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Except it doesn't look like you're even softcapped to AoE. If you're in a position where you actually *need* the massive amounts of overcapping you've built into melee and especially ranged - despite huge amounts of DDR - then the AoE damage you'll be taking during that fight is likely to shred you.

Also, I understand that you slotted the entire Numina's set in Aid Self for the defense bonus, but I just wanted to be sure you're aware that putting the unique in a click power makes it so that it only goes off when you actually use the click, rather than being on all the time.

Not only that, but if you decide to do a second Bane/Huntsman build in addition to your primary Crab build, the leg backpack will also be visible on the non-Crab build.

I do see veteran builders do this, but it's often because the underslotted powers are being used as set mules and aren't actually part of their optimized attack chain, which *is* slotted very well. New builders are probably more likely to underslot unintentionally; experienced builders are more aware of the tradeoffs they're choosing.

Of course, nobody's perfect.

Did Posi actually confirm the I12 slots as being available at Premium? I know the two GR purchase slots will be, but I didn't think he had included the I12 slots in the global token list.

Edit: Per Posi's post here, the I12 slots aren't mentioned as being available unless you're VIP.

"If you are not paying for your account in City of Heroes Freedom, this is how many characters you'll have access to:

BASE FREE/PREMIUM ACCOUNT: 2 characters, total
OWN GOING ROGUE BEFORE FREEDOM LAUNCH: Add 2 more characters
PER YEAR OF PAST SUBSCRIPTION: Add 1 character per year
PER PURCHASED CHARACTER SLOT (beyond standard 12 per server): Add 1 character per slot purchased"

The phrasing in the original post with use of such pejorative terms as "angst-ridden" and "tirades" makes it seem less like you really want to know what "makes people tick" and more as though the answer you both want and expect is "Well, these posters are obviously mentally unbalanced and emotionally unstable, so you shouldn't listen to them and neither should the devs."

Especially when you make statements like the following:

You're obviously not stupid - it shouldn't be that hard to think of a reasonable explanation for bitter posting that doesn't involve the poster being a troll, a drama llama or an attention *****. Unfortunately, admitting that a reasonable explanation for such behavior might exist means that you would no longer be able to dismiss outright the complaints of such posters as nothing more than hate-filled rants.

You'll be continually disappointed if you expect people to be logical and rational all the time. Humans are not Vulcans.

Of course, the whole point of the old joke is that you *should* be able to raise your arm and use it in a normal fashion, so being told "Don't raise your arm" isn't really a solution. Telling people who have enjoyed this game for years to simply leave because they're upset by recent or upcoming changes rather than to provide feedback that might help the devs understand what they're doing right or wrong is counterproductive.

Given this, it boggles my mind that you fail to understand that bitter comments by other, disappointed posters stem from exactly the same sort of frustration.

It's not possible to design an MMO based on *purely* rational arguments, though. After all, the purpose of a game is to have fun - something that can't be measured objectively. And when people's fun gets messed with through game changes that they dislike, they quite naturally get upset. When they feel that an investment of literally years' worth of time and money has been cheapened, it's easy to end up bitter.

Nor are the people you're complaining about. Think about it.

You can slot a higher level proc, but the power it's in still has to be available for the proc to fire. Assuming you have inherent Fitness (which becomes available at level 2), level 50 Numina's, Miracle or Performance Shifter procs in Health/Stamina will work exemped to any level. But a proc slotted in a power that's greyed out won't work.

This is incorrect. However, you may already have the ability to unlock an AT through vet status. We still don't have the exact details (Posi was somewhat vague).

Correct. As a former subscriber, you would be downgraded to Premium status, which includes only 2 automatic character unlock tokens. If you don't have any slots purchased or earned through vet rewards, you'll have to choose which two characters you want to play, or pony up for additional slots.

In addition, AT unlocks are separate from the slots. If you don't have sufficient vet status for an automatic AT unlock (the conditions for this are still a bit vague), you'll have to pay for the unlock before you can use a gated AT character, even if you have a free slot available.

It sounded to me as though the boosters as prepackaged units of multiple items will no longer be available, although the pieces themselves will be purchaseable individually. I think the fear is that having to buy everything you want separately will be quite a bit more expensive than getting everything included in a single pack.

Technically, F2P players will only have access to the First Ward *zone*, not the actual content within it.

From the Issue 21 Overview page:

"*All players can enter First Ward, but to play its missions you must be a VIP player or purchase that content from the Paragon Market"

It'd be nice if they let you keep the ATs if you actually purchased CoH/CoV rather than receiving one along with the other. After all, access to the 5 basic ATs per game was one of the features of the boxes.

Unless I missed a new announcement (entirely possible, given the pace of posting today), Controllers and Masterminds will be gated archetypes, not available to F2P players unless paid for separately. I think that's what Amy_Amp was referring to.

This, more than anything else that's been announced today, frightens me.

When you unsub, dropping you from VIP status to Premium, all of your character slots are locked. You receive a number of unlock tokens equal to 2 + your veteran slots + any purchased slots. You then choose which of your characters you wish to unlock. Any other characters will remain locked but will not be deleted or lost. If you return to VIP status, all your characters will be unlocked again.

Note that the 2 automatic slot unlocks for Premium players are global, not per server.

How does Alpha level shift affect this? Would you need to be fighting level 51 mobs, since they con even?

Do you even know what HeroStats is? It collects the data from your play session and makes it more accessible. It *is* in-game information, "real data." It doesn't work if you don't actually play.

Phew. I didn't get it either, and was afraid they'd changed something while I was on break!

The only way this could have impeded the OP's progress is if the team member was actually running a different alignment, in which case OP could have ended up with only 9 hero points.

As long as the bar is full, the Morality Mission *will* drop - it just might take a few more mobs.

I wouldn't worry. The "trolling" comments were directed not at you, but at another poster spreading misinformation.

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