Nalrok_AthZim

No, it did not. If you're going to keep spitting that argument, do it right: It took us this long to get a dev team willing and capable of creating it.

In my defense, I only ever saw a true desire for a Martial Arts secondary after Dual Pistols dropped. Doesn't change the fact that Butane's comment is akin to saying it took man 1800 years to invent the light bulb. There's no truth to that; we just didn't have the right people for the job yet. Same goes for Paragon Studios.

No it didn't. Have some common sense. Previous developers did not take on the task; Arbiter Hawk and the powers/animations crew that came Post-Castle/BaBs are the ones who did this. While we may not know exactly how long this set has been in development, it sure as hell hasn't been 8 years. We haven't even been asking for it that long.

Kind of like how replacing all of the Oxygen in the air with Argon wouldn't change the way we use our lungs, right?

That's not a fix.

Not what I meant; he said that myself an other posters said the in-game AT descriptions didn't matter. I have never said that.

Not once in my time on the forums have I ever said anything of the sort.

And you wonder why people don't listen to your ideas on 'game balance.'

It'll be just like The Matrix Online!


... oh crap.


From Paragonwiki:

The Blaster is an offensive juggernaut. This hero can deal a ton of damage from a distance. But the Blaster must be careful, because he's somewhat fragile compared to other heroes. The Blaster can't stand toe to toe with most opponents at melee for long. His best defense is a great offense!
The Blaster's power sets are:
Primary: Ranged
Secondary: Support

They are primarily a Ranged Damage AT. Kind of hard to argue that when the game itself puts them in the 'from afar' category.

What's bad is I've started taking shots every time I say "for the greater good."

The best use of Dimension Shift I've ever seen was to avoid the Obliteration Beam in Keyes-- at the last second a Grav 'Troller dropped it on the people who weren't moving and it completely deflected the beam's attack/hold.

And now it looks like the warlords you call evil will be helping us in return. No thoughts on that, especially considering how much you've badmouthed the Praetors in the past?


AFAIK, the only confirmed-dead Praetor is Diabolique, killed by Dream Doctor in Mot's gullet.

Everything you've said about Praetoria goes against what you said in the above quote. You've said Marauder, Mother, Cole-- all of them evil. Now what are you going to do if we have to work alongside them? What if Cole becomes the new Statesman?

What's 75 + 22?

75% Base ToHit + 22% Outside ToHit.

I can try!

Which doesn't actually pertain to the debate. I know what I want. I want more arcs like Dean, Leonard and Ross (sounds like a law firm) wherein my villain, using information from a stupid patsy that he could break at any moment should he choose to, pulls the rug out from under a bunch of big-name NPCs/NPC groups and gets some serious swanks in the process. Did I end up losing everything at the end of the Leonard arc? Yes. But I also got to punch Protean in the face AND the bank account. That whole arc came down to a very unintentional Xanatos Gambit. Keep your army? You win. Lose your army? Punch Protean and steal his money; you win. Protean tries to steal your cloning facility? It blew up; he loses, you win.

THAT is what I want. I want my villain to come out the victor and put some other smug jerk in the corner.

Or in the case of Vincent Ross, I help out a ticked off ex-Legacy Chain and end up trashing half the Scrapyarders in Sharkhead with the power he let me get my hands on.

I simply want arcs with a heavier emphasis on victorious, non-idiotic villainy. That's not a sandbox game style. It's just another job for the writing team. I can't even fathom how you came to the conclusion that it COULD be sandboxing.

Right, because you know exactly what I mean when I say something. Keep trying, Venture. You'll hit the mark someday.

That's not what we're asking for at all and you're so wrong it made me laugh aloud.

Don't judge people for something you know nothing about.

Longbow would probably give the player villain a call and ask them to help subdue Recluse for the greater good in exchange for an Incarnate Slot.

Way to **** on the thread, Venture.

Also speak for yourself, Dean MacArthur is the start of a much better trend in redside writing, unless you actually enjoy being Arachnos's errand boy all the damn time.

The only place that things aren't 100% player-oriented is redside, and admittedly the devs are getting much better at writing villainous content. Unfortunately we keep getting dished as heroes at the last minute (looking at you, SSA1).