The Katalyst

Yeah. There's some things that are better left unattended, would be a little silly for them to put any amount of dev time into glad battles. I don't think they've done anything with them since, I don't even know. Way before i13 that's for sure.

I would not go Archery for a PvP corr. Other then the broken stun, it's pretty much garbage.

Would recommend fire or rad for primaries. Maybe sonic.

You're a few years too late to jump on this bandwagon, good sir. i13 is almost 5 years old now. Best course of action would be to either suck it up and accept it's a lost cause, or quit.

I don't know. There's not really enough people (vets, good PvPers, however you want to put it) left hanging around to have a decent pre-made 3v3 type deal, lottery sounds like a better route to go right now. Otherwise you will just have a few stacked teams fighting a bunch of crappy teams, which would make this event a lot less fun imo.

My understanding is these lottery events usually generate a decent crowd, so I think overall that's the way to go for sure.

In terms of rules, the only thing you are going to need to be careful about is incarnates. Might be interesting to let in a bit more then alpha this go round, but you will want to probably pick and choose a bit. Obviously no lore, and I hear incandescence in arena is pretty stupid, so you may want to consider that also.

That's coming from somebody who hasn't done much arena in a while, obviously, so I don't know where people are at with incarnates these days. I think it's worth a try to fit a bit more in then alpha for a 3v3 lottery, though. Just my personal opinion.

All math aside, my experience is consistent with Lib's. As it stands, CM and similar buffs (to a lesser degree then CM, usually) have a very noticeable effect when it comes to mitigating mez's.

Domination seems to greatly reduce that difference. This is probably foreign to those who haven't played as an Emp or played with an Emp who actually uses CM, but the difference is certainly there.

If you aren't dealing with outside status resistance buffs, then I can see where the difference from Domination might be less noticeable, but then again, Doms don't really need the help from Domination to be effective anyways in post 13 PvP.

Like I said, I don't know the math behind it, so I can't say if it's WAI or if the math is wrong, or whichever it may be, but my hands on experience definitely points to Domination having a noticeable effect in some situations.

Even if it's not WAI, I don't support fixing it. Dom's don't need the extra mez duration from Domination, if they had it, they would likely be incredibly overpowered. It's fine as it is, broken or not.

Are you sure about that? I'm pretty positive the unresisted part of Domination is not broken, last I checked. If it is broken, then it is certainly new.

Besides, Dominators are already pretty damn good, I don't think they need any fixes or help.

EDIT: Lib got to it before I could.

Regen broots are pretty legit if you never want to die, but they won't kill much in zone.

Since KM is essentially useless now, I don't know what to tell you about Scrappers for zone. Maybe MA or Fire would be good, Eagle Claw's crit is actually better then the old CS pre-nerf.

Would probably be best if you attached your entire mids build to your post, so people can give more specific advise if necessary.

I don't play Melee so I can't help you, but I'm sure posting the entire build will help others who can give you better feedback.

I am a banana.

One does not simply PvP without 41 KB protection.

That's madness.

Yes.

I think the amount of people who play this game who either don't care about or don't like the story of CoH is much, much bigger then those who like it. Hell, look at all the RPers, barely any of them base their stories around CoH lore, because it has a lot of problems. I think that should be a good indication of whether or not the story is quality. If the majority of players don't care for it, then it's bad. You can make a subjective argument to try and say it's not, but objectively speaking, the majority of the CoH population would disagree that this story is any good.

I think CoH relies TOO heavily on expecting the players to create their own stories, but then also provides very little breathing room within the canonical content of the game. If you are trying to paint an MMO story wise as being open ended and customizable/personal, then you have to make the plots follow suit. As it stands, CoH pigeon holes you into very linear story paths, and that is in stark contrast to the ability to near-limitlessly customize the look of your character as well as their "bio" or background story or whatever. The whole force-feeding of the praetorian story and the incarnate content does not help this game's story whatsoever, also. The writers for this game clearly have a vision for what they want the story to be like and are not willing to accept that there are other ways to approach it, and this philosophy often carries over to gameplay mechanics as well, which is why I'm no longer subbed to this game.

I'm not against Roleplaying, I am a writer myself, one of my main hobbies outside of playing video-games is writing short-stories, as well as writing about various real world philosophical/sociological topics. If this game actually appealed to me story wise, I would be much more likely to want to partake in some form of roleplay, and I have roleplayed in other MMORPGs in the past.

I don't REALLY care enough to get into a longer debate about it, because I'm more or less done with this game, but I think the lore and story in this game is generally fairly lackluster and continues to dissapoint, and many people clearly agree with that sentiment in some way shape or form.

Don't question the Tank, he is always right. How dare you.

I play female toons on almost every game that gives me the option too. I'm just that comfortable with my insane alpha masculinity.

I'm too manly for this thread.

Woah awesome I can post here on a free to play account.

Anyways, I'm glad to see that the opposition and awareness for this bill has grown so much. When I first started speaking out against it a good 1-2 months ago, people were generally more apathetic/uninformed about it. It's a good thing that bills like this are becoming a liability for political candidates as well as businesses, that is how it should be.

I also want to point out that this is not the first nor the last, nor the worst piece of legislation like this to come our way. Obviously, the NDAA is a big deal, and it was even big enough of a deal that Romney was booed at the SC Republican debate for supporting it, and he doesn't get booed often. Not interested in getting into the details of the election, but it is a good thing that people are becoming concerned about these kinds of legislation.

There are other things that they are trying to now pass on the heels of the NDAA that I think people should be concerned about, such as the bill that would give the President the ability to strip Americans of their citizenship (Forget the exact name, but it's another obscure bill that is not being covered by mainstream news).

So, in any event, getting this bill tabled for now is certainly a victory for the people, but I think the worst thing people who were so opposed to it could do is to count your blessings and assume that we are safe from any future bills - that could be much worse - because this one is now not very likely to pass.

I also think anybody who believes that Anonymous had much to do with this in reality is being a bit naive. I like Anonymous' message and I think their intentions are certainly good, but their empty threats against the government and (minor) cyber attacks are actually hurting the cause, not helping it. They are essentially giving the government an excuse to rally people against the "dangers" of a free internet, despite their intention being the opposite. Cyberattacks/terrorism/warfare/whatever can only do so much, if people actually want something done, it needs to be done in physical reality. We can't just sit around and hope somebody else will do it for us.

Also, I think you all should check out the new OPEN legislation that is backed by Google and a few decent US legislators that I think is making a much more honest attempt at anti-piracy legislation.

Anyways, off my soap box and back to not playing CoH.