Crit_Beatdown

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THE HOLLOWS

Most of the geography in The Hollows seems to be self-evident. The Red River is a river, the Cherry Hills are hills (strangely enough, "Red River Valley" and "Cherry Hill Park" were both popular songs in the past, although, as far as I can tell, this trend doesn't extend to any of the other areas in The Hollows, although The Four Seasons were a band that sang popular songs in the 60's.)

Grendel's Gulch - Grendel was the creature from "Beowulf" who, if not traditionally a troll, could certainly be likened to one.

Eastgate Park was just too generic a term for me to research. A quick Google search gave me 5000 hits on places in the U.S, Canada, and England.

[/ QUOTE ]I've been told by people that live near or around there that the Hollows is supposed to be New Jersey.

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Just out of curiousity, do you not wish there to BE "hardcore" players? Should people not strive to come up with ways to do their best?

I must say, I really don't care for the direction this game is taking.

[/ QUOTE ]Yeah, if it works well, nerf it!

I'm at a loss as to why that power needs any downside. It's not that hot of a power as it is.

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The team value for AE vs single target attacks got DRAMATICALLY boosted if this goes live without a boost in damage or a significant end reduction for single target attacks.

[/ QUOTE ]I stated this weeks ago and got no reply.

It would make a lot more sense to just lower AoE damage and call it a day. But this "stealth nerf" they are going for is going to get single target blasters and scrappers too. I wasn't aware they needed any balancing.

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Ah - one more thing. We're adding a new Inspiration that you can use to wake up from Sleep, Stun, Hold & Immobilize.

Yep - so if you're stunned, wobbling back and forth - you can use this Inspiration and WHAMMO - you're ready for action.

[/ QUOTE ]How is this superior to just allowing you to use Iron Will inspirations while stunned?

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When you need to get 4050 even-con minions just to level, at the very least you want to grind through those mobs quickly and efficiently. Its tedious enough now with the sheer numbers you have to kill, I don't think people want every fight to be 'challenging' (read: even more tedious and unfun due to status effects.)

[/ QUOTE ]This just needed to be repeated.

I can't say I've SOLOED an AV, but my electric/electric blaster and a illision/empathy controller whacked Hopkins. We were all even level at the time, I believe.

Can some of you guys who solo'd an AV give details? AT's, powers, slotting needed to do the job? I'd like to think my tank could do it, but I'm interested in other stories.