Bill Z Bubba

Now that it's done and tested, shield/em is the best (numerically) tank I've played.

While I still refuse to go with proc-heavy builds (dunno why, I'm old and stuck in my ways,) it still makes me grin at those builds pushing the DPS they are that run 'em.

What's your pylon time with that chain?

No. The numbers show a slice of reality. Nothing more, nothing less. SR not at the softcap sucks horribly. But folks don't run around talking about how much SR sucks in actual play. Edit: Well... some do but those people are stupid.

I used it. I used it well. I do NOT love it.

I hear ya. It's a valid point.

I don't think anyone is arguing otherwise. But tanking isn't what's being studied here. It's base mitigation of the armor sets with SOs. Or base mitigation of the armor set + tough/weave/cj with SOs. Or even base mitigation of the armor set tough/weave/cj with SOs and the unique +def/+res IOs. Each iteration shows us something different. Arguing that the test doesn't show what it isn't being tested doesn't make much sense.

Wut. No Tough/Weave? No Gloom? No CJ? Madness, I tells ya. Also gratz!

Maybe the extra inf spent keeping SOs green? Other than that, I've no clue either.

I still hate the combo system being added to EM, but I hate corpse blasting even while solo even more and, sadly, I do it a lot.

But that's a true statement.

So you can corpse-blast AND be the corpse! Brilliant!

This is my experience as well with my sr/claws BZB. It's an incredibly solid combo even if it can't touch the peak of an sd/nrg tank. Edit: SR/Claws wins on pure sexiness, of course. But that's hard to define numerically.

Fix existing. No new til step 1 is done. Figure out how to make an emp/ass rifle def solo as well as an sd/nrg tank.

just downloaded 59GB from gog.com. /my body is ready

In game numbers don't take into account Arcanatime and often include other oddities.

Sounds like the NoXP was saved to your default options. So any new characters will get it but existing ones will just keep what they have until you load from defaults again. Fix? Disable it on a character where everything is set properly, then go to Menu, Options, Windows tab, scroll to bottom, hit save options thrice.

Well it SHOULD be.

SR is still awesome on tanks. And we can't have claws with shields (which sucks) but SR/Claws is a LOT slower than the SD/EM. Plus all the extra HP that SD grants... and near capped DDR with dblstacked AD... and static DR to build off of....... As for SS, I have one. SS/WP brute named Bunny Fufu. He has spring attack. And no rage. Cuz he hasn't gone full Monty Python yet.

I choose to be offended by the tolerance of intolerance.

Copied the freshly lvl 50 em/bio scrap to beta and got her all tricked out. With Assault Core: 1:40. Without it, 2:20. Would be ridiculous if I never missed. To be honest, though, I'm not sure I'll ever really build her out on live. While the pylon time is nice, bio's survivability is lacking at the high end. Although, she's got 2047 HP and Ablative Carapace is adding another 1096 Absorption, so that ain't nothin to sneeze at. ... Also, I'm a dumbass. Forgot to turn on Offensive Adaptation. 1:20 with assault, 1:35 without. Honestly, that's not much better than what my claws/bio scrapper gets. Come to think on it, it makes sense due to ET and TF not properly critting.

That's my goal as well. Leave EP or Barrage single slotted with the passive +crit AT IO.

So I should test out Soul's Fast Snipe on the test server before locking into it? I would prefer to go a different route but feel forced into it. How much better are your times with musc/degen/assault?

Averaging 3:24 with my SD/Nrg/Soul Tank. Workin on the Nrg/Bio/Soul scrapper next.

I was never under the impression that SS's ST damage was anything to write home about. Low ST damage is going to make taking out the computer and 6 AVs quite the long slog.