Oedipus_Tex

I would love to see Power Customization finished just because I want to see what you do with it. Your costumes always look astounding.

Let's all hope the next raid doesn't feature Devouring Earth with the same abilities the Earth-Prime versions have.

Although it will still be hilarious to goad newbie SR Tankers into taking an alpha from the prime version anyway.

Not as depressing as a professional advertisement in Helvetica font.

And heals.

(Oh, immobilizes too.)

Well, 8ft radius on the -Defense. I guess we have to wait to see the radius and values of the revised Poison.

I do consider /Trick Arrow an excellent secondary for Mind Control in any case.

I agree with this comment 100%. I also think Stalkers were seriously hurt in PVE by the proliferation of invisibility via Super Speed + a stealth IO, which originally part of the justification for their weaknesses.

The reason I suggested adding -Regen and possibly also -Healing to Stalkers was specifically to make them as desirable as /Rads and /Colds are for dealing with a single hard target. I think killing a hard target is something this AT should be sought after for.

I also think it would be extremely interesting if Stalkers had an ability to temporarily disrupt Purple Triangles or deactivate/punch through godmode armors. For example, an ability that lowered the resistance cap or having their version of Build Up include a proc of unresistable damage.

There are apparantly some other buffs to the Poison set. Something about portions of the existing single target powers having half-strength AoEs.

So it looks like we have a new PBAoE toggle to pair with Fire, Ice, and Electric Control.

Are you excited? Rerolling any pre-existing characters?

Here is the rub on this. Very few people are particularly upset that trials were added to the game. I actually enjoy the trials on their own merits outside of the reward system. But I feel that basing an entire, unique reward structure on trials is a huge misstep.

Compare the trials to TFs. TFs exist in the background. You can do them if you want to; they are always there. But they are not a leveling structure in themselves. And we have certainly never had a situation where running the STF, ITF and Dr Q over and over was the path to a huge boost in power and told, "don't worry, we don't have the resources to release the whole system at once, but Khan, Apex and Tin Mage are coming soon!"

Some people are going to frame this as a "if you are a real fan, you'd power though the lack of content without complaints." Unfortunately, being bored is a healthy reason to stop playing a game. I did this exact thing to this game's competitors. And playing a game anyway isn't a sign of "maturity" as some people have put it, it's a sign of addiction. So I play other games here and there and work on personal projects and hope this one gets fixed. I use the word "fixed" because I don't consider this just a lack of content issue. It's broken because the whole system hinges on content that can't be delivered, when that never needed to be the case.

I do still like this game and respect its developers. This is not the same as agreeing with where this game is going or making a promise to continue sending it money.

I happen to think comparing the tiny boost of TF commander to a crashless nuke, free procs in every power, pets that can solo a pylon, or perma-mezz protection in a 40ft radius is a stretch.

(Unrelated to quoted poster: I also think that if there is a choke point of continuous silliness in these discussions, its the assertion that the incarnate powers "only really matter" in incarnate content. A lot of time has been spent debating whether people "need" a power, which is missing the forest for the trees. The real question is whether people "benefit," and how much. In the case of the incarnate powers the answers are "yes" and a "whole, whole lot." In fact, more than any single proc, IO, or ability you can acquirre after level 50.)

In any case, none of the TFs required for TF commander are level 50.

I think the point was more that it is what the OP wants to see. Whether s/he gets it is another matter.

I don't typically say it will likely never happen... but it will likely never happen with Bonfire without major changes to that power. Bonfire is an autohit knockback. It is therefor 92% more likely to hit per pulse than the next highest chance, Ice Slick, which has just 8% per pulse. They'd have to drop the chance waaaaay down to keep Fire Control in line. The most likely number would be around 3% per pulse (which is what Liquefy has). But it would be a huge buff to a power that clearly would not have been put in a Blaster APP if it were known it would become a mainline control power. It is already extremely effective for that AT.

So your logic is what? This game sucks less than another game, so we have more room to introduce sucky features and get away with it?

PS never, ever break out a dictionary in an internet debate, unless the word you're looking up is "concede."

Yeah yeah yeah. If you don't like it, whatever, but calling it "stupid" is just so much posturing. Nice slippery slope there at the end too. If Energy Blast could toggle its knockback it would mean exactly that: Energy Blast could toggle its knockback. Things are the way they are until they aren't. The game didn't self destruct when other sets got changes and buffs, and it definetly does not mean every set has to change because one did. If they wanted to justify the set getting this ability all they'd have to say is "EB gets this now because the tech didn't exist when it was created." If they don't, whatever, but don't act like anyone who disagrees with your logic is an idiot.