Snarky

again, you have this all solved. so great. for me, i build for Master runs. no incarnates. so i build for a certain thing, which is a bulletproof build without team or incarnate buffs. i have Tanked the Ms Liberty TF twice on Master, on a Dark Dark Brute (both times successfully). so, the build has significant energy res from sets. Resistance is its own resistance debufff resistance, so i aim for 100, even on Brutes. obviously energy did not make it that high. i do not downplay how important the non suppressing stealth, mag 2 fear and mag 2 stun and to hit debuffs are on a res set with no defense debuff resistance. again, we build different. have fun.

its okay. it looks like you have made a moderate to extreme investment in Defenses. On a Res Armor with no defense debuff resistance. I can see there is no point talking to someone who already knows the truth.

The cloaks are a “faux defense” keeping trash mobs from attacking you. I have spent so much time trying to explain this. I will not repeat all that here. Please reconsider how you look at these cloaks.

Buy everything attuned except Purples. Purples are automatically attuned (although only slottable at 50). If you attuned a Purples the only harm is you cannot +5 it, arguably lowering its usefulness. Also, you lose the cool shape! +5ing the Purps is expensive, and unless pursuing a “frankenslotting” strategy it is of limited value. But chasing these things is what we do…

We grade various Archetypes A B C etc. There are some “sweet spots” in certain Archetypes, where that combo is better than the average grade for the Archetype, … or worse. Power sets and builds that really make the most of that Archetype, or really suck. You can probably list a few in your head. Corruptors are the only Archetype where every single combo is an S class character. S is a grade from the Japanese gaming systems and is higher than an A. Yes, EVERY Corruptor is an S class character. They tend to do different things, but they bring to the table solid DPS, and (depending on powersets) solid buffs, debuffs, heals, etc. Whether solo or on a team these characters pivot from support to DPS as needed, and perform great in both roles. Yes, there are better support characters. Yes, there are better DPS characters. No, no other Archetype is as versatile and powerful.

i know it is situational but if tou are just waiting on Ada…

Here is what you do. See the invite? Do not respond. Sip your tea, read your book, wait for Ada…

you are wrong about this, you were wrong about that.

can you edit this to 140 characters?

p2w pet bat

I only know badges. Hollows, All Gold Side, Mercy, Atlas, Striga, Croatoa (i think) all give badges for doing all content

Thanks for leading VortexMaster!

picked up a PUG MoCuda today. we did have to restart twice, early deaths. then we got it!

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I built my Dark Dark Brute with a lot of resistances (including energy) and dealt with endurance. Old school, so Dark Regeneration. Best heal in the game. It us truly rare someone presses that Brute. When they do… full heal. He has tanked MoMLTF twice and tanked Rom no issues. He does occasionally die, and the Dark Rez is a beautiful thing.

I always thought Dark Armor was best on Brutes. As a resistance Armor set Dark Armor gets mileage out of Brute’s 90% max res values. So that makes it, to me, a more natural fit than Scrappers. Dark Armor has a non suppressing combat stealth. With this you can destroy 17 Longbow in a spawn. The next spawn over just ignores you. This is a powerful tool that lets you pace the fight to your plan. It is also counterproductive for managing agro for a team. I have deep thoughts on the other two cloaks, fear and stun, as well. But it is long past time telling people who have no interest how important they are. Brutes are just fun too.

It is quite good to be back to jumping onto various teams and charging madly into content. The last 6 months of soloing story arcs had gotten quite grindy. PUGs…. Heh. They are a box of chocolates 🍫 Today I was about to log when i saw a MoLRSF starting. I joined. It took a while to get 8. And the team CRUSHED it. So slick we just did a MoMLTF to follow up. Another walk in the park. I think we would have done a MoLGTF except real life was 📞 calling a few of us out of the city.

Actually mostly on a Dark Dark Corruptor. Probably will be for another 6 months to a year. Then, depending on mood, I might go Ice/Dark Corruptor. With a GoT White Walker inspired concept. But I will pull from other genres as well. I think Ice Dark Corr is the natural evolution to my playstyle. Fully Ranged, tons of evil mechanics, great damage. But those are dreams for late 2025 probably… I am on the Fire^3 Blaster with Justice Superteamers Friday night. We 5 person a KHTF last night, four Fire Blasters on team. The first mission was so easy lol

Starting to run 50 content on PUGs again, after 6 months doing solo contacts. I have been on 3? 4/8 kill most ITFs. I seem to be the only one killing Surgeons. So… are you all. (Insert random Snarky tm pat pend comment here)… or what?

You sidekick to a 50 for hunts. Either find a friendly player, or if you have an alt acct log it on.

Agreed. I hate WoW and everyone gets to stand and be “Speaker for the Horde..”. Really? Cause you just said that to the Troll standing here a second ago I do like the Incarnate Lore in game. We are all seeking pieces of the path the Well laid out. So it makes sense there are hundreds l, thousands of us. The ones with more direct contact with the Well are explained in the Lore and are the big names. That feels right, even if the writing is not perfect

you could write encylopedias and mathematical treatises on the effectiveness of the cloaks. they do not want them and will keep asking "need this?"