Spazztastics

Whirlwind as a gimmick for a super speed based character (like Flash) is cool. It's just a shame that it's not that good pulled off in the game

lol!

I agree about that, actually the last 3 episodes was bad

I've read it I think you misunderstood me.

Here I have an example about information handling; the guide to powers on cityofheroes.com.

Scream

Your Scream can cause serious damage to a target, while weakening his resistance to further damage.

Damage: Moderate (~DoT), Recharge: Moderate

Available at level: 1

'DoT', I know what DoT is but just for a second I will act as a potential new player that want to read up about the game before considering try it out. He/she has never played an MMO before in her/his life. I can't access the forums, I don't know about the wikia.

There's no explanation on what DoT is on that page. No footer or anything. How will I as a new player know what DoT is? My other guess would be that as a european who doesn't speak english as his first language it may or not be clear. But wouldn't it be nice with a explanation right there? And say that I am a european and bad at english shouldn't the language be written so it's easy to understand? While you do not have the same problem with handling long text on the web page as you have in the game why not just call it 'damage over time' to clear out misunderstandings? You can even write it like this in a sentence: "damage over time *(~DoT)" and explain in the game why you can't use dual pistols without a pre order code. Minor complaint but you get my drift. Not user friendly.

It's not about the people who are currently playing the game, it's about the people who are new to the game and to the mmo genre. And that's what I mean with not being user friendly.

Other then that this is a great game with a lot of potential. Work on the presentation and the introduction and it would be even greater.

I like this idead though I have no idea how you would make this work. Another thing that I've given some thought lately (and probably have been discussed before) is: that it would be nice if super strenght characters could utilize their strenght in other ways as in; lifting cars and throw at enemies, rip down light posts (don't know what it's called in english but I mean those large poles that light up the road) and use them as a baseball bat, pick up enemies and throw them, etc.

Just a thought

The problem with this is while this works for players that have been around CoX for a time and know where to find info it's not very friendly for new players. As a newcomer to a game I welcome when the information is easy to come by and straight forward. Why you can't use powersets for instance should be noted directly in the game with a message that guides you to that you need a expansion to unlock it.

I know that you guys that have played a lot longer then me (and are a lot greater then me) sits with several links to web pages that hold all of this information. During my short experience I've come to find that information regarding CoX can be quite bothersome to come over and sometimes even very unclear in it's message and usually I end up going to the forums instead cause I know that I will get a better, clearer answer to my question here.

And I really want to say that I love the forums. It's amazing how so many dedicated players help you out. No snarky comments or curses when you ask about something. I'm really glad about that guys! Just saying that as a completely new player that maybe not even have played a MMO before CoX it's troublesome to know where to go to get your hands on information and understand it sometimes.

Though I still hold the same opinion about the choice of including a DP set which you can't use without pre order and not put a guideline in the game, I want to apologize that I was snarky in the beginning of the thread. Kinda had one of those days.

I understand that Paragon Studios is in need of money and that they have worked a lot on the two powersets, but a powerset should be something that you get for free in a patch. It's not a new class, it's just a powerset.
If DP is the 'money maker' they should just have included it in Going Rogue and made it not accessible unless you had a code for GR.

To answer your question; personally I'm not that interested in DP. I just thought that it was strange that it was listed but you couldn't use it so I thought I would ask the community. Like it or do not like it, some will have different opinions about a dev choice like this. I personally think it's stupid to include it when you can't use it. And I'm not a fanboi so I won't like every single thing that do. They should have added a lot of things much earlier and GR doesn't seem that amazing of a expansion. I understand that if you've played the game for over 5 years its nice with new content though you dont seem to get that much content for your money in GR.
And they should at least write on the power that "not accessible if you do not have a preorder code.. something.. something... something".

I like this game a lot, but information is really not Paragon Studios greatest strenght.

I see, I didn't want to offend you either I thought that u meant that it was a bad timing for that build because GR is coming out which will have dual pistols anyway. Sorry for the misunderstanding