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idk.... lil bit skeptical about getting answers to some of the big questions that are bound to get asked, such as are nerfs over with?

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That question is inherently unanswerable. Assuming the dev in question even agrees with the inherent characterization of "nerf", there's no way they could possibly know if they're going to discover this time next year a power needs to be changed for reasons that don't even exist yet.


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Is the (insert powerset here) powerset ever going to be fixed?

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You're going to get one of two answers, period; either the dev doesn't agree with you that it's broken, or the answer will be "yes" guaranteed, every single time.

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The next change is to make the reward worth the risk for fighting these monsters. There should be an accolade for defeating all of them, IMO.

You can die a lot to some of these (Lusca with a small team), and the exp doesnt come close to covering it, and there isnt any other reason execpt a badge to fight them. There would be more participation if the team got a nice chunk of exp for defeating them.

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I can think of a couple of good reasons, and they're the same ones for why a lot of people will take out a grey-con mugger, even one 30 levels below them:

1) Atmosphere. Oh no, the city is being menaced by giant monsters! The lower-level heroes in the area are sorely pressed, and need help! Heroes of the city, rally 'round!

2) Community. Think the above, in meta-game terms; these people are your potential teammates in the future, help them.

A role-playing reason, and a pragmatic one; what more do you need? Instant personal gratification?

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Interestingly, while researching this problem, I discovered that Gauntlet from pool powers like Boxing or Air Superiority have, apparently, never worked. That'll be fixed as well.

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And somebody from QA is getting a headslap, right?

I've been playing this game for 28 months. Several times, I have spent an hour or more rolling around Perez Park trying to find the Kraken. Never once have I seen him.

Last night I found him 30 seconds after I entered the zone. On behalf of long-time casual players everywhere, I sincerely thank the devs for this gift. Between this and the tram changes alone, my enjoyment of the game has increased palpably.

Although the buttcapes are nice too.

Another reason she's on mine, that I never got to thank her for:

In the "ask War Witch" thread, I'd commented that I'd love to see perps being proned-out or made to "assume the position" by the cops. Turns out she'd already done that in CoV, I just hadn't seen it yet.

Kudos, Witch.

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What's great is that people have been saying we're ddddoooommmeeedd since launch, and yet surprisingly, here we are.

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True story; over a year ago, one of my co-workers who was in Beta told me that nobody would be playing this game in a year.

Today, CoH is still here. I'm still playing. He, however, is no longer employed here.

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Also - another comment on discounted games - currently, City of Heroes is $29.99. Certain stores can run sales - like Lineage 2 is free with a Guild Wars purchase at a local chain.

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What's this Bootleg Edition thing that BestBuy has for free?

Whacking Positron with Synapse would be the perfect crime; two people dead, no murder weapon.

Of course, crack Posi's armor, and there won't be much for forensics to do anywhere near the site.

Brutes need a -COOL because we're so awesome. NERF OUR UBER1337NESS!

Just don't touch pie. In fact, pie needs some serious buffs.

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I hope to see you there.
There will be swag and Heroes is a great shop!

~Sean

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Enema arrows?

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And how about setting up a few computers and letting people play a few rounds with you?

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He already did that. Screenshot of him knocking my [censored] smack dab OUT.

I will hold the aggro. I'm not doing it for you; aggro means attacks, and attacks mean SMASH.
I will be the last to run. I'm not doing it for you; if I run you will die, thus I will be the last to run.
I will be the first to attack. I'm not doing it for you; I need to SMASH.
I will leave you the glowies. I'm not doing it for you; glowies do not build the SMASH.
I am a Brute, and I will SMASH; but I'm not doing it for you.

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Gues they REALLY Wanted to nerf herding hua?


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Nerf Herder!

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Supergroups who took advantage of the bug (either on purpose or accidentally) will have the 36,000,000 Prestige removed. You can't spend any of it until CoV goes live anyway.

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W00t! It's the first big Base Nerf!

Could have been worse; we could have lost it AFTER we built our bases.

You forgot Synnapse, when being pelted by rapid-fire global friend invites from someone whose name I won't mention:

"If you don't stop that I will ban you."

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I don't see the newspaper working quite so well for us...

'I see in the paper that the bank was robbed yesterday. If only I'd been there in time to do something about it.'

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There are ways to do newspaper missions for heroes.

"The 12th National bank is getting a huge shipment of bills from the Federal Reserve this afternoon. I better go keep an eye out, just in case."

"The Paragon City Museum is opening a new exhibit of rare magical artifacts today. Sounds like just the sort of thing those Circle of Thorns dastards would try to rip off."

Etc. Although, the police radio idea is nice; that'd be a source of timed missions. "Stop the bank robbery; you have 30 minutes."

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Stupid Brit question

is the American way
12am = noon
or
12am = midnight ?

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Easy way to remember; think of 12:01am. Would that be 1 minute after noon, or one minute after midnight?

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The software has to be in "final release" condition for step 2 above to occur.


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There's the flawed precept that's derailed your train of logic. The software just has to be far enough along that it can talk to the patch server. Ideally, far enough along that it's not a gigantic patch, but in a pinch it can even be a huge patch.

Expect a pinch.

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He's an incarnate. He drank from the Well of Zeus (as did Lord Recluse), gained some godlike powers and (partial/total) immortality. At least that's what I've gathered.

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You guys get the comic for free. Don't you READ it?

I remember London. I do not remember missing him yet, however.

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I remember when "Where can you find Circle of Thorns?" would be broadcast every 5 minutes in King's Row.

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Tuesday?

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I have a friend that gets ignorent tells all the time because his mains name is Ronald Weasley.

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Sounds like reason enough to me.

Gravity Controllers will be nerfed; they're just too powerful.

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Done.

While we're at it we also support multi-team matches (like 4 teams of 2 Heroes each all duking it out).

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Wow; from suggesting to working code in less than 3 hours. We'll expect this from you every time in the future, Pos.

Next year, please come to Megacon. I know it's probably too short notice this year.