After Page 5 Brutes will suck more. Here's why

[Spaghetti Betty]

As of late there has been a great deal of lamenting about the glory days of the Brute and complaints about how much they suck in modern CoH. Well, it saddens me to bring more bad news, but Brutes will suck even more in Page 5, and here's why...

 

In Page 5 there will be many powerset changes. Sentinels are doing extra damage. Masterminds got quality buffs as well. Even Force Fielders will now be able to contribute to teams in their own unique way. But what about Brutes?

 

Well, in the upcoming update, Battle Axe will be getting a revamp as well. I want to call your attention to Whirling Axe - or as it will be known henceforth - Axe Cyclone. This new power will have the ability to draw in enemies within 15ft of the Brute. What this change means is that Brutes will now suck even more than they did before.

 

And it doesn't stop there. If you're proc-happy, ALL Axe powers can take a Force Feedback: Chance for +Recharge proc, making the extra +100% global recharge a guarantee. This could potentially increase Brute suckage thricefold. Have the devs not learned from their past mistakes?

 

If you compound this with other additions of power creep, then it's no secret that Brutes already sucked by using Fold Space. When will the suckage cease? These are truly the end times.

 

Please have calm and rational discussion below. And stay tuned for my threads on why Stone Melee is the most solid set, and how my opinion on Storm Summoning will blow you away.

Edited October 12, 2022 by Spaghetti Betty

[Snarky]

Saying Fold Space benefits Brutes is like saying Inherent Fitness benefits Brutes. Or the ability to have access to Bases benefits Brutes.  Changes to the Axe only affects Tanks and Scrappers as well, so points for picking something to talk about that did not benefit everyone who logged into the game.

[biostem]

38 minutes ago, Spaghetti Betty said:

ALL Axe powers can take a Force Feedback: Chance for +Recharge proc, making the extra +100% global recharge a guarantee. This could potentially increase Brute suckage thricefold.

Why would +recharge make brutes worse?

[Yomo Kimyata]

11 minutes ago, biostem said:

Why would +recharge make brutes worse?

 

Clearly they would suck faster.

[Spaghetti Betty]

1 hour ago, biostem said:

Why would +recharge make brutes worse?

That much extra recharge would drastically decrease the recharge of Axe Cyclone, thereby increasing the use of the vacuum effect. This makes Battle Axe Brutes suck more. I hope this is easy to understand.

[Infinitum]

1 hour ago, Spaghetti Betty said:

As of late there has been a great deal of lamenting about the glory days of the Brute and complaints about how much they suck in modern CoH. Well, it saddens me to bring more bad news, but Brutes will suck even more in Page 5, and here's why...

 

In Page 5 there will be many powerset changes. Sentinels are doing extra damage. Masterminds got quality buffs as well. Even Force Fielders will now be able to contribute to teams in their own unique way. But what about Brutes?

 

Well, in the upcoming update, Battle Axe will be getting a revamp as well. I want to call your attention to Whirling Axe - or as it will be known henceforth - Axe Cyclone. This new power will have the ability to draw in enemies within 15ft of the Brute. What this change means is that Brutes will now suck even more than they did before.

 

And it doesn't stop there. If you're proc-happy, ALL Axe powers can take a Force Feedback: Chance for +Recharge proc, making the extra +100% global recharge a guarantee. This could potentially increase Brute suckage thricefold. Have the devs not learned from their past mistakes?

 

If you compound this with other additions of power creep, then it's no secret that Brutes already sucked by using Fold Space. When will the suckage end? These are truly the end times.

 

Please have calm and rational discussion below. And stay tuned for my threads on why Stone Melee is the most solid set, and how my opinion on Storm Summoning will blow you away.

 

Kudos. You win the day 🤣

[Sanguinesun]

2 hours ago, biostem said:

Why would +recharge make brutes worse?

 

They're mocking. 

[lemming]

1 hour ago, Krimson said:

When did we get a second Snarky?

There are always two <insert rest of quote>

[TygerDarkstorm]

@Spaghetti Betty

[Spaghetti Betty]

19 hours ago, Sanguinesun said:

 

They're mocking. 

I prefer "tongue in cheek".

[Sanguinesun]

15 minutes ago, Spaghetti Betty said:

I prefer "tongue in cheek".

 

Well just make sure they showered first I suppose....

[Snarky]

Wait, you were joking?

[Spaghetti Betty]

14 minutes ago, Snarky said:

Wait, you were joking?

 

22 hours ago, Spaghetti Betty said:

And stay tuned for my threads on why Stone Melee is the most solid set, and how my opinion on Storm Summoning will blow you away.

Was this not a dead giveaway that I was just being punny?

[Yaliw]

Brute reading comprehension was never nerfed but was also never very good 😛

[oldskool]

Hmmm.... Axe/EA. 

So Strong. 
So Pretty.

[Spaghetti Betty]

26 minutes ago, oldskool said:

Hmmm.... Axe/EA. 

So Strong. 
So Pretty.

Strong, pretty, AND it sucks.

[Ringo]

The perfect date doesn't exis-

 

5 hours ago, Spaghetti Betty said:

Strong, pretty, AND it sucks.

 

Well then

[Sovera]

But will they spit or swallow?

[Snarky]

you folks know this ain't a reddit forum, right?

[Bionic_Flea]

[Pep Rally]

Pretty soon Brutes could suck as much as Primus! The HORROR!

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=953PkxFNiko

[Outrider_01]

Space Balls theme namedb 12345 

[Xandyr]

On 10/12/2022 at 10:43 PM, Ringo said:

The perfect date doesn't exis-

 

 

Well then

Mark me down as scared and ......

[Rahabina]

On 10/12/2022 at 4:21 PM, Snarky said:

Wait, you were joking?

she had me too 

[Brutal Justice]

The real irony of this thread is @Ston posting tank vs brute times in the Trapdoor mission.  With limited procs the tank clears 6 seconds faster than the brute.  With heavy procs the tank wins by 47 seconds.