Grey Pilgrim

My mind has clearly tried to blank out those evil, evil days. I can only say the main reason I played my Peacebringer solo through that is that I did not know the game any better to realize most ATs didn't have to deal with so much. Still, I soloed Quantums and Voids solo back then... inspirations and striking first have always been your friend.

But, we were totally going to be the teaming AT, man! Isn't that like, awesome?

When you look at how thing were set up under Cryptic under the start (and any MMO they begin), you can always marvel at the brilliance of some of their design... and also be absolutely stunned at how bad some of it was.

I might be misquoting her on this, but I think Arcanaville referred to that old design approach as "throwing something at the wall and seeing if it sticks." It really does seem that random.

Now there is a frequent occurrence, at least when it comes to Voo.

Flux, I thought you liked people joining your Doomopolis? Did you really kick out MG?

Eternal Albert is ready to go for tonight, and he has a plan via Mid's. Most excellent... Grav/Time looks to be extremely powerful for buffing and controls (and I don't have to reapply shields all the time with it, either!). Managed to fit in Afterburner for him as well, just for fun (and a slot for a LotG +recharge).

Curses... I could see that helping with my Fire/Fire Dom, as his long activation AOE mezzes usually miss someone in a mob, and then they all get signaled and get a shot off before the mez finally lands. But I don't think he has a power slot to send to Spring Attack, and certainly not the slots (until they get us another three, anyway).

If you have altitis (and who doesn't, if you have played CoH for a long while), the quest for incarnate shinies never ends. I have alphas on most of my alts at 50 (15+ or so?), but for the next four incarnate slots, I only have them on a few. Rather than grind trials ad nauseum, I get through 1-2 a few nights out of the week, and I've been progressing well enough.

Grey Pilgrim (my Fire/Fire Tanker) is my main, and he only has a Very Rare for his alpha and two of the new incarnate powers. He's debating getting another Rare for his Destiny, as Clarion and Rebirth are nice for two of the trials, and he has a Barrier. And that's just one character!

Try it out with characters you like, but there's no need to rush. I've heard a lot of players say they're sick of trials, so don't get to that point. Pace yourself, and the trials are pretty fun then.

Looks like that was listed in error, alas. I was excited to see that in the list at first as well.

I don't see any reason why we can't play a few missions and then do it. The new trial takes all of 20 minutes, so it's not like anyone would be locked out for long, if at all.

Dude... when Kheldians first came on the scene, they received a damage DEBUFF when they were soloing AND Quantums did unresistable, special damage to them. That's in addition to all the stuff I can honestly argue for improving with Kheldians AFTER these changes in I21 and I11.

They weren't balanced when they came on the scene in the slightest, ED or no ED. I love Kheldians, but I will be honest about how they have been designed in the weirdest way possible (around their good points). Hopefully Arbiter Hawk keeps working on them and gets them to where they would need to be. I would love to be able to not argue for changes with them anymore, kind of like I don't have to for Fiery Aura anymore (even if Fiery Aura's lack of KB protection still sticks in my craw).

For my two cents on the new changes, I think Joe is on the right track as well... we're rather survivable, but I'm not sure that this makes up for our other shortcomings. I'd almost take less resistance if it meant I could do other stuff better, but I don't know that we have to go there. VEATs are ridiculously survivable and do good damage AND buff themselves and their team.

I would agree. And I would also say the devs were reluctant to boost damage further with the changes that have now gone live, as they wanted to see how they go (that's the clearest indication I have received from Arbiter Hawk on this point).

So we can keep bringing together good ideas (maybe in different directions, a buffing direction, or something else, etc.), and we'll see where they go with it. We know further animation changes are planned, so hopefully good arguments will convince them to go further with other improvements.

I will say this for the changes after running my Peacebringer through the 10 hero alignment missions and a few more Incarnate trials. He is much better and more fun to play, and feels more viable in human form. Frankly, I enjoyed him less while soloing before, and now that feels like a good option for him now.

That said, Solar Flare and Pulsar are certainly still too weak. Making the improvements we have suggested time and again for these (KD instead of KB, guaranteed Mag 3) are in no way unbalancing, but actually make these powers and Peacebringers more balanced. I.e., in line with other ATs and powersets. I'm not going to let go on these changes at all, and the DPS numbers still make me think a little something more is needed.

That's why I keep asking for alternate weapon animations. Frankly, I think they needed it over all the ranged attacks, just because the projectile variations of all the ranged attacks make for the real difference among those animations (I do notice the casting motion some, but not nearly as much as I note the attack animations on melee characters).

Broad Sword, Axe, and War Hammer all used to be the same set, too, which makes for even bigger similarities. Some variation among them all would be really helpful. I can't play Axe or Broad Sword since I have a commonly played Mace Tanker... their animations seem too much of the same to me. Same with Banes.

Well, you could say it's a small amount of content, but it is where much of the new content is going, and where this guy is going to be playing a lot. I'll adjust as I need to, though. Shields/SS is good enough to make that fun.

You could always start a new thread to announce the new start, silly. We can go back to using this one, but I think most people that weren't in the past version of Isos do not read this one.

Anyway, I'll add to the list:

Corruptor: Beam / Rad
Corruptor: Beam / Time
Controller: Grav / Time

The way Arbiter Hawk stated it, he wanted to keep the KB in the power at this point to make sure Peacebringers are not too strong. Since the current KB does have an impact on the damage a Peacebringer can do, I did take that as reluctance to give them a damage buff. People have also frequently suggested adjusting the Kheldian damage mods again, or the caps, and/or adjusting those while lowering the boosts from Cosmic Balance.

I guess I'm just interpreting it differently than you. Your Rage example to me seems to be tentative about damage, as they're holding the power back for damage reasons, or at least for providing too much damage benefit without enough of a drawback.

Yeah, Warshades are not that badly off, though some things that they are still working on (like lowering the shapeshifting animation time) hurt them more than they should. Even then, the DPS numbers for Warshades are not going to put them in the best camp. Just good.

Solar Flare is a PB only power, which was referenced in the Arbiter Hawk statement. I still can't fathom who keeping it KB is seen as an okay thing, or the only thing holding back Peacebringers from being overpowered. I don't quite think Arbiter Hawk meant it that way (his attitude seems to be wait and see at this point), but it did read that way.

See, the difference is between a ranged AT and a melee one. Despite having some ranged powers (rather like Dominators), human form Kheldians are more melee than ranged because their better powers are melee ranged. So KB is detrimental for them than beneficial. For my AR or my Energy Blaster, I can leverage that KB for added survivability and not have my damage take a dent.

E.g., M80 + Full Auto cuts down on return fire without lowering your damage; Energy's two AOE powers right after the other does the same thing. I'd actually argue that the KB in those two sets makes them much more survivable than other sets with different (or no) mitigation, all without weakening them too much.

Anyway, sorry to sidetrack things so much. I did realize that in an earlier post I didn't really say why I prefer non-crashing nukes. I'll do that here to help keep on track.

For me, I don't think I'll care if nukes have their damage improved and still have a crash. The crash will still slow me down drastically, making that burst less helpful than if it had done less damage and not crashed. It's much the same with defensive Tier 9 powers. I use the ones without a crash (or a huge one, anyway, like One With the Shield), and find those with one (or such a huge one that your health and endurance are floored) not to be all that helpful. I avoid using them.