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I would bet near 100% he's working on weapons, and probably nearly everything else for the next round of alternate ani's.

Prior to IO's respecing wasn't nearly the drudge it is now.
When you get a nice drop, like a purple and want to add it to a build, it's more hassle then it's worth for most time-constrained pedestrians.



I like how you think.
Since all the details for GR haven't been revealed yet, and we don't know anything about i17 (whether it's even released before the expansion or after / contents), it doesn't hurt to remind the devs of an idea that would be a popular QoL upgrade for the players.

So consider the thread your thread and bump it whenever if you like the idea, and we'll see where it goes.

Grab the torches..

The old tired refrain one of the devs trots out to explain why this brand is pathetically under advertised.

If management believes that marketing has potentially been costing the game revenue by doing a lousy job building, and retaining subscribers interest via advertising, that should be vehemently pointed out to the publisher, until it's resolved.

Everyone at PS and NCS is involved in this product to make money, no?

Why should a CoH subscriber routinely receive email fliers from a rival company for a game many of us hate, while literally months will pass with not so much as a crumb of a tidbit to maintain interest in this mmo.



Bad marketing for anything, allowed to continue for years, is bad management, excuses aside.

Interesting logic.
Though, bits of game update teasers from PS, and subscribers inquiring about the dearth of such information, don't inhabit the same universe in the context you used them in.

It's silly even to reply to. It's equivalent to asserting that advertising your product is overrated, because consumers generate their own interest in your widget.

But then again, based on empirical evidence, PS likely agrees with your conclusions over mine.

This companies deft skills of tantalizing and stoking interest have always, always been utterly pathetic.

They're just par for the course currently.

It's made a bit worse on the forums by a community rep who's pretty hands off


On the other hand, I fairly regularly get an email flier from a company I don't like, for a hero game I hate.

Maybe NCS isn't aware email is free, and that a tidbit here and there can't hurt.

With the drop off in population the past year plus, it's unfortunate but the devs have to work harder to maintain a viable subscriber base.


One thing I wouldn't mind seeing is a new community rep, as the current one is more detached then any of their predecessors, including LightHouse.

Both the forums and the game have that stale in-between updates aura, that seems a tad more pronounced right now then in the past.

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All of which have been suggested at length from 04 on, and quickly shot down by a plethora of forum regulars, and of course a couple devs over the years (too much manpower required to sort).

Anecdotal evidence aside, I'm pretty sure their post i16 AE datamining has been very revealing to them.

....poke, poke

Co-op zones were also supposed to bring about an AT apocalypse, mostly for Tanks, and that hasn't quite panned out.

So I also doubt there'll be any sea change in player choices after GR.

That's interactive entertainment.


Get that blood pressure under control, it'll fry ya.

Is this JButane?


This is actually a common argument volleyed about around here through the years, are tankers relevant, are they detrimental to the game, and so on.

And you've evidently teamed with some poorly slotted/played tanker verities, maybe lower levels, per your pool of experience.

In fact there's nothing, and I mean nothing, as fun and filled with pure smashing carnage, then a complete team of well slotted, well played tankers.

Go to any Tanker Tuesday event, like others have said and see for yourself, if you haven't.

Also:
Shield charge, footstomp and fireball, with good recharge slotting, will kill a mob faster then basically any power combination except a blasters nuke.

My head hurts.