it definitely depends on 1) goal - role 2) archetype - power sets 3) build
there is a large difference. a sweeping generalized conversation is not going to help you hit a specific target.
My being "done" with them is due to Brutes unfair treatment from every Dev that "adjusted" them. I do not wish to rehash it all, but Brutes getting nerfed because in edge cases they were out damaging Scrappers was stupid. Then to have Tanks buffed to out damage everyone was really a HC FU. Having the worst Archetype Enhancers in the game is just getting a golf club to the back of the head after you fall down. All Devs hate Brutes and will F them over as soon as they can get their hands into the code. Do not know why. Every time i build out a Brute i despise Devs more. Because i know they have been screwed so hard, and any way to optimize them has been carefully and methodically removed. After Tanks got buffed I quit playing them, because they were a shit choice. Just because HC rolled back SOME of the Tank buffs will not trick me. The HC Devs are probably already planning another way to screw Brutes. i am slowly stripping my 50 Brutes and compacting them to back page name holders. Dead to me.