Samuel_Tow

Isn't that a problem, though? Super Speed SHOULD be the fastest and, in many, many instances, it simply isn't. Aside from speed, what other utility does the power have? Partial invisibility? It actually NEEDS that to even function, because you're forced to go THROUGH certain spawns for the simple fact that you can't go over them.

Are we seriously saying that Super Speed would somehow become overpowered if it could gain better air control? Because I don't think I can agree with that. All it would do is make it a little more user-friendly to use, as well as allowing us to make better precision jumps.

You shouldn't assume Fitness pool as an obvious pick. Not all of us agree with this.

More to the point, I find it completely unacceptable that a Booster-specific, paid-for power that does not take a power pick or have prerequisites could be altered to be more usability-friendly. Ninja Run is balanced by the fact that it detoggles all other travel assists that it can even afffect (so obviously not Hurdle), and that's part of what it needs to not eclipse the actual pool travel powers.

Let me put it this way - if Ninja Run required two power picks (a prerequisite and the power) and you could only pick it up after level 14, would you be as willing to take and use it? Because it's not actually a very good travel power. It's good, but it's good because it's "free," because it looks cool and because it's available at level 4. As a legitimate travel power, it couldn't compete.

What I'm suggesting is to add a functionality kind of like Ninja Run to Super Speed, thus preserving the balance of power pick travel powers, and furthermore allowing for more interesting customization options for Super Speed.

Because it makes no sense to "slash" at people with a hammer, nor indeed to parry, just as it doesn't make much sense "clobber" people with a dagger. It's not just about damage types. It's the fact that it's a sword set. You can't just insert maces into it and expect it to still be a sword set, specifically since Broadsword and War Mace are SIGNIFICANTLY different as sets. They don't even share all the same animations, and the animations they share are shared for the wrong powers. Aesthetically, it just looks bad.

Furthermore, you can't have BOTH an axe and a sword in the same set. You get to customize ONE weapon for the entire set, not a weapon per power. So even at the best of times, why would you want to play Broadsword with a battle axe when you can just play Battle Axe?

Now, if the idea is to have many melee weapons in the same set, then suggest a brand new set that does this. Don't know how that could be achieved, though, not technically, at least.

Yeah, there is that, as well. I understand why Hasten's defence buff was removed back in the day (the GDN, I think), but why not give it a temporary running speed effect? I mean, you're faster. Wouldn't it make sense to run faster?

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You know, ideally, I'd like to see a power like Ninja Run introduced in a pool of its own as an alternative travel power. But I don't think it'd be worth the power pick. It's significantly slower than Super Speed and it doesn't really jump very high. Purely practically, why would you pick that over Super Speed, specifically if you could alter Super Speed's running animation to that of Ninja Run (wishful thinking)?

The reason I suggest this is because I don't think a legitimate version of Ninja Run which I can slot for its attributes would ever be added, and Super Speed is almost all the way there.

You know... People keep telling me "I'd rather take this and Hurdle and Combat Jumping," but... That's three power picks. What I'm saying is why not make the power be kind of like that with just ONE power pick? Boost its jump height a little and, most importantly, give it enough air control to match its ground speed. Here's the problem:

Regular jumping has very little friction. That means your ability to control your movement, including speed up and slow down, is almost nil. So when you jump with super speed, you just sail on ahead. When you activate Combat Jumping, however, its air speed is FAR lower than that of Super Speed, so when you run and jump with Combat Jumping, it actually slows you down. It has rather a lot of friction, and even when moving in the direction your run-jumped, it STILL slows you down, leading you to make jumps far shorter than it could, and in fact not significantly longer than basic run. And if you try to turn in the air, you air speed screeches to basically zero and you stop dead in the air.

Giving Super Speed more air control and more friction would allow us to do controlled running jumps at running speed, vastly improving Super Speed utility, even with no jump height increase. This used to kill me a lot in the old Faultline. If I jumped between the different sections of land and realise I'd missed my jump when I was already in the air, there wasn't a damn thing I could do. If I realised my jump would be short, but there was a platform to the left of me, I couldn't do anything because I couldn't steer. I'd drop in the crevasse and then have to painfully back-track to the gate to try again, only to misjudge another jump and have to backtrack again.

Or how about climbing to the Terra Volta reactor? The last level is basically a series of precision jumps where fast running speed is of no help, but good air control would be. When I need to make a long jump onto a tight platform, giving me decent air control would help. With the current LACK of air control, hitting the platform is a crapshot.

Unless you paid money to be given a download link for the update, yes, they very much are. That's like saying free popcorn with your movie isn't truly free because you had to pay for the movie. Or because you had to pay for a parking spot.

Speaking of which, you're late for this week's hate mail. What's holding you up?

Ugh... Stupid me, you're right. It's not a so much a GHOUL costume as it's a ghoul COSTUME. Gotcha.

That's better than I've done. When we were told to keep them below 500, I slashed mine down to about 480 or thereabout. I forget how much I had, but not too much. I'm at 571 now, so... Actually about as much, come to think of it. I should check to see what those were. I remember some, just not all.

Oh, I remember! I like to respond to PMs, which causes people to respond to the responses, so what might have been one PM turns into about seven, thus swelling my "score."

That's basically what I'm looking for. I don't see a need to reduce the horizontal speed of Super Speed. Yes, that's its balance point - fast horizontal speed with no vertical help. But the thing is, Super Jump comes very, very close to the same horizontal speed, and tends to win because it can just go over most obstacles. I have no problem with throwing Super Speed a bone with some more height and, above all, more air control so jumping doesn't slow you down.

I have a few of those. I have a few notifications of moderator action, as well. Had to kill quite a few when we were told to keep them under 500, but I have 571 now. A lot of them are costume design debates, however, that stretch for sometimes dozens of posts at a time. Plus, it's been six years. That tends to pile up.

Yes, "excitement." Because it's so "exciting" that the one time the thing spawned for the last three months was 6 AM your time when you were out of town. I'm sure people will be very "happy" with events that happen once in a blue moon that most people would miss out on.

Let's stop with the artificial difficulty, please. Extremely rare monsters are not exciting. They're just boring.

I would actually be perfectly happy if "personal bases" were completely non-functional and only cosmetic, to be honest. I'm looking at something that's fun and easy to work with which would be kind of like the costume creator. In fact, if I had my way with things, base development would work more like the way tilesets are put together from set-piece rooms and hallways.

But, yeah, cosmetic only is just fine in my book.

Exactly. At least it doesn't look like the rig is overheating. Though I guess that could be the point. My machine is so powerful it's shooting flames! In a good way!

I seem to recall paying money to play this game at some point, I think. That ought to count for something. I mean, I thought I worked to make my money, but I guess it makes sense that I'd pay to do even more work to make a totally different kind of money with which to pay to do even more work. That sounds reasonable.

That sounds like paying someone to design your costume. I've previously gone on about how one of the greatest parts of City of Heroes is that my characters feel like they're mine and mine alone, because I made their costumes and played them up to their level. I COULD ask someone to make costumes for me, but then that would be little better than just picking from a list of developer-made costumes, in that it would no longer feel like it's truly mine.

It's the same with bases. I could have someone design a base for a SG I own, but what would be the point? I'll have a base, but it's a base I can't be proud of. Yes, it looks good, bit it's not MY design. I can respect the skill and dedication of whoever made it, but it's not mine, and thus is much less impressive to have.