Vitality

Originally Posted by Tonality

Vitality, I'm not sure 4 purple sets and several LOTGs is within the OP's budget. I'm also not big on heavily slotting rage, even for a gaussians, due to frequent rage crashes actually slowing you down significantly if you don't have vet attacks.

OP,

In a lot of cases, 6 slotting sets isn't always a good option, as the 6th set bonus isn't always great (it sometimes is). In this case, positron's tox resists isn't really that big of a deal, and you'll benefit more from a generic recharge IO over the posi dmg/range IO.

Once you get your powers well-slotted, slotting for regen really isn't important. What is important is layering on additional mitigation to avoid getting hit. Whether that's more recharge so you can fire footstomp more often or adding some defense is up to you.

Also, vitality's 4-slotting of Quick Recovery and Endurance with performance shifted is almost considered a standard now for brutes.

Now, a few sets out there that are options for you to round out your S/L/E def (focus on those over the fire/cold)
-Thunderstrike (ranged) 3 slotted gives 2.5% nrg/neg def
-Kinetic Combat (single target) 4 slotted gives 3.75 S/L def
-Mocking Beratement (taunt) has 2.5% S/L in 4 slots, 3.13 F/C in 5, and 7.5% rech in 6
-Or, Perfect Zinger (taunt) has 3.13 S/L in 6 slots
-Rectified Reticule (to-hit) has 1.88% S/L def in 2 slots, add in a rech IO and you should have perma rage.
-Reactive Armor (resist) has 1.88 Nrg/Neg in 3 and 1.88 S/L in 4
-Steadfast Res/Def 3% Unique IO has 3% defense to all in 1 slot. (there's a PvP one but you probably aren't looking to spend upwards of 3 billion on it on a real black market)
-Aegis has 3.13% F/C def in 3 slots
-Gaussians has 2.5% positional and 1.25 typed to all in 6.
-Obliteration has 1.88% S/L in 6

Originally Posted by _Krom_

Obviously, however what I've discovered (for my playstyle), the speed at which I run through missions at my current level (47) is much faster w/o rage always on. I think it's a playstyle thing though....I'm comfortable doing a little less damage if I can plow through 8 man missions without any sort of interruption and worrying about the rage crash.

Originally Posted by _Krom_

So this is going to sound like blasphemy, but I've been farming with my SS/ELA brute lately and I've come to the conclusion that I don't NEED to run RAGE all the time. I've actually started not running rage at all to see how well things move and with lightning field, foot stomp, and dark obliteration, I'm killing fast...very fast without any sort of down time due to rage crashes. I'm not saying it's not needed...but I've discovered (for me) that it's not required to be on ALL the time.

It's actually now got me considering SR for my next SS toon to see how well it can go with only using RAGE for certain fights (bosses and large fights, etc...).

Originally Posted by MondoCool

I'm still wondering why people haven't mentioned COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT yet.

Originally Posted by Ad Astra

Perhaps the OP hasn't played a Blaster so doesn't know how that particular AT works with the Fighting pool? To me this sounds the most likely - someone who felt he had enough defense in a Primary or Secondary on a melee character (without the Fighting pool, perhaps) often looks for more defense for a squishier character to try to get closer to that meleer's defenses.

Or perhaps he took an extended break (many do and come back) and now needs to have his memory refreshed about how it works?

Or maybe he never had enough extra power pool picks to take that pool?

Or maybe....

The reg date just means that's when he signed up for a forum account and should not be regarded as an indication he has played continuously since that date - just like a more recent date does not mean that the poster has only been playing only since that recent date and is a newb.

BTW - since I do not min/max, and generally build to concept, I have never taken the Fighting pool, and have no idea of the numbers in it, so I refrained from offering any opinion on the OP itself.

Originally Posted by Radubadu

Thanks for the input! I may try Hand Clap just because while situational it seems like it could come in handy (and I have to imagine it's fun to use). I'll def see about a recharge reduction in taunt too.

Originally Posted by Star_Seer

I played it to the low 30s and found it okay - In the end I deleted the toon because I could not stand the looping sound effects anymore.

Originally Posted by Postagulous

If you follow the Market forum you know that several people are turning off XP to gain midlevel recipes, etc.

I'm not finding any toons which are powerful enough in the teens, where the real money is for rare IOs, but by 22 many have blossomed somewhat.

Bear in mind I'll spend around 100m IOing them, and I wonder if I need Stamina.

What do you think is the most powerful team player, configured correctly, at 22?

Edited to add: WP on a Tank has QR which looks good...too late on Scraps. Hmm.

Originally Posted by Cien_Fuegos

how does inv/wp do vs psi? as in ghost widow or malaise

Originally Posted by Cien_Fuegos

Trying to talk a friend into making a brute for pve ( strikeforces and such) ..she tells me well do you want me to make a brute that will tank ( take agroo) or damage

Then ask me whats best build for each

I have no idea

i imagine tanking brute is granite or wp or EA with em,superstenght, or dark as a attack

A damage brute i imagine is a wp/inv/da brute with em/ss/dark or electricity as aatack
in your multiple brute you have made which is best tanking which is the best damage
Questions
1- can there be a hybird
2 which is more useful in pve
3 fighting pool i imagine is a must but what about leadership

Originally Posted by Psylenz

Your brute got a radio? Phooey all my villains have to pick up a newspaper. =p

Originally Posted by NightErrant

CoV is extremely linear in comparison to CoH.

So every villain always goes Mercy-> Oakes -> Cap -> Sharkhead -> Nerva -> Martial -> Grandville.

However, at level 35 you can deviate and focus on RWZ or Cimerora, but other than that there's not much deviation.