Electric-Knight

For me, everything is on a case by case basis. And I have not yet really looked into the leaks of what is to come (other than the general information of AoE and pets coming with Judgment and Lore).
So far, I don't have a problem with them... So long as they can be colored to our liking. Power Customization needs to be applied to all existing power pools and the Incarnate System and I am hoping they realize this and are getting that done to coincide with the release of those parts of the Incarnate System (and not afterward). This also has the benefit of escalating all the needed Power Customization UI and development into the Incarnate priority the team is set on.
My feelings will be negative if they are not customizable. Until/unless that happens, I feel good about what they have planned.

I think that would be lame and a mistake. This game's customization is a major draw and they need to continue to work on that, otherwise you fall behind. Making those steps in the extreme of what this question asks would be a blunder, as far as my, and like-minded players, interests are concerned.
As great as this game may have been... I don't think I would have stayed if I came before Weapon Customization, Wings and several added elements of customization that were added in. That's the truth. And it is still a huge aspect to me and more-so since we got our color and animation customization. That trend needs to continue and be expanded upon, as far as I am concerned. (I've probably made that clear, hehe)

I'm not big on sweeping origin aspects/backgrounds like that.
I would likely ignore it, as far as my own concepts go.
It may or may not be a terrible story, but it's certainly not one I would expect everyone to buy into for their own concepts.
Anyone who wants to be a snowflake, go right ahead. I have zero problems with it and basically laugh at anyone who talks about that being a bad thing.
Also, I'd expect an Issue 48, sometime down the road, where some devil-like character comes along and offers a story arc that ends up wiping that slate clean...

You walk a really thin line in trying to manage and create background stories for a universe designed to entertain thousands of character-creating customers. They have to recognize that their world is sometimes just the backdrop for their users' creativity.
However, they also have to provide content and stories of interest as well as cater to those who simply want the story brought to them.
It is certainly a difficult balancing act.
Options are the greatest option.

I think the rest of my answers speak pretty loudly on this.
It's greatly important (although, I can't lose myself and act like it was terrible before we had Power Customization).
I do believe that the element of diversity should be improved and pushed forward... Not taken backwards.
If there is color customization, if there are options that match just about any and every power type already in this game (Dark Miasma, Devices, Electricity, Energy, Fire, Guns, Gravity Control, Ice, Psy/Mental, etc.), if the options are well balanced and choices can freely be made based on concept/fun and not the game mechanics... Then I don't think this will negatively impact the game's diversity.

If they leave out power effects from the roster of choices, if they don't allow customization and if these powers are imbalanced... it's not going to be great.
Besides causing some balancing damages and whatnot, it could easily turn off the types of players that play for conceptual reasons, customization reasons and the like.
And, I tend to think that such players are the majority of City Of Heroes players... So, I'd think that'd be a bad thing.

Just my thoughts and opinions.
Thanks for the questionnaire!
Do I get a free pot holder?

The Electric-Knight!

To play City Of Heroes!

Blue-NO-Yel... AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Yeah, I don't know that the case is that severe.

The conversations I had with War Witch didn't reveal anything that extreme, but it was made clear that the code was such a mess that it would take a lot more resources and time than is feasible (at this current time), by their calculations. Basically, the coding team is a hot commodity and can only be used to do so much (And currently is being used up on Incarnate stuff and new zone stuff).

I can only make guesses as to what extremes all of this exists to be, but Feign's post is the first I've heard of it being completely, no-other-options unworkable.
And I'm not going to just take such statements as truth, to be honest.

I believe that is the truth about the balancing of SS and I agree about AAO.

Yes! This makes me think that all my time spent playing a Blaster, fighting, blasting and blapping the enemies into submission while my health bar dwindles without it bothering me has served me well for playing my Tanker.

Health is green? Yellow? Red? Whatever... Smash! Move on... Heh, on my Tank, greens don't need to be popped in much of a hurry.

As a longtime Blaster, if my health isn't going down, I'm not trying!
If anything, those ten seconds are when my hero takes a few on the chin.
Then he's back and stronger and kicks their butts. The audience cheers and more comicbooks are sold and I'm happy.
(Okay, yes, I was just playing my SD/SS Tank earlier today)

This is what goes through my mind every time I log my SD/SS Tanker in as well. Which do you choose? I have AAO on auto and hit Rage ASAP (unless there's a lull in action).

This, I think, will help me. I'm going to set this up, thanks.
I'm always trying to keep an eye on the Rage icon and keep track of when the crash is coming, but putting that little info up there and checking for the 10 seconds of red will do the job wonderfully. Thanks!


Oh, and... I don't have Rage overlapping, but they're close. And I don't mind the crash one bit. I just try and time everything for those 2 minutes of glory... and spend those 10 seconds either running to the next enemies (hopefully) or getting a bit of endurance back and maintaining aggro.

To me, it feels a little more like, for 2 minutes I am beyond a Tanker... For 10 seconds, I am an aggro-managing Tanker.
Hehe

The Amazing Ape recommends taking Rage!

Yeah, but that takes some nerve, Dispari!!

<.<

Excellent point!!
Don't give them to me!
It stinks that they can't use the store!!

Yes, indeed!

I appreciate the rhymed reply
And... I cannot lie
While I am a bit dismayed
I must say, sir... Well played!
From what could have been a negative interaction
You, instead, left me with a positive reaction!