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So far this issue is about a 5 outa 10 for me, but I'm hopeful there is more to come. The QoL things are great, but hopefully a few missions in Cimeroa is not the only content.

Corruptors and MMs....Dominatorss don't get it ......

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So why is everyone ignoring Patron Power Pool respecs?

One of the biggest complaints about Villains has been fixed and hardly anyone has commented on it.

What gives?

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Never been a big issue with me. IMO you should have always been able to respec out of PPPs, they just fixed a mistake.

I think the big complaint about PPPS is that they suck and are very limited as far as matching the theme of a character. Now if they were offering the Epic power pools as an option to villains...that would be something to be excited about.

Hell, I'd be happy if they added some more generic PPPs that could actually work themeticaly with any of my charcters. Hand to Hand Combat PPP? Dual Pistols PPP? That would be something to get excited about.

Being able to respec to a different PPP is just a bug fix IMO.

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While on the one hand, it'd be a shame to see such a nifty idea borked in such fasion, on the other hand, it'd be fantastic for getting all the farmers out of the way so the rest of us can get on with actually PLAYING the game.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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true story. Grandville and Peregrine wouldn't be so annoying and depressing anymore!

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I love in Posi's letter how he talks about 'rewards' for the missions created by the users. How it was bantered back and forth in the office with raised voices. I have a nagging suspicion this means no xp/influence/etc for these missions in which case. Crappy system and count me out. Not gonna bust my butt to create tons of missions that grant absolutely no reward.

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Then you missed the entire point of the mission creator.

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...and how do you know the point exactly?

Their are MANY factors and options that could make the mission creator a great success or an epic fail. I for one look at it as an "end game" option. I can spend my time trying out player created missions with my IO'd out lvl 50s that I spent so much effort creating....and there will always be new missions to try out. Endless content for 50s is good news IMO.

That said, other people will want other things out of it, and if it doesn't offer decent rewards....alot of people won't even bother doing player created missions. That would equal fail.

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Heck upon rereading that you are contradicting yourself between your two posts. On the one hand you will not create any missions that contain no rewards while on the other hand you are saying "Endless content for 50s is good news IMO."

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The first post quoted wasn't me genius.

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So you really think Pain Domination will have big heals like Empathy? I just don't see them giving MMs a real healing set. I hope I am wrong though. I it turns out to be a good set I might actually role a Thugs/Pain.

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From the notes re: I13:

Pain Domination – Villains can now bend the power of pain to serve their own ends! Those playing a Corruptor or Mastermind have access to this new powerset. The antithesis of the Hero healing powerset “Empathy,” Pain Domination brings parity between Heroes and Villains with a distinctively evil flair.

I read that as I can *dish out* pain to my targets. Totally reverse empathy.

*rereads*... WAIT. Not a Dominator power? Phooey... oh well, she can be a Corr. No big, I suppose... she *is*, after all, a half sister to be...

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That's what I mean. I think most people are thinking it is going to be like Empathy for vilaains as in big heals. I'm thinking they mean it is the antithesis in terms of ideology. I'm thinking it won't have good heals

Corruptors getting dual pistols is the best part of the whole issue......what? It's not part of issue 13? Oh.....then nvm.

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So your objection to the idea or no rewards in the player mission is based soley on the idea that someone else might do something that may or may not happen?

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...what?

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Everyone says capt america.....other than Cap, there's like what? Maybe 10 obscure comic book charcters that use a shield?

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I could say the same thing about Ice Blasts. Other than Iceman who does this?

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Blizzard, Ice, SubZero, Kopaka, Capt Cold, Storm, Sylar, Ice MAiden, Frost, Tempest, Yamir, Killer Frost, Celsius, Katara, Aspen, Capt. Planet, Mr. Freeze, Avatar Roku, Coldsnap, Frostbite and like a million more here.

So you really think Pain Domination will have big heals like Empathy? I just don't see them giving MMs a real healing set. I hope I am wrong though. I it turns out to be a good set I might actually role a Thugs/Pain.

Everyone says capt america.....other than Cap, there's like what? Maybe 10 obscure comic book charcters that use a shield?

Am I the only one completely amazed that we are getting shields over something "super"? I just don't get how a super hero comic book MMO would get hand held shields instead of Psi Melee or growth/shrinking or even dual pistols. Shields just seem very "WoWish" and not very super. This isn't LotR or WoW or anyone of a million fantasy based MMOs with Paladins and Witches....we have broadswords, battle Axes, Mace, and now Shields.....can we keep it "super" now"?

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I love in Posi's letter how he talks about 'rewards' for the missions created by the users. How it was bantered back and forth in the office with raised voices. I have a nagging suspicion this means no xp/influence/etc for these missions in which case. Crappy system and count me out. Not gonna bust my butt to create tons of missions that grant absolutely no reward.

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Then you missed the entire point of the mission creator.

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...and how do you know the point exactly?

Their are MANY factors and options that could make the mission creator a great success or an epic fail. I for one look at it as an "end game" option. I can spend my time trying out player created missions with my IO'd out lvl 50s that I spent so much effort creating....and there will always be new missions to try out. Endless content for 50s is good news IMO.

That said, other people will want other things out of it, and if it doesn't offer decent rewards....alot of people won't even bother doing player created missions. That would equal fail.

I highly doubt different recipes in the same pool will have different values. All pool C recipres will be the same I'd bet.

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If it costs 25hrs of total TF time to purchase a recipe that isn't very casual friendly (30 mins/ katie x 50) + you have to factor in the manditory 3hr wait which would be anywhere from an additional 15hrs (5 shard tfs) to 150hrs (katies).

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I agree that it doesn't sound very casual friendly - on the other hand, it does seem more casual friendly than Katie x 140 or more, which is what it takes to get a 95% chance of a specific recipe when awarding them randomly.

To me the best part isn't a matter of casual or not, it's that the TF rewards will actually scale with the difficulty of the TF. If you run a Dr. Q you actually get more than a Katie instead of doing more work for an identical reward.

While I don't see the change as a great benefit to the elusive 'casual gamer' it doesn't seem to put them at any more of a disadvantage than they were at before.

I'd hope that the number would be closer to Katie x 30 or 20 though. With Katie x 50 I expect prices would go up.

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You guys are nutz. NOTHING should require you to do a TF 30-50 times. That is just horrible. If a pool C recipe costs 20 tokens, a typical TF/SF should reward at least 5 tokens. Anything more than that is just ridiculous.

All this talk of casual player friendliness is nonsense too. If you can only play a few hours a week...don't play MMOs. It's really that simple.

Also....If you can't include YOUR character as a boss, EB, or AV in the mission creator story arcs.....epic fail.

The token thing sounds really cool. Not just for pool C recipes, but for possibly unlocking costume pieces for themed characters before your 3/4 of the way to 50. Will tokens be tradable? Sellable?

The mission creator sounds fun too. I'm not as blown away as some of you folks, but it will be a fun addition to the game.

I play mostly melee ATs, but Pain Domination sounds neat as well.

Shields....lame. Who voted for shields anyaways? Second job rewards...meh. Patron respecs...meh. New Cimerora missions....meh. All this stuff is good stuff, but I sure hope there is more coming down the pike. I really hope there is more content to be played than a few missions in Cimeroa.

So uh.....what happen to the coming storm?

I use mainly the Huge body type and unless I'm making some unusual monster/deformed type guy, I have my slider settings memorized. Head and body sliders are the first thing I do when creating a new character.

I can honestly say they could port EM straight to Scrappers or even buff it and I would still take Claws or Katana over it. Pink pom poms /fail

Will this thread die already....

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Wel....Since we are sharing Dogs, here is Nanna and Petey

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Nanna has beautiful eyes , they are just amazingly haunting !!

Petey is adoreable , how do they get along since theres such a difference in size ?'

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Nanna has one blue eye and one brown. It is considered a fault, but I love it. And believe it or not Petey is totally the boss. Nanna sits off to the side all sad when I feed them waiting for Petey to get down before she even tries to eat. She's a total wuss but I love her.

As mentioned above, I'd really like some "Globle" maps. Most of the maps in CoH are pretty similar. Same goes for CoV. Cimeroa is really a good example of a map with an entire different feel to it. You actually feel like you've left Paragon/Rogue Isles. I would love to get some more maps that feel unique and "AWAY" from Paragon.

It might be nice to start a Midnighters stroy that takes you around the world to maps like:

Africa - City would look way different than Paragon, plus villages, jungle, dessert, and besides the usual enemies you could have WIld animals and Bushmen/tribesmen.

London - Totally different look for sure. Rainign all the time, do battle on Big Ben or any other famous landmarks. The police would look different too. NPCs walking around would dress difefrently.

Russia - Snow covered land with Russian arcitecture. Council werewolfs and snow beasts already exists.


Austrailia, Ireland, Iraq, Japan....the possibilies are endless. I think this would be a great direction for the game.

You mean people take other travel powers besides Super Jump? Wierd.

Wel....Since we are sharing Dogs, here is Nanna and Petey