Jack_NoMind

I think I read the other posts in the thread and you did not.

Simply stop suggesting things that aren't going to happen, and this won't be a problem.

Kismet unique. Worth slotting, among other reasons, because you'll be getting 16% tohit if you team with a corr.

Also, this thread is *hilarious.*

Meh. Pre-level 20, players have a tohit buff and DFB still awards at least a level and a half per run. It's 20-30 players tend to complain about, these days, and the best ways to solve that are really education-oriented. The game has the tools to make this manageable but players tend to ignore them or be unfamiliar until they've gotten to 50.

Better solution: Don't have powers that work like Shadow Maul. There have been a number of Champagne Outline comparisons already, well, here's something they did right -- differentiating between click, channel, and maintain powers.

I saw some bickering about this in the thread but you already stated it was a personal preference; one that's obviously not shared. ...Again, the game contains the tools to manage this, but you claim to dislike them. Fair enough, the tools are fairly binary.

I'd prefer non-binary mezzing. As a mez builds up, the character is afflicted by a slow, -rech, or similarly gradual-magnitude effect, which results in brief periods of immob/daze/hold, until it builds up to the point where the mez effect is overwhelming. This would still be highly frustrating in solo play (death spiral), so I wouldn't mind an inherent click power that allows players to drop mezzes and be immune for a few seconds to escape (yes, it works a lot like a mini-Breakfree, but I feel like that's an area where the game could use more options; we have Build Ups and click heals and so on and so forth, but I feel like Blasters, Khelds, and some other characters would really really thematically benefit from a Build Up Breakfree). I have no idea how this would work in PvP but I think it preserves the feel of the game a bit better.

The game does reward player skill and character strength. You should have come prepared for the enemy type you're fighting or taken Focused Accuracy. It just rewards the kind of skill I'm better at, not the kind of skill you're better at.

Arcana at one point posited a curved returns behavior for both of these that works somewhat more like mez resistance currently does. I agree with this suggestion although possibly not with her specific proposed curve. The idea was to create far fewer situations that require this behavior.

I do find it amusing however that you argue in favor of player reaction over mechanical preparedness through most of this post, but all of the situations with irresistible damage I can think of are the ones that currently do prompt players to react rather than relying on their build.

You most certainly can. Note that the 7.5% mez resist IO is non-unique and you can slot the 20% in the same power.

Erk. As far as I know, those are not only not finalized, but definitely changing.

Ah, no, you're wrong. He died and was recovered by Praetorian Penny Yin. Not that I suppose you're above saying this is actually a kind of resurrection that left him a non-undead but insubstantial entity with powers of possession.

Also, they have to be named Fred! You can't be a ghost if you're not a Fred!

http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Umbral_Aura#Eclipse

Oh, no, they just involve soul manipulation, life force, and negative energy, none of which has anything to do with spirits. Spirits and souls are actually quite distinct, you see. Because of Fred.

Sure she does.

http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Ravenstorm

...Not to mention the entire Warshade AT...

Hey, by the way, how much Natural salvage do you have?

By you.

I called him "intensely xenophobic" for a reason. And it's not that shocking that the "real threats" are 'corrupted' white guys, while the evil minions are all minorities.

Look at any xenophobia story and the worst, most terrifying villain will always be a somehow-corrupted reflection of ourselves. Look at any xenophilia story, incidentally, and DANCESWITHWHITEGUYSAVIOR.

Lovecraft was extremely fond of white male adventurers. He idolizes men he feels fit this mould and writes of them in glowing terms.

Because there's a guy who definitely didn't write a poem whose title is basically the catch-phrase of racism.

You're the first.

Correct.

Correct.

An analogous, and equally as crazy, statement is: "most hero characters have numerical statistics, but the game allows some characters not to."

Canonically untrue.

And yet, I feel you are so very willing to make it your own.

Yep. That's how he viewed non-whites.