Aluminum_Dave

This is probably one of the posts(from the 22 Sept Ustream Dev Chat) that gives people the impression that you guys are "passing the buck":

Since many of us don't watch the Ustream and Von Krieger seems to be one of the few putting in a lot of work(Thanks VK!) giving us notes on it the impression kinda sticks.

I'm not saying his translation is 100% from Dev speak, but I wouldn't think he would be that far off as to be completely wrong.

I have 6.0.2 Firefox as well(with all the bells and whistles) and I have to log in every time I come to the forums for the first time in a session. I will stay logged in until I close my browser though. This does seem like something different as it didn't start happening until the VIP head-start fried a lot of the forum passwords for people.

I have no clue what could be causing it but it is much more annoying than the random log out was.

I think we should have an option to switch all enemy knockdown to knockback.



....What?! Why is everyone looking at me like that? Wouldn't that fix.....err...something?

I never said that(only implied), but I do think Posi has completed his Villain alignment mission somewhere along the way.

This stinks of "I'll show you who's right!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!"

I'm switching to Hotmail. They can send you emails even when thier email server is down. Incredible! This is the way all service providers should be. Even if they can't give you the service they still give you the service just to please you.

It is a beautiful thing, isn't it? That and hover make teleport a joy to use.

HEY!! There will be no helping people in this thread! That is complete and total disrespect for the paying customers trying to get their opinions out!

You waited over 3 and a half years to make that your first post?

BRAVO!!!! Carry on, but with more rage next time please.

NO, NO, this is obviously a personal attack on each and every one of us and should be treated with hate and anger because with the knowledge of what happened to a server or code we can't see we could buy enough purple recipies for 10 Warshades....RAWR!

It's amazing the difference that two players can have with the same AT/powersets. He is not the fastest thing in the world, but my EMP/ele/ele can and does take out pretty much anything short of an AV(fargen AV regen). With some IO set recharge, a bit of self buffs(not insps), a dash of self healing, and some well timed end drain PBAOE's I feel safe as can be teleporting into almost any group*.

Useless is definataly not a word I would use with him.



*there are exceptions to every rule.

I agree with you(too a point) but how do you designate worst offenders? As soon as you set a list of changable powers people will ask "WHY NOT MY FAVORITE POWER?". Just look at the recent AOE buff changes for proof.

I think knock back is too much of an integral part of the powers it is attached to to do this half way and taking knockback out completely is just silly talk and should automatically have you put in a rubber room.

I'm not sure why you worded this like you did but, doesn't that 1 statement effectively negate about 2/3rds of the arguments against Knockback?

If the opponents on the "hard" stuff can't be knocked back anyway, what's the problem?

It's generalized I know but unless you are fighting more mobs than your aggro manager can handle anyway the only thing that knockback should be causing you to lose is time. That is only because if the KB user is unskilled or overzealous the scatter can prevent you from maximizing your AOEs.

I'm now waiting for ISSUE 25: CURRENCY. Where every power in the game is removed and we get a button to give us 1 unit of each type of game related currency for a certain number of pushes. At the rate they're going we should have nine full trays of buttons for the Issue 25 release easily.

Nice, if that is how they're doing it, that's good for the freebie players.




*runs off to smack the interwebz around until they let me see pictures in the forums

They are improving it from a "get more now" perspective but they really need to take the Veteran Reward tag off of it completely.

The idea of being able to buy vet rewards is very unsettling for me. It's kinda petty I guess, seeing how it's just a name, but in my mind it is not a "Veteran" reward in any way if you can buy it.

Otherwise, I like it.


*If this is completely off base I appoligize as I can't see the pics @work

Very true.



On another note, I always thought it odd that we had 2 starting zones anyway. There didn't seem to be much reason for it other than just a little more variety. I'm mean Babs, Jack Wolfe, and the others could have been very easily put into Atlas and/or Kings Row. Galaxy always seemed like an afterthough to me.

It actually kinda makes more sense to only have one tutorial and you actually get more Freedom in that you can start any AT on either side now.

The only problem I have with it is that the "other superhero game" tutorial keeps poping into my head everytime they talk about destroying Galaxy during the tutorial. Aliens, lots of rubble,.....

If I wanted to play that other game I would. Hopefully they have original enough storelines in the new Galaxy arcs that I won't think about that other stomach turning abomination of a game.

Thanks My brain locked up and everything but the forums is blocked at work for me.

I can’t really agree with this suggestion entirely and your comparisons don’t really add up.

MM’s are really just high caliber delayed Dot dealers when it comes down too it. They fire off their power and that power does damage over its long and non-self-terminating life.

The difference between MM’s and blasters/scrappers is that MM’s hit build-up after the main power, not before. Blaster/scrapper end use is also incremented differently and more spread out but just as debilitating when not controlled properly. (I know there are more, but these are the ones relevent to the discussion I think)

You can’t really make a comparison against Tanker taunt as it is just 1 power, not a set and I think gauntlet defines a tanker more than taunt (IMHO).

Your statement that no other AT is penalized like MM’s is kinda invalid. There is no other AT set-up to work even close to how MM’s do.

All that aside, the Devs have kinda tried to go in two directions at once with the 2 changes (MM upgrade and AOE buff). It is bound to create this kind of annoyance in players without more explanation or insight into what they are thinking.

IMO they should split the difference on both changes. Drop the MM end use a bit (but not all the way back) and raise the end levels on the now AOE buffs. It makes sense gameplay wise to me.