gameboy1234

Pretty much this. I don't mind all the attention this rig is getting now, and I'd like to see a bit more of it. But I do expect them to have a new AI/graphical/NPC shiny at some point, and then give me lots of that.

Bears, monkeys, gorillas. Thems I want to see next. But other stuff too, and I don't mind being surprised about it either. Wouldn't mind seeing fixes for bases and PVP at some point. Add some vehicles. Additions to the Architect Entertainment. etc.

OK, I misread that. I assumed you were talking about the need for premiums to also unlock Masterminds before they could use it. So, the detailed info did indeed tell you that it's a Mastermind primary, not a vanity pet for your Scrapper. No big deal, eh?

Something something and his money are soon parted, I think is a saying. I always read the fine print before I buy, and I'm including things like "at the grocery store" in that as well.

This bit I do agree with. Especially the SSA/WWD. It would be great if every contact in the WWD would also tell me which rewards I was currently eligible for, and why (i.e., do I need to confirm my alignment again? Or just wait another day?). Hopefully this is "common code" that once done could be added easily to any number of contacts.


The WST is normally well advertised. However it might be helpful for newbies if they could see the WST in-game. Maybe every TF/SF contact could have a dialog entry for "What is the Weekly Strike Target?" and an screen that shows:

"The Weekly Strike Target is a ST/TF where you get extra rewards for XP, Inf, and Merits. The current WST is <name> in <zone> from contact <contact>."

Don't forget that <zone> might be "any Super Group base with a Raid Teleporter" and <contact> might be said Raid Teleporter.

I'm starting to have a terrible time on iTrials with my mastermind.

On TPN my pets go berserk. They randomly aggro on mobs (even citizens) for no reason. Even dismissing them sometimes has no effect.

Last TPN, I died and when to the hospital. After exiting the hospital, I started to resummon. As SOON AS I SUMMONED, the bots went bananas and tried to attack Maelstrom. This was right by the hospital exit, basically on the other side of the TPN building from Maelstrom. There's no chance I could have accidentally pulled some aggro from Maelstrom, unless his aggro is somehow zone wide.

I got another taste of this while doing a BAF. Finish the Prisoner part of the Trial, no problem. As soon as Siege spawned, my Assault bot took off to attack Siege, and I could not get control of him. I have Dismiss hotkeyed, which I had to use before the Assault Bot aggro'd Siege.

Something is very wrong with scripting/AI/coding/etc. in those trials, and I'm really kind of upset about it. It's really frustrating dealing with things that seem to be huge, obvious, glaring issue with an entire AT. I'll leave it there because I am upset and I don't want to go on, but I'd appreciate it if someone would look into the issue(s).

Bodyguard mode works within about 80' of your pets, which is quite a ways. (It does require line of sight too.) Most AoE are no where near 80' radius.

It does work better with ranged pets. Bots and Thugs are generally no problem. I have no idea how to Tankermind with Ninjas.

I thought the "Starter Kit" was only for new accounts, and couldn't be used for existing accounts to add time. So no, it doesn't give you a code, nor "auto-applies" it. (Unless you mean a 100% brand new Free account. It gives you a code that you can apply only to a brand new account.)

Did I miss something?

The point of tankerminding is to use Provoke (and/or Challenge) and stand away from the pets. Kind of like how a good tanker will move to the far side of a spawn and tank it away from the team, so cones don't hit the rest of the team.

Purples. Break Free and Luck. Shouldn't need orange insp. for a mastermind with bodyguard. Carry about equal amounts of each and don't be afraid to keep three lucks and two break free up at all times, but should be more than possible.

Do not forget to command your pets to attack. I'd sic the grave knights on to the EB, leave the rest for bodyguard.

My market predictions tend to be bad, but I expect that the bottom end isn't going to "flatten" in any way. It's already flat as a pancake. Trap of the Hunter: Chance to Suck and Enfeebled Operation and Undermined Defense are all going to remain junk.

You might see a flattening of prices across the top end. That I could believe.

I think you bring up a good point, although I think a good counter-point is that eight Judgements probably should melt a spawn.

I think it should be clear to most folks here that we asking for things to be scaled up for additional players. Any buffs should NOT affect single missions content! Soloist should see the same content as they do now. I'm kind of concerned that ideas for adding "pink patches of doom" will increase the difficulty too much for soloist.

I also want to say that I think part of the "problem" overall in CoH is that you know on most missions you're going to get tank n' spank. If the end bosses (or even some mid bosses) where more variable, then I think there would be a little less tedium. So I think the devs should consider taking several ideas from this thread, and try to implement more than one.

Some boss mobs make sense as a buffed-up EB. Some make sense with a bunch of boss friends. Some make sense if they summon. And some might readily make sense with a gimmick. Mix it up and I think players will be happiest.