rsclark

Yes, MIDs teases you with physical perfection, but it's never available.

The problem with story arcs are that they don't share rewards. The whole team is basically incrementing the merit counter for one person.

The other paths are equal for everyone - since everyone shares the same experience, inf, drop chance, and hero merit advancement.

I do plenty of story line missions, but always feel bad about asking anyone to join when it is so one sided in my favor. If I end up leading a group, I always try to rotate whose mission we are doing to keep it sort of fair. I can't think of a non-exploitable way to make it more inherently fair, but as the system stands, it's easier just to run hero tips when you can get a group. There should be some way to sync everyone up on a mission chain easily, but I'll be damned if I know how (unless you get lucky and don't need to do anything but run a couple of catchup missions.)

It's the one downside of having so many missions combined with the locked contact thing. Maybe that's the way to fix it. Complete one mission on a team for a contact, and then you get that contact for free without needing to do the whole bank mission thing. That way we run one mission, then start at the beginning of the thread to catch everyone else up.

So, since we know there are the two base powers for the set - one buff and one debuff - that will enhance the other powers, how will those likely work? I really only see 3 possibilities, one of which I think is unlikely.

#1 bubble style - formerly would be kept up on everyone by recasting, but soon to be area. I don't see this as likely for several reasons. Why bother with the new mechanics if the usual person you cast it on will only be getting one set of the modifiers? If they are bothering to make two sets of effects, then they likely expect a good mix of people who do and don't have the base, enhancing effect on them.

#2 forge/fortitude style - long recharge short duration buffs. This way, you can build for recharge to get it on as many people as possible. Still, for most of the game, you have to decide who in the group is getting the enhanced effects.

#3 toggle - simple enough, pick one champion/main target, and they get the best and worst of your buffs/debuffs, everyone else gets the second best effects.

I see 2 or 3 being more likely. That even allows the other effects to tend more towards area abilities, as they can offer significant boosts to one other character without being overpowered when applied to a whole group.

So, the two handed weapons set gets faster animations the more you chain the powers. Isn't that basically just the redraw mechanics enhanced and purposefully put into a set?

I mean, it seems to favor non-clickie secondaries to an even greater degree than what we already have. How much fun is a two-hand/regen set going to be if you grind to a halt whenever you break your chain?

It's an interesting idea, but it's one of the least enjoyable things that they've accidentally put into the game, so I don't see why they would do it intentionally. Not only is it a gimmick, but it's a potentially annoying gimmick.

It's on test now, so assuming 2 weeks for testing, best guess is next week - probably Thursday.

1. alternate power animations for DP and ninja run that are a tad more mundane - I want to use my powers, not perform in a circus
2. costume pieces - pancho, bubble helmet
3. anything that in general adds to the power of my characters (say a 5 end purchasable accolade) - I don't necessarily think it would be good for the game if they sold me this, but I would still pay
4. a knife throwing power set - in stark contrast to #1, I'd want it flamboyant
5. any powerset options that break the normal mold - pet based defender secondary, blaster secondary with some defensive/control options, scrapper primary with mixed melee and ranged attacks - this might fall into category 3, but while I'd prefer open power selection, I think some adventurously designed power sets are the next best thing.