Post by not1stepbackwards on Nov 24, 2015 10:23:31 GMT -5
Thanks for being open to feedback. I've been trying to suss this out, too.
Flowcyto's a great guy and properly analytical, he does the number crunching plus also does his tests in the field. Plus he's very up-to-date with the meta. He's the right guy to talk to.
What you most recently posted is optimal for what we're going for, just applying aggro effects rather than doing it via damage like you said, no worries there. What's starting to really sink in for me is how advantage-hungry PFF is. All the things you chose IMHO are ideal, but PFF just has so many dependencies. You really should try this and see how it goes, see if you can hold aggro.
The thing is the Support Drones in the end. It may turn out you won't need it, could swap the Power and the Advantage Points into Cleave, but I'm not sure. I almost see those Drones as for team support, healing others, as you'll be mostly fine. Of all the choices in the build, the Support Drones and the 4 Advantage Points there IMHO will be most subject to change.
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A disclaimer - I actually tank via DPS mode, lol. As you know, it's a different approach. I'm actually thinking you should seek out Flowcyto. I'm going to reach one of the mods, @carrionbagge, because she's both very knowledgeable about the game and actually plays a variety of tanks. But by all means start up the character and all that, we won't have to allocate points until later.
I'll tell you what I'm thinking now. I'm thinking if I can do a Laser Knight build using things like Devour Essence and the shred effect (because I found Devour Essence, aside from being good dmg and self-healing, also draws way more aggro than it has any right to, I guess enemies hate these vampiric attacks).
Flowcyto's a great guy and properly analytical, he does the number crunching plus also does his tests in the field. Plus he's very up-to-date with the meta. He's the right guy to talk to.
What you most recently posted is optimal for what we're going for, just applying aggro effects rather than doing it via damage like you said, no worries there. What's starting to really sink in for me is how advantage-hungry PFF is. All the things you chose IMHO are ideal, but PFF just has so many dependencies. You really should try this and see how it goes, see if you can hold aggro.
The thing is the Support Drones in the end. It may turn out you won't need it, could swap the Power and the Advantage Points into Cleave, but I'm not sure. I almost see those Drones as for team support, healing others, as you'll be mostly fine. Of all the choices in the build, the Support Drones and the 4 Advantage Points there IMHO will be most subject to change.
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A disclaimer - I actually tank via DPS mode, lol. As you know, it's a different approach. I'm actually thinking you should seek out Flowcyto. I'm going to reach one of the mods, @carrionbagge, because she's both very knowledgeable about the game and actually plays a variety of tanks. But by all means start up the character and all that, we won't have to allocate points until later.
I'll tell you what I'm thinking now. I'm thinking if I can do a Laser Knight build using things like Devour Essence and the shred effect (because I found Devour Essence, aside from being good dmg and self-healing, also draws way more aggro than it has any right to, I guess enemies hate these vampiric attacks).