Jade_Dragon

I'll just add that while my Warshade primarily sticks to range while in human form, I was playing my Peacebringer yesterday. Level 23, while the rest of the team was 49 and going up against AVs. Definately a situation where holds and other nasty effects are being thrown around in melee.

I was OWNING. Seriously. I honestly didn't think about it, I would simply shapeshift constantly, popping out of Dwarf only long enough to fire off a Incandescent Strike, or to drop back and shift to Nova for an AoE. It was the very definition of "Dancing Kheldian". 90% of the time I would have several seconds of freedom before I got held, then would jump back to Dwarf and wait for it to wear off.

It probably helped that there was a Controller on my team, but that only gave me 1.0 mez resistance, not enough to prevent mez altogether. And we were taking on mez heavy AVs.

Heck, even the knockback wasn't a problem, as I'd just shift to Nova, blast, then shift and leap back in.

Yes, ED applies to Invention Sets. The whole point behind ED was to ALLOW Invention Sets. If it did not, Set Bonuses would be insignificant by comparison, and everyone would Frankenslot. (Probably two Acc/Dam IOs and then 4 Dam IOs)

Yes, the buffs are scaled down when other aspects are present. But those aspects do NOT total to 100%. Two dual aspect IOs are the equivalent of 2.5 single aspect IOs, and two triple aspect IOs are the equivalent of 3 IOs. So you're getting like 8.5 slots worth of bonuses in 6 slots.

Plus, IOs scale past level 25, to become much better than standard IOs. You should be getting 20% for the Def buff with SOs, and you're getting 25% with the single aspect IO, and 16% with each of the dual aspect IOs. That's the equivalent of 3 Def SOs right there, or close enough to it, in the same number of slots. Using level 50 SOs (as I assume you are) has given you 10.1% for free. That's effectively what's being cancelled by ED.

You'll notice that most IO sets take into account ED, offering no more than the equivalent of 3 slots for one aspect. But they don't usually account for level scaling. So you have the equivalent of 2.75 slots there. If all your IOs were at level 25, they wouldn't be hitting the cap. (Your bonus would be 54%)

Sniper Rifle and Trip Mine. And Time Bomb. Oh, Ghod, and Time Bomb...

Yeah, I like the description that Scourge is the power that you use to kick foes while they're down. Sort of like how Domination is the power that lets you "play" with your victims for a while before killing them. Definately a villainous concept.

In practice, IMHO Scourge supports the Corruptor's main role in a team, which is to watch his teammates' backs and pick off stragglers. If a Corruptor concentrates solely on foes that are already half defeated, he can multiply his damage considerably. I think it's also telling that the Corruptor is the perfect counterpart to the Stalker. The Stalker can take out a huge chuck of a foes' HP with his first blow, and then the Corruptor can take down the foe while he's weakened.

In general, Scourge is said to only add about 7-21% to a Corruptor's overall damage. But if used intelligently, like that, it can help the Corruptor deal much more damage, and save him Endurance while providing a use for very low damage attacks. And again, Scourging an AoE on a spawn of foes that are nearly finished off can definately improve your damage.

I like that the video addresses what Beast Run looks like with the Monstrous legs. Much better, I think. I had already tested it out for myself, and liked it, it doesn't look as much like the character is running on his hands and knees. But now everyone can see that.

Probably with shortened legs it looks even better.

Well, all I know is that I've wanted to create Element Dog since this game first came out, and even though he still can't STAND on all fours, now he can RUN on all fours. And he's not an anthropomorph, he's a DOG! (Or at least, a dog is his natural form, as a shape changer if he wants to take on an anthropomorphic form, he can)

I don't really care if the Beast Run doesn't look natural, although I do agree with those who hope it looks better with the Monstrous legs.

All Incarnate means is that you draw power from the gods. Wonder Woman drew power from the gods. Captain Marvel drew power from the gods. Yes, those two examples are powerful, but they aren't gods, and they are mortal. (Captain Marvel even says so, "World's Mightiest Mortal")

I expect that there may be some players that balk at the idea of their "Superior Human" concepts using Incarnate powers. My own Batman homage, Bloodwolf, believes that "absolute power corrupts absolutely" and keeps an eye on the other superheroes expecting them to go bad. To accept such power himself, to fight such power, would to him be much like selling his soul to the devil. On the other hand, would he do that, faced with a threat that he couldn't defeat otherwise? It's a dilemma that is at the very heart of being a superhero. How far are you willing to go to save lives? How do you uphold your ideals when you are forced to either sacrifice one or the other?

I will probably go with the folks who are saying that it is possible to use Incarnate energy to power technological devices or the like. So you're not using it directly, just retrofitting your weaponry.

Ultimately, the choice is still yours to stop playing your character at 50 and start over with a new character. No one's forcing you to play the new content.

I think this is basically what the Epic Pools are for, at least for those ATs that don't get defenses from their Primary or Secondary. And really, that's one thing Tough has to be balanced around. ANYONE can take it, even a Tanker, and if you stack additional non-physical protection on top of the Tanker's normal protection, you can start to get into overpowered territory.

This is one reason why, a long time in the past, I suggested replacing a power in the Blaster Secondaries with a ranged Defense. In addition to the Def, which I believed would be a big help to Blasters in the high levels (this was prior to Epics) it could also add a small resistance to the element of the Manipulation Set. It had already struck me, the inconsistency of a superhero being able to throw around fire, or whatever elemental power, and yet still being vulnerable to that element. This would solve that, and be an option, so the player could skip it if he still wanted to be vulnerable to "his power".

The Epics kind of made that moot, as they provide protection both at range and in melee, and probably in greater amounts than my original suggestion. You have to wait until 41 or later to get it, yes, but the option is available. And if it opened up earlier, it would have to not be as powerful. I suspect a lot of people pick up Tough early on, and then respec out of it when an Epic alternative opens up. I know I do.

That being said, I've said it might be a nice idea to replace the old Fitness Pool with a new Pool of passives. (Since Fitness was the only Pool with Auto/passive powers) I suggested one might be a Melee Defense, and another a Ranged Defense, both of a fairly small amount since they're passive. Another possibility, I suppose, could be to divide it up into four elemental options, Fire, Ice, Energy and Negative Energy. Of course with the tiering system of the Pools you would have to get one of the first two before you opened up the next, but perhaps it could be Fire/Ice for the first, Energy/Negative for the second, then the third and fourth could be Toxic and Psi, with the protection being Res and not Def. Or even just different powers entirely.

My suggestion would be:

1) Don't necessarily allow Rogues into Hero SGs, but let them visit the team Leader's base just like any member of the team. Vice versa for Vigilantes.

2) Add a portal linking the hero Oroborous to the villain one, and let Rogues and Vigilantes use it. It would take an extra step for the Rogue to "zone" from villain Oroborous to hero, so he can use the hero portals, but would gain the ability to team with heroes doing Flashbacks.

Honestly, I'm pretty sure the whole reason the tram and ferry systems opened up was specifically to address this issue. So it's not that big of a problem. It's still a hassle getting to Peregrine Island, but I don't have any problem getting around the rest of the zones as fast as my teammates. Most of them are using the trams too, as they're usually faster than the base now.

I'll add that I personally think that the O-portal letting you choose where to go instead of just dropping you back where you came from was a mistake. It's obviously too late to do anything about it now, though. But travel has been easier between zones since probably even before Oroborous came along, so it's more an example of "feature creep" than anything bad.

I realize this has been 5 pages, and I may have missed someone else saying the same thing, but I will simply repeat what I said when the Inherent Fitness change was announced in the first place.

Switch the boost from Hurdle with the boost from Sprint. They're both Inherent, having them both on will give you exactly the same jump speed. Hurdle will be manageable, just like Swift is.

Now, I'm sure this entirely reasonable suggestion will be ignored, just like it was last time. But at least I've said it. Again.

My Illusion/Rad Controller Genie Gold I customized her powers to be a bright golden color. It worked very well to unite all her powers and make them all look like manifestations of light. Her power is supposed to be control over air (as a genie) but even the smoky/cloud powers fit the theme as glowing clouds of a dull orange.

As an example, this is her Radiant Aura:



I also made my Electric/Fire Blaster's Fire Sword a bright purplish color, and called it a "plasma sword". Also, I have an Earth/Cold Controller that I made match theme by selecting the Crystals graphics for the Primary, and making them the same dull tan as his Secondary. His ice shields look like rock crystals, almost the same as the crystals of his Primary, and his "storm" powers are clouds of sand. (No pictures of either, unfortunately)