Godpants

I heard Dr. Vahzilok can whip up a gamer girlfriend (or boyfriend or some of both) for you in a couple days.

USB ports are extra.

I think it's a fumble-fingered attempt at "LFT" (looking for team).

*Transfers to the green line but realizes he should have gotten on the bus instead.*

Man, there's a lot of bloodlust here. For those desiring graphic violence, I'd recommend firing up one of the Left 4 Dead games or something similar. If you want a goregasm, there are plenty of alternatives to CoX.

Anyway, the really sinister villains would maintain a facade of respectability and work their schemes in the background

Arbiter Sands, cuz he has cool shades and bops people with a mace.

Having a personality doesn't hurt either.

Here as elsewhere, people have a lot of opinions about subjects they know very little, myself included.

Anyway, look for the silver lining. Even if there are outrageous threads going on about PvP, they might help drum up some interest.

Personal anecdote: I got interested in trying a Kheldian again after reading a flame-fest on the Kheld boards. I haven't rolled one up yet, but I'm prepared to put some effort into building one this time. Sort of an "Oh come on, it can't be THAT bad" response that got me curious.

Eureka! I had a dumb idea.

Put a zone timer on Bloody Bay and Warburg so that unless you attack another player within a certain amount of time, you get booted from the zone, similar to getting kicked out of an instance after a failed mission. Make the time limit long enough to find an opponent but too short even for a fast character to complete the Shiva Strike or Missile Launch mini-games. You want those temps? Fight for them! Of course, sympathetic members of opposing factions or dual-boxers could "play fight" to game the timer, but they do that anyway to try to farm rep or drops.

Whoops! My mistake. I have a prior commitment that day and won't be able to make it. My apologies for the error. Hope to see you-all next week.

Also, someone who's solo may not have checked /whoall or may assume most people in a PvP zone are on /hide. Basically, the other players had no reason to conclude you were alone. Faced with an unknown quantity of opponents, retreat is a logical option.

However, I agree that they most likely weren't there to fight in PvP and also weren't interested, so leaving and coming back later make sense.

I'll grab any pity spots available with Neurodyne 21(?) Mind/Electric dom.

To Jade Dragon: Just to clarify, I was griping about the Kheldian inherent powers, not the ATs themselves, and I certainly wouldn't call them leeches. Also, your point about using the inherents to keep Khelds from being too powerful solo is a good one. I still feel that gaining bonuses based on ATs present is wonky, although it fits with Khelds' metamorphic natures. I know, the Suggestions forum is ---> that way, but at least the Kheld inherents are better than Vigilance.

Also, if you want to get rid of the Kheldian taint, a team that had a Kheld on previously must disband completely. It also won't carry over if you log out and back in.

There is a mechanic somewhat like that in the game already: pets won't target something that hasn't fully spawned in yet. I've noticed this in the Rikti raids and apocalypse events when enemies are visible and targetable by players but immune to any abilities used on them. In those situations, pets won't target the not-fully-spawned enemies (and it can be handy to aim through them). However, petz r dum and will target phased-out enemies, such as Master Illusionists and those affected by Black Hole, Sonic Cage, etc.

So, it would seem that if there's part of the AI that processes "This thing isn't really here, don't act on it," it might be possible to code something similar into player targeting, although that would sort of defeat the purpose of giving mobs phase-type powers.

Another alternative is to make the phased condition somehow more obvious. I'm partial to having it force the mobs to do the "chicken" emote, but that's just me

Back to the original topic, what I find frustrating about Khelds, besides the weird keybind issues, is that their inherent powers stink. Not only do they leech from teammates, but the type of bonus they get is AT-specific, which seems to go counter to the current "no AT required" philosophy of CoX.

I'll be interested in what BillZ finds out about altering the inherent, but my suggestion would be to make it ignore AT and instead be ally-based, with buff values adjusted accordingly. That way, the inherents could function like Invincibility or Rise to the Challenge - first ally in range grants the largest benefit, with lesser benefits from other allies.

With regards to PBs, my opinion is that they got hand-me-down powers for the most part. They seem most like a Radiation Blast/Energy Manipulation blaster. Warshades at least got some unique abilities. To those that enjoy Khelds, more power to you.

I've heard WP called "easy mode" fairly often, too. It's powerful and versatile, and the
"new kid" has lots of tricks the established defensive sets don't. Jealousy, maybe?