Empathy...the not so solo-friendly set...
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Posted on: 2009-08-12 09:22 in Suggestions and Ideas
How Empathy helps soloists:
With your second, non team build, you have all those free power slots. You can take *everything* from your secondary, and additional pool powers if you choose.
You're welcome.
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Originally Posted by Lothic
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Seriously? You mean there are people who -haven't- been playing this game since April 2004? Tell me more... [/sarcasm] I believe you ultimately missed my point here so I'll attempt to be a little more clear about it: I am reasonably sure the Devs do -not- have any problem with the idea that there are some powersets which are not solo-friendly. Not every set is supposed to be easy to play. I do not agree with the idea of "tinkering" around with powersets that have been established for years just to fix a supposed problem that for all intents and purposes doesn't really exist. I do not think the game in general would benefit from making every powerset perform well in all situations. Empathy has its strengths and weaknesses just like any other set. If you don't like the weaknesses then either don't play with the set or realize that any buffs to the powerset would have to be balanced by nerfing its strengths as well. When I offered the solution of Vet combat powers I told you there'd be some who would not like that answer precisely because I knew full well that some people don't have access to them yet. So what? There are plenty of people who have played this game for years under the "harsh" conditions of not having Vet combat powers to help them. If you decide you really can't handle or don't like the challenge of Empathy then maybe you could put Empathy on the shelf and play something else until you do have the crutch of Vet combat powers to help you. Buck up little campers. The game should never be nerfed to make it easier for a minority when the majority doesn't seem to need it. |
I think you missed MY point. I don't want empath changed it's fine the way it is but what I'm saying is saying vet attacks are or should be solution for anything is not a good answer for anything no matter what the question. Get it now?
The Devs provided Vet combat powers precisely to give people who have them a hand with filling out attack chains for whatever reason. Seems like using them to try to solo with Empathy is a perfectly valid reason for mentioning them here in this context. The OP suggested changes to Empathy because he/she didn't realize that they have the tools available to solve their problem already in place. Vet combat powers are one of those tools.
Obviously Vet combat powers can't solve -every- problem this game has, especially for people who don't have access to them yet. But they can be applied to this specific issue and to dismiss them out of hand just because SOME people don't have them yet is a bit shortsighted.
I think you clearly understand the Devs never intended for Empathy to be a good soloing powerset. But they were willing to "bend" that rule by giving Vets another option to work around that. I don't see the problem with Vets having more flexible options like that. *shrugs*
The key point here is that the Devs have -already- provided solutions to this problem. They might not be the solutions we want because they either require Vet status or a second build, but I see those solutions to be far more preferable than to have Empathy totally neutered as a powerset for everyone.
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
How Empathy helps soloists:
With your second, non team build, you have all those free power slots. You can take *everything* from your secondary, and additional pool powers if you choose. You're welcome. |
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i guess this just falls under "its been this way for fice years and people hate change" category
if empathy was this way when it was released, i dont think anyone would think twice about it...and that if i asked to make them into their current forms, youd cry bloody murder...
welp, thats another one off the dry erase board
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