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Frankly, I don't take level into account at all. I take character into account. Same with psychic powers.
My main, for instance, goes primarily with what the lore says- which means he's an ice-powered glass cannon who lacks defense.
He also has no protection from psychic abilities whatsoever, with the net result being that his constant (If questionable) friend, despite being much lower-level than him, can (And frequently does) pull all sorts of psychic shennanigans with him, including at one point possessing him to stare off a necromancer who was threatening him.
Note, my main is a level 50 (+1) and his friend is level 27.
On the other hand, he also can (And has) RP'd freezing people in ice. Even people who have "status protection" powers.
So yeah.
ETA: I've also got my own non-official powers set up to follow game mechanics whereever possible, and that includes with stealth.
He has the "Second Sight," and can't turn it off. It's a major feature of his personality and his character. It also enables him to see invisible things.
Except, for some reason, when those invisible things are his enemies- in other words, villains in a PvP zone, which are also the ones I can't see. In battles, his Second Sight is far too overwhelmed for him to pick out details like that, he's lucky to be able to keep track of his surroundings at all.
ETA ETA: Also, he can't See Natural or Tech powers, since they have little to no magical signature, and he can't See the power of the Well of the Furies, meaning any other Incarnates who use stealth are much more likely to escape his notice. -
Cancelling previous notification as pertains to the RP invasion of the VIP server.
I'm strongly considering not feeding any more money to City of Heroes. I'm not rewarding the Freedom market system. The Freedom market system is bad behavior. If I found the Freedom market system on my carpet I'd rub my dog's nose in it while reprimanding him in a stern voice. -
Quote:My problem was precisely the opposite. I'd gone through both trials fifteen bajillion times, crafted T4s of every single ability slot and converted everything else I got to iXP, and /still/ hadn't unlocked my Lore OR my Destiny slot.Originally Posted by Jagged
This must be the issue then. I am a recent returnee so have no experience of the trials prior to the current iXP rates. But with the current system I would happily state that its impossible to unlock an incarnate slot through the trials and not have enough incarnate salvage to craft something. Unless of course, you deliberately convert everything to iXP so the slots open really quickly.
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Quote:Precisely what I said. That wasn't snark.Originally Posted by UnicyclePeon
What do you mean?
Lewis
It's rare for me to see somebody actually go to the trouble of explaining why a morally good character is running around with human bodies realistically. Usually it amounts to either "There's nothing wrong with using dead people as tools" (WTF?), "The dead people deserve it" (Bzuh?) or it's just glossed over altogether.
This was actually a genuinely altruistic, sympathetic motivation for keeping dead people around. I was impressed. -
Quote:Yes, but they're AoE debuffs that center on a single target and go away if he dies. The only anchors who are consistently the last ones down are EBs, AVs, and GMs. And Ill/Rad is one of the controllers you see soloing AVs and GMs all the time. Which was my point.Originally Posted by Local_Man
No, they are AoE debuffs. They affect foes in a 15 ft radius around the anchor. Ill/Rad can be very, very effective on teams killing groups even though it does not have, until the APP sets, any real AoE damage. EF + an AoE damage power (like Fireball) can add some decent AoE damage, especially if you can double the damage with Containment.
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Quote:More attacks is a meaningless advantage if they don't result in more damage, and since we're only in a three-way-tie for damage output, I'm gonna go with 'no.'Originally Posted by Mr_Grumpums
Blasters are made to deal ranged damage, or melee damage if you're feeling sassy. Instead of defense sets you get MORE ATTACKS. Sometimes you have some controls. Sometimes it's all about the damage.
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Quote:Well, it's tough to say, since we don't currently have any overtly single-target-oriented blaster sets...Originally Posted by Twoflower
Finally, although I couldn't test this since nobody was teaming, I'm not sure how well a ranged ST focused set will work when teamed.
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Quote:That makes no sense. "People still play/invite blasters because they don't care about what's better or worse. Therefore, blasters are no better or worse."Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
This thread has been ridiculous for a while now.
Sinple fact: People still play Blasters becuase people still ENJOY playing Blasters.
These are the same people who don't give a damn when you tell them they should delete their favorite character because it's gimped and serves no purpose in the game anymore.
You'd probably be surprised how many teams welcome Blasters for the simple reason that they don't particularly care who is playing what. The game is not rocket surgery, and if you let go of some of the anal-retentive "The team MUST have this exact make-up" attitude, you might find that you can have fun playing it with any mix of characters imaginable.
Blasters are NOT superfluous. They are just characters like everyone else, no better and no worse. -
The thing about Rad's debuffs, as I understand them, is that they kill on tough single-target fights. Usually when I hear about the unmitigated curb-stomping slaughter of Ill/Rad, it's in reference to their exceptional ability to solo AVs through a combination of massive debuffs, and the unusually (For a control set) high damage of Illusion.
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Quote:Eh. I think some powersets are a little bit specific to be ripping off (Spider-Man's webshooters, for instance) but I agree. Throwing cards at people isn't Marvel's idea, any more than using claws as weapons is.Originally Posted by MessyrSpectre
Gambit from X-Men right there.
Here's a thought, CoH; take powersets from Marvel, DC, and any other comic/manga production studio. That should add thousands of new powersets; problem solved :P
(I love that Marvel tried to claim intellectual property on a concept that is ubiquitous to virtually every land predator since there have been land predators. I'm waiting for them to sue because Super Strength is clearly a ripoff of the Hulk and The Thing.) -
Quote:Hmm. I sort of went the opposite direction with my Fortunata, who is pretty much a punch-card member of Arachnos who is unflinchingly loyal to them as a pragmatic business practice rather than any sort of zealotry.Originally Posted by Mr_Fallstar
I tend to roleplay my Arbiter like a Priest of the Arachnos religion, one with the belief "If you serve Arachnos, you serve Arachnos. If you fight Arachnos, you make it stronger through conflict, thus you serve Arachnos. All serve in one fashion or another"
Except that unlike the notion of an omnipotent god, there is nothing about a superhero that makes them inherently incapable of failure, and in fact superheroes that are incapable of failure are dreadfully and unflinchingly boring as hell to everybody.Quote:Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
Is Statesman willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not a superhero. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him a superhero?
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Quote:I'm so glad I'm not the only one who sees this. It makes me feel much less Freudian.Originally Posted by Laserblitz_Emcc
When my wife walks in and I am in Nova form she always says
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Quote:THIS. THIS SO MUCH.Originally Posted by Snowzone
I'd love to get the Winter Horde.
...Seriously, I've been wishing for a snowbeast lore pet for my main since the Lore slot was first unveiled. -
I never get crashes at wentworths, but good lord, it's laggier than a turtle guest-starring on baywatch.
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Quote:D'OOOOOOOOOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOOriginally Posted by The Artificial Intel
Statler and Waldorf berate the pi*ss out of Joel and Mike anyday.
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Quote:Good man.Originally Posted by Philly_Guy
I plan on making Skyrider Geeb's right hand
Other things I considered: Angel, specifically the Grigori, or Watchers, the caste of angels that were cast out of heaven, not for rebelling against God with Lucifer, but for rebelling against God in favor of Mortals.
The reasons I never actually managed this were twofold.
One: Couldn't come up with appropriate powersets, because it's kind of a bunch of powers in one. Made a few token efforts, but meh. All fell flat.
Two: Frankly, fallen angels have a reputation for being broody, emo, and byronic, and I already get enough of that with my main, thanks. -
Yes. Enough drama, ONWARD TO CHICANERY!
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Quote:That opportunity had bloody well better involve Skyrider, you.Originally Posted by Philly_Guy
I have a character, Gleaming Bolt, that I've reincarnated a million times. I love the concept, but damn no one wants to team with an NRG blaster lol Currently, he's shelved, but would definitely come out of his semi-retirement if the opportunity arose.
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Quote:I'd be more than happy with them removing the stacking bug if they then added things like lot-selection and three-dimensional placement options.Originally Posted by The Artificial Intel
Personally, they shouldn't fix bases. That would mean that stacking would be deleted, and all these amazing bases we all know and love would poof.
Now if they would add more base construction items, and kept the bugs as they were? It'd be fine. -
Quote:Hey, I need that arm!Originally Posted by Philly_Guy
Okay, I'd give someone else's left arm.
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Quote:Wouldn't that make it a wee bit difficult to play the game?Originally Posted by Philly_Guy
I'd give my left arm for ANYTHING that would improve bases.
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Quote:That's fair. Honestly, I just threw in damage because I thought that most powers of this nature did damage, so nerfing that damage would be acceptable. This thing was not meant to be a damage-dealing set.Originally Posted by Archon099
Regardless, it got me thinking about a controller set to match it, lol. I do like your idea, but some of the moves need some tweaking. Controller AoE mez powers deal little to no damage, so your AoE hold and stun having moderate damage would be out-of-sync with the rest of the control sets, making it way more powerful.
Hmm. My original thought was actually that two weak minions were less powerful than the one strong one.Quote:The cone fear + damage made sense to me because Mind Control already has something similar. Plus, with all that damage while still having lots of solid control and AoE control powers, multiple pets seemed to be the last nail in the "overpowered" nameplate, heh. If the set keeps so many hard-control effects, you need to pick between the damage or the multiple pets. It would get out of hand too easily if the set got both.
Thanks be. Yeah, honestly, that set would work just fine with nerfed damage on the control, the entire point of the set was to be extremely low damage. If we want high-damage we'll take fire.Quote:That being said, I think it's a great set idea, and I would love to see them build it to go along with the time manipulation set. Even kinetics would be fun with this. Then you'd have both time AND the laws of physics on your side, lol.
And as mentioned, two weak pets have pretty consistently been weaker than one strong one, as most control sets get. My thought here was that these things would not do much damage, but instead create more mitigation with a control and a debuff plus their resistance.
This set is meant to be a low-damage, high-mitigation set from the outset. So frankly, yeah, reducing the damage on the pets and the controls would be well in-line with that. -
Quote:I suspect that attitude won't endear itself to any rednames.Originally Posted by Cien_Fuegos
Im starting a new thread everyday. Period
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Quote:Personally, I'd prefer a gadget-based Control set to Traps for controllers, but maybe that's just me.Originally Posted by Windenergy21
Controllers aren't getting traps!!!!??
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Quote:*Sigh*Originally Posted by Hydrofoil_Zero
No car! No horse!!! They have said many times that they will not make them. The city is to crowded for such things.
Stick to what ideas they asked for, something that can be used with a common stance.
You're right. They did say there'd never be vehicles.
I guess we'll have to put that in the "Never gonna happen" closet with color customization and two-handed weapons.