Raise NPC health ?

With the new mega judgement and possible rain nerfs as well as all of the other combined alpha powers maybe the NPC health for anything below bosses should be raised. This would bring tanking and control back. It would slow down the pace of the game a bit and make grouping a bit more viable. Tweaking player powers doesn't fix anything and just ruins the fun. You can always go plus 1, 2 , 3 or 4 if you want. My thought is by raising the health slightly it balances the game play no matter what level you play at.

Just don't nerf anything after people have put so much time or effort in one direction.

What about players who do not have "mega judgement" (or even no I-powers at all)?

There are some of us out here - more than a few from reading these forums. Not everyone has been grinding thru the 2 trials.

*sniff*

Smells like a suggestion.

Buffing the enemies has the same identical effect as nerfing the players.

Scratch that ; it actually nerfs the player further, as those without incarnate abilities suffer a net loss at best.

So, in your attempt to stop the nerfs you're essentially advocating to nerf twice harder. Good job.

Why do people have such issue with the game difficulty? I find it fine as it is. When I get to the point where I can plow through waves of enemies solo, that's when I am actually having fun and feel powerful. I already find it strange that enemies have more health than we do (for the most part) and do more damage with a brawl than I can ever dish out with a fireball. Raising the health cap would not be something I would enjoy personally.

To the OP: Raising NPC health won't do any good. What I think may work though is the mission difficulty slider. With that slider you can make things go slower.

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Originally Posted by BeastMan Heck they nerf powersets to drive off the pvp bunch and please the whiners.

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If they had new iMobs where NPCs had a decent chunk of extra HP (maybe +500 or so) i would totally support that. However, the entire idea of the incarnate powers (or at least as far as i can tell) is that the rest of the game doesnt get harder.

Also, judgement is lucky to even take out +3 minions.

Why don't you just increase the difficulty barriers? x5 I imagine wouldn't be feasible, so how about the amount of NPC's you can take on? I wouldn't mind that; would make me feel pretty good going up to the Fateweaver to be able to choose "I think I am as good as or better than 10/12/15 players." and pull it off.

I see a potential compromise, but I'm not sure if the system would support it, by expanding the difficulty sliders and adding some extra stuff.

The Team Leader, if they're Alpha Unlocked, can set a mission as an Incarnate Challenge, here's a few ideas to mix and match.

1: Instead of Lts and Bosses having 1 minion with them, they'd have two.
2: All spawns would have a Lt or Boss.
(this means a +0/x8 would have 16 minions and 8 Lts or Bosses, not the usual ~20 minions and 4 Lts/Bosses)
3: Boss mobs would have Leadership.
4: Minions would have substantial additional HP, a medium amount for Lts and slightly more HP for bosses. (maybe additional resist/defense too?)
5: Possibly add in regular bosses with an EB ranks as regular spawn enemies?

EDIT: This gives the Incarnate players the option of using their full power, while not forcing non-Incarnates to suffer (unless they choose to run along for this sort of meatgrinder ^_^).

I'm still scratching my head about what we are really trying to *fix* here.

I know I've upped the difficulty on my Incarnate characters to levels they could not solo before they were Incarnates (well, at the point where I am comfortable... I don't like using inspirations or struggling for too long with every mob I face). The challenge level is now the same, even with the Incarnate powers: lo, they are more powerful and facing more than they could before, with the game becoming no easier!