Hello everyone,
I have read every post so far. I have to say that there are good arguements for and against using the Hami Enhancements.
I'm not sure why they were put into the game to begin with.
The game was built to eventually house PvP, we all know that. It has been stated time and time again from Statesman that this game is for fun and doing fun things. Risk vs Reward and all that. It has also been stated time and time again that this game won't have 'loot' or such things.
Prestige items have come into the game, we all know what they are. SO I am guessing HO's fall into that category.
Did they gear the game and steer us all towards this eventuality? Is this the nature of every MMO game to boil down to something like loot? Is it 'loot'?
From what I have seen on the boards and in game, people will use and to a point abuse anything they can.
Wasn't it Statesman who said during one of his earlier interviews as to why the enviroment couldn't be used. Something to the effect of moving furniture to block a door? Didn't that mean that he knew then of people's nature towards abuse? If he did know of 'abuse', then is he sanctioning it now?
I haven't done a Hamidon mission yet, I am looking forward to it to see what it is. Thanks to reading the boards I now know to look for something called a 'bud' for an enhancement.
Another question that comes to mind, how does someone who doesn't ever read the boards even know what to look for?
Wasn't there promised a PDF file of the updated rulebook? Although I dont think the original held any information of detailed use either.
I have a Scrapper and a Blaster, neither 50, so I am not worried about 50 end content nor about someone beating me using a 50 (It would happen haha).
I guess I wonder what is or was the point of HO's? Was it to be 'Uber' and 'Elite' in PvP? Was it to make it easier in the upper levels for PvE? What is IN those levels to where one should 'need' HO's in PvE?
If it was for 'Ubberness' in PvP, then why have there always been 'Fun vs UnFun' implimented in all the other things for CoH?
Perhaps this post has no meaning, perhaps I am mearly asking questions and looking to see what answers the more informed players have.
I certainly am not advocating the usage or blockage of HO's.
I figure I will win or lose as I do. A field where all things being equal would have been funner I think than facing off agaisnt 'special' things that one, not every player is aware of, and two, not every player can get with frequency.
Either way, I will do PvP at times but not camp it out hoping to beat everyone who chooses to try it. Haha, with my luck, I will have more losses than wins and yuck, who wants that haha.
Either way all, hope that PvP is something fun to be added. So far it seems to be seperate from PvE and not affect that aspect of the game.
Cosmic Herald
