I'm not exactly a newbie tackling this dilemma, though it does have me in somewhat of a pickle. I mained an ss/invul brute that I tanked with back on live, but I did have a stone/dark tank and a sheild/fire tank at 50. My experience with tanks stops there, and that was pre-incarnate content. Since I've been back I only have a VEAT (never played one before homecoming) a fire/kin controller, and a spines/fire farmer at 50. The VEAT is fun no doubt and stupid tanky, but I really wanted to play a tank or tanky brute again. I tried getting my ss/invul up and running, but I just wasn't feeling it. I know there has been some changes made to tanks and brutes latley, and I figured the tank forum would be the best place to ask. I really love ss, but thought I'd pair it with a resist set this time, and rad/ looks like a lot of fun, and I'm really digging the costume I made for him. I tried playing both of them at low levels, and the increased time to kill things on the tank is noticeable. I haven't gotten rage on the tank though, which really make a big difference as far as the set goes.. After putting couple of builds together in mids, the tank is pretty much sitting at 90% resists to everything except for cold and psy, so he has the Brute beat there no doubt. I'm just curious how the damage is at 50 now? Does it seem like the gap is shorter between tanks and brutes or are brutes still miles ahead?