Jet_Boy

I think a lot of it's going to come from what kind of player you are? If you're building for numbers, then I'm sure that there might be other set that are better for survivability (or whatever your goal is)

However if you allow concept to dictate creation, then there's an unquantifiable myriad of reasons why to take SR over anything/everything else.

It's all how you play.

... coming summer of 2020

I called it.

Nolan knew he could never get past The Dark Knight; Ledger's performance, followed by his death insured that TDK would be the Nolan film everyone remembers from this "sequence." With TDKR he pulled the pin on the current franchise giving Bale an out and insuring that the studio will have to reboot the franchise in some way while leaving his "vision" complete and book-ended.

The first movie will be forgotten, the second revered (TDK is good enough to stand alone), and the third a foot note.

YMMV

No, for the average player the difficulty is... well... ok.

Yes... the baseline 0/0 should be reset back to actually mean "0/0"

The Balls of Light spells from Night Ward, maybe?

And I agree wholeheartedly on those options to get around a "sticky" issue. But the standard difficulty should still use the average player as the baseline. the difficulty should be able to be raised for more experienced players, or lowered for players facing some issues with the understanding that these settings are optional shifts away from the "standard" level the game is developed for.

If an individual player is at the bottom of the scale and it's still too hard to complete (or to be fair, the top of the scale and it's still too easy) then it's really not the game, it's the player. However, if many players are doing a mission and having to set things to the lowest setting just to succeed - even though you or I might not have the issue - then it's not hand-holding, it's an issue that needs to be looked at and possibly adjusted to fit the average player.

If I run a table-top RPG game for a group and after the first couple of encounters they as a whole keep wiping, I modify the adventure. Not that I think or don't think that it's too easy (my opinion really doesn't matter at that point), but because my player base is playing at a different level, and I want them to keep playing.

If it's just one guy, then we work together to find out why the one player's having an issue.

You're right. but the standard difficulty (0/0) should be set with the average player in mind.

In a balanced RPG "adventure," this means that the average player at the baseline level of difficulty should feel challenged but not overwhelmed, and should be able to complete any given goal with a minimum of frustration so that they can enjoy the experience of the game and (here's the most important point) continue playing.

With some of the game advancements coming from the development team these days, I think they may lose sight of that sometimes.

(edit: Thinking about it, the standard RPG model may not exactly fit the newest evolution of the F2P model, since the earning is based on micro-transactions and not loyalty purchases as much. The jury may still be out on that as COH keeps evolving. I'll still let my comment stand for basic RPG adventure design though)

Even those - although they would be a darn sight better than Lassie - are still don't fit the set. Look at the set as a whole a dog of any kind simple doesn't fit thematically. Unfortuantly I don't see any "fix" in the future, it seems destined to be part of the "This is the way it is, deal with it." Developer's List.

When Wolverine was the mysterious little psychopath that was one thing. Occasional snippets of his past added to his flavor. He really went down hill when they gave him the adamantium back.

(Best Wolvie scene ever... taking out Harry Leland in Byrne's Hellfire Club story)

That looks like ****.

It was, on Max's first attempt to leave the refinery compound.