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I'd like to see the other stuff you listed implemented (well the AoE on Propel is iffy like you said but the rest is good), but can't see the above being done since the duration/recharge on all Dominator/Controller mass holds are the same.

(I'm going by your forum join date on this so apologies if you were actually around back then...)

Before Issue 5 mass holds used to last twice as long as they do now and recharge in half the time. Combined with no max target cap on AoEs back then Controllers could literally perma-hold an entire room once the Tank ran around and gathered them all up for you. Jack Emmert did not like this and said the game had turned into 'City of Statues' and so mass holds were gutted in I5.

I get the impression that the current devs are happy with them being more of a panic button than an every-spawn power now too. And actually, on a Domi with Domination+Power Boost they're still pretty sweet

Nah it's more that we we're willing to play more than 1 of the 14 archetypes available to us. So enjoy your protest. In the meantime we'll be manipulating time, blasting mobs with darkness and being Strong AND Pretty. And then playing the new Dom sets post I21 along with you

Sorry, but you're the one purposefully limiting yourself by choosing to only play Dominators then having a hissy-fit that the devs aren't giving you more choices. You've chosen, not been forced, to only play 49 out of the 766 available non-EAT powerset combinations by labeling yourself a "Dominator." Honestly, you seem to be the one making a rod for your own back and then blaming the devs for it.

Would I like to see Doms get a proliferated set or two this time round? Hell yes! Doms are my favourite archetype in the game (even when I'm swearing on TS about the PToD ), I'm levelling two atm. But I'm content to wait and see what we get post-I21. In the meantime, I'll enjoy a Dark/Dark Blaster (I adore my D3 Defender) and probably give the new EA a twirl as well.

Whoops! That's what I get for posting after only 1 coffee Fixed

Please tell me that was a joke? Pretty please?

I'm thinking Illusion would require at least a little work to be made into a Dom set as only 3 powers (Blind, Deceive and Flash) would actually benefit from domination so I'd guess the set would need a little reworking. Tbh I've always thought that Illusion would be a better fit for MM's anyway.

I'm with the people who think that Dark Manipulation for Blasters is probably the prototype for Dark Assault for Domis. And Blasters have been waiting for a Dark powerset a lot longer than Domis have been waiting for Illusion.

I thought they'd already changed the Defender version to KD like they'd done with the MM Lich until I checked it just now .

Hopefully they'll take the opportunity to do something about it when making the new power.

Otherwise, pretty happy with what's been announced. I foresee at least a dark/* blaster, WM/* scrapper and a */EA scrapper in my near future. Also really, really, really hoping that Doms will get some sort of dark control/dark assault lovin

You forgot to mention the Origin stores weren't marked on the maps and you could only transfer 99,999 Inf at a time so if you wanted to kit out your alt you needed very patient SG mates .

I'm really hoping this is one of those time where sarcasm doesn't translate well in text

While spamming Hand Clap?

@OP I think most of it has already been covered by other posters and you seem to be willing to take what has been said on board, which is nice to see.

One thing I'd add is, if you're coming to CoH from other MMOs like EQ2, LotRO and maybe WoW (not sure how much coordination/communication is needed there tbh) you may need to change your thinking slightly.

My experience is mainly with EQ2 where running high-end dungeons there was actually some strategy needed and short commands like "Wait", "Pulling", "Assist", "Mez x" etc from the leader (normally the tank) were fairly common and no one really batted an eyelid at it.

CoH is a much more relaxed game and for the vast majority of the content that's simply not required. The fights are much more chaotic, especially on a full team but as long as the team sticks fairly close together and everyone uses their powers with even a little common sense, they're generally pretty easy. Add to that the fact that a large percentage of the playerbase has been here for years, have a ridiculous number of alts and probably tried out every powerset in the game at this stage and really don't need to be told how to play and it's not surprising you encountered some attitude.

So just relax, throw out the old rulebook, embrace the chaos and have fun This game has probably the friendliest and most helpful community of any MMO I've played but you will get back what you give. Try being polite and more respectful next time and you'll be amazed at the difference.

Kill them? Are you mad? We need to find out how they do that first!

Thanks for the correction guys, good to know.

I guess I should have realised that the display bug would propagate down into the individual power displays .

(emphasis mine)

As far as I can tell, that appears to just be a display bug. The values for ember shield are still the same as when I first summoned the pet - 5% s/l/t, 6.66% fire and 3.33% cold for me and double those numbers for the pets. The demons inherent resistances haven't increased either (apart from the level scaling). The real problem is that +damage is being capped as if it was schedule B (~60%) rather than schedule A (~90%). (not the case - see posts below correcting this)