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Originally Posted by je_saist

... sometimes I miss the rep system because that last post deserves all the negative rep powers in the world. I don't think I've seen such a clueless and rubbish post since the claim that NCSoft had lessened the amount of hardware allocated to host City of Heroes.



From what we know of the incarnate system, it's additive to additional characters. Incarnate powers are not replacing enhancement slots, or are incarnate enhancements replacing training, dual, single, hamidon, or invention enhancements. The Incarnate system, as far as we know, will be a completely separate system.



Moon zone. Really?

Isn't it about time this dead horse got put out to pasture?

Yes. Some missions do take place on a moon base.

Now actually try to come up with a way to represent a moonbase in such a way that it fits into the current engine with no modifications. Now try to come up with a good explanation on what this has to do with Positron's job. He's not an artist.



You know, everytime the developers do interesting groups, somebody eventually complains. Rularuu, Malta, Carnies, Devouring Earth, and Arachnos all have unique abilities to their groups, yet most players don't want to run content that pits players against these groups. The new Syndicate, Detroyers, Pratorian Police, and Resistance mobs fit into this as well. New, unique, and interesting... yet a lot of players complain about the capabilities these mobs have.

So, not that I'm sorry for saying this, but the impression I get is that players demanding another "unique" enemy group, don't actually want a "unique" or "interesting" enemy group. The impression is these players want another enemy group that is like the Freakshow or 5th Column / Council. Easy to farm with non-unique attacks.



Uh huh.

Do you even know why Jetpack costume pieces aren't in the game? Here's a hint. Go create a huge character and a really tiny character. Give them both a jet pack recipe and go make it.

Activate the jet-pack.

Notice anything? Say, maybe the jetpack is the same size on both avatars and that it's not actually connected to the body?

Fact is, the entire reason backpacks and other such items are not in the game is because implementing a scalable add-on object requires time and resources. This is something that, if ever implemented, would need to handled by the engine guys, and by the art guys.

Positron doesn't enter into this equation either.



Last I checked this was what Castle, Sunstorm, and Synapse did. What does Positron have to do with new power-sets, other than raising his hand when the entire dev team gets together for a yay / nay session?



Again. What does this have to do with Positron?



Okay. Fine. You've got an axe to grind here. Fine, it's obvious that you don't understand basic game design, much less the game at all. It's also clear you don't have any sort of grasp over what each developer does. There's also the problem that your post is severely out of date if you were going for a comment on Positron as Lead Designer. For reference, here's what a lead designer does:



Almost all of the examples you used are either tech limited, such as the moon-base, backpacks; or time and resource limited, such as everything else.

Also, bonus negative rep for not not reading post #5. This is about what the Character Positron would say.

Originally Posted by T_Immortalus

Well, I guess we'll just have to make it usable while mezzed then or move all store and contact npcs inside a building away from combat so that we never have an enemy sneak up on us when we happen to be shopping or reading the story.


Mez protection only works BEFORE you get mezzed, except in special cases. That means it needs to be up and any time it is down while you have enemies nearby is bad.


It's not just a quality of life thing, especially since it used to work as intended.


Also, the "says it is recharged, but won't activate" thing is definitely a problem for click powers that aren't on auto. It would really suck to try to activate it when you need it and just find out you're wasting time you could be tryign to save your hide with another power.


Of course, the mez protection being down isn't an issue for those with toggle mez protection so I guess you could say "play a different power set with a toggle" despite the fact that it is broken and needs to be fixed.




You can't solve a clear problem by saying "just go do something else", Bill.

Originally Posted by Cynical_Gamer

Since there is no exact formula for buff length/effectiveness, increasing the length shouldn't require a decrease in effectiveness or an endurance increase. If anything it could simply be a quality of life change as long as it doesn't break the game. Doubling the length seems like a decent amount.

Originally Posted by Remaugen

A booster for Apartments or Private Bases.

This would allow the purchaser to create an apartment or private base with a few teleporters, medical equipment and a small workshop with some storage. It would be usable by 1-6 characters, regardless of alignment and could be accessed via a specific door in the city or location where they have teleporter beacons set. Owning an apartment or private base would not interfere with, or prevent, Group Membership or access to the Groups facilities. Purchasing this booster would grant each of the players characters their own facility.

Many families have members on different sides of the law but they remain family, the same logic could be extended to a few friends which would justify shared access regardless of alignment. If each member granted access to an apartment had their own apartment, it could present the opportunity for friends to "Network" their apartments or bases much like SGs form coalitions. Naturally teleporters locations would only work for specific alignments though they would be perfect for Rogues and Vigilantes.

Originally Posted by Atilla_The_Pun

And another minute or 2 to recover Endurance, even with some slotting in the 2 buff powers.

Now quit picking nits and cover the other scenarios.

Originally Posted by Donna_

It's the seller that sets the price... not the buyer. I can make an offer on an Apoc Proc for 50Mil... doesn't mean I'll ever get it.