Gehnen

"Sir"

Don't worry if the post doesn't fit my question, as everything in here fits the thread name/spirit. I didn't realize I was opening up old wounds, though. A hearty pat on the back and a "There-there." from me.

Here's another one I did many years ago: I took down every Crey Protector I could find, not realizing I needed to hunt Paragon Protectors.

I also remember thinking "How will I know if it's a fake Nemesis?"

Even though it's recent, the Hero Morality Mission versus Doc Quantum. Super cool.

So I'm getting back into badging after a couple years-long hiatus. I'm careful to log my badger into different day jobs, and I'm spending some time to get the "new" exploration badges. "Closest to Completion" gave me the idea to go hunt some Rikti Heavy Assault Suits.

So I fly off to the War Zone, and start blasting all the Heavies I can find (queue experienced badgers groaning...you know where this is going). I check my badge completion, and it says I have defeated 4. I nuke a couple more of the buggers, and it says I have defeated 4.

It looks like only invasion Heavies count.

Anyone else plug away to get a badge, only to realize you weren't fitting the criteria?

They don't need more slots, that would probably overpower them. Peacebringers do need some help (and feel free to drop in to those discussions on the Kheldian section).

I think all of our respective (and respectible) positions are based upon our execution of these classes. Both Kheld types change wildly once they get a new power, and it seems like one's perception needs to shift more often than they change forms. For example, my career as a Warshade felt like Blaster>Controller Lite>Scraptroller>Brutenukerbicycle.

I personally have never had an issue with either Peacebringers or Warshades. Sometimes that happens, some personalities just "get" a class. The one that constantly slips through my fingers is Corruptor...and I still don't know why. I know it's not the AT's fault. When I hit a stumbling block on Khelds, I always thought, "What can I do differently?" and always found an agreeable solution.

Kheld's are by no mean easy, but I would love to see them less personality exclusive if you understand me. I don't want people to have to "get" them to love them...but their complexity is primarily what this whole discussion has become, right?

I think a large base of players just don't understand them, and that's not an insult. Their original design is mostly to blame for that. Maybe it's time for a sub-section of the Mentor Program?

I slot ACC and +ToHit on my Energy/Devices. I punch holes in things other blasters spray'n'pray at.

Also, a nice Guassian's Chance for Buildup provides a significant boost every once in awhile.

Why not give Buildup the Fiery Embrace treatment, but with Energy damage?

It's a nice all-around buff that doesn't have to tweak every single power.

Probably about an 8 across the board.

Give Khelds a somewhat restricted pallette.

Any confuse power!

To settle the canine debate:

Make the morphing scales work on "Monstrous" heads.

Hi. PvE player here, and I'd like to finally give some input.

I dabbled in PvP for awhile after i6, but since most of my friends were strictly PvE, I soon lost interest. I tried PvP for the first time since i13 a couple of weeks ago.

It was pure confusion. My powers didn't work at all the same, and I had absolutely no idea what was effective and what wasn't. Before, I'd get slammed by people with more PvP experience, but at least I could expect things to work very similarly to PvE. Even fighting NPC's in the zone was an excersize in frustration.

If the i13 changes were to make this more PvE friendly/accessible, then the goal was not achieved. I'd like to PvP again, but what I experienced wasn't nearly as fun as I remembered.


My n00blet ideas*:

• There should be some mechanic that encourages (but not forces!) team play, that way you don't have to neuter mezzes/heals, and other nonsense. Everything can get spread out just like in PvE.
• Have powers work exactly the same as PvE (maybe shorter duration on select powers).
• Boost everyone's base HP to the same number. Lack of mez protection, DEF, and RES will take care of balancing the rest.
• Optional "Hardcore" zones? The super min/maxers can duke it out there for bragging rights, or stalk SO users in the regular zone. Significantly Boost rep/PvP drops (or something) in the Hardcore zone.

*As stated, my experience is really limited. These may already be partially in place and I don't know it, or just terrible ideas. It won't hurt my feelings to have these notions torn apart, but I just wanted my perspective known to the people who might want to hear it!

Disclaimer: I unlocked my Kheldians with my Energy/Devices Blaster, so my perception is a bit different from others.

Positioning myself for an effective knockback is easy for me. The problem I have is that the knockback isn't reliable, and not all powers do it at all. Perhaps that's why some folks have a scattering issue. The KB doesn't go off enough, and when enemies go flying, some people think, "Oh yeah...that has knockback."

I could go either way. Make KB happen more often, or change it to knockDOWN. I like the mitigation and crowd control of KB (like forcing baddies back into debuffs), but it's such a polarizing issue that I can stand KD instead.

How about making Cosmic Balance apply to teammates as well?

Also cut form-changing time in half, please!

In a small way, GG, I envy you. Based on your world view, it seems like you haven't had to make many (if any) hard choices in life.

I hope you never have to, but I would love to see you open up your mind a bit.