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Quote:You have the right to make your case.. I have the right to make mine... Thats what freedom of speech is all about baby !!!Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
It's not like I would say that to anyone who had an issue with the incarnate system, my tone was matching the tone of the post I replied to.. Here's some examples:
I was pretty harsh because I was responding to a pretty harsh sentiment. There have been a lot of productively voiced and logical suggestions given that the Devs have acknowledged already, but it's really annoying when people still harp on and on about how it sucks so horribly and they word it in the most crude way possible. -
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My 1st and oldest toon is a Blaster. Made for a rough learning curve but was very rewarding afterwards. Sadly, it proved to be limiting in my future enjoyment of melee AT's. With Blasters I have to think on my feet and use tactics and skill to survive. I have to know when to attack and when to hold back. I have to use LoS and KB to leverage the battle. Someone finally gets me !!!!!Quote:When I try to play a scrapper... It gets boring really really quickly. To the point of me drifting to sleep in missions sometimes -
Quote:The game i about fun.. so do what you have fun doing.. if thats corruptors/defenders/controllers so be it !!!Originally Posted by Melancholia
Please tell me I'm not the only one who has this problem
I've been playing the game on and off for 6 years and every time I come back, all I want to play are defenders/controllers/corruptors. Nothing else I make gets past level 10 before deletion.
Considering how much customization is available to me I almost feel guilty for not exploring more
But I can't be the only one, can I?
personally I wont play scrappers or stalkers.. hate em.. find them boring...
I might try a dominator though if i were you.. little different flavor to shake up the tastebuds maybe.. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
(And, honestly, I'm sitting here watching us grow more powerful in game and wondering when the hammer's going to fall for us being "too powerful" again - the devs have *admitted* some of the things we've done have caught them by surprise... like softcapped blasters.)
Which is why I havent softcapped not ONE blaster.. I KNOW they are going do so something about it sooner or later.. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
Yep, I am in agreement here. Almost everyone in beta was hating the random rewards...but...they're still here
YUP>. hated it.. spoke against it.. its still here.. and its totally broken... 42 uncommons in a row isnt random.. -
Quote:First off equating one badly broken power ( which burn was at the time ) with an entire system isnt even a correct comparison. The problem with that was the power itself.. not the system...Originally Posted by TonyV
This game would not be around today had they delayed Enhancement Diversification much longer than they did. I'm not exaggerating. Anyone who doesn't like trials, you have no idea what an exercise in tedium is like until you go on mission after mission, watching a "burn" tanker gather hundreds of enemies into a dumpster and wait while enemies' health ticked down to zero. And if you had the gall to do anything that you thought was helpful, people would get mad, chastise you to just wait by the entrance, even kick you from the team.
I actually left the game for two or three months in 2005 precisely because I wasn't doing anything and the thought of rolling a burn tanker just to play was nauseating. Had they not fixed the issue like they did, I would be permanently gone. As much as that might please some people, everyone else would have too and there would be no City of Heroes today.
Retro-hate Statesman all you want, but Enhancement Diversification was a very good thing for this game.
Firstly let me say that I had no problem with ED.. The problem is the way it was handled. Statesman flat out LIED to the community right after the change to defense.. I remember the exact conversation... He was telling bubblers who said that they would be less of a help to the team.. he said.. You can still slot you shield with 6 defense buffs... this was with him FULLY KNOWING That ED was in the works.. and when it came out just a few weeks later it pissed a lot of people off because it showed that he was talking through both sides of his mouth...
But that being said.. ED needed to happen because if you had the original system AND the Invention Origin system in place the game would have been utterly broken.. However it was how they HANDLED it that was the problem... and that is why I am saying that THIS system is the worst thing since ED because I believe the way they are HANDLING it is creating the same issue.. In fact I know it is. -
The problem with the whole ED scenario is that Statesman wasnt honest.. He flat our LIED to the community and tried to sell the lie, when they should have just been honesty about it and delayed the ED until the Invention System was ready to go..
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Quote:THANK YOU...Originally Posted by Seldom
The trials are fun here and there. What I don't like is how they in practice detract from running the rest of the rest of the game should, you want to bring your character up through the new progression that's been opened.
I LOVED the alpha slot sytem, even before shards dropped from lower SF's. It's message: "Rewards for playing different parts of the game, and here, here's a different SF each week to try." If you want a notice, don't like this week's target, you'll get a new one next week. Add in the shards for exemplaring, and you have an endgame that let's you also use the rest of the game, doing anything with your incarnate=progress.
The threads and trial rewards seem to be far more begrudging, to the point that the shard-->thread-->component/incarnate xp conversion seems so steep it's all but labeled "you really should be running trials." It really makes me wonder- are the devs nervous enough that they think something that's even half as fast as trials would lose interest in league runs? Would trials cease to be popular if they were not such an exclusive-ish source of new incarnate rewards, or would the instances still hold up as a fun thing to do with other players just because they are fun? I'd reaeeeaaallly hope the devs would make stuff they could comfortably say was fun enough to run on it's own to go and play, even without a carrot dangling at the end.
That, in the end, is what has me a bit disheartened. By appearances the devs are placing the carrots so completely on the new stuff, it does seem to come back to the "you really should be playing trials" nudging. What, not the game you guys spent 7+ years on? I can't get all my incarnate stuff for that, because conquering statesman, nictus in rome, or all the other 50ish stuff in the game just doesn't count the same way? I'm sorry. I guess I really should be running trials. Those are the real incarnate feats.
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Quote:Look again..Originally Posted by Golden Girl
In other words, you have no answer to it
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Quote:You mean stuff that is TRADE-ABLE..Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Like buying HOs, purples or anything else at Wentworths?
OOPS... shards threads and meriits arent... oh well... -
Quote:You need to go back and read what I have said from the beginning.. and in all honesty I dont care whether my comments bother you or not.. I hope they bother the developers to realize there is something wrong with the system and that the reward tables are unfair.Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
The only t4 my warshade has is clarion, the rest are all t3's... But man, that status protection is nice.
Here's an idea... If you don't like the system, don't participate in it. If you dislike the incarnate progression so much and you have a better idea on how to do it, go make your own game with a better mechanic. Comments like this really bother me, people seem to forget that not only are we getting FREE content upgrades, but it's a new system that is still being developed. Do you expect the Dev team to snap their fingers and create 30 trials and a huge variety of solo incarnate arcs on a silver platter overnight? In case you haven't noticed, we just got 4 new incarnate abilities in the last update, and two brand new trials. In the next update, that isn't even a new issue, we'll be getting another new trial. If you're going to complain about something, pick something reasonable that's actually a faulty mechanic like the rewards tables.
The other issue is that the ONLY place you can get what you need is the trials and they effectively made the system they already HAVE obsolete and should you want to convert the old system to the new system... well THAT will cost you influence.. I have also been pretty vocal about the outrageous costs of crafting as well which is fine for the farmers and people who have a ton of influence but stops those that do not from participating or turns them into farmers so they can keep up.
That COULD have used some of the very same system in place ALREADY.. level 50 TF's as well as the trials.. they COULD have made something like a shorter DR Q.. you know like when they shortened Positron ?? They COULD have given me a reason to GO to the Shadow Shard..
There is PLENTY of things they could have done to give OPTIONS rather than just TWO TF;s over and over and over and over and over and over and over..
And BTW I have been playing this game since two month after it was released.. I have easily put over 1500 into this game.. so I have the right to complain if I dont like something... and in all honesty I am hoping they hear me loud and clear.. not because I am gonna quit and take my ball and go home.. but because I believe have been a LOYAL and PAYING customer and my opinion does matter..
However if they dont know what people dont like.. they might not make the correct changes..
You know how many times I have seen people complain over something and that very thing gets fixed eventually in this game? A LOT.. and there is still more yet that needs to be done..
In fact just recently myself and a few others complained about how the last batch of sever transfers were poorly handled and how the community was poorly notified.... and you know what happened.. a SECOND batch of WELL ADVERTIZED transfers was made available...
So If you dont like my complaints.. or my statements.. feel free to put me on ignore.. or stop reading my posts... but I will keep going right on ahead and discussing and giving my feedback... -
Quote:Double coupons !!!!!!Originally Posted by Scythus
I'm seeing a lot of this from you. Did you come across a punctuation clearance sale or something?
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Quote:You know whats wrong with this statement.. plenty..Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I haven't noticed any raging over the same situation for the 1-50 levelling process - players can't get their Tier 9 Primaries and Secondaries without being "forced" by the game to unlock prior powers.
1) I expect a leveling process the same with every MMO or ANY game that has progression
2) I can CHOOSE how I level.. I can choose at what pace.. I can chose WHERE.. I can choose HOW.. Radio's. TF's.. Street hunting.. Missions.. Trials.. AE... I have a CHOICE..
3) I can choose which powers to take and which not to take. I can choose HOW I slot them.. I can choose which IO's I want.. if I want IO's at all.
4) When I gain enough XP to get the power its MINE.. I dont have to craft a bunch of stuff.. I dont have to HOPE to get something..
The trials are the same TWO missions over and over and over and they are frustrating with poor teamwork and lag and even more so when you dont get the components you need to progress.. and that is the failure of the system..
In the Alpha.. as long as you played level 50 content you got what you needed to progress.. shards.. you needed a hero 1 DNA.. just do the TF.. and you WILL get the reward you need.. You need a Notice.. just DO the TF.. and you WILL get it...
You want your tier 9 power... just do the CONTENT.. and YOU WILL get there...
Incarnate Trials.. stand around wait 30 minutes to get a triak,, spend the time doing it.. amd i still cant get what I need.. which is frustrating. -
Love my Arch/Devices !!!
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Thats like asking me if I want Cake.... hell yes I want Cake !!!
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Quote:If they made a system and then didnt expect people to take full advantage of it... then they are not very realistic..And thinking on this. that makes NO sense bcause one of their SELLING points is that you can become MORE powerful than the signature heroes in the game.. Yoir first Alpha mission shows you in the future having the ability to wipe the floor with signature heroes, villians and giant monsters...Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
I don't think the devs ever intended:
People soloing challenges meant for whole teams.
People duoing challenges meant for groups of teams.
People using the AE for farming.
Need I go on?
The devs never intended a LOT of the stuff that's come to pass in this game. Yet players have gone ahead and done them, regardless of artificial impediments put into place.
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Quote:Actually I dont want them all to be t4... I dont even what them to have ALL the slots available.. something I thought was pretty clear.. I would like to see a rare drop OCCASIONALLY so I feel like I am making some PROGRESS.. not do 42 trials in a row and get 40 uncommons, 1 common and one threads and then tell me your system is RANDOM...Originally Posted by TamakiRevolution
No! I need my 30+ 50's to be t4ed out within 2-3 months of release >:O rawr!
Give me some dice and let me go to Vegas with that kind of random.. Ill quit my job... -
So exactly how am I supposed to get this stuff without doing the same content over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again ??
Dont grind it ???!!!!! You have another way to get it?? A magic wand perhaps ??? I mean really.. its a grind no matter HOW you slice it.. the system BLOWS period.. There are many in game and on the forums who do not like the system.. they preferred what we had already.. not having to grind out more xp which is used THEN grind your way into just unlocking the friggin slot.. oh yeah and if you dont want the prior slot but want the latter one.. can you CHOOSE.... NOPE just shut up and grind out the xp for both...
THEN go grind out some influence so you can convert, downgrade and sidegrade and make crap.. for 100 million or 400 million ????!!!!!!!!!
Dont have or want to spend the influence.. WELL just do the same things over and over and over and over and get CRAPPY results which more than often yield crap you DONT want or need...
OR grind a little leess and get 8-30 emp merits...
You can slice it up any way you want to... Its a grind.... and it SUCKS.. way to go CoH you just made yourself like every other MMO and are doing a good job of alienating some loyal customers.. -
I gave up.. after doing 42 trials in a row across maybe 2-3 toons and getting nothing but uncommons I said screw it.. forget tier 4.. I cant even get a RARE to get to a tier 3.. and I am supposed to want to do this across 30+ level 50's ??
I dont even want all of them to have ALL the powers.. just want makes sense based on each individual character and I dont even want to do THAT.
I HATE the whole.. Ive gotta unlock this to unlock that aspect. I have some characters that I dont want judgement on..but I would like Lore... so I have to SUFFER throgh unlocking judgement and THEN suffer through unlocking the LORE ????!!!!!!!!!!
I find that Lambda tend to run less often than BAF's so I struggle to even get an Interface unlocked..
Now I have some toons that I had some lucj with when the system first dropped who did get some rares.. ( still no very rares.. )
And I dont care what anyone says.. the system is definitely skewed to AT... by Dominators have done MUCH MUCH MUCH better than my Tanks.. My tanks have gotten absolute CRAP...
I am going on record as saying this system sucks WORSE than ED did... YES IMO its that friggin bad... -
My Ice themed toon
Shiv'r- Ice/Thorn Dominator. Fights in Melee mostly. Artic Air and Immobilize is really effective. They stand still and confused while i take them apart.. and they even help me do it LOL
Heatsink- Cold/Ice defender ( could also build as a corruptor ). Very effective. Great team build and also quite effectient solo.. Having three rain powers is a huge plus.
Stormbringer- Ice/Storm Controller. Very late bloomer.. but when it blooms.. Enough recharge to throw out two Lightning Clouds is gold.
Coldsnap-Ice/Cold Controller ( very light on damage till late in game but excellent control and debuffs)
Shield/Ice tank.. a little heavy on the end but a LOT of fun.. and can do decent damage because of AAO. -
Quote:While I dont think I am the one Carnifax is speaking of I did this when I saw someone on an ITT wrecking shop with theirs I did the same colored the thorns to look like icicles and with the Ice Mastery pool you add Sleet and Ice Storm it has just the right feel.. Add in some S/L defense to get near the soft cap and you are doing very well for yourself.Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
Ice/Thorns is another option. I know someone on the forums made a Icy themed one of these by recolouring the thorns to be icicles. The combo has nice synergy as well, both sets like being in melee range.
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.942
http://www.cohplanner.com/
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Shiv'R: Level 50 Mutation Dominator
Primary Power Set: Ice Control
Secondary Power Set: Thorny Assault
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Ancillary Pool: Ice Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Block of Ice -- BasGaze-Acc/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(3), BasGaze-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(3), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(5)
Level 1: Thorny Darts -- HO:Nucle(A), HO:Nucle(34), HO:Nucle(50)
Level 2: Frostbite -- GravAnch-Immob(A), GravAnch-Immob/Rchg(17), GravAnch-Acc/Immob/Rchg(17), GravAnch-Acc/Rchg(39), GravAnch-Immob/EndRdx(39), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob(42)
Level 4: Fling Thorns -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(5), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(7), Posi-Dmg/Rng(7), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(9)
Level 6: Arctic Air -- CoPers-Conf%(A), CoPers-Conf/EndRdx(9), CoPers-Conf(11), CoPers-Conf/Rchg(11), CoPers-Acc/Conf/Rchg(13), EndRdx-I(13)
Level 8: Boxing -- Acc-I(A)
Level 10: Maneuvers -- EndRdx-I(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(33)
Level 12: Ice Slick -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(19), RechRdx-I(19)
Level 14: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(21), RechRdx-I(21)
Level 16: Assault -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 18: Combat Jumping -- Krma-ResKB(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(23)
Level 20: Thorn Burst -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(23), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(25), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(25), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(27), Oblit-%Dam(27)
Level 22: Super Jump -- Jump-I(A)
Level 24: Tough -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), ResDam-I(29), ResDam-I(29), EndRdx-I(31)
Level 26: Glacier -- BasGaze-Acc/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(31), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(33), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(33)
Level 28: Thorntrops -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(31), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(43), Posi-Dmg/Rng(43), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(50)
Level 30: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(34), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(34), LkGmblr-Def(36)
Level 32: Skewer -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(A), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx(40), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(40), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(40), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(43)
Level 35: Ripper -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(36), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(36), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(37), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37), Oblit-%Dam(37)
Level 38: Thorn Barrage -- Decim-Acc/Dmg(A), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(39), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(42), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(46), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(46), HO:Nucle(46)
Level 41: Sleet -- HO:Lyso(A), RechRdx-I(42)
Level 44: Frozen Armor -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(45), LkGmblr-Def(45), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(45)
Level 47: Ice Storm -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(48), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(48), Posi-Dmg/Rng(48), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(50)
Level 49: Hibernate -- RechRdx-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Domination
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(15), EndMod-I(15)
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Set Bonus Totals:- 10% DamageBuff(Smashing)
- 10% DamageBuff(Lethal)
- 10% DamageBuff(Fire)
- 10% DamageBuff(Cold)
- 10% DamageBuff(Energy)
- 10% DamageBuff(Negative)
- 10% DamageBuff(Toxic)
- 10% DamageBuff(Psionic)
- 6.75% Defense(Smashing)
- 6.75% Defense(Lethal)
- 3% Defense(Fire)
- 3% Defense(Cold)
- 8% Defense(Energy)
- 8% Defense(Negative)
- 3% Defense(Psionic)
- 10.5% Defense(Melee)
- 5.5% Defense(Ranged)
- 3% Defense(AoE)
- 2.25% Max End
- 4% Enhancement(Confused)
- 105% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
- 67% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 45.8 HP (4.5%) HitPoints
- Knockback (Mag -4)
- Knockup (Mag -4)
- MezResist(Immobilize) 4.95%
- MezResist(Stun) 4.4%
- 19.5% (0.33 End/sec) Recovery
- 20% (0.85 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 7.25% Resistance(Fire)
- 7.25% Resistance(Cold)
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I dont have a Warshade or a Stalker. But here is my 50 List..
Tankers
Apex-WP/SS
Excalibur-Inv/SS
Sunstroke-Shield'Fire
Majestic-Shield/SS
Icebreaker-Shield/Ice
Sandstone-Dark/Stone ( dark powers colored to look like sand)
Avalanche-Ice/Stone
Heatstroke-Fire/Fire
ShellShock-Elecric/SS
Brute
Rede Furashi-Elec/Shield
Reflex-KinMelee/SR
Evenflow-SS/SR
Blaster
Airhammer Nrg/Nrg
Taser-Elec/Elec
Sureshot-Arch/Dev
Taiyoken-Rad/Mental
FyrePsyde-Fire/MM
Salvo-AR/Nrg
Controller
Prime-Grav/Kin
Lockdown-Elec/Rad
Borealis-Ill/Rad
ColdSnap-Ice/Cold
Stormbringer-Ice/Storm
Firebrand-Fire/Thermal
Dominator
PsyFy-Fire.Psi
Firewall-Earth/Fire
Shiv'r-Ice/Thorn
Amp'ed-Elec/Elec
Overload-Elec/Psi
Defender
Neutron-Rad/Rad
Heatsink-Cold/Ice
Elo-Sonic/Rad
Corruptor
Obsidian-Sonic/Dark
Projectile-DualPistols/Trick Arrow
Kheldian
Photon-Peacebriger ( all human )
Arachnos Solder
Major Havokk- Crab Spider
MasterMind
***** Slade-Thugs/Traps
Skorpion-Merc/Trick Arrow
Onslaught-Bots/FF
Scrappers
Everlast-DualBlades/Regen
Shrapnel-Spines/Fire
50's that died ( deleted )
Vertigo-Sonic/Psy Defender ( thinking about some kind of Sonic/Kin remake )
Kin/Elec Defender ( cant even remember his name right now )
Gigawatt-Elec/Kin Corruptor ( a remake of the defender who also later was killed )
Sadly I built them as sappers and by blaster was better at it than either of these two.
These two I never liked. Liked the Elec/Elec and Elec/Psi doms better
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The devs have no intention of nerfing permadom. Permadom is not an exploit. It exist because of the ability of the IO system which was always a consideration when the system was being built. Why do you think there are SO many sets that improve recharge ??
A) if they did it would have been done already.
B) It would effectively kill the AT.
C) it doesnt make the AT overpowering pr game breaking.
My current build has 64% accuracy and its perma.. Again I dont build for defense. -
Maybe you should post the build instead of the chunk so people without Mids can look at it.
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I think its definitely best to go for permadom first and defense second. Remember that you do not have any defense debuff resistance built in, so mobs that whittle down defense * and there are a lot ) will eat through your defense especially in the end game. Being able to keep those mobs locked down IMO is far more crucial to survival.
I keep saying the same thing.. People are making defense the priority and the be all end all of builds.. you know the devs are adjusting accordingly to keep the game a challenge.