Zombie Man

You're making a mistake here in thinking that anyone refers to a TF by the badge it gives.

Almost all TFs have a name for it's adventure other than being named for its contact. For example, the name of the arc of the Synapse TF is The Fall of the Clockwork King. See here for a list of the names of the arcs of the TFs.

The original Positron TF was called The Rule of Three and gave the Badge Positron's Ally.

The new Positron Task Forces are called: The Rule of Three (Posi 1) and Dam Hero (Posi 2) and gives out the badges with the same names, and when you get both badges, you get Positron's Ally badge.


There is no misunderstanding on the part of the players, here. A few weeks ago, it was advertised that Rule of Three was the WST. And when it wasn't rewarding correctly, it was switched to Sister Psyche. And so now it's advertised that Dam Hero is the WST. That can only refer to Posi 2.

On the Ustream today, TheNet confirmed that the rapid fire Incarnate procs going off with every tick (and not following the 10 second rule) is WAI.

So, if CoH was ported to the iPad, all the NPCs would turn to the camera and give me thumbs up?

Have you tried turning up your UM settings recently? Things are a lot better now than a year ago. There's been a lot of optimizations done server side. On my beast it used to be I simply couldn't run with everything turned up, but now I can, though, I do turn a few things down so that things like Raids don't become slideshows.

I did that once with a character I called Dr. Irony and dressed like a surgeon. When the team leader asked why I didn't heal, I'd say I didn't have any heals, thus, the name. Then I get kicked.


Anyway, to the OP:

"Healing" for the most part is the least desirable buff, since it assumes damage was taken and now needs to be fixed. Tactically, it is much, much better to never take damage in the first place, and other Defense and Control powers do that pretty well in CoH.

However, "Healing" does come in handy in lower levels before toons have all their other mitigation powers (shields, debuffs, controls). It also comes in handy when the team gets in over their heads, or, when there is a foe that bypasses ordinary defenses (e.g., Hami Raids) or there is overwhelming odds (e.g., MotherShip Raids).


The problems with "Healing" and the Empathy set are:

1. The Empath ignores their buffs (e.g. Fortitude) and their attacks (Primary Set) to be a dedicated "Healer". Most teams don't need that much healing, and so, the healer is basically doing nothing helpful most of the time.

2. Non-Empaths, most notably certain team leaders, require a "Healer" to be on their team even though they're just going up normal content. They'll exclude other Defenders in order to get that "Healer"; or, they're planning on engaging in over-their-heads activities like herding +4 spawns and need a "healer" to keep them alive. The rest of the team sits backs and waits for the herd, which makes this tactic *less* rewarding since so many people are doing nothing for long periods of time.

3. See here.

Well, that one we all knew already!

But I want to know if you'll be lucky at the lottery today...

/powexecname Mystic_Fortune Voodoo_Girl

I was just coming to this thread to mention that episode.

So, besides all the faults of this episode, it's a rehash of a previous one: Scary event is really not-so-smart alien healing AI tech.


And another continuity gaffe: When The Doctor gets aboard the alien ship, they look back through the mirror-portal at the ship... where it's not a violent storm anymore... and through a mirror-portal which has no analogue on the sailing ship side.

You mean a regeneration room?

What if a channel is created for the sharing of a specific info, such as the formation of a TF or badge hunting, with the express intention that it isn't a discussion channel, because the one who made it and the ones who join it already belong to social channels and don't want another quickly scrolling channel spamming their chat window?

In actuality, there is really no such thing as a public global channel. They're all made by someone who owns it and then maybe has shared that ownership with others by making them mods.

You're a guest on their channel. If it's popular, it's probably because the moderation has been good.

Respect the rules of the owners of the channels. Period. It's their right to moderate how they see fit.

If they're jerks about the moderation, people will quit. But the fact that the unnamed global channel in question is one of the most popular on that server demonstrates the opposite. If it's been tightly moderated and people stick to it, then, people are ok with the tight moderation.

If you're not ok with the moderation, then quit it. Period.

Besides, you say the mods give a warning. That's very kind of them. They could immediately kick. So, doesn't sound like they're jerks to me.

So, go ahead and join one of the global channels advertised as "free speech here!". None of them seem to be very popular, though.

60% Heroes / 40% Villains

The Devs hate productivity.

What's the number for your state's division of family and youth services?

Is that a time travel joke?