Kiana Wolf

Just trying to be funny.

...And then they start charging extra. Good job. =P

...Which for some reason makes me happily squee.

Woot. A glass for everybody, then. I'll go hit my stash.


Hey, if makes you feel better, EverStryke, I know how you feel.

All I've got is rum. Good enough?

...I don't know whether to laugh or groan at that joke.

Ditto.

Clearly I should have my adorable little scrapper stalk you until you agree to let her be your sidekick. =D

There's something to be said about having a pint sized nerd that can punch doors off their hinges backing you up...

Never seen them as 'ill defined'. They deal damage. They just trade the Scrapper's random crits for controlled extra damage. Though I main a Martial Arts Scrapper, so maybe I'm not the normal player, but there are other ATs that can handle AoE while the Stalker takes chunk after chunk of health out of more durable enemies.

As for ill defined jobs, how about Mastermind and Brute? Brute has a taunt aura, but unlike the Tanker isn't always durable enough to take the punishment it brings. And I've seen dozens of MMs that could tank better a Stone Tanker.

After all I've seen, CoH is clearly a game that puts teaming first, with soloing and PvP coming in behind it.

And the last time I've heard someone complain about ED has been... I can't recall. It's a matter of comfort: People grow comfortable with the game being this way, so when something new comes along, they get edgy. It takes time for everyone to realize it's not the end of the world and get used to it.

How does the new content ruin the game? Really? There's plenty of radio, AE and TF teams going around, so it can't be due to lack of available players for that content. Is it the time involved? You don't have to invest any time into it if you don't want to, you aren't worse off for it. Is it the matter of PvP balance? Well hard core PvPers would put the time into min-maxing and getting the new shiny abilities anyway.

Well duh. They have to make money to keep the game going and of course they want to profit from it. But that doesn't mean they don't care about player happiness.

Seriously, I've been in some of the ********* MMOs ever devised. Games that weren't fun or interesting, they were just a dull grind for experience points and equipment, nothing more. The quests were boring, the characters were all the same, and some of them that had made promises never kept their word. When I asked about what was the point, where was the fun, I was unanimously told to go do the PvP content or shut up. That was it. The entire game boiled down to getting shiny new crap so you could totally over power other players. No backstory, no roleplaying, nothing but collecting bear ***** and grinding.

So pardon me for being a CoH fangirl and praising the devs when they're the only ones to provide me with a game worth my money.

I don't even want to try to think about that. I'd give you booze if I could. =|

Same. It's not like they're necessary, though. They're just flashy, fun and useful for clearing out the hordes and hordes of alien cannon fodder.

I'm looking forward to beating G'rai's head in again. Last time I could run a mothership raid was back when I was level 47. I'm pretty sure I had a really good Defender or two on the team, because I managed to go toe to toe with the giant jerk for a significant amount of time (and make a significant dent in his health) without anyone else attacking him.

Which is what cemented my love of ship raids for all time. <3

I've played quite a few MMOs... Mostly Ragnarok Online, years ago. I've never played WoW, but I have many, many friends who do... And they've always been raid-this, grind-that, gotta-get-better-loot. Very few even read quest information, let alone the background game lore.

Which puts me at odds with them, because sometimes I just like to sit down and take in the game world. I like to imagine that it's more than just a daily chore, to log on, stab some random monsters and hope for a lucky drop. With CoH, I can do that. CoH gives me the sense that I'm a world filled with super heroes, not just a bunch of people level grinding or botting.

And yet, Stalkers are entertaining to play and some of the most profoundly fun teams I've been on have consisted of seven scrappers and a tanker going up against high difficulty enemies.

Further more, Kheldians aren't 'duds'. They just require a deeper understanding of the game mechanics and, above all, focus. Kheldians can do anything in the game, but can't do everything. Want a durable blaster? Kheldians can do it. How about a Defender with self heals? Kheldians can do it. But it's right there in the description that Kheldians aren't outright specialists in one area. They work best when augmenting a team. But that doesn't mean they're weak. Heck, I've seen a pair of Kheldians that could duo x8 missions.

As a role player and fan of casual-friendly games, I think the devs are awesome.

There's the possibility that they knew they didn't have enough time to produce polished Incarnate content in time for the Alpha slot. So when the decision came down to 'Alpha slot with no content', 'Alpha slot with sloppy content' and 'Late Alpha slot with polished content', they went with the last one. Which is the safe bet, honestly.

There was guaranteed to be someone complaining regardless, and some impatient brats are easier to listen to than a torrent of "PATCH NAO!" whiners.

But not space ghosts. I learned my lesson last time.

As it's been said: Bringing forth the souls of defeated enemies is very magic friendly. Never mind that there are magic and psychic robots in CoH's lore, so having them in Lore doesn't seem like a stretch, now does it?

Not if you use a little imagination and refluff them a bit.

If it's a bunch of strangers getting together without any discussion before hand, it's still a random team.

How does that fit the theme?

When all you have is your fists, the world is a giant punching bag.