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“I would like to see a red name explain why heros get cold and therm and villains get double storm.” – jeffg316

Originally, Castle only wanted to allow 9 powersets to be shifted around, while others wanted to open things up much more completely. After much debate, and back and forth discussion, we came to a compromise on which sets were proliferated and which would be delayed to future updates. The sets that were chosen, ultimately, were easy to port across, and tried to fill thematic holes where appropriate. “Balance” was mainly a factor in which sets NOT to port immediately – things like Kinetics for Masterminds would be extremely dangerous to port directly; many changes would need to be done to make that one work. The same can be said with moving Illusions to Masterminds as a Primary powerset.


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You may state this but if you look at it from a player’s perspective, no matter how you word it Villains are getting the shaft. Now I do not even think I speak for most of us forum goers, but when you see the same response from many posters you get the gist of the issue thrown in your face, the number one reason I think a lot of us who play mostly redside are not happy with this issue other then VEATS, which we have been due since CoV launch much like the Cathedral of Pain, is that the sets that people wanted at the top of most peoples lists did not even begin to make the redside list at all.

Sure as you stated it is easy to port storm, but you know what? It is not easy to port /Cold to Defenders, heck its not even easy to port Plant to Controllers since Plant was designed from the ground up to be a dom set and as such is balanced as a Dom set in that’s its controls take into account the target cap on a dom vs a troller and the lowered duration of dom controls. Psi for blasters is not an easy port either, as Psi damage is ridiculously under or overly resisted throughout the whole game. It looks so lopsided in the fact that you are willing to watch some sets and not others and I quote “the developers will be keeping a VERY close eye on this powerset to make sure that it is not overpowered in the hands of Blasters” ( gamezone.com article on Psi Blast for blasters ). Why is it that this powerset can be so closely watched yet you can’t do the same exact thing for /kin on MM’s or Illusion on doms ( I am willing and hoping that Illusion for MM’s as quoted is a typo, Illusion is a control set, please do not even consider it as a pet set! ) heck even /sonic would be an improvement over /storm twice, and /sonic as is can be a direct port to MM’s with little to no modification the same as /FF. I hate jumping on the “Devs want heroes to always win” bandwagon, but it becomes much easier to join that crowd when I can’t even come up with one thing that Villains get in I12 that will be worth it on any level ( As stated above VEATS are not part of this list, every time you ding 50 on a villain you get the message that you unlocked Epics, thus in my eyes this is so long overdue and should have been there since launch of CoV ).

So I am sorry but I do not buy the X or Y set that Villains really want would have been too dangerous or too hard to modify when you are more then willing to do all the careful watching and modifying of the same possible issues for sets being ported to heroes. It is a copout, nothing more nothing less. All I, and probably many like me, want is equal willingness to devote the same effort to what is being added to heroes to villains as well. I won’t demand empathy for villains even if I think it makes just as much sense on a villain as on a hero, since as was stated by BaBs that as a collective group you view it as un-thematic for villains, however I do feel it is within my right to request you rethink just what you are doing with passing sets both ways. Perceived imbalances by your player base need addressing just as much as actual data traceable imbalances if you do not want to alienate more and more of your player base.

-Sanjiyan

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I agree. I think the idea was a good one. However, the wrong sets were moved around. Psy is PERFECT where it is now. If it is incredibly powerful in the hands of dominators, what in the world would make them think that it will be reasonable in the hands of Blasters, who themselves just improved in Defiance. Leave blasters alone, they do not need attention. I think some choices were great, i agree with the Storm choice. Maybe one day villains will get their own set of healing support or illusion/trickery (not something to complain about now though because new powers are not being made for current release). I do trust though that they will make the proper changes when closed beta starts. I really can't wait to try everything out as usual and follow the numbers, even though i may not agree 100 percent . Cheers

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can we get spines for brutes and tanks plz, i wanna do a ice/spine tank real real bad.

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Yes sir! Your order will be here shortly sir!

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OK, normally I'm pretty laid back and willing to cut the devs some slack, but in all honesty I think you're out of your minds here. Psy Shockwave? On a Blaster? Especially when combined with an AoE toggle confuse so that critters don't even fight back while you simply melt them?

I'll wait and see as this goes to beta, but I can't possibly see this ending up anywhere vaguely resembling balanced

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Me too. But i was thinking, what's the second set gonna look like??

What in the world was the argument FOR this? [psy blaster sets]

quiet you!

I think thats really great, R.

HA

I suck absolutely BUT this forum section inspires me. and really really interests me.

To be honest... i couldn't make out too much from the screens. But i saw some features and i kind of made a demon-y type character . It's just a quick sketch. but i put in doze spikes and very sketchy shoulders . (sorry)

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...i/118d9522.jpg

this is just a quick little doodly i did. I AM planning on doing a good detailed drawing that'll take time. but when boredom comes, i brake out the pad. im new and i know lots of things are off but, that's what the detailed one will fix.

http://f10.putfile.com/main/7/20904111292.jpg (left side = assassin of thor - rightside = TA)

Sorry. everything is back to normal now. i'll rescan that one. for the meantime - here's my little doodle of Ghost Widow.. and NOO i'm not one of those guys who has a thing for her

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...uoni/GW1-1.jpg

this one is is Black n' white. http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...suoni/GWbw.jpg

some browsers may show them too small at first, please remember to enlarge them using your browser.

I decided to do a quick doodle. the picture quaility isn't great but eh. i had time. My attempt one at drawing : (drum roll)

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...i/99ac7e98.jpg
(And the audience puts on the face of disappointment )

and the zone should have that natural weathery look to it, like the picture has.

The effect kind of makes it look like a grassy tree-filled mountain area. and then i wished we had a zone that looked like that.

Right now i'm trying to decide which One of a thousand toons will be drawn.

Thanks thanks. BTW i did post my first thang up here a while back (can't find that thread ). Don't throw out TA. i did mention him in my first post .

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Edit: P.S.: And see all you gotta do to summon me is say my name lol!


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Yeah.. a few people told me that and i didnt believe em. I guess it does work. I'm sure you heard your name and ran 15 blocks to get to a computer. Thanks

Ello. I'm trying to start drawing. I get a good idea in my head but sometimes it takes a very very long time to put it on paper. I've only done one that i posted I dont know if anyone remembers the thread "Don't Chew Me Up", i couldn't find it on the boards so i can't show you. Anyways. I look at this forum section everyday. I always end up with my mouth open at some of these pieces. I've seen TA get half the population to do pieces of him, I've seen Rowrs' practicing, I've seen GillBates, Graver, Juggertha- - all great. Do you guys have any pointers or Anything to say at all about starting or drawing or concepts. Anything will help. Thanks and i'll see ya around.

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no

elec's damage sucks even with full fury

SS and stone are great damage sets, and trade some of em's single target damage for some aoe

elec just sucks compared to all those

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agreed

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I have some pvp related questions for the I7 related PvP boost.

It's stated that you only get a boost when attacking opposing players with your Dom secondary attacks (like Fire Blast or Ice Blast), is this true? There was no bonus attacking critters in a pvp zone.

Do any other powers (such as the single target hold or patron power attacks) gain this bonus for attacking other players? I would think they would at least give the bonus out for use of each Dom sets single target hold.

Thanks.

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You only get the bonus points if


<ul type="square">[*]The attack is from you secondary power set (The Assualt set).[*]You actually successfully hit the opponent PC (misses do not count.)[*]The enemy can be hit. (Meaning Phased PC's don't get the extra.)[/list]

My suggestion is to find a very low defense character, Regens work well, and stay in snipe range and kite for as long as you can.

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i dont understand why they are limiting domination so much. i mean fury builds if you attack even if you miss or if you are attacked even if you are missed.

i think the inherents should be set more equal. i dont mean nerf the existing ones, but instead maybe boosting any that fall under (ie domination)

what is the AS animation?

probably one of the best posts i've read
made me giggle like a little girl at times too

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