Blue_Monolith

Happy Birthday, Legion!!

To the Greatest SG in Paragon and many years of adventuring in our future! *lifts glass*

How is your build going to be affected by I5? What changes would you suggest?

I've been using Havok's guide, which looks like it will be great ly affected by I5.

I was wondering why you took RPD and why you slotted TI? Is it because of the changes in I5?

I agree. What they SEEM to want to do is noble, but there tactic is narrowminded and uneducated. They are redesigning the game from an endgame user's perspective, and there are major flaws with that mentality that have caused havoc with other MMOG's historically.

First, by constantly redesigning the game, the Dev's are virtually scrubing all the work that their player base has done to create and develop their own character models/templates. It is a constant slap in the face to their customers who have to respec or reroll.

It sounds like they are approaching this from a high-end gamer's perspective instead of a business perspective. They are effectively alienating a large partion of their existing customers. A customer base that isn't very large to begin with and has shrunk due to various reasons over the past year. Not good business.

Trying to force players to play against their playing style (and one that they have become accustomed to for their entire playing experience thus far), is just another way that the Dev's are ingoring their customer's wants and needs.

Too often, when a company is having difficulty, it chooses to change something to offer a broader market appeal to potential customers without considering the effect on their existing customer base (i.e. - New Coke).

I don't have high-end characters so I don't know a lot of the effects on gameplay at that level. However, at my level, Tanking is difficult (but challenging) trolling around the Hollows solo. I can't imagine surviving very long with I5's defensive nerfs, and that will affect my playing experience.

I came back to CoH because of WoW doing nearly the same thing and forcing PVP upon the masses. I didn't expect it to happen here (although I did become concerned when they announced the new "fantasy-style" zones in I5 - which I saw as an attempt to reclaim those players lost to WoW).

The Dev's need to understand that they need to try to make all their customer's happy (an uphill challenge in any business!) not just the end-game users which are more vocal.

/soapbox

Hate to see you go, Havok.

Can't help but wonder if I5 has anyting to do with it. Or are you just finished with the game? (Sorry for asking another question!)

Thanks for all your help! You have been an asset to these boards and the game!

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Havok, add me to that list. I left CoH once WoW came out because my blasters and scrappers and axe/invuln tank all sucked at soloing and I was frustrated.

It wasn't until I had seen most of WoW and got annoyed with the higher end dungeon crap and PVP that I returned to this game. I honestly didn't think it could be soloable due to my experiences.

I was in the mood to reread my Hero RPG books for Champions and was flipping through DC Heroes 3E, and wanted to play a Superhero online. Still had my CoH account open, but wasn't sure I could solo.

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Like lookin' in a mirror! I did the same thing! I am now enjoying CoH more than ever and have more fun (without frustration) both soloing and grouping!

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Personally I'ld love to do an Inv/Stone guide some day. Something for fun

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DO IT! I was messing around with Stone powers last nite for the first time and they seem pretty cool. I just love the sound effects!!

Havok,

I just gotta say "Thank You!" for your guide. I have 2 Inv/SS tanks that I am using it with (one is tweaked toward superjump rather than flying).

I duoed with another Inv/SS tank of my same level and did a couple of missions in the Hollows the other nite. Most of the time he had to run away with like 10% health, while I was still pounding away at 75%. It was Awesome!!

Thanks again!

Blue Monolith - Inv/SS Tanker, Infinity (Hulk-like)
Commander Valor - Inv/SS Tanker, Virtue (Supes-like)