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Scrappers have their Single Targeted Oriented sets. And Scrappers have their built for tough ST enemies, and thus lack any AOE.

MA's AOE really isn't all that. When you invite a MA Scrapper to the team, you aren't really inviting them for the WOW factor of AOE carnage.

Same with Energy Melee and Dark Melee users.

Unless you just mean, "at least those sets have an AOE"

Well sure, but I wouldn't really say they offer all that much.

But you do have a point. And it's another reason I think the best suggestion is increased damage mod. It's universal, it upgrades all sets equally.

-Regen is cool, like the AOE debuff from AS. It's nice, but not all together worthwhile later in the game (at least in my experience).

Oh, I don't see the idea of giving -Regen to AS as a bad thing mind you.

My thought isn't about AV soloing. My thought comes to the fact, that I'd say for most players, I'd say the -regen isn't really a factor.

So many people who just fight EBs, where -regen is less needed, and I've never fought an EB personally, that I thought "we could use some -regen", now fighting some GMs and AVs I've thought this.

Even with AVs in TFs. Just seems to be a limited use for a majority of the player base.

Yeah, I do lots of TFs, and love trying to solo AVs, but the majority of the player base? I don't think it would be a factor.

Not to mention it's not always easy to get off an AS in an AV fight, or the middle of fighting period

One of the reasons I like the idea of just increasing the damage mod. It works for all periods of play, no matter what you're doing.

Also, with an increased damage mod, maybe, just maybe, my lvl 50 Stalker, can BU + AS to one shot that level 40 (or was it 41) Fake Nemesis Boss.

He's not a failure at it.

Heroes just medi-port out before he can kill them.

*Recluse goes for killing blow*

*Hero medi-ports out*

*Recluse seethes with anger* We'll meet again!

Well, you know what they say, "One person's terrorist, is another person's freedom fighter."

Also, Longbow are registered heroes, just like player characters. One has to figure that law only works in the US, and when outside of the US, they're acting on their own accord.

Seeing as hiow the US and the Rogue Isle's don't likey have any real treaty of sorts, if the Longbow are caught in the RI's, they're under RI laws, with the US not having much to do with it.

The same can be said of the Archnos who invade Paragon.

And from what I gathered, Archnos attacked/invaded Paragon (thusly the US) before Longbow ever setup shop.

Or do you think the Archnos's invasion of the Zig and release of known criminals isn't an act against the US?

Longbow get caught in RI, the US can simply disavow them easily enough. Or say they're rogue and thusly not under their control. Lord Recluse can also do they same with any Arachnos caught.

Point being, it's a comic book setting, with a backstory not fully set, that I wouldn't put RL rules into it so much.

Blue Steel became a police officer at 18. And to my knowledge, no place in the US in RL allows 18 year olds to become a police officer (outside of military police), with the age needing to be 21.

So obviosuly laws in CoH world are vastly different from RL laws, and making in correlation between the two becomes a work of frustration really.

First thing first, you're obviously putting in RL world laws and such, when in CoH verse would obviously be different than RL world laws.

There's also already inconsistencies from what the game lore says to how it happens in RL.

And she doesn't throw away lives. Those who join Longbow, volunteer, and know what they're getting into. Not to mention, if it was as many lives as people like to say it is, there would not only be a population problem about now, but there likely wouldn't be any Longbow either.

It's not so much the low hit points that's the problem. I mean really, defense goes a long way in making low health cap not to much of a problem.

The problems with it comes down to...

1) The health cap is easily reached...

WP can easily reach the cap with HPT and Accolades, making all +HP set bonuses a waste.

Regen can easily reach the cap with Accolades + set bonuses, making Dull Pain just another heal on a long recharge. Not to mention, lower hit points equals weaker Regen rate.

2) The resist based sets, don't get as much out of the hit points either.

Now mind you, this is all with set bonuses in mind. Messing around with MIDS, it wasn't to hard to get a /SR Stalker to the Health Cap.

And if I remember the build correctly, it reached a little over 1700 HP.

My WP build reaches just a bit over 1800, and could get even higher if I tried to get it higher, but there's no point. WP reaches over the (current) HP cap with just HPT and the accolades.

That's the only reason I suggest raising it to 1800. WP would still likely hit the cap no problem, the others might get close, but not as likely to hit the cap (though likely still possbile if really pushed for it.), giving /Regen a bit more bang out of Dull Pain as would Energy Aura's Overload.

The other secondaries will get more use out of their set bonuses.

If it wasn't done, it wouldn't be a big deal to me personally.

I like the idea of -Regen attached to Assassin Strike, but I'd only see that useful for the big targets (EB's, AVs, GMs, Monsters).

Which might have Stalkers looking more appealing on teams that plan to face them, but not nearly as needed, as that tends to be a limited engagemnt for most of the game, not to mention you have Corrs, Defenders, Trollers, MM's usually to bring it as well.

Now, as someone who likes to build to solo AVs, you'd think I'd be all for it. But really, the increase in damage mod imo, would bring more to the team for regular missions (taking out enemies through more DPS, either through better ST DPS or increased damage on the few AOEs available), and thusly help on the tougher targets just as much (though admittedly, not as much as the -regen would likely help).

I also know, when I have stalkers on the team, I don't think of their AOE fear from their AS. I think of them only as more damage. The fear and -tohit, just isn't that useful, and to make it useful, I think it might put to much control for AS (ie...it'd need to be so little chance of failing, it might be over done).

Mind you, all this is just my opinion. And whatever tweaks Castle comes up with I'm sure I'd personally be fine with.

My thought however, is that Stalkers are looked at and wanted for team DPS without needing some to look after as much. Right now, Brutes and Scrappers do that well enough, that some people over look Stalkers.

Done it. Succeeded everytime!

That said, I've still failed ITFs .5-1% of them.

The most MM's I've had on one ITF was 4, and it was a success. Some of it I find comes down to telling the MM's (and I did this when on my MM), to put away the pets.

Sometimes you don't have to, sometimes you do.

Well, if took on the name Indiana Jones, I'd see it differently. That said, while I saw the idea of Mutt Williams going off and being like Indy, I didn't see anything that would suggest he'd go by the name Indiana Jones.

With 90% of that 50million coming from 3D showings.

Take the 3D glasses out of the equation, it'd probably still beat RED. And really, I have no idea why.

It's like seeing a reality TV show being the #1 show. I just don't see the appeal.

1) EBs were put in, so people could solo AV content sotry arcs, without needing a team. And really, with the right inspirations, I don't really find them to terrible to solo.

AVs...yes, if built for it, with the time put into the toon, yes I do. To me, getting a toon up to the AV soloing part is what makes the toon feel like they're of the less of heroes like Rogue, Spider-Man, Batman, Psylock...ect...ect. The heroes who can hold their own in a solo cimic title.

It's also where a lot of the signature characters are suppossed to be power wise.

GMs...hey if you can do it. \o/ Whoot! I haven't made a toon that could do it yet (well, that's going the no temp power, no inspiration route...never tried it with temp powers/inspirations). I also don't worry about soloing them.

Soloing AVs is where I try to get my current toon I'm playing. GMs, I'm prefectly fine going "Well, this is going to be tough, going to need some backup"

But that's just me.

2) Pretty much answered above. EB = yes. AV = yes. GM = No. How'd I feel afterwards? I was all whoot! YAY! \o/

To me it's not the "I beat the game" it's "I have a real superhero!"

That point aside, it's not going to be for everyone, for a lot of combos that can do it, it's a drawn out, boring affair, make no lies about it.

3) For the current level 50 content, possibly, for the new high end content? Probably not.

I thought mine solo'ed fine. Though admittedly, I had IOs for defense at level 30.

I think the MM players were just smart enough to buy the recipes blueside themselves, then waited it out Ruining the plan of marketeers thinking they could sell off the pet recipes to make lots of money.

heh...I didn't take it as people getting riled up and flustered.

I think it comes down to some of the names not being known, so they don't see them as being Icons.

Superman is known by all inthe DC verse, he's an Icon.

Just out of that list of names you gave, I'd say I maybe heard of two of them. And while I see Ascendant posted a lot in this thread, never heard them myself. :/

Though, I can see people having their own list of who they think are iconic easily enough.