Stormbird

... er... no, it doesn't. I'm assuming you're looking at Force Bubble.

1. Bubble people.
2. Push enemies into corner/ditch/room/whatever's handy, generally grouping more together.
3. Use your controls/blasts/minions to beat them up while they're there. The melee can do the same thing.

Yes, they're out of range of dispersion bubble *if* you're just using that to hold (say) a doorway without a corner behind it, but if you're using terrain you can cover them, as well. Besides, most melee are going to have something else to go with the bubbles (their own def, regen, resist, etc.) while most squishies are going to be able to stay back to some extent.

If you have to get closer, Repulsion Field can work. It is trickier to use, though (and I think more stuff resists KB than resists Repel. It is, however, better to use with most AOE Immobs, as Force Bubble will still push immob'd enemies around in most cases, where almost all control sets will resist the KB. Of course, if they're immob'd, they're not going anywhere *anyway* so it's somewhat moot!)

You reply to my suggestion with "Next thing you know people will insist on a 50 for signing up for VIP." Something so far out of left field and so ridiculous (and having exactly ZERO to do with my suggestion except mock it,) this after replies like Mr. "I ARE LEET RPer, Away, Freemium Peons!" - would you expect it to *not* be taken as an attack, as opposed to a legitimate, thought out criticism?

And then to go to the "Back in MY day, we had it hard!" bit. Well, yes, and before that you could only run one armor, rooted actually rooted you in place, etc, etc, etc.

The game has evolved. It has changed to make things more accessible and to make teaming more enjoyable and worry free. I no longer have to worry that the person exemping me down for a TF will disconnect and I'll get auto-booted from it. Hazard zones no longer have levels (meaning, of course, that if we have a team of mixed levels, half the team won't be locked out of the zone where a mission is mid-arc.)

People can team up and just decide to do any TF they want, as long as they're of the appropriate level... except this one. That, to me, is broken, a throwback to an earlier, less "friendly" age of the game. And that's what I want to fix. That's nowhere near "Insist on being awarded a level 50 for going VIP" or any of the other ridiculous things that have been thrown around on here by a few individuals. Your reaction, to me, was on par with me saying I wish cars had more efficient engines and you going "Next you'll want a teleport to your own personal moon base complete with starship, I had to work 90 hours a week at minimum wage to earn my first car!"

So you'll just have to excuse me being offended at that being piled on top of all the other nonsense thrown out as arguments "against" the suggestion.

I'd be perfectly fine with this as well, to be honest. Though really, "the only way back out" might be an issue - have the crystal redirect you to Ouro if you don't have the Midnighter badge, have it offer them both as options if you do.

I don't think it'd be an issue with most people, really, with SG teleporters, wentworth teleporters, the ouro portal, mission teleporters and the hundred other ways of getting out.

I don't agree with not letting you in a Cim mission without the midnighter club, though. If a friend's running something and invites me as I log in, I should be able to join. (Not that there's a lot in Cim, admittedly. There should be more added.) Excepting any Midnighter-themed or Midnighter-specific missions being able to be started, of course. (Again, not that there are any now.)

Except it's not defense with "nothing else." Not that what it *does* bring (a small degree of crowd control) isn't eclipsed to where it could use a buff, I'll agree there, but it does bring a *few* other tricks (repel, KB, knockdown/stun, cage.)

Caging, at least, has started to see some (limited) use from what I've been picking up (Recluse's towers, Rommy's puffy friends) so it's one power that's not *always* an auto-skip. Very situational though.

Unless they're the Paragon Market purchased ones, I believe - anything you pay actual cash for.

Doesn't that (or something like it) still specifically work with AR when paired with DEV? (or was that targeting drone? Some power from /dev.)

You going to pay for it for everyone?

IOs are an optional part of the game. And I seem to recall hearing more than one vet saying they don't bother with them (even when people were doing things like complaining about trapdoor's mission, there were a fair number of "I soloed it with my XX on SOs" posts.)

And no, everyone doesn't have access to IOs. Free and lower tier Premium do not. Design decisions for powers in general should not be made around "They could have capped such-and-such from IOs" any more than they should assume everyone has mez defense, or a ton of HP, or a specific travel power.

While FF can use some looking at, I can't agree with this reasoning.

Yes, some people can soft-cap blasters, etc, etc. But not everyone can - or is even going to bother trying, since they'll have no interest in it (or no access to IOs.) For those people, FF adding Defense and then more Defense is a good thing (not to mention some degree of crowd control in Force Bubble, Repulsion Bomb, Repulsion Field, etc.)

... so don't use it on ice slick? There's no actual reason to.
Flash freeze, being the type of sleep it is, tends to be skipped anyway. That said, I wouldn't count what something not built into the power does to it against it- Interface, procs, someone using Rain of Fire, etc.
/signed.
No, it shouldn't. Makes sense in Dwarf, since you have three nothing-but-melee-range attacks, and that's it. Human, you've got more range to deal with and are fairly squishy for most of it, especially with tri forms that tend to skip the shields (losing some resistance.) Makes more sense there to have KB.

I might say add another attack to White Dwarf, since it only has 3 (versus Dark dwarf, which can use the heal as an attack as well plus has the AOE buffing and doing damage.)

Fairly sure that's been nixed from ever happening because it's in dwarf and lightform, unless I'm remembering wrong.
The response I usually see is that QFly's not a travel power, it's an escape power (thus the phase - the near-instant phase.) Switch to regular flight and "quantum acceleration" for longer distances without the END cost. (Somone had some binds for that, both quantum and regular flight. Maybe most PBs.)

Possibly. A hold to stack with IS might be seen as too much. Or add the stun somewhere else as well (radiant?) so it can stack as it's needed.


I'd probably tweak Energy Assault for Doms. It always feels like it needs... "more." Not sure of more what, to be honest, and I don't have numbers behind me to point at anything. It's just a feel thing for me. That's a hard place to start tweaking from, I know.

Mastermind pet AI needs more tweaking.

And I'd do something to Ninjas to make them not-so-squishy.

... says the person being the snob.
What are you babbling about now? I don't seem to recall ever saying I was. *checks posts* Nope.

So you don't have people who like helping you, then? Because you sure give the impression, not of a likable individual, but of a stuck up, elitist ***. And not just in this thread.

This is not "dumbing down," as much as some of these opposing responses seem to indicate it may be needed. You'd still have to be 35 to run missions, etc. in Cim. You'll still have to fight romans for costume bits, and run the ITF for others. And this has absolutely NOTHING to do with "making a buck." What does it have to do with? Removing the need for a tedious arc that's inconsistent between sides on when it's awarded. Removing the *last* zone unlock left (a co-op zone, as it happens.)

Perhaps you'd like to read the original post again and actually try *thinking* about the response before posting it.

And don't go into the "Walking uphill through ten feet of snow at thirty below wearing nothing but a fifth-hand pair of worn khakis, damp cloth wrapped around my feet, no shirt, for fifty miles just to get a drink of water" nonsense. I've been around long enough to have seen the same things, and removing the silly restrictions has done nothing but make the game *better* and more enjoyable.

Pfft, see, obviously laziness if you ask some people!

(My reaction is more "Yay, recent redname response to prove we're not making this up when explaining that very thing.")

... well, not 100%. Yes, they degrade over three levels - they're also more effective than even for a few levels. (22 = level 25 SOs. Hit 27, get 30s.) So really, it's not THAT bad.

And, of course, combining helps.

I wouldn't argue with that. Powers would still be unusable as designed, no extra animation would need to be done, but we'd get the best of both worlds.

That plus, out of self-interest, the same tech might come over for the shields and toggles on Kheldians, which has also been asked for to help with form switching for years.

Stop posting while you're behind. The only thing you're doing is making yourself look even more foolish with every word you try to type. Removing the badges for accolades is absolutely NOTHING like the suggestion. But go on pretending you have a point to make. Only thing you're doing is making yourself look like the south end of a northbound horse.

Riiight... are we playing the same game? You noticed the removal of level barriers from hazard zones, right? And from the RWZ? And the introduction of SSKing, to make teaming easier - which is what the suggestion's about, removing one more barrier to teaming?

COH is one of the most barrier-free, casual-friendly, socially-enabling MMOs out there. I want to get rid of one more barrier.

Removing those has not turned the game into "a crap shoot of no achievement crapfest," as you put it. Nor will removing this one.

And if you agree with Mr. Elitist "I AM ROLEPLAYER, I need NOT this RIFF-RAFF!" ... well, you're not exactly a shining example of a great teammate, anyway. Though it does sound like you'd be the "inferior type of personality" Mr. Elitist there would snub.

Seem to recall seeing it more after the server was introduced - plus they keep mentioning "Dev event on exalted," etc. when they do - thus the comment. I'd expect to see it more often there than anywhere else.

I have characters there, just don't tend to like playing there much because of my mix of premium/vip friends. Easier to just stay on the classic servers where everyone's welcome.