Tokyo

Originally Posted by Xanatos

Your face is projecting. Get a nose job & lose the hat.

Originally Posted by The_Coming_Storm

Because you are afraid of dying to my MMs? Seriously: Such a disadvantage is unfair. Way too hard to get killing blows as a MM.

Originally Posted by Obscure Blade

The "One cape rule" is "no more than one cape or capelike costume part per character"; more capes per character significantly adds to lag. Fortunately that doesn't apply to these tails.


Or more tails. Yes; not only does it make sense, but the upcoming Mutant Pack might well have costume parts that need this update to work in the first place.

Originally Posted by MinMin

The very first thing you should do is to respec into Seeds of Confusion. Most of Plant Control's effectiveness is tied up in this power.

I would also recommend Power Boost. The boost in duration for Vines makes the power a useful substitute for Seeds of Confusion with confusion-resistant enemies. It also has some nice synergy with the Leadership and Medicine pools which are both areas you should consider as you get into the mid-30s and 40s.

Originally Posted by Xanatos

You don't understand how to run / the purpose of MMORPG Events. That's fine. It's why you're bitter.

But thank you for your feedback.

Originally Posted by Humility

To be fair, I think the Tokyo quote you listed there is a fine example that I am far from the only one to blame for the threads derailment. The thread is full of them, but that sums things up nicely.

Originally Posted by Schismatrix

Weird. All the respec trials i've done recently only gave me the option of a respec or merits. (Just merits if i already had all the respecs.) i can't recall one giving me the roll option since around the time merits were implemented.

Originally Posted by Local_Man

Merits replaced the random roll. In fact, Merits are far, far better. You have to spend 20 Merits to get the same single Pool C random roll you got at the end of a TF before, and many of the TFs give far more than 20 Merits. Plus, you have the option of using Merits to purchase the specific recipe you want or need, so there is more choice, more value.

Another advantage of the Merit system -- longer TFs give more merits. It used to be that a "quick Katie" TF gave the same Pool C single random roll as a Positron or a Dr. Quarterfield. Now Posi gives 66 merits and Dr. Q gives, what, 120 merits? (It was 110 last time I did it, but that number has gone up.)

I did a Positron TF the other night, and got 66 Merits. That gave me three Pool C random rolls with six merits left over - while the old system would have only given me one Pool C random roll. Why would you want to go back? (Of course, all three were crappy recipes, but oh, well.)

Originally Posted by Ben_Arizona

Have I mentioned that one of the reasons I spend less time redside than blue is because so many redside boosters are complete jackasses about it?

Originally Posted by Neuronia

There isn't a way to fix it (Marketeering) unless individuals put effort into it.

THere isn't a way to fix it (PvP IOs) short of a new system. I suggested a PvP Merit system.

Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison

You young whipper snappers... haven't you ever heard of Foreigner?

Originally Posted by Redbone

You know, I think your first statement is due in large part to your second for a number of people. The "undercover hero/anti-hero" types tend to not be the "master of my own fate/take over the world/muahahaha" types since they're working for the baddies for a reason outside being a hired thug (usually to bring them down). From a story standpoint, it actually makes more sense given the canon set-up on redside to be a undercover hero or anti-hero than a Dr Doom/Magneto type.

Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood

If I was discussing balance that might be a valid response, but I'm talking about the mechanics and I don't need to play the set to be able to tell you that the mechanics of the power won't work on a player.

As I said above it might be possible to make it work using a variant of the Mystic Fortune code (which grants a limited duration temporary power to the target) but that could have other complications. I personally think a toggle makes more sense from a usability and power perspective for non-masterminds.

Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison

Also, it's called a jukebox. And the song is Jukebox Hero.

Originally Posted by Juteboxhero

I am sorry because you do not know how to play on the blue side then if you REQUIRE an AT. While its nice having a Tank, Kin, Or Emp on a team they are not required. Tanks can function very well without one of those three; its people that play the characters that are the issue. Not the AT's themselves. People that broadcast for a specific AT does not really know how other powersets work or how to properly lead a team or just like playing safe.

Originally Posted by Humility

Tokyo, you can't post anymore... you're at 1337 posts

I for one haven't every said things are overly expensive on red market. The circuit board thing was put forth as an example of price fixing, nothing more. Things (salvage) are more likely to be expensive on blue than red. The point there, was that red is more vulnerable to that kind of fixing, it takes less effort to do so and can be maintained for longer due to lower supply traffic. Anyone who understands how the market works cannot argue this point with any degree of integrity. Slower market is easier to control, it's a simple fact.

The point was never about salvage, it was about the supply of goodies (recipes/io) at levels other than 50.

Originally Posted by ketch

I'll preface this by saying that I've been cruising the Dom boards lately trying to get a feel for how folks build there doms so I may not be the best source of information. My actual dom experience is pretty limited.

When I looked at your build it was obvious that your shooting for regen bonuses. I think you made some odd choices along the way though. For example, the bonuses you gain from using Shield Wall in PFF only grant you an extra .8 hp regenerated per second. You've got a similar situation in Stamina; you only gain 20 hp, or about .3 hp a second with your regeneration. You may also want to note that the Heal and Heal/Endurance IO's in Health are currently boosting the regeneration from Numina's +regen/+recovery. Currently, the build on test corrects this and those bonuses will only apply to Health itself in the future.

I also question why you have stealth, superspeed, and Invisibility. Stealth and Superspeed will make you invisibile to virtually all pve mobs. You may find more utility in Grant Invisibility, allowing your teammates to stealth to mission objectives with you.

Originally Posted by Balefire_Djinn

Yes please provide us this evidence of things being overly expensive on the villain market.


While you are at it, please go outside and take a picture of the sky, to prove in fact, that it is blue.


Also: I heard that fish swim, can you provide video evidence?

Originally Posted by Humility

Well, I already stated that population was the root cause of the market issue, which is functionally identical to saying the market issue is a symptom of population issues. As for it being a problem...


So in a technical sense it is without question, a problem.

Originally Posted by Humility

The root cause is a population problem, but there is no question it creates a market problem.

Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood

Well, as a disclaimer I haven't actually played poison, I'm going off what RedTomax says about it so it's possible my interpretation is incorrect. In any case it appears to function using the "Grant Power" command. This is the same command that the mastermind Equip powers use and is something that does nothing on player characters.

For a non-mastermind set this would need to be changed. I'm not certain if it would be possible to do it as a click power. I think that it should be possible using a variant of whatever method the devs used for Mystic Fortune but I'm not certain. Also this may prevent it from working on Controller pets (I'm not sure about this one). I do know that the toggle method would work for both players and controller pets and I think it might be a better option from a balance perspective.