Vauluur

The problem is that here a HUGE decrease means going from 2 or 3 a month to 1. That being with a much smaller group of players than previously participated. That's just not the kind of numbers that will be noticed when they have to watch an entire game full of people.

I'd actually welcome folding Hami and Mothership raids into the new(ish) trial system. They could be accessible via the TUT if it ever works properly, and it would give an oppurtunity to revamp them and make them more dynamic like the itrials. Of course, that's a longer term fix than simply changing HOs and I think HOs should give 50% regardless of whether or not the raids get revamped.

Nobody is whining that the exploit was fixed. I'm merely pointing out that without that exploit there is no longer a reason to go on Hami raids or use the HO enhancements. They are not fine the way they are because you can get the same benefit by slotting an IO and get set bonuses as well from IOs. If you choose to continue using them that's your decision. But it's one that will cost you (or whoever is selling the HOs you buy) an incredibly disproportionate amount of time and effort.

These are the concerns that aren't worth worrying about at the moment. The set wasn't even ready for testing. Once an actual beta for it begins, the numbers are almost certain to change. Dark Control is an excellent example of that right now.

The problem I had with the global boost was specifically that it would also affect human powers. My concern is that a global recharge boost would require rebalancing on a much larger scale. I argue for a base recharge reduction in the Dwarf attacks merely because so many people complain about White Dwarf lacking a complete attack chain. Though, it wouldn't fully fix the issue there anyway. So, as you said, it is of small benefit.

While it is a somewhat good idea, giving Dwarf more resistance will not be enough to "fix" Kheldians, especially with your last comment that it really only makes a difference on SO builds and/or builds that desire more mez protection. To me, a Kheldian is conceptually supposed to be tri-form, and was originally designed with the idea that players would take and use both Dwarf and Nova. Human-only builds have ended up winning the performance battle though, and most people would probably agree that little to nothing is wrong with human-only Kheldians at the moment. There are things that could be improved for them certainly, but tri-forms still face a significant drop in efficiency and look and feel awkward and clunky in practice until you master the playstyle after what I personally believe to be one of the steepest learning curves in the game. The Nova buff, along similar lines, is common sense. However, it does nothing to improve tri-forms. My philosophy is that the reward of tri-forms should always be worth the learning curve, and, in the present state of the game, I'm not certain it is. Especially when the recent buffs show a dangerous preference for human builds. It is, however, theoretically possible that research by the developers determined that most PBs on the live servers are human-only. If there was a limit on which changes could be finished and implemented for i21, it is probable that such information would have prompted them to release the changes they did, because, while providing considerable benefit to tri-formers, they offered even greater benefit to human-only PBs.


I think both suggestions go a long way toward fixing dwarf form for PBs since White Dwarf lacks the extra attack that Black Dwarf gets. I would, however, tweak the second suggestion slightly. Rather than a complete global recharge buff, simply lower the base recharge of the White Dwarf attacks. Encouraging a flowing pattern for shifts could be done by making another change of some kind. One of which I'm about to suggest right now in another thread. Remember the idea of this thread is to point out problems with existing suggestions. It isn't to explicit suggest new ones.

I was under the impression that the pet attacks, not your own, where what triggered the pack mentality mechanic or whatever it's called. I think the personal attacks are still optional for those that prefer to avoid them. I always take them, even if it costs me some set bonuses (though it rarely does) because I find it boring to have a character stand there doing absolutely nothing while the buffed up pets run around and slaughter stuff. But that's largely a playstyle thing.

The obvious solution to problem would be to implement alternate models for the pets that could be selected at the powers customization screen. It's been called impossible before, but so has fixing Hami-Os. The main downside to this is that the smartest course of action would be to include alternate models for all of the pet sets and avoid the outrage of current MM players that they can't choose between 2 or 3 different types of mercenaries or robots, for example. That would require us to wait a pretty long time to get the changes, in all probability.

I have not seen the actual model, but technically a dire wolf was an actual prehistoric animal. Why it's in a set with modern animals is another concern perhaps, but an entirely seperate issue from it being a fantasy creature.

A debate for another thread, perhaps, but I am absolutely convinced that is the single greatest mistake they could make with Kheldians. If they are no longer shapeshifters, they have lost their original design concept completely. I personally love the forms and the ability to shift into and out of them when needed. Shorter animation times would be great.

And here is another example of a problem facing the developers. No "fix" is going to please everyone. The i21 changes were loved by some, others see them as a dangerous precedent for human-centric buffs in the future - if any buffs come at all.

Well, you have to keep in mind the relationship to other ATs as well. Most powersets and ATs have little or no psi protection. The times when psi resistance really makes a difference are fairly rare anyway and generally involve single hard targets. Though, Praetorian mobs are starting to change that. But generally, the times when a WS "needs" psi resistance the most will be the times when Eclipse is at its weakest. If they put psi resistance in Light Form at the same strength as the other resistances then Light Form would be in danger of *ahem* eclipsing other ATs. That said, shifting to Dwarf form has enough drawbacks that I personally think it could safely have psi resistance. That would have the added benefit of a mechanical reason to shift into Dwarf in the post-IO/Incarnate game.

Regardless of what they do, I'll be happy seeing them do anything. I've always wanted to love my Khelds. The HEATs are just such a cool concept with great lore and a classic comic book feel to them. Unfortunately, they come with a couple huge headaches as well.