Scarlet Shocker

Originally Posted by Sojourn_EU

now we're just distracting ourselves hehe

They wont even need real beads. They can just get WW to pop in an say "beads!" and we'll just wander off talking about beads.

Originally Posted by mereman

Oh I see they are mutants

Originally Posted by TSCM_Hudson

I can't believe I didn't really think about it this entire time.

I made yet another new toon, and was running around, putting the smackdown on the seemingly endless supply of Hellions when I saw it... the AD on one of the buildings.

"Chillin' Villains Bail Bonds. Heroes put 'em in. We pull 'em out!"

WHAT?!? So who are the real villains here? IT MUST ALL BE A NEMESIS PLOT!

It must also explain why the Hellions have still not dissappeared completely after more then 5 years, no?

Originally Posted by Umbral

I've strongly supported making the Shadow Shard cohabitant (rather than cooperative) and actually enjoy all of the TFs except for Quaterfield (you would expect a shard TF to be in the shard, wouldn't you?). The other 3 TFs make a great deal of sense for their length and aren't really untoward in length. Villains could get a new "safe" region within FBZ (which would probably get renamed in the same way that the Rikti Crash Site got renamed) and a series of mole points to mirror the heroside ones so that both sides aren't attempting to use the same transit system (except for the Hortha Vines, which are naturally occuring). FBZ and the villside version would need content updates to provide actual story arcs and probably something to introduce a new zone-by-zone competitive resource gathering thing that shifts access to certain shops/special missions from one side to the other.

In order to explain away heroes fighting villains, you wouldn't need Vanguard: you could always just use Rularuu himself. Simply explain that conflict between heroes and villains would attract the attention of Rularuu, which would interfere with the plans of your side. Since the devs have pretty much stated that Lord Recluse doesn't give a damn about the Shadow Shard, it could just as easily be something run by AeonCorp in order to exploit the weirdness of the shard and Aeon doesn't want Rularuu coming by to ruin everything.

The Shard has always been one of the most interesting zones in the entire game. I've seen no other zone in any other game that really matches the sheer uniqueness and depth of story that is present in the Shard. The Shard TFs (aside from Quaterfield) expose a detailed and well written story with ginormous potential just sitting there. The Shard is something that no other game, much less anything else in the super hero genre really has anything to accurately compare to it. It's the perfect thing to emphasize, especially with a new competitor coming out within the next year.

Originally Posted by War Witch

Hey, everyone

I've been getting some PMs lately from some of you wondering what's going on with City of Heroes and the European community and asking me to post on here to clear things up. After reading the forums, I definitely get the sense that you're feeling neglected. I also understand that some of you have very specific issues and questions about the expansion box, servers, and the general "forgottenness" and that you want answers. So, that's why I'm here.

Since I'm not part of the publishing or marketing aspect of the game, I don't have the insight or knowledge required to answer your questions directly, but I've been bugging people about this (especially lately) because I don't want you to think that your voices aren't being heard. I did want to make sure that I had a direction before posting, even if it was to say, "not yet." So, ehm, not yet. <g> I don't have any answers for you right now, but - like I said - I'm working on tracking some down for you.

However, while I'm playing the role of pitbull and poking my nose where it doesn't belong, if you have any questions about why I love Europe so much, what my favourite chocolate bar is, or why Canadians are so awesome, ask away. That way, I can keep you periodically entertained while we wait. So give me time to get the "official" answers (this won't happen overnight), but know that as soon as I know something, I will pass it on to you.

Thanks

War Witch

Originally Posted by Lucky

Asians, they got more population then us north americans

Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha

All the UK headlines are scary, because I can believe them.
Sheesh...we've got a lousy system. Can we have yours? =S

Originally Posted by EU_Damz

Well it is a safe assumption surely. Would be a far safer bet to have them on your side than have both the government and the bad guys after you.

Correct me if im wrong but arent the majority of the main heroes on some kind of "level" with the government? [By which i mean, they dont set out to p**s them off]

Originally Posted by Ravenswing

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Originally Posted by InfamousBrad

My honest opinion? 20 seems early to me. At the very least, it is way early to be playing a Kheldian. At the time, Kheldians were designed around two assumptions: (1) by the time you unlock Kheldians, you know how to play the game, so it's okay with you if we make it harder, and (2) by the time you unlock Kheldians, you've been playing for at least 450 hours, which means that it's very likely that you have plenty of friends to team with you, so it's okay if we hand you an archetype that's only barely playable solo, that gets an average stats boost of 25% or so across the board from being on a big team. I don't think that's going to be true for the vast majority of the people who unlock Kheldians at level 20. At level 20, attribute modifiers have barely kicked in. At level 20, you don't even have your character in single-origin enhancements. At level 20, you've unlocked only 11 of the 18 powers in your primary and secondary powerset; you don't even have a feel for how one character plays, let alone how the whole game's game mechanics work.

I understand the impulse. Right now, the target for "hours to 50" is 250 hours. Someone who plays the industry-average 22 hours a week has to look at people who are "more privileged" than them for almost three months, for three months they have to ask "why can't I play a shapeshifter?" and "why can't I play an Arachnos soldier?" If they have alt-itis (and this game really encourages alt-itis), it could easily be a year or more; it's not uncommon to hear some people say that they didn't get their first 50 for two years.

And there's a practical argument for making Kheldians and Arachnos as common as dirt: the 2% of the player base that plays those characters are screaming for upgrades and improvements (well, to some of the combos), and if you were the lead designer, you'd have a hard time justifying spending big money on a game system that will only affect half a percent or one percent or even 2% of your customers. If you want to see Peacebringers or Warshades or Soldiers or Widows get some developer attention, there need to be a lot more of them. This would do that.

Me, I'd set it at 40, not 20. But I can live with it.

Originally Posted by InfamousBrad

Basically a ranged scrapper, eh? I'm with you. Fortunately we sort-of have that, in the epic archetypes. That's pretty much how a human-form peacebringer plays, and it's also just about the only viable build for a bane spider. I say "sort-of" (for both) because they do both have glaring weaknesses that require some effort to overcome.

Human-form peacebringers have no native mez protection, so if you get mezzed before you reach the enemy with your melee hold, or if your melee hold misses, you end up in a world of hurt. Groups with multiple mezzing minions, like Tsoo and Malta, are why I actually built the character as human/dwarf, dedicating enough slots to the dwarf-form attacks that I can slog my way slowly through any such mission. But that, plus four-slot frankenslotting my single-target heal for heal/recharge, makes for a character that can scrap, blast, off-tank, and heal ... quite fun, truthfully, and you may like it.

I had to take Tough on my bane spider just to be able to solo on low difficulty, because of the unpleasant irony that is being a melee fighter who is weakest against incoming melee attacks. But once I did, I had a character with a great single-target attack chain, almost equally good at range and in melee, with a reliable ranged single-target hold, good selection of pets available in the late game for things like tougher elite bosses but not dependent on them for regular play, and very welcome on teams for the Tactical Training buffs. (Although if I'm going to be doing nothing but large-group teaming, I switch to my huntsman alternate build, all ranged, nearly all AoEs. But I have yet to have any team complain about my build if I didn't bother.)

Neither one is truly squishy, and both are entirely functional at either melee range or at longer range, and they both solo and team equally well. They also have the amusing property of filling multiple roles in Hamidon raids, since they can help melee the yellows, help range the blues, and help hold the greens. You may want to try them to see if they suit you.

Originally Posted by Judgement_Dave

Maybe your idea would hold more merit if IOs and good sets were needed to play the game. As it is SOs are still enough, and so certainly work fine for newbies.

Originally Posted by fatalnova

stll no freakin red name replys bar the television you devs are realli crap