Impish Kat

People have just as much of a right to b**ch & moan about the mistaken perceptions of what constitutes a "necessary" team composition, as those who decide to play the characters that (unfortunately) perpetuate and contribute to those misconceptions.

Also, the only reason we are focused on this particular type of character is because that's what the thread is about.

But the argument holds true for any AT.

Go to the tank forums, and you'll find complaints about tanks that don't take attack powers... go to the 'troller forums and you'll find complaints about why they don't take support powers... etc.,.

Go to almost any AT forum, and you'll find arguments about how one "should" or "shouldn't" balance "such in such" kind of build.

Why?

Because, most folks realize that a well balanced build will contribute more to a team than a limited, specialized build.


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Highlighted the only part that I really agree with.

It is indeed a player's own decision to create the character that they want to play.

That is not the point.

The point is, a "healer" is not an AT, neither is a "healer" a necessity for a team... It's a basic premise of this game that a team can be comprised of any AT combination.

A PLAYER who wishes to specialize their character by only relying on one aspect of their powers is certainly within their rights to do so. However, said PLAYER should also be aware that by specializing their character in such a manner, they are also limiting their contribution to the team. Not saying the contribution is unacceptable, just that it is limited.

Now, some leaders won't mind the limitations of a specialized build, but many others will. Then there are those who think such specialized builds are a necessity for the team, and they are very much mistaken.

pssssst.... you know you can go to the Vanguard offices/RWZ tailor in Atlas to fix your costume now, right?

As far as different "looks" go, I like how the game already has distinct looks for each zone.

I would like to chime in with the "please match instanced maps with their exteriors". Entering a sewer or cave mish through an office door is very un-immersive.

The point is, there is no such thing as a "healer" AT... only "healer" PLAYERS.

I don't see this thread as "bashing" a certain AT, but more like a certain type of PLAYER.... y'know, the kind of player who only focuses on ONE aspect of their character. I think this complaint would stand true for ANY archetype.

My main is Kin/Arch... and yeah, for the lower levels, she was mostly a heal-bot. But now that she's a bit higher, I'm using her other "stuff" more, and the heal less and less... FS, SP, BU/Aim, RoA, more pointy sticks, and Transference IF I see blue bars going down, and THEN heals... oh yeah, and cycles of sb/id whenever I can work them in.

THAT...
doesn't change
THIS
And why, if I'm the one "hidden", is the system spamming me with the auto message? This was happening to me the other day when I was in base edit, and the other person was not getting the auto reply, but I was.

This "feature" is horribly borked.

I'm sorry, I didn't say I had found an answer there, the other poster said they did. The other poster didn't divulge any further details, so I don't know what thread they found their answer in.

Try using the advanced search.
You can use keywords or phrases (like "base edit"), select a specific forum to search (Tech & Bugs, or Mac Users), and there's an easily missed box to check if you want the results as posts or threads (I like posts, personally).

Hope that gets you going in the right direction.
At the very least, you should come across the folks who had similar issues, and maybe you could PM them to see what kind of solutions (if any) they came up with.

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This is also on the Consolidated Base Concerns thread (now stickied).

Please see my sig.


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In the two years that I have been playing this game and been involved in the base building community, this has never happened. At least, not in the manner you are thinking. Sunstorm fielded some questions... once... when he was "assigned" to us for i13.

The best we really ever got were a couple of community reps who took it upon themselves to communicate our concerns to the devs and act as go betweens (*toasts to ExLibris & Lighthouse*).

We DO have, and have had for some time now, a consolidated list (see my sig) of concerns and requests that the base building community has repeatedly voiced over the years... and I do mean years.

The list was started by Mad Scientist in early 2008 and he kept it updated until i13. I've recently updated it yet again. Make no mistake.... the Devs are aware of this list. They have been aware of this list for quite some time.

If they haven't made the effort to come to us by now, I have very low expectations of it happening any time soon.

Doing this for me as well (WinXP).

I have the game set for windowed mode. I've noticed that the little CoH tab in the tool bar will flash before "coming back", then the login inputs will pop on and I'm good to go.

Am I the only one who thinks that was rude?

No need to pee in someone else's Cheerios, this is the fun forums.



I guess Brigitte would be LgTkW (legacy, kin/arch)




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1. Go to the Community Digest. You'll see a bunch of posts by our community reps.
2. Click on a post by Avatea or The Ocho.
3. In the post, if you click just to the right of their avatar name, a menu will pop up. One of the options will be to send them a PM. (This menu exists in everybody's posts)

Also, a good "general questions" forum is Player Questions, for future reference.

The "lag leak" while editing in base used to be a progressive thing after about an hour, but now it starts within 5 minutes. I've mentioned this to Arbiter Kim in the past, but will try getting in touch with Arbiter Oats as well. Thanks.

I don't think Broom was trying to imply that... since the first sentence of their post was
Basically saying, 'yes, may be a leak with the drivers, but that's not all of the problem'.

I think some of the folks who are colorblind drew one up some time ago... but I can't remember where it might be. Might try a search using "colorblind" as a parameter.

Edit: yay StarGeek! That chart's a good start. Do the names used on that chart correspond to the names on standard hex-color charts?

a "noble" is a type of fir tree... maybe subtle, maybe unintentional, but to my mind it fits.