I am re-reading through the forums and memories are flooding back - i remember when NCSoft still ran the game and people were just figuring out how to corner the blackmarket. I had a Fire/Energy Brute (absolutely silly) but with the right recharge rates and resis he was an absolute beast. blasters would come running after me becuase im a fire/energy aura brute lol then get smacked.
I ended up doing A LOT of the healing on my other main rather than meme my brute