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Originally Posted by BlackArachnia

Negative comment ahead.

While normally I like the Halloween event for Co*, the only word I can use right now is disappointed. I was not here last year, so the combinations of things will be included. The door mobs are still to powerful. Even con zombies from the door should not be tearing my scrapper apart. (It was the last mob standing from that spawn.) I know werewolves were always nasty, as were the Fir Bolg contigent, but right now they are ripping us apart at the low levels. The extra addition of multiple bosses with a duo, much less 4 lieutenants, is also making things difficult. One door was opened 4 times, and we got a Vampire Lord, (at least one) each of the 4 times. We leveled up and the door would not open for us anymore, so we could not go for Lord number 5.

For the risk involved, the rewards are less than even. What happened to the big inspirations? Why did they take them out? It's bad enough that they are not found in the Shadow SHard anymore. They are very rare, and at high levels, the tier 1 inspirations are not all that effective.

I have not tried the Apocalypse, so I can't say how hard it is under ideal conditions, (Love some of the descriptions of the mobs though.) but as event fatigue sets in, fewer people will be willing to do the event, and those that were not able to log in those first few days are out of luck.

I like the idea of the tip mission, but the mob spawns are far to large. We were getting 6 spawns in a duo, with two of them being lieutenants. Oddly, I do not recall any bosses, other than the elite boss at the end. Having to fight through those in 5 minutes or less seems impossible, and the glowies do not add enough time. The same with the ambushes. There is not enough time to rest between them, and if you move a bit to far, they can appear right next to you. I do like that it allows the access of the Witches cap, which despite jokes around here, is hard for a hero to get. Despite several past attempts to get a KHTF going, there were no takers. On a Saturday night.


As much as I like the game, I am disappointed I stayed with Co* for Halloween. Mrs. Arachnia was looking forward to the event, and now does not even want to log in and play it. As for me, I would almost rather play the console game we purchased last week.

For those that disagree and like the event, I am glad! It's just right now, this 'challenge' is not fun for us. It's tedious, and feels like a job, not entertainment.

Originally Posted by Jibikao

4. I also want to add that even with the team critical buff, I hardly see anyone asking for Stalker for team. This means unless the dev completely overhaul Stalker's design by giving more AoE (which I don't think it's going to happen), most of the buff ideas we have are not going to change others' opinion of Stalker. In fact, most people don't even know Stalker has team critical buff and aoe fear from AS. Can Castle do something that is going to "wow" the other population? Who knows. I think whatever buffs we may get, it's only going to satisfy the hardcore Stalker fans.

Originally Posted by Vorac

The Golden Gateway garage (right across Battery St.) has $7 all day parking on Sat. (or get it validated in any shop in Chinatown to make it $3). This garage is open 24/7 and has almost 1100 spaces, should be spaces available.

The Bay Bridge is still the same ole for now, construction on the new bridge isn't done yet.

Originally Posted by RiverOcean

Hide being made an Inherent, would alone make a big difference. I think a modest HP increase would also be helpful. It should be below a Scrappers HP still though IMHO

Other than that, I still find Stalkers effective soloists (probably one of the fastest soloers around). It's team-play where it seems most people complain about them. I'm not sure what to change about them that wouldn't completely change what the Stalker is as an AT.

Originally Posted by BenRGamer

It'd work well with MM's, especially Mercs/ with the -Res debuffs and the +Res buffs it offers.

Who agrees?

Originally Posted by Wavicle

The real key for controlling knockback is to look where they're gonna be KBd to. Aim for corners and walls. It's really not that hard and doesn't take time at all once you get used to it.

And honestly, I've never seen anywhere near the level of anti KB animosity ingame as I have on the boards.

Originally Posted by tanstaafl

So the issue for you is actually about redside on your server, not ATs.

Originally Posted by AlienOne

You say that, but I don't believe you are referring to powers like Dark Nova Blast, Bright Nova Blast, Dark Detonation, and Luminous Detonation, which can't be "controlled."

You hit a foe with it, and it explodes, sending people everywhere in all directions.

You can't NOT use the nova blasts if you're a tri-form, and you can't NOT use the detonations if you're a human-only build, so... While I get what you're saying, it really doesn't hold true for the vast majority of Kheldians out there, regardless if we assumed all of them "try" to "direct" their KB.

When there isn't a controller on the team to lock them down, mobs are going to scatter with Kheldians, whether anyone wants to admit to it or not.

"Alien"

Originally Posted by Deacon_NA

With GR, I brought my ill/rad redside to go big game hunting with Scirocco's arc. Phantasm now has the new-ish pet AI to go into melee, as most of you know by now. So now he gets whacked by various aoes. This is proving to be a bummer to my dps, as instead of spamming attacks, I have to either heal Phanty or resummon him.

So I post this to see if anyone has found any tips for dealing with this. What I end up doing is standing to the side of him (so I avoid cones) with him just on the periphery of my heal radius. This is fine and at the end of the day the AV/Hero is defeated, but I'd like to minimize this problem, especially since Lord Recluse will be coming up shortly and I'll need to be at max performance for him.