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And why the DE seem so much scarier in general over there?

I can see all the cyclists here cheering and wanting to elect Cole for mayor or governor

Oh, that would be awesome all around. I would like to see this happen.

Its still a great tool. Sadly, it was exploitability of the AE that made it so popular in the first place (along with the new feature smell - aaaaah).

My friends and I still use and enjoy it. Some folks really enjoy making stuff for it, but I think most people probably figured out that mission making isn't for them (I don't care for it).

That's pretty darn awesome (~11.5 SO's worth of enhancement, yeah?), is a bit easier to do than chasing specific sets, and since you keep those bonuses for such a huge level range I think it very well balances out the fact you're not getting much in the way of IO set bonuses (which you might be exemplaring too low for anyhow). I know for me its knocked out the desire to chase after purples. Why bother? I can be really freakin' awesome without them.

Slightly twisted idea that come to mind concerning Vigilance; why not give Tanks a damage bonus based on how much endurance they're currently burning up? The more toggles you have, the more often you attack, the more endurance you're spending and the higher the damage buff. Granted, there needs to be a limit to the bonus offered lest builds be made that are expressly end-use heavy and the set used can get itself an unfair advantage (Willpower + Fitness/Stamina loaded with tons of extra toggles could be obscene).

Directly related to your post: How about -Res (all types) on enemies within a certain radius of the Tank, causing them to take more damage from a tank's attacks? Just make it go down on teams like the new Vigilance. Or would that get out of hand/abused too quickly?

And a Secondary Critical might be interesting, sort of like an Overpower. Get a SC and whatever your secondary effect does? It does double. Of course, that would make knockback sets super annoying

Not necessarily. Pour in and slowly add. Better than pouring, taking out, waiting for the scale to settle down, take more out, etc. And of course, the first guy might take out too much while adjusting and have to put more in to try and get it right.

The presentation was exactly about perception; the first person was seen as miserly, the second as generous (or at least not stingy).

More directly on topic?

1st approach: way over do it, wait to see the effects of that. In the meantime players WILL get used to the overpowered status. When it gets nerfed, the players will protest bitterly. They've developed playstyles and builds around it and how it works in an overpowered fashion. They've told other players, "Hey, do it this way! Its awesome!" or even worse (which happened to me pre-ED), "Do it this way or you're stupid! This is the way things are supposed to be!"

Also, there's no telling how long that will take or how many times they'll have to do it to get it right. They might be aware of the problem of something being overpowered, but that doesn't mean they'll get to adjusting/fixing it immediately. The longer it remains overpowered, the more it becomes "normal," the worse the reaction will be when it comes. And of course, the folks who realized it was overpowered and said as much will come back with "I told you so!" making things an even bigger mess.

I think the BotZ nerf might be a good example. And I'm sure other folks can think of things that had to be adjusted downward multiple times along with the playerbase's reaction to it. I think it is fair to point out that most players don't care if something is overpowered "in their favor." Of course, what the long-term effects of that imbalance might be or how it might affect other things might not be on their mind, either.

2nd approach: Yes, it takes will take longer for the devs. Like above, there's usually something that comes before something gets buffed on the ol' priority list. But its a smarter way to do it. It still ruffles feathers because "its not fast enough" but at the same time nobody actually gets hurt by the adjustment since its a buff (caveat: provided its just a buff and there's no buff-with-tradeoff going on). There's no anxiety concerning "will my power/powersets get nerfed yet again?" when new patchnotes come out. And since the adjustment is gradual versus radical swings back and forth, its generally more stable so its easier/safer to plan around, I think.

I remember watching a customer service video at an old job maybe 10 years ago. The guy gave this story/example:

There was a candyshop with two men working at it. You placed your order and one of them would get you your candy.

One man would put your bag on the scale, pour a bunch in, then take away until he got your order filled.

The other man would put your bag on the scale, put in some, then add until he got your order filled.

The second man was the one that customers liked to fill their order, even though both men were equally accurate and reliable in getting your order filled.

I can certainly understand wanting things to go faster, but repeated buffing over a long period of time is something that is better tolerated (and gives a better sense of stability) than radical changes back and forth, especially when its a massive buff that keeps having to get nerfed and nerfed and nerfed.

edit: I understand completely if you disagree with this. Just sayin' where I'm coming from and what I believe.

They'll have glowing fish so if you want you can theme your character as having Holy Mackerel Melee.

I'd say, and broadly speaking, there are three basic things to look at: Control, Damage and Buff/Debuff.

So when you look at primaries...
Controllers and Tank are great for Control.
Blasters and Scrappers are great for Damage.
Defenders are best at Buffing/Debuffing

Secondaries, IO's and specific powersets help blur the lines at what a character can do and be good at. Teaming makes things even crazier (enough buffing and debuffing will make anyone hit super-hard!).

Unfortunately the players react very negatively to nerfs. Even if they ultimately get to the same numbers, gradual buffing won't cause near the ruckus that overpowering then nerfing will.

On top of that you never know how that buff might interact with other things. I have always trusted the players to come up with things that the devs haven't thought when it comes to exploits or making something overpowered/broken, and always will.

I can't find any such requirement on XFX's requirements for the system. They do say:
Which confuses me a bit since that card only has one 6-pin connector.

Okay... I do have a 6-pin PCIe connector (yay). I don't really understand what I was looking at for the sticker so I copied it down.

+5 / 22.0A
+12VA / 18.0A
+12VB / 18.0A
-12V / 1.0A
+3.3V / 17.0A
+5VFP / 2.0A
Max comb. power on +5V and +3.3V is 150W
Max comb. power on +12VA and +12VB is 30A

edit: Since Newegg is going to make me pay shipping anyhow...
http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Radeon-575...5973746&sr=8-1

I'm debating on ordering a power supply as well, just to be sure.

edit: If http://extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine is to be believed?

Well, like I said, there could be more... haven't watched it yet.

I'm hoping for more proliferations and such, myself.

I haven't had a chance to watch yet, but...

Demon Summoning - Masterminds
Kinetic Melee - Tanks, Scrappers, Brutes and Stalkers
Electric Control - Controllers, Dominators'
Dual Pistols - Defenders, Blasters, Corruptors

I believe that covers all the non Epic AT's.

Mind you, I'd love to see more than that, but hey, this is good too.

Don't encourage SkankyJay!'

Please tell me you've seen, if not played, this once