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Respec team 1 finished the Freaks (and saved the reactor) in 41 min. IIRC. Love the double merits!. Grand fun and we did it with only 6 tanks (set to x8), as we started with seven, but had one mapserve and drop, just before we kicked off. See you all, next week!

Hard Mode ITF (even 2*) will do that to you. Inv's 50% DDR is usually golden for 99.999% of content, but the cascading debuffs will overcome it. The devs did a great job in pushing teamwork and the need for various ATs and support (or rotating Incarnate powers), so nothing's really lacking. NUT's footstomp helps mitigate, but even the strongest Inv tank in my stable can't handle 2* on their own. The build you posted is great (as usual). HM ITF doesn't even really need a tank, now.

Damn fine. What was the mix of players and ATs?

It's the unresistable stun that gets you, regardless of DDR. We ran it on TT, last Tuesday night, and my Ice/Stone tank got stunned and detoggled once or twice (but with seven other tanks taunting, didn't kiss the floor). He NEVER gets stunned or knocked back/down... (unless the aforementioned Ghost Widow or Crimson Prototype, or the like with mag 100(+) effects). It's not a hole in your build. What you posted there is a badass tank, for sure 😆

I'd name him "Polarizing Gloom"

Clearly those drop rates are as skewed as your monitor. Due to the curve, maybe😄?

Personally, I would not. I believe the reward of once-per-day (or 20hr. time period) is the sweet spot. If you take away the merits, completely, in my ITFs and Yins, I would be extraordinarily disappointed...and I'm not even close to be speedy in anything. Might I still run them, sure, 'cause they're fun, but why shouldn't you get the reward?

Yup, they spawn near the beginng of the map, a bit out from the first bridge. They spawn as GMs.

We had a blast. Eight tanks finished Kahn in less than an hour, including (LOL) taking 20+ min. to finish Reichsman. Without significant debuffs, the team threw 100+ daggers 😆. @Pep Rally deserves a co-lead shoutout, as they led the way on several maps (and obviously has Sprint better slotted than me!). We followed that with a small but mighty three-tank team of me, WB and MsA vanquishing almost the entire map of Rikti on Ghost Falcon's "Dismantle alien stabilizer". Another successful Tanker Tuesday!

Necro posting because now you get to fight TWO of the giant robots in Hard Mode ITF.

My toons are spread over all the shards, but anything I'm leveling (incl. vet leveling), I move to Exc. I'm not big into SGs, so there's nothing lost in that strategy.

Welcome home (to the Forums, at least) 😆

I farmed with my WP/Fiery Melee tank. Actually used him to get my farming brute leveled and built. I agree with @Sovera, though, might as well make a broot.

And it was GREAT teaming with you 🙂 Catch you next week (or month) 🙂

Invite FIREBLLR (Fire/Therm) to your Excelsior team and get both! 😁

And resist is great, until the incoming damage is such that even 10% per hit eventually kills you.

^--this. Why 90% of my 50s are tanks.

What Destiny do you run, on that toon? What other Destinies or buffs did the rest of the team bring?

Easy to test yourself, now that it's live. Set your diff to +1/8 and start an ITF on 1-star, "Tenacious", solo. herd a couple mobs and that will tell you how it's going to go. No issues, lather, rinse, repeat on 2-star.

Here's a Inv/SJ. Middlin' expense. Killer outcome. 😆 https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1461&c=706&a=1412&f=HEX&dc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

Yeah, that was a blast. I think the defeat counter was off (but we did have Witty on the team) and we were very conservative in pulling/herding, not knowing how an all-tank team would manage (and I only counted one team member with Barrier). Better planning and prep and we could have done it in about 20-30 min. less time, with near zero defeats methinks.

Tagging @Sovera - Fire Tank guru.

Uh, as far as 4* HM ITF goes, if Rommie gets Barrier... Just means *his* team has to take out the members of your team, that are casting it (like his squids). The difference is the heroes hit back. 😆

If you pull them offshore, to deep enough water, you can fight at their shoulder level.

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