LISAR

Originally Posted by Leo_G

I probably get far too defensive when it comes to Stalker concepts and proliferation, but do people actually think this way? Or are they only half joking?

Because a man made of ice can be just as clear as glass...invisible, one might say.

Not that you even need to explain being invisible ice (concept = you're a stalker therefore you can turn invisible. end of story) but it's the easier concept to explain.

Originally Posted by Haggard4Life

Heh. I have a Fire Melee character that I'd like to see most of his attacks use fire swords. Hopefully when they get around to the new melee animations, both of us will get our wish.

Originally Posted by Radmind

The following powers have alternate animation choices:

Primary Sets: Dark Blast, Electric Blast, Energy Blast, Fire Blast, Radiation Blast, Ice Blast, Sonic Blast, Mind Blast.

Secondary Sets: Psionic Assault, Sonic Resonance, Icy Assault, Fiery Assault, Mental Manipulation, Energy Assault, Electricity Manipulation, Integration.

Originally Posted by BrandX

Not that I'm against it, but seeing as how you know...instead of completeing the mission and logging out, why not just exit the mission?

I mean, yes, it's a QoL change, but if it even took a few hours, I'd rather they work on something else, than something people can just hit the exit button on, and be done with.

Originally Posted by Slashman

I'm not even sure how I should respond to this part. I feel like I should say something...but...I just don't know what!

Originally Posted by Eva Destruction

Once again you have no idea what you're talking about.

Originally Posted by Dz131

uhhh there's a arc that says cole train screwed his grand daughter?

Originally Posted by Mandu

The people who have a knee jerk negative reaction to knockback are the same types who have a knee jerk reaction to confuse. And they are the same types who will kick team members if they click the glowies in the TV respec. They think they know how to play the game, they make assumptions, and they have never bothered to actually observe to see if their belief is founded on reality. I don't consider being kicked from teams like that bad. I consider it a helpful gesture on their part to point out to me that they don't know how to play and would make bad team mates.

Originally Posted by je_saist

Please. Learn. The. Difference.

Originally Posted by Warkupo

I'm going to specifically address this, since it seems to be coming up a lot. I'm not sure why SO only users feel or got the idea that SO's should be on equal terms with IO's, because they aren't, and they never have been. IO's provide multiple enhancements in one slot, set bonuses, and other, much more specific buffs like KB protection, global recharge, global acc, etc. Generally speaking, IO's are superior to SO's, and are more "difficult" to obtain than SO's.

The only promise towards SO's is that the game, as it was before IO's, would be balanced around the assumption of their sole use. Given that people have "tolerated" KB for the last six years, an IO that changed KB to KD is not at all out of line with this design principal. You aren't losing anything you already had in deciding not to use a -KB IO, but neither are you gaining the benefits it would have offered. It's the same for anyone who decided not to use a KB Protection IO, a Stealth IO, a Luck of the Gambler +Rech, or any of the other options available.

I'm not really on the same boat about feeling that everyone should have the option of turning KB off either. There are likely some huge balance issues I'm not bothering to think about behind doing that. Requiring at least some sort of limitation on how much -KB you can put into your powers makes me feel far more comfortable with this type of change in that you have to give up "something", even if it's just a slot, in order to obtain -KB in your powers.

I also don't like allowing people to slot -KB right out of the gate either. They should become familiar with how the set is intended to play first so that they can better make a decision for themselves on what powers they feel should have -KB, or if they actually like KB. Allowing a checkbox type system would force the hive mentality of the playerbase to dictate whether or not someone should have KB, and probably wind up killing whatever choice anyone had in the matter. The lowest I would allow a -KB IO to be slotted is probably 20 or 25.

Ultimately this probably requires a lot more in depth analysis, as I'm sure there's at least 1 or 3 powers that might become drastically overpowered by allowing -KB.

Originally Posted by Warkupo

Not really. Make it an IO that gives: Dam, +Special Effect: Lowers KB Magnitude.
Call it something like "Oppressive Gravity" or "Vertical Velocity"

Luck of the Gambler is allowed to do something similiar, so I don't foresee a huge problem in something like that.

Originally Posted by The_Coming_Storm

Do you honestly think I am an idiot?

Originally Posted by LISAR

not it

Originally Posted by Steelclaw

Zombie Apocalypse MMO with real-time infestation/spread of disease.

Make it so.

Originally Posted by Obscure Blade

Some female player really needs to answer "Estrogen".