Gobbledygook

That specific word combination has confused my brain.

Wait, what? Critting out of hide, on a Scrapper? Is that on /Nin? If so, now I have another alternative to roll.

Tree Fiddy Million!!

Hi all, I have never played a scrapper before and I have a few questions. Hi, welcome to Scrapperdom. I have a character concept that is pretty near and dear to my heart (a character that I have had for like 20+ years going back to the pencil and paper game GURPS Supers). I have rolled him as a mind/psy dominator and it's cool, but I want to try going in another direction. I'm considering rolling him up as a scrapper or a brute. I get that brutes typically have higher survivability and maybe a more constant flow of damage, but scrappers have a higher damage ceiling (please correct me if I'm wrong about this). Brutes are generally more survivable, you’re right on the money there. Brutes have the Tankers resistance cap of 90% while Scrappers damage resistance cap is lower, at 75%. Brutes also have higher base hp, and a higher hp cap. As far as damage goes, though, you have that part a bit backwards. The same way that a Brute has a higher dam res cap than Scrappers, they also have the highest damage cap in the game. Not that any can reach said damage cap without outside assistance. (Buffs and such) Brutes also have to contend with fury generation and decay for their damage. Their base damage is lower than Scrappers, so in the beginning of a fight, they would deal less damage, but as they are attacked, and they attack, they build fury, which improves their damage output. Scrappers begin dealing a certain amount of damage and maintain that, with the exception of criticals. I was going to go with Psy/something. I'm not too sure of what secondary to take. I was thinking WP, Inv (mostly because they aren't too graphic) or perhaps EA (I could role play the energy aura as a psychic shield). I don't want to take something like Ice, Stone or Bio due to the graphics not really going with my concept. Is Psy a pretty decent primary? While I have only played Psi once, it is a very good set. Most mobs do not resist it, but the ones that do, (robots), do so heavily. What would a Psy/something have over a brute of the same build? The only advantage I could see Scrapper Psi having over Brute Psi, is that because of Brutes lower damage modifier, they normally do not get the full effect of +dam buffs, like in build up powers. What secondary would pair well with Psy? Out of the three armors you mentioned you were interested in, I would play the Energy Aura as a Scrapper, as Defensive sets have little difference between the melee AT’s. 45% def is softcap whether you’re a Brute, Tank, Scrapper or Stalker. If you were to play any of the other armors though, I’d say roll a Brute. One of the powers in /Ea is Energy Cloak, which makes you invisible. You could roleplay that you were using your mind to block yourself from peoples sight. Ty in advance! No Problem, hope I didn’t get sidetracked too much. P.S. I suck at formatting.

Just a reminder, this still hasn't happened yet.

Ss for Scrappers!! *This message has been brought to you by an insane person*

Hi all, I have a Rad Armor/Fire Melee brute that I plan on having two builds for. One is of course for farming. Those builds are easy to find though. What I'm looking for assistance with is general content. I currently have a build that is hard-capped to s/l/f resistances, and respectable AoE (still need to get a few sets to finish the farming build). Since I left AE though (in my early 30's), I have noticed that Rad seem to be lacking in the ST department. This may just be a skewed opinion though. I normally build toons to solo AVs, as I'm not big on teaming, unless it's for TFs and iTrials. Any guidance thaat could be provided is helpful, even an solid, high damage st attack chain would be great.

Wait, are people making builds in MR with the proposed changes?

I think I figured it out. The character I copied over was only Lvl 28.

I may be the only one experiencing this, most likely operator error. I have gone into the mission selection in Oroborous, but can not find the mission listed. When I look under Champion, there are only three story lines listed. Clamor and Destruction, Ring of Peebles, and Hear and Now. I would post a screenie, but for some reason, can't seem to locate the right file folder.

Thanks for this. Coming back after a 4 month layoff and this looks to be very useful, as I have forgotten about attuned IO's and some of the other things you mentioned in here.

Any hints to when that will be?

That's because he's The Hulk! Lou Ferrigno, that is.

Would I get toggle IH back on my Regen Scrapper? If so, I'll be right there with you.

Everytime I see you post I get confuse. "I don't remember saying that. Am I getting Alzheimers already?"

Please make this a new Join TF with possible PvP elements? Yoe died from Dissin Terry now has new meaning.

I'm about to do something similar in Praetoria. If I can ever decide on a new toon to roll, that is. Wasn't sure how much time had past between the post in the Proc Monster thread and my asking here, my bad.

Toggle on T9 that has a heavy end cost? Yes, make Instant Healing a toggle again, please. Although I don't think six slotting stamina would be very helpful like it was back then.

Is this the one you mentioned in thr Proc Monster thread? I was actually wondering how your progress was going, as I want to do a similar build to the one you posted, as opposed to the one Sir Myshkin used. His numbers were pretty impressive though.

Exactly why OP should base his character, or at least a costume slot, on Toxie, lol.

Toxic Avenger Look him up.

Finally got the chance to look at the build. Definitely interesting. Might switch to Dark/Dark/Soul. I was going to base this toon loosely off of the Darkness (Jackie Estecado) from Image comics anyway. Just look at the Bio Organic costume and tell me it wasn't meant to be used for that? And you're right Doc. I've been thinking of the ATO procs like damage procs, maybe to much so. Seigmorag, I'm just gonna, um, borrow your build, but I'll be swapping out Pyre Mastery for Soul Mastery. That gives me Darkest Night for -Dmg and -to hit, Soul Tentacles for another cone and a -res proc, and Dark Oblit, which I know is weaker than Fireball, but it stays in line with the character concept.

Thx for the build to look over. I'll check it out once I get home.

No, I'm not tanking for damage. As I said, I could never play a tank because their damage felt anemic. I get, and use taunt, on my Brutes. If I'm on a team as a Scrapper and a teammates health gets to half, I drop my target, and kill whatever is attacking. I'm what other Scrappers refer to as a "domesticated scrapper". I'm just interested in tanks now because of the buffs. Because I do solo quite a bit. So now I can do actual damage with a walking wall of steel.

Actually haven't worked on a build yet. Been trying to wrap my head around the Tank buffs, the DM changes and learning about procs. I will be building a WP/DM though. So I know that SL, MG, and Gloom will be in the attack chain, as I remember from my last DM toon that they were part of the attack chain I used to solo AV's. Of course I'll need Soul Drain, and I want Shadow Maul and Dark Oblit for some AoE in the build, but I haven't gotten farther than that. I just downloaded the "Bleeding Edge" Mids Reborn last night.