I rolled a Staff/Bio brute last night named "Color Guardian" - essentially my daughter in one of her winter color guard costumes (had a military theme, so camo cargo pants, boots, etc). I've always mentioned that she should learn to use the flag staff as a weapon, so....
Anyway, I forgot how FUN a brute can be. Played an Axe before but this may be better served to build fury as the attacks seem pretty quick. Bio armor may be interesting as well, but I don't yet have a handle on it yet or a build plan. But so far street sweeping has been nice, and I should probably go at least team size 2 for missions.