Due Regard

Using SO's or common Level 25/30 IO's: 1-2 Acc in powers with a ToHit check - ideally get to 95% ToHit against most foes you're fighting, wouldn't stand for much below 90% 3 Dam in powers that hurt things 3 Def/Res/Heal/EndMod in powers that keep you alive 3 Rech in powers that take a while to come back 1-3 EndRed in anything that costs Endurance Yes, you only have 6 slots/power, you'll have to make trade-offs. Alternately, can explore Set IO's for frankenslotting (multiple dual/triple/quad aspect IO's enhance more for the total slots) or Set builds to grab those sweet, sweet set bonuses. Neither Claws nor Energy Aura have any major holes, so minimal need to shore up the build.

Folks who say they're in Closed Beta, usually aren't... Or won't be for much longer.

Yes. And the Core Paragon.

Siphon Life - Slot it as an attack and spam it. VERY very useful for maintenance HP. And now recall the Buzzsaw better... Midnight Grasp > Smite > Siphon Life > Smite > repeat. VERY tasty.

I've ran a DM/EnA Brute on Legacy, and a DM/Inv Stalk here on HC. Haven't rolled a DM Scrap, yet. However, I can say that both EnA and Inv appreciate the maintenance of SL and -ToHit of all dark attacks. Also, the Brute was an ST only buzzsaw build - MG > SP > Smite > SP repeat. The Stalker has VERY much enjoyed the changes to ToF. I still hate Shadow Maul, tho. Refuse to take it. My only caution AGAINST DM/DA is my inherent bias against "matched" Pri/Sec. It'll also be perfectly functional.

I've been using Unrelenting to great effect on my WM/EnA Scrapper. The AoE Taunt is useful to start the fight and gather folks for draining, and then I grabbed the Fear for concept and why not? I'm used to taking a dead pick for Fighting, what's another?

Nope, 4 Power Pools, 1 Epic/Ancillary/Patron Pool.

Those two uniques are odd, as they're useful, but you get a similar benefit from 3 slotting Numi's...

Whelp, I dunno what happened to his build in my Mids... gonna have to rejigger it, anyhow.

Low effort posts get low effort responses. I meant either/or as needed.

1 Acc, 3 Dam, 1 EndRed in all attacks. 1 EndRed, 3 Def/Res in all toggles that take Def/Res 3 Rech in Energy Drain/Build Up/Energize 3 Heal in Energize. Salt with pool powers to taste.

Tangent - What were/was the position of the OG team/Rednames on Tribute toons? I know (recall?) the official position was verboten/3 degrees or more of separation - But what was/were the individual thoughts on them?

All Scrapper Primaries are viable... However, some of them are going to be worse than others, and Staff is near the bottom. Still perfectly useful at flipping out and killing stuff.

Wouldn't that be UNHOLY?

Yup. Kinda ludicrous, isn't it? Amazing, someone who understands what that part is intended for, and why a character advertising themselves as an IRL drug dealer would be against the Code of Conduct, but one who's just dealing with in-game lore might not be (or shouldn't be, personally). Amusing, also, just how many posts are attacking my mistaken original post, without any substance beyond that. Partially correct - I'm not actually advocating for sanitizing of content to match the Code of Conduct. A far more reasonable stance would be to relax the Code of Conduct so that it is enforced to the same level of maturity that the game itself has. I do think Lt. Harris' arc is inappropriate in general, and even more so as a lowbie arc - enough that I've only ran it twice - once on Legacy for the new content, and once on HC for the toon I was trying to do ALL content with.