Johnny_Butane

Now you've made a case for Vanguard and Freedom Corps scrapping all of their current offensives planned to focus on teleporting burning buildings to Keyes Island and the Hive.

Also, I want to slot that in my Omega. Do you think it would still work if said building was a cottage?



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OK, now the definition of 'cosmic menace' can vary from person to person. In my opinion, it would mean that you'd have to have power on a cosmic scale or at least exert your power on a cosmic scale. In the case of physical power, you'd at least have to be at the "planet pushing" level. None of the Praetors have demonstrated this yet, certainly not Marauder, Siege or Nightstar.

I'd be hesitant to justify calling the Praetors as such on the shaky foundation that they're causing trouble cross dimensions, because the fact is they were doing that before and if that's all that it takes to be 'cosmically powerful', player characters and Red Caps already qualify.

So if we are to assume that the Praetors were around the power level of their Phalanx and Vindicator counterparts originally, them being as powerful as an army now would mean that none of the Phalanx and Vindicators were at that level.

We're not talking mainstream DC comics levels of power in that case. Besides Supes, I would say at least four of the big seven JLers could smoke a typical army in a straight fight.

We're looking more at Avengers level power here, maybe around the levels of the JL/JLU animated series; which has been the general consensus I've always heard. I've always described CoH's universe to the uninitiated as "DC's outlook of heroes on Marvel's scale".

Statesman, being the outlier, I'd put on the same footing as Thor and Hulk. Manticore/Hawkeye and Positron/Iron Man could slug it out all day and stalemate. Sister Psyche vs Jean Grey or Professor X, I'd have to side against Psyche. There may be way more psions per-capita in the CoH universe, but there are fewer at the top levels. She'd just lack the fighting experience in that league.


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By the same token, a SS Brute or Tanker can clap their hands and create a shockwave. Stomp their feet and shake the earth. That suggests a massive degree of strength. Yet un-powered Malta, 1960's citizens of St Martial and Cimerorans can resist getting knocked over/down by them and not become a fine red mist by being punched by them.

The game and spin-off media do many things well, but presenting power levels and doing it consistently isn't one of them. We can't even pick up and throw cars and that's fundamental. :P

EDIT: I just shot a protester wearing a tank top with a magnum. She got up and threw a rock at me.


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I don't personally need a completely free-form system.
I could be happy with a system much like the existing one, provided some changes were made. Heck, even if they just revamped the current system a little and loosened things up a bit:

-Allow players to choose their primary and secondary sets but give them the freedom to swap their Primary with their Secondary as needed, like builds. In other words, allow people to go between being a "Defender" or "Corrupter" as needed.

-Fold the Epic/Patron Pools into the regular Power Pools. Create more pools and expand the number of powers in the existing ones. A pool of firearm attacks, a pool of melee weapons, etc.

-Give players their damn travel powers at level 1.


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What of Deadpool, who is physically resilient by way of Regeneration and has both ranged and melee attacks in Dual Blades, Pistols AND Martial arts?

Or Batman, who has Willpower, Martial Arts, ranged attacks, holds, team buffs, etc.

Iron Man 'does everything too'. And Thor.

The fact of the matter is, pretty much every super hero has at least one melee attack, one ranged attack ability, something that keeps them in the fight (be it dodging, force of will or invulnerability), some way they buff or shield their teammates (leadership, power ring bubble, encouragement) and some way of subduing enemies (web, bear hug, block of ice).

Yes, most super heroes DO do everything. Granted, that's not the same as doing everything exceptionally well. Deadpool, while his melee abilities are top tier, probably isn't that great a long range shot and he relies on his self rez quite a bit.

But that's much different than what we have currently, which is that Deadpool is absolutely not allowed to carry guns period, and if he was it would only be after level 41. And no way is he allowed to have swords and ever roundhouse kick someone.

To me, comics don't resound with what classes and ATs are usually about, which is "I really only do two things and only one of them well". Heck, it doesn't really work in the context of a lot of genres.

"Durr! I'm a knight and couldn't possibly work dat dere crossbow!"

Instead of

"Well, I'm trained in crossbow and can use it if I put the shield down for a second, but the armor makes it slower to reload".



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Because if the stars are aligned properly, you can get a tick of +endurance from your recovery after the crash takes your endurance but before your toggles tick each of their endurance withdrawals.


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Sorry. I can't get behind Archetypes as they're currently implemented. They're far too limited and restrictive. Too many comic characters don't fit into the ones we have and rather than try and make up a dozen more ATs to properly accommodate those kinds of characters, I think the AT concept should be ditched.

Sure, put guidelines for casual/new players to follow so they have a viable character, but don't dictate to me that my swordsman can't carry a pair of guns or that my flying strong man isn't allowed to throw a fire ball if he wants or that a martial artist can't be psychic.


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All super heroes and villains now come from the planet Zeist.



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There's alternate attack animations for Jab, Punch and Haymaker that fit their names a little better.

KO Blow's new animation is a classic Kirk-Fu two-fisted uppercut, which also resembles the the coup de grâce Optimus Prime delivers to Megatron in the 80's transformers movie.

Foot Stop has a ground punch alternate. Hurl and Hand Clap don't have any animation options.

Incidentally, Martial Arts got a variety of Punches as alternates for most of the kicks.


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Yes.

You will flat out do 20% more damage to a single target you're attacking, regardless if it's an AV or GM, provided you lead with your tier 1 and use it at least once every 10 seconds to refresh the effect.

Your team will also do more damage to said target. Numerically, a single Tanker now adds more damage to a team than a single Brute does by virtue of being a force multiplier.

You should also respec because the Fitness Pool is now an Inherent power. You get Hurdle, Swift, Health and Stamina automatically at level 2. You may slot these powers as normal.



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Chances are, YES.

The invasions are for a limited time because likely a community rep is going to be manually sitting there, logged in to the server, spawning in waves like how they spawn in giant monsters to the Pocket D during Dev get-togethers.

They're not a programmed event as such like the Rikti invasions or the Banner events or Zombies.
They did the same thing last year with Longbow and Arachnos "invasions" to zones at a specific time. Expect them to throw some AVs in for the heck of it.


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Congratulations. Now I've seen a Tanker solo a GM who isn't Sally.

Now I wonder if it can be done with more 'middle of the road' power sets. Fire Armor and Pyre Mastery are very slanted to damage. What about a WP and Stone Mastery or Invul and Energy Mastery.



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So I should make a video of a Tanker defeating a GM without pets to prove my stance that Tankers can't defeat GMs without pets?

You fail logic.



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Yeah, he sure showed me that he didn't need pets to defeat a GM on a Tanker by making another video of himself using pets to defeat a GM on a Tanker.
/sarcasm


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No, I fault Masterminds for being far more flexible and self reliant out of the box than any one AT should be, able to damage, debuff, buff and tank.

Yes, I gripe when one pool out of eight has two insanely powerful abilities that utterly blow the seven other pools out of water.

Cause Lol Eye Beams, Salt Crystals and Physical Perfection are so epic and awesome and are totally just as good. /sarcasm



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Are they using the League system? If so, try it without and see if it makes a difference.

"Leagues" are currently an anagram of "u see lag"



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It wasn't a Tanker in that video that defeated Paladin. It was Warworks pets and Soul Mastery.

I've dropped a few AVs with a Tanker since Bruising and before the Incarnate system. Requiem, Black Scorpion, Scirocco.

I've yet to see a solo Tanker take down a GM except for Sally. Period.



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Spending time BAFing to get Lore. How is that different than spending time to get Shivians? It's not. They're both external sources of damage and for most people, Shivians, like Lore pets, are what makes the difference. If I can "solo" GMs with Warworks and pets, anyone can. It's not my feat, my build, or skill, it's the pets.

Under that criteria, dual-boxing could be considered "solo" too becuase it's "just you", right?



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Yeah, but with ghost robots and a Widow. Hardly solo.
It wasn't so much you as it was them doing the work and you being a distraction.

Heck, Warworks alone can drop a Pylon themselves twice as fast as any Tanker with no player contribution other than some healing or taunting. They're that broken good.

Don't get me wrong, I've taken down Kraken, Eochai and a Monster Island Lattice with them myself, but I would never call it "solo".

But hey, Sally is a GM too, right? So there's always that.

Nay.



[Edit] Gloom and the Soul Mastery pool is pretty broken too, for that matter.

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Yes, that other super hero MMO that inherited an "updated" version of CoH's engine also inherited all the performance problems.

It's time to look elsewhere.



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Ah, but the beauty of the Incarnate system: it's not a step you have to commit to. Rebirth and Ageless are not mutually exclusive for a character. You can have access to either at any time. Outside of trials, I rarely even use Dull Pain, let alone need Rebirth. I don't currently have Ageless, but I'll be working towards it for solo play.

I've got a love-hate relationship with Rage. If you look at the power as it's supposed to be used without stacking, the crash is kind of ridiculous. Other sets out-perform SS for damage, yet they don't have to suffer crashes. On a team, a few Kins negate Rage totally.

But, with +recharge you get into stacking, and between crashes the damage is pretty good. At the same time, Rage is likely helping to keep SS from being proliferated to Scrappers for the time being, so it's not all bad.

Ultimately, for me, Rage is a broken(in a bad way bad) mechanic with an equally broken(in a good way) exploit that partially redeems it, but probably shouldn't.


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True, but Ageless would take care of the endurance needs, and a Reactive DoT would mean you were still dealing damage over the crashes, if not using Judgement or vet powers. Seems like it could be a hassle clicking all the time, but insane results none the less.


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