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Huh. I did not know about that feature. Handy, I guess.

Yeah, the power the OP is suggesting would kill Tankers off. Right now, they trade nothing for using Build Up. This new power would mean that the guy taking most of the hits, in order to do more damage, would have to sacrifice half of his primary. There's no need for that.

Want some alternatives? See the Consolidated Tanker Suggestions thread in the Tanker forums.

You're right, just because a player is a free player doesn't mean he is likely to spam. However, 99% of the spam that's out there in the game is from free accounts. The reason for that is that the spammers have nothing to lose on those accounts. A premium or VIP player could spam, but has more to lose if they actually like the game. Because if they're caught spamming the forums with an RMT ad, they'd quickly lose their account.

So Free accounts are much more likely to spam than Premium or VIP accounts. Limiting the potential damage is not a bad move on the Devs' part. If we open up a few forums, and we don't get much spam? Sure, open up a few more areas over time. But until we know what's going to happen, I'd rather the Devs take a cautious approach to the matter. The forums and the community here is what has kept me in the game as long as I've been here. If it becomes overridden with spam, I'll likely leave.


And no, the Forums aren't gameplay, but like a poster above me said, you're not paying for the actual gameplay, why should you be allowed to post at all? The forums require maintenance and moderation as well as the game, but there's no income for it from free players. And since there's potential for the forums to be spammed, it's a smart business decision on the Devs part to limit the amount of moderation that is needed.

I don't think they're defending it because it was going to be a total ban. I think what they're saying is that the Devs were at one point going to take a much more hard-line stance on the issue, and the players got it softened. HOWEVER, that does not mean that free players should be able to post anywhere, since that does run into problems of spam. Right now, that potential is limited, and if it does happen, paying players can avoid it while the Devs fix the situation. If you open up the forums completely, you open up much larger potential for spam driving away paying players.

Like others have said, Free players need access to the Mac section, and that's about the only additional spot I'd like to see made available to free players.

I'm looking for the ones I AM looking for.


But yes, that is what I was thinking about when I said that.

And the I before E "rule" isn't a rule anymore. There are actually more words in the English language that break the rule than follow it.

^This. It's a pretty nice combo. And you don't see many of them out there.

5) I would be down for this.

7) Yes, like a giant frozen fish. Are there other Carp dangers I should know about?

9) The alternate colors are definitely appreciated. But they gave some sets whole new animations to use (see: Super Strength and Martial Arts). On the other side, look at the blast sets. For some powers you can change the animation, but look how often the same animation gets repeated. The blast and control sets were badly done, IMO. Seems like they were very rushed, and then never did any more work on it.

10) Haha. Probably, but this game is what you want it to be. But look at Weapon Mastery for Scrappers. Shuriken is just a damage power, nothing else (and does some of the most resisted damage type in the game), yet it does less damage than Char, which is also a hold. Granted, it recharges very quickly, but it's just a poor power. Exploding Shuriken is in a similar position: doing less damage than similar powers, but it doesn't even get the recharge bonus.