Groundworm

Thank you to everyone for the excellent advice. I will lower the difficulty- I'm sure I was biting off more than I could incinerate. As has been pointed out, I only very generally know the differences between each mob and what they're capable of, so I've pretty much been treating them all the same while trying to learn from what happens when I rush in to nuke them. I know a lot of defense depends on IOs and IO sets... of which I know absolutely nothing. I've never had a level 50 character, and my total influence is about 20 million. I don't even know what sets I should be looking for, what powers to slot them in, or if I can even afford anything I need/want.

I returned to CoH a couple of weeks ago after having not played for 3 years. After trying a number of my old characters, I decided to start anew to relearn the game. So I made a bio/axe tanker and I've been enjoying him. Now that I understand more, I tried my old level 40 fire/rad blaster. Took him into a mission at +0/4 and... he dies with every group. Literally. He's got tough, weave, and maneuvers but the moment a mob gets to him, it's all over. The mission I tried was an Oranbega map, so close quarters fighting (in the narrow passages) is unavoidable. This is about the opposite of fun, and I'm not sure what to do.

I'm leveling up a bio/axe tanker and I'm having trouble deciding which powers to skip. Currently, at level 30, I have all of the powers from bio and all of the powers from battle axe except taunt. Which powers can I afford to pass over? If I don't need all of those attacks from battle axe (which I suspect I don't), which ones are the least beneficial overall? Thanks for the advice!

I've recently returned to Homecoming after awhile, and I'm kinda lost. My highest level char (fire/atomic blaster) is 40, and I had to stop playing him cause he dies. A lot. I realize this is vague, but I'm looking for a toon that is a capable mix of damage output and survival. I've heard brutes have that going for them. I'm working on leveling my rad/shield brute, who feels lackluster in damage output and also kinda squishy. I'm not sure if ST or AoE attacks are better given mob density in the game. When I put myself in places where I can make good use of AoE attacks, there are usually too many mobs and I die. But killing targets one at a time is obviously much slower. I shy away from the idea of a tanker because last time I played one, I found the damage output lacking and was kinda bored with the AT. Primary power set, I've heard good things about battle axe and I'm curious about titan weapons. Secondary power set, I've also heard good things about bio armor and rad armor, but I find it hard to build thematically around those two. Generally, is it safer to build around defense or resistance? Which primary/secondary powersets might serve my purposesr? Thanks so much for any guidance- I really appreciate it.

Hoping someone can help me figure out why I can't install the launcher. I click on the link to download the launcher, which appears properly in my downloads folder. I click there to open the installer, it asks me which folder to install in to, I tell it, and then... nothing. The launcher never downloads and nothing happens. I've tried installing it into a different folder, still nothing. Am I doing something wrong? Thank you for any help you're able to give!