Fido1

All I have to say is ...oh man oh man! This is awesome!!!

Do you know what this means?!?! I can finally play the game in an avalanche zone! YAY!!! *ominous Rumbling*.. Oh boy...


:P

Before you nerf shivan and nukes, you might want to
consider making them less reliable.

Like say making nukes affect everyone in their
range. As for shivan, maybe a rad explosion when they die
or their span runs out or even limiting their active time.

Soloist like myself rely on these to take out the EBs. Nerfing
them would hurt us and our gameplay style.

Okay here's my opinions and suggestions for the Mayhem
missions. haven't read the forum entirely so anything
answered or covered I apologize or add my voice to
accordingly((WARNING MISSION SPOILERS NEXT!!))







Opinion: Excellant job! It was fun to vent off steam by
blowing everything up. Also the temp powers were nice.
I do admit , fighting the same hero over and over wasn't
fun though. Kinda the same with the area villians.

The bad:: Repeatativeness of it. Rob the same bank 3-5 times
and you get rather bored. Also fighting same hero and area
villians. plus maybe popping into the mission for the first time
and having the cops with makeshift barracades waiting kinda
seems odd.

Suggestions: Mix up the heores ASAP. Widen out the area
villians roster. Like maybe for KR: A group of Skulls robbing a
jewlery store then a group of vahz kidnaping someone.
First time into a zone lose the baracades though this one is
optional. Lastly, try to mix up the Main mission. Instead of
robbing a bank all the time try having a kidnapping or a
jewerly store heist or blowing up a bulding or a rescue
mission as the main. in order to mix up the feel of it.

Well like it or hate it that is my opinion. Hope it helps.

you bring up some good point but I have to disagree on the
aoe attack'handclap' It can be very effective slotted right
unfortunately it's a 'soloist' power. Use it regularly in a team
battle and eventually your blasters and/or controllers will
read you the riot act on scattering those tightly knit groups.

I do think that maybe a minor damage to go along with it
might be a good idea though.

S.Thug 47 invul/SS
Pinnacle
Quote: "I need reds. Lots and lots of reds!" too many
missions to count.

I have a 47 invul/ss tank now and I use Rage on a regular
basis. As far as I am concerned it is much more useful now
than before even if the rpger in me is screaming that Rage
doesn't feel like the way Rage should work.

To me, Rage was the 'I am Majorly PO'ed at you and am
going to do everything I can to pound you into paste no
matter what the cost!' type of power. Now it feels like
something you tap when you need a boost, a bonus and
am out of insps. The post I3 fix, the end drop to zero,
was more in line with how I felt Rage should work, even
if I did hate it passionately.

Anyway, the way it is now is an improvement but it could
stand some tweaking like:

1. an animation for the downtime to give others and yourself
a the heads up that your rage has dropped.

2.the ability to add damage enhancements to the slots so
they can boost the damage as well as accuracy

3.the ability to use taunt during the downtime. So you can
get a 'Is *puff* that the *weeze* best you can do?' type of
effect.

Ultimately though, if you don't like Rage and find it useless,
don't use it. No one is holding a gun to your head and
saying:" YOU MUST USE THIS OR ELSE!!!!"

That's it I'm done

S.Thug 47 invul/SS
Pinnacle
Quote: "I need reds. Lots and lots of reds!" too many
missions to count.

I've read this and here's my take on it. Take it as just an
opinion:

"In the short term:

• We will roll back the Boss changes. "


Yes I agree. When a 41 tank has to make a concerted effort
to take out a 33 boss, something isn't right.

"• Team up XP bonuses will be increased."

Also a good idea.

"... Mission difficulty slider."

I haven't used this but I think it is a good way to give player
what they want without changing the fundementals for
everyone.

"In the mid-term:
• There are... We will be making it so that a Boss will NEVER
show up on the mission for a solo player at the lowest
Reputation level (Hard-Boiled, though we’re changing that to
Hero). Instead, any named villain will be a Lieutenant. That
Lieutenant will have the same name, powers and costume as
the Boss; his villain rank will simply be lessened. In this way,
solo players won’t miss out on the flavor of the mission’s
story. If a team or a player with a Reputation at Tenacious or
higher enters that mission, the Lieutenant will become a
Boss."

This I disagree with. Before the 'Boss change' when I soloed
a mission and saw a Boss I knew this was the fight I was
looking for. It would be tough and I might not win but that's
the risk I took when I put on my leather jacket and
sunglasses and became a hero. Also I felt challenged in
trying to find a way to get that victory over a 'superior'
opponent. Now while this could be addressed with the MDS
(Mission Difficulty Slider) that means everything will be
tougher and with some groups, its tough enough as is without
upward adjustment. For solo players, you could consider boss
placement so that he doesn't aggro when you take the
minions out around him, limit bosses to missions you don't
have to fight him to complete, or make him the max on
equal or one level lower than the solo hero he's up against.
depending on the importance of the mission. Note that this
doesn't apply to badge missions which should always be
tough, even if you solo it.

" Contacts give out another series of missions – story
arcs...."

The problem I see with this solution is that I usually mix
story arc missions between soloing and teams. I start by
soloing then when it starts getting tougher I call in a few
friends and SG teammates then go from there. With this
I'd have to go from square one either one way or another.
My suggestion would be to leave it as is but be clearer which
missions need a team and which don't. Also you might want
to consider adding story arcs that don't requite team to do or
even adding a whole set of contacts dedicated to 'solo'
heroes.


"Arch Villains, Elite Bosses and Giant Monsters will remain as
they are; but, for the early and mid-levels, players will not
need to defeat these foes to complete the mission. In the high
levels, this is not the case."

I see the logic behind this but I don't really like it. To me,
having my back against the wall with the only way out
being through the AV is the way a story arc should end.
Giving an 'easy out' is too tempting. However, you could
assign the lesser goal to accomplish and have it be worth
a lesser xp bonus then give them a choice as to whether to
go ahead after the AV and get a bigger bonus or quit with
what you have. Once the choice is set though you have to
go through with it. You quit and the missions completely
resets.


"In the long term:
• A system will allow players to drop unwanted missions or
do old missions that have been passed over (the
infamous “flashback”)."


This would be awesome! With picking your own missions you
could even choose to only do certain groups alltogether and
create a 'vendetta' type feud against said group.

Well good luck with the changes and I hope this helped some.


Fido1

Pinnacle =S.Thug: 41 tank invul/ss

" Another envoy mission? *whimper*.