T_Bone

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ok, so i just read the update on the epic power pools, and i have to say i think they will be very very bad.

the impression that i got from the given descriptions was that they are undoing the weakness of the classes. granted, this doesn't happen until level 41, but still.

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Dude, get above level 35 and then come and talk to me. The game gets VERY challenging above 35 for many archetypes and these things just help reintroduce the fun back into the game. Blasters at upper levels can't even shoot anything above a lieutenant because they get one-shotted to death. It makes you not want to play any more - the epic pools will help make it tolerable and fun again. The same goes for the other stuff.

And DESIRE to group makes for a much better experience than REQUIREMENT to group. Anytime I group with folks who WANT to, fighting goes much better than with folks that HAVE to group. Forcing grouping doesn't improve the experience of the game. These power pools will!

YAY!!!! After this inspiration is added the fun has returned to the game. Looks like I can actually fight Riktis again!

*Updated info*

Name: Freedom's Fury
Leaders: Monifa, Borvo, Lindy, Sgt Flame, Johve, Breo Saighit, Wrath O'Nature
Player Type: Ages 25+, casual to serious gamers, all of us are ether real life friends or online friends.
Number of members: 30+
Current member levels: 2-45
Normal time of Gameplay: Evenings, a few play during the day.
We are a tight group of EXCELLENT team players covering the breadth of all five archetypes. We enjoy social chatting in the middle of the most heated of battles. Composed of powerful blasters, tankers and scrappers, coupled with highly skilled defenders and controllers, our group rarely experiences any defeats and always makes for an exciting evening of game play and fun banter. If you are interested in joining, team up with us sometime and if we like what we see, we'll invite you to join! With us you'll always have a super friend at your side!

Website: http://freedomsfury.bravehost.com

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States, I hate to be rude, but if you seriously think that an electric blaster's drain can be helpful againest an AV, you obviously have never played one.


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Let's not put words in my mouth here...a SINGLE electric blaster DOES drain endurance from an AV. BUT definitely not enough to make an impact. All secondary effects against AV's are resisted...it takes several electric blasters to make an appreciable dent in an AV (just like it takes many heroes to bring one down).

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This argument is as logical as the past argument you made about putting multiple controllers on a team in order to be able to affect an AV with any kind of hold. Sorry States - not good enough. No one wants to pad a team with multiples of a gimped character class just so they can maybe get his endurance down to zero - and never be able to kill him because they don't do enough damage.

Might as well /em boombox since the only thing that really takes down an AV is damage - with their regen rates and resistances to every power, sadly, the only thing that works against them is the might sword (or blast, etc.)

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I don't know if what Statesman said was truly the intentions or not. I DO know that this rollout went against MANY things he has said previous to this issue. I'll believe the actions for now, thank you.


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Hmmm. So the fact that we've....

1) rolled back stun attacks on Trolls and Outcasts
2) removed stun from Nemesis minions
3) made the Terra Volta trial easier several times
4) fixed the bug where Rikti Greater Swords were doing double their damage
5) Shrunk the level range at the entrance of the Hollows
6) Moved Contacts in the Hollows into safer locations

Does those actions perhaps support my "intentions..." about the lower levels?

I cannot stress enough - the +1 mobs everywhere are a BUG. We did NOT notice them on the Training Room server. It happens. I made a mistake. We're fixing it (though it isn't live yet).

Oh - we did make Nemesis and Rikti more difficult by giving them more powers - at the higher levels.

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I think things are better now - I was able to do the respec. The fix to the Rikti is a WELCOME one too. Thanks for removing the stuns. I think it is almost perfect - with that little +1 mission bug being the last problem (on its way to being fixed.)

Folks tend to be quick to anger and slow to forgive. Don't let them get under your skin

Name: Freedom's Fury
Leaders: Monifa, Borvo, Lindy, Sgt Flame, Johve, Breo Saighit, Wrath O'Nature
Player Type: Ages 25+, casual to serious gamers, all of us are ether real life friends or online friends.
Number of members: 10+
Current member levels: 6-25
Normal time of Gameplay: Evenings, a few play during the day.

We are a tight group of EXCELLENT team players covering the breadth of all five archetypes. We enjoy social chatting in the middle of the most heated of battles. Composed of powerful blasters, tankers and scrappers, coupled with highly skilled defenders and controllers, our group rarely experiences any defeats and always makes for an exciting evening of game play and fun banter. If you are interested in joining, team up with us sometime and if we like what we see, we'll invite you to join! With us you'll always have a super friend at your side!

Website coming soon.

This is so incredibly helpful! Thank you for your efforts! May your name be held up high with honor amongst the heroes of today and tomorrow!