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If i remember correctly, Sentinels do the same base damage as defenders, meaning a defender would now completely outclass a sentinel (since you'd have better range and other buffs/debuffs at your disposal)

An Empath buffing itself would have (permanently with just SOs): 950% regen 800% recovery +100% recharge 80% resistance to -recharge Status protection against hold, sleep, stun, immobilize, fear, confuse 22% defense to all 31.25% damage buff to all 18.75% bonus to hit From 3 powers. Then, on top of that, they'd have +950% regeneration +200% (unslotted) recovery These would be up 90 out of 137 seconds (by taking Hasten). And on top of that a 511 point heal on a sub 2 second cooldown Please tell me how this is not unbalanced. Force field defenders would have 38% defense to everything and mez protection against hold, immobilize, and stun, again, just with SOs and 3 powers Thermal defenders would have: 30% resistance to S/L/E/N/C 60% resistance to F Status protection against hold, sleep, stun, immobilize, fear, confuse +50% damage +38% tohit A 511 point heal on a ~2 second cool down. Again, all of this is on SOs only. For comparison, an SO'd out SR Scrapper gets 30.42% defense to all 3 vectors. And this takes 6 powers (7 with practiced brawler) Heck, an SR tanker only gets 40.5% defense with just SOs.

I've boosted Steadfast Protections for the tiny bit of extra +resistance it gives.

There aren't really any expected pools. Leadership is a good choice though. Depending on what combination you are, Hasten is usually a good choice. I like the fighting pool because I tend to play pretty aggressively and the extra defense and resistance are nice. Sorcery for Rune of Protection is another good choice for the offensive defender. As for Epics... most sets benefit from power boost, so Soul Mastery is a good choice for a lot of pairings. Depending on if you have a self heal, Mu mastery can be helpful. Mu is also nice because its shield covers the three most common damage types. Finally honorable mention to Mace for the +def shield.

Except it isn't account wide storage, as you can't put account bound salvage in those salvage racks

This is both ideal and also very likely accurate. Though I wonder... is Vault storage account wide or is it per character? If it's account wide, perhaps it could be put to use for account bound salvage?

You could also go Dual Pistols install of AR, then run Chemical Rounds for more -damage.

Correct, it got some toxic resistance and power sink now adds some +regeneration. It's in a really good place right now... in fact, I'm considering elec armor for my new sonic melee toon one page 3 drops.

Arsenal control is such a good set... now I kind of want to roll an Arse/Rad

One of my favorite SGs is Repeat Offenders' Faithful Fans of Fallout... in my eyes, a team of 3+ rad toons that that aren't leveraging fallout are song it wrong. Don't forget about purple patch... that 75% turns into 36% and the 68% into 32% against +4s. Granted, once you get some -tohit enhancements slotted, you should be fine, provided you coordinate to getting everything activated as close as possible.

@Glacier Peak that assumption is correct. Toggles stay on, but their effects suppress. That is all toggles, not just offensive ones.

Purple patch increases mez duration https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Purple_Patch If you were 50+1 mezzes are 44% longer at +5. If you were not +1, they are 55% longer, meaning they'll have more opportunity to stack.

Well, Radiation makes sense since you'll likely be dying a lot, giving ample opportunity for Fallout.

I think mids is showing the actual resistance while in game is showing how that resistance effects duration.

Do me a favor. Play a low 20s controller... any one, sones matter, then play a low 20s blaster and then tell me that controllers do a lot of damage.

You could always use your 2nd build slot to go with the other option. Night Widows are more like Stalkers while Fortunatas are more like a dominator that also has some team support.

This is such a small thing, but thank you! I have accidentally changed my badge title more times than I'd care to admit.

I forgot about Forts. I've got one at 50 but it never really clicked with me all that much. Don't they get access to Darkest Night in Soul Mastery? I legit don't remember.

@Glacier Peak beat me to it.

Storm Kick + the Shield abilities should put you somewhere north of 32% defense just out of the box. Take Weave and slot the 2 +def uniques and you're soft capped, giving plenty of extra wiggle room for building Resistance, Regen, Recharge, etc. I've got a MA/Shield brute that is wallowing in the high teens, perhaps I should re-roll her as a tank.

good personal defense paired with good buffs/debuffs? not really all that much of a thing. Maybe Dark Blast/Force Field Corruptor? you can build for decent self defense and you'll provide good defense for your team. You also get a self heal. Dark Pit and Force Bomb will be your control. Going Corruptor will give you a little better soloability. Alternately, a /Shield Brute would provide good self defense and a tad of team support between Grant Cover and Taunt. Again, going Brute instead of Tank for better soloability. Take Darkest Night from epics and you even have a good AoE debuff.

Most armor sets get DDR, why don't all armor sets get DDR?

I would hate if different graphical effects on the same power gave different bonuses. Suddenly you'd have "i need to use X graphics to have the best combo" which is the exact opposite of what City is all about. Also, if you want to grant your team good bonuses, you should play one of the classes with support powers, not armor powers.

Pretty sure every set now has at least some knock back protection. The two holdout were Dark and Fire. Dark got it in the most recent patch, while Fire got some a while ago (granted, it is only mag 1). Also, Combustion is a Fire Melee attack, not a fire armor power.

This is what it's supposed to mean, but since Portal Corp is surrounded by drones and inside it still has a logout timer.