Spiked_Hammer

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ok,

does the gangsta-**sideways**-holding-pistol shooting position bother anyone? (yea I shoot RL )

yech,

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Well...i mean the set is labeled...Thugs.

Just saying...

For a testing comment...like many have mentioned before, my Thugs seem to fall WAY behind too fast...i turn off sprint and I still leave them in the dust. Other than that, love the new Bodyguard system and pistols rock...I may have found something that will take my mind away from the world of SMASHDOM!

My two cents on it then and now.

I have a friend with an ill/storm controller and before the nerf/fix, there was no way for me to touch her with my 50 MA/SR scrapper.

After the patch we went to the arena for a friendly match. Hurricane for sure is NOTHING like it was before in the PvP game. Good thing she still has solid pvp skills, but I was able to defeat her 2 to 1. Which in my opinion or anyone elses is in no way a blow out, I think it forced her to have to use some more of her primary and other secondary powers and not rely totally on hurricane in order to survive against a melee toon. Which IMO is a good thing.

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I'm so happy about this nerf. Now melee has a chance to hit stormers. Hurricane was the new Instand Healing. A power that made you untouchable. Hopefully this nerfs works well, otherwise I hope they chop it some more. If anything it should have been made into a click like Instant Healing.

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Although I too am glad they made this change, Im not happy for the reasons your implying. I've hit a stormie with Hurricane on using KO Blow, Hurl with my brute or even Focus with my Stalker. But when I was playing my other toons; scrapper, tanker...the Stormie was normally untouchable...just another toon you ignore kinda like a stone granited tank. Only difference was that this toon could effect you a lot more than a crawling stone tank ever could.

And again...this is based on PvP, im sure there are those that really used hurricane mainly/solely for PvE purposes...but obviously a fair lot used it for its PvP godmode or I doubt this adjustment/nerf would have even been thought about. At least the true dedicated Stormies wont have to worry about being FoTM anymore.

Anyone who didn't see this coming must have been blind or not playing the same game. Dont try to point another finger at PvP about why this and that got nerfed, just adjust like EVERYONE else has in the past. I've played with plenty of Stormies in PvE and hurricane has never been a deciding factor on keeping the team alive, if anything it was annoying, and rarely used on teams.

If you really used it for PvE, then please ignore my post...its not directed at you, but it is directed at all the hurricane gods of PvP complaining under the curtain of how great the power was in PvE when a lot of us know that's not the case.

EDIT: Put PvP where i meant PvE

Do NOT and I repeat do NOT, call yourself a puller...run out in the open, fire off your blast AND STAND THERE. Cut a damn corner, get out of line of sight. Especially if your fighting ranged enemies. It baffles me how some people dont understand this logic.

Then complain when they're kissing the floortiles, 'why didn't you guys help me?'

I never boot noobs for being noobs, but man they can try your patience.

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I'm gonna go with my aussie friends:

RU I N.
Eternal Lotus
DR-Infinity
and all their alts

I did the Ice Mistral SF with some great ppl as well this weekend:

Minion Maker
Miss Tierra
Vittorio

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Yeah, Miss T is nice and a proud member of Rogue Syndicate Inc.

Seksi is another nice person that seems to know EVERYBODY.

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Right now a lot of posts have talked about the high Prestige cost of Base items - and that they're bringing in a ton of Salvage but can't really do anything about it.

Bases, as they currently stand, really focus on mid and large sized groups earning Prestige - so the complaints have a good point. We're trying to work something out so that a smaller group can get something useful quickly - and also put Salvage to use! Can't promise a timeline, but we are working on it.

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Right now - I'd appreciate it if ANY Sized SG could have something useful to show for their efforts.

Jack... you know I love ya (in a purely manly way) - but this whole SG Base Construction issue has finally tripped my buttons. I'll support you and your decisions - because I love the game. But as one of the leaders of a very large family of SG's - so far bases have been a waste of our time, effort and energy - and a dismal failure.

There is not ONE device currently which we've purchased with our hard won prestige that justifies the cost of them - not ONE.

We have teleporters - which only go to hazard zones and tend to often drop us in mid air, causing damage to our lower level toons and sometimes ... dropping us into nests of villians. How exactly would you classify that Jack? As a "Useful" item? Sure - it works sometimes ... and sometimes ... it'll get you killed. That's useful.

Reclaimators - these - I used to like a little. Sure - initially they only give you 25% of the health of a hospital - but it was nice they'd drop you at the door of the mission you died. This is no longer the case seemingly - so - what's the point? If I don't save on the run time to get to the mission - I may as well just go to the hospital. --- Oh -- but you point out in many hazard zones there are no hospitals! -- Yes --- but I point out --- making us run allll the way through a hot zone to get back to the mission with 25% of our health... isn't "Useful".

SG Mission Computer - ahem... call me when it actually DOES something.

Let's see... what other things do bases do that are useful? Oh... right - we can build things in the workshop ... things Which Don't Work And Cost More Money Than A Gold Plated Out House And Are Almost As Useful!!

Listen - you want to tell me there's useful stuff in the base?

Make it actually Useful to my SG. Make it offer some benefit they do not get from just doing it the same old way. Otherwise -- do not use the word "Useful" in conjunction with bases around me.

It just runs up my blood pressure when I think of how many hours I've asked people to push for this item or that - only to tell them "Hey... umm... uh... it doesn't really work so hot..." after we get it installed.

Like I said Jack - love ya, love the game - but just like you I have people I have to answer to in this game. You're putting me in a bad spot... make me proud an tell me there's actually stuff going into bases that everyone can afford - that actually has some merit other than a "pretty" bit of eye candy that cost a fortune.

Now... please tell me there's actually going to be some kind of actually USEFUL features to these bases??? And please do not tell me PvP it's yet another PvP feature. My Reclaimator only heals to 25% and my blood pressure won't hold if you do.

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My thoughts on the issue right there, thanks for saving me the time and finger ache.

But im really glad a red name has commented on this FINALLY. Take that for all you people who were saying things were fine as they were.

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He may have had the best sense of humor, but Statesman hit poor little Lambchop so hard it knocked her and the computer out, locked up and had to reboot! Guess my system conned as grey to him too.

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lol...now thats funny.

Villians beware...the Legendary SuaveOne will be there backing up the big man and kicking your butts all the way back to hell where u belong!

If it's possible....