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/signed Yes please....
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Quote:Only in part, while the Radiation Emulators do provide long term buffs they don't really add as much immersion as the suggested Training buffs would if implemented along with Training Rooms. Another benefit of the Training buff idea is that a player could actually perfect their combat tactics against a given enemy group while working to get the buff. Thus making them more effective overall rather than just when they are buffed.Originally Posted by Major Deej
Would you consider the currently available Empowerment Stations in the bases as a fair equivalent to this?
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Quote:Fair enough but honestly once work started on Going Rogue pretty much everything was remanded to an "After Going Rogue" time frame. There are other things that have been on the table that could be lower hanging fruit which could possibly trump MM pet changes based on required resources, current time lines and feasibility.Originally Posted by je_saist
Actually it's not a guess.
We do know where Mastermind Customization sits on the list: After Going Rogue Launches it would be looked at.
It was made very plain and clear to all players by multiple red-names, including a demonstration at one of the conventions, as to why Mastermind Pets are not customizable. Mastermind pets are exposed to players under a costume-overlay system, similar to how the Stone Armor set's Granite Armor is exposed, how the Kheldian Shape Forms are exposed, and to how Halloween Costumes are exposed.
Allowing customization of costume overlays requires several more changes not only to the user-interface, but also to the processing engine, and to the database storage engine. The exact difficulty of exposing costume overlays as customizable options is so extensive the developers at one point considered a completely new stone armor design to replace the existing Granite Armor Overlay.
Now that Going Rogue is out, development resources might be available to implement the required changes to the game's internal engines. Which brings us to other things that we know about MM pet customization.
At this point, the intended plans seem to be to allow humanoid pets limited access to themed costume parts. E.G. Thugs will have a variety of vests and pants, but will lack options like Camouflage. Mercs will have costume options with military jackets, camo-pants, bandoliers, and other assorted uniform / military gear. Ninja's will have mostly robes, and so on and so forth.
As far as I am aware the subject of robotic pets has not been addressed by any Paragon Studios employee in an official manner, non-official manner, or off-the-record manner. My guess is that rather than trying to simply filter existing costume parts into each MasterMind theme, the developers will simply introduce new robotic models as pet options.
Pool power customization is a good example, it would be a change that benefits everyone rather than just a single archetype and I believe that the developers have already said that it's something they want to get done. I'm sure there any number of other things that the developers want to implement or change that take precedence over customizing pool powers or MM pets but they haven't to my knowledge provided us with a prioritized list.
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Quote:Still too generic a question. You need some form of context for that question. Something like:Originally Posted by Bad_Dog
You know this is a question you can ask 100 people and get 100 different answers.
You know what would make this thread 100% more interesting? What powerset combinations are bad ideas.
What powerset combinations are bad ideas for soloing?
What tanker powerset combinations are bad ideas for effective crowd control?
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/unsigned as a booster pack
Quote:Translation: Please play our game! We made it more like the game that you like!New heroes in <redacted> will be able to choose an "Archetype," a class-like build that streamlines the character creation process and makes the elaborate power selection mechanics a little easier to use.
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Quote:And yet you read it all?Originally Posted by NarfMann
this is the dumbest thread that I've read the entirety of in a while
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Quote:So I suggest that we all start touting the game breaking benefits of a Traps/Dark defender!Originally Posted by Lothic
Whatever the "newest best type of toon" is right now you can be sure the Devs -will- nerf it sooner or later. Even talking about things like this in the forums helps the Devs become aware of what needs to be taken care of.
It always amazes me that people who love to exploit FotM builds never seem to understand why the Devs' reaction to those builds is pretty much inevitable. *shrugs*
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Quote:Originally Posted by Ang_Rui_Shen
There are several distinct types of robots in the game these days; I would like to see them selectable as Robotics Mastermind pets: both types of Clockwork, Cyborgs, and the robot set types that are available in costuming.
Cosmetic choices would be fine in the short term; I realize that a heck of a lot more work would be required to make the pet powers match the individual robot types.
MM Pet customization in general has been asked for since CoV beta. I'm sure that it is on the developer's to do list but where it sits on that list is anyone's guess.
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I like the idea! I would only add some sort of Day Job style buff system for concentrating on certain enemies. Training could lead to getting a 3 or 4 hour buff that allows the character to fight at +1 level against their chosen enemy that could become permanent after a long enough period of consecutive training.
Something like this would be fairly useful for SG/VG planned TF/SF events. So a SG/VG leader could update the MOTD asking that anyone interested in running the upcoming Mender Lazarus TF/SF spend some time running 5th Column sesssions in the Training Room.
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Quote:Abuse is one of the things that is considered but I believe that most NPC allies will remain with the player unless you get into a situation where the mobs are close enough together to aggro on the NPC or vice versa. Something that doesn't happen often in missions. Also MM pets currently get teleported back to their master when they get past a certain range. You could avoid the door camping scenario by lowering that range inside missions or even just simply disallow following or targeting through NPCs.Originally Posted by Lothic
This doesn't sound too bad assuming the "ally" you're targeting through is another human player on your team. But it almost sounds like this might be something that would allow a single player to indirectly bot with pets. The ally (which could be a second character being run by the Mastermind) would effectively gain the benefit of having an army of pets to help him while the actual Mastermind could safely door-camp.
I suspect if there's even a possibility that this feature could be used this way the Devs would never be interested in allowing it. Whether or not it'd be hard to code this functionality is hardly the "problem" with this. *shrugs*
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Quote:/signed!Originally Posted by SwellGuy
As an alternative I could support the use of merits to acquire the locked costume pieces on a character by character basis.
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Quote:Okay I do not like Dr Pepper at all and I can't stand black licorice but I would happily drink this based on it's cool factor alone!Originally Posted by Xenophage
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Quote:Ignoring the Boxing and Kick suggestion and the use of the royal "we", I guess my question to you is which of the Secondary Tier 1 powers do you believe are so useless that they are being forced upon players?Originally Posted by OPTICAL_ILLUSION
it's annoying and we should not be forced to take a power that we may not want. if you can't change this then provide 6 enhancement slots that are "locked in" instead of 1. also, do the same thing for boxing or kick when chosen from the fighting pool, not both.
tyvm
It certainly isn't all of them so is it a large enough percentage to merit the changes that you are suggesting?
My guess would be that it is probably no more than a handful of powers that could be looked at individually and possibly tweaked to increase their effectiveness or popularity. Of course both effectiveness and popularity are subjective so there would be little incentive for making any changes to the powers as they exist today. As one person bemoans the injustice of Gale another finds a way to make effective use of it to knock ranged mobs into a tanker's taunt range or into a corner to be hit with a blaster's AoE.
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/unsigned
Seeing as origin can arguably be said to have little or no real impact on your character I don't know that adding a new origin is really necessary. However if it was added I would think that Extraterrestrial would be a better name.
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Quote:No worries.... Johnny often makes sense, he's not always right mind you but he certainly makes sense. Most especially when I agree with him!Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn
I find myself agreeing with Johnny a lot in this post.
I'm scared.
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In before the flames.....
Honestly, while I personally agree with you this can be a fairly touchy subject and several different threads have been started only to devolve into flame wars.
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Quote:Off of the top of my head I would have to say that the RP player base was and still is larger than the PvP player base in CoX for a number of reasons:Originally Posted by PennyPA
Really? I would love to see your numbers on this. Almost like saying they had a strong PvP playerbase pre-I13. I wonder which was more?
1. The game originally shipped as PvE only with PvP being added a year later.
2. The success of PvP in CoX has been questionable at best.
3. The RP crowd have their own unofficial server.
4. RP is not limited to a handful of zones like PvP.
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An escrima set for Brutes, Scrappers, Stalkers and Tankers.
Cybernetics buff/debuff set for Controllers, Corruptors, Defenders and Masterminds
A throwing knives set for Blasters, Corruptors and Dominators.
A force field defensive set for Brutes, Scrappers and Tankers.
A clones set for Masterminds.
An insect control set for Controllers and Dominators.
And finally……
A swinging pool power set for everyone! (Yes I am dreaming, why do you ask? :P)
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Quote:For the record most sports have rules that must be followed. The same can not be said about PvP in a MMORPG. I'm just sayin'....Originally Posted by Reiraku
I'd hate to see your views on sports. The horror!
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If I'm reading the OPs suggestion correctly I don't think that adding a charge up mechanic to existing sets would necessarily change how the affected powers currently work. It would just add some functionality and since more options > less options....
/signed
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Here's a thought....
Why not have a largish zone that is mostly open wilderness with mountains and open plains and the occasional modern small town that just happens to be plagued by a group of criminals that have patterned themselves off of the cowboys of the old west? They could easily use modern technology for their weapons.
For flavor you could even add a villain group patterned after the Confederate Army that attack most anyone as Union spies!
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Quote:Agreed and /unsigned as well.Originally Posted by EvilGeko
Why do you need more than 5 active costume slots? If the answer is "I just want them." Why?
You can create and save as many costumes as you want and switch them in or out to any of your costume slots. While this incurs an inf cost, any inf sinks are welcome in this game.
/unsigned.
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What about stilts as a travel power? They could robotic leg extensions, giant spider legs, etc...
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Quote:/signedOriginally Posted by Johnny_Butane
Nice to see the thread getting some positive feedback. Hopefully David Nakayama reads the thread and adds the War Walls to his Architecture list.
ZING!Quote:Also I think the War Walls should give a damage buff to Tankers who are near them.
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