Had a 2 50's back in the day. DM/Regen scrapper and SS/Inv Tank. Was working on a Fire/Fire brute that ended up tanking more than DPS in LFG.
Now that I'm back I have super limited game time (work/kids) so want a ++survivable/damage scrapper for 90% solo...so a Brute it is.
I have about 13 different Brute alts in the 2 weeks I've been back :) but all my builds have the same issue...I can't get my Rage bar above 70%.
Really came home last night running an Electric/Electric brute. Clearing the main large room at the end of a warehouse...in 13 minutes straight of fighting,
running from mob to mob, smallest mob had 2 baddies, largest mob had 5. My Rage bar never got above 2/3.
I understand Brutes in theory can do more damage due to higher damage cap with Rage.
Here is what I know about Rage: hit stuff/get hit, rinse/repeat. But if I can't get to the damage cap I might as well re-roll all my toons as scrappers since they already are at max damage with out Rage.