ProcessedMeatMan

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Wow...you people take PvP too seriously. If someone sees that a badger has a PvP badge, does that matter for anything at all? No. If someone looks and the badger has every badge in the game, does that mean anything? Yes. It means this person is dedicated to getting that amount of badges up. I have found that, truly, almost no PvPers care about badges or care about letting the opponent (heroes/villains)get badges. All you're truly doing while PvPing is attempting to beat the snot out of some cheap enemy that won't stop running away while working on a badge.

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You kinda missed the whole point of the argument.
Slot more accuracies.

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So propose a fix.

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Get rid of the PvP badges OR implement a higher death timer (i.e. 24 hours)

or

Keep the badges "as is," acknowledging their uselessness outside of collecting... and institute on infinite, yet eventually downgraded, rep point system. This way, Rep can mean something. Now, once you hit 400, you get a badge. You're done. Yay. Your "worth" isn't measured at all in any meaningful or rewarding way.

Drops II: Judgement Drops?

I tried...

Your focus on these issues is much appreciated Posi! Seriously

You guys do a great job on this game and deserve kudos, no doubt. Sure it has it's issues, but what game doesn't?

Why is it some of you guys feel the need to bring up this crap in every thread he makes? Guys, he's using friggin' Shivans and inspirations. Look at the damn screeshot!
The only thing in danger of nerfing here are Shivans and inspirations. Give it a damn rest already.

Dark Armor has received it's fair share of love and nerfage over the years. No more or less than any other Scrapper set (save Regen).
I assume Soul Transfer now roots because it does damage... though it all kinda evens out! At least you can re-toggle a lot faster without those rooting you

For some dumb reason I got Vengeance confused with Fallout... heh.

Vengeance might, but the others = no.

I gotta say, I'm really liking the new approach to power designs and rooting! Will this new method also be applied to powers that do damage and hold/stun/etc? If so, I hafta ask... will there be some sort of uniformity between these powers?
As a common example: Ice Blast and Sonic Blast - Ice doesn't spend much time rooted in place. Sonic is nearly hair-pullingly frustrating with it's attack roots. This disparity isn't so obvious (to me anyway) in PvE, but is a blatant imbalance between the sets in PvP.
The list could go on and on, but I thought I'd use this example because it's one I'm personally familiar with. Now, I know some of these powers are somewhat balanced around their animation times (at least that's a rumor I heard), but your input on this would be appreciated

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thats where it needs love, im rooted every time i use an attack :P

that and the dam is kinda meh

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The damage isn't really all that different from most other Blaster primaries. At least as far as the two main single target attacks are concerned. That and the attacks are all energy. I think what people mean when they say this is Electric is lacking a third shorter range "powerhouse" single target attack. We get Sparky instead, which does suck pretty bad in PvP, admittedly.

The only beefs I have with Electric Blast in PvP are the rooting animations. other than that, it's pretty sweet, if used to it's full potential... and I've got a buttload of experience with it.

Global: @ProcessedMeatMan and @PMM2
Gender: MAN!!
Age: 29
Location: San Diego, CA
Height: 5'10"
SG Affiliation: Paragon University Archeology Department
Most Recognizable Server Toon: ProcessdMeatMan, though I haven't played him all that much in the last year or so. I get the most flack for the missing "e" in the name, but he was created before they increased the character limit, dammit!!
Factoid: I've used the handle ProcessedMeatMan on messageboards, chats and things like that for yeeeeaaars before this game came out. The name was derived from my nickname "Ham" which all my friends call me.

My opinion of CoX PvP = Wasted Potential.
When something as simple and non-defining as a frikkin' power pool choice determines the viability of your character in PvP, nevermind what your actual power sets are, it's an indication that the imbalances go way too deep to ever be truly fixed.
Sure, getting the bugs out of the Arena and Base Raids will help to a small degree, but I just don't see PvP ever being a big draw in this game, unfortunately. Mostly due to the lack of balance, both real and perceived.

I'm curious... is it plausible, at all, to develop an option that would enable other players to visit another SG's base on a whim? I dunno... have a separate kiosk that lists every "guest enabled" SG base on the server (let's separate Heroes and Villains, of course) and allow for entry. I think that would be pretty dang cool.
Not only that... but I'd like to see these kiosks take the form of faux buildings, that way we could at least pretend that our base isn't floating around Pocket D or somewhere.

Oops... musta missed it the first time!

Very helpful guide I have it stickied to my favorites
One question though... do you know the duration of the Seeker Drone debuffs? Thanks!

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I don't get it. How do people burn through three earned Respecs and all their free ones?

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FOTM. Min/max. Arena. PvP.

The only reason I used a freespec was right before I7, none of my heroes had used theirs before, I knew you can only bank one freespec, and for many I had a "wish I'd taken X instead of Y" lingering for a long time. So what the heck.

But some people have respecced every time it's available and still want more. I'm like you, MissInformed, I don't get it.

--NT

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I like altering some of my characters abilities every now and then without having to re-roll another character with the same powersets.

Not that it matters. Everyone approaches this game with their own method of gameplay. So, there really isn't anything "to get."

Maaaaaan...

I'll be at the San Diego Comic-Con that weekend

But I will hopefulyl get a sketch of one of my Heroes from David Nakayama while I'm there!

Damn you choices! DAMN YOU!!

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Changing the power to match it's description

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I fear for Temporary Invulnerability.

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Wasn't TI a click back in CoH Beta?

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NOOOOO!!! I just created a Plant/Psi dominator and now we are told that Statesman is playing one. I better delete that character before I invest some time in it. Every character Statesman has played so far has been gutted after a time. Plant/Psi are DOOMED!

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Actually, a few months after States told us stories of his Gravity Controller, we got an AoE Wormhole and reduced animation times.

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We have one reported case where Statesman called down giant monsters on a group (and got a slap on the wrist for it).

So they probably grief regularly (which is why they don't post quality that they used to...) and want to make it easier to cause mass suffering.

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Wow... way to take something out of context and create one helluva conspiracy theory out of it.

Be they bugs or intended, is this really a problem?

I think it would be great... nay, superb if Hamidon's AI and the strategies needed to defeat him/it were rendered obsolete every issue or two. As it stands now (err, as of I6 anyway), Hamidon is a joke. It's so boring to do. It's the same thing over and over and over. Revamping the encounter will keep it interesting. It should be done more often!

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whats the undying badge? for killing yourself? lol this is only the second method i've heard of to suicide (the other being energy transfer)

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Absorb Pain has this ability as well.

So, does anyone have a hypothetical time frame for getting this thing the RV way?

What's the spawn rate? Are they only in one spot? How long do you think it would probably take?

Thanks!