favor if using SOs.

Give or take.

Doublestacking rage hurts in the long run from what I saw while MA at massive levels of recharge does very well.

Originally Posted by Werner

You lose some DPS, but even more importantly, you lose your burst damage capability. That's pretty significant in normal play. You CAN make do without a build up power, but you'd better be getting a LOT in return for giving it up. Really really tight build?

Originally Posted by DarkInvado

Well that last post was heavy on criticism and short on constructive. Well thanks for tearing it apart Umbral. Maybe you could work on being constructive/positive. If I were to guess I would think I had offended you.

Originally Posted by Fire_Minded

Hitting the nail on the head there Clouded, the character sets the pace for soloing.Not to mention the player does as well.

Id have to say that +0 would be fine for your Tanker.Although im surprised thats the level you have to use to be speedy while soloing.Foot Stomp will help im sure, but im still surprised because I hear everyone rave about a WP/SS Tanker.Never made one personally, but have watched them before, and wasnt impressed.

Iv never solo'd missions any lower then +1/8 w/bosses on any of my Tankers, and they rip through like a flame through tissue paper.The highest I can solo at is +3/8 w/bosses on my Fire/Fire/Pyre Tanker.Im a bit reluctant to push it to +4 with my Fire Tanker, and tend to go at a +2/8 w/bosses pace on my Elec/Elec Tanker.

After Foot Stomp for your tanker is grabbed up, id up the difficulty to +0/8 w/bosses.You should have no issues ripping through that rather fast.

Right now, my level 27 Traps/Rad Defender can solo rather quickly at a +0/8 w/bosses, so I have no douts you should be able to as well.

Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim

You could probably go +2 before Footstomp. Sure, you have no AOE, but that setting doesn't add much. Generally you'd be fighting more bosses and lieutenants with that, and SS has good ST damage that can beat those up fast.

After that, you could easily up it a notch or two more. Sure, you could probably handle +5 to +8 mobs alone, but it would take awhile to clear them all with just your STs and Footstomp. Longer than I like to take on missions, anyway (I like working on story arcs for the merits, so I balance out between that and the xp gain of adding to how many players I equal).

Originally Posted by Rylas

Just out of curiosity, what's the build of the tank? An Inv/SS may be able to move at a different pace than a Fire/Fire. Is this with IOs? Or without? These things may change what settings you can quickly solo at.

Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn

Many Tanks got to level 50 on +0, I'm sure that many soloed it. Especially those Tanks that were created before you could change the difficulty of your missions.

Is it particularly fast? Not really. Is it slow? Again, not really. I'd probably guess in the 2-300 hour range for getting to 50 doing it nowadays.

Still, I would probably try to set yourself to at least more teammates while solo, and try to leverage your AoEs to take down more enemies faster.

Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn

The Devs will get to it once they can get to it. Pool, and Patron/Ancillary Pool powers, are on the list to be customized, but they are a little bit more tricky to allow, since they aren't chosen at character creation.

Originally Posted by Riverdancer

What exactly are you looking for in your Supergroup? A place to put your stuff, a gang of people to team with, somewhere to just hang out and look cool?

There are SGs that are mainly active during the night, ones active during the day, ones that run TFs all the time, etc. What are you looking for.

If you let people know what you're looking for out of a SG, it may help someone find a perfect fit for you.

Originally Posted by ArchLight

Thought you should read this again.

Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master

on a defense based toon i could see it as a possible issue, but on resist based sets its moot. and its not like its a long effect either, its only like 5 sec or so, easiest thing is to try to time the crash between mobs

Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master

in all honesty, the defense debuff from the rage crash is minimal enough you shouldnt have to worry about it a whole lot, the thing you need to worry about is the -dmg component of rage. in game the power info says it does -9999% dmg, but of course there is a dmg bonus minimum and it just puts it there for a whole 10 sec or so.

Originally Posted by FitzSimmons

What is DDR? Defense debuff resistence? Just monitor the number(s) and see.