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/em gets in line . . . . .

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. . . . sucktastic. . . .
-jg

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Thanks for my new word of the day . . . . . now to find a way to use it without either my boss or the kids finding out

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Thank our producer & Positron for the "trick or treat"...

Thank Manticore for the cool mythology....

And the Coven are NOT Carnival of Shadows guys...they're something else altogether. Hmmmmm.

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I have three full sets of badges and am contemplating if my marrage can survive a third. Cheers and Happy Halloween to all at Cryptic!!!

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CuppaJo says:

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Killers – Griefers/KSers

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Not to completely misconstrue the intent of this thread for my own satisfaction - But I'm going to for a second.

It's good to see a Cryptic employee admit that there IS killstealing in this game.

It's alive and well, and ever a problem as it was on release.

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Actually, I take exception to the charictorization Killers = griefers / KS'ser.

I think a more apt description of a Killer is someone who is either 1. enjoying the combat aspect of the game and relishes the fight or 2. is hanging on for CoV / PvP.

IMHO, CuppaJo is wrong about what a Killer is.

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In the case of making the higher level game more fun, I want to make the difficulty of the later levels resemble early gameplay. At first, some players will decry "but I can't do what I used to! Ack! I can't solo two +4 bosses anymore?" True - but they'll have fun battling 3 white minions - which is something you can say at level 15, but not at level 35. Long term, the entire game will sparkle once this sort of balance is restored - because so much of the game design hangs upon it.

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Right now as a solo level 29 tanker in Bricktown I can handle (and am most efficent with) L+2 and L+3 minions and Lts. Bosses at this level are a challange unless I pop enhancements like they were Tic Tacs. As far as +4's at any level are concerned: Forgetaboutit. If I survive, the down time is stupid.

Now here's the kicker: at the pace I'm going, its going to to take me nearly 10 hours to get through this level solo streetsweeping. In my mind, this is already too slow (hence the FOTM blaster now in my stable).

So my question to you is this Statesman: If it takes me this long now, once I'm reduced to leveling of even cons, which give me 1/3 to 1/2 less XP, should I expect soloing will take me 15 hours or more to level?!?!?

Sir, something else MUST change, and that answer really can not have the word "group" in it . . . . .

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That change will not do much good in a group setting at higher levels. The combats don't last all that long.

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That will also be changing soon.

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I've got to say that these repeated hints at increasing teh difficulty of leveling vs. higher level MOBs makes me rather nervous. I'm a solo tanker who doesn't have a great deal of AoE powers. Most of my leveling is street sweeping, and right now its taking me roughly 45 minutes to earn a bubble (1/10th of a level). I find it most efficent to level off of L+2 and L+3 minions and Lts. (i.e. reds and low purples). If these changes Stateman is hinting at ends up reducing my leveling speed, I'm outta here.

Whatever changes that come along need should focus on AoE, and not hurt those of us who level more slowly.

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Fellow heroes, disturbing information has come to light. [ . . .] We believe that this will occur at some point over the next several days, but the authorities are not yet sure. All heroes should be on the look out for anything strange in the city. Be on guard; we have reason to believe that this bodes ill for our metropolis.

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Hmmmm . . . I wonder if SOE has offered to buy out NSoft and will now take over development of COH. Stateman's description would seem to fit such a scenario!