Nethergoat

"Useless at low levels" is a far cry from "useless except for massive recharge builds".


And once per mission is still handy for boss fights.

In this post-inherent stamina, ninja run, travel powers at 4 world most builds have plenty of room to take powers even more situational than build up at low levels.

Calling a superior power like Build Up "useless" unless you have a "massive recharge" build is borderline delusional.

That was my point.

what absolute nonsense.

"This buff stinks because it doesn't fit my idiosyncratic playstyle like a glove!" complains the player, before it even enters beta.


*eyeroll*

I'm with you on blasters needing *something* to deal with the veritable smorgasbord of mez in this game. But, I don't really care where it comes from- a change to opponent AI that prevented them from endlessly spamming their holds/sleeps/etc would make me just as happy as some sort of inherent resistance or avoidance technique.

One reason going for the ranged defense cap works so great for blasters is a massive reduction in how much mezz you have to deal with. Cutting it down on the attacking side would be a big step toward blaster parity.

Because one is a melee attack and the other hits from long range.

the dev's differentiation between melee & range has been well covered in the various blaster threads over the past few weeks.


That's certainly one way to interpret this sizable buff.

quick, name a popular female singing sensation from the 1930's.
Nothing springs to mind?

How about the 50's?


It'll take a lot fewer than 200 years to bury Taylor in the sands of history.

I'm not a fan of harder content for its own sake myself- a large part of my ambivalence toward GR was the general difficulty. Sure I could beat it, but I wasn't really enjoying myself- it played too fast and loose with the rules of engagement I'd spent years living with in the regular CoH-verse.

That said, I haven't gotten that feeling from the Wards yet. Also, generally power levels across all level ranges have been increasing for years so it makes sense that content *generally* would get tougher. Stuff like 'surprise' bosses I would still take exception to, but tough bosses as a component of a story arc, suitably labled, wouldn't bother me, whether I was playing my tank or my blaster or my corrupter.

I don't generally play defenders, as I view them as a team oriented AT and I seldom have time to team. And as noted on the main site,

Not that I don't think they should be able to solo, but I view this the way I view tough boss fights- if you've been warned about it, that's fair play.

The game is very up-front about the defenders support focus.

The ability of many mission encounters to nullify a stalker's primary defense has bothered me *long* before the introduction of "tougher" content. With the recent buffs I find it doesn't irritate me as much, but it's still offputting how many situations render my especiality a moot point.

While I don't at all mind reloading after a defeat, or recruiting more firepower, I don't think that tough bosses should ever be a surprise in any mission.

thanks, that really helps my level 20 fire/fire.

I'll be ecstatic if it enables me to do pretty good damage without spending half my session mezz'ed or running back from the hospital.

I missed you, Ryu!

Yes, by all means proclaim glorious victory based on niggling semantic technicalities, Clarence Darrow.

The fact is if a player had posted this thread it would've been locked in five seconds.

They gated the market?

I knew the IO system was limited to VIPs and tiered vets but didn't know they put basic market access behind a wall...lame. My apologies for making uninformed assumptions.

Strike all my previous comments on the subject of inspos then, I thought everyone had equal access.

Assuming email hasn't also been limited to paying customers, drop me a line in-game and I'll be happy to send along as many big inspos as you need- @nethergoat

Ideally, all of them that have gone a substantial time without a dev checkup.

Personally I'd love someone to fix /devices.

I buy them in bulk off the market.
So can you, so can *anyone* who bothers to stop at the market before they log out and throw up a few stacks of lowball bids.

Yes, it takes *slightly* more effort than visiting a vendor.
The massive difference in effectiveness more than makes up for that one extra step.

His posts in this thread indicate otherwise.


Y'all keep ignoring readily available solutions and I'll keep dismissing your complaints- deal?

This is a hilariously pathetic justification.

Bravo!

GR came out well before the marketplace.

And going back in time, there was a HUGE increase in difficulty when they added Outcasts to Steel Canyon, however many years ago that was.

I doubt they were laying the groundwork for the market back in 2006...

Use large ones.
That was my advice.

If you're saying you couldn't beat a couple of EBs with a tray full of large reds & purples, I'm doubting the veracity of your statement.


Your main issue isn't the game, it's your defeatist attitude.

Inspirations can't fix that, so I'll leave you to wallow in the impossibility of everything- best of luck!