BellaStrega

Actually, you could probably get all of the costumes, powersets, and such available in the shop for about $150 worth of points. It will cost more if you want more inventory, costume slots, or character slots, and of course consumables can be an endless expenditure.

I don't find that the things I don't have fuss me much.

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What does "GSFC" mean?

Active mitigation works for many defenders, controllers, and corruptors. It works for dominators who aren't perma-Dom (although they still need it much less). I'm not saying that it should be necessary to make blasters into a clone of any of those ATs, just that the model works already.

This is how the first successful respec trial I was ever on was won.

It was the much harder version on test.

I actually like the new model, simply due to the increase in new powersets and costume parts.

I am half dubious/half okay with Super Packs, although I did purchase some after learning how frontloaded the Elemental Order pieces are. Considering I got six pieces in four packs, I'm not fussed about that.

Trying to keep playing when that's happening is part of what causes me headaches. At least I'm better at stopping these days when I hit the overload point instead of just burning out and not playing anything for long stretches of time.

Yeah, it would be nice. I like systems that auto match, rather than anything that requires me to actively look for people, or watch for people who are actively looking.

I've done some Mass Effect 3 multiplayer, and I'm finding I can tolerate it a bit better due to the fact that I do not have to actually interact with anyone beyond reviving their characters and watching their backs. Admittedly, a lot of City of Heroes teaming - once you're in a team - goes like that as well.

I forgot to look for this. I'll check it out once I've finished all of the DA arcs.

You appeared to be confused about just who was responsible for the game in question. I gave you the information that you apparently didn't have.

Unless your choice of games to name was intended to deliberately mislead people into making a false association between Mythic Entertainment, Maxis, and Bioware simply because the overall publisher was the same in all three cases.

I'm sure there are other choices here, but those are the two I think are most likely to apply to you.

Actually, I think it did translate into making a good MMO. It's missing some pieces that I think are necessary for modern MMOs - such as means to travel quickly to teams as well as a means to find teams or teammates quickly. A certain other game's LFG system has fairly spoiled me for the "stand around and broadcast your need for teammates" method.

I also think zone design is generally fairly good in that you can have several players in most areas without them stepping on each other's toes. That, unfortunately, makes some questing areas into chokepoints where 1-2 additional people can easily get in one's way (and vice versa).

Yes, this. Past attempts at forcing teaming in this game didn't do much more than break up people's attempts to just play the game (like the "Click two or more glowies simultaneously mission).

"Can't" might be a strong word, but if your difficulties are similar to mine, it's hard to find a better word. When I'm up for teaming, it's great, and I love it. When I'm not, it's nearly impossible to adapt to someone else's pace or even find a medium between my preferred pace and theirs. And it gets bad enough to trigger headaches, even with one other person.

I have been part of a long-running team (we got three or four characters into the 30s-40s through daily teaming), but it was the same people every day and our playstyles were fairly compatible in terms of pace and expectations.

I wouldn't mind doing trials every night because I like that kind of play, but I can't really handle actually playing trials every night. I like having multiple options for things to do when I want to play but don't want to deal with other people.

I'll also add that overdosing on teaming is the #1 cause of my taking breaks from any given MMO.

Well played.

I kind of agree with you, especially looking at Controller buff/debuff values vs. Defenders.

There was a point in issue 5 or 6 I think, when they nerfed a lot of Defender control powers. The one I remember most clearly is Petrifying Gaze - to the point I didn't bother with it on my D3 for a long time.

I thought I remembered having build up and solar flare on a single keybind, but it was so long ago I can't really swear to it.

This is largely irrelevant, as we were talking about a toggle and, practically speaking with toggles, it works right to left, whatever the literal background invisible to us process is.

You can take mine. My afternoon isn't going to be free after all.

Good luck.

When you first become an incarnate, he tells you about all ten incarnate slots, so no... that level of power beyond that of an Incarnate likely won't involve any of the remaining five slots.

I suspect that would make them more difficult for people to manage. As it stands, my perception of the trials is that they are extremely casual friendly, so I don't get what barriers there could possibly be.

That's not much of a point when other ATs have many tools to prevent mezzing in the first place. This is why I questioned your claim that blasters are better off with mezzing than other ATs, because it seems that other ATs tend to be less likely to be mezzed. That the effects may be more severe isn't particularly relevant if they're not getting mezzed as often in the first place.

In the sense that it very likely does not reflect overall blaster performance, yes. My point in posting an anecdote about playing /Dark Armor was not, in fact, to provide anecdotal evidence about how /Dark Armor performed when it was still at its worst. Rather, it was to point out that my play experience with /Dark Armor didn't mean it didn't need adjustments.

Actually, that wasn't my experience. That was datamined information from the devs, at the time when they revamped Defiance.