Redlynne
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Oh I've got a Storm/Dual Pistols Defender myself, and I know all about being in the eye of the Hurricane! And as far as safety goes, it can either be achieved with "lockdown" of mobs (via hard and soft controls) or by "disruption" of mobs (knockdown/up/back, debuffing, etc.) ... but "control" should not be confused with "disruption" since although the net result is effectively the same (you and your team stay alive and fighting longer/better), the means of achieving that goal is radically different in terms of skillset(s) of the player as well as tactics an strategy. Both ways can yield "safety" but do so through totally dissimilar means ... which has very important applications to gameplay.
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Quote:I play using the Mac Client and the NC Soft Launcher for Mac is still advertising the Winter Event as well as the December Subscription Offer (for getting extra subscribed time) as well as several other things that haven't been updated since ... well ... December. Things like the "new" Gunslinger Costume Pack.Originally Posted by Kheldarn
Greg Clem: Is the Mac's launcher webpage going to be updated? The Mac one still shows the Winter Event.
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Quote:I would phrase this a little differently.Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
Positron's Blast is a set that over emphasizes damage enhancement to the detriment of everything else. This makes it a bad set. Kheldian's Grace offers much better enhancement values and comparable set bonuses, thus making it way better.
Positron's Blast "overspends" on Damage, meaning that a full set results in "wasted" enhancement value thanks to Enhancement Diversification. Kheldian's Grace is better "balanced" on the strength of its combined values on the enhancements themselves, because it isn't overrunning the ED cap to the same degree. Note that this analysis is merely looking at the straight up enhancement values on the enhancements themselves and is not taking into consideration the "worth" of the set bonuses as a point of cross-comparison. -
Quote:Storm is not so much a "control" powerset as it is a CHAOS powerset. Storm achieves its "control" functions less by locking things down so much as disrupting them with Gale, Freezing Rain, Herdicane, Tornado and Lightning Storm ... and a lot of that disruption potential involves knockback/knockdown/knockup/repel with a lot of To-hit Debuff thrown in from Hurricane. Storm doesn't "lockdown" Foes in the way that other powersets can with their powers, but it can perma-disrupt groups of hostiles in ways that neutralize their offensive potential.Originally Posted by _Ail_
You are right. Storm is another top contender for control. Not better than TA I would say but definitely up there.
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At the last Player Summit, I "cornered" Dark Watcher (programming guy) and pointed out to him that the REAL problem with the Base Editor essentially amounts to a case of "Do Not Back Up, Severe Tire Damage" and that until the entire legacy base editing system gets replaced, it's never going to amount to more than it currently does (ie. 6 years old and creaky as all get out). I then pointed out to him that what would be Really Useful is a dual use "Map Editor" which would be cross-compatible with both SG Bases and Mission Architect so as to allow for more broadly defined User Created Environments.
YES ... it would be tremendous undertaking (think easily a year or two once a commitment is made to go ahead) ... but at the same time, the rewards of actually overhauling (and documenting?) the game code that makes these things possible would at the same time be an excellent opportunity to streamline and update Developer Tools for creating environments as well, not just Player Accessible Tools for doing the same thing. My point being that the Developers could "get as much out of" such an effort as the Players, and the end result would be a far more stable, and expansionable part of the game allowing User Created Content.
So if you do it *RIGHT* you achieve the all important Two Birds With One Stone aspect (or even Three, depending on how you tie everything together and code it all on the back end). -
Cyborg Aura: A.C.C.A.H.U.D.
Could this "sort of thing" be ... extended ... into being a Full Body Hologram "armor" using the body layer tech that Victorian Decor is made from? Basically making a "high tech" sort of Victorian Decor that holographically projects "body armor" around the entire body, when In Combat? -
Quote:The simplest possible thing to do would be to allow ALL Mastermind Primary Pet Powers to slot Recharge Intensive Pets.Originally Posted by Draeth Darkstar
And yes, I also do agree that Mastermind primaries without Recharge Intensive Pets are currently faced with a unique disadvantage in the modern game, but I'm not sure what, if anything, could feasibly be done about it, since it would basically require several powers to be totally scrapped to fix...
No fuss ... no muss.
Problem SOLVED.
It's a simple database edit ... which makes you wonder why it hasn't been done yet.
Serum for Mercs is just another one of those Monument To BAD GAME DESIGN legacy bits of coding that really just need to be completely overhauled. First thing I'd do to it would be to turn it into a 60 ft PBAoE (ie. Supremacy radius) Click that affects all Mercs, not just one ... and then go about improving the details of the power.Quote:Originally Posted by Draeth Darkstar
Although considering it further, I don't think anyone would mourn Serum or Repair being removed.
A friend of mine plays a Robotics Mastermind, and he *swears* by Repair (in a good way) as a Fast Heal for a Bot. Or were you thinking of a different Repair power?
Smoke Flash is ... kludgy. It's basically a Pet Placate (ala Stalkers), but the Hide (and double damage) doesn't wear off for 10 seconds, so it's a bit more like Build Up in that respect. My main problem with the power is the extreme Endurance Cost of it (even when reduced by slotting) and the fact that it affects only ONE Ninja, which you have to Target ... rather than being a 60 ft PBAoE Click which affects ALL of your Ninjas simultaneously. I'd much rather have a PBAoE Smoke Flash that lasted 5 seconds, than a Single Target Smoke Flash that lasted for 10 seconds (and required me to switch targets to use, most of the time). Use of Smoke Flash requires a lot more "Flying the Gauges" in the workload of your attention span, which is a familiar experience to any Empath, World Of Pain or Time Manipulation driver. Without Smoke Flash, you can keep your attention centered on the "action" happening on screen where the enemy is, without needing to be (as) constantly aware of your Pet Status window (and if you have any of them selected as your Target within it).Quote:Originally Posted by Draeth Darkstar
I honestly don't know what the popular opinion of Smoke Flash is, I've never been able to get past all of Ninjas' many (many, many, many) problems to actually play the set past 10.
Of course, one of the ways around that problem is the Target Of Target system ... where you Target a Foe, and whatever THEY are targeting becomes the beneficiary of Smoke Flash (and so long as that's a Ninja Pet, it works). -
I wish the PToD were visible beyond melee range when the $Target isn't being attacked (and the entire area FLOODED with FX).
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As bad off as Ninjas are ... Mercs definitely have it worse.
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That's just EBIL Marketeers controlling the market and extracting profit.
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Broken PvP requires broken Powers. Nothing to see here ...
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I've got a Ninja/TA Mastermind, and when I run SSA 2 and have to take out the Final Boss, I use Oil Slick Arrow. It lights every time, and my Ninjas are (reliably) terrified of standing in it while it's on fire.
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Quote:That word that is hurting your brain would be "TEXAS"Originally Posted by Zwillinger
But Austin is in...
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Quote:Seconded ... and that goes double for any Mastermind who doesn't have access to Recharge Intensive Pets.Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
I'd be happy if it were good for any mastermind.
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Assault is better in all cases, except for when you're solo ... or when you need to spike damage something RIGHT NOW. Then again, Aim requires active attention (and clicking!), whereas Assault does not, meaning that you're not realistically going to be getting the uptime you were calculating anyway ... in which case, over infinite time, Assault is even better when solo.
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Now that you mention it ... there is a certain resemblance ...
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Quote:Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
I cannot believe anyone would still be bitter over GDN and ED. They were necessary changes that happened a long damn time ago.
Also, as stated, just because they didn't act on the collective whine doesn't mean they didn't listen.
Please try to be mature about it. You've had years to grow up.
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Quote:That seems to happen ... a lot ... when people don't raise a stink within 24 hours of the release of information about new stuff ... and sometimes even if we do, it doesn't make any difference whatsoever ... {shudders in memory of the explosively negative reaction to ED and GDN nerfs prior to CoV melting the Forum software and knocking them offline for days(!), and then watching the *HATED* nerfs go Live anyway, without changes, because Devs WOULDN'T LISTEN}.Originally Posted by newchemicals
Our feedback fell on deaf ears.
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"STUPIDITY" should never be used for justification of Game Balance.
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Quote:Quoted for TRVTH.Originally Posted by Master Zaprobo
Regardless, the inclusion of so much Recharge in a Mastermind-specific Enhancement set seems... lazy.
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When I can 6-slot my Ponytail with a Force Feedback Set, I'll be impressed.
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Virtue people will take anyone on their teams.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Redlynne
Here's a question for Dink and Tunnel Rat/Honey Badger.
Would it be possible to include a version of the Rifle and the Pistol where the rings on them GLOW and the glow FX on those rings ANIMATES in a cascading way (say, from rear to forward) at a couple of different speed settings (say, fast or slow) and which can be set as an Always On or a Combat Only option? Allow that animated ring glow FX to be the secondary color of those versions of the weapons, in addition to serving as the "highlight" styling color on other parts of the weapon model.
Any chance our awesome Art Team can do that, Clockwork O1?
Promises neither required, nor expected.Quote:Originally Posted by Clockwork O1
I like your idea.
I make no promises whatsoever.
It will be investigated.
That is all.
The fact that you LIKE the idea (and are willing to express to any and all in this forum that you do), is reward enough.
Saying that you WILL investigate to see if it can be done (or not) ... PRICELESS.
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Quote:Take a number and get in line ... Pilgrim ...Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim
I will make a thread dedicated to your awesomeness in the Kheldian forums if you can do this.
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Quote:Cross-posting for visibility (an an excuse to wave "HI!" to Honey Badger who I had fun talking to at the last Player Summit!).Originally Posted by Redlynne
Here's a question for Dink and Tunnel Rat/Honey Badger.Quote:Originally Posted by Clockwork O1
Lastly, we recognize that people have very different ideas about rings, not rings, glow, and not-glow. Where possible we are going to try to provide as many with and without options as possible within the set.
Would it be possible to include a version of the Rifle and the Pistol where the rings on them GLOW and the glow FX on those rings ANIMATES in a cascading way (say, from rear to forward) at a couple of different speed settings (say, fast or slow) and which can be set as an Always On or a Combat Only option? Allow that animated ring glow FX to be the secondary color of those versions of the weapons, in addition to serving as the "highlight" styling color on other parts of the weapon model.
Any chance our awesome Art Team can do that, Clockwork O1?
Clearly you need more free time like Dink the Magnificent seems to have ...Quote:Originally Posted by Honey Badger
That’s it, I gotta get back to work.