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This is why I wish they would phase out the whole quantum/void/cyst thing after level 20. They aren't much of a challenge anymore, and it is always immersion breaking for me to see the voids mixed in with the non-human villain groups like the Redcaps or the Devouring Earth.

Now if they would replace the random void spawn with an ambush group that announces itself with "There he is! Get him!" that would fit better. Then they would be intruders and not trying to blend in.

Nope.

I have the same problem with a Tanker I had running a Vahzilok mission.

I had been planning on having that tanker complete every story arc in the levels 1-20 by turning off experience. I started the final arc in the levels 1-14, the Vahzilok water pollution plot, when I hit the Precinct 5 bug. I tried to use the mission teleporter to get to the door, wouldn't work. An invisible barrier prevented me from going there.

If you download the Mac Client from your own NCSoft master account page, it is the 3 GB client. Latest version with all the GR stuff on it, so only need recent patches.

Are you serious?

What we need are powersets that flow like three day bristle on wool!

What I want is (3) the ability to start any AT at any location on creation.

I couldn't care less what the developers want. I've even less interest in their ideas of roleplay. I've always thought that the alignment restricted AT's were a bad idea.

Tonight I just finished doing the Midnighter Club blue side story arc for about the 50th time. Second time this week with a couple more in process with about zero enthusiasm for finishing them. The arc was interesting the first couple of times, but hasn't been since the second week after introduction. I only do it to unlock access to Cimeria.

I'm really not looking forward to a repeat of that experience with side switching. Unless the requirements are either trivial or mind-blowing, its going to get old fast.

It's not the same with normal story arcs. I can pick or choose which I want to do. If I don't feel like doing any arc, I can do radio missions or I can do AE missions. I can even street sweep.

Make anything a requirement and it rapidly becomes a chore.

I wouldn't mind them making us do it once per side per account. But considering the number of alts I have, I'm probably going to get sick of it.

Why did you have to say that? Now I want to see that, and I don't have any kinetics heroes.

OS X 10.5.8
Nvidia GeForce GT 120

Not using ultra mode graphics.

Tried again today, saw another patch. Better performance but still annoyingly bad. Rubberbanding, but with smaller jerks. Combat animations played about 2/3 of the time.

If by PTS you mean the test server, then yes, I'm still experiencing lag on the test server: animations not playing, NPC's vanishing and reappearing, etc.

Playing on iMac, in case your fix is only meant for PC's. Was playing a low level defender I created on the test server on Tuesday, logged in just a few minutes ago and ran one mission and some street sweeping.

I've played two villains to 50, I've got quite a few up to the 30's. I don't really like being a villain. I don't like the villain contacts, story arcs or roles. I don't like the villains zones except for Port Oakes which is quaint, and St Martial, because I like neon at night.

I don't know that I would mind being a villain as much if I had any choices in the matter. I can only portray my villains as lackeys, errand boys, mercenaries, etc. I can't be the archvillain, because every story has me doing chores for someone else. Heroes work for the greater good, and don't mind filling requests from their contacts, but villains should be more arrogant, working for another should annoy them. I sure does annoy me red side.

I wouldn't mind being a gritty hero cleaning up the Rogue Isles single handed, but I would have to avoid contacts and mayhem missions, and be very selective about newspaper missions. I would mostly street sweep to 50, and that would get dull fast. So while I considered it, I didn't do it.

But I really do prefer the villain archetypes to most of the heroic types. I only like Blasters and Scrappers. I play more Tankers than Scrappers simply because I prefer the power sets available. Hate the low damage. Can't get into Defenders or Controllers at all.

And I'm tired of waiting for Going Rogue to come out. A few weeks ago, I had an idea that should occupy me until GR is out. I created five new villains, one per archetype and origin. I gave them all similar back stories.

Most of them began life in the Rogue Isles, trapped into working for an evil organization. Each of them either had or developed moral objections to what that organization is doing. Each of them fled the organization, adopting a new costume and name to hide from the agents of that organization. And each of them has chosen to hide in the AE building, running heroic mission simulations to train their powers so that when the evil organization that is searching for them finds them, they will be strong enough to defend themselves.

My natural origin stalker is hiding from a clan of ninjas after refusing to kill.

My tech origin brute is hiding from Crey, after breaking free of brainwashing. (Yeah, Crey is part owner of AE, but the brute is in disguise.)

My science origin mastermind was a chemist making Superdine for the Family, before fleeing and taking her group of friends.

My mutant origin corrupter is hiding out from the Malta group. Weak back story here, as I've never seen a Malta agents as mutants but I wanted to make a dual pistol/kinetic corrupter and Malta has those teleporting gunslingers...

My magic origin dominator is hiding from the Circle of Thorns.

Character concept aside, playing Heroic missions in AE with villain ATs has been a lot of fun. I tend to forget that I'm playing villains, except when I have to visit an arbiter to level up.

The question might be loaded, the poster might have an agenda. But the topic of discussion was valid, interesting to some, and worth discussing. Not even remotely a troll post.

Tanker is an archetype. Tanking is a role. Many tankers are not tanks, and will not or cannot tank well. Brutes can tank, though a Tanker might be able to tank better than a Brute, if their skills were equal. The Tanker has somewhat better tools for the tank role than the Brute. On the other hand, a well played Brute might tank better than a poorly played Tank.

And then there is the question of how good a tank do you really need? Perhaps a Brute is a good enough tank for most situations.

I personally do not care, since I got burned out on tanking back in my Everquest days. I've really enjoyed not tanking since then. But it is an interesting question. While I don't enjoy being evil, I do enjoy the fact that on the few villain teams I've played with, every villain was expected to look out himself, and not rely on the old tanker/healer shtick.