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Originally Posted by Golden Girl

They don't announce anything without putting it on the foums too

Originally Posted by Dispari

DP is right near the middle in ST and AoE. It's like 5 out of 10 and 6 out of 10 for each attribute. With incendiary it's like 4/10 and 5/10 or something like that. With SOs, it's right about where it needs to be. It's not another Fire Blast or Archery, but it's not supposed to be.

With IOs, it can fall behind because of its long animations. But the vast majority of people don't use IOs, and the game isn't really balanced around IOs to that degree. The fact is the set is fine with SOs, and is only "a bad set" if you're comparing it with IOs to other sets with IOs. DP with IOs is still better than regular sets without IOs, and DP with SOs is still as good or better than half the sets with SOs.

There's two things dragging people's perception of the set down. Well three actually.

One, people want the set to be really good with IOs. Unfortunately this isn't the type of set that shapes up to the same degree as others when given high recharge. It's hampered by animations. If you're a number cruncher and only care about a set's performance with IOs, compared to other sets with IOs, then yes it's not the set for you. Because of the type of people that post on forums, it makes it seem like this is all everyone cares about. But most players don't crunch numbers or even use IOs like this so it's not that big a deal to them. Using DP with IOs would still yield better performance than the average player.

Two, there's a factor that's hard to quantify, which is the ability to switch ammo types and always be on top of any situation. You can switch to a less resisted damage type, intentionally stack with your debuffs, cooperate with teammates to stack a type of buff, or just pick a damage type you feel like using. Now while it's true if the set was exactly 50% on all points (exactly middleground in all ways, meaning balanced toward being a middleground set) AND had the amazing flexibility, it would be "too good" because average performance + awesome bonus = better than average performance. The issue though is it's really hard to say if 40% + awesome bonus = average performance. Because you can't really quantify "swap ammo." It's possible the devs think the set is balanced because it has the ability to always be in control. If you pick Fire it has top performance on average, but what do you do when you face fire demons? DP doesn't have that issue.

The third thing I mentioned is people want it to be Archery. Archery being one of the most powerful and overpowered blast sets possible. Kind of like how all defense sets are compared to Willpower now, if something's not as good as the top performer, they think it just sucks and isn't worth playing. While it's true DP is no Archery, it's not the bottom of the barrel either.

DP is a solid set. While not the best, it's also not the worst. I still think it could be improved and not be overpowered. Personally, I can think of three or four things I'd do to DP if I was in charge. They're minor things that would push DP up a couple notches, but it still wouldn't be a top performer. I hope the set does get a little nudge. I don't want it to be the next Willpower, but I would like to see threads about how DP fails stop.

Originally Posted by Mod_Noc

Around the middle of 2004 I was in the military and I was in charge of some soldiers. We were all talking one day and I mentioned that I used to collect comic books when I was young. One female soldier that was one of the prettiest I had ever seen in uniform told me that she just got into a comic book game named CoH. I was interested in this game so we talked and that evening I purchased the game and I had no clue what I was doing. The next day I asked her to show me around in game and she told me her character’s name and said she would meet me in Atlas under the globe. That night I did and we began to team together every day. It got to the point that I couldn’t wait to get off work to team with her. Because of the position I held it was totally frowned upon to have a relationship with another soldier of a lower rank; however how can we tell our own hearts what to feel? What started out as a game play turned into a 2 year relationship hidden from the world. I thought it was a miracle that I met the most amazing woman over an online game.

The beginning of 2007 she got orders to a new duty station and I got orders to go home since my contract was over. We talked about marriage once I became a civilian; however life threw us a curve ball and she was scheduled to deploy. We spent her last 3 months before deployment together. She gave me her account info and asked me to lvl her Invul/SS tanker so we can team up when she got back. I moved back to my state and we e-mailed each other 2-3 times a day, then it went to once a day, then every other day and so on.... I know what happens when deployed and I knew she was coming back and we can begin where we left off.

While I was home my father passed away and taking care of the stuff at home took most of my time. When I moved I lost her families information and her e-mail doesn’t seem to work anymore and we lost contact with each other. I did everything I could to find her. I tried to find her by contacting her unit they wouldnt talk to me since I wasnt a family member.

I still pay for her account and every day I look at the tanker I leveled to 50 for her. The character has not been logged on in over 886 day. Every time I log in I am hoping with all my heart to see that “ 0 Days” last logged so I know she is on and I can send her a tell and find my lost love. Until then I am on Triumph a shadow in the streets arresting baddies and waiting for another miracle.

Originally Posted by Obsidius

... you fondly miss OS debates over TW drama and such
... you compare your Stone Armor build with Grudge (I miss that guy )
... you were at a Crockpot-led Speedo Raid
... you remember the when the Fusion Force was just starting out
... you try to make the infamous Black List (Still jelous that Batz made it and I didn't )

Originally Posted by Kitsune Knight

Right here.