Skyster

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I really don't like it when everybody runs off "soloing". Why be on a team if you're not gonna work together? If you want SB, (or whatever buff) you gotta come to me. I'm not gonna go traipsing through all the mobs going "OMG OMG!! Somebody's SB wore off!!". On "teams" like that, on a troller, I tend to just follow whoever is trying to actually tank. Keep them buffed, etc. Eventually the others will be like, "Hmm, they're kicking major A$$ over there" and they'll join the party.

Surprisingly, it's often Tankers and Stalkers that tend to stick together with me. There's been more than a few times when this has happened while I was on a team. I'm following the Tanker, and then the Stalker (who is just glad to be on a team at all) will follow us, due to my buffs and the aggro control of the tanker.

The next thing that happens is usually;

Blaster: "where you guys at?"
Scrapper: "theres more down here"
(Blaster dies, someone else dies)
Tanker: "We're doing the mission."
Defender: "split"
Stalker: "thx for buffz"
Controller (me) : "np :] "
(Blaster dies again. Scrapper dies. Defender dies.)
Scrapper: "this sucks"
(Scrapper quits)
(Tanker kicks them all)
(Tanker, Stalker and Controller pwn mission)
(Blaster then sends me a tell: "When u get star, invite me plz")

Thanks for the tip, I might try it over there.

All this talk about a Defender soloing, I can't help but think back to my Master Doctor / Master Carbineer on SWG. (I know they don't like us talking about other games, but SWG was totally changed into a suckfest by the "NGE", and isn't even the same game anymore).

My Doc /Carbineer was aways buffed out of his complete mind, and, if something came running up attacking, he had like 3 ranged knockdowns / posture change attacks, and could dizzy from range. My best friend was all like "Teras Kasi / Doc is the best", until he saw me in action. I had enemies flopping like fishies, and they couldn't get back up. Then, if they DID manage to reach me, they would have to beat the living daylights outta my armor to get to my 2600 to all stats and crack-infused regen. And if they did? Oh guess what? I'm a Master Doc *heal*. Plus, I was using Vasarian Brandy out the ying-yang. Like I said, buffed out of his GOURD!! Unstoppable.

And, if I couldn't find any teams going on, I could sit in front of starport and sell buffs, and make money lol. I totally miss that toon, and often wish I could re-make it on CoH somehow, but I just don't see it happening. On SWG, you could /target self, but not on CoH.

In a way, I do secretly wish the devs over here would try to look at all the things that SWG threw away, which made it the most funnest video game I EVER played. Still to this day. If they could somehow capture that on THIS game?!?!? Ahhh heh heh. OMG.

Being versatile was what it was all about. There were no "levels", just skills, and therefore Skill Mods, that you acquired by training in certain skills once you had enough XP. I wouldn't mind if they tried a new AT that wasn't level-based, like those invasion mobs that adjust to everybody (more or less) but I'm not sure it would work, since there aren't any stats for your character on this game. There's no "Stats" screen, where you can look at your Strength, Agility, Stamina, Constitution, Intelligence, and so forth. Your only stat seems to be your level lol. Everything else is buffs / debuffs. SO, that would be a whole mess trying to make it a skill based game without levels.

But, being more versatile, making camps out in the wilderness, surveying for materials, crafting stuff with a crafting tool, being able to use different armors and weapons, having your own house, a vehicle, getting battle fatigue and mind wounds rofl. It was more like you were at home, no matter where you went in the game, on any of the worlds. Those were some enchanted times, memories I'll always look back on with a smile. And yes, once you were high enough level, you could solo, depending on your build.

And the skills system was awesome. You weren't "stuck for life" with 'em, you could surrender skills, and totally do something else. Like, drop Teras Kasi Master completely, and then grind up into a Master Carbineer. You're pretty much stuck in this game with what you choose, and even with a respec, you can't re-pick your powersets.

I just don't see them making changes for "squishies" to be more solo-able. But at the same time, I can also kinda understand the reasoning of "Well, those scrappers and tankers are contributing to the team, AND can solo, so why not me?". You never know what they might try in the future. If enough players say they seriously want it looked into, and make some compelling arguments for doing so, it might just happen. I could see maybe doing something to make Controllers' and Defenders' inherents have some kind of effect when not teamed, to try to help out with the miserable damage output. That way, maybe they would be more like Scrappers or Tankers in that, even though they would be better off on a team, they ARE able to solo without having to use a calendar to time their missions. Since soloing seems to be getting more and more widespread, there might be a significant number of players who would want this.

Like Traegus said,
"i don't think making every buff power a full effect self buff would be the answer, numerous number crunchers have already pointed out why, but i DO think a lower percentage self buff aspect to team buff powers would be WONDERFULLY helpful."

Maybe that could be part of their modified Inherent; When not teamed, you can use your buffs on yourself, but they will not function as well. I mean, chances are, if you developed a super power, you would practice on yourself before trying it on somebody else. And then, when you ARE teamed, you are focused on your teammates more, which makes your buffs more effective on them (like where they are now), and LESS effective on yourself.

Also, that brings up the question of what would really happen in game? Would it make people solo more, OR... would people TEAM more, realizing that their squishies have been improved and aren't total cream-puffs any more?

God there's so many possibilities, this really gets my imagination going lol, sorry for going on so long.

This is precisely why I don't play defense-based toons anymore. You WILL get hit, and unless you have resists from somewhere, the mob will get every bit of you. The last time I tried my SR Scrapper, it was like, if I was surrounded by 5 mobs, and they all swing, one of them would always hit. That's 20% of their attacks, hitting for full damage. It takes away the whole point of being "Super Reflexes" if the enemy is Guaranteed to hit you, no matter what you do, what powers you've picked and slotted, etc. It's just my opinion,some folks might swear by defense-based sets, but IMO, this game is all about Resistances + healing / regen, and buffs / debuffs. Your only "stat" is your level number, so buffs and debuffs are where it's at. Or just plain stop the enemy from attacking altogether, like from being a sapper, sleeper, etc. I think of any type of mez as a debuff.

But that's all just my opinion, some players must like visiting the hospital. I really would rather not.

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How can it be on my character when it's supposed to be hanging up in the closet??? C'mon devs. If this flub had anything to do with Trek lore, the Trekkies would raise mortal hell over it. Just because it's Arachnos lore doesn't make it any less important. A Bane build should remove the arm pack. The only way this could be worse is if ALL my toons had to have the backpack because just one of them did lol.