Hyperstrike

They always seem to forget that Taunt can be slotted as an attack. It's a form of control as well. AND IT IS AUTO-HIT! What more do some people want? An expressly created "I Win" button?

How much damage does a dead Brute/Scrapper do? No, a tank may or may not burn VERY powerful enemies down. But fighting to an infinite stalemate? EASILY doable. And to a Tank, a stalemate is winning.

The basic mechanics to crack the Endurance suck has been cracked since shortly after the release of IO sets. NO, you CANNOT spam everything like a cracked-out rabbit played back at double speed. But if you're worried about maintaining damage output, its a simple exercise.

How'd it flop? NO LEE MAJORS!

Not quite correct. Remember, Resistance debuffs resist their own debuff as well.

Yeah. A properly built PB can go far. Possible Eclipse Phase Rebuild - Peacebringer - Luminous Blast.mxd

The thing is, Resistance is ALREADY Debuffing Resistance debuffs at maximum value. So cranking to 110-120% (with 90% being the max) isn't giving you ANYTHING. At that point, more Defense is FAR more beneficial. If you want to be more Resist-biased, vs Defense biased, that's cool. But beyond caps, you're MATHEMATICALLY will find making your enemies do ZERO DAMAGE with max Defense superior to making them do 0% less damage than with maxed Res

There's no such thing as a "perfect" Defense. There are villains with a certain mixes of buffs, debuffs, etc that allow them to more or less IGNORE your Defenses. In which case you're entirely reliant on Resist. The problem is that even with maximum Resist, you're STILL going to take regular, constant amounts of damage. And maxing Regen/Heal/Resist/Damage Output and Defense just IS NOT POSSIBLE. It's just math. If your opponent can reliably do more, regular damage to YOU than vice versa, absent assistance, you're going to lose.

That's IF you can beat them down within the time window before it becomes a delayed effect suicide button.

Teah. I have a couple claws-elec brutes. Originally built for farming. But the build, in general, ia FARGIN BUZZAW! Generally tough enough.

Look at what I said. I simply noted that, in the absence of a viable option. Nothing more. And Mo isn't a perfect solution either. Running at crazy difficulty levels, you can stave off carpet-smootchery for a little bit. But the Regen just isn't there. In my miniscule free time, I'm running some content at super-high difficulty and picking mobs that are especially efficient at chopping you down an maximum sized mobs. Initial durability is nice and all. But the kill speed basically becomes a massive slog. Not fatal, but if diff is bumped any higher, and it becomes a stalemate situation.

Very few builds are ever going to give you that. EVER. They're meant to be a safe "Oh shit!" button. Not a "Delayed suicide button" like Unstoppable. But actual CAP is unaffected. You can get bumps through eating Resist inspies. Asking for a solution that delivers capped Resist and capped Defense 24x7 is asking for a bit much.

Warboss! For shame! FOR SHAME! Are you sure you're not just a Blaster? 😊

Okay took a look. Hand Clap isn't giving you a hell of a lot. There's a grand total of TWO damage pocs. The rest are stuns or Immob. Also, you're losing some S/L defense. I'm not really seeing much worthwhile. Destiny: Rebirth Radial, A lump of Heal with a bit of ongoing Regen boost. Barrier Core or Radial. Bump to Def and Res which is nice for tanking Alpha strikes. Radial also generates Ally resurrection. Occasionally useful. Ageless is also useful, But you're already on a WP setup with gobs of Recharge and Recovery. Hybrid: Assault gives a nice boost in damage, The DoubleHit is great for spike damage. Control is "interesting"as a general damage mitigation strategy as anything belching out Fear isn't producing damage. Melee Core is buffing Resist and Radial buffs +Def Support also provides a Defense Boost along with some EndRedux as well as +Acc/+DMG

Yeah. Nothing really wrong with "I dunno" as an answer." Better than stringng people along on a line of BS.

A personal preference thing for me. I tend to prefer conventionally slotted attacks to proc gimmicks. As such, I really am not the best person to answer this for you. Most of my stuff may or may not be "optimal" in all situations. But what I chase is "steady state performance"

The only thing is, the interface is, at best, approximate. "I need a thingamajig of 37" * 32 * 33 * 35 * 36 * 38

What would you do to make a combat specialist more dangerous? Sharpen the horns/antlers down to spikes.

reset graphics settings 3070 Ti Ryzen 9 505-x 64GB RAM I dinked around and kinda sorta got it cleaned up to the point I could play. Apparently an utterly identical CPU and motherboard wasn't enough

I had to rebuild my machine with replacement motherboard and CPU. They're identical. But I'm getting anomalous behavior with the graphics. Sometimes it works, most times it doesn't. And just starting up HC Launcher causes the graphics to lock up. I want to run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) and cause the game to reset to Default. I simply do't remember how to do it, through the interface of via command line. Need to get this problem banged out ASAP as I have a ship raid to run tomorrow.

Anything that helps devs quash this infuriating behavior is worth every last second of troubleshooting, AND THEN SOME!

Just making sure I don't misunderstand you. You're asking about an SR TANK? Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter! Tanks, currently, do not have access to SR. SR is, nominally, a One Trick Nemesis Horse... As such, the modifications a Tank would receive would be both seriously unbalancing and ultimately nearly useless. You get something that can soft-cap on common IOS. Okay. What sort of mitigation does it bring BEYOND that. Remember, Defense is "All Or Nothing". No Resistance, No Heal/Regen. Bupkiss.

Why? I've been hearing complaints about difficulty since I joined in 2008. An utterly pointless complaint, Whether you're arguing "too hard" OR "too easy" Difficulty has been almost completely personal preference since 09/15/2009 (Issue 16). Back when difficulty level was "heroic. tenacious, etc" and the Wiki didn't exist, it was tougher to tune your gaming experience. Forgive the profanity But if you want a cake wakm the proper response is "what flavor and do you want comfy shoes?" If you want "Rocks fall. Everyone dies"? You got it! The nastiest, most player hostile experience I ever had was Philotic Knight's AE adventures. Absolute torture test! Took an unsuspecting Invuln tank in. They had ALL THE KB, PLUS SOME! I for bounced around like a blaster so much I HAD TO EXIT THE GAME IN WOW!

Known. You can place them in your base as well. Too bad Dr. Who *the show: died a while ago and seems to have forgotten how to regenerate'

If I have to roll my eyes any harder, I'm suing for assault and battery! Too easy....pffft! No such thing! If you want "more challenge", simply don't use some of the things.