Theorycrafting: Boss farmer

[sammcs]

Hello all! I've had an idea swirling in my head and was wondering what everyone else had to say about it. Recently, I was in an AE farm with a Stone/Rad Melee tank and he was killing bosses in a +4/x8 map. All enemies were boss type ONLY; no minions, lieutenants, etc. Contaminated + mud pots + judgement seemed to be how he was taking them out. It also appeared they only did S+L damage.

 

Would this work better as a brute? So, would a Rad melee/Stone brute perform better than a tanker at a +4/x8 boss-only AE farm? 

 

Also, I was wondering if this kind of farm was even efficient (in terms of xp/inf per hour). Furthermore, are there other classes that could complete a farm like this? I wasn't sure if other powersets/ATs could tank that much damage from that many bosses or if it's far easier than I'm imagining.

 

Sidenote: he did claim he was trying to design it to be an AFK farm (so you set up near the first spawn, mud pots eventually kills them, other patrols make their way to you after first group dies, etc). Didn't know how likely he was to design such a thing (if it's even possible).

 

Anyway, thanks for listening to me ramble. Thoughts?

Edited August 2, 2019 by sammcs

[HelenCarnate]

Yes it would work better as a brute made to take the damage however IIRC there was a nerf to AE farms (soon after it came out) with only bosses in the group causing them to be less efficient compared to groups with bosses, lt and minions. 

[Werner]

I would guess a number of other powersets and ATs could tank or prevent that much damage on a custom-designed AE farm with the right build. I'm not sure about efficiency, but it sounds interesting to try when my SS / Fire Brute is finished. Someday.