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This is cool news, I've been suggesting a Kinetic Melee set for years, usually using the name "Kinetic Fury".

I imagine the animations in that video are more for showing off the effects than actual combat use.

Marvel should not reboot, that's what separate lines like the Ultimate books are for. Keep the classic universe running, warts and all. Don't throw away fifty years of history like DC did.

Crisis on Infinite Earths was a new and radical idea 25 years ago, but today reboots are an excuse for lazy writing. DC is plagued with it, writers no longer feel any responsibility to repect the work of those before them. The last ten years of Superman comics have been an editorial trainwreck with multiple origins, Supergirls, General Zods and just unprofessionalism in general.

And like others have said, a reboot without strong editorial control would be pointless anyway, and I don't see a lot of editorial control at Marvel or DC right now.

I expect some tweaks will be made if every AT becomes available for either side.

One way I've suggested to keep Tankers somewhat unique is to make them the best at control and debuffing- better chance for mez or longer duration, better debuff numbers than Scrappers and Brutes, AoEs hit more targets (including Taunt, it could be bumped to eight or even ten targets).

I'd be a lot more excited about this power if it was tier 1 and I could take it instead of Conserve Energy.

Jack is a guy I don't really know other than he has a cool job.

That description goes for all the devs, past and present. Just because they post on a message board sometimes doesn't mean we know them, any more than you know me, or I know any of you. So let's just enjoy the interaction we have with the developers of this game, and not project made-up personalities and motivations onto them. We all want the same thing- a better game.

"Legend" is a much cooler title, if we could choose I would have stuck with it. It's like your title gets lamer the more you post on the forums, which I guess makes sense.

Kruunch seems to be working on raising his own personal aggro cap.

Hand Clap is a fun power with a great Super Strength "feel" to it, but of limited actual use during combat. The fun factor is very important to me, so I like to squeeze it in eventually. Your mileage may vary.

You should probably delete that last sentence, Tank. It's pretty bad taste.

Blasters really needed help, they were getting smacked around. Tankers as a whole don't have any real performance issues (certain sets or powers might), so I don't think there's much justification for an outright buff. Small changes to make them more interesting or fun to play are good though, there's always room for improvement.

I hate to be the one to rain on the parade, but the "most users online" probably only refers to these new boards. For all we know, the record was much higher on the old boards.

Good article.

Power customization looks really cool, and really shows the team's commitment to continually improving the game. Along with Mission Architect, that's two huge features added to the game this year, with Going Rogue on the way. There's no way I would have predicted these kind of changes a few years ago when the game seemed to be stagnating.

I posted my idea for improving early Enhancements in the Suggestions forum. Naturally, the responses there are the opposite as here- that the early levels aren't that bad.

Short Version: Greatly increase early Enhancement effectiveness to improve early levels and relieve the perceived "grind".

Full Version:

While the game overall isn't very hard, the early levels can sometimes be a problem. Characters are limited in powers, limited in Enhancement slots, and the Enhancements themselves are weak. It's the last point that I think is a problem- new players are told to enhance their powers, but they are getting very little for their effort. Devoting slots and Enhancements to a power should have a very noticable effect, even in early levels.

My suggestion is to greatly improve Training Enhancements, to possibly around 75% of the effectiveness of current Single-Origin Enhancements. They would be available right from level 1 to 50, serving as "discount enhancements" that are cheap enough for new players to afford, but effective enough to keep up with veteran players.

Dual-Origin Enhancements would be removed from the game, and instead Single-Origin Enhancements availability would be lowered to level 15. Enemies could probably get a small boost to deal with these increased player power levels, though they are still limited by few powers and slots.

Invention Enhancements would start at the new Training Enhancement effectiveness at level 10 and increase from there. At level 30 they would equal Origin Enhancement effectiveness and by level 50 be significantly better than them. While Training and Origin Enhancements "expire" and need replacing, Invention Enhancements do not.

My main inspiration for this suggestion was how often I see veteran players complain about the "grind" from levels 1 to 20, towards Stamina and SOs. But I think it's more important for new players- using Enhancements should be simple and effective, with Inventions as the "advanced" version. New players are told to use the Training Enhancements, so they should be worth their while.