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I hope you mean in relation to COD otherwise this is pretty off base. Mouse+Keyboard offers superior control over controller in shooters. It is harder to play an identical game with a controller. It would be like trying to snipe with a shotgun, it's not precise. Shooting games are all about precision.

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Video games are undeniably art. Pretty much any art school worth a damn has a game design program these days. Even The Art Center, one of the most prestigious schools on the west coast, has one and they are snobby types :P

I miss the old days where Phase had a real cast time. The game has really just been made easier and easier since then, makes me sad.

I would liken an interruptable hib to that of Aid Self, which I use quite successfully in the middle of battle. I wouldn't find that useless. Interruptable hib isn't my idea for a change, simply commenting on its validity. It's a solution to a piece of a broken system. While I would like interrupting hib over the current version, it would hinder the game if Blasters/Doms/HD were left unchanged.

Yeah but you can die in rest. Now that you mention it though, if rest phased you.... would also be interesting...

I don't think they will ever just take the power away from everyone, so the power will most likely change to some degree once they put some more time into PvP, if they ever do put more time into the game.

Word. Terp is capable of some dumb ideas, but I would be in the anti-hib camp too if I had to choose a side. Interruptible Hib would be interesting and would in fact change the power entirely. It wouldn't be so much an overly accessible escape but a reg/rec power. However, a lot of other changes would be required in order for this to make sense.

As stated, the system would have to go under a pretty strong overhaul before we get to picking it apart.

1. This just doesn't make any sense. This was a team event with no HD and no TS. That is perfect for comparison because that is what i12 was! The team skills remain the same in this format. Just because a new issue comes out doesn't mean your old skills are invalidated. Coordination still remains the single largest factor in team matches. Spiking is the same in any system of any game.

2. You did not complain about the HD off during the event, but you did in this thread, and furthermore notice that I made the comments plural. This is because Deadly was complaining, more than once, about HD after the matches. My comments were by no means aimed at you specifically, I just used your blaster to make a point.

3. There were tons of blasters that night. The fact that they weren't spiking is a matter of coordination. I saw a couple 3 blaster teams lose because they couldn't coordinate correctly. Coordination is a skill in this game. The ability to quickly adapt to your team and work as one.

And as far as playing as a PUG, you picked your friends and so did Rock. Rock, Battle Cat and Capt play together all the time. They were able to coordinate. You, Deadly and Randomdudeman had more than ample tools to kill them. Various times Deadly had the excellent idea of using Power Thrust, what should have been done. He had Rock bouncing around all over the place and close to death with no follow-up from his team. Power Thrust>AS>Blaster Damage was an easy kill. Lack of coordination is the reason your team didn't capitalize on it.

My main point is this, HD on would have made the event about blasters. And the counter to blasters being more blasters. HD off simply made people harder to kill, but it is far from impossible.

Anywho, these events are about fun and sportsmanship. I went overboard in my remarks but I had to defend why HD off isn't a problem and it is illogical to say so. These events strengthen the arena PvP on this server, and that is always a good thing. I've said my peace.

Damn Ev, you heartless. Can't even say Capts name.

Allow me to paint you a picture Hippy. Last nights event ended with a 5v5 Kickball style match. Rock and Saga were captains and accordingly picked their friends as their teammates. Rock being the only one wise enough to bring a healer, led their team to victory in the first round. The other team lost two players for various reasons and were forced to forfeit. And here we are now, with complaints of HD being off. You see, Rock did not die a single time during that whole event. He got really close mind you, but not dead. This is now being pegged as a problem with the event, rather than the players. You see HD on makes the event the "damage is king" style that was ushered in with i13, therefore making blasters overpowered. The complaints are obviously coming from blaster players who lost the event, naturally. So in essence, HD off was quite the contrary to fail. It made Rocks team win. The only fail was the people not wise enough to A. counter and B. bring a healer.

Now, permit me to paint another picture for those who capitalize on the new status of PvP, i13: Blaster Stacking.

You see, the blasters of today really don't find much wrong with the way they are currently balanced. Rather, they think if they don't kill as much as possible than there is something wrong. In this instance, HD off is the something wrong. As previously mentioned:
Heal Decay off makes healing types "impossible" to kill. For some reason I am thinking someone has forgotten the days of i12, before skill got nerfed. Anyone who played prior to i13 knows that these claims are ludicrous. Here is the breakdown for those who aren't quite sure what I mean by "ludicrous":

Here are the damage numbers for a fire blaster, what Saga was playing:
Fire Blast:
i12: 92.6
i13: 163
Flares:
i12: 63.2
i13: 110.1
Blaze:
i12: 188.9
i13: 171.7
Total
i12: 344.7
i13: 444.8

Now, as you can see, the increase in base damage is quite huge. About 29% to be exact. Run the final i13 number against 28% base res you get 320. 92% of your previous number. Not much different. Now take into account DR, it is lowering your Aim and BU damage, but at the same time lowering his shield res and heal, hurting his survivability. What is not factored in here is the DPS of the set, which went up immensely with Flares and Fire Blast being increased so greatly. In reality, fire blasters are doing a bit more damage now, not less.

Let's go back to the good ol' days where we had 2v2 emp/blaster teams. A single blaster was somehow able to manage a kill on the emp in those matches. Let's look at last night, a team of two /em blasters, stalker, tank and crab couldn't manage a single kill on a PD corr who is missing some hp accolades and has minimal KB protection. So how was it that in small scale 2v2 all the way up to large 8v8 matches, the team could kill the healer? Something that unfortunately isn't factored into the equation of loss these days..... skill.

Edit: Before it is misconstrued, I am not commenting on anyones individual skill, simply overstating that lack of coordination leads to losses.

It suppresses base regen values for all ATs.