Bionic_Flea

You mean the giant chicken wing?

She was using Kheldian math!

Kraken is more science than magical, though. Are there any other magic monsters?

AH! I see it now. Missed it on first look. And yeah, you've gotta balance everything in a build to your preferences. I've also slotted KD in Soul Drain and it makes a great opener to be buffed and your enemies flopping.

Could possibly add the Abomination from the House of Horrors as an existing asset.

You may want to find a place to slot Kismet +tohit. Ups your chance to to hit on all attacks and can be slotted very early. Great on proc heavy builds where you have limited Acc slotting. I usually put it in Combat jumping in the teens as I'm leveling up. Soul Drain is also an excellent place to slot a Gaussian's Build up proc.

Not sure if this could be easily coded, but . . . I think it would be cool to add a seventh and eighth ATO to one of the Brute sets. They would be mutually exclusive and would yield the same set bonuses as the set currently has. One ATO would add additional smashing damage to attacks that could be slotted for damage (like interface procs). The amount of damage is the balancing point, or perhaps tied to fury. The other would add +1 defense to all and +2 resist to all, or again could be tied to rage. The balancing point is the total amount of armor allowed. That would allow players to make a build choice: More damage or more survival. They could also go more survival on this ATO to open up damage procs opportunities elsewhere. They could even carry both on them and use unslotters to use out of combat to "tune" their character for whatever is coming next. You could also completely ignore it and keep your build as it currently is. This would not break any existing builds. Crazy idea? Maybe. But just crazy enough to work!

I like to whitecap into the group right after laying down the tide pool. The whitecap triggers the frenzy after it's KD. But if you do it again after it can KB. But most stuff should be dead or hanging by a sliver by then.

Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnn!!

There you go again. Just read my words. No need for fancy interpretation. Can your brutes solo most of the game at +4/x8? I can help you if you can't.

No. I am saying that Brutes are fine because they don't suck at all. Most well built brutes can solo 85-95% of the game at +4/x8. Badly built brutes can solo most of the game at /x8. Stop putting words in my mouth and telling me what I'm saying. It's not persuasive. Please add me to your list.

No, I was specifically responding to the statement I quoted: Trapdoor was a test to measure builds in solo clearing /x8 mobs and pylons is more of an AV killing DPS test. While both measure different things, and are imperfect measurements at that, it's what we got. From that chart, it seems that a few Brute sets will do better than a few tanker OR scrapper and, yeah, they seem to be the DoT ones. And there's a few other sets where the difference is a barely noticeable amount of seconds. I'm not saying everything is fine and dandy. I am saying that it's not all doom and gloom. Brutes are fine. They could be better.

Doesn't the chart quoted above show Brutes doing better than scrappers or tankers on a few power-sets refute that? Granted, I think the only set they do better than both is only Staff. But there are several where they do better than scraps on some and better than tanks on others. Or am I missing something?

I bring my own snacks . . .

Two other things I don't think were addressed before (or I missed it): 1. Fold Space and Marine Affinity and 2. Fold Space solo. I recently leveled a Beasts/Marine MM on Indomitable by ToTing until 40ish and then soloing. Man, let me tell you, there's nothing quite as satisfying as opening up on one group and then folding the nearby group into the sea with you and your pets and watching them flop and melt.

I think the moral of this story is that Fold Space is right if you do it, wrong if they do it. Unless you're Tidge, then everyone who took Fold Space made a mistake! 😁

My build is posted on page one under a spoiler tag.

You know, I don't think I have ever used badges to judge another player. I do frequently look at their info, but I am looking for true level, (is this a vet level 100 or level 10), what does the build look like (does it have essential powers, good set bonuses and accolades), and the global (is this a person whose name I recognize). The level and build lets me calculate how hard I can set the mission, if I am leading. Or it lets me know who might be needing more help if I'm just along for the ride. The global is just a nice check to see if it is someone I know from forums or in-game to send a tell, "Oh hi, personname!" Or, on rare occasion, I see a global of someone I know to be difficult and can either opt out early to avoid drama or just keep an eye out. First appearance and badges don't tell me as much. Although I do like Ukase's insight that it shows some level of being a cooperative player with at least a few friends.

My usual response to questions like that are "first, exit the AE . . . tell me when your done. Now look for the 'T' on the map."

They did get in contact with NCSoft, through attorneys, to negotiate the license. I assume that there is also some on-going contact. I don't expect that any one at HC will give you (or anyone) the email or phone number of any contact they might have at NCSoft.

I think Snarky just admitted it was him.

Googly already answered that.

Well . . . start polishing!