Leo_G

Have you played CoX? The GAME and the STORY are separate. As is, it doesn't matter much your actions, because you'll get the same story. The souvenirs will read the same. The enemies in the next mission will not know the difference.

I say that because the 'idea' isn't inherently 'bad' because there are great literary works that use this. Iconic novels and short stories that don't end on a chipper note. Authors who end a marginal amount of their work where not everything is 'happily ever after'.

Just like there are fathoms of countless stories on the shelves with radically different approaches and endings to give readers the variety of choice, I'd advocate the same for CoX missions. Because as is, the majority (I rarely ever come across a mission that doesn't have a happy ending) of our missions are rudimentary in their resolution.

As for the OP's idea, I'm still on the fence. Just like we have these reactions in this thread, you're bound to have people that hate 'auto-failing' (even if it's not actually a failure, just red words popping up on the screen). But I'd like more diversity in mission scope and resolution. Branching stories, not-so-nice endings, more objectives, etc.

Well then perhaps go read some literature? Because that 'downer ending' is a literary tool not uncommonly used. I can't say the same is used for movies and anime but comparing that to the CoX mission stories, they aren't the same.

As is, I often only skim the contact dialog and NPC dialog and forget the rest. Because I can get filled in on what's actually happening after finishing the whole thing reading about the souvenirs...because you know it's going to have the same old happy ending.

Just FYI, the OP isn't suggesting some overblown 'snuf pr0n' you're accusing him (and another FYI, started making you sound like a ranting troll. no disrespect). Just an additional way of telling a story.

*drops down an oil slick just in case he tries to run*

*...yeah it probably won't ignite. so wut?!*

I've already got 1 extra character in the works. ^^

Also, do you not get in-set ST confuse powers to stack with it? SoC is great (if you've got domination) but you still have to deal with the bosses and such.

I know there are powers that launch from the eyes. Really, the only place you see that is Radiation blast. That's why I think it is conceptually fitting to have 1-2 more attacks within that set to also shoot from the eyes.

Same goes for fire, since you've got Breath of Fire, it'd be easy to make a 'dragon' or 'fire breather' if you changed the basic tier 1 and 2 attacks (and perhaps fireball) into a mouth attack. No need for other emanation points for that set because the others would make little sense and only widen the conceptual disparity of this set. What I mean is:

Fire Blast Set:
1. Fire Blast (hands or mouth)
2. Flares (hands or mouth)
3. Fireball (hands or mouth)
4. Rain of Fire (hands)
5. Fire Breath (mouth)
6. Blaze (hands)
7. Blazing bolt (hands)
8. Inferno (body)

Notice that the suggestion revolves around hands and mouth animations. Also notice, there are powers without alternate animations. Also notice that some of those without alternate animations wouldn't make sense to come from anywhere else (Rain of Fire and Fire Breath). Adding eye, chest and body to the mix would just make the set look more unfocused.

Lastly, simply making them emanate from some specified point with simplified animation would result in the travesty that is CO. I have nothing against their game but alot of the animations just look...lazy and boring because eye, chest and hand animations are basically the same. I don't want that.

Well, from a Stalker perspective, you're dealing with enemies on a single target bases no matter what you do (talking DM here, one of the weakest AoE sets you can get). Unless you can drop a particular target *faster* than it takes to animate ToF, you're ultimately getting more survival than not using it. It's like defeating a foe...for 20ish seconds.

For me, dropping a target at the start of the fight and then mitigating 2 more for nearly the rest of the fight (ToF and Placate) add more survival than...well, just beating down things 1-by-1 as fast as I can...and for me, it's not a choice of one or the other but do the one at the start of the fight(where there is a higher chance of defeat) and then move onto the other tactic quickly after.

I suppose you can then consider it a situational power, but using it once or twice at the beginning of every fight adds up.

Okay, I did not know that

So it has Electrical Field which provides several buffs: fly, +flight speed and heal resistance.

And it also has a buff that gives it several dozen mags of Untouchable...

I'm sure, during Untouchable status (like after Rise of the Phoenix), you can buff yourself (I think only the 'Only affecting self' buff stops you from using certain buffs...I dunno...)...

So...How does that BU proc work? Does it give the caster/pet a temp power?

I suppose you're right...but then it doesn't *have* any buffs that affect the caster. It only has 1(?) ranged attack.

I'd like some confirmation on that unique tho.

*Nothing* can target itself, not even players.

I was gonna say this too but I don't know what the hell it is! They haven't said at all if they're just idle standing emotes, 'pose' emotes or some full blown ninja-run-esque stance you're always in until you turn it off.

I just want to *KNOW*!

Yes, those are just tan lines from an oddly shaped swim suit

Meh. Use that argument for Stalker DA. It doesn't hold up there and doesn't hold up for the Scrapper version. That tankers can replenish that massive amount of HP for the exact same endurance cost as those ATs with less HP is a positive to the tanker version.