Warboss

I am with Ronin on this. Let's get Victory established, the run themed Tanks there. @ZemX, what's your home server, let's plan on running Rad Melee there. @SeraphimKensai, what's your home server, and we can look at planning an Electric Melee theme there. Since we already have the "challenge" going on Indom, let's wait a month or two before starting the next.

Atm, we hadn't planned on leveling en masse there, but I'm sure we'd be up for it. If not now, maybe in the near future. Just need to plan on it.

I'm down with Electric Melee, where you thinking of starting these on Victory?

That will be something to see. Although with the recent buff to Stone, probably won't be that bad and Mud Pots will help keep the mobs around you... Maybe not that bad of a combo... Lotsa' places for LotG Global Recharge...

Zooooom, zoooOOOomy, Zooomy, Zooom.... *Smack*!!! True, but we could go bowling with Repulsing Torrent (slotted with KB/KD). Just imagine an ITF where we all fire that at the big mobs. STRIKE!! I think Rad Melee would be fine with other sets. I just didn't enjoy it as much with Ice until the magic level 47... Ice seems to need a lot of catalyzed IOs to bring it into line with other Primaries.

I was able to get Warboss on Victory and started a new Tanker (Rad (of course)/Claws (not too sure about)). I didn't wait around to see if we were going to do a themed Tanker event there to start. But, something we haven't done was build "theme named" Tank, so we could build new toons with "Victory" in there names, or "TT" to signify they're Tanker Tuesday Tanks. Just a thought, not required. Or, we could run with the same Secondary (as opposed to the Primary as we usually do). Something not usually taken like TW or Kin Melee?

Agreed, it would make organizing the events much easier.

I didn't look, are you already at +5 on the current Recharge for Active Defense? If not, that might we worth trying.

I found time to test a bit at 8+2 with my Shield/Icer (not fully incarnated, or tooled up for soloing TFs (yet)), and found the same issue with the stacking (or "off times") with the stacking. Your testing pretty much confirms that for me. Thanks for checking that out. I think one or two of the Incarnate power (Hybrid - Melee, and something else) provides some DDR as well, but I'm not recalling what they are. Having those active during the down times might help. There might be other powers like Unleash Potential that could help as well.

Thanks for posting this @Ronin_Around. We look forward to meeting our fellow Tanks on Victory!

Has anyone gotten over there to get a TankHQ set up yet?

That build would work, but there are likely a few tweaks that could be made to be more efficient. Hopefully @Hyperstrike or one of the other Invulers sees the threads and can make suggestions. At work atm, so I can't dig into it. Check out the Best overall tank build for all the game content??, PLV's post. Go through the rest of the thread to follow it up. It should be able to help you out. And the What to pair with Invulnerability? thread right under it...

I don't know all the mechanics for procs. But since timing is involved, I could see how an extended affect could mess with the cut off time (when the effect finishes). Which is why I was suggesting trying a power the didn't have the DoT as the main damage (I think most FM attacks now provide a chance for additional fire damage).

Okay, got mine built and ready to go on Indom. Toons will be starting at level 0. We'll still meet in King's Row at the usual place. After the meet up we'll get teams set and DFB. From there the next goal will be to finish missions in King's or Hollows. After which (maybe not the same meeting), we'll get leveled up to run all the TFs. Posi first ("X" will be leading).

I see you're using Incinerate. Is it possible that the DoT is causing the issue? The "continuous hit" messing with the proc timer. Maybe replace with Fire Sword on a fast recharge and see what that does?

Hey all, before things got "interesting" @Ronin_Around and I were discussing the next Tanker "Challenge Sets". Originally I had though of Ice/Rad, but upon leveling one I discovered it was not particularly fun. So... we've decided on Stone Armor/*weapon as our next "Challenge Sets" which we'll be starting the next TT on Indom (1/28). No claws, Spines or Savage Melee. Secondaries to choose from would be: Battle Axe Broad Sword Dual Blades Katana Staff Titan Weapons War Mace Also we're going to shoot for an all Shield ITF(s) on Torch... so get your toons ready for that as well! Enjoy your Tanking!

I haven't messed with my shield Tankers much lately, but could it be your DDR? Active Defense cycles giving a basic "base" buff (all the time) and then stacking on that when the power is active and in affect. If your cycle time is slower on the second build you'd be open to more debuffing and damage during that time. Check your Debuff Resistance under Combat Attributes and see a difference in the cycle times between the builds. Recharge differences could account for what you're see and how you describe it.

Thanks for leading @Ronin_Around. Hadn't seen a GM run like that before, so that was different (Glad he finally stopped). Here's a few shots from the event. Happy New Year Tankers!! Hope it's a good one for all!

Good fun at TT tonight. ITF on "Hard Mode", not sure of the final settings. Started off with Pali, then onto the main event. Guess my camera didn't want to get the final Romi shot.

It was good seeing everyone one again. @Agoogala brought Pali, @wittylibrarian and I found the WL and brought him over, it was a team effort. 🙂

Since it's from a pool, likely less then Tremor, I imagine that the damage is less as well.

I hear ya', but I've played SS with just about every Tanker Primary there is and it's not something that should prevent you from playing it, and subbing temps or Prestige Powers should get you through the crash. I get it if you don't want to go that route, and I can't tell you how to enjoy the game, but maybe another set like Stone Melee or Street Justice would solve the problem.

Forgot to ask, did you level this build up from zero, or did you creatively slot up a 50s alternate build?

My baby "Power Pool" Tank is stuck in he's 20s. I haven't really looked at the new sets yet (been VERY busy with life). Just saw this tread and I'll have to compare it to what I have. Thanks for posting.

Well, 6 Tanks for that TF was a bit ambitious, but kudos for you all for taking it on and completing it! And although being an XP sponge every now and then is fine, we do need our veteran players to help assist with running the teams, giving advice to others, and the event in general. Thanks to all (players and leaders) that help keep the event going!