EvilGeko
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Quote:'Why not' isn't the reason in that example. The reason is that it would make players happy. Which is really the first question that needs to be answered in any change. And where the answer is 'no' you better have a darn good reason for doing it anyway.Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Because "why not" is not a good reason for doing anything. It isn't even a particularly mediocre reason for doing anything. -
Quote:Hmm... your post reminds me of the old Japanese soldiers fighting long after the war is over.Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
Reminds me of the kid that breaks the toy he saw the other kid playing with because he can't get it to work like the other kid could.
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Quote:Warshades are excellent, but in my experience, which may be lacking to be honest, I've found that for the same influence investment, a Scrapper or Brute will be better. I suppose with the weakest combinations on the melee side, that might not hold up.Originally Posted by Microcosm
I do. In fact I have a very strong db elec scrappers that had the top scrappers pylon time for quite a while. His ST was very good, his AoE was good, and his survival was good. My warshade's ST is ok, his AoE is very good, and his survival is extreme. I would never say the scrapper was just better than the warshade unless I was just looking at ST dps in a vacuum.
It's hard to make an apples to apples comparison because there's so much difference between Kheldians and Scrappers/Brutes, but there's just some built in advantages the melees have that I have been unable to replicate with Kheldians. Not that I have tried mind you. -
Quote:Periodic review and changes to conform to the current game does not equal 'constant chaos.'Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
Why sad? Because people don't prefer to live in constant chaos?
Issue 6 launch. My Villain main for 4 years. After the animation nerfs just didn't enjoy the set anymore.Quote:Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
I have Energy Melee. I've been playing it on my main for seven years. I'm happy with it and definitely DON'T want it changed.
How long have you been playing Energy Melee? How long did you play it before you decided you didn't like it? Exactly why do you feel you have to abandon it? Because your powerset doesn't conform to the latest fads and fashions?
I remember when that wasn't the case. Nevertheless, all you learn is where the set is at the time you created it. I liked Energy Melee when I created it. I no longer like it.Quote:All the information is provided before you pick your powerset
Yeah, that's exactly what happened. Now I'm stuck....with something I didn't choose and never wanted. But my hero main is Regen so I'm used to it!Quote:Energy Melee is quite obviously a single target set with lots of stun. If that's not what you want, don't pick it. It's when people come along and start changing things that you end up stuck with something you didn't choose and never wanted. 
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One of the things I like about this community so much is that we can have knock-down drag out fights here, but leave the drama at the door when we're actually playing the game.
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Quote:This is true, but it's true of Blasters as well. I don't know that Kheldians need to be as mighty as the Scrappers and Brutes. I would just be happy if they brought as much to the table as the SoA.Originally Posted by Rakeeb
Enjoy playing your underpowered squids, you'll always be weaker than brutes and scrappers.
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Quote:You must not play Scrappers or Brutes then?Originally Posted by Anilo
I have a really hard time understanding how one could play a Kheldian (warshade even moreso) and say they'll always be weaker.
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Quote:Really, I can respec my character I've created in Issue 6 to KM. Please tell me how?Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
How are you stuck? Anyone can roll a KM toon.
EDIT: And please don't start with the 'reroll' nonsense. An alt is an alt. People shouldn't have to abandon beloved characters. -
Quote:That's exactly what I said.Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
No. No developer want's to loose the players.
Agreed. Sad, but agreed.Quote:Players get used to things. The grow to love things. And if you take those things away, they will get mad, even if what you give them in return is "better".
Sucks for the people stuck with Energy Melee though...Quote:There are ways to do things that DON'T require you to alienate half your playerbase in the name of "the vision".
Kinetic Melee is the prime example. This is, in effect, Energy Melee mk2. But added in such a way that doesn't take anything away from those people who like the original version.
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Quote:You inadvertently hit it right there. Superman doesn't have a 'small element of the unbelievable'. The whole story is just silly. Superman is unbelievably good, unbelievably powerful, hell in 2012 he even has a unbelievable job in the Daily Planet.Originally Posted by Matthew_Orlock
This comment and many like it have always confused me when it comes to Superman, comic book characters, books, film, and entertainment mediums in general. All of these things at their core are meant to help us escape the mundane lives we live and comicbooks by their very nature are almost always the most fantastical of escapism.. So why critic them for being "unrealistic"? Every major or minor hero and villain in the comic book industry has at least a small element of the unbelivable ingrained withen them. All of them were created to make money, as well as make young men and women say "That's cool!"
Superman has no grounding in real life IMO. There's not one part of that story that I think could happen. It doesn't stretch the suspension of disbelief, it breaks it. Both the comics and every movie that's been done. My kids will drag me to this next summer, but I don't have high hopes. -
Quote:It's more that the NGE changes in Star Wars scared ALL developers from making major changes to a class or in our case powerset. There are powersets in this game and whole powerset categories (looking at you Manipulation sets) that just plain need to be re-imagined. But no developer wants to take the aggro.Originally Posted by Rakeeb
All the powersets in the game require review, all the time.
That's what you do with a persistent world - everything is under constant review and nothing is sacred. You nerf what you have to, and you buff what you have to. I don't care about anyone's opinion in the matter. ED didn't offend me, for instance - I thought it was 100% required and not nearly enough.
In this particular case, when the game was created the development team had no clear goals about comparative set performance when most of these sets were created. When Castle took over, his overriding objective was to make sure that underperforming sets were brought up to a minmal par, and he blew off any other requests to fix things. This current dev team appears to see the value in comparative balance, but they are too timid to roll out the world-shattering changes that are necessary to fix the game, because they fear the subscriber base crying like the immature children that they are. Ultimus's Blaster Nuke post is a perfect example of that reaction. Comic book fans fear change as a rule; this community is composed of comic book fans.
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Quote:You might want to set up and advertise a weekly Magi farm. Not sure why you would bother since the slot isn't worth the trouble, but it's an option.Originally Posted by Protonic_Flux
On protector it's kinda scarce to get people to run the Mag's trial to unlock Hybrid now a days. And I have a bazillion 50s left to unlock it. So, any alternate ways to unlock Hybrid on route?
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Quote:Maybe he was just trying to get a laugh out of folks. Worked for me.Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
Sooo... Burrito... did you start posting exclusively to make ridiculous suggestions in hopes that someone will take you seriously so that you can laugh at them?
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Quote:lol, trueOriginally Posted by SinisterDirge
Have you seen our feet? How would they stay on?
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Quote:No. Your question was what does ATT allow me to do that team TP doesn't. Don't try to deflect the answer because your silly attempt to be clever didn't work. ATT clearly and obviously makes some of the tighter gold challenges possible where team TP is wholly useless to the pursuit.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Nice try. Time challenges were being completed before ATT existed. ATT just shaved a small amount of time off them. You can still complete the TFs without ATT (which is the point of the content). Next attempt?
You attempt to derail the post now into some mutant argument. Not going there. Team TP is not taken very often. ATT in its place would be a better choice in my opinion. -
Quote:Task Force Time challengesOriginally Posted by Aggelakis
Out of curiosity, what can you complete with ATT but can't complete with Team TP?
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Quote:Your objection is noted. However, I think we must realize that this has precedence in the source material.Originally Posted by Kheprera
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Umm, no. Taking infants into extremely dangerous and life-threatening situations gets a massive /unsigned from this mother of two.
/signed to baby backpacks and frontpacks
DAY ONE PURCHASE!!!!
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Quote:I have a problem with most of the sets with a "builder/consumer" system. I think specifically with Street Justice that I don't know that I would have its only AoE be a consumer. Street Justice is very weak at AoE and I don't think it would be out of line for Spinning Strike to give its Combo 3 effects at all times.Originally Posted by Mad Grim
Do have to ask, Gecko.. how does Street Justice in need of a looking at? Its one of the best melee sets, flat out.
I think that most of the sets with similar mechanics have too many consumers and it makes the sets more unwieldy than they need to be. Water Blast strangely seems to be the best for that. Its consumers for the most part do different things. One is a utility, one a ST blast, one an AoE. Then there's Geyser which I will give the set a break on because its the Tier 9, but I wish that power too gave its Tidal 3 effects at all times. -
In my opinion.
Blast Sets
Assault Rifle
Dual Pistols
Electric Blast
Radiation Blast
Dark Blast
Manipulation Sets
All need work
Melee Sets
Battle Axe
Broadsword
Street Justice
Armor Sets
Regeneration
Super Reflexes
Stone Armor
Buff/Debuff
Storm Summoning
Force Field
Sonic Resonance
Empathy
Pain Domination
Thermal
Trick Arrow
Control
Ice Control
Gravity (still sadly)
Assault
Thorny Assault
Henchmen
Beast
Necromancy
Ninjas
Peacebringers
Luminous Blast
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Quote:I would agree with this. I think it would be very popular power for melees without one (i.e. Scrappers)Originally Posted by Cheetatron
I know the single target taunt is going away so that squishies have a power that's useful to them on their path to the fears can I propose that one of the fears moves down to lvl 4/6 the current AOE taunt remains at lvl 4/6 and a new lvl 14 Taunt Aura gets introduced
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Quote:I genuinely don't see how he even makes anyone's list. A low level functionary following orders given above.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Westin Phipps. I can't even do his arcs after that first time because I got the crawlies.
I find it fascinating that so many people are so weird-ed out by conduct that is up close and personal, but manage to maintain detachment to vastly worse crimes committed by the likes of Nemesis, Tyrant & even Recluse on his better days. -
Quote:You say that like it would be a bad thing. Removing even a tiny element of pay to win is a bonus IMO.Originally Posted by MajorDecoy
Things this would break:
Enhancement Boosters. These currently work with invention origin IOs but not with attuned IOs. -
Quote:Yes, I would. But I suspect that really isn't the only holdup or even the primary one. Illusion on Dominators makes me salivate, and its not because of PA.Originally Posted by CyWolf
If doms got illusion but phantom army was changed or replace would you still want to play it?
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Quote:I agree and I still think it holds up. Please don't change the only one of the original Freedom Phalanx TFs I actually like.Originally Posted by GadgetDon
Numina needs a complete rewrite of the TF. It was created to be a "grand farewell tour" of all the zones that existed in the then-gameworld when you hit level cap at 40. Now, not only is the level cap higher, zones have been repurposed and just removed from the hunt.
Lord (and Positron) please no.Quote:So forget the various group red herrings. This is the Devouring Earth task force. Two or three missions piecing together the plot, one mission to almost stop the devouring earth, and the finale.
Agreed.Quote:Synapse and Citadel - would love to see a complete rewrite of them, but simple blue pencil work would make them far better. "There are three missions where the players do the same damn thing in a row. Cut it to one mission. These missions are defeat all without any story reason, make them final goal only. This mission does have a story reason, make it a smallish map." -
Quote:What is this...I don't even....Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
I still don't see the reason to complain about Synapse. Still gets zipped through and it's - well, just not all that hard.
That's just all kind of a bad idea. I mean really bad idea. Adding about a dozen door mission in place of hunts that can take seconds is....Quote:I think we're at the point where that needs to just be instanced.
*Lizard Facepalm*