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LOL, a few posts down: And:

Solid. General purpose or farming oriented?

Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤣 Seriously, they may swap places (due to coding, nerfing, whatever), but one will always be #1. Regardless of numbers, each player's experience will determine that. Bio's great, but I've only done one (and he's the infamously genericized SWMPTHNG), and while quite durable, versatile and a hoot, when the peanut butter hits the fan, I reach for NUTCRCKR...

All that said, Invulnerability is still #1 😁 <---(admitted Inv fanboy)

Especially if it's Stone Armor in Granite form 😁. SB for the win!

I actually moved to MsA's team, to even them out, and I believe we have Col to thank for leading the other Hess. Regardless, much fun was had by all!

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Just looked at my Bio build and, in Mids', it's 2,702 and in-game, with defensive adaptation running, it's 2,756.

...and procs are unaffected by the crash. My SS tanks have Hecatomb in Foot Stomp, for just that reason.

Honored to be mentioned and yes, you are, as well 🙂

Must be an Invulnerability build. <---self-professed Inv fanboy

Which perfectly summarizes the issue. I am also OK with it. I just love this damned game 😁

Meh, Rad/Fire is the new farming king (at least until they nerf IG w/procs)...

^---this Again, I totally understand the policy, but with my very personal experience (enjoyment of discussing and creating the "homage" character...on the forums), it came as a surprise, for sure.

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SWMPTHNG got genericized, just Tuesday night. After almost a year of play (to VL 9) and a spectacular Tanker Tuesday event on Torch. He lived on Excelsior, prior to that, so that may have had something to do with it. What I find interesting is that my entire concept was discussed, on the Tanker forum (complete with pictures of the costume) and it didn't raise an eyebrow. No hard feelings, GM Torch, I just find it odd. I left the plant accoutrements off his re-costume (shot below) and renamed him "SWMPCRTUR", so I hope he no longer violates the infringement policy. Having said that, Tuesday night reminded me of just how g-damned slow Rad Melee is, so I probably will be leaving him shelved, until Numina comes back around as a WST (last TF for TFC)...😆

Welcome to the wonderful (and satisfying) world of tanking, @High_Beam! Come check out a "Tanker Tuesday" event. 😁 Tanker Tuesdays - Tanker - Homecoming (homecomingservers.com)

Isn't Rad/Fire the new king of fire farming, AFK or otherwise? You might also find this a healthy resource:

Dangit, I must have dropped one mish too early and missed old-school dumpster diving! Citadel team ran six tanks at +2/8 and finished (without stealthing or speeding) in 49 min.! Great run and special thanks to @ZemX, for leading.

Reminder: TT on Torch, tonight. Citadel and Woodsman are the WSTs.

Here's my titular toon's comparison. No procs, no ATOs, no incarnates. Non-Granite: So basically a defense based build, with F/C overcapped resistances. NO psi hole. 51.9% DDR. Granite: So basically a resist based build and, with two stacks of MoT proc, capped in everything but E/N (but nearly 85%), with great defense numbers in everything but Psi. Psi hole is evident. 60.55% DDR. Due to all the bonuses of Brimstone Armor and Minerals, I run exclusively non-Granite, but on a very rare occasion push the "oh $hit" Granite button.

^--This. And a welcomed "feature" compared to Live. I routinely build leveling focused tanks with all armors/primary attacks slotted, as soon as available, to the detriment of secondary attack choices. Filling in with Sands of Mu and Blackwand allow that strategy.

Other than digging up an older version of Mids, I have no suggestions. He's neither Rad/Fire nor inexpensive, but I'll share my Spines/Fire farming build, here: https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1563&c=731&a=1462&f=HEX&dc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

Apologies, Krimson, that one's on me. I'll do better, next time (and I still blame @Warboss) Move a tank to Torch and come, next week!