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They're a mouthy bunch.

Which is worse is not debatable... obviously a small mammal. The actual expression is. The idea is that some people's nether closing is so tight (and thus, the person is uptight) that one hair sets them off on a tizzy. The expression is doubly insulting in that it's saying the person is uptight, and what they're currently on a tear about is ridiculously unimportant.



Well, technically, healing doesn't *mitigate* damage. It's a response to and a replacement of lost HP.

1. Damage prevention is the most desirable. (Defense, Control)

2. Damage mitigation is the next most desirable. (Resist, high HP, -Dam, other debuffs, soft control)

3. Damage replacement is next. (Heal, Regen)

4. Rez comes in last.


And in practice, #2 and #3 work hand in hand helping each other. But I wouldn't put #3 above #2. You can have the greatest Healer in the world, but massive damage that kills a player very quickly will make that Healer useless (unless they have Rez).

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I ask them to drag their bottom-most Temp Power since that is where the other Temps wind up. No drag, no go. Kick.

"Why'd you kick me?"

"You didn't follow instructions in League Chat. I'll invite you back in if you'll follow instructions. Do you want back in?"

And -1 Threat.

"This is not the squishie you want to attack."

Wait.. you mean you can't run faster than the speed of light and travel in time by running *in place* on a treadmill?

1. It's 'hair', not 'hare.' <shudder>

2. The point of those who say 'there are buffs other than heals' is that there are whole Defender ATs who specialize in buffs which could be more beneficial to a team than heals. The touchy part is because of other MMOs' holy trinity, players who are used to that trinity tend to dismiss other types of defenderish powers. Those players wind up looking only for 'healers' as if some other type of Defender couldn't keep the team alive as well (if not better). Not that being a 'Healer' is bad, but thinking only a 'Healer' Defender will be able to keep the team alive is not the case in CoH.

3. The other problem with 'Healers' in CoH is when they see their role as being almost exclusively as a Healer. They don't use their other buffs. They don't use their damage attacks. If the other players have good defense, or there are other defenders or controllers on the team keeping everyone buffed, the foes debuffed or locked down... well, then, there's no need for healing at all. The 'Healer' who's doing nothing but rocking a Heal Aura that's not needed is just dead weight.


Getting to the OP: Healing, as wonderful as it is when damage has taken place is secondary to any power that prevents that damage in the first place. If the teammates' defenses are buffed so they don't take damage, or the foes are debuffed or controlled so that they can't give damage... well, that's a better situation than taking damage and having to heal it. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A dedicated healer is necessary for situations when damage is unavoidable (for example, a Hamidon Raid). But in this era of soft caps and other powerful damage mitigating powers.... healing is rarely necessary.

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I shouldn't have egged you on when that happened. My apologies, too.

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*Just kidding!



I think the whole Trial v. Raid nomenclature problem is akin to the whole Task Force v. Trial discussions of old. There are multiple factors that aren't consistently always matched with each other. There are hybrids and overlaps and multiple versions. Just look at the Hami 'Raid' repurposed as a mission of the LGTF or the Treespec 'Trial' repurposed as a mission of the STF.

I just don't want what we have to be painted with the broad brush of "Raiding System" which evokes the worst of WoW's heyday of Raids, which itself has transformed over time.

I'd be just as happy as calling them all just one thing, whether it be Raid, Trial, or Task Force and then specifying whether they're single or multi-teamed and whether they're open zone or instanced. All the other signifiers such as contacts or timed or special rewards are, IMO, mostly insignificant to the 'type' of event it is mechanically.

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So, by your definition of a raid, if they took the Eden Trial, removed the DE hunt, allowed a second team, and made it a choice on the TuT; then it would no longer be a Trial, but a Raid?

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The Wiki definition was created by players trying to discern the difference between Task Force and Trials in the game since the Devs never gave a definition themselves. I could very easily change that Wiki definition. I was asking *you* to define your terms.

But remember, this Wiki definition of a Trial is derived from those things which the Developers named as Trials. The definition is based on figuring out the common features of Trials based on the Dev's terminology. So, if they're calling these new Trials as Trials, then the Dev's definition wins out, right? If not, then using the Wiki for your Definition is irrelevant, since it's based on Dev nomenclature.

And, BTW, the Eden Trial is also still called a Trial. As well as the Caverns of Transcendence and the Cathedral of Pain and the Sewers, all of which are timed. That's more than just the Rescpec Trial, which is the odd-man-out in not being Timed. And the Caverns is the odd man out with no special reward like Special Enhancements or a Respec.


So, for you, a Raid has multiple teams. So, is the multiple team Cathedral of Pain *Trial* (sorry for not using oversized font) a Raid, then?

You say a multiple team is *required*. But Lambda can be started and completed with a single team of eight.

You say a Raid is specific to a zone. But then immediately contradict yourself parenthetically by acknowledging the two Dev-named *Trials* are instances, and not a zone anyone can walk into.

And you can't walk into those instances and start the so-called raid. You have to go through the Team-up Teleporter. The TuT is new. You make it out to be contact-less, thus, a Raid. But raids happen in zones anyone can walk into. You can't do that with the Incarnate Trials. The TuT is not typical of Raids.

And besides, these TuTs 'events' do have a contact, Prometheus. He tells you all about the iTrials. His blue text is in the NPC chat talk-over. There's a brand new mechanic in the game, the TuT, and the contact, Prometheus, utilizes that new mechanic to put you into an Incarnate *Trial*.

I look forward to your reply.

So, what's your definition of a Raid, then?