Memphis_Bill

1. Go to creation page.
2. hit Print Screen.
3. Go out to Paint (or another image editing program) and paste it in.

Printscreen does work on the character creation page - it just doesn't make a screenshot like it does in the rest of the game. (Same works for enhancement pages, too.)

*feels the need to reiterate this.*

The "need" for taunt is going to vary depending on -
- Primary (speaking specifically of tanks)
- Powersets
- Playstyle
- Preference

Some primaries just feel like (I'm reasonably sure we've said "are," but without looking up numbers, i'm going with feel) they have a weaker taunt aura. Others (say, Stone) have plenty of tools without taunt to gather and maintain aggro.

"Powersets" sounds redundant at first - but some primary/secondaries work together for aggro control far more effectively than others. (I'm noticing it with Fire/SS vs Fire/En, for instance.) You may want to fit taunt in with some powersets sooner than with others.

Playstyle - I'll freely admit with dual builds I sometimes have a "Tanker" build and a "Heavy Scrapper" build - one more for teaming, one for soloing (or off-tanking.) The second one, I don't feel the need for Taunt.

Preference - Some people just want it no matter what, others don't want to see it no matter what. If you're comfortable without it and can tank without it, great. If you are more comfortable WITH it? That's fine too. (F'rinstance, tanking + level Carnies on a full team - if spawns are close together, I don't want to hop in. I'll taunt the near group and pull them out of the way to get a little breathing room between the two.)

My main issue with this is that people are jerks. As *soon* as this was done, you know there'd be people "accidentally" training mobs around, just because it would make their victims lose INF if they died.

Aside from that, just running into technical issues (the Arachnos maps with lag-loading points, server or network issues, late spawning) right now is a mild annoyance. Losing INF to something completely out of your control? No thanks.

Of course, I could get around this (given my dual accounts) by just handing all my INF over to a mule character and logging them out right away. No risk (or highly reduced risk) for me, in that case. What's my penalty for dying after that? Nada.

Debt just works out nicely.

Bonus points if it's the same change/feature.

I disagree. Solely because EvilGeko posted it, and I am obligated under contract to do so. I therefore suggest they have range increases and intangibility increases amended to the set in the same location. Nothing gives an intangibility bonus, as far as I recall.

They have to wait until Martial Arts Blast comes out first. And Archery Defense. Can't forget Archery Defense. Oh, and let's not forget the SuperStrength buff set, too.

There should certainly be risk, yes. Penalizing by removing prior advancement, though - that's what I'm against.

Part of the issue when it comes to penalites or risk, though, centers on what this game doesn't have (and, I should be clear, I'm not complaining about it not having them.) We don't have weapons that break or wear down, or that can be lost/stolen. We don't have armor to wear out. In other games, there are other debuffs that occur when you die - and I find those quite irritating (yet at the same time pointless, ins ome cases - Guild Wars, for instance, all you have to do is pop in and out of town and it's gone... yet if whatever killed you the first time followed you to the rez shrine, you're now fighting the same thing that killed you, but you have less of a chance of killing IT.)

Diablo (the first one) had everythign on you scatter around the ground - fine in a single player game, potentially crippling (and leading to some exploits) in multiplayer.

With COH - we dont' lose anything but time. (Which itself can be an issue on a timed mission.) Losing enhancements wouldn't (to me) make sense, and would be infuriating for those who have spent time IOing out builds. (The PVP "chance to get a recipe" works nicely, though, but that's a different reward reasoning.) Debt slows us down a little, and that's fine. I'll echo another thought in here (and go on a tangent) about having some badges available that reward you for, say, not dying or (say, in croatoa) are "graded" by how many of X you let escape, or how much time you had left on the clock. It's a more positive system, IMHO. Even though I don't otherwise care about badges, getting (for instance) Efficiency Expert is a fun challenge to me. One I'd love to see more of.

Not... quite. Peacebringers are completely self contained, and a bit more direct and melee oriented. If you hit build up, you'll get the same build up values you got the last time. The heal will always be the same (ignoring, of course, new slotting, levels, etc.) The heals will always go off and always have an effect. This is part of why, in Kheldian PVP discussions, Peacebringers are preferred.

Warshades are far more variable. They have higher highs and lower lows. They're exceptionally flexible and can become extremely powerful - but that comes at the price of relying on *external* sources, namely enemies (living or dead.)

Again... "Not quite." If I were soloing an EB or AV, I'd be MUCH more comfortable and prepared with a Peacebringer than a Warshade, if it were going to be an extended fight. This, again, is going to be due to the Peacebringer's buffs maintaining their strength regardless of what is around them.

My Warshade, when built up - especially now, with the "I'm as strong as X many heroes" - is going to shine more with larger enemy groups.

They require different playstyles, as well. With built in holds, TP Foe, etc. you can choose to "divide and conquer" as opposed to use your other control and buffs/debuffs.

The way I put it another time - if you were in a bar and insulted a Peacebringer, they'd just punch you then and there. The Warshade would go out, slash your tires and dump sugar in your gas tank.
I'd still personally stick with *at least* human/dwarf, just for the other mire. And the mez resistance.
Can't honestly say I know what you mean by any of that. *shrug* If you WANT to IO one out, sure, it can get expensive depending on what you want to go for. But you don't need to do so. And that has nothing to do with balance.
They're not a "Fire up the game and sleep" AT, no. They're more complex than other ATs in many ways, yes - but "watch tactics" can, frankly, boil down to "Stay aware of your environment," which having gotten something else to 50 anyway you should be doing as a matter of course.
For form switching, they're very handy. In that sense, yes. True. Not to mention people will prefer human only, bi or triform, and play differently.

... and if you don't have the ouroboros portal, run the science guy's mission anyway.

You really need to hang around the MM forums a bit more and learn what you can do with your MM binds, I think. I don't mean the three default macros, either. While, no, you can't say "Hey, Medic, stop shooting and heal now," you *can* strongly influence what attacks they use through a combination of stances and range (and, should you choose, by applying or not applying upgrades.)

Of course, it seems you chose to ignore the other portion I pointed out as well - pets (outside of Illusion) are not the focus of controllers. Control and (de)buffing is. Therefore - no MM controls.

Frankly, as far as Mind control - Mind doesn't need a "pet," controlled or not. It's already an exceptionally strong set. And your various changes (only 3 controlled "pets," versus what I can do with MC and Confuse now?) just don't fly.

Hmm. Just noticed this bit:
If I'm reading that right, given the "enemy players" portion, you're talking about PVP. Not only is that FAR longer than any other control in PVP post-I13, but taking away control of a player's character from that player is an awful idea that should never, ever, ever be implemented. No, it would not be "fun." It would, however, be highly abusable and anything from irritating to frustrating to the victim.

In summary:
- Hands off Mind.
- No removing control from another user.
- Controllers will not, per the devs, have MM controls.
- Go visit the MM forums, browse through, learn just how much control you REALLY get using binds. It's quite a bit more than you seem aware of.

Well, if transforming offers the possibility of a new name, that means you'd have to give Khelds up to fifteen. (Human, nova, and dwarf form.) No, it's not a new costume, but it *is* a transformation.

This, pretty much. *shrug*

Give me a level 1-5 Rad defender, and they'll be many orders of magnitude safer than a Scrapper (plus end up pulling aggro with their toggles) for many more levels (or permanently, frankly.)

And if you've never heard of a "tankfender," you haven't seen a good (often D3) defender.

I've got to agree with Sailboat - I just don't see this complaining about Scrappers ... um, pretty much anywhere.