Thanks for the build Erratic1. I really appreciate your help. I like the defense stats it's a really good start to what I was looking for.
I'm new to this Brute/Tank thing. I played Controller/Mastermind back in retail so coming back to COH now I wanted to try something new.
So having said that I have a couple extra questions:
1) Is having a taunt important for a Brute, especially if your playing with a group?
2) Should I try for a healing power to offset the lack of one in Shield Defense?
3) Is Perma-Hasten really that important for a tank or is that just a quality of life thing?
To everyone else who has replied to this post I really appreciate the inputs, anything, even criticism can be helpful for someone who has no idea what they are looking at. For instance I had no idea there was a AOE change to Tanks, so again thank you.