Snarky

Now I get what you are saying. I never saw that as a "flaw" but a "Feature" lol. But if you are on extreme "Do not show the effect" xostume mode I can see where that would get you real quick. Once seen, always irritating. Thankfully for my undead it just seems menacingly appropriate. Is there an after market mod you can slap on? Peeps do that with sound I know, especially to cover sonic. Reminds me, I need a Sonic Blaster with AC/DC riffs....

I havent been in game in a while but i never realized Dark Embrace pulsed… perhaps i just like the look so accepted it. I run “faded” for months at a time as a blob of hate but lately have just been a Nossie with most of the stuff set minimal

City of Titans. Sigh. Grateful for the Homecoming Team since that project burned int hte drydock, half sank in the mud, and became a haven for the destitute and half mad. Hmmmm…. Theres a plotline in there somewhere….

Hmmmm. That is interesting. You are visible? I would check each power individually and see your options. The dark armor has quite a few built in effects on each power and if you did the global choice rather than individually that might be it

This never ending tromp to make the fights harder and Brutes weaker is one of the main reasons I am not logged on as much anymore. Mayne it is the reason other people are logged on more. But sure, dial up EBs to AV. Enjoy

Depends on the EB and the content level. When Longbow Ballistas start showing up you start looking around for inspirations, buffs, sm nucear weapons, etc. Even when you are 50 and tricked out they are no joke. Other EBs….depends on your AT, the terrain, etc

Ot depends on the AT I play. Brutes priority is no one or healers. Blaster I lock down a Paragon Protector with 2 holds and ST them fast. Do the same with Vicky robots on I trials Works like a charm

The first rule of HeroCorp is do not talk about HeroCorp.

Even if you do not use Emps to incarnate new alts (what kind of sick mind does not alt??) then the things are still more valuable (to me) to bust i to threads to buy Super Inspirations for Really Hard Way incarnate trials etc

Honestly not sure why you would want to. Being serious. The only reason i see to convert is to earn. So many better ways to earn I cannot count Then there is the unique value of Empyrean merits. You can fast kit out a new 50 to tier 4 Incarnate in everything with Emp merits. Or help you get there at least. No other in game currency provides this

Bumped to answer Dark Willpower request. The Dark Invul is stronger in every aspect of gameplay. In my opinion it is the overall toughest Brute out there, with the two powersets complementing each other perfectly. Dull Pain backed up by Siphon Life and a dozen other tight connections.

Dark Invul is way stronger. I am on the road right now but if you look back you might find one of mine. I soloed a lot of the game on one. Or just use a Hyperstrike base model and build your own

Seconded. Carry on my wayward son, there’ll be peace when you are done. Or confusion.

an ice/cold corruptor is one of the most damaging and most useful members of a large dps squad. no bull. i have one, rarely play it. ice ain't my thing. if the dark/dark corr or blaster were near as perfect you would never get me off of them.

i prefer the term "Undead."

Cough. The farmers are the community. Cough

What’s a hamydone?

i tried the OG version for a month when iy rebooted Classic a couple years ago. What killed it for me was the even more lopsided content. The need to be on a team or working with 5 others in your area / pug equivalent is just not my style. I solo a lot. It still suffers from that but the classic stuff was stupid. Insta death unless you had every zone memorized where you could be, where you could not.

I am playing WoW now like crazy. I am soloing a ret pali through all loremaster horde side. WoW is not great. It is like fast food when you want steak dinner. But….steak is not available due to shortages (cash,time, cant find restaurants etc). Fast food is there. There is a lot of it. Its not great. I bring this up to point out what WoW seems to have realized….they suck. Good for them One of the forgotten reasons CoX is so special is the Devs missed their mark hard. And made a cult classic. One of my issues with the current Dev team (and I give them full props for talent and writing skills) is that in my opinion they are slowly but surely “correcting” a lot of the “errors”. I mean they are turning this into a Tank/Heal/DPS/DPS/DPS/DPS….. slogfest. With only the bestest team/league design even being able to handle some stuff. To me the fun was always the oddball with super powers swatting at the world Give me a “Mystery Men” or “Suicide Squad” anyday over another cookie cutter Batman movie

A speed Khan, really any speed TF, will be DOMINATED by one to three players on the team. there are only so many objectives after all. There are some speed runners in my SG and I am still travelling to the mission most of the time they are finishing it. they are really that fast. A casual speed ITF for them, bring anything, is 12-15 minutes. They hold recors on a lot of runs. Speed runners are a different breed. You want to have fun? Casual PUG a 30-45 TF and most of the time you will. 50s are different. almost all 50 TFs are run at speed. just the game culture. Personally i like Synapse if it wasnt so repetitive. cut out a few of the kill alls, or default them to the smallest kill all map and it would be a solid run. Everybody needed, everyone appreciated.

Beautiful work! Thank you. Right now I am still grinding "the wal mart mmorpg" project I started a couple months ago. Making fast progress right now, finally. sheesh. But this is inspiring. Makes me want to jump in and write a backstory lol. I am pretty familiar with the creator, i can see what parts you used. Idea firmly tucked up my sleeve. I wonder how that monster would play lol

Assault is not worth it for Brutes. It is a piss poor sidecar to Fury in my opinion. When solo it is unnecessary and when teaming (on a good team) you will probably peg damage cap without it in tough fights so it holds you back by eating endurance and taking up a very valuable power pick. Brutes are always short power picks

Write it in blood when it is important.

yes indeed. in my opinion the current design is making it so only a few archetypes are truly valuable badgers. anyone else is a carry or half carry. an MM, Sentinel, and leaning into Brute is just less valuable when the objectives are written so tight you need not only good play and understanding but absolutely optimal buffs, dps, and tankage.

Now i want to run Rad/Dark Brute. Need a great thematic name though. And…err…i think i may have to six slot stamina