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Okay. I love Brutes. My main is a Brute. I ran redside almost always for Bruting until Going Rogue and i could Brute Blueside i dislike weapons. Between redraw, super-theme, various powerset oddities etc i just dislike weapons sooooo i spend a LOT of time with Super Strength and Dark Melee. Good thing i like them. i have tried liking Kinetic Melee. It is very comic book. It has no redraw. It has some AoE. It has a funky mechanic that requires no conscious application. I love funky mechanics that require no conscious application. So...why have i never 50d one? last night i really dialed it in. I freaking hate the graphics animations. They are bad at the beginning and the tier nine is “helicopter stupid” reminds me of the scene from breaking bad. anyways i figure it out. The sound effects are very thunky satisying. The animation is somewhere berween “be as stupid as possible interpretive dance for beginners” and really bad kung fu moves that serve no useful purpose besides stretching and soooo. I took the weirdest character i have figured out how to spit out of the character generator that i like And i slapped Kinetic Melee Invulnerable Brute on that ran 4 DFBs and a bit of PI farm last night. Level 20. Surprise ....I like it. The funky character doing weird stuff is something my mind expects i guess. It drops down to background. I hear the thinks in my headphones and focus on managing the combat and killing stuff wish me luck. I really want another set to 50. I just have to see how/if helicopter madness is going to affect my Bruting flow

Thank you for the builds. This helps a lot. Wasn’t mind/fire one of the premier doms back in the day top damage dealer?

The golden rule in game is Def > Res < Heal. So softcapping 1 Def is golden. S/L for most melee since most of the attacks they face have a S/L component. Even if it is a huge fire attack there can be a tiny lethal side effect and therefore drops into the S/L bucket. Fire farmers only face fire attacks so they only need to defend and resist vs Fire. Blasters and squishies tend to get high ranged defenses because as ling as they are 8 feet away they are ranged. If you want to ‘layer defenses’ you want to look at the premier example. invul armor. It has high resists, some defense, resistance to debuffs if its defenses and a heal. So you softcap an invul to S/L defense, pump up the resist numbers and polish the heal a bit and you have all three legs of the stool going. Done right the things are unkillable outside a Hami raid or incarnate patches of death Invul armor is not sexy. Most people want a damage aura or to run a squishy or something besides SuperBrute. But it is a good look at how it can be done correctly. then as you choose what you are building (Iceman42?!?) you say well i got no resists but i have defense and can work on heal i/o and Procs and solid those up with I/Os so that you can deal with stuff that breaks past the RNG.

It is perfect the way it is. In my opinion. My evidence? The squishies have developed a thousand work arounds (and yes they do work at getting around it) and are run by some of the best players in the game Not to say the class i gravitate to ( Brutes) is not filled with great strategists and tacticians... just saying those who play the classes with tons of game altering control and damage that drops heavies in no time seem to earn their stripes and get through it Not saying they dont struggle sometimes. But if it was easy no one would run anything else.

I have a build in theory set up. It has 93% global rech 6 force feedback procs hasten and 38% ranged def. to me it looks forced and i still did not permadom according to my thinking. Purole sets everywhere

Next up valentines event. And i am rediscovering an old love: Grav/Energy Dominator!!! I had one of these perma-dom back on live before the Dom changes. It was no a cheap build back then and i ended up shattering and scavenging the pieces after a few months i ran through what feels like a hundred squishies as i have been alting in Homecoming. I even rolled one of these for a hot minute back in November i think. But i was running about every Sentinel combo and it got lost in the noise i have been running Brutes and Tanks as usual for most of my content. But once in a while rolling a squishy alt. And i have been learning Last night i rolled a new Grav/Energy Dom. One person complimented me on the costume and another on my backstory. Both uncommon occurrences for me. Okay thats a good sign lol i roll a couple DFB then into a PI team until 18. Then drop into a Posi 1. I like to run my alts through the TFs mostly in order. It helps me understand the build and earns merits it was not a super fast TF. We finished in like 53 minutes. We split up at least once which slowed us down. We killed a lot more than we needed to almost scrubbing the floors in at least two missions that probably didnt need it. But i was starting to get a feel for how useful a Grav Dom is. I had my AoE hold when i started and got to add a couple hold SOs to it before the final mission. It was not up very often so i had to save it for what i knew were the toughest fights. Likewise with Dom i knew i was in the happy zone during the last mission. I was immobilizing groups as we mowed them down and pew-pewing like mad. We hit the city hall steps and i hit Dom and held the first wave. There were craptons of course but we held the door and did not struggle. The two groups inside i could only immobilize but that seemed to help a lot then we walked over to the shadow fight. Dom was back up. As was my AoE hold. I had one sm yellow and three small reds. I looked at the teams health and energy bars. It was time. I ate the candies popped Dom. Hit power up and kept walking. I AoE held the entire group as soon as i was in range. Then we just burnt them down. They never moved. Oh yeah. That was nice. The team seemed a little in shock. There were some confused yet happy statements “that was really easy!?!” i am going to Perma Dom the thing and work on getting as much ranged defense as possible. I have learned a lot about ranged being 8+ feet and using that to great advantage. I look forward to having the oddball tools in my bag that Grav offers and seeing the changes they made in the powers. They seem way more useful then back on live and of course still working my regular projects like tanking all redside. (Just finishing up 25-29 content this week) nice to rediscover this old friend. all prettied up with new costume parts and power revamped. Oh and me being a more proficient player doesnt hurt either

*looks around. *picks up really big rock... So, they are going to get us all our okd characters and builds back?

I was buying (and still have on my omdest toons) the base to power from p2w. It was rhe bomb on live when i got that vet power. I was showing up nearly first on every TF door with inspirations to boot! But yeah the /macro shaves a minute off that time. First no animation and then i just run through the base since its not mine and just one room. I am still in the middle of the pack of folks arriving. These people are getting around lightning fast now

Hey folks. I am back on trying my squishy projects. And back on a Grav/Energy Dom. Really enjoy this last night got compliments separately on costume and backstory. My ego is easy to prop up so i will prob run this a few days lol a yways i posted a thread a month or two ago asking for a build. It turned into sort of an odd challenge discussion. Not really interested. I know what i want i have not built a Permadom since live. Many things have changed and thise files are long gone can one or two of you post builds that have Permadom and high ranged defense so i can get an idea what sets i am looking for? Doesnt have to be grav/nrg also can i get a Permadom rech formula? Global+hasten. Memory banks. Can we get those implanted yet thanks

I tried (again and quit as usual) to solo Bliueside all stories on a Brute. At no changes in difficulty Frostfire was the first challenge the game really threw at me. I think (was months ago now) if i remember i did not have mez prot and forgot to bring any because had needed zero so far. Forgot he did that. A Brute can beat down anything in game at its own level. But at low level before mez prot you can be in the crapper

This discussion. In all it’s linguistic accuracy, in game and in world history, creative twists, and general fun tossing around of the concept you guys make me happy to be in the best world. Homecoming

One if the only arcs i enjoy Blueside. Tightly written dramatic and challenging

I started an Ice/Ice Dom last night and this might be my “unicorn” squishy i have been searching for for years. I will be trying to Permadom it and softcap ranged defense. What makes it different is i have evolved in my thinking. Ranged is 8 feet. Not 30 or 60. My head explodes. The fat AoE toggle and big powers aimed at screwing with enemies all around you is excellent. You can be a kung fu master dodger if everyone is moving at 1 foot a minute. Someone gets superclose. ST hold so i will be puttering around with this over the next week or two and seeing if i like it in TFs. I have not 50d a Dom since back on live. Most of my squishies on Homecoming have been Blasters or Sentinels. again it is my thinking that has changed. The Ice Dom is a powerful addition to a team that does not wipe a spawn with their Alpha. Anything not completely locked down is falling over and/or doing nothing fast. That is a ton of power in one little squishy

Two words. Enhancement converters. Are there enhancements available in the ‘type’ that you need? Regular, purple, pvp? Then buy anything in the right category. And convert. No need to seed i see an enhancer i want selling in a set. Say Brute ATO. Making numbers up here but roughly iff memory. Needed one of each. Got 3 at 7-8 mil. Then nothing. Hmmm. Then i realize there is zero or one available. One has 5 avail but are selling at 12-15 mil. NO. I go back to the ones i bought. One has 15 for sale. I but 3 of those at 7-9 mil and convert. Bam similar when selling. I buy cheap yellow recipes and craft convert sell. Generally shooting for a sale price of 4 mil or more a pop. And that keeps the alt mad populace in procs. And the resources used are useles. Yellow recipes and converters i earned through TF. no need to seed on a busy server

I dint really RP but my characters are always willing to discuss lore about halfway in char or more and/or help out where i can. While maintaining an aloof Snarkiness that befits them. (Each ones name starts with Snark...) Had a great time this weekend rolling TFs about half the weekend, working on my story arc redside badger, and creating various alts are we getting busier? I did not watch the server numbers this weekend but seems like a lot of newish peeps were running through. I try to play nice seriously. Some of these geeks are the TF leaders of tomorrow. Cause i aint doing it i got kicked off Posi 1 this weekend though. For being Snarky seriously. Last mission too. I had complained earlier (snarked really) about running the TF at level 11. Because buzzsaw. Then in last mission peeps loaded in. And proceeded to split up and start running around the map everywhere’s. I assume in search of the four objectives. Or litter cleaning who knows. I snarked about them being on the map... and found myself kicked!!! then Sunday night i am on a brand new alt. Level 1 ice/ice Dom.DFB action is dead and someone posts all invited AE. Soooo i load in and start putting away my laundry. Keeping an eye in the screen of course. Some Aae missions are short. And was kicked. 5 min tops. Was told it was not a farm. Now what exactly do they expect an unenhanced unpowered and unbuffed first level Dom to do? My just for fun snowball power is more useful than my attacks. At least it hits. I was irritated but when am i not really? that story ended good. I got 2 DFBs and then a quick PI mission with 7 squishies. We did good the first story ended great as well. It was a wicked new Brute i was experimenting with. dark/will and i threw craptons if exoensive stuff in him from the beginning. I ended up doing a posi 1 and 2 a Synapse and a Yin. All in some of the fastest times ever run by me in random PUGs. The Synapse was 1:36 and the Yin was i think 34. Sunday morning i loaded in on my fifty main and did speed ITF LGTF and Khan. Then a Posi 1 (rough one- oh well). anyways it just seemed like a lot if chaos this weekend. Hope everyone had fun. I did

The enter base from passcode. I still dont know hot to set up a passcode for my base but i use zone-8888 on Everlasting. A taxi hub.

Started knocking around ideas and this popped out. Of course i will be building to s/l def Yeah i know that those defenses have crap debuff resistance. Oh well lol that is still the concept on Elec? S/L def? i randomly got invited to a farm last night with the DFB group i was running with. So level 30 after just rolling up and ready to start slotting stuff or do you chase even more resistance numbers in this build and chase heal recharge? Wild thought just throwing out

I Brute a lot lol. There are still combos i havent tried because i am fixated on SS/Invul. Which is my current main. There is a design in the Brute forums in a build request tooic by me that has Hyperstrikes design posted. It is ridiculously good i started a dark/elec brute last night. Should be interesting. i play by concept and that brings me the most fun. I am soloing redside on a Invul/Dark tank zombie concept. I kind of wish it wasnt a tank sometimes (kill alls) but wow do i love the entire concept and story i recently started a Dark/Temp Blaster that i am really enjoying. Built for cones and ranged defense. So grabbing the extra cones from Soul gl in your search. Alt on!!!

Hoverblasting works better indoors than not hoverblasting. Not an opinion but a fact. Whether caves or office building. Clear out ground floor and team moves upstairs. Just. Hover up a few feet and reorient and continue laying the hate downrange i am currently 6 slotting all powers to obtain the ranged def bonuses. There is a huge ranged defense in holds set so the hold is slotted as a hold. However it is up for possible frankenslotting. It does a crapton of damage. But combined with the hold from temporal i can lock down any one target which is damned useful and ST is not something i am either short on or want to concentrate on so i may leave it. I am building the toon as a firing platform for cones. When i have to drop down to ST it is because the plan went sideways or i am fighting an AV. In which case the first weird attack from Temporal actually becomes useful to spam more than a hold turned into a damage power. The heal is slotted with Ranged Damage set with ranged defense. If i am leaning on it for a heal we are pretty much at run or faceplant or nvm. The plan went sideways long ago again i have a lot if opportunities to tweak or frankenslot at this point. Well maybe not a lot. But dropping 5-10 points back in ranged defense opens up some options. But to get to 55 i ignored all distractions and just slotted for ranged defense. The first cone that does KB is slotted with univsal dam with proc that turns KB to KD. The second cone has Blaster set. The cones from Soul Mastery are slotted to their secondary effects that offer ranged defense bonuses. as i edit the build i can strip some of these 6 slots down and tighten it up. There are opportunities to make the build different but i want to make it better as far as ST goes again it is not my build goal to do ST. I prefer to Insta snipe then hold Anything that distracts me from my hoverconemadness if it is really pissing me off i drop the second hold on it and proceed to burn it down keeping the holds on it and if useful angling around it to make it the anchorman for recharged cone attacks on any friends near it. Freak super stunners are definitely in this category as are succubus. The jump bots ar surprisingly hardy against my attacks as well and make good anchors. There are few things that stand up to a Blasters attack chains when focused on them, and Dark is not well defended or resisted against. I have a Kismet plus ACC bonus in stealth which is always toggled on in combat. I always hit better and thanks to Dark my opponents always hit worse. I will need to post the build at some point. I need to do a first edit from the rough draft. Also i do all my message boards from the phone and the build is on another comp. minor but real complication of having 4 primary computers in my life And not remembering passwords. i am more Brute than Blaster and not familiar with arcanatime dps calcs of various powers. I am going by feel and usefulness at this point. If i am not doing AoE i tend to be sniping and holding. Not saying it is best but i am rolling a disembodied skull and it feels fun and evil

I do not know what to make of this. Curiously it was filed on my birth date 12/4. Since i am slightly weird about coincidences i want to infer something good or bad from that lol my first reaction, of course it to type something very Snarky. Or type something cryptic that infers maybe something bad will happen to them but in truth i must be maturing, finally, sigh. So close to death now. I believe this is most likely a legal strategy, somehow (rightly or wrongly) believed to be very important to NCsoft. there is not enough data to determine what piece of the puzzle this is in whether it moves us closer or farther away from reaching an agreement i play CoX everyday like it will be my last. I have no idea how long we have. I thank all the Supah-geek 1337s that brought Homecoming to us regular Citizens of Atlas and the Rogue Isles and all corners of space and time so, meh, who knows? (Does somebody, really?) who cares? I cannot let myself. And so I continue badging and building alts. See you in the Cities

Taunt was dropped and/or never picked up by Brutes going back to their beginning. The reason was quite simple. No room on the F-ing Build. Remember this was orig CoV. They were THE melee redside toon. No other options. Also a travel power required TWO power choices and there was NO inherent fitness. So people did not take taunt Lo and behold Redside teams figured out you didnt need it. Sure its a great resource. A very powerful power. Just not necessary, and since no one but Stone Brutes took it then it was practically unavailable soooo Brutes learned to race ahead of teams like dogs in a hunt. The goal was to jump into a fresh mob and have everyone attack you before any other team member got there. Like cannonball into a pool. What? NO not to take agro for the team. Screw them. You needed your Fury bar fully charged baby. like it or not Redside teams started building and using the unchangeable Brute tactic developing strategies for using their powers to make the most of an endless line of “ Leeroy Johnson!!!s” and so was born the ROFLSTOMP redside PUG teams. so it is not surprising that Taunt is not used in the Build because Brute players think of it as about as necessary as the fifth wheel bolted to the back of a jeep. Sure it looks cool but when the F will i use it? and since i started as a Redside SS/Invul player i never think of it as missing. I want it on my Tanks. But i hardly even try to do Damage as a Tank. I run Tanks as melee ‘trollers with only one mez power. The best in the game. Mind control better than any mez primary. Attack me. Hard coded into the game but Bruting? Brute smash. Screw taunting anything. Just hit stuff. Then hit more stuff

I am currently soloing all Redside on a Invul/Dark Tank. I have run a fully i/o’d expensive Dark/Invul Brute back on live. Most of my melee run Invul and at keast 25% use Dark. Those are my bonafides lol soooo. Think about this. Before Incarnate powers i ran a Dark/Invul Brute. Heavily I/O’d. Lots if purple sets LOTG and Hasten. Thats right. Not built for res/def. built for permahasten or very close to it. It took Unstoppable the hated tier 9. It was nearly unkillable. The Haste on the build brought up all the needed long recharge powers in a reasonable time. If speedboosted Unstoppable stacked. This will not avert the ceash but will let you ignore it. Think Paragon Protector on very low health. Diesnt matter because you still cannot kill it. If no speed boost just have a green and a blue ready to pop at the crash. People make too much of the drop. Or a purple a green then use Darks End recovery PBAoE and then Siphon Life. High recharge Dark takes Unstoppables crash in stride. so that is on a Brute built not for Def or Res but Speed. This is the meanest combi in the game imo. A brute DM/Invul tanks better than almost any other Tank if it bothers to take taunt The build i am currently going with for my Invul/Dark Tank is just a super relaxed story arc toon and badger. So will be S/L Def capped and Heavy resists. Better Tanking than Stone due to the versatility and giving up practically nothing when comparing survivability if you want to do damage with the build i seriously recommend Brute. My main is a Ss/Invul Brute build for defand res and the only thing that puts it down are Hami and incarnate patches of death. I dont even bother looking at health or end bars. They never move below 90% unless a lot of psychic is hitting. Placing Dark over SS just makes the build more durable. The Invul Brute walks through the +4/x8 Comic con farm like another day in a park whatwver you choose gl and have fun

In my continued search for a Blaster i like i cycled back to Dark with Temporal as the seconday. I will be taking Soul as Epic. I might take Force as a pool. This will give me 4-5 cones which will be the preferred attack chain. Hoverblast ftw. I am playing with a build which most here would prob dislike based on my power choices but it suits my playstyle. The ranged defense as it sits is 55% at 50. Not counting possible incarnate choices. I will prob start Frankenslotting this down to 45% with all toggles off. Toggles are CJ Stealth and Hover i liked AR and Ice but Dark just feels more powerful. The PBAoE nuke is not as problematic as i thought. It is a very situational power which is not up that often

You can really take any toon AT build against Malta and its nit bad. Oh one thing. KILL SAPPERS like they (insert vile act here) to you

As long as you enjoy the game. 50 content for me is a little intense. 24 people spamming AoE and hopping around to avoid patchs of dearh. Meh i enjoy making a new character and running 1-30ish content as long as the task forces are adverting. When that slows i either jump on my story arc toon, or convert all merits to cash (that takes a while to milk properly) or just start another 1-30 run. Sometimes i jump on my 50 but it is not my go to