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I copied over to test but got distracted playing it.. and adjusting costume..

New demon, SM/RG brute. Techmo

I love the Regen hate. That's a lot of the upside. Regen + Resists is pretty strong add any decent mitigation and Def can be overkill. A reason folks don't like it is because using it effectively means interrupting attack chains. Not as important on a Tank or say a Stalker. I'm glad it's not super popular. I'm gonna go make a Stone/Regen now.. out of spite. ; ) I've been eyeballin a Dark/Regen, maybe it's time.

SM feels slow but man it hits, add a quick attack or two and it shines without all that combo mumbo jumbo.

why not? isn't it time?

Always excited to see some epic SM success

Good vs top, for normal play. Generally Most players live in the average to good range. Elite dps requires specialized builds and dialed in attack chains. Good is likely around 200 Very good is likely above 250 Elite could be above 300 with some pushing above 400. (there are higher dps) Link

is this good or bad?

@Doomguide2005 @Bill Z Bubba @Hedgefund yall are right. @Without_Pause was suspicious. Together with @The_Warpact you've sussed out that I'm on cold medicine, and while the directions say I should not operate heavy machinery it says nothing about the interwebs. That's no excuse for being confused though. Yes. Also I believe when Redside launched. Interesting results so far: Some Stalkers, Controllers, Scrappers, Tanks and of course Blasters. A Fortuna and War Shade. EM/EA stalker electric/thermal controller Ill/Storm Ill/Dark Controller Ill/Storm grav/elec controller Claws/SR BZB scrapper™®© (Claws/SR) Claws Scrapper Elec/Shield Stalker or Scrapper EM Scrapper DP/Nin Blaster fire/time blaster Fire/Martial blaster DP/Nin Blaster rad/dark tanker Invul/EM tank Fort shade

Was gonna do 40 but figured folks may want to use purples more stuff. (nothing sinister)

Feel free to list one ranged & one melee. I think I'd stick with Stalker or Corruptor.

..and it stopped advancing at level 47. What would folks choose?

Great job! Keep it up player content creators.

Tool? Spreadsheets? It's the same way all decisions are made.. actually it's mids, see @Nemu's post above

best soloer from 1-50 blue-red-gold side? Using SOs only Melee -> Super Reflexes Ranged -> Dark Miasma

I agree. Player would have to figure out how to stem the merit flow or wait out the glut of merits. Not an enviable task. A coordinated team would have any easier time. I am often pleasantly surprised by COX. Simple layered aspects of the game combine for a richness that has shown to be hard to duplicate.

Good stuff. To be super clear for anyone following. I am seeing similar behavior that @Solarverse listed. The exception being I've never had a long animation Assassins Strike with the current Placate without waiting 3+ seconds.

From the old video game, Apocalypse. The game with Bruce Willis voice over gems like: "I don't get paid enough for this crap!" "Strap one on, it's time to jam!" "Forget his rights, just shoot him!" "Open up a can of whoop-ass"

Good catch on Ice Melee @Sovera

Trying to now figure out how long until we're hidden after using Placate. I only know its a pause, more than 2ish seconds. It is not instant or close to instant.** ** IF SOMEONE THINKS THIS IS BEHAVING INCORRECTLY, I'M ONBOARD WITH ADDRESSING IT!!

Placate has an activation of 0.8 seconds Hide has an activation of 0.73 seconds with a recharge of 2 seconds Placate can be used without hide or stealth. If the placate effect is at 0.25 of it's 0.80 activation (as @Bopper said), and then the Hide activation. It could be a minimum of almost a full second before Hide kicks in. But it feels a bit longer than that. If Hide can't start it's clock until Placates full activation is complete it would be closer to 1.53 seconds before being hidden. Worst case could be the Placate + Hide recharge + Hide Activation. Edit: This is seen when trying to Placate then Assassin Strike. Too fast and you get the fast AS rather than the long AS. A bit of a pause in order to get the long AS.

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@Croax's Stalker thread was an amazing effort and fairly exhaustive. There's been nothing close for Broots. 22 Primaries and 13 Secondaries = nearly 300 combinations Sprinkle in 8 Patron/Ancillary Power, improved pool powers, plus Incarnates and we're talking thousands of combinations. Keeping it Simple Brute intended weakness = endurance Brute strength = damage cap/boost Notable = taking hits increases Fury (counter to def cap meta? includes misses) Play Style For Brutes, play style preference has a huge influence on any list. Does the player like combination mechanics in attacks or hate them? HATE, this shrinks down the list Does the player like AoE, ST, or both? Does the player prioritize utility over specialization? Does the player prefer weapons or not? Surprisingly, Stone Melee / Fiery Aura (non fire farming) might actually be one the best all-round Brute combinations. Notables: Damage toggles in Primaries = Radiation Melee, Ice Melee, Spines Dark Melee having a heal and +endurance can be very synergistic.

Wasn't the first rule of MTTH.. oh well. A three pronged attack targeting the current meta would likely cause the most chaos. Prong One Buying specific enhancements LOTG+7.5, LOTG Def, LOTG Def/End AND/OR the +3% Def resist enhancements Nearly every high end build is using these and these have been known to quickly skyrocket in price. Prong Two Buying convertors Block converting into the above. Prong Three Corner Essence of the Earth market. Slow down Hami merit farming, impacting merit to convertor efforts. Result: Internet uber builds costs go up. Frustration in three areas of the game. Alternately, to open up the purple market in a good way. Buy everything in the popular purple sets and sell for 1/2 price. This could be done almost 5,000 times before running out of funds. Guessing this would take some time it would be a bit more than a short term impact.

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