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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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Was that with us? I was NUTCRCKR and @Linea was driving Angel Hornet. Agreed, we had a Dom drop, during the third mish, and when the other tank dropped, it was a done deal. Getting all the way to the final Romulus fight with a PUG was impressive, regardless, and there weren't as many team defeats (until the last fight) as I would have expected. We had a good mix of archs and Linea leading, so that helped a lot. The two GM robots and Vandal, at the same time, went really well, I thought. That's probably the second toughest part of the new mode.

No worries, bro. I also failed to realize that to truly do a 1-Star HM ITF, I should have set the diff at +1/8. Even at +4, we made it all the way to the last Rommie without you, but it was too much for just a melee team (with O2 boost as our only other buff 😁). Yes, yes, I'll come for another with the Master ITF team, if you'll have me.

Which is noteworthy, to remember this fact while comparing results. The 1-Star I was on was set to +4/8, which I would imagine is a whole hell of a lot tougher than at +1/8.

No, it auto ups the mob level, so will only be guaranteed +4 on 4-Star. 2 Star can be set at +2/8. Oh, I know it can be done. That much DPS is one of the best ways. I can guarantee that even though there were "rookies", the Master ITF challenge team had all the right incarnates (Barrier, Ageless DDR, etc.) and on perma rotations. I commend the devs for coming up with something so outrageous....and would argue that it even surpasses Aeon.

^---this Tried to get on one last night, as well, but was taking so long, so I started a PUG at 1-star. Drove my (previously) unkillable Inv/SS tank and wound up with the rest of the team consisting of two Scrappers, two Stalkers, a Blaster, a Storm Corruptor and a Sonic Defender. Good news is we had @Voltak driving the Defender, the bad news is he had mapserver issues and missed the last two missions. Without his buffs, we couldn't defeat Romulus, in the finale. We did kill the twin AVs and twin GMs (the new boss challenge is awesome), however. The devs did a great job and "forcing" teamwork as teamwork is essential.

Enterprise NC-1701-D stole the equipment for the holodeck refit.

🤣 That's great! I envisioned him also wearing a Sorcerer's straw hat, too (or "Tsoo").

And you even left room to squeeze Char in for the +absorb proc. 😄

That's just sick. 😆 Never have taken Stealth on a tanker but using it to mule Def is brilliant.

My favorite is Shield/War Mace. Here's Mace to the Face: https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1578&c=725&a=1450&f=HEX&dc=78DA6594CB6F524114C6E7C2A5B4142C95525A5B5A4A9FD0F60A568D464D4C6CE993A4498D2EEB15A6ED8DE442018DDD5B1F5B17BAD495D1AD2BE3DABFC1F7BF5035F1555778B8DF99400309FCEEF966CE3DDF9C99217B77DEBFB595B92C34FF958259A96C5E35ED5BB2ECDDC859D2CE49419F70D6CCC958B518ABEEC858869E37EFCC19292F8D443179735E6E49BB228D8D1D4B16F22A0CF3685616A434AE9BF444C9C2BF5E2C168C3569962C7B3BE004196B7BA74A91CF89364A52E6319095792B67D932B450B272C6822DCBDB7BF4964A5596F7FAC8C0347DE703F4A3D58D8A9A47FC720B91D685EB0FA8FF06FD7FC1E0217152173D09CDE1199F501F4AAEB89C496D6530B80BF69698453066830B54595395B50C575E01DB17C163ABE0F125B06F19CC50B25B25BBD9761BDB6D67FBBE7F4CB6EF3F04CF926D8FB2EDA9EF52BD521EECC98143263879134CDF0097A8B257735A5613DE11888B2476B01DD1310DF11C95E95462277727423B1FE0DA22F015A28BC42E35B36B1FE2324DEBE6429EEE4574DEE9037188FB30C4FD1ACB409F096B4E7C9E6A87B88C167A85378EBC002FD06058AD3FFC056F18FD0C263E81C98FE0EC07E67BD04D5E23AAF311EE7C1F773EC69D8F71C747B8E333F58CA82E56694DFD5C59EFBF8D3E9DA830CBE0E02EB30AEA547140551CE08332CA07628C0F4A921B92E486CCFE047B2939CAC9AE28776734048E05C1384D1A569B32CCDB7791BA14575D8A97204EB0B709F63AC1DE27792D09F67C8992C755F2F8231D931E82271F30EF33F7C1F43DF019599F5276A6D8CE5A0017D6D9D1E953585D9A2FE2730A0D9561BCC436AF50464A89295E7A426FDCF7DAA0DEB8BFF5B856136B4DE342B4E14DEBBAD248D40660E8C0D7B8BF429B85F8ED883805F17B93E8D2566059BFC6860EB0941F47263DE513FB189C7902BE4B366E4F2DD9EA3ED52AA55BA5B956E974ABD411A4BF1855AB3D42F555DBCC4453F026D414BC6E0EDEC69B82FF8A3FEBDB I also made a Shield/DM, for the harder content (less damage but tankier), with many of the same philosophies as MTTF: https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1587&c=735&a=1470&f=HEX&dc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ope that helps!

Really, what about Billy Jack? 😆

I was also an exclusive Champion player. Wasn't on Beta, but did buy retail, the day it came out (still have the "handbook" with lvl 40 as max). No huge SG affiliation, but I have remade most of my notable toons, as listed in my sig.

"Well, I'm a dude"...

Excelsior's up and live.

This "official" enough for you? 😋

The time is now...

Issue 4 is now live, but the servers are undergoing stability testing, as I type.

Same thought. Max the hybrid Def and Res, more mobs, more defense, just don't over-aggro. Base 50% DDR can also be improved with Ageless. Rage for the +to hit. Dull Pain as one of the best heals in the game. Foot stomp keeps them down (and will still do a little damage with the Armageddon proc, during the crash). I've always had NUT slotted with the Tanker ATOs in Jab and Haymaker and the Entomb +absorb in Char (along with some debuff in Melt Armor). All hit and proc, reliably on +4, we'll see if that holds true in 3 and 4-star. Stone(Granite)/SS would be my second choice.

Great fun. EU tankers, you've gotta check this out!

Heading out to Reunion, now!

NP, have fun. Foot Stomp is...just. so. satisfying. 😆