Any character that goes on my spreadsheet now has to check off the following boxes to be completed:
Has Mini Mode
Has a completed IO build
Has at least one T4 Incarnate power in each of the 6 slots
Has the 4 auto +hp/+end accolades
Has reached Veteran level 100
Beyond that, a few characters have special
goals. My main wants all accolades and costumes and vanity pets. A few of my best toons might stretch for additional accolades too here and there.
You don’t really need a tanker for 4*, just any taunter that can grab aggro and move important AV’s around the battlefield, like Hero 1 or Dra’gon. All their res/def can come from Barrier and they’ll be fine. A heal or absorb shield helps though.
I am struggling with this right now. I’ve stripped most of my characters of defense and resistance, but I’m too afraid to do it on my Tankers. I have gotten away from the Fighting pool on said Tankers, but I’m still clinging to my unique res/def procs and my ATO set bonuses on those toons.
I think they’ll say like “page 5 ready” in the title oftentimes. Can someone else confirm? Either that or ask around for map recs. I use America’s Angel’s for the meteor.
The aggro changes and the Fire Sword changes are the ones you need to consider.
The Fire Sword changes are easily countered by picking a map without Fire Swords.
The aggro changes will impact you in maps like the meteor map where you’re surrounded by well over the aggro cap. You need more regeneration on your farmer than you used to to counter this. 45% fire defense is no longer going to cut it. My Spines/Fire AFK build has ~300% +regen and 3 power transfer procs, on top of the usual 90% res / 45% def.
I could get on board with a modest duration increase, but I can’t get on board with turning single targets into AoE’s for reasons others have already covered well.