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Originally Posted by MunkiLord

Really? I really like it and all, but the best since BioShock?

I realize you said encountered so you may not have played a lot of the big games the last few years(or maybe you've played them all).

I've enjoyed all the stories, but I disagree that they are better than such games as Dragon Age(and possibly Mass Effect, but I'm only about half way through and I'm not sold on that game yet).

Originally Posted by Zaion

Any buff that is relatively cheap to cast and has no real recharge, but only lasts 1-4 minutes, needs to be changed to 20-30 minutes or even made into a cheap toggle aura effecting every team member within 100yds.

There is no reason to force a buffing class to spend most of a mission with a full team just standing around reapplying buffs. It is not fun.

Edit: I guess I should also add to the suggestion that said buffs not be nerfed in compensation. As that's what everyone posting below is afraid of.

Originally Posted by Lobster

Hmm. Well. I hope this does not get changed, but rather gets clarified in the in game text . I'm of the mind that the epics were already too easy to get - expecting them both to unlock for a Praetorian seems odd.

I expect/hope the Praetorians will get their own epic archetype (although reasonably that would be like, I21 at least, definitely no time soon) and that would be their unlock.

At minimum, as others have pointed out, leaving them tied to H/V is a good incentive to check out that content.

Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill

TL;DR version: Aion requires not just population, but a certain density of population, due to its PVP centric nature. It actually CAN have the problem of "not enough people on a server" to affect gameplay.

Originally Posted by TameDragon

I'd like to see pvp reverted back to pre-i13. Yes i started when i14 came out but my partners played CoV since CoV launch and he's always telling me about his old pvp days. He won't pvp anymore due to the travel suppresion and holds etc lasting milliseconds. He used to pvp a Dark/Dark/Soul corruptor with ease and now even my fire blaster can shred him easily.

Originally Posted by Dispari

And your kin needs a long recharge power that buffs damage rather than an attack?

Originally Posted by Bright Shadow

Originally Posted by Dispari

[/LIST] Are you guys going to address the fact that two MM APPs don't have shields, Controllers have a duplicate PFF and a pointless Soul Drain, and the other numerous issues with APPs/PPPs?

Originally Posted by macskull

Oftentimes killing mobs to get a tip to drop takes longer than actually completing the tip mission, especially when most are just "kill boss" or "click glowie."

Originally Posted by Wrong_Number

It's been over two months since I submitted my arc to this and I have not heard a peep. Anyone know what's going on?

WN

Originally Posted by StormSurvivor

I'm one of those that is in favour of keeping the flee mechanic, but tuning it considerably. As far as I'm concerned, fleeing makes sense in ninety percent of the game.

What doesn't seem to make sense to me is the supposedly powerful entities, such as GMs and AVs running. Or at least them running as soon as they do. If they were flagged to either not run at all, or only run when they're getting a really serious beating and are very low on health, I think they could be a little more bearable.

The other aspect I'm not fond of is how far a fleeing mob can run, and how they don't actually use their borrowed time wisely. I think that the distance that fleeing mobs run should be reduced by a large amount, and that there should be a chance of them 'alerting' another group to your presence, as well as a chance of them fleeing the map entirely and counting as 'defeated' for mission objective purposes. Having a group turn around the corner to attack you could be daunting, but I feel it would add a realism to the game that requires us to be prepared.

Here's hoping that this thread gets the mechanic looked at, and ideally tweaked.

Originally Posted by UberGuy

Yeah, especially since, at least the last time I fought her, she really only ran away while her PFF was up.

To be clear, while I may not especially enjoy it most times, I understand why mobs have a flee mode. I don't especially mind if faceless minion #474 runs away because he got to 1/8 health. What I really mind are scenarios like this:

• My team or I are faced with a supposedly epic entity like a Giant Monster or signature AV, and they spend the majority of their time running from us, especially if they do so before we get their HP down even slightly.
• Entities run so far away, we need an extradition treaty to get them back. I once had my DDD drop Darkest Night on a Council Warwolf boss, and without any meaningful damage dealt to him, he ran from the back of a large office map level all the way to the front. He ran so far away that he lost aggro, and came sauntering back later, oblivious to my presence.

This sort of behavior adds no challenge to an encounter. Having an entity barely try to fight back, instead just making you chase it down, beating it as you go, generally isn't entertaining.

There are other things mobs do that bug me, but those two seem to be specific cases of "self preservation" AI gone amok.

Things like ambushes that turn and walk away seem to me to be different problems. (I had not experienced that problem post-GR until last night, it turns out.)

Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane

I think the morale aspect may not be WAI. Just yesterday I was fighting three +3 minions in Neutropolis and whiffing like mad with degrading enhancements when two of them took off.

Now, the morale AI could be broke or they may have been shaken by how crazy my Defender would have to have been to be attacking them.





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Originally Posted by Siolfir

Hey, Psoma, did you know that the copy tool is down?

Originally Posted by Slashman

Also, if they are making a COX 2...they'd want a brand new playerbase anyway. Not that they would mind if you played both games...but they'd be looking to generate a new base of players.

Originally Posted by Mirai

I've never liked the fact that Ouroboros arcs are in TF mode. That means if I run into a problem, I may have to quit and start over again. That can be a real pain if I'm deep into a long story arc. I want the option of abandoning or auto-completing an O- mission.

So yes, beware of long Ouroboros story arcs until the bug gets fixed.

Originally Posted by McNum

Yeah. If I was a writer on GR and reading the forums right now, I'd have the biggest, goofiest smile om my face. So much discussion, and the only thing I think we'll all agre on is that the writing is awesome.