ClawsandEffect

Katana and Broadsword essentially duplicate each other, as well as War Mace and Battle Axe. Those are leftovers from the old design of the game from before weapon customization was possible. Broadsword, War Mace and Battle Axe all essentially share animations. Katana used to as well, but it got changed when people pointed out that no one uses a katana like that.

They haven't introduced a powerset that duplicates one as closely as your suggestion in 8 years. Street Justice is the closest one, and there are significant differences between it and Martial Arts.

Blast sets aren't as interchangeable as you assert. If that were the case, every set would be ST Blast, ST Blast, cone, TAoE, Aim, Utility Power, Mez power, ST Blast, Nuke.

Not every set is laid out like that. If they were, the outcry over the changes to snipe powers would not be occurring.


If they can program the game to let you change animations without a weapon at all, they can change it to allow you to change animations WITH one.

Since Archery and Assault Rifle both use the 2 Handed Weapons combat stance, it should be possible. The only thing that would make it more difficult would be if they used different combat stances, but hey don't.

The only Blaster improvement is the Sustain feature in the secondaries.

The Ranged set changes weren't just for Blasters.

Scrappers don't get the immobilize, only Tankers and Brutes do.

It drains them, but it doesn't give the endurance to you. It's a nice way to keep them drained after you Power Sink though.

It's not a matter of how she presented a request for a No Fade option....

....it's that as far as I could tell....she never mentioned it in her whining about being transparent.

If I had seen her say something about it, I might have done the same thing and supported that part while ignoring the rest. But I didn't see anywhere that she did.

There's really not much more they can do without ensuring that free players will never be able to talk to another living soul without forking over some cash.

The way it is set up now is about as strict as they can realistically get about it. Being limited to the Help channel makes it a lot easier to avoid, but has the unfortunate side effect of people's questions in Help go unheard by a lot of people that might be able to answer them.

Only if I can too

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=251403

Proof that, contrary to popular belief, the devs DO read the S&I section. Sounds like it's getting the -res proc I suggested as well.

And if the set bonuses end up how I suggested them, I have to say: D'oh!

I could use the S/L defense bonus on my scrapper.......but his TAoE is Shockwave and I need the KB->KD proc as well.

They're not getting RID of mez resistance, they're pairing mez resistance with 2 types of damage resistance. Hold resistance, for example, will be coming with S/L resistance.

As per Synapse.

Also: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=251403

I'm terrible at playing Support ATs.

I contribute the most with the best debuff there is: Death.

Dead things can't hurt you, and it's a permanent debuff.

When they added the option to play for free they put certain limitations on Free accounts.

Those limitations include limiting the channels you are allowed to communicate in. You can't use Broadcast or join Global Channels, and you can't send tells.

Part of the reasoning for this is it is designed to prevent RMT companies from starting hundreds of free accounts and flooding the game with spam trying to sell you in-game stuff for real money (against the terms of service, and those companies are NOT trustworthy)

They figure that most people who play the game will be willing to spend $5 to increase their communication ability (the first time you buy points you get a token, and the lowest dollar amount you can spend is $5)

So, it's unfortunate that they limited free players' ability to communicate, but there is a good reason for it.

They added a new channel (LFG) and made the Help channel easier to find (it's in your chat window by default now), and you can use them as a free player.

You can also respond to a tell by typing "/r your message". That will automatically send a tell back to the last person to send you one. You can reply to tells, but not initiate them.

You must be a BOY.

Nerf herder?

I wasn't trying to get SS nerfed.

I was trying to stop powers not in SS from being so damn overpowered when Rage is applied to them. When the top ST attack chain for a powerset combo is Gloom-Burn-KO Blow because Rage boosts Burn and Gloom so much, there is a bit of a problem. If people could get Gloom to recharge fast enough, the top ST chain would not involve a single attack from SS.

My proposal also would be a BUFF to the set for the levels before you have Rage, and for those people who choose not to use it. You know, for those people whose concept does not involve their character being angry.

Psychoti........missed a pun?

I believe the world is coming to an end.

I never said there shouldn't be one. Seriously, look through my posts in this thread, you will not find me arguing against a No Fade option anywhere in it.

My point was that the OP was being rather childish about the whole thing.

As StratoNexus said, if the OP had simply said "Now that this power will have the sustain effects added to it, can we get a No Fade option for it?" I wouldn't have had an issue with it, and in fact would have supported her position.

But that's not what she said.