Chickpea

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I more than acknowledge that there are good blasters; however, they are in the minority. Even you have seen your fair share of blasters hit the deck due to bad judgement (errors that usually gets weeded out by the late lvl 20's). When I say *majority* I should've qualified that for accuracy: "the majority of blasters I've seen..."

but when you see a trend, as I've explained, it typically rings true. Ask any primary non-blaster what they see, and they'll tell you that they see a trend, too...most blasters aren't too bright with their aggro management. Or are you going to dispute this, too, and say "substantiate it"?



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I have to agree that more often than not it's a blaster that makes poor decisions and die when I team with them. As a result I will only team with select guys and gals I know are good players. If I had a nickel for everytime I saw a blaster firing away on a boss (one I'm fighting and not needing help with either for that matter), aggro'n the whole pack of minions around him, and getting attacked and dying, then get blamed cause I should have been there to defend them, well, my subscription would be paid into next year easily!

Why is this? I don't know. Like Synch said, a lot of blasters I have teamed with or just seen street cleaning, fall prey more often than any other AT. Part of it is poor play, and given the weaknesses a blaster has (namely minute HP's and utter lack of defense) of course a blaster who is not in tune to strategy will accumulate debt much more rapidly than other AT's.

A lot of other AT's play poorly too, but they can afford to, since they have a better scenario to work with, i.e, not as much damage as a blaster, but better DEf and higher HP's.

All in all, I think a simple rule of life holds true...If something offends me, it might just be because it's true. Attacking Synch because he's telling the truth doesn't accomplish much. If the DEVS took a poll of all blasters and asked if they would give up some of their massive damage for more HP's and Def, I wonder what the results would be. Anyone can get into debt quickly if they can't play (although now they won't realize it until lvl 10!) but the very make up of a blaster makes it easier for them to accumulate debt, because poor play feeds on the weaknesses of the toon.

So chill, and don't take stuff so personally. There are very few absolutes in life.

Peace

One thing seems clear to me, at least looking at the title of this thread, XP & I5...everyone loves getting huge chunks of XP. For sure I thought many of the old-timers who got to 50 under the old xp system would be angry..heck, if I go hunt solo and wipe the floor with a few lt's or a stray boss with a minion or two, I'm getting 2000+ XP for the boss.

With increased XP, it's clear the DEVS wanted to balance that with the Defense decreases, which is understandable. Pre I5, I could rack up XP buy taking on good sized groups, now I have to be a little more careful. So that makes sense, but what doesn't is the debt thing. Logic dictates that if we get more XP, debt goes away much faster, so why cut it down? Because they toned down defense, more people die? So what. Debt is a way of life for most heroes who play the game. I always push it and see what my powers can really do. So why even bother with the debt?

Maybe it is a blaster thing. Don't know. Don't care. Or was this XP,debt, etc some vast indirect attack on our fav ppl, the PL's. How this discourages it, I don't know. If anything it encourages it. And Statesman is anti-PL. OH Statesman, why hast thou forsaken us? I know I've made it to lvl 36 far more quickly than my climb through the early 30's. Do I feel like I've earned it? Sort of.
Anyway, PLAY on..and on...

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Couple of changes we're making in I5:

2) XP debt will be halved on mission maps (that includes outdoor mission maps, too).

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This was obviously put in to help blasters. This, combined with the new defiance system, will turn this game into CITY OF BLASTERS!


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Shut yer cakehole. Bloody every person wants the game their own special way. Ya know, being a blaster = being in perpetual debt. We've adjusted to that reality, so a tinnie-tiny bone (Defiance ain't no great shakes, nor is that pitance of a health increase) thrown our way won't rock your world.

Sheesh. Freakin' tanks and scrappers...what, bummed you're no longer standing alone at the top as King of the Hill?

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I'm sorry...I can't help it...but I swear I heard something about blasters and their..well...you know what hy say about men who drive sports cars..some sort of thing about compensation....Such an angry guy, almost, dare I say, defiant?!?

I do agree with you though, rarely have I seen defiance be the blessing it was advertised to be (as evidenced by the constant donating of Awaken's, Bounce Back's, etc. during the Manticore TF we ran a few nights ago). A novel idea is to just learn to adapt and have fun....It's a GAME.....

And how are peoples builds "ruined." If you are so nerfed that your character is unplayable, I suggest you look at how you were playing. I had to do this, and become more strategic (See my previous post) to compensate for I5. And their "entire character creation suddenly tainted because a healer can shoot a bow and arrow? Should no other hero get medicine? Should no pre I5 Controller take boxing? If you don't like the new sets, don't use them...If you can't adapt to the changes, then maybe (and if you weren't lighting your matches yet, this will cause spontaneous combustion) you are not that good at the game, but just good at exploiting the game itself!!! And now that you have to work harder its not as fun!!! Well go PL then...WOO-HOO.. Good night heroes!

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Gawd you people cry about anything--at least make your gripes about stealth or something significant...c'mon, whining about debt badges? You serious?

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Yeah, I fail to see what all the fuss is about. My biggest complaint is the numerous crashes I have to endure now, not the fact my debt is halved, or people don't get debt until LVl 10. Who cares? Oh, and why at LVL 43 does someone not have a travel power? How in the world have you made it through countless hours playing up to lvl 43 without one? It must have taken 3 years if you have limited time and it takes 9 minutes to get...AHHHHHHH....

Was that a blaster nose-diving? Or me screaming. Does anything make sense? Oh, another thing worthy of complaints..the scores of people running around in witches hats....That, my friends, is simply SICK. Ok, not really, but it looks silly.

So, to summarize I5: I hate the word nerf, its excessive usage makes me feel queasy, then upon seeing some toon wearing his/her new hat, upchuck on my keyboard, causing me much saddness. Crotoa is kinda lame in my opinion, witches and pumpkinheads...just a lame group of villlians if you ask me and really, no one really did so sorry. It's that opinion thing.

I for one still love my Scrapper, even if I died my very first fight because suddenly 3 purps actually kicked my butt because I was n..e..r...nooo, brought back down to earth by the evil supervillian group known only as... the DEVS...Seriously, my scrapper at lvl 34 was whipping large groups of reds, with a nice combo of drk melee/invuln. Should I be upset that now if I'm soloing I take more care because my defensive set is softened up a bit? Nah. I actually applaud...yes, flamers light your matches....the I5 changes in one way...at the very least, the DEVS, in my opinion, are trying to lvl the field a bit and bring more strategy (if unfamiliar with that word, well, I suggest going out and reading Sun Tzu's Art of War or something) into the game. So what cont holds aren't as long lasting? What fun is it to hit some stupid pumpkinhead held in a block of ice over and over, without him taking a single swing at me?

Anyway..everyone's insane...WOO-HOO....Now then, where did I put my Debt badge calculator?