rsclark

If you're on a team where you are consistently capped on DoTs, you're also on a team churning out tons of damage and likely mostly with radial paths. You're probably not going to be hitting the -res cap also (being radial), so that combined with the massive damage output of a big team makes it still probably the best choice.

It's a strange fix in that it increases the damage on an already damage heavy control set and doesn't seem to increase the control on a weak control control set. It just makes it better at a questionable niche.

Who has asked you to? I mean, I could say "I like purple", but I assume I would be questioned about that statement given it's complete irrelevance. If your scrubs comment is not actually a reaction to something that someone has said, then why would you make it?

Absolutely no one has said anything like that. No one. Do you wear a Baron Jacket in real life? If not, then I'm at a loss for how you get from people asking for that instead of corset #6 to stating that they are asking for "real life" clothes.

People want non-real life clothes, just a different set of non-real life clothes than you want.

Really, even with the bonus pack, it barely measures up to the older weapon sets. It feels more like you are paying more (not counting the limited free offer) just to get up to normal instead of paying for something extra.

Hell, between damage procs in my debuffs and area controls, my elec/rad troller would be reduced to one attack, AM, and some leadership toggles.

Brought back people. Several new, good powersets and costume packs.

The production schedule has passed what you guys seem to be able to handle. Downtime has been excessive and too many things have been released with major bugs. If I were a passenger in a car being driven this way, I would be checking my seatbelt - it's really reckless.

There are two different places this can be viewed from - new player and old player. For the new player, there is already plenty of reason to be VIP. As someone at tier 9, there is next to nothing. The main benefits are Incarnate, paying base rent, a few missions, and 10 character slots (as a single server player).

The missions and slots can be purchased, and base rent is annoying, but could be coped with. Currently, the only reason to VIP is convenience and Incarnate.

To make more valuable
1. more content free to VIP. even if it can be purchased, make it so buying it is more expensive than subscribing
2. something exclusive. right now, incarnates are the only exclusive thing for being VIP.
3. make incarnates better (hopefully already being done with DA). No really, when the only exclusive part of VIP status is something people voluntarily avoid, then that's a problem.

Ease of communication to anyone not being pedantic?

But that's what you are saying. You're equating gender neutral clothes with scrubs. You're excluding the crap out of that middle. But when people complain about the lack of gender crossover on pieces, they aren't complaining about t-shirt #6, they are instead complaining about the interesting, unique pieces.

No one wants all the choices to be scrubs, so to bring that up at all is a strawman. But when we turn it around, we don't have to exaggerate at all. You are making the same kind of statements that I would make if I were trying to unfairly categorize your position. You're an example Poe's Law applied to this argument, in that you lump anything that's not lacy underthings together with scrubs.

Treating leather chaps and scrubs as the same thing is so ridiculous that you should be embarrassed at using it.

If by "lowb" you mean alpha slotted 50 and by "top end" you mean someone who has run 4 bafs, sure.

In what way is it tied to any villain? It has a name and an arc you have to run, but nothing about the powers ties you to any particular patron. If I can recolor energy and use it as a water power, I surely can take a shield with minimal graphical effects without intending my character to be associated with some villain I care nothing about.

Where on Earth are you getting "sexuality = prostitution" from that?

"sexuality = prostitution" is different than "image intended to bring to mind someone who takes money for sex = prostitution".

How would targeting through the tank help?

There is a problem with B and C.

If you are correct in C and including male corsets is a "huge waste of time", then B is the correct answer.

I mean, if people actually do want fewer costume choices for males, then they should have fewer.

Now, I'm not completely convinced by this - I think in terms of Frankenfurter clones alone, you'd see more males in corsets than you will ever see pilgrim hats, but if we operate under the assumption that males don't want frilly parts (for male characters), then it only makes sense not to make those and to make the things people do want.

There is a 4th option - "finds the consumables valuable and worthwhile". The packs are a great deal for those people. Now, if they are buying the lotto packs mainly for the purpose of getting the IOs, then we fall back to stupid.

In the thread about issue 21.5, Zwil said that they have to send the publishes off a week before they go out, so at best, the last week of "beta" is meaningless, whether we're talking about art or something more substantial.

How is trying to help other players "being a nuisance"?

I don't know what barbarian set you looked at, but the males got the loincloth and chest straps that the females did not get. And they got the non-ridiculous boots.

It looks like it was a response to both together. Adding more gimmicks for more players.

Doing that runs the risk of reducing replayability.

You've done the game with Mario, what's the point of redoing the same content with Luigi if the only difference is the color of your hat.

The more focused the task is on player skill and a gimmick, the less different the experience is on different characters. I'd rather an experience that made my broadsword scrapper feel different than my katana scrapper than one that focused on jumping away from patches that made my tank and blaster play fundamentally the same.

Two comments.

1. The +7.5 recharge gives the same bonus to defense as the def/recharge. If put into a toggle power, there is no reason other than price to not use the +7.5
2. At the current price, you can buy any 4 of the set and still come out cheaper than buying the whole set, so I'm not sure what you mean when you say it would have cost more.

Well, if you could plop down the cash and get all that at level 1, then you've still got the opportunity to play the game. And better, because you can play the game without a bunch of annoying parts.