This thread is hilarious, you got people posting in their same post that States said that Hammi's would be at SO level in arena, and then they COMPLAIN the next line that your powers are buffed by 50% instead of 33%.
People people people. A hammied out person will not be nearly as uber as you think. If you have 6 single origins in your attack for dmg, your going to do the same dmg as any one in the arena would do with 6 Hammi's for dmg. WHY?
THEY WORK LIKE SINGLES. They will have better accuracy than you, yes.
But lets face it guys.... your playing D&D PvP. In all reality, LUCK plays a factor in to much of the battles. That guaranteed 5% miss rate. That guaranteed 5% chance to get hit. These things make CoH not a true battle of skill. If you want true skill go play a RTS, like warcraft 3 (with a trusted friend, read further and you'll understand why).
Now look at what people are going to be doing that farm hammi's. They are using respecs to make Haste peramanent with only 4 slots.... SURPRISE AGAIN this player is now gimped vs a single origin build in the arena. Cause their hammi's only recharge at 33%. So they are missing two slots to make haste permanent.
I started participating in the hammi raids at lvl 45, the earliest I could, and being a Dark/Dark/Dark Scrapper, I feel I contribute to all phases of the raid, with Dark Blast, Petrifying Gaze, and of course my Attack line up when Hammi finally gets contained. I want these hammi's to create a Hero that I can run around Paragon's most dangerous areas and throw my self at the most challenging of villians. There is NOTHING any one can do to keep YOU an INDIVIDUAL from getting a hammi, just sit there all calm till hammi is almost dead. Go hit the thing ONCE, and run away. You will get a hammi. Just get level 45, and you can get in. Now should you be allowed into the Hive prior to 45? I don't know, do you really want to play this game, or have everything handed to you on a silver platter? Well? Whats it going to be?
PvP in all online games introduces the following into the community. Jealousy, Hacking, and Name Calling. Your going to have people that buy hammi's on ebay. Your going to have people that buy accounts on ebay. Your going to have people who in the past have kill stealed numerous HO from those who earned them. Your going to have people that now attend every raid with the sole purpose to make them selves more uber than you.
But heres the good news. Who cares its RPG style PvP. Computer is fighting half the battle for you. So the people who are doing all these thing to be A#1 with they're min/maxed build, they are the ones who loose out, cause they think they are actually skilled. *chuckles* Poor fools, they'll never realize its all for fun.