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Just to alert people who might only read our 'home section' . . . Issue 16 Information

I don't mean to down play the RP aspects of this game as apparently it is a far bigger motivating factor that I can imagine; however does different coluored animations really mean that much to people? I see the powerset proliferation as a move to make each AT less unique, I guess it will help min/max toons for their new 9 man farms, so that's good I guess. I know I plan on having a fire/cold defender


Overall I am not that impressed; new content would be nice, or maybe a new (really new) powerset or two. I guess all that is being put into the GR expansion.

The Powerset Proliferation is nice for many, since it provides options for different characters where there weren't any before. Personally if I use it at all it'll be using either Archery, Trick Arrow, or both on a Corruptor (unless Earth Assault is better than I think it will be), but I know someone that's looking forward to a Claws Brute.

Most of the giddiness I see is about the difficulty adjustment, though - and that's from people who want it for more challenge, people who want to use it to farm, and people who will be happy not to keep getting "fill?" tells from the first two groups.

The colorization was known for a while so the reactions to the announcement is more for what else is included.

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Originally Posted by PleaseRecycle it has gone from unconscionable to downright appalling that we have no way of measuring our characters' wetness.

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Originally Posted by Brillig It's hard to beat the entertainment value of Whackjob Wednesdays.

I guess when I16 comes out.. we will see how much this will affect of us.. I am sure we be seeing 300 of the same color imps, fire blasts, energy blasts, and so on..

I am the eggman.


They are the eggmen.


I AM THE WALRUS!


... (This is where you finish the chorus)

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I see the powerset proliferation as a move to make each AT less unique.

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How? Tanks still tank best, blasters still blast the best. Proliferation gives us options, people like options. If you don't want to play a proliferated power, just don't.

Moldy plays on Infinity?

I still maintain this was a huge waste of dev resources. That said, I'll find away to amuse myself (and others) at the expense of carebears.

Power proliferation will likely provide more opportunity for choosing a "less focused" collection of abilities (i.e., less effective than a focused build). For example, perhaps a tougher tank-like scrapper that isn't as effective at protecting the team by taunting opponents. Or a blaster that has neglected an AoE damage in favor of an immob/hold.

Not saying necessarily a worse situation; just more opportunity for head scratching at what your teammate is doing, particularly with inexperienced players leveling through AE.

It will be interesting to see how people use the existing player guides on power set choices. There will be new guides, of course. However, we have a whack of existing guides, and power proliferation will mean that one potentially needs to consult multiple guides. I wonder if some people will try to make builds with multiple "alpha" strike abilities?

-Johnny

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Moldy plays on Infinity?

I still maintain this was a huge waste of dev resources. That said, I'll find away to amuse myself (and others) at the expense of carebears.

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Nope! I am actually on Pinnacle, but I should have gone to this server a long time ago. I'll bet it would have been more interesting...

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Moldy plays on Infinity?

I still maintain this was a huge waste of dev resources. That said, I'll find away to amuse myself (and others) at the expense of carebears.

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Nope! I am actually on Pinnacle, but I should have gone to this server a long time ago. I'll bet it would have been more interesting...

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If you need a PL on a PvP toon, give a holler. This weekend might not be the best as Aion beta may hold my ancient ADD mind longer.

I need more character slots =\

I ran out of character slots on Infinity so started invading other servers.

I still consider Infinity "home", though.

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Originally Posted by PleaseRecycle it has gone from unconscionable to downright appalling that we have no way of measuring our characters' wetness.

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Originally Posted by Brillig It's hard to beat the entertainment value of Whackjob Wednesdays.

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I wouldn't call the customization an RP only addition. I'm not into RP... I'm very heavy into min/max-ing. But with my min/maxing there are certain powers I've avoided or surpressed because I *DISLIKE* the visual despite the effectiveness of the power. Now I can fix that somewhat... (goodbye blue ice shields and yellow flames from hasten).

Will it alter the "game" part of the game? no... but it is very much welcomed by me.

I think the thing I like best about I16 is that almost everything in it is something requested repeatedly from these forums for a long time (as is "going rogue")... They're things that take time to add, too... so that tells me they've been listening to the playerbase.

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Now I can fix that somewhat... (goodbye blue ice shields and yellow flames from hasten).

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um, I got the impression that you won't be able to customize Power Pools.

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I *DISLIKE* the visual despite the effectiveness of the power. Now I can fix that somewhat... (goodbye blue ice shields and yellow flames from hasten).


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if clear or invisible auras is a choice I'll be happy, but I somehow doubt it,

Hopefully black ice turns out nicely

I still want to roll Force Field with opaque bubbles.

actually guys it hasn't really been confirmed if click ally buffs are effected by color customization. The green ice armor in the previews is more likely an ice tanker instead not a shield brought on by Ice/Glacial shield from cold dom.

Turbo.. dont make these gentlemens cry.. they are looking forward to the new toys.. its like christmas day for them.. dont ruin it yet >.>

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Turbo.. dont make these gentlemens cry.. they are looking forward to the new toys.. its like christmas day for them.. dont ruin it yet >.>

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Here is a thought for you. imagine you had 3 Cold shields from different casters on you that all decided on different colors...Would you prefer just straight blue or Red+Green+Pink. See that's why I don't think the ally clicks are going to work out.

Well, visually, the shields look exactly the same whether you have one or three on you. It seems to only actually draw ONE and the new system could work the same way.

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If you need a PL on a PvP toon, give a holler. This weekend might not be the best as Aion beta may hold my ancient ADD mind longer.

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This was my first beta weekend on Aion. I'm impressed. I'm already giddy over the PvP aspect. I can't wait until CoH realizes how awesome it is and releases issue 19: LOLz u Hav 2 PvP nao!

And going with my history playing CoV over CoH, I'm an Asmodian.

My profession will be farmer.

To Moldy:
If you need to work on developing a presence Redside, let me know. The beta weekend is over and I need something else to do now.

Maybe those three colors can help you. Basically like 1st line of defense, 2nd line of defense, and 3rd line of defense... if each one of those start going down you can see the coloring fading...

I mean honestly its just colors.. those colors are there for show and tell.. the defense are all the same

Or I could be wrong all together..

It's just cosmetic. Except SB can be customized to make you run into walls no matter the recipient of the b00f.

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Moldy plays on Infinity?

I still maintain this was a huge waste of dev resources. That said, I'll find away to amuse myself (and others) at the expense of carebears.

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Nope! I am actually on Pinnacle, but I should have gone to this server a long time ago. I'll bet it would have been more interesting...

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uh-huh!