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The only reasons to play a Brute include: - /Fire farming - Tankiest versions of /Regen and /Energy - Scrappiest version of Super Strength So it’s gotta involve some of that. I voted Rad/Fire/Mu for most meta even though I run Spines/Fire/(Energy or Pyre).

Lol sure

Nature Affinity with Resilient Radial alpha and Power Boost.

Honestly if you’re planning to stay at range, that tips the scales away from /Atomic, where Beta Decay is one of the signature powers.

Well, that’s one way to build. I just prefer offenses over set bonuses on Blaster. I use Barrier/inspirations/teammates for survival and don’t pursue defense bonuses at all. With that in mind, I would typically have 2 damage procs in Blaze, 3 in Blazing Bolt, and 5 in Char. Probably some in your secondary’s heavy hitter too. But, again, that’s if you can stand life without defense bonuses.

I find your lack of damage procs disturbing 😉

I give Frigid Protection a couple of cool points for being Absorb instead of Regen, but I give Metabolic Acceleration perhaps a point or two more for not drawing aggro. Ultimately, I also think /Ice has the more appealing melee attacks while /Atomic has Beta Decay. So it’s a tough choice between the two. If you have enough damage from Primary/Ancillary, maybe lean /Atomic for the +recharge. Otherwise, consider /Ice. EDIT: I see you referred to Freezing Touch and Positronic Cell as copies. This is not the case. Freezing Touch is a melee attack and does a lot of damage before procs are even considered. Also, yeah, don’t skip Beta Decay.

Most butthurt poster of 2023 for sure

I’m too lazy to type about why Cold is potentially the best powerset in the game, but please don’t judge characters at level 14.

I read the thread title and thought “are you out of your god damn mind”

There are already a lot of ways to increase range. Bonuses, Intuition/Cardiac, Clarion Radial, etc. Teleport is already easily the best travel power in the game. Not seeing a need here.

I like being able to slot Armageddon and Fury of the Gladiator procs in my single target chain, so your suggestion would have a negative impact on the set for me. Respectfully no thank you.

Dominators are fine/good with endurance. No issue detected.

Not that you should redo anything, but the blaster proc chains could really use Char if you want to capture the current proc meta.

The only set he listed with mandatory PBAoE’s IMO is /Atomic due to Beta Decay. Thorn Burst? End of Time? Easily skippable. That being said /Tactical and /Energy are certainly good picks for ranged builds along with /Temporal and /Plant.

Nope, AR is probably the third or fourth best blast set now.

I like my AR/Plant just fine, though all you really need from the secondary is the build up and the sustain.

I buy attuned purples when I don’t want to boost them (because recharge/proc concerns) because an enhancement that is neither attuned nor boosted just looks unfinished.

You’re free to think Colds and Kins should be buffed, just like I’m free to think you’re an idiot 🙂

And I disagree with intentionally keeping exploits around just because a class is otherwise underperforming. All I’m saying.

Yes it is an exploit. It needed to be fixed yesterday, but, alas, they’ll take their time.

I want to point out that you can't defeat anything if you can't survive it first.

Comparing human only kheldians to petless masterminds seems pretty ignorant.

I have every powerset in the game at level 50 at least once except for: Beast Mastery Mercenaries Ninjas Thugs Electricity Assault Radioactive Assault Sonic Assault Thorny Assault

As far as I know, Dark Consumption wasn’t buffed when Consume was. So I’m open to that. Consume was already substantially buffed and is in good shape, though. I like that they added features to it instead of just lowering the recharge.