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That was a bug caused by adding the additional slots. According to the devs, a lot more stuff broke as well, much of it on the back-end.

Y'know, I'd initially thought that was a possibility, but then dismissed it because it didn't make sense to have the VFX fire off independently of the proc triggering. "Flair for the dramatic" be damned ...

Not that it matters much; the proc still isn't doing anything to mobs without KB resistance, despite what the combat log says.

Yeah, the "knockback to knockdown" bit works fine. While testing, I yanked it out of Channelgun and put it into Frag Grenade in order to give that function a whirl.

Yeah, I'm beginning to think that might be what's happening. I pulled the proc out of my PBAoE and put it into Channelgun, which is a single-target ranged power. Still nothing.

EDIT: Judging by VFX, I think I finally got the proc to go off, but it was against a Tarantula on a cave map so I can't tell if the actual KD happened. Gonna keep slogging through 8-man spawn missions, one single-target attack at a a time. Hopefully, the proc will fire off with a little less scarcity.

I'm familiar with how KD & KB work, and I've been using the power against enemies that I should be able to knock down. Nevertheless, I'm changing my testing grounds just to be sure. Really, all I need is one knockdown, and I've yet to see it.

That's why they record the shows. You can watch 'em later!

The broadcast is only about an hour; the summer event will be running for longer than that.

Given how attempting to do something as seemingly innocuous as adding three additional enhancement slots at various points in the level progression caused all sorts of major issues, being able to do something like "bank" a power slot would likely require a complete rewrite of the level progression system. It's a nice idea, but unfeasible to the point of pretty much being impossible.

Your first two points are absolutely wrong. Brutes have had their damage caps lowered. Tankers received a regen buff, not a resist buff. And as for the third point: that's very subjective, and I'm willing to bet also not very on-the-money. Tankers still have the best innate self-defense in the game. Brutes CAN get very close, but not without outside buffs or heavily-specialized IO builds. Currently, Brutes are a nice mid-point between Scrappers and Tankers. Besides, the developers do still want to take another look at Tankers; they've said as much.

Actually, Skyway was once somewhat of a transportation hub. And it still houses the only conventional physical entrances to Bloody Bay and Faultline (magic manholes not included). But between the expansion of the monorail system, the new TUNNEL system, and various teleportation methods, the zone really isn't needed anymore for that.

What I'd love to see happen to the zone is a revamp that would make it look like Steel Canyon and the new Atlas Park combined, with aerial roadways twisting, turning, climbing, and dipping around and in-between gigantic, futuristic skyscrapers. A vertical zone like Grandville, but much easier to traverse thanks to all the roadways. Sure, the zone's backstory would need to be rewritten a little, but not THAT much. Heck, set Paragon City's Chinatown at ground level and ramp up the turf war between the Tsoo,Trolls, and Family, with Clockwork and Lost as outside parties that sometimes find themselves in the middle of things.

*Goes from server to server reporting "Le Phart" as offensive*

They have a piece of the NCSoft pie, but a small one when compared to how much of that pie NCSoft still holds. I'd be very surprised if this realistically meant anything for CoH.

Water blast deals smashing and cold damage, so it will have some effect on Steel Canyon fires. Not as much as a pure cold-based attack, but some nonetheless.

Wasn't too long ago that Positron was facing the prospect of spending the rest of his natural life stuck in a tin can. Dude's learned to take things a bit more in stride since again being able to take off his helmet and air out that damn suit.

Quoting this again because it needs to be quoted. Also, because I like Paragon's avatar. Laura+Jubes 4eva!

So yeah, the sky ain't falling and Nexon AREN'T our new Japanese overlords; NCSoft remain our South Korean overlords.