Daemodand

I was a strong proponent for getting rid of this arbitrary, unfun, needless rule. I'm glad it's gone, and I wish it'd be done away with for inactive accounts, too.

There were actually those in the Suggestions forum that defended the rule (of course, if you proposed free pie for everyone in the Suggestions forum the /jrangers would oppose that too, lol; the Suggestions forum truly is stupid). I think those people have been proven wrong at this point. The market server performs the same as it ever has and we all get to keep our stuff.

I have lots of alts and I lost lots and lots of stuff to this dumb, pointless, needless, idiotic rule.

May it rest in pieces.

And yes, I am bitter.

How am I supposed to have fun with my school girl characters with no tentacles around? Huh?

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If they have a personal Nemesis System. I REALLY HOPE we can have it starting at whatever level we like. So if we want it at level 1 or 2 we can have it then.

/bites tongue

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Agreed.
/bites your tongue too.

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The change to phase shift was a good one. It still provides some level of protection, while adding another level of strategy. Knowing how and when to use it is much more important now.

The reduction in Elusivity powers may have been too much. While many of those powers were a bit overpowered before, they now are back to being almost useless again. Even in their overpowered state, it was a refreshing change to have defense actually be usefull for once. Please re-examine the numbers so that a more comfortable middle ground can be reached.

Also, if possible, could Banes be looked at as another AT that could get Elusivity in it's powers. Bane Spiders seem to be stuck in some kind of middle ground that gives them some defense (but no Elusivity, making the defense almost useless) and some resistance. The problem is that because Banes have two very low resistance powers, they do not benefit from the "free" resistance that squishies get in PvP. This means that a Blaster with no armor powers has more resistance than a Bane with two armor powers. That doesn't seem right in my opinion. I can understand not wanting to grant that free resistance to a AT that has defensive powers, but without Elusivity that defense is next to useless after DR reduces its values. Please look at either granting Elusivity to Bane Spiders or letting them benefit from the free resistance.

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QFE
Well said.

Well my MA/SR Scrapper was doing well enough under I12, and was quite good under I13, but now under I14 the bloom is definitely off the rose. Currently, you can't stack up Defense like you could under I12, and you effectively have no Elusivity at all (10 points may as well be 0), so SR is worse off then it has ever been. Not that it was at any point overpowered or uber, but under I12 and I13 it was at least playable.

Under Issue 14, forget about it.

Back to the drawing board.

P.S. My Bane was surprisingly good under I12, but ever since I13 he's been kind of a joke in PvP. Back to the drawing board with him, too. IIRC, Banes don't get squishy-Resistance or Elusivity, what little Defense they have Diminishes so they are essentially defenseless under new PvP. In I12, so long as you kited, you could do quite well.

I'll take I12 PvP with a side of Elusivity (not the current nerfed one but I13 Elusivity; but not for Widows--Scrappers, Brutes and Stalkers only--Widows are overpowered with all they've got and Elusivity too).

Best board game ever: Fireball Island.
Best PnP game ever: the PnP boxing game I made when I was 12.

Girl engineers are always hot.

If only the caltrops would despawn when the caster was defeated, the Knives wouldn't be nearly so bad.

The Scoop is good for what it is. It's a house organ, so that really limits it. But I respect all who contribute to it. Delivering quality content on a regular schedule isn't easy. I'd love to see what a no-holds-barred Scoop would be like though.

Please let it be something that helps with the PToDs. The teammates-build-Domination-faster buff was nice, but the specific problems of the Archetype, the ones it's had all along, remain.

The 40+ game is a PITA for no good reason thanks to the arbitrary, broken mechanic of PToDs. Though happily we did get some tasty Patron Pool buffs (Power Surge FTW).

And I wouldn't say "no" to a Stone Assault set.

Those EB/AV allies should be Lts. or Bosses instead. It's no fun watching an EB clear a mission for you.

Of Jump Kick, I can only say this: Of all the Pool Powers I have encountered in CoX, it was the most...human.

"What's your name?"
"Jotunn."
"What's the name your mamma gave ya?"
"Jotunn."
"Right."

Awesome work on this piece. Outstanding!

That's two against one! Cheater!

I liked it a lot. When his girlfriend ganked the guy from behind, that was really unexpected. And apparently, she became a dominatrix in her afterlife.

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Bad idea about the Arean change. If they're so unpopular that you have to build an option to put it back the way it was, why not just... like... put it back the way it was, for the most part?

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I really don't care what happens to Arena, but zone PvP absolutely needs the changes PvP 2.0 brings.

Thanks to the costume save/load feature, I've created many characters that exist only as saved costumes. It really is one of the most fun things about the game.

Can't wait until Mission Architect so I can bring some of them to life in the game. Also, going through a mission alongside your alts FTW. And at last I can make my Heroes fight my Villains. So cool!

That video was great! Was that "Viv" as in Viv of CoH Podcast?

I love each and every feature in this Issue, especially the PvP changes. Two thumbs up here!

You've got to admit: Issue 13 PvP will be better for making videos. PvP 1.0 was nearly always incomprehensible in video form (though your PvP 1.0 videos were always among the best; probably the best).

Good work on those Wraiven, it's always good to see new Wraiven vids.

A great portrayal of a great character!

Letting anyone else play your account for any reason is a bad idea.

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Aral does amazing work - still needing to make time to do that collaborative video with him...


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A Dark/Aral collaboration?!?!? DO WANT!

She can mind ride. 'Nuff said.

So what's the skinny? How good is Invulnerability and Shields compared to everything else?