Aett_Thorn

There are very few melee attacks that don't have some kind of S/L component to them. So much so that having capped S/L Def you wouldn't notice them, hopefully.

Having high S/L Defense, on top of high S/L resistance is not a bad thing. You avoid most attacks, and those that do get through hurt a heck of a lot less. That's a good thing. Layered defenses are always better than a very high amount of only one type.

Anything that you have bought previous to Freedom will still be on your account. SGs will stay around, and if you don't resubscribe your account, you can still access the base. You just won't be able to pay the rent on it.

I might create some new characters on the VIP server, but probably won't move my current characters there. It'll be a nice place to park level 50s I don't play anymore.

Freem


or Bob.

Serenity


Fits the concept, and makes all of the browncoats happy.

Clearly the Gorton's Fisherman is just his mild-mannered day job. At night, he fights crime as "The Trawler."

Or give people a -KB IO, which would massively reduce the KB on a power. Shifts the burden to people who DON'T like the effect to use up a slot. OP, how would you like that?

I get that some people despise knockback. They can choose to use sets that don't contain it if they want to. Some people DO like knockback, but shouldn't be penalized for it. They should be able to choose sets with Knockback already in it, and balanced for.

And it you wanted to post this for the Devs only, you should have sent them a PM, not posted in the forums, because here is for the players to discuss ideas. The Devs rarely post on subjects like this.

If they created a set where you could tradeoff damage and knockback, any time that changes were made to it, you'd have to balance two sets, basically, since you'd have two balance points to consider: those who have slotted KB and those who haven't. You'd also still have the fact that you're punishing people who do like KB with not being able to slot with the same freedoms.

The Void power does give you a choice between this, just like the other Judgement powers give you a choice between secondary effects and more damage. Does that mean that people hate the secondary effects? No, it just means that you have to make a tradeoff on those EXTREMELY powerful powers on whether you want a secondary effect or more damage. It doesn't prove that powersets like Energy Blast should be given the same tradeoff. Mostly because Void doesn't need slotting to be effective, and also because you're building the power to do what you want it to do, it's not forced on you by powerset choice.

Also, in your OP, you don't mention how exactly the powerset would get more damage if you chose not to slot KB. So I'm wondering how it would be done. If it's just through slotting, that's a bad way to do it, since like I mention above, it denies choice. Even if that was the only enforcement of this, then a Blaster that slots sets to get max damage, acc, endred, and rechred in 5 slots would have the 6ths lot free to slot a KB enhancement in, meaning that if you DON'T do that, you're losing effectiveness on the power.


I just don't see the need to do this. There are plenty of powersets out there for people who don't like KB. Why punish people who do like KB with slotting restrictions, instead of just not use those powersets if you don't like it?

The problem is that some people like having the knockback, and they'd then have to sacrifice damage to get back to their current level of effectiveness. And that's not even getting into whether or not this is even technically feasible, considering that enhancements can't create anything (outside of procs), just modify the values on the powers. So there's no telling if you could even have the power be "no knockback unless knockback enhancements are slotted."

In addition to that, the powers are balanced around having the secondary effect that they do. Energy Blast isn't exactly the most damaging set, and if it has, at base, no secondary effect, it would be a poor performer. Then, on top of that, you'd have to sacrifice combat performance for KB values, which would hurt a lot of characters. Right now, there's KB in those powers, regardless of slotting, so you could six-slot a Thunderstrike set to get the Defense bonuses. But, if you needed to slot a KB enhancement in there to get the KB to work, you couldn't get the 6-slot bonus from Thunderstrike.


In addition to this, KB can be used effectively. Random KB is frowned upon, sure, because it can create chaos. However, if you learn how to use it, it can be a great boon for a team. Knocking things into walls, and keeping them on their butts can be a lot of damage mitigation. If you knock a single enemy back, just keep shooting him until he dies. Also, you can knock enemies back INTO the range of the Tanker's aggro aura or debuff auras, which can help team performance.


In short, this isn't going to happen. Not only does it come dangerously close to breaking the cottage rule, this would be horrible for a lot of characters.

I can't seem to change my order. If I do, the next time I come back to the screen, it's back to where it was before. Very irritating.

You can get Ice Armor to look good. The key is making your costume look good under it. Ice Armor doesn't go with everything, but some costume options go really well with it. It looks big and blocky, unless your character is big and blocky, and then it looks fairly good, IMO.

Also, Ice Melee isn't that bad. The key is to focus on your AoEs, and use your single-target attacks to whittle down the bosses across spawns. Meaning, drag the bosses with you, and deal damage to them as you take out the minions and lieuts quickly.

I actually just started up a Shield/Ice, myself, so I say go that way!

Just wait.