Dante

I hate to admit it, but this thread makes me sad. I've played my Stone/SS to 50 with no issues and had fun all the way. The odd percentage of defence hasn't bothered me one bit. Out of Granite for most of my tanking and into it for the heavier stuff.

Yes, having to take TP to get over tiny obstacles is annoying so having a minimal jump height would be nice but otherwise I've found it a very solid set. Sorry.

I find that they are geared that way to promote teamwork which is a double edged sword, especially for those ATs that struggle solo. My Kinetic Defender can turn a slow, low damage Granite Tank into a fast, unstoppable arresting machine, in return for which he makes sure I don't get my head pounded into the pavement. Give and take as they say.

Good gods, that sent shivers down my spine. Excellent work as always.

Can I ask what the piece of music was? Felt very epic indeed.

I'm a sucker for player meets so I go to all the EU ones I can and I've met at least 10 if not more players from my SG and many, many more lovely people.

Most bizarre thing I ever found out was that I worked (and still do) in a building directly opposite the EU offices of NCSoft. More so, one of my work colleagues left my place to go and work as an 'intern' at NC straight over the road. So I ended up chatting to the EU Mod team at lunch frequently.

Oh you have got to be kidding me...

I'm fairly certain that the lag caused on the ITF is due to factors other than our location. Still, less rubberbanding will make playing a kin more bearable.

I doubt we'll see any more moves to unification this year but next year maybe? We can but hope.

Good luck with the move folk, see you all on the other side.

Once again, Shadowe has said what I was thinking in a far more eloquent manner than I could think of.

A free transfer period would be good... eventually.

I think that what Zombie Man means is that we would have a merged server list which is desirable. However a week of free server transfers straight after such a list merge would kill the EU servers in a mass migration to NA servers.

Instead it would be better if no server transfers were offered, thereby encouraging NA players to roll up on the former EU servers and the EU players a chance to try out all of the NA servers. My altisis would certainly go into overdrive for a short period.

Thank you for the post Avatea, this is certainly good news in terms of connectivity and reducing the lag many of us EU players suffer.

Now, although it doesn't say server list merge, this is certainly a step in the right direction. I can only hope that finally bringing this community together as one is on the cards.

*Drools*

I use it on my SS/WP mainly for fun but also for giving me a breather occasionally. If I pull two mobs or they get some lucky hits in, I can sometimes find myself taking damage faster than I can regenerate it with Rise to the Challenge. Hitting Hand Clap can give me a few moments to pop a green or get away.

I class it as a fun power and it does feel fun to blast all those foes away from you but on a tight build I'd drop it.

I agree and disagree.

There are players out there who will blow past low level content because they don't want to play low level content. Regardless of CoX's focus on 'the journey' rather than the end goal, there are still people who don't want to be low level and blast past content until they get to 'the good stuff'. Even with Fitness becoming inherent, things still won't really take of until you've got SOs slotted or IOs become more viable (around 22 - 35 I reckon).

But then there are veterans who want to enjoy the content and for whom Praetoria isn't appropriate. I hate running early content and I'd do AE arcs if the rewards were consistent with non-AE content. But they're not and it isn't so hey ho, newspapers it is most of the time.

Firstly I'd make Fitness inherent so I wasn't gasping for end every two minutes...

Oh wait...



Seriously though, instead of reworking loads of story arcs that would eat up a lot of developer time, I would do one simple thing:

I would spend time creating one, maybe two very low level Task Forces / Strike Forces. A sort of 'baptism of fire' for anyone wanting to throw themselves into the game quickly and for letting veterans blast through the dull levels early. I played a neat little arc in the AE that was aimed at low level heroes and had Back Alley Brawler sending new heroes out against some of the low level villain groups to get to know them and learn the ropes as such. First mission was against Hellions, the next against Skulls, then Clockwork, Trolls, Outcasts, Council etc. Whoever designed it spent a lot of time writing clues and extra dialogue explaining who these groups are and what they want.

It was such an excellent introduction, it could work really nicely as an introductory TF. As long as there was a coherent storyline to it, it would be good to give people a crash course in CoH villain groups and a different route for those who get bored by the sewers. By the end of the TF, the team could be 10-12, into DOs and ready to take on the Positron TF.

That would do it for me I reckon.