Adeon Hawkwood
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That is weird. Out of curiosity, have you tried the other method of opening the combination window? Specifically dragging a new enhancement from your enhancement tray and dropping it on the slot?
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No, I saw it. My point was that even if it was designed into a trial from the ground up I don't think it would be a good idea. I like the the idea of it having a "story" impact on the trials I just think trying to give it a mechanical impact is a bad idea.
From the point of view of the people running the trials it's, essentially, causing random variations in Trial difficulty based on who happens to be running solo missions at the time. From the point of view of the people running the solo missions their rewards are, effectively, semi-random. I cannot see any situation where this would end well unless the differences were so minor as to be unnoticeable and in that case what's the point?
The other problem is technical. Now the server has to adjust one instance in real time based on activities in a different instance. -
Quote:Actually, that would serve as a solid reason for introducing solo Incarnate content before then. Doing something just because that's how everyone else does it is rarely a good idea in the first place and being able to advertise the option of a non-raid based progression system might well end up attracting some players who are sick of raid based progression in other games.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
It's also important to remember that there's going to be an influx of new players this year, and a lot of them will have certain expectations about what an MMO endgame system should be like. -
Honestly? That sounds needlessly complicated for it's purpose. If the devs want to implement a non-Trial path I'd prefer to have one that isn't mechanically related to the trials at all. I like the basic theme of small groups hitting the flanks to disrupt supply lines but I think trying to tie them into the trials mechanically is not a good idea.
It doesn't really provide any tangible benefit to players (since suddenly their rewards are partly based on people who aren't even playing with them) and would (I suspect) require a huge amount of programming time to implement since now the server has to change things based on activities in another zone (something which I do not believe the game does at all currently). -
Quote:I feel for you. I have a male character that would love to have a shoulder kitty as his Familiar. I also want shoulder Parrots.Originally Posted by MrYukon
gender discrimination for costume pieces is always annoying.
i still want cigars for female toons and Shoulder kittys for the guys...
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Quote:There is no usually about it, this is ALWAYS the case. The wiki has a detailed explanation but due to the way set bonuses work each set non-Psi set bonus provides a bonus to one grouping of defenses:Originally Posted by Rangle M. Down
Most sets will cover two Typed Defenses and one Positional defense. If the set bonus favors Typed defense, the Positional defense is about 50% of the Typed bonus. If it favors Positional defense, the Typed bonus is about 50% of the Positional bonus. You'll find that most often typed bonuses will be paired like this S/L, E/N, F/C with Psi being left to it's lonesome as there is no such thing as Toxic defense in the game. Hope this helps.
Ranged/Energy/Neg Energy
AoE/Fire/Cold
Melee/Smashing/Lethal
As you noted the two positional bonuses will always be equal and either the typed bonus is half the value of the positional bonus or the positional bonus is half the value of the typed.. -
Do you have Crab Powers in your second build?
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Quote:I personally recommend a combination. I use threads for the common/uncommon Alpha Boost but then I use shards for the Rare boost simply because the guaranteed Notice from the WST is easier to get than a rare thread component.Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
I've found it's actually faster to use threads to craft things, due to the better drop rate and the fact that you can convert Astral and Empyrean merits into threads.
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Quote:That's because it is. I find CoH preferable to most of it's contemporaries in terms of the framework that ATs are slotted into but that doesn't mean I think it's perfect. I do not like the idea that a good group character has to be a poor soloer (and to some extent the opposite) I feel that all characters should be able to solo at similar levels and that all characters should be regarded as desirable to have in a group. Unfortuantely it's not something that can really be changed at this point in the game's life-cycle.Originally Posted by Arondell
That sounds not so much like a complaint about defenders as such so much as a complaint about the framework in which all the ATs have been made.
What I would love to see in CoH 2 is a system where all characters have nice damage and survival tools for soloing but also provide force multiplication tools for groups. -
For Adeon I'm going to be (eventually) replacing his Seers with Robotic Drones. I had a decent explanation for the Seers but the Robotic Drones fit in much better in terms of theme. I was hoping that the Vanguard option would have a HVAS but alas it was not to be.
For my Crab Spider I'll be going with Arachnos since it meshes well with his "Arachnos Assault Squad Leader" build (he has all three spider pets and Omega Maneuver). -
Quote:The ability for Defenders to solo AVs is not based on their damage, it's based on their ability to stop the AVs regeneration. If you can do that actual DPS is irrelevant, you just need to be able to survive long enough.Originally Posted by Arondell
I must admit I'm a little uncertain by what metric people measure defender damage as not being enough. Given that at least some defender builds have the capability to take down AVs I don't feel defenders are broken as an AT.
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Quote:I think this hits the nail on the head. My viewpoint is that yes, the damage of "support" characters is to low, but that's because the support from damage characters is to low. It would be nice to see an increase in Defender damage but the only way to balance it would be to somehow increase the force multipliers available to the damage based AT and I don't think that's possible within the context of the way ATs are designed.Originally Posted by Miladys_Knight
Defenders are sort of broken but they are broken in the way the devs want them to be broken.
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Quote:The only one I can think of is Bruising for Tankers.Originally Posted by Lazarillo
The flip side, I think not letting it stack might be bad precedent. Are there currently any debuff powers that won't stack at least as many times as there aren't players to use 'em? I know Interface debuffs, for example, have an upper limit, but those are "bonus' debuffs. I can't think of any cases that are like "Only the first Benumb on the target works", and I think making a power set where that became the case might get frustrating for people.
The fact that it'd be broken either way is why, while I love it concept, I don't suspect we'll see it.
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Quote:Protector Bots tend to run low. I never noticed any problems with the other bot types though.Originally Posted by Kinetoa
Has anyone found that any of the bots run into END issues and lose DPS waiting on recovery?
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Quote:Endurance affects both. Recharge only affects the summoning power.Originally Posted by Kinetoa
Do endurance and recharge effect the pets's attacks / buffs, the summoning of the pets, or both?
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Quote:Sure, as I said, it's mostly a marketing thing. Seeing Paragon Studios Announces City of Heroes: Freedom on the front of a gaming magazine or on an internet site looks better than Paragon Studios Announces new Subscription Model for City of Heroes.Originally Posted by Amy_Amp
I guess because all of those games get referenced by the same acronym, it's hard for me to accept it as an actual named change. CoH Freedom to me is still CoH.
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Quote:Don't be silly, everyone knows that only straight males exist on the internetOriginally Posted by MajorDecoy
Wouldn't "Spousal Aggravation" be better?
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Quote:Join us, resistance is futile. You WILL be assimilated.Originally Posted by Selina_H
This, more than anything else that's been announced today, frightens me.
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Quote:What's his server?Originally Posted by FeyDuex
*hands out "Virtue Forever!" temp tattoos*
How am I supposed to know that?
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Quote:Not at all, everyone knows Paragon Studios pays it's developers in shiny beads.Originally Posted by peterpeter
Paragon Reward Points? You know, I'd be a little worried about working for Paragon Studios. From month to month, you never know what currency your paycheck will be in.
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Quote:Actually only LotrO kept the same name. CO renamed itself CO:Free For All and DDO re-branded itself as DDO: Eberron Unlimited when it went F2P (using Unlimited in place of Free). As another example, Global Agenda renamed itself Global Agenda: Free Agent.Originally Posted by Amy_Amp
Examples? I can see if it started as a F2P game, but LotR, DDO, and CO all kept their name.
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Hmmm... I think this is a contender for shortest rage-quit in history.
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Quote:It's just a name change, you don't need to buy anything. It's common in the MMO market that when an MMO goes F2P it's renamed to something with "Free" in it, i.e:Originally Posted by Dreaming_Shadow
1) Am I going to have to buy Freedom like, is this an expansion or do you automatically get updated to CoH Freedom if you're an active subscriber on/after July 1st.
Freedom
Free For All
Free Agent
According to Z it's going to be the same as current sub prices.Quote:2) Is Freedom VIP going to be $15 a month or more? -
Quote:Indeed, someone will QQ no matter what. However, by making the segregation opt-in instead of opt-out you decrease how much segregation there is which in turn hopefully leads to a better experience for the F2Pers who will hopefully upgrade to Premium or VIP accounts which at the end of the day is the main point of the entire setup.Originally Posted by Pheonyx
Setting up an "exclusive playground" is still encouraging a F2P/VIP segregation... it's saying "pay us money and you can get away from the unwashed F2P masses and be with the cool kids"... it's a "screwed if you do, screwed if you don't" situation for Paragon Studios and much QQ will come of it on both sides of the argument.
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Quote:Call me a Healer again and I'll show you where my Healing Arrow goes.Originally Posted by Mental_Giant
The next step is to rename the existing ATs. First up, Defenders will now be known as Healers.
