EvilGeko

Blasters shouldn't be able to kill fast?

Isn't this power like Ice Slick. Yes, it's better, but Blaster mods would seem to do much of the trick all by itself. The damage wouldn't be any better since I'm sure this is a pet power.

This is true, but this is in keeping with heroes. In City of Heroes, you're often reacting to criminals. Heroes aren't necessarily proactive as a rule. But even the very earliest content introduces you to storylines that are IMO much more immersive and frankly much more substantial than the nonsense redside.

For example, in the 1-20 game, heroes advance through the stories of the Vahzilok, Clockwork, Trolls, Outcasts, Skulls & Hellions. Basically in these early levels you work through the entire story of those groups and get to defeat their leaders. This is told through several story arcs and is a very cohesive story. In addition, you learn bits and pieces of the story of major villain groups like Arachnos, the Council, the Lost/Rikti, and the Circle of Thorns.

This content is vastly better IMO that the ridiculous "Destined One" nonsense. It's also more immersive IMO, because there's no way that the Rogue Isles could even function if the things that the story arcs tell you is going on were actually going on.

World of Confusion has an EXTREMELY short duration. The duration of the confuse is less than the power's "tick" rate (the tick rate being the pulse of the toggle's confuse effect)

Basically the behavior you're seeing is intended. The toggle does not keep enemies confused (without slotting) permanently.

I don't understand (seriously, not being rhetorical), what's so overpowered about Oil Slick Arrow?

Serious question: in the 1-15 level range, which villain content EBs are stronger and more difficult than Frostfire or Atta?

Granted heroes have less, but IMO they are significantly more powerful.

Necromancy most foul!

Sure! I would be saying the same thing if the feature list stated that capes now unlocked at level 5 or something. In fact, if level 20 warrants the epic ATs then I think they should just unlock capes at level 1. Hell, why not at this point?

Are you serious? No really, are you serious?

Do this:

1) Log into Atlas, street sweep to level 5;
2) Enter the Hollows; do story arcs and Meg Mason's missions until 15;
3) Then either do a Synaspe or do Faultline story arcs and paper missions.

Solo, this takes about 4-5 hours. In a group, about 2-3. Try it because what you just said is absurd. It's so absurd that I'm not even sure that you're serious.

How about Kheldians and Soldiers of Arachnos?

My main point is that they should unlock at character select for all players or stay at 50. Having them unlock at 20 is just silly. There's no accomplishment to leveling to 20, it can be done in a couple of hours. If the intention is to remove the gating of these ATs then don't do it half-azzed.

Epic also implies a grand story. Neither the hero nor villain EATs qualify IMOs. But that's really just my opinion.

I also disagree with the devs in stating that it was a mistake. Having rewards for achieving certain tasks is not a bad idea. It's been this way for 5 years. I don't mind them changing it. Hell getting a 50 is so darn easy, who cares. But they should just make them available at character select.

If there is to be no accomplishment in the task, then why bother?

This. Don't even call them "epic" ATs anymore.

Should be at character select screen or leave it alone, IMO.

That's not correct. Blasters are tied for fourth place on HP and have limited ability to act while mezzed. They have anywhere from limited to significant control capacity (Ice/Ice v. Fire/Fire being the extremes on either side). And they have a buttload of damage.

I agree with Another Fan, in that this is a push. Saying that Scrappers are less self-sufficient than Brutes is laughable. Brutes have much more room both in defense and offense to buff.

IMO, these ATs have so much more self-sufficient than the other ATs it's not even worth discussing which is better, since it's mostly down to marginal difference either way.

I disagree. Tankers might be slower, but they are basically invincible solo. Slow and steady wins the race and all.

You mean like Fire Imps, Jack, Phantasm, etc...

Not true. HEATs are like Tankers IMO, slow until you get to high level, but then they solo just fine. My PB is actually more survivable than my soft-capped Night Widow. Resists and heals do have their place.

With Containment, Controllers do decent damage in Outbreak.

I can't wait for GR so I can get all 8 of my villains out of that hell-hole. That and being able to make Brutes and Dominators blueside. It will be glorious never seeing Mercy or Cap again. I can't wait.

Redside will have even more terrible supply problems. Blueside will be fine, because people will be there and playing and contributing to the market.

What will be interesting is if a person quickly switch back and forth, you might see a very robust smuggling operation as people move goods to redside. Even if it isn't easy to switch back and forth, if inf transfers over without loss, I suspect some folks will load up on nice IOs and switch to redside for trading purposes.

What players consider IOs to be is irrelevant. The fact is that if one simply plays through story arcs and TFs, they will be able IO out a character. This is without ever needing to use the market. I would have agreed with your point pre-merits, but I do not now. Merits have completely trivialized the commitment required to be successful with the Inventions system, even if you save up for every piece.

As for the last underlined comment, absent a survey, I would argue that this is your opinion. Perhaps an opinion based on anecdotal evidence, but an opinion nonetheless. What I am saying is not debatable. Merits allow a player to simply play the story based content and earn rewards without having to do any activity they wouldn't be doing anyway. At worst, they might have to go to the market to buy some salvage. Even then AE took care of that. It is not a timesink, because earning IOs require no activity other than playing the content.

Let's say a player only uses SOs and has never and will never use an IO. That player goes to the Hollows and does the story arcs there. They now have merits which can be converted to rare recipes. They have done nothing other than play the content. They had no intention or goal of earning IOs, but still have the token that can be converted to such. Where is the timesink there?

Very well, but your definition devalues "timesink" into "time." By your definition it's no different to say that it takes time to IO out a character. And that's my point. If you're not going to give the word any definition that distinguishable from ordinary playtime, then it's completely meaningless.

As I said earlier, CoH/V players are spoiled on how easy it is to obtain gear in this game. What is considered a "hardcore" player here is barely the cost of entry into most MMOs' playspace. I do not agree that IOs require any significant commitment of time. And I do not think having a character with a lot of IOs makes one a 'powergamer.'

I am not complaining about this situation, mind you. If fact, I celebrate it. I think the devs have created the most approachable loot system possible here. I find any complaints that it is difficult to equip a character with IO sets to be nonsensical. Made any easier and you might as well just create a store and sell everything for inf. Which is what I'm sure many who decry this system as too difficult would want.

That definition is crafted purely to support your point.

While certainly not authoritative, the following are at least third party definitions of the term and support my view that IOs, as easy as they are to obtain do not qualify as timesinks:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...rm=Time%20sink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timesink

Actually, that's exactly what it means since it's trivial to IO out a character. Effectively, you don't have to "sink" any time into it. Just play the game however you enjoy.

A timesink implies that you're doing something purely because the game forces you to, to get to the fun part. Not so with merits. Since both solo, group, and (the one) raid content offers merits as a reward, all you have to do is play your character and they'll be IOed out. You don't have to do anything that most characters wouldn't be doing anyway.

This is very different than most games where you need to farm a particular instance, sometimes for months, to get a particular item. In that case, while you might enjoy the instance, you're only running it for the gear. Here, since you can buy anything, and get merits from most content, there's no timesink element to IOs. Just play and you'll earn anything you want.

Except maybe PvP recipes, but that's not so much a timesink as a "save up 2 billion inf for the def IO recipe."

lol

This post was just giggle worthy until I saw the name of this channel, then it was ROFLMAO!!