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Nothing to see here. Move along

number 2 might be Soul Drain....from many Dark sets. a personalized 30 second Fulcrum Shift that can be near perma'd oh, you meant T2.....a lot of attack powers that become a base of an attack chain. not flashy, but neither is a car engine

i disagree

No. They have their buffs, gimmicks, and other benefits. Also, you ignored the fact i pointed out Smashing was a very commonly resisted/defended against damage type. So, lets just agree to ignore each other fully, rather than this part time crap eh?

Smashing may not be the highest resisted damage. But it is very commonly resisted. Also. Comparing what damages PvE enemies do and resist with what players do and resist is not a straight up apples to apples comparison. MA, Staff, StJ and War Mace all have boosts and gimmicks going for them that SS does not. Are you talking about removing those build ups and benefits and doing a comparison then? If so you might have a point. It is stupid to do, but sure, then you would need to give the sets something. Perhaps like the build ups and benefits those sets have. As a guess.

let me say it then, Rage should be a toggle. 1 stack, permanent with toggle on. Balanced vs other sets in that it is Smashing Damage, Proof..... SS is not all that popular even though you can double stack Rage.

Grenades. I started using stun grenades when i switched back from Blaster to Brite in a solo the game project. I quickly picked up the explosive one as well. You can carry about 200 of each. They are Very useful at low level (at least through 25) when soloing on a low AoE toon. The stun grenade is arguably useful all the way to 50. Need to grab a glowie? Pop a purple and lob a stun grenade!

My understanding of the Dev Lore is that they were originally trying to create a "Holy Trinity" game (Tank/Healer/DPS) and on Redside they designed the MM as the Tank, in Bodyguard mode. So..... Yeah. Great game. But they had no F-ing idea what they were doing.

did we really start to ignore this?

Are you at all factoring in that SS is Smash damage in a game where smash is decidedly not king? Or are you just doing a straight number to number comparison Smash = Energy = Psi = Dark all the same?

THe two above pulled quotes bookend where Brutes are now. Brutes max damage cap is very nice, if you plsay in optimized team settings. (Big IF!) Tankers got a much needed (and deserved) buff. That Brutes will always be jealous of. Could Brutes use some tweak? Maybe. I love Brutes. i am soloing the game (every arc/contact/side mission red/blue/gold) on a Dark/Invul Brute. F-ing s l o w going. No AoE to speak of and very light damage until I am swarmed and pop a couple reds. I would love to see Brutes get something. They got a nerf hammer because they were out damaging Scrappers years ago and havent been touched since. Again, Tankers needed some love. Sentinels NEED love. Brutes.....well, being meh in some ways is not going to get you very far up a incredibly long list of to do projects for a Dev team that is woefully understaffed, unpaid, and constantly being told what players NEED RIGHT NOW! But, bon chance.

Arguably wrong. Sleep in truck during the day, work nights, keep on the move for dietary reasons

Super Strength is great. I love it. I love the old school concept. I have stories to tell about SS toons. But the rage crash…. I started on SS Brutes. Played them for years. Prefer 1 stack Rage due to crash mgt. would love it to be a toggle. Will not ever play it again until something changes

I do not market flip. But i know a few characters who buy/convert/flip/whatever on the PVP and they have a target sales range in the 8+ neighborhood.

I am very rank.

Maybe. But since the main roadblock was “we want a toggle” bs “ we want doible with no crash”. Complicating the issue is not advised at this time 😝

It talks of bonus damage at different values of rage, which must refer to fury. Rage has no fluctuations.

This solution is Brute specific

what are we ignoring?

I started with SS/Invul on Brutes. Using SOs. Had not much idea what the Def crash meant for 6 months. That End crash was annoying though.

Talking about running double stacked rage while asking for no crash is...... In my opinion Rage should be made into a toggle, with the End cost divided up into a regular per tick rather than once every two minutes. 1 stack, constant, no crash. I am out of this topic.

1) it is every two minutes 2) There is a lot of very effective things you can do. Not the least of which is.....taunt Look, it is annoying. But crying about it like a kid going to the dentist is not helping. The set is balanced around RAGE and it is almost broken since it is the best build up in the game. easily.

I want the freak lower leg ( legless hover platform) from one of the freaks in the doc buzzsaw arc (the new one). So jealous

i appreciate new eyes on this. i am new to blasting really (Brute Playah) and am a second rate builder at best. Depending on your desires I might direct you to start picking speed runners thoughts on builds. They are experts at running to an objective and DESTROYING the area, getting the objective and moving on.

I played SS/Invul Brutes for a couple years on Live. Redside. First year mostly SOs. When sidekicking meant being WAY below team level. The RAGe crash is annoying. Damned annoying. But completely dealable with, especially on Invul. Your toughest issue is actually the Endurance drop. The enemies in most content cannot scratch Invul. Once you get used to running it against most enemies then you will develop tactics for Carnies and BS like that. When the crash happens be ACTIVE. Do inspiration management (combine/use) Open your map or look at it. WTF is your team doing? Use alternate attacks. Anything that cannot be +damaged (Sands of Mu etc.) is also NOT affected by the damage drop. use stun grenades from P2W vendor. Use most of the syuff from p2W vendor. Reposition. those ten seconds are the perfect time to travel. Move your butt to somewhere useful. GL.