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Not what I did. Perhaps you should go back and reread. Better yet, perhaps you should read it, because you can't reread unless you have actually read in the first place. You start off explaining the word "enabled" as if the word has some meaning other than its actual meaning. So its clear you're the one here with comprehension issues. Edit: And adding that you did not fully read the post does not make me look bad in the least.

I remember being invited on one of my Kinetics defender to a team and then the subsequent joy when an Empathy defender joined the group later to get, "...a real healer." When there are enough people treating them as preferred Empathy types enjoyed an advantage in terms of getting groups because those groups wanted Empathy and almost nobody was going to demand to have any other type of Defender. Not really the end of the world for me because a certain amount of my time was spent solo and not everyone felt that not having a healbot shoved up their butt was the only way to get by. But my second character in Live and my first to max level was a Radiation defender, and those enjoyed grief for their radial healing. Never could figure out why so many blasters and controllers could not understand that allowed them to be on one side of me with me between them and the melee, and the melee on the far side.

Yes, I know what the word "enabled" means. There is a reason I chose it. Its almost like I did not include in my post:

The game enabled Trinity style play from the get go, and people coming from elsewhere certainly were willing to lean into it. Tankers, other than Fire, were not known for their damage, a large enough group would want healing, and the way you end fights is damage. And in recollection, there was plenty of love for Empathy Defenders (along with people declaring themselves loudly to be such) and not so much love for Force Field Defenders. Heck, if Kinetics didn't have Fulcrum Shift and Speed Boost I suspect they would also have been a lot less popular with their healing emanating from foes and requiring them to hit for the heal to be triggered. But people have also been finding ways to get by outside of the Trinity since the start too.

I'd rather have Energy Aura tankers. 😛

Would love to have the option on Chest Detail for Ascension without the grillwork. As example with original left, suggestion* right: * To the limit of my artistic abilities

Storm and Dark suggested the costume colors to me, including hair: WeatherWitch.costume

Not sure how Stealth is measured, but yes it stacks with Celerity (which I have slotted in Sprint). With Sprint and Shinobi-Iri activated very little sees me (though some few things do). Edit: Should have checked Combat Attributes.... So things with a perception radius of 65 ft. or less will not notice my character unless they they ignore stealth radius like some things do according to Stealth and Perception - Unofficial Homecoming Wiki (cityofheroes.dev)

Unconquerable - SS/Bio Brute Here Comes The Boom - Nelly - YouTube

Not necessarily what I would do given my druthers but trying to follow your lead on S/L Defense. As such its lower in S/L Resistance than what I've done with Bio before but tradeoffs...you can't have everything. But that does make me wonder if your choice comes down to which two of S/L Defense, S/L Resistance, or +Recharge you sacrifice. | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1381;670;1340;HEX;| |78DA6593D94E53511486F7690F201D1804649E5A192C5029EA9D89010113A552E10| |14853B7F524A525A735814BDF4051E3AD13B7DE2083E353A8F1C207905113AF3431| |C775CEFF079AD0A4F9F6597BAFE95F7B27972743AFAFDDBFA28CE0D55CBA585C98B| |0EF9574D57CC6D2F98C56EEAF4AFE2D9E7921A9735AC7A7F2DACEAEE0A31B1B93FA| |8ECE17757CC22A2CCCDAD974DECA2C8CDB8B055B855385422E3E6D65EF96AC7C36E| |07DCD2F697DBBD15B4E2D2F69DB5AD4F952BA6415F2419CCEB9C71BA696AC4C7CDC| |CE942458325D2C697BA5456A89BA35198A3FC7AF528288A97CB7C839D09C07D75D0| |7EFBC63AA515924642F01565E202F82A72E816FC4C7808F327A9467DB109B1FB60A| |FFA1DFB3057E927FC4DC69AAD05FF21F58D3C4B8820AD65BF1023E032FC95760ECB| |26C9B7E556D40733777D510726F4AEE6AE47602C220F67DC11D1FF2EC82757BA021| |01C2CC17A63E31EA13A33EC3D4E79DC4AE655FB53F504BDD0E787A97DC031BF7C90| |330247EF5F4AD7F607AB6330FC955B0E511F9186C7B02BE97BC0D46C0F5351A9A0D| |AFEEB631C4F54BFD4D9C591367D6C199758C815D9C5D1767678A4F337CFCCD3710A| |78B73EAF94D721E61412B356CA5863DD4B0971A7E90FADAD95BFB33F8F73E27D7C0| |287DA3F48DEE83956E3BD4BF93FA0F53FF61EA3F42FD6BE46C377BED0E419BB361B| |286AC05FBEBC18F525B043EBE0873F7B3EE01D6F049CEF47917DF31FB66D0777F12| |1CB949CE8289149892B60659F7E067C439F785FC4A7E03BF87941AE23D1D6AC33D9| |D13FF387B89AFC3767E83DC24B7C0C4361891B98D228E31CAFB9E203BCCA377EE5E| |7DC751D3E6D16B76664EECA64C6EBAEFD6B31C04CA5EB267F9596EB92E8B01531D9| |E38F5EBD86218AB3EBCE2A7E0B6FB1A91C5D92A5BBF2D5BAFC58EEBFC0F5007D91A| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

If you're not facing Defense Debuff then between capped S/L resistance, absorption, and regen...is S/L defense really adding much? And if you're facing Defense Debuff...well, you're back to leaning on resistance, absorption, and regen. Just wondering if more effort should be bent towards improving Recharge by which to better make Ablative, Siphon, and Parasitic.

Have to admit I am impressed at forcing S/L Defense to such values without crazy sacrifice.

Electric Armor is perfectly good on a Brute. But Electric Melee....well...errr.... And no, I have never taken extra KB protection on any of my Electric Armor characters. Suffering knockback in the air just does not come up enough to worry about.

I don't think I've ever done that TF so quickly. Was a great time.

I still want to see Savage/Stone being played so I can see someone in Granite form using Savage Leap.

Or you could cheat and make a faux-stalker by building a Ninjitsu scrapper. Add a Celerity: Stealth IO to sprint and most things will never see you and you get a crit from hide (admittedly only every 20 seconds).

SSSSHHHHH!!!!! Do not start another round of the Melee AT Wars!

Ahh!!! Brutal Thursday. Actually hosted a group of Brutes a few weeks back on Torchbearer, though it was a Saturday.

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A matter of what a person wants out of the game. The only routine use I make of P2W is xp boost (I grab 2) with the hope that DFB, Posi 1, and Posi 2 will get my character to roughly 20th level. Back on live I did have one character with a human origin making use of Assault Rifle and Poison for whom none of the travel powers made sense. For him I purchased a hoverboard.

Think of it less as redundant than being able to not used Divine Avalanche in your rotation unless you come up against opponents who debuff Defense. Not sure if it is a worthwhile difference but for the cost of 4% Smashing/Lethal Resistance you could save yourself the cost of the Superior Blistering Cold set in exchange for an Obliteration set in Divine Avalanche, gain another 1.25% Melee Defense, and 5% Recharge.

Already had pulled it up and relived my highschool senior year. 😁

Putting aside song references (for a while anyway), I have in previous posts noted my desire for a character with Kirbyesque fashion sensibilities. Sadly my previous characters who got the designs did not hold up in the playability department and I was not so wed to their costume designs to reuse. But hope springs eternal. In this case I was shooting from a kinda fusion of the Valiant character Livewire with the Marvel character Crystal (Amaquellin) of the Inhumans. You know...there should be more costume featuring complex design. Here is what I've managed for my new Electrical Affinity/Psychic Blast Defender: ShortPsircuitc.mp4

I should probably step outside my little world. Maybe talk to a pretty girl.

You were trying to get that song stuck in my head, weren't you?