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Originally Posted by Mr. NoPants

I had a hard time watching the movie because of the twins.

Originally Posted by Golden Girl

I think Perez Park is thew most likely zone to get a makeover rather than a rebuild - it's similar ot the Hollows, with the same punish-you-for-being-low-level design to it, so a trainer, hospital, repeatable contact and resized mobs would be a good way to make it more user-firednly.

Originally Posted by Dispari

My current hope/speculation is that the PBAoE effect used there is a mini-nuke. It's far too long of an animation to use in regular play. It looks to be somewhere near Total Focus cast time of over three seconds. It looks cool, surely, but if I'm supposed to execute a power like that as my normal attack chain, that'll kinda suck...

Also note, that in the video, he didn't use Aim. The powers used are apparently Build Up (from secondary), Power Boost (secondary), Conserve Power (secondary; good odds he was using Energy Manip), and the red glow is apparently Ammo Change. From that, we have a few possible solutions:

A) The set has no Aim at all, like Assault Rifle. I hope this isn't the case, since it would mean pairing Pistols/Devices would create another damage boost-less combo, and I don't think people want that. AR and Devices already get a lot of flack for that, and I hope the devs are wise enough to avoid extending the problem, especially with a new set that tons of people are looking forward to.

B) There's no Aim per se, but there is a new Aimlike power that we didn't get to notice. Melee sets have a lot of variety in damage boost powers. Build Up, Rage, Soul Drain, and Follow Up. Personally, I'm hoping for a Follow Up type power where we can get rewarded for rapid-fire DPSing with a steady damage boost. It'd be a unique thing to give the ranged ATs.

C) There's some sort of damage boost like mentioned in A or B, but Posi simply didn't use it for some reason, or he did but we didn't get any good visual cues to signify it.

D) Some fourth option we can't yet fathom. Like maybe we get crits or something.

So, we'll just have to wait and see!

Originally Posted by KianaZero

The only thing I hated is that the DvD I got had a version that was only mostly remastered. The nice crisp animation suddenly drops to the old fuzzy Betamax-grade quality when Wheelie points to the spaceship for the others to use.

And that was one thing I really liked about the 2nd Bayformer movie; Wheelie's remake. I. . . .kinda like him as an RC Truck Decepticon that jumps ship the moment he realizes you can choose who you are.

"Who's a good little Autobot?"

Me: O_O; What the heck?! Why are you. . .doing that. . . do his leg? OMG! That's so much more awesome than the little rhyming version.

It's guilty pleasure of mine for enjoying both live action movies.

Originally Posted by Westley

Originally Posted by Dispari

You MAY be right, for the very limited amount of content you specified. LRSF, STF, and ITF are pretty much the only times when incoming damage is going to be so significantly high that the bonus health and numbers from a Tank would really be "necessary," depending on your team makeup. When I do those things, I tend to have at least 4 of the team be support such as Corruptors or VEATs, and we have no issues keeping Brutes alive. So me and my friends won't be dropping everything to take a Stone Tank.

Now, there more than likely WILL be SOME people who are calling for Tanks, specifically Stone, for LRSF, STF, and ITF. But the amount of content those things represent is rather tiny. I don't see any people shouting that they have to have a Stone Brute to run newspapers, or to do Ghost Widow's arc, or to run a respec trial. And I seriously doubt that's going to change for the vast majority of people.

Yeah, there will always be people who think it's physically impossible for a team to function without a Stone + Kin, and if they fail it's because they didn't have enough Kin. Or delay starting an ITF for 30 minutes looking for a Stone Tank and ignoring the perfectly capable WP Brute over there. But you can hardly consider those people to be the norm.

Originally Posted by UnSub

I refuse to be burnt on anything other than antique mahogany and vanilla-scented white oak logs.

Originally Posted by Mr_Fallstar

I'm going to keep this post as simple as possible, as it's a simple idea.

Allow players to define parts of the body, or the whole, as ghost / invisible, so that they're no longer visible (A bonus option would be an ethereal look, but that's not the idea for this suggestion)

Allow us to keep armour / clothing intact as we choose. The idea? Ever wanted to play a headless toon? Turn the head display off. Want to play as a floating suit of armour? Hover + ITF armour + invisible body.

Keep everything animated / connected to it for simplicity. This would be a purely cosmetic change. More development / refinement could come later when time and resources are available.

Originally Posted by Iannis

yeah, i figure red will mix stronger. Brutes > Tankers. Corrs > Defenders. EATs bad, VEATs good. It seems that unless you're willing to shell out the influence to get permadom, a controller is better than domi though. And Stalkers and MMs will be left out in the cold with 2 sides not really wanting them for anything much.

Originally Posted by IanTheM1

You do realize that people run teams that don't necessarily have copious amounts of AoE damage, debuffs, controls, are fighting AVs/GMs, or have a Tanker trying to keep aggro? Not all teams are looking for utmost efficiency, I'd say most are just looking for fun and XP.

You also realize that knockback, thanks to ragdoll physics, is basically a free 3 second Hold that's far more common than actual Hold powers, right? Not to mention that Bosses can be knocked back in one shot, whereas they generally can't be Held without two applications.


Of course, in the end, the two most common sources of these complaints are from melee players who can't bear the thought of pressing the forward key, and people who are far too concerned with squeezing the maximum XP per second out of their team. Thankfully I'm not obligated to team with either.

Originally Posted by Westley

Wait wait wait.... if you're JUMPING.... how are you walking.... like walking in the air or something? Cause if that's what you're talking about, I know a few citizens in the basement of Town Hall that can show you how to do that.

Originally Posted by Morac_Ex_Machina

Or walking, amirite?

Originally Posted by Lyrik

Isn't that the gun used by Solid Snake in MGS?

Originally Posted by Ashcraft

Worms is an awesome game too.

Originally Posted by SDragon

Who are you calling inferior!

No one would follow an uncharismatic bore like you!



(I think I've watched that movie one too many times, if that's what comes to mind when I see a post like that.)

Originally Posted by Judgement_Dave

It's pretty easy to imagine that the scale of geometry/architecture/mob changes made to RWZ or FL are almost as big a job as creating a whole new zone. But players don't see it as anywhere near the value of a whole new zone...

I can understand that position. It's probably right that the devs don't expend too much energy doing full zone revamps, as they get better bang for their buck elsewhere.

But I don't think that Posi's statements discount zone makeovers akin to the hollows - or maybe even adding a zone arc or two. It's the full zone geometry/architecture work that's wasteful - and I don't think DA or the shadow shards would need a large-scale geometry rethink to make them actually serve a purpose and be visited/used more.

Originally Posted by Kiken

Yes. Yes it is.

Originally Posted by Bright Shadow