Leo_G

Okay, can anyone figure out this problem for me?

I wasn't able to log on at all before but after changing my game account password, I could for a while. But now, the forums seem to have formed an anti-body to my connection. Everytime I log in, it goes to the logged-in screen that then redirects me to the previous page I was on. However, I'm logged out again when I do.

This is the case with my laptop from home connection, my phone and my phone tethered to my laptop. When I take my laptop somewhere else or connect my phone to wifi (other than home connection) or just use someone else's computer, it works fine. What did they do to the forums that *now* make me unable to connect with *my* means of connection?

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Firstly, for ranged ATs you have Defender, Corruptor and Blaster. Controllers could ba categorized as a ranged AT considering their primary means of attack is going to be at range. And if Blasters can be considered ranged with their secondary usually having a few means of close combat, I don't see why Doms can't be considered ranged with just some melee amended to their ranged primary.

So that's Def, Corr, Blast, Cont, and Dom (5) and they all have different flavors to their set combo to make them very different.

Now for melee? Tanker, Stalker, Brute and Scrap (4) and they all have melee and armor as their primary and secondary. Their tactics may be different but their make-up is the same.

All in all, it's arguable if there are "too many melee ATs".

As for your rendition of assault sets...eh, then they cease being assault sets when you change powers and concept direction.

Personally, I'd rather the AT have straight up melee sets as their means of attack with maybe Taunt being removed for something appropriate for the AT. The buff/debuff secondary would be what is changed, swapping out some team utility for personal utility. So rather than cutting the AT at the kneecaps by AT mods, the AT would automatically have limited team support because they simply would lack certain powers. The AT wouldn't be able to outbuff Defender FF not because of AT mods but because it wouldn't have Dispersion Bubble or what have you. Instead, it might get a personal version with weaker defense but better mez protection (for themselves).

Several things....

1. Double drop rates? I doubt it would happen but maybe a slight improvement to drop rates. Maybe an improvement to the chances of getting a drop by something like 33% or in the ballpark of a quarter. But then improve yields more. Not an expert on rewards tables but something like a disproportionate improvement to chances of getting uncommon or rares vs commons. So that rather than completely filling your inventory with common junk 2x as fast, you'll gain everything slightly faster and a better chance at uncommon junk.

2. End of mission/arc bonus. Possible point of exploit; turn off inf there or to kill a boss and improve the drops just for them. So how about a kind of inf debt that you incur upon turning the option on? At this point you don't earn inf or get improved drops but the drop bonus will turn on after paying the debt with dropped inf you'd have gotten.

3. Coupons! This option could come with the bonus of adding coupons to the drop tables and even really nice stuff like merits! So tailor cupons, crafting coupons, and other stuff that might cost you inf to use.

4. Vendors. They still give you inf for your junk. So how about changing that chatty vault secretary into someone that wants our junk (*smirk*)? There'd be progress bars on stuff you can get rif of (like badges) and when you get to 100%, you get the prize and start over again. Ex: trade 20 temp power recipies for a basic IO of your choosing. trade 15 pieces of random common salvage for a random uncommon drop. trade 25 pieces of any common salvage for a piece of common salvage of your choosing.

Lol how difficult would this be?...

Okay, a UI option that you toggle on and off by right-clicking then choosing from a menu that then changes your arrow into like a perforated 3D arching arrow that'd control your KB like a golf sim. The arrow stays centered so moving the mouse to the left curves all your KB that way. Pushing the mouse forward aims further forward while pulling back aims up. Scrolling forward increases the speed (and distance) while scrolling back slows down the velocity to a slow aerial tumble. It'd change all your KB per activation while aiming and default to normal when you right click again.

I think its a good idea to hop up every now and again to get the circulation going, maybe do some squats or something to put stress on the legs, especially for those that don't have a set routine.

Me? I used to do arm curls, push ups and chair dips when I was playing during school because I didn't have the time to do that on my own and play and I wanted bigger arms/chest. Now? I just don't play as often. I do other stuff. But I still get up and walk around during load times cause my bum gets no cushion from my game chair.

Semantics. Unlockable alludes to being accessible by that character in some fashion (unlockable costume pieces/slots for example). But that's beside the point. Even for players that don't like being villainous, I'd assume they like putting heinous criminals behind bars. Well how heinous? You get to set the bar. Does your hero fight off petty thieves or world-threat class types?

It's forced because, if you don't have a villain in the 20s (using the example arc), taken the villain to Nerva and began/finished the example arc, it wouldn't even be accessible to your hero. You'd be locked out. Same deal for a non-equivalent arc being locked off your villain if you don't have a hero leveled and picked up the arc.

I always love these debates. I usually play both sides but prefer blueside for teaming and redside for solo, mission story, setting and atmosphere. On redside, people complain how it looks gray and depressing but seem to neglect how boring blueside looks/feels/paced. And the contacts on redside are quite diverse and I never quite feel like I'm doing the same thing since the climax usually pertains to a different hero I'm suppose to face. Heroes tend to feel like they're busting the same old thugs on the same old streets...but theen it's been a while since I played a hero.

Sam's post about size brough some things into perspective though. I love the redside look, but what he described does make a lot of sense. I think Mercy and Port Oaks seem fine but I could see revamping the zones to be more like Praetoria in that the islands are all close together in a way that you can see them in the distance so it looks like you're hopping from one isle to the next. Maybe dropping some of the more useless points (like the Freakshow forts) and either pushing them to a farer section of the map and increase their scale so they're more significant...there's lots of open water just begging to be taken up by 'stuff'

As to how to fix red side? Forced content.

Kinda like what I do. I make my own villains that my own heroes run into either as backstory or as their Rogue's gallery. I make them villainous, do arcs and TF to make them a threat that my heroes must face.

So, initiate a string of contacts/missions/story points that will pit your heroes against villains from your own server list. But those villains have to be leveled, run the content and hit the story point to be available for your hero to run against (and vise versa).

Example: You make a villain that ran arcs in Nerva where he takes over Argincourt and turn over occupation to Arachnos while you research something with CoT or the Devouring Earth in Primava. [insert conclusion to plot].

Then you level a hero who runs across an arc in that lvl range where you're saving longbow from Arachnos, liberating Agincourt and arresting the above villain of your creation. The reverse would happen on certain arcs but you'd be on your villain while the hero from you list pops up to ruin your research.

You can even have double rewards, one going to each of your created characters involved. If you don't have an equivalent hero/villain on your roster? Better team with someone who does. :P

Now you're talkin.

That concept is intruiging, unique and usable for different concepts over claws or another bladed set...Something like Tipped Knife, with the concept of using foe specific toxins applied to the weapon.

You could even give it a swap ammo-esque gimmick in that it has 2 (or three) of these BU powers but using one makes the others expire and start recharging (so you could ever only use one). One could be 'Acid Tipped' that eats a foes armor (-res/-def), 'Poison Tipped' that swaps part of your lethal dmg for toxic, debuffs regen and a chance of toxic DoT. Maybe these powers can have a longer duration (15-20sec) but a smaller buff (30-40% dmg) to go along with their effects.

That's something different at least...