MajikMayhem81

I just leveled one to 50 after a lot of alts lol. It was a really fun ride, one of which I encourage you to stick with. I second venom grenade, since it's a big dps upgrade. It does considerable damage, and the -res is really what you want. I'm personally working on acquiring the ios to get perm hasten/pets, but in the mean time I love feeling like I'm an asset to any team with the strong buffs/debuffs I bring to any group. Also I did the first strike force (forget the name), with 3 other soldiers and our team was softcapped and the avs just melted. It's one AT that the more you have the merrier.

I agree. I've seen a lot of people talking about "chasing fury" as a mechanic for Brutes. I never remember it being a problem, nor did I feel I had to monitor it real closely. I don't remember Brutes complaining too much about it back in the day either, but hey its been a while. My only gripe was when GR hit and they made it harder to hit the fury cap :-[.

I suppose it's been so long I've forgotten, but I don't remember there being a defense crash on live. I always assumed double stacking rage was to avoid the damage penalty. If there has always been a defense crash then I suppose it doesnt matter, since I didnt double stack it on live.

That's sad and incredibly counterintuitive in a game that encourages build diversity (in reference to the defense penalty. I understand that some powerset combos synergize less with each other, but a powerset that punishes you for using another? That being said I'll probably remake my old brute from live as ss/wp which is no slouch anyway. He was previously ss/invul, and I never leveled a /wp so looking forward to it.

I mained an ss/invul back on live and wanted to recreate him. I've been reading that rage has a 20 defense reduction when it crashes, which I'm assuming is exclusive to homecoming because I dont remember that on live. That just sounds like overkill imo, and curious if anyone has a fully iod out ss/invul and how they deal with that. I was thinking of going /wp but I really loved tanking with invul.

Also I'd try posting this on the coh subreddit, since you will get an answer really quick. I'd be interested to see some feedback on what to prioritize after defense.

Was going to work on this myself, after reading that shield charge and lightning rod don't break hide. I'm assuming Thunder Strike does crit from hide? Also the taunt powerpool has an ability that gives regen and recovery, and I wondered how that stacked against aid self, considering it has a longer cd. I've never even used aid self extensively, but can the interrupt from moving be mitigated with interrupt io's or will that happen regardless?

I'm glad to see the DFB change. I really have missed doing the original content, and I suppose nothing was stopping me. The xp just paled in comparison, and I found little point to running radios, tf's, and missions up to lvl 30 given the xp from dfb was so good for the amount of time spent running the trial. Also all the updates look great! Thank you guys for investing your free time to provide such an awesome experience! Homecoming has my vote for sure.

I dont see anyone else here asking about this so I'm assuming either it's too early or I'm the only one. I mapserved and I cant log into any of the servers. Are they down?

Looks like it's a common issue then. I was able to play this morning but tried logging in tonight on Excelsior and I can get as far as character creation. After that locks up and i get booted to log in screen with db error. Cant eve. Get into torchbearer...it locks up immediately.