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Argarhargarh....
*mashes face into desk repeatedly*

Sorry, this is the one and only thing I will openly critiscise the Devs for as a 'Stupidly bad decission'.

Seriously, have they TRIED levelling a Hero from 1-50 on Heroside only content? Ignoring all Co-Op and AE missions? Because the old side Blueside content SUCKS. REALLY. BAD.

The zones themselves are fine! They look good, they have character, the work! But the missions and contacts are bland! Boring! Repetetive! Lifeless! Grindy! Samey! SHOCKINGLY BAD!
There is more evil in blueside mission mechanics than in an Al Quaeda suggestion box, for pity sake.

Revamp != Rebuild. Give the contacts each some decent story lines, tied into the zone itself, make them give their cell phone out a lot earlier, and stop them from sending you all over the damn city. Problem solved. Blueside will feel a little shinier again.
Strewth on a stick...

As far as we know, anyway.
I19, to me, reads as 'End Game stuff for GR...and the other stuff'

Needless to say, we'll need to wait and see.

Yup, much better that way I can bring out the big franken-gun

Smashing and lethal are the two most heavily resisted types in game. And myself and others I've played with don't find them 'penalised' or 'weaker'. I'd love to see your evidence of this.
And passive agressively insulting my game knowledge is not appreciated.

Oh, like, hmm, all those other sets that do S/L damage;

Broadsword
Battle Axe
War Mace
Martial Arts
Katana/Ninja Blade
Dual Blades
Stone Melee
Super Strength
Claws

All sets that are 'penalised' for having S/L damage, by your logic.

Agreement: Reached

Oh, fully agreed. But a warning in the power text would help avoid situations like this. A minor QoL change, but helpful, I would say. As it is, there is currently no warning that these powers require you to be on the ground to work at all.

That in part is the problem. The Devs have said before they want sets to look good. AR and Wolf spider guns, while effective, are visually some of the most 'dull' sets going, and they at least manage to have some big full auto attacks, grenades, flamers, stuff like that to make it a bit less samey.

A whole set of shotgun attacks? I really cannot see it happening.

Not really. Call it an experimental weapon, an awarded/stolen Longbow weapon, a gun that uses different ammo types to create flamethrower effects/explosive shells, etc. All it takes is a little creativity.

Cottage rule. Not going to happen. Also proves that you don't read what you write, becasue this is specifically saying 'edit the AR set'.

All of which will require new animations and, more importantly, balancing. Including Swap Ammo wouldnt happen for the simple fact that its DPs selling point, much like Combos is for DB. Again, Cottage Rule.

There is no way to have 9 powers all based on a shotgun without being incredibly boring. There's only so much you can do with a 12 guage. Likewise with a flamethrower. Its all well and good for NPC minions and suchnot, because that is what they are; stacked cannon fodder.

Contradicts what you said earlier in the post about editing the set.

I do agree in part there. But this is a super hero/vilain game. If the Devs focus exclusively on the gun sets, people will complain that its becoming 'City of Soldiers', much like DP heralded the calls of 'City of Neo' etc etc.

So, attitude aside, I wouldnt mind seeing more weaponsied sets. But I dont know when or even if they might happen. *shrug*

Then how do you explain away the multiple people saying "Im changing sides as soon as GR comes out, cos Vill side merits and markets suck!" ?
And yes, lack of content does hurt redside, especially in the SF department.

Anyway, I dont see any reason why Redside cant get some attenting while not ignoring blueside. Hell, theres a lot of old dross blueside that could seriously use an overhaul. Like, the vast majority of standard contacts.

Keep the original powerset in game as it is? In that case you are simply suggesting two new powersets (nothing wrong with that, just unlikely to happen given the subject matter)
What it seemed like you were suggesting was entirely reworking the AR set itself, utterly trampling the Cottage Rule.

Please, correct me if Im wrong.

Oh, Im sorry. Kindly fill me in on your source that knows intrinsically how resources at Paragon Studios are managed, and how you know just how easy it would be to change one set that is balanced into three entire new sets and what you would do for people with current AR toons, which would now be broken?

Pfffft....Kehe, excuse me while I wipe laugh spittle off the screen.
No. Just no. I agree it's a wierdly named set, but It won't happen. Cottage Rule: No power (on live) will be completely removed and replaced with another.

Certainly not an entire set. What would happen to people with AR toons? They'd have to be forcefully deleted, as they would possess a unique 'broken' set. Seriously, do people ever think about the consequences of these suggestions, rather than just 'I think this is cool, it should happen noaw!' ? Sheesh.

No nuke? No RotP? Seriously, anything with Fire/ usually doesn't NEED softcapped defence...I made a rather hard AE mission back inthe day, which was LTs and Bosses only in the end half. A friend on a 3xFire Blaster, with anything but softcapped defence, tore it apart like it wasn't there. I barely got to hit anything, I just followed in the wake of destruction.
*shrug*

For once we agree, Quinty

They should either be covered in the tutorial, or be made optional missions.
I've done radio/paper missions, recieved a contact, gone to visit them and got no less than 3 damn fedex missions in a row...and then the contact expires! Usually without giving me a new contact!

/Signed. These missions are many things but helpful, to anyone, is NOT one of them.

This is true, and what I will do when more awake. But its still an annoyance to be ambushed by powers with unclear descriptions.