Stealth_Bomber

Been playing since the day of retail release
- Never did a Hamidon raid
- Never got a PvP drop
- Never unlocked the most recent lvl 50 power abilities, never did the missions for them
- Never did the full Rularuu story lines or the really long TFs

And probably...
- Never found a game as good as this one

This is a nice post. Yes CO is no City of, but it isn't awful. You can turn off the heavy black outlines in the Settings tab, so the characters look more like CoX. The animations are not that great, nothing like CoX. You can make some interesting combinations of powers with the Freeform approach. It's better than DCUO,: if CoX is a 10, CO is about a 7 and DCUO is about a 4.

It's been a long time since I've played them, so I'll check out CO and DCUO, but I'm sure they won't hold a candle to CoH. Maybe play some XBox games; Halo 4 will be here in November. Still can't believe NCSoft doesn't want my money, but they won't be getting it through GW2.

Brilliant. Poignant. We will never fly in the same way again. Thank you for this.

Thank you to everyone who posted here on the forums, especially the red names. Thank you to everyone, like Arcanaville, who helped me understand this game better. Thank you to those like Dechs Kaison, TheConfessor and Luminara, who wrote guides that changed our understanding of this awesome game.

Thank you to the people that teamed with me when I was a noob, and helped me learn the ropes. Thank you to the noobs that came after me and kept this game going.

Thank you to my mom, who read me Batman when I was young. Thanks again to her for saying "I'm not reading this to you any more. If you want to read this, you will have to learn to read it yourself."

Yes, Batman was the reason I learned to read. At age 3.

Thank you to everyone that ever dreamed of being a hero from the first time you picked up a comic book. Keep your dream alive.

We have been here a long time together, CB. Good luck to you. I'll miss this place.

Today is a sad day in Paragon. I have really enjoyed playing with all of you. Discussing and debating the ways Blasters could be made better, we finally saw what might be, and now... we will take to the skies no more. I will truly miss blasting more than many things I have lost in my past.

May the forces of good be with you all.

Make Timb Bomb useful, either convert to Hand Grenade or Omega clone.

A PBAoE sleep is Ice Manip's highest power? Seriously, how about a PBAoE Hold to fit with Ice Blast?

Gun Drone and Dark Servant that you don't need to resummon, but can only have one out at a time sounds very reasonable.

Great thread, thanks for starting it.

I think it would be fun to have been able to unlock a flip flop/sandal costume piece with the Summer Event.

Thank you for reporting all this. My western-theme DP Blaster will get a Fighting/Presence rework for sure.

I wish there was a western-theme rifle model, say a Coach-style shotgun.

All in all these changes sound great.

Interesting idea. I think you could probably get most of the effects you are looking for here with macros. There are macros that will make insps out of other insps, and macros that will use an insp even if it is not in the F1 row, I believe. Some people even use those gaming mice with multiple buttons and tie the buttons to the macros. I don't think I would pay for something that just fired off an inspiration, though.

Great suggestions, Arcanaville. Without sounding like I work for NCSoft (I don't), I would say that if we want to beta test these changes and have input, we have to be able to get on the beta server, and that pretty much means you have to be a VIP.

Sweet! Pics?

Wasn't there supposed to be a Sci-Fi costume release today?

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=290813

I don't see an announcement on the main CoH page, and there is usually an email when something like this is released at the store.

Did I miss something?

Insightful as always, Arcanaville.

Here are some things that might add the "whoa" factor:

1. Blaster snipes (and only Blaster snipes) should defeat an even con minion without BU or Aim. Add the same Critical percentages that Scrappers have, increasing with rank so there is a small chance of doing double damage on a Lt or Boss. I'm thinking "Act of Valor" sniper shots - that guy was amazing.

2. All nukes ranged and crashless. Adjust damage accordingly, but the suicide run or need to be invisible to be effective has GOT to go.

3. Clear, obvious increase in ranged damage. Right now its hard to tell the difference between my Corruptors and Blasters in terms of ranged damage. Add Assault and the difference is even less because the Blaster bonus from Assault is so small. As I review this, adding Scrapper Critical chances to Blaster ranged attacks (maybe at half the percentage chance) might really add to the AT.

4. Better secondaries. How about Trick Arrow that is single target or small group debuff? An uninterrupted heal in Devices? Something where attacking contributes to the team and the support ATs don't have to babysit you.

My personal view is that the movie version of Iron Man is the best definition for Blasters as the game is today.

I like your test of how the revision will be complete. I'm less of a numbers person, but here's my test: if a Scrapper can jump into a given group, beat them from melee and emerge ready for the next group, I want to be able to do the exact same thing from range.

Every time this discussion comes up, I say the same thing: Change Time Bomb to Hand Grenade. Use the grenade animation that already exists. Screw the cottage rule, Time Bomb is terrible.

Heck the purchasable grenade temp powers are better.