Obsidius

Observation:

Last week I made a post re: the fansite portal. Lighthouse responded that he, Arctic Sun, and Ex Libris have been "working on a number of web site initiatives".

Yesterday, Lighthouse made this post about the I9 Invention Video currently on MMORPG.com.

Frankly, I'm very impressed by this little tutorial video If we could see more of this sort of thing on the CoX web pages, I for one would be thrilled!

Is this part of what Lighthouse was alluding to? If so, bring it on

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Check it out!

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Saw this last night - looks like their testing of a way to return lost items & bids looks good enough to try. Sounds promising

It's NP - I just imagine they're probably up to their gills trying to straighten out this whole mess. Sorry for being a bit snarky Everyone who's lost something because of this issue is a little curled around the edges (myself included - 10M Influence lost at the moment, although others have lost more).

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Course only doesn't matter does it. Catering to your customers doesn't matter does it. Just find the easy fix and well that's it boys.
Thanks for your ear. Cause you don't seem to read PM's

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Why respond to a PM when he's already delivered an answer on a forum that all can read?

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As a result of this roll back to an earlier save, Heroes who had used the Consignment Market after that time may have a variety of issues – from duped items to lost items. To correct this, we are planning on reinserting the lost items from the transaction logs into player’s inventories. This includes any lost influence, inspirations, enhancements, salvage and recipes. At the time of this writing we are still testing this, but are confident enough that we can pull it off that I’m giving you advance notice of it.

One thing to keep in mind with this reimbursement plan is that characters have a hard limit of 10 enhancements. If you have a character that engaged in a number of enhancement transactions, you would be well advised to keep that character’s enhancement inventory clear. We will be giving as much advance notice as possible as to when the reimbursement process will take place.

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Lighten up Francis

Edit: beat to the punch by Lighthouse (he did a better job at explaining it anyhow)

Lighthouse opened another thread with more explanation and plans for returning lost goods and Influence here. Feel free to comment

(All in all, I'm optimistic things will eventually turn out right)

Thank you, Lighthouse, Ex Libris, et al, for your continued due diligence on this issue. I personally feel better knowing the community reps are doing a good job, well, representing the community

It definitely displays the shortcomings in the ability to safely record and back up player transactions in the event of server malfunction/ database failure/ etc.

When you're dealing with players' virtual savings, you need a virtual FDIC

Where's a syslog server when you need one?

And last night was the night I decided to put a 10 Million Infl buy order for Tech Wings. No Tech Wings, and no 10M Infl returned.

For a character with less than 30M to start out with, this is honestly more than irritating.

Of course, if I was compensated with the recipe I wanted to buy in the first place, I would consider the matter settled

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"Focused Accuracy" one more time, I'll remind you it can't be obtained till LEVEL 41. That gives all you SR scrappers 40 levels of unfettered PvP playtime.

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PvP zones don't open up until level 15, every other to-hit buff (Yes, even "useless" Aim) opens before that.

Enhancement values also play an important roll. SR's toggle defenses offer a whopping 16% defense at TO level, three slotted at DO level, its a massive 18% defense.


Oh, and you broke your promise, you didnt stop arguing.

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I only promised to stop arguing with people like you who degrade the discussion to a 12-year old's level.

And for the record, this isn't an argument either, just a point of fact.

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Not only completely off-topic at this point, but completely hypocritical

Remember, whenever someone has a different opinion, revert to calling them "whiners" by backing it up with opinionated "facts".

(Not a point of fact, merely an observation)

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I was contributing something - brownies

Perhaps something more cerebral or philosophical:

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

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Are you off your Thorazine again?

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Mmmm Thorazine... never had any. Plenty of Novocaine, but those are different stories altogether.

I could use some Red Death (that's a recipe I'm NOT giving out, unless one asks really nice) and a cigar though, but I'll get enough of those this weekend.

As Billy Joel once said, "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints/ The sinners are much more fun."

Faire awaits

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Since we're so off-topic from the OP anyhow WillyReborn...

Easy Chocolate Saucepan Brownies
From Diana Rattray

These chocolate brownies are easy to mix up in a saucepan, and they're chewy, moist, and delicious!
INGREDIENTS:

* 6 tablespoons butter
* 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
* 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
* 1 cup granulated sugar
* 2 large eggs
* 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
* 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

PREPARATION:
Heat oven to 325°. Grease and flour an 8-inch square baking pan.

In a saucepan over low heat, melt the butter and chocolate, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and let cool. With a whisk, beat in the vanilla and sugar.

Whisk in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir flour, measure into a small bowl, and stir in the baking powder and salt, blending well. With a wooden spoon, stir the flour mixture into the first mixture. Stir in the chopped nuts, blending well. Spoon into the prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake the brownies for about 25 minutes.

Muffin Cup Brownies
From Diana Rattray

Serve these round brownies with a big scoop of ice cream and dessert topping.
INGREDIENTS:

* 2/3 cup sifted all-purpose flour (sift before measuring)
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/3 cup butter
* 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
* 1 cup sugar
* 2 eggs, beaten
* 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
* 1 teaspoon vanilla

PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease 12 muffin cups.
Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Sift again. Melt butter and chocolate over hot water.

In mixing bowl with electric mixer, beat eggs. Beat in sugar until well blended. Blend in chocolate mixture. Stir in flour mixture until well blended then stir in vanilla and pecans. Fill muffin cups about 1/3 full. Bake for about 20 to 25 minutes, until done. Cool before removing from pan. Makes 14 round muffin brownies. Serve with vanilla ice cream and butterscotch or chocolate fudge sauce, if desired.

Chocolate Brownies with Praline Topping

From Diana Rattray
Chocolate brownies with a praline pecan topping.
INGREDIENTS:

* Praline Topping
* 1/4 cup butter
* 2 tablespoons flour
* 3/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
* 2 eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 2 cups chopped pecans
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* 1 (21-1/2 oz) package Pillsbury fudge brownie mix
* 1/2 cup water
* 1/4 cup oil
* 1 egg

PREPARATION:
Heat oven to 350°. Grease bottom only of 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium-low heat; stir in flour until smooth. Add brown sugar and 2 eggs; mix well.Cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and pecans. Set aside.

In large bowl,combine all brownie ingredients;beat 50 strokes with spoon. Spread in prepared pan. Spoon topping evenly over brownie layer. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until set. Do not over cook. Cool completely and cut into bars. Makes about 2 dozen brownies.

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I'm much more partial to

[censored] Pie

Sure to satisfy even the most annoying and obnoxious posters with absolutely nothing valid to contribute!

INGREDIENTS:

*1 cup of Shove it Up Your [censored]
*1/2 cup of troll bitters
*2 sticks horseshit
*1/2 tsp vitriol
*1/4 tsp bile
and just a pinch of strychnine

PREPARATION:

Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Pour mixture into a 9" [censored] and bake up your [censored] at 400F for 45 minutes or until a toothpick stuck up your urethra comes clean.

Serves 8, unless they're bitter, then serves 1

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I was contributing something - brownies

Perhaps something more cerebral or philosophical:

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred. to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

— John Hancock

New Hampshire:
Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton

Massachusetts:
John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island:
Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery

Connecticut:
Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott

New York:
William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris

New Jersey:
Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark

Pennsylvania:
Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross

Delaware:
Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean

Maryland:
Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Virginia:
George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton

North Carolina:
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn

South Carolina:
Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton

Georgia:
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton

Since we're so off-topic from the OP anyhow WillyReborn...

Easy Chocolate Saucepan Brownies
From Diana Rattray

These chocolate brownies are easy to mix up in a saucepan, and they're chewy, moist, and delicious!
INGREDIENTS:

* 6 tablespoons butter
* 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
* 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
* 1 cup granulated sugar
* 2 large eggs
* 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
* 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

PREPARATION:
Heat oven to 325°. Grease and flour an 8-inch square baking pan.

In a saucepan over low heat, melt the butter and chocolate, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and let cool. With a whisk, beat in the vanilla and sugar.

Whisk in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir flour, measure into a small bowl, and stir in the baking powder and salt, blending well. With a wooden spoon, stir the flour mixture into the first mixture. Stir in the chopped nuts, blending well. Spoon into the prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake the brownies for about 25 minutes.

Muffin Cup Brownies
From Diana Rattray

Serve these round brownies with a big scoop of ice cream and dessert topping.
INGREDIENTS:

* 2/3 cup sifted all-purpose flour (sift before measuring)
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/3 cup butter
* 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate
* 1 cup sugar
* 2 eggs, beaten
* 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
* 1 teaspoon vanilla

PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease 12 muffin cups.
Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Sift again. Melt butter and chocolate over hot water.

In mixing bowl with electric mixer, beat eggs. Beat in sugar until well blended. Blend in chocolate mixture. Stir in flour mixture until well blended then stir in vanilla and pecans. Fill muffin cups about 1/3 full. Bake for about 20 to 25 minutes, until done. Cool before removing from pan. Makes 14 round muffin brownies. Serve with vanilla ice cream and butterscotch or chocolate fudge sauce, if desired.

Chocolate Brownies with Praline Topping

From Diana Rattray
Chocolate brownies with a praline pecan topping.
INGREDIENTS:

* Praline Topping
* 1/4 cup butter
* 2 tablespoons flour
* 3/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
* 2 eggs
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 2 cups chopped pecans
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* Brownies
* 1 (21-1/2 oz) package Pillsbury fudge brownie mix
* 1/2 cup water
* 1/4 cup oil
* 1 egg

PREPARATION:
Heat oven to 350°. Grease bottom only of 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium-low heat; stir in flour until smooth. Add brown sugar and 2 eggs; mix well.Cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and pecans. Set aside.

In large bowl,combine all brownie ingredients;beat 50 strokes with spoon. Spread in prepared pan. Spoon topping evenly over brownie layer. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until set. Do not over cook. Cool completely and cut into bars. Makes about 2 dozen brownies.

Can we move this thread to the Tank forums? It feels like a Tank thread.

I haven't been this sickened by a thread since ED on the Tank forums, maybe that's why... and this isn't even close to ED.

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

This thread is so derailed, I'm not even going to attempt an counterargument.

It's apparent, however, that some posters will never feel good about this game and should probably move on for everyone's benefit, as I believe no amount of debate will change their secular viewpoints, and hence create a moot discussion.

I've almost always felt heroic in this game. Some people get too hung up on mechanics to feel that way I suppose.

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Once upon a time this game was an all consuming great thing (much like WoW). Now its just a passable distraction, a mild entertainment. No wonder it never realized its commercial marketing potential when the dev mindset is always to destroy the fun as opposed to enhancing it.

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I'm sure WoW is a great game, but I can't imagine that mechanics don't regular get changed there. I doubt it's a perfect utopia. Show me a perfect MMO with 100% player satisfaction, and I'll show you a bridge I have for sale in Brooklyn I know plenty of people who left CoH for WoW, and I know others who left WoW for CoH. To each his own, but don't compare apples to pomegranates.

As for the fun, it's relative. I'm still having fun with the game, because I chose to work past the changes, instead of jumping ship at the first cry of doom.

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These are the people running this show. So unless you can give up and be beaten and just accept the constant hot irons that will inevitably get shoved into your nether regions you should close your account. I came back for personal reasons of my own and because I am one of those people who gave up and accepted that they will never let our fun exceed a certain level.

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Wow... just wow (and not the game, except maybe for you ). Mild exaggerations about pubic mutilation aside, IMHO, changes always happen in MMOs. Wait, let me say that again:

Changes always happen in MMOs.

Anyone who expects content to never change from launch is living in a fantasy. Changes happen because players find ways to interact with the environment tha were never intended. Players find exploits in maps, find ways to abuse systems, find ways to grief fellow players, etc., etc. All the "best" aspects of anonymitous "jerk hacking".

Devs are people, without the gift of divination; they don't see everything that can and will happen when they create games and systems. The one thing about MMOs is that change is constant. Things get fixed, to the satisfaction or dismay of players (depending on who's doing what); get used to change.

I5 was in 2005, almost 18 months ago. It's more than so last year. If you're still bent about I5, get over it. Unlearn what you learned, and stop lamenting a lost Carthage. Re-learn2play.

Here's the real question: who's actually tried the new encounter? Who's complaining just to pretend this is actually an issue?

Lately, I noticed a rash of people who return to the game (not all of them, mind you) who waste no time with non-constructive criticism. They complain about things that happened issues ago with little or no feedback on how to make it better.

Nothing against CuppaJo (we miss ya ), but to finalize, I'll quote one of the current community reps, Ex Libris:

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No more strawman arguments about I5 and ED, and using the word nerf 7 times in a post. Try the new Hami before you knock it. If you don't like it after you try it, then by all means, give some constructive criticism. Otherwise, read my sig, and move on.

So besides Phase Shift, what else has changed in the raid?

Hami has always done untyped damage. But now, it can be mitigated by EoEs.

Tanks can still taunt the Hami.

There are fewer mitos with less hit points.

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And honestly, most pick up groups aren't interested in spending time analyzing mission structure, summing up their foes, crafting detailed fight plans... they just want to run in and kill things, heal up, then run into the next room and kill things. Lather, rinse, repeat.

The excitement of playing this game is the frenzy you experience with that type of gameplay. Strategy, by and large, is slow and boring. Running in and decimating everything in sight like a well-oiled killing machine is fun and exciting.

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These re both personal opinions, not canon. Many players enjoy the challenge of strategy, and the victory that comes from it. Seeing some of the posts during closed beta was proof of this.

I find PUGs that just run in and defeat everything pretty monotonous, actually. Run in, wipe mobs, wash, rinse, repeat. Sounds like a Drek map to me

If players were really not that cerebral, why create Inventions and IO sets? Why have crafting in any MMO for that matter? Why do other MMOs have raid content? Obviously someone must enjoy thinking in a game

So you lost a trump card, and the Phantom Army can't single-handedly tank Hami. Why the surprise? Sounds kinda broken to me when I put it in those terms, IMHO.

There are strategies that work without relying on PA. There were successful Hami raids on Test once a strategy was found.

The sky isn't falling.

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Respecs and slotting do not in any way allow us to adapt in a way that completely invalidates a Power or Pool of Powers. Inventions aren't going to let us do that either. Powers aren't built with the idea that an Ice Toller should be fairly safe from Ice and Cold attacks while taking additional damage from Fire / Heat. Respecs don't allow us to alter our Primary or Secondary lists other that to pick a power at a different time or ignore one in favor of another.

In the Comic books all of the Big Bad Guys have a weakness. We've seen where swarms of Heroes have hit them with everything they have only to be left laying scattered across the fields in need of serious medical care. They are beaten because they have a weakness that some lucky and/or smart Hero discovers and figures out a way to exploit.

Wanna make Hami a challenge? Give him a pool of weakness and have him spawn with a random weakness each time that will require the Heroes to find it and exploit it to win. There won't be a "perfect team" because you won't know what you really need to take him down going in. It will still be one hell of a fight but I think it will feel more like a Super Hero / Comic Book battle and less like the Battle of Thermopylea. Players will feel like they've beaten the baddest thing going and it will never be the same twice .

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I hear Hami is weak against Essence of the Earth... maybe not the Kryptonite you were looking for, but sometimes the best offense is a good defense.

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No kidding.

Let me know when someone on the Dev team "adapts" the ability to Phase Shift since you all are living organisms too.

Lazy answer.

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Because Ivory Tower answers are better

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Well I see the idea but I think it's just too' lazy of the Devs not explain why he can now hit you though PS.
I think a better fix would've been to just make him ignor anything that's PSed. PAs included. That would solve the tanking prob.

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He's a living organism; he adapted to his environment.

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No offense intended, Mr. Castle Sir, but...

... are you suggesting that Hami evolved by natural selection? Or adapted within a single generation, mutating himself to be a more effective challenge in a hero/predator infested world? That's a little implausible, but I guess not much more so than the idea of a giant one-celled organism that shoots blasts of electrolytes at people.

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Anime FTW

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Well I see the idea but I think it's just too' lazy of the Devs not explain why he can now hit you though PS.
I think a better fix would've been to just make him ignor anything that's PSed. PAs included. That would solve the tanking prob.

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He's a living organism; he adapted to his environment.

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He assimilated a Police Drone into his organic matrix

You guys rock - keep up the good work and great communications

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(and when the Tank runs, folks, that's your sign )

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For a slightly different perspective on the story, check out Top Down Paragon's radio coverage, available in streaming or downloadable versions.

Huge *thanks!* to DJ Jester and w00t for putting this together!

cheers,
JS

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uhm...is Erica related to Dr. Girlfriend?

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No, but there is an uncanny resemblance between Statesman and DJ Otto Plair... (perhaps it explains Otto's attitude)

No, it was ME jerk hacker!!!

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So this really cool window pops up while I'm in the middle of a big fight. And it says:
City of Heroes is Three Years Old!

Free Respec!
To commemorate the 3 year anniversary of City of Heroes, we will be granting all characters a free respec on Tuesday, May 1st. For more details please visit the announcement forum of the City of Heroes message board.
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Hey that's great and all but... 1) I already knew this was coming. As does anyone else that reads the forums. 2) Your [censored] giant [censored] window popping up right in the middle of a big hairy battle I was in almost got me killed.

Thanks!

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Any time we update the Message of the Day (MOTD) file on the server, it pops up like that. It's rather poppy. Oh, and it was all my fault too

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Hax!!!