MayorOfAngrytown

This.

I'm over the BAF simply because of this. As a mission it's cool I guess, but I like the other 2 trials better even without the rediculous "all your powers look recharged but none of them really are" lag that is the escapee phase.

Yeah, that @#$% has got to stop. I don't have too many lag issues with trials outside this one particular thing. Please fix this somehow.

For the record, I like the trials, but I don't feel the need to run them all every time I sit down to play. I also solo most of the time, if only because it lets me pick what I want to do more easily. Still, team content, especially where I have to move around, trigger self heals, watch for clueless team-mates not paying attention to their Seq warnings (seriously, still people?), and all the other so called "false difficulty" stuff is fun as well.

Having said that, this is another one where I don't see the big deal in adding very difficult soloable iContent. Make them difficult in mob size and extraneous mechanics. All of them have to have the potential for failure, just like the trials. Empy merit on a timer for finishing the arc (not single solo mission, I mean really) and astrals for certain objectives. Same reward tables.*

No reason it couldn't be balanced out.







* - Mark my words, these missions come about, there will be threads about how the reward tables are broken, and why in the name of <insert> does <poster's name here>'s omfgwtfbbq <AT> get <reward roll that is not deemed worthy of perception of performance>.

Can I get that badge without actually reading this thread.

A: There is no evidence that will be the case with every new issue. They will have some for Incarnate trials only, but see point B for what I think will be the majority of new costume parts.

B: As of Issue 21 subscribers and non-subscribers will have a plethora of costume options unlockable for cash (paragon point) purchase. It's a safe bet they plan on releasing new ones to the store on a regular basis. Revenue stream.

Methinks you missed the part where the only costume pieces tied to it are Incarnate costume pieces. The word "All" is a bit hyperbolic.

Of which there are a gajillion (hyperbole) already available, and very soon purchasable through PPoints. Which, by the way, is probably what they are banking on as a major revenue stream in the f2p model. It reeks a little of QQ to single out a, what, couple dozen parts (out of how many in this game again?) simply because you don't *want* to do the content for which they are a reward.

To put it another way, keeping them as an incarnate reward isn't going to have any affect on costume pieces being a draw to the game given the mass of them that will be in the PPoint store, plus the ones that are free, plus the ones that are unlockable through all sorts of other content.

I never said costume pieces were not important to me, I said I failed to see them being tied to a trial reward as being a problem. They are dirt cheap in terms of merits, and unlocked account wide.


Why doesn't anyone complain that they have to run the ITF multiple times in order to unlock the Nictus shield? It's the same thing. If I want my Rularuu hammer or sword, I have to go to the Shadow Shard to get it. Same thing. There were already costume rewards that are locked behind content.

This.

You don't get the badges for completing them without running them, what makes costume pieces any different?

It's a costume piece. Nothing about it makes it a must have. Nothing at all. It's simply a reward for a certain piece of content. Really shouldn't be that big of a deal.

Furthermore, there are avenues to astral merits outside of trials, so should be even less of a big deal.

I, personally, fail to see the problem.

Edit: I forgot to mention there is a flaw in your first complaint; Incarnate costume pieces can only be worn by lvl 50s.

Thus locking out players who don't play at lvl 50 in the first place.

This. Admittedly, I've not run the Keyes trial yet, but I imagine that a well balanced team isn't going to go from steamrolling (or regular old success) to completely crippled (and thus failure) based on your choice of powersets - just like the other trials.

Take any one of those combinations that you find fun to play, then pimp it out (partially optional), get an alpha if not slotted already, and start running trials for lvl shifts. Develop new tricks and tactics, work with the team, pay attention to leaders and all the various extra parameters (sequestration, fist, disintegration, polar opposite dmg field thingy, fuzzy bunnies designed to lull you into a sense of security, whatever), that sort of stuff matters more than powerset choice.

Successful trials are more about the players than the toons they bring. Team composition is somewhat important, but that can only go so far if players start getting lax. The other side of that are teams with lots of outlier level uber-builds. Steamrolling is Steamrolling, at that point you could bring anything you wanted.

My impression is that it's less forcing than it seems right now. Think about it; a league full of tanks (or really, any AT that doesn't normally carry a heal) carrying T4 Rebirth, perhaps just with a enough Barrier and Ageless to keep them layered, if not doubled up. Bam. Everyone R HLR. Okay, so then it's "forcing" everyone to choose a certain power, but not really since that's an extreme example that would have to be coordinated beforehand. Besides, I took that power anyway on my brute.

None of the Incarnate power's recharge times are affected by Spiritual's +rech component.

My understanding was that the pets themselves should benefit from the +rech for their own powers, but I could be mistaken.

In answer to the OP: Rrruuuuuuuulllaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! At least for my spiky cloud of death looking scrapper. Probably Cims for the brute, but I haven't decided for certain. Already have a t1 seer on that character. Adding the psi dmg and fortitude might be the way to go though, even if the Cims suit his look way way better.

Yeah, that's basically the first thing that came to my mind as well. Less strike/reset, more flowing one attack into another. Perhaps it's a modified version of combos/fury. The more swings, the quicker/smoother the flow becomes. The bar drops like a fury bar, slowing your flow, or rises speeding your flow. Key difference being that only your attacks count, not getting attacked. The combo aspect would just dictate how one attack animates into another without resetting the stance.

Yeah, maybe that plays into brute playstyle - but so does Power Siphon in theory and many folks prefer that set on scrappers over brutes. (haven't tried the latter, can't speak to it).

Either way, I've been wanting a 2-handed set that wasn't a katana since day one. I'll be playing this set a lot. (Nothing against Katana, fine weapon that, just wanted other 2 hander choices)

Edit: I see Leo beat me to the "similar to combos" idea, without the bar. Which makes more sense and is more likely. The "bar" I guess could be considered hypothetical. (experation timer on each buff)

Gah!

Stop posting things that I agree with, you're making me look like a synchophant!

Cool. I missed that little bit. But I miss a lot of things. Nice to see goldside going in this direction, even it if takes a while.

Are there actually missions that send you to MI or arcs within? I've wandered through there whomping on random things, but aside from maybe forming a GM team and heading there, does it have any content of its own? (honest question). The times I went there never really felt the same as the blueside hazard zone though. Maybe that's a lvl thing. They seem much more daunting as a lowbie compared to hopping into one with a lvl50 that solos x8 missions as a matter of course.

I like the Faultline idea - with Arachnos there it totally makes sense and would be a nice level range for a redside hazard zone, though I was thinking more in the 35-45 range with the Praetorian beachhead idea.

But what about the bleeps, the creeps, and the sweeps???