Adeon Hawkwood

As others have noted the base HP does vary by AT and the power scalars mean powers have different effects. Outside of that the only difference is that different ATs have different limits. So, for example a Tanker or Brute with no shields turned on who was being buffed by a lot of Thermal/Sonic characters would cap out at 95% resistance while anyone else would cap out lower (85% for EATs, 75% for everyone else). The Tanker/Brute isn't getting a larger effect from the shields, they are just able to benefit from more of them.

Pretty much for the reasons SpittingTrashcan and I were discussing. You've got to have a toggle power that does one thing when first activated (make a bomb) and another thing when running (stop bomb from exploding). There are currently no powers in the game that work like that (at least as far as I know) which makes me suspect ti wouldn't work at all. Of course, this is solely guesswork.

The problem there is that the pistols code is keying off the character having another power active. You'd need to key off of something to determine the percentage and I don't think the placed bomb would work for that. You could use the grant temporary power function maybe but that probably has it's own set of problems.

Good point, I forgot about that.

That's actually not quite correct. It actually requires separate animations based on stance for a total of 12-16 animations per power (according to BABs):
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...0&postcount=26

But yeah, that's still a lot of effort for minimal return (even if I would like it).

Agreed, the devs do not need to integrate Mids and CoX. HOWEVER, the ability to save a build and then load it during a respec (in the same manner as costume files) would be a reasonably useful QoL feature on it's own (especially if it was combined with an improved respec interface). That fact that by exporting the build to a text file it would be possible for the Mids' team to make an import/export feature for Mids' would be a nice bonus.

It shouldn't be. If it's been a week I'd contact customer service, it sounds like something might be wrong.

That is correct. When the original pre-purchase thing came out it was stated that people pre-puchasing would get the powersets early but would not get the perks from the complete collection (specifically the extra costume sets and new power) or the free month. The Gamestop pre-order bonus of extra enhancements is an extra perk from people who pre-order the complete collection though gamestop.

You're right, I was mis-reading things and getting confused.

My thought train is pretty much this:
1. Splitting the defensive powers means a lot of characters (basically any with either decent IOs or a defense based armor set) will get minimal benefit from one or the other.
2. Combining the defensive buffs into one power (Tough Hide) solves this problem
3. Without the defensive bonuses Acute Senses is rather weak
4. 3% accuracy bonus is pretty much useless since most characters already have decent accuracy (whether through accuracy slotting or just incidental IO bonuses) while a small (say 3%-5%) to hit bonus is more generically useful without being hideously overpowered.
5. Adding moderate resistance to -to hit and -perception to Acute Senses gives it a bit more flavor in keeping with similar regular powers but since those are only situationally useful isn't overpowered.

The issue I can see with that (besides it probably becoming another Oil Slick Arrow in terms of bugginess) is that you have a toggle power that has to apply one effect when originally activated (place a bomb) and then perform a different action while it's active. I have no clue if that's possible or not, but I can't think of any other toggle powers with a similar effect. The other issue is that this toggle has to only affect bomb pets (I think that's doable, but I'm not certain) and would probably affect the bomb pets of all of the players on the team.

Personally my inclination is to just change it to a click power where you throw a bomb that explodes almost immediately. This is simple, robust and still keeps the basic concept of "big boom".

Failing that I say change it to a two power power. Powers like Swap Ammo and the Kheld Forms give you extra powers when you select them so why not change Time Bomb to Remote Bomb. You get a (slottable) Remote Bomb power that places a bomb and then a (unslottable) Remote Detonator power that detonates it. Admittedly that has it's own set of problems but I think it's doable (maybe?) although I suspect that like the above it would allow you to detonate bombs belonging to other friendly players.

Oh that's standard. After you purchase an item with a credit card there's a lockout before you can reuse the same credit card (I think it's 24-48 hours). Blame the gold farmers.

You do realize that the current inf to prestige exchange rate (which you advocated keeping) is 500:1 not 10:1 as you seem to be assuming. So 3million prestige in inf is actually 1.5 billion inf not 30 million.

Personally I think providing a better inf to prestige conversion rate would make it a better inf sink since people are more likely to go for 100:1 or 50:1 (or maybe even as low as 10:1) instead of the current 500:1.

Heck, based on Fulmen's work a lot of people are willing to go 250:1.

It's an interesting idea, but I don't think it would actually be possible within the mechanics of the game.

There actually is a resist all power but, like most resistance bonuses in the game it has the same magnitude as the equivalent defense bonus making it half as effective *sigh*.

Alternatively how about making Tough Hide provide all defenses and then make acute senses a to hit bonus instead of an accuracy bonus and give it res(-to hit, perception) alongside the to hit and perception bonuses?

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EDIT: Just to clarify a bit, with the way the game is balanced the idea of "needing" a particular role filled is laughable. But if you are trying to optimize team composition for maximum speed then you don't bother stacking damage sets, you stack the buff/debuff sets. If you can't find characters with buff/debuff sets then control sets make a good second choice since control itself is a form of debuff and several of the sets provide useful debuffs along with the control.

I'm, not actually advocating opening up all travel pools for Khelds, I'm advocating opening up the one they don't have access to at all. Both types are locked out of Flight and Teleport despite only getting inherent powers from one of them. Since it is kinda annoying that PBs can't get Recall Friend I think opening up the power pool that they do not get as an inherent would be fair. Presumably they are only locked out of both for thematic reasons anyway.

I think it's more that even with the same powerset combos there are generally several valid ways to play the blaster, especially while solo. Some of it is situational but it's also based on your personal style.

I think Slashman really hits the nail on the head. Blasters have a lot more tools at their disposal than people give them credit for (with the exception of Fire Manipualtion anyway). I personally don't care for the tools provided in some sets (for example Energy Manipulation's reliance on melee range stuns or that Electrical Manipulation doesn't have any decent -recovery built in) but they do have them. The real trick is leveraging them to survive and in many ways that's dependent on your playstyle.

Like most powers the magnitude of the powers are modified by the AT modifiers. In this specific case it's modified by the melee defense attribute and has a base value of 5% for ATs with a modifier of 1 (Tankers, Defenders and VEATs) and less for everyone else.