I can haz water blast?
Really? I'm kind of the opposite. I can't think of a single use for Bio Armor, save for making an Alex Mercer/Sil character.
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Okay why make us wait any longer? You got 3 sets in the works. Nature Affinity, Bio Armor, and Water Blast.
There is nothing that really interests me in game being an 8 year vet aside from pvping. I've played through the game constantly, and I've run every trial. Hell, I dont even pve much anymore aside from trials or new content (soon as its out I go through it and then thats that). So, Devs, I humble ask you this: I CAN HAZ WATER POWERS NAO?! Sweet Jebus on a stick, it looks like the coolest set i've seen in awhile. I literally am anxious. Overly anxious. So when is it going to drop? Issue 24? If so, BAH! BAH I SAY! SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY |
They have to pace the release dates to make sure there's an even spread throughout the year, so we'll get Water Blast when its release date arrives, and not before.
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More like many players are incapable of waiting and develop entitlement issues. Things are released as Codewalker stated. I think the real problem is having all this stuff hit VIP Beta... I may have rarely been invited, but I miss Closed Betas... they don't seem to happen in the same way anymore.
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Not sure if your terribly serious reply is because you thought my post was serious, but in case it is: mine definitely wasn't.
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So while you were making a joke, there is more truth in what you said than you'd think.
As my mother says, "Patience is a virtue."
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As for the "water blast is so highly demanded" idea, here is my extremely unscientific view, based on nothing more than my memory, of the five powersets most requested by forumites over the past seven years, beginning with the most-requested of all:
1) Pistols as a scrapper primary. (This predates even the existence of the villain AT's. Newer forumites can scarcely imagine how requested Gun-Fu was as a set. It sometimes seemed as if a new thread about it started every week. This fervor died down a while before Dual Pistols was announced and more or less went away thereafter.)
2) Street fighting. (Eventually released. It never grew to the level of Scrapper Pistols, with numerous posts describing each power in detail, but it was mentioned regularly.)
3) Shields. (Eventually released. Not discussed in much detail by players because at the time it was most heavily requested, weapons could not be customized. Most mentions of it ran like, "Shields would be great, if we could pick how the shield looked. Too bad we can't.")
4) Water Blast. (Upcoming release. It's been requested quite a few times, but not in the detail of Scrapper Pistols.)
5) Spartan Mastermind. (It was tough thinking up what #5 could be, but in searching my memory, this seems to be the set suggested by the largest number of different posters in different threads. As you can probably guess, this was a brief fad of suggestions right after the release of 300. The other four sets I listed were discussed dozens, or in the top couple of cases, scores of times, while this one was mentioned perhaps three or four times. Which, I suppose, goes to show you that popularity is relative.)
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Oh, and you cannot haz water blast, nor will they shut up and take your money.
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But that does not disclude the fact that water blasting is now a real thing. Think about it. Hundreds of people use other sets to mimmick water blast. Yeah, even kinetic melee.
So imagine the idea that its actually there and the animations look great? It's just one of the things a lot of people have been wanting for a long, long time. |
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And how many of them are, or are soon to be, unhappy that they "have to" reroll their characters to take advantage of the new option? How many will make the perennial call for a powerset respec? :/
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How many will make the perennial call for a powerset respec? :/
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Of course, I won't make any sort of "call" for one, as I know how hopeless the effort is.
And said character should preferably be a Tank, but that won't be possible unless they finally get around to proliferating Spines.
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Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
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As my mother says, "Patience is a virtue."
*** As for the "water blast is so highly demanded" idea, here is my extremely unscientific view, based on nothing more than my memory, of the five powersets most requested by forumites over the past seven years, beginning with the most-requested of all: *snip* 5) Spartan Mastermind. (It was tough thinking up what #5 could be, but in searching my memory, this seems to be the set suggested by the largest number of different posters in different threads. As you can probably guess, this was a brief fad of suggestions right after the release of 300. The other four sets I listed were discussed dozens, or in the top couple of cases, scores of times, while this one was mentioned perhaps three or four times. Which, I suppose, goes to show you that popularity is relative.) *** Oh, and you cannot haz water blast, nor will they shut up and take your money. |
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Me, I'm Meh on the new sets, and have no plans on getting Water Blast any time soon, if at all.
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Not sure why the big hoopla over new powers. It'd be nice to get them but what's the rush? You get them and you're doing the exact same content. I would like to see the devs use this new income and make some solid, new content. New maps, enemies etc.
I am not sure where they get marketing strategies from...the CoH team seems to make sure everything is top secret.
I really hope the devs poll players more often. The content in this game has been iffy for a while. Not bad but not great. Very repetitive and not too creative. Been here for 4 years or so and my global friends list is dead; they grew tired of the nature of the content and the game stopped being as fun. Sadly, most haven't returned. So, nice to see new powers but what about some original, fun issues. I think the best issue, since I've been around, is probably i12. Time to up the standard
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Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
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And where's that Parousia we've been waiting for a really long time now? Isn't it ready??!!! Longest closed beta. Ever.
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Farewell is like the end
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And there you'll always be
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