Reduced XP for Freakshow now

*grabs some nachos and takes a seat*

I think it should be possible to talk about a reduction in xp that an enemy type gives in a superhero computer game without getting grouchy or aggressive towards each other - it not really that important

To bring some balance, I actually think they're badly overbalancing experience rewards with I16. The Freakshow experience is reduced too much - more than they deserve. But beyond that, custom critter experience is just being decimated (in the ACTUAL sense of the word). I just caught a thread about it on one of the test forums (I forgot which) detailing how only Extreme/Extreme critters are worth as much experience as normal critters in the game (while being VASTLY more powerful) and how simply removing a power from what Normal suggests, even if you add a several much more powerful powers back in, reduces critter experience EVEN MORE.

There's balance, and then there's simply not worth fighting. Harder enemies should have higher rewards, and this is not true for either the Freakshow or Architect critters right now.

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

Hmm... gotta agree with that, Sam. I've been steering clear of this thread, but yeah, it's a bit much. It's hard enough to get people to play (non-farm) custom arcs without them being gutted, exp-wise >.<

And Bad_Influence, I must question, dear- you do realize that if enough people became invested in your hysterical doom-squawking, it would become a self-fulfilling prophecy, as the doomcriers fled like rats from a burning barn and made sure that nobody came to replace them by filling all corners of the internet with claims of the implosion of CoH?

Changes you don't like are not the death of the game. Changes you do like are not the Second Coming. Moderation in all things is as valid online as it is off, if not moreso (waves to TheOcho).

Am I the only one that doesn't like Freakshow?

For purely selfish reasons, I don't mind this change because they irritate the crap out of me and maybe now I'll see them less (as teams opt out of choosing them on radios).

I see lots of people mention that they aren't "hard". That is true enough. That isn't why they are irritating.

Others may have a different experience, but here is the way it normally goes for me:
The team will cheer as the leader chooses a Freakshow mish for the umteenth time. We enter the mish and begin fighting. Good times at first as powers are going off left and right. But then...

• Scenario 1-Part of the team moves on to the next group as one or more Freaks rez behind them. The trailing members will then be stuck fighting in reduced numbers or have to run quickly to group up again. The lead group has of course been fighting without the trailing members during all this.
• Scenario 2-The team waits a few seconds to see if any of the Freaks are going to rez and will then proceed to put the rezzers down for a 2nd time. Less efficiently of course since any AoE powers are a waste against lone foes.

As long as you still get the rez XP, I don't see a big problem. I wonder if tougher or more annoying groups will have their XP increased, such as KoA or DE?

lol"efficiency"

I love how many people look for efficiency in a game.... that's meant to relax....

I laugh too, but some people just can't stand not being efficient. Then there are people like me, who screw around. The two groups are best kept far apart.

I know a few bikers that knit.

Yeah I don't play to "relax". I watch TV or read to relax.

I play the game to achieve things that don't matter. And to make super villains.