EvilRyu

Thank you so much for putting this together. I do have one question did they ever finally shrink down the size of the orbits of control base item? Its way too big for the control room but the tech version of the same item fits just fine.

Also do merits got anything to do with the brainstorm idea? I found some laboratory earlier in port oaks.

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You can select a Recipe of your choice at any level range from 25-50.

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So, does this mean 10-24 procs, uniques and specials have high value or not enough to justify special efforts?

[/ QUOTE ]I think its a typo cuz I know a few weeks back when they let everyone on I was able to move the slider to the lvl 20 range as well. I couldnt test it today cuz the pc I am on is extremely slow but will test it again when i get to the house.

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Wow! I love the new website. It's so cool.

A question though: the www.cityofvillains.com/ site currently redirects to the main CoH site, will there eventually be a CoV site again?

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The main website covers both aspects of the game. We've given anyone who ever had access to both sides, so they are both sides to the same coin that is the City of Heroes franchise.

[/ QUOTE ]but how will we get to the redside forums?

So you guys are just killing off the villainside of the site? What about the folks who like the red view instead of the blue?

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Was this the hint you gave last week?

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QFC (Quoted For Curiosity).

Last week LH said there would be a big announcement last week. Is this it?

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Yes, the re-designed website is our main news for today and what I was hinting at last week

[/ QUOTE ]what you mean by main news? We got more news to come? Also are we due for a beta update?

Was this the hint you gave last week?

Whats the deal with jack in irons? He never seems to spawn is it a bug or something? Also the ghost hardly ever spawn either what gives?

One minor thing, terrify does not tohit debuff anyone I dont think it ever did but it accepts the enhancements for some strange reason. You might want to check that part of your guide.

I think the execution of day jobs is just fine as is. I know some folks have complained about the 30 days for badge thing but look at it like this there is no way to play all your alts at the same time so therefore they can earn the badges at the sametime. Even on your main toon you would still earn the badges pretty quickly. Unless you have like no life what so ever you are going to get at least 8 hours towards your main every day. My only complaint is the double xp thing. I have a hard enough time as it is to do all the content while I am in that level range as it is. I dont want to flashback if I can help it because it butcheres your enhancements when you exemplar below 32.

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4. As one example of the Epic/Patron changes, Castle mentions that Weapon Mastery for Scrappers will now include Focused Accuracy. If his memory is correct.

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Sorry, but this is ridiculous if FA remains a 20% +tohit buff and doesn't go into villain hands.

[/ QUOTE ]I hope we get it villainside, thats the one thing thats keeping me from soft capping alot of builds. Some of the sets dont have enough accuracy for my taste so focus accuracy would be awsome for those builds.

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[u]Topic: PvE Power Changes.[u]


[u]Patron Pools and APP[u]

1. They all got looked at by Posi, Castle, and minion. Datamined which ones were taken and which were ignored. Buffs, nerfs, and power replacements!

2. If powers are replaced, when you log in, you'll have the new power. No grandfathering.

3. About 20% of the A/EPPs were replaced.

4. As one example of the Epic/Patron changes, Castle mentions that Weapon Mastery for Scrappers will now include Focused Accuracy. If his memory is correct.



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Hmmm. No 'grandfathering'? I remember hearing that term, but I'll need a quick refresher course.

I wonder if this'll mean that if we don't like the replacements, we'll have to 'respec' them. Would be nice if this means we'll get a free 'spec with this update.

[/ QUOTE ]This means they are getting rid of caltrops and possibly conserver power just so they can sanitize ninjutsu and energy aura before being ported to scrappers.

All I can say is this issue will be interesting especially for the villain side. I cant wait to see what the patron pools get changed into.

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Hay guise looks like WM/EA just got more strong and pretty

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HOLY MOTHER OF [censored for those who are theologically sensitive]!!!!!!!!!!!

they....they.....BUFFED /EA, i am dumbfounded, i am so freaken happy i could [censored, because it was just a nasty sentiment to begin with and no good for anyone to see]

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Read on down in that article some more. They also buffed War Mace again.

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War Mace
An ongoing project over the last several issues has been bringing War Mace up to performance par with other powersets. The last set of changes got us close, but still not to where we want to be. Here are the new changes:

* Clobber: Reduced Recharge Time to 16 seconds and altered damage scale and endurance costs to match using the standard formula. This now means it is a pretty hard hitting attack, with a damage scale of 2.29 and a base endurance cost of 15.18. Since this is now classified as a Damage power rather than a control power, the base duration of the Stun effect was reduced from scale 10 to scale 5.
* Shatter: Reduced Max Targets Hit from 10 to 5.
* Crowd Control: Increased Max Targets Hit from 5 to 10.


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[/ QUOTE ]Pretty and strongest of all now.

Awsome changes!!!!

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What I'd like some clarity on is a statement by Castle where he says the powers will be just like they were in PVE, and in PVP enabled zones they will have a nerfed performance.

My question is if a given power that only buffs me gets a PVP nerf, does that mean when I go to a PVP Zone for PVE reasons (Shivans, Nukes, RV prestige hunting) that my powers are similarly nerfed?

This might be a serious issue with some folks who love their APPs.

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I'd love to make such a statement for you, but it'd be a lie. The changes for APPs/PPPs are more widespread.

The basic tack we took was "if the power is not being taken by the players, replace it with something that is." So, a number of formerly heroside only powers are now available on villainside, and a number of powers have been replaced by something we feel will be more useful in general.

I'll be very interested in seeing the reactions to the new lists in Beta.

As for the PVP zones, yes, doing PVE content there will be harder.

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So basically its a safe bet to say villains will finally get stuff like focus accuracy, conserve power, power buildup? If so then w00t. That totally changes the 40+ game for me and what IOs I will be using. So to sum it up this is the end of devs hate villains and the begining of devs love villains but hate heroes.

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As long as "Fixing" PvP does not involve wholesale NERFAGE of PvE, as it has to date, I'm all for it.

Otherwise... the only "fix" to PvP I could support would be to break it out into a completely separate game.

[/ QUOTE ]QFT especially if it means all the pvp related nerfs can get overturned in pve.

Seriously though all these announcements you guys been doing are worthless. We havent heard one scrap of new issue 13 info. WE ARE GETTING VERY RESTLESS HERE!!!! If you are not going to post something new then just dont post those announcements at all since it just makes the whole thing worse for us. All I can say is the new marketing strategey of stringing us along like this sucks.

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Self destruct gave me debt.

I thought it wasn't supposed to do that?

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It shouldn't, sounds like there's still more kinks to work out.

@EvilRyu,
They're in Auras, also the character has to have Auras unlocked and they're all in a single category.

[/ QUOTE ]k, thanks. I been getting debt on some toons and none on others eventhough they are high enough to get it. Its kind of random. The first time I died I couldnt do anything till I logged. After that I can use wakies or go to the hospital.

I still cant find the option for the eyes. What is that under?

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Why cant you guys use developer resources for something we really need like email transfer of items/inf? That to me would have made more sense than this. The only times I ever got respec recipes were on characters that didnt need them anyways but the ones that did were on another server. That would have helped me alot more than this.

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Umm... probably because what you're asking for would require dozens of hours of coding, QA, etc., while this probably took maybe 30 minutes to pop out. This is all PlayNC side with a tiny amount of interaction with the server using code that's already there, whereas what you're talking about is an entirely new feature that would have to be coded from scratch, tested to make sure it's not gamebreaking and interacts nicely with every other piece of code, etc.

Honestly, you people. I swear.

[/ QUOTE ]Well that would be 30 minutes less time they would have to spend working on the email system that would be still infinitely more useful than this $10 respec thing.

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Sister Psyche 24.99 to 'fix' your mother in law's head

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Just a quick follow up:

We have no plans of getting rid of freespecs. Each Issue that brings with it major power changes (which is pretty much every single one, eh?) will bring a freespec with it.

We have no plans of getting rid of the respec trials.

We have no plans of getting rid of the dropped Respec Recipes.

We have no plans of getting rid of the Veteran Respecs that your account earns.

This is simply another way to get a Respec onto your character.

[/ QUOTE ]What about a way to email the respec recipes you got on your other toons to the ones that actually need it????

Why cant you guys use developer resources for something we really need like email transfer of items/inf? That to me would have made more sense than this. The only times I ever got respec recipes were on characters that didnt need them anyways but the ones that did were on another server. That would have helped me alot more than this.

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Well ask yourself this, is that a "constructive" sentence? The hidden/fake cussing wouldn't be an issue so much as the fact that the sentence lends nothing to a discussion and would be considered trolling.

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Fair enough. But the "lends nothing to a discussion" part will always fall under moderator whim, so if I see a post that lends nothing to a discussion and hit notify moderator, it will always be a coin flip on whether action will be taken.

However, that point's been pounded into the frelling dirt now, so I'll quit harping on it and hope for the best.

[/ QUOTE ]You could also say that he is trying to bypass the forum software with that fake cursing. We all know what it is because it is not censored. Mods Ban him!!!

Slightly off topic but could help with the discusion, how come none of the newer mods post dont show up in the dev digest or community one?