Not_Rhino

Pretty simple QOL request, I'd like some way to either remove the "combined" status of a boosted/combined enhancement or the ability to just email them across characters. I have some boosted IOs that I can't sell or email to other characters and it'd be nice if there was something I could do with them or some way to remove the boosters (even if it means losing them) so that I can email the enhancements.

Edit: Nevermind. I figured out a way to do it. You can strip an enhancement of boosters by attempting to trade it. You don't even need to trade it, just put it into the trade window. It'd be nice if there were a more self-reliant way of doing it though, lol.

Another edit: Apparently zoning causes them to revert to being boosted. You can e-mail them, but you have to do it before you leave the zone. Or you can just trade them and have someone trade them back.

I'd love for all of the Power Pools to be reworked and have some changes and additions made to them.

I didn't buy the DVD edition because when I bought the game...

A. There was no DVD edition out yet.

B. I didn't have a DVD-ROM drive anyways, lol.

I can understand wanting to keep the specific Prestige Slide power sacred to collectors edition purchasers, but I've also suggested in the past a very simple compromise: remove the blue-purplish cloud effects, or change them to be gray or something. That way the collectors get to keep their own special version, and people that want a sliding sprint power can have one. Win win.

I find nothing more interesting about the most weak and pathetic heroes than I do the very strongest heroes. Comic book writing is all about tropes, once you get past the initial appreciation of Batman having no powers you quickly realize it doesn't matter that he has no powers because he'll still be written like a nigh-untouchable demigod most of the time anyways, and that none of them (the popular ones, anyways), will ever die and remain dead for very long. Not that it matters, because a character's power level does not define the character nor the quality of the stories that can be told with the character. Case in point: All Star Superman, Superman at his very strongest, probably the best superhero comic of the last decade.

I build for concept, but no, I do not intentionally gimp my characters. I make do with my power choices the best I can, even if it means taking Fly on a Tanker over Super Jumping and thus missing out on the defense from Combat Jumping. If that qualifies as a gimp, I suppose I do gimp to an extent, but I've never felt like I should stop buying more and better IO sets, nor working toward more and better Incarnate pieces. The game separates itself from the concept at that level for me.

I am not saying I agree with everything Johnny says, but I do think the argument of, "why not just roll a Brute instead of trying to improve Tankers," is fallacious. I personally would welcome an increase to the damage cap, even if it's only 50%, but there are a myriad of other solutions unrelated to the Tanker's offenses that I could see being applied as well, such as further cementing the Tanker's place as the aggro and survival king, as well as a team leader (buffs, debuffs, increase in Leadership values?). On this issue I am probably on the opposite side of Johnny, but I share his enthusiasm for improving Tankers as a whole and I agree with the general principle that they are in need of attention.

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I am so tired of hearing how Tankers are furyless Brutes. I don't want more +damage unless they raise the damage bonus cap. As a Shield/SS I can already reach it on my own with a few reds or team buffs. On a base level Tankers and Brutes are competitive, but when you throw in IOs, Inspirations and Team buffs, Brutes simply come out ahead at damage because of their ridiculous cap and can almost break even on survival, which becomes redundant and unnecessary beyond a certain point. If Tankers are to be changed, they either need to be more competitive and capable of being multiplied with a higher damage bonus (as well as some other changes) or have more survival capability that Brutes cannot achieve. The Max HP cap boost was nice but only effects a few Tanker sets as most will still never be able to reach the cap on their own even fully IO'd, though it does provide some extra force multiplication potential when teaming with the few buff powersets that can provide +Max HP buffs such as Cold and uhh... well, that's it.

As for generating aggro, I've never had trouble keeping the aggro off of Brutes on any of my Tankers. I can understand this might be a problem for some Tank sets vs. some Brute sets, but why would you say Tankers are (overall) not better at keeping aggro than Brutes? They should be as long as they're attacking due to punchvoke being stronger than pokevoke.

Personally I'd like to see Bruising have some capability of stacking. Make a portion of the Bruising debuff able to stack, like 5% or so, add some incentive to having multiple Tankers on the team. Beyond that, if Tankers are not the kings of aggro they should be, increase their threat level perhaps?

One major change I'd like to see that I know would never be made is to increase Tanker resistance cap to 95% or something. The problem with this is that it only affects certain powersets, and defense-based sets would not see any improvement, and there really isn't any way to improve Tanker capability with defense versus Brutes except for maybe increasing their base defense/resistance values.

I would support just about anything that improves Tankers. I think they could use additional damage in the form of a base damage modifier increase (NOT more bonus damage, PLEASE, unless the cap is increased), but I don't think having additional damage would make them a viable alternative to Brutes because a Brute will always outdamage them regardless.

I think the best solution might be to implement some sort of bar mechanic as the OP mentioned. I wouldn't have the bar grow from being attacked, and I wouldn't have it add +damage the higher it is because that is too much like Fury. One idea is to have it increase by being attacked, but this would only encourage the idea I already hear echoed too often that Tankers are unskilled tauntbots that stand in one place and go AFK (I know I certainly don't play that way). So instead of that, is it perhaps possible that the bar could fill as you aggro enemies and keep their aggro? I don't know if that's possible, but if it is, I'd like to see something like that. In order to keep it viable for small teams or soloing, it should function more like Domination than Fury, and decay very slowly. Once it reaches full, you can activate a power similar to Domination. What does this power do? I don't know. Maybe it increases the power of punchvoke. Maybe it temporarily raises your threat level if that's possible. Maybe it adds a Fiery Embrace effect to your attacks, allowing you to do more damage without having to provide a damage bonus which would not help certain sets such as Shield/SS without a boost to the damage bonus cap. Maybe it also empowers your allies, strengthening the idea of the Tanker as a team player. Maybe it temporarily grants an increase to any or all of the following: regen/max hp/recovery/resistance/defense. I don't know what it should do, I just have some ideas.

How about raising the aggro cap for Tankers? Increasing their base threat level?

The point is, Tankers need something to set them apart from Brutes. In a game with Incarnate powers and increasingly powerful IO'd builds, giving them a bit more base defense/res and slightly higher HP/HP cap just doesn't make up for the rather large discrepancy in damage capability anymore. If they're supposed to be the invincible aggro kings, make them more invincible, but increasing Tanker res/def power values by a tiny margin just won't be good enough.

I am moving this post to the consolidated Tanker improvement ideas thread.

Yes. I see no reason why not. Seems like a very easy solution to just add it to an existing NPC vendor or make a new one.

Just let us go to an NPC and trade them in to be e-mailed to our account. It's the easiest solution, the method for doing it is already in place.

I don't think your idea for Destiny would work. Placating enemies is not something a Tanker generally would want to do, and I am pretty sure adding in crits for classes that don't normally have crits, or even just increasing the chances of those that do, is not something that can easily be done by a buff.

My thought for a super-strength/other type of "brick" Judgment would be to make it a Lightning Rod/Shield Charge type of power where you target an area and then teleport to it. The animation could be jumping straight up (similar to the ninja costume change emote) and then landing with a massive AoE crater smash. Maybe it would be possible to even add in a bit of a delay after the jump animation before teleporting and spawning the damage-applying entity to give the illusion that the character is jumping/flying really high (perhaps into orbit) before launching themselves into an area?

Hurling a massive random object via the Propel mechanic would be cool as well, not sure how well that would work or how feasible it would be though.

Ok, just to clarify, does this mean I have to do 1 tip mission to "confirm my alignment" or that I have to do the 10 tip missions + alignment mission or whatever before I can continue earning hero merits on my heroes? Because, gotta be honest, never bothered with confirming my alignment, just seems like a waste of time and earning merits via the SSAs is way faster and more convenient.