Techbot Alpha
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Yeah, thinking about it a little bit more than first glance, an attack of that level that seems to be orchestrated by the Court would result in a City wide APB, with express orders to bring all sorts of crack down on the Court. Theres really no two ways about. You can't just brush a thousand dead school kids under the carpet; even with the Rikti invasions and bombing runs, thats what the Heroes are for; they engage them as soon as they show up, preventing the worst of the damage.
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*Drums fingers, goes and gets more snacks*
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Quote:I'm still annoyed that the Rogue morality mission I did din't allow me to pilot the malta Titan like the ARbiter wanted me toOriginally Posted by EU_Damz
Hey if they get one of our powersets, i demand that we get their titans as pets!
I mean, come on! Piloting a Zeus Titan?! So. Much. Win.
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Quote:Sometimes I use the biogs to write down standard, easy access stuff. How they walk, talk, smell, stuff like that. Othertimes I include a bit of background, because I like writing and want people to find the characters interesting.Originally Posted by CactusBrawler
That said Tech, the Arch Types could just as easily be F.B.S.A classifications for types of heroes.
Soaks damage for Teammates? Tanker
Gets stronger the more they fight? Brute
And so on.
I'd say what's on your hero/threat card would be in databases, I mean assuming you've had a hero/villain career there'd be some sort of info on how you'd fight, and they'd classify you on that.
Edit to add: Aside from your bio that is.
Just because I write some background down doesn't mean people have instant access to it. Best example being the deleted demon stalker, or better yet, Alpha himself. He was originally an arachnos experimental drone, blown to bits by Longbow and then 'aquired' by Crey, who created the being he is now out of whatever high-tech they could get their hands on.
This is not common knowledge however, despite me putting it in his background. I also inlcuded why; Crey erased all the data on him they could, and Alpha has made sure to forcibly remove the rest of it, just in case.
Going by some of the arguements in the thread, though, just because its in my biog should give certain people the right to know about it. To which I say "Go to Hell, would you kindly."
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People will ignore it anyway though
In all seriousness, I'd agree with that. My attempt at running the Arachnos Invasion made it quite clear that stuff only works if its group/personal stuff, or 'Underground' i.e. covert stuff that can be ignored/not know about if so wished for.
But, that said, I'm also not going to turn down RP Im involved in *shrug* c'est la vie -
I did think it might be the Hearts of Steel one. Very, very nicely done, too.
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Quote:Kusanagi corrected me. MM pet power customisation is a no no.Originally Posted by Mr_Frost
Seriously? That would be awesome if true but I've always heard customization of minions was a resounding "No" for a number of reasons.
However, the Devs have said that they are looking at and working on customising the actual models. So, you may one day have different looking robots, but they'll probably use the same power, or another, built in version. -
Hmn...only mobs I can think of with Cold are CoT and Crey...oo, and Coralax? But yeah, fair enough
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See, I disagree with 'My character has access to x information off the bat'. For example, there was one guy in PD who's bio blithely stated that 'whoever he looks into the eyes of he knows there past'.
Sorry...what? Seriously? Go to hell. He tried it with a chacter who I've since deleted, a demonette assassin who disguised herself as human. He tried to instantly have all the background I'd written in her biog, clearly ignoring the stuff explaining her being disguised and such.
This is basically de-generating into finger pointing on who has right of way. "My character has access to this information, how dare you say he cant!" "My character is totally unknown, how dare you say you know them."
Give and take in equal measure. Show people some courtesy to their concept, and you'll get some in return. I for one don't agree with "X powerset makes them a villain."
Examples;
Thugs mastermind? Bunch of street kids who've decided they don't want to live in a dump and are taking on the local gangs, with the smaller but brainier kid making the plans. Mercs? Private group who are taking on crime either because their being paid by the City or simply for justice. Necromancy? A channeler who gives the spirits of those who are murdered a temporary physical form long enough to see justice done, in exchange for helping the City.
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Quote:Wait, wait...what?! OoOriginally Posted by Samuel_Tow
My fingers have more polygons than a typical War Wall pylon AND I DON'T HAVE FINGERS!!!
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Quote:Except that most pets don't actually do that great damage. Not singularly. Once you have all 6 kitted to the teeth and attacking something the damage output is ok, but its more like a steady DoT than burst damage.Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
MMs already do significant damage for basically no ongoing end costs via their pets. That's why the personal attacks have such a high DPE cost.
I'd personally give them more of a secondary effect in some way (other than Whips which have it already). Give Pulse Rifle attacks -Damage, Dual Pistols more -Defense, Necro more -ToHit (and a buff to Drain Lifes heal since it's the only set lacking an AOE and the heal is currently laughable), maybe some DoT bleed damage to Archery (cos I can't think of anything else) and a half/half -resist/-defense to Mercs rifles.
That way you make them worthwhile in terms of being debuff/support attacks for your pets and makes it worth slotting them for Acc & End Reduction and using them as such.
Just making the MM attacks anything other than totally anaemic would be great. As of now, Demons is the only one I would entertain getting the attacks for, because the whip attacks are fairly decent. They were better in Beta until they got nerfed, but such is the way of life... -
Quote:Isn't Thaw Thermals Clear Mind clone? In which case, you shouldn't need to be spamming it, unless the map has something viscious like Arachnos Night Widows with smoke grenades, or mez heavy stuff like Lost/Rikti or others.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
On the one hand, I'd like to see these buffs go up ever so slightly. Call it five minutes instead of four. I'd also like to see very short-duration buffs last longer, as well. I more or less gave up on ever using Thaw because I WILL NOT recast a buff every 90 seconds. Bring that up to four or five minutes and then we'll talk.
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/Signed to the Nth power. All the way.
ESPECIALLY the goggles up on the resistance hat. Seriously... -
Quote:^ ThisOriginally Posted by BrandX
I'm wondering where this vets not teaming with newb mentality is.
I haven't done it. I haven't seen anyone do it.
I still see some "We need this or that to run this TF" but none of this "no newbies" thing.
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Id rather they just cut the stupidly, pants on head retardedly high levels of endurance the MM attacks cost. Seriously, they do such mediocre damage, and yet cost more than a blasters AoE attack? I mean, excuse me? What were they on when they made that decision?
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Quote:^ Truth in text formatOriginally Posted by Kheldarn
Employed Samuraiko trumps I18/GR Vidja. Period.
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Quote:Amen to this. Auto-exemplaring to missions suits me just fine, especially now that we even get EXP while exemped. Its not like back in the day, where it would have sucked right royally.Originally Posted by EvilGeko
This. I've never understood why we can outlevel content.
"Oh sorry Mr. Hero, I know somebody kidnapped the Mayor, but you're too powerful and wouldn't be challenged by saving him, so don't worry about it."
/fail
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Quote:This is what Im talking about, and I think the OP is as wellOriginally Posted by Kelenar
I'd like this, myself, more as a suggestion than a 'fix.' My current blaster is at a weird point where x1 is boringly easy, but x2 is often crazy-dangerous because I get a dozen bosses (or scaled-down bosses, which are still pretty darn dangerous in some groups) per mission sometimes. Separate minion + lieut/boss spawn settings could be interesting. My AR/Traps Corruptor would love lots of minions and lieutenants with few bosses, and the inverse would be awesome on my Dark/Elec Brute.
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Reason: Technically impossible without re-doing the entirety of Blueside. So, you might as well just make CoH2 with Vista tech included from the get go.
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Quote:Except theres a problem with the arguement there.Originally Posted by HelinCarnate
Exactly.
So you are saying when you increase the difficluty it is too difficult...... Hmmmm.... If only there were a way to make it easier.
What the OP is talking about is the Spawn makeup. The enemies in the spawn. Right?
Even with Bosses turned OFF, the list they provided is still entirely possible to run across. You can fight nothing but scaled down-bosses and one minion per spawn. I've frequentl run into x1 +0 maps with no bosses where all I fight except for one or two spawns is LTs. Literally; nothing but Lts.
Some groups are worse than others. Tsoo are the primary offenders, but Arachnos have their own plethora of multi-bosses too.
I'd suggest some sort of mechanic that can check the previous spawn, or overall spawns on the map. The majority should be minions, if you think about it. Followed by LTs and with a the smallest group being bosses. When running on full teams, this seems to work fine. You get a boatload of minions, frequent LTs and a smattering of Bosses. Lower down the scale, the distribution seems to go out of whack a little. -
Quote:^ This. Ta muchOriginally Posted by kusanagi
... To clarify: Customizing how MM minions LOOK might be in the works.
Customizing what actual POWERS they have almost certainly isn't.
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Quote:Fix't that for ya BillOriginally Posted by Memphis_Bill
It's called Placate.
Roll /nin and you have an AOE placate, too - although it's actaully only as much use as a chocolate kettle which you can't eat, due to rather bad baseline accuracy and a bad habit for missing one of the mob, who then attacks and breaks Hide, redering it pointless.
Seriously, Smoke Flash is pretty shocking in Ninjitsu. Blinding Power is much, much more useful. Along with copious ammounts of claws. What stealth cant solve, clawing can
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/Signed to that. Nice idea to a compromise since we cant get rid of them =]
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Quote:Simple answer; don't use them. I very rarely use the vet attacks at higher levels, because by that time I have a full attack chain, slotted attacks, stuff that means they have served their purpose and I no longer need them, except in certain circumstance (-recharge, etc)Originally Posted by Strike_Force
I'm sorry I think I should have made this abit more clear. I'm on a low level Stalker and when i waste end with the vet rewards it means I can't use my normal attacks.
My 8 toggle comment is refering to my fire tank who runs 8 and doesn't waste anywhere NEAR as much as the vet rewards.
That last sentence smacks of hypocrisy.Quote:As for the comment to my skills at playing CoH I thought Drama like this was for World of Warcraft. All I said is I feel these are a waste of time. Then again the forum's leave people open to attack from others who have no life. -
I'd love to see a LOT more customisation options for weapons. I'd still kill for an option to have hand-cannons. Y'know, something the length of the current Magnum Revolvers (long barrel) but using the Semi-Auto pistol model.
/Signed on principles