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I just can't believe that a poll resulted in 85% to 15%, and the 15% result was still used.

I really appreciate that you made sure that the margins were adequate for forum functionality, but you should have done the same thing with #1 instead of #2. You still can.

For me, it's not a matter of "is KB good" or "is KB bad". It's different in different situations, and depending on playstyle preferences, it may be overwhelmingly good, overwhelmingly bad, or somewhere in between.

I personally love single target ranged attacks with any kind of KB. The KB is usually more beneficial than it is detrimental, in my experience, especially when solo.

I also love single target melee attacks with 100% chance to KB (I guess that's just Power Thrust, right?), particularly on non-melee characters (I probably wouldn't use it much on a melee character, but it would still be both fun and useful on occasion with one).

I love ranged cones and AoEs with 100% chance to KB at small magnitudes when solo, or on a small team with limited AoE powers. I think that's pretty much just Shockwave. It's awesome solo and on small teams (like 2-3).

I like ranged cones and AoEs with less than 100% chance to KB when solo, or on a small team with limited AoE powers. The lower than 100% chance causes more scatter than usual, but if I don't need to worry about keeping enemies in range of Radiation Infection or something similar in order to survive, it's no big deal, and generally beneficial.

I feel guilty using ranged and AoEs cones with 100% chance to KB at small magnitudes when solo, or on a small team with limited AoE powers. Again, that's pretty much just Shockwave, but I've had it knock people away from where a teammate was about to place a patch, or slide foes close enough to the next spawn to be unable to engage them in melee without adds, that I've just dropped it from my Claws Scrapper and picked up Spin instead. I love Shockwave, so this was disappointing, and I plan to pick it up again when this IO comes out.

I tolerate single target melee attacks with less than 100% KB, as long as it's only on one attack in my chain. I've got a character that has Crane Kick, and if I didn't absolutely love the animation, I'd drop it for a different attack. But I deal with it KBing stuff I don't want to KB and (this is important as well) it not KBing stuff I do want to KB.

I strongly dislike ranged cones and AoEs on large teams, or teams that need AoE buff/debuffs/damage/control/taunts to survive or make progress at a decent speed. The KB is more disruptive than beneficial due to the scatter in most of these cases, and I don't enjoy the moments when I fire off Energy Torrent or Explosive Blast only to see my teammate drop Freezing Rain where half the group just was, or I knock the guy with Darkest Night on him out of range of a Boss or two that then whack me or someone else much harder than they otherwise would have (if they'd have even hit in the first place). I really hate wanting to use Wormhole as much as my Fire Controller teammate can use Flashfire, and having to hold it for when we're near a corner.

I hate PBAoE KB unless I'm solo or on a small team where nobody has any meaningful AoE powers. It's one of the most disruptive things in the game. Jumping in to a spawn and using Hand Clap right off the start on every spawn (like I used to do when the game first came out) when you're on a team with Fulcrum Shift or other fantastic AoE powers that everyone benefits from is about the worst thing a teammate can do. It's also a stupid thing to do if you have Foot Stomp, and you just negated your ability to hit everyone with it. Obviously, this can be mitigated somewhat, by standing on the edge of the group and trying to use it like a cone. It's usually not very successful, and that's not really the fun in using a power like Hand Clap. For the record, I'm very disappointed in this situation, because I think Hand Clap is a fantastically epic power that belongs in any superhero game. I just think this game is designed in a way that makes large amounts of scatter a detriment in most teaming situations.

I mostly dislike uncontrolled pets with AoE KB unless I'm solo or on a small team where nobody has any meaningful AoE powers. There's no way you're going to "control" this KB with skill. You're not even in control of it. That being said, Phantom Army makes up for its KB because of the aggro control and damage it also provides. The Thug with Hand Clap KB (it's KD now, right?) was often infuriating.

So, over the 8 years I've been playing this game, I've found myself caring more about the teaming situations, and because of that, I would like a way to convert AoE KB into KD. I have an Energy/Energy Blaster that I love, but she does not have Energy Torrent or Explosive Blast, because I found them to be disruptive enough on teams that I would have to hold them back for certain circumstances. Eventually I realized that I'd enjoy myself more if I simply dropped them for two other powers. Now I'll be able to pick one up again.

I think the pro- and anti-KB people are both right. The pro-KB people just likely prefer different situations than I do, and the anti-KB people probably prefer situations similar to the ones I do.

So, yeah, I think it's mostly just playstyle preferences, so I'm happy we're getting this IO, and I hope we'll get a couple more types so I can slot one in Wormhole and Hand Clap.

I would like more outdoor instanced maps. I don't like open world content, as I prefer to play just with my friends.

I don't mind traveling to and from missions in the open world, but I like to think of my character being a superhero in a world full of superheroes, and that's difficult to do when I'm constantly encountering people like xXN I N J AXx and Nurse Spanksalot, and I'd rather not have to team up with them for zone events. People that like characters like that deserve to play the game the way they like too, but I'd rather play with people who are like-minded with me when it comes to character concept.

Will do, I can always use more of those.

Sorry, man, according to Kevin Feige, Marvel's President of film Production, it's Tony's father, and that is indeed supposed to be the Tesseract in his notes:

As a Hulk fan, who has often been disappointed with his portrayal in various media (including comics), the period from when he first entered the fight in the invasion until the end of the movie made me very emotional. I never imagined that I'd get to see the Hulk portrayed on the big screen like this. Laugh if you like, but I teared up at seeing him single-handedly take out that massive serpent thing, and each successive scene with him just got better. Getting to see him be a hero instead of a monster, following Captain America's orders, fighting alongside Thor, and saving Iron Man was a very big deal to me.

The CG version of the Hulk also looked perfect. I had complaints about the Ang Lee hulk looking too smooth and plasticky with a baby face, and the Norton Hulk was overly detailed (muscles on muscles) and his face would distort when he'd scream, but this one was perfect.

I was really disappointed when they dropped Edward Norton, but Mark Ruffalo was fantastic.

Joss and the actors did an amazing job, the studio obviously didn't mess it up at all, and I just couldn't imagine the movie being better.