Fireheart

North of the Netherlands... so, that would be... the Waist?

Have Fun, DD.

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While your general argument is reasonable, you're actually incorrect about this - the subscription price used to be $12. If I recall correctly, they Have raised the subscription price, twice, in those 7-plus years. The fact that the change was completely reasonable doesn't negate the fact of the change.

I would add that Paragon Studios is not the group who is receiving our payments - NCSoft is who the charges are made out to. The Devs are not in charge of how much the game costs us. Even if we love and trust the Devs, it's the giant, faceless Conglomerate that collects our money.

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Umm, except for Solar Flare, the melee animations bear more resemblance to Energy Melee, than SS.

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Just wanted to jump on this idea real fast - It would make the forms a lot more attractive! As it stands, when we first Get the forms, they're harder to use because they haven't been slotted like our other powers have. When we pick up Nova a L6 (IF we pick it up at L6), then we still have the trailing edge of 'Beginner's Luck' to help us hit targets, but with only TOs to slot with, that benefit falls off fast.

When we pick up Dwarf, it's at a huge disadvantage, with our other powers multi-slotted and only the one slot available in Dwarf powers. And Dwarf doesn't get the To-Hit buff that Nova has, so it's even more handicapped. No attack-chain, due to few, slow powers, chronically under-slotted for at least three more levels - it's only value is as a free Breakfree and as a 'turtle' power. And it's still hard to get Into the form, in combat, so that 'benefit' is marginalized.

Starting the Forms with two slots per power would help to balance the forms against the Human-only powers and also mitigate the slot-crunch inherent in taking the forms in the first place. It's also less clunky than my 'one extra slot per slot-level' suggestion and less prone to abuse. This is less an adjustment to the Inherent, and more of a direct modification of the Forms. I hate to frame it as a QoL matter, but it sure would improve MY Kheldian quality of life.

As for Cosmic Balance... I have no problem with the inherent - a Kheldian should, rightly, shine in a team. The 'problem' is in diminishing returns.

On a Large team, a Kheldian's adaptability is less relevant than on a small team, or solo. A large team is more likely to Have the ATs that Cosmic Balance allows a PB to mimic. For instance, a large team might have the 3 Blasters (or however many) that turns a PB into a mini-Tanker, but it's also likely to Have a... well, a 'real' Tanker, which basically makes the PB's extra resilience Irrelevant. The case is similar with a Controller-heavy team - What need does a Kheldian have for Mez-protection, when teamed with That much lockdown?

Where a Kheldian's adaptability is Most important is on Small teams (and to a lesser extent, when solo) and this is where they should Shine. On a small team with a Defender, a Controller, and a Blaster, a Peacebringer is 'benefiting' from all aspects of Cosmic Balance, but the actual boost is so weak, it's practically irrelevant. In such a team, the PB would be practically Forced into a melee role - Granted, he's perfectly able to assume that role, however, his Cosmic Balance isn't really helping out. One 'boost' is not enough to make him a Tanker, or even a Scrapper.

Granted, if the team consisted of 3 Blasters and a Peacebringer... well, that many 'Hammer's' only requires that the 'Anvil' hold things together for a short while, but the PB is getting the full benefit of CB and he's perfectly capable of doing the job.

So, it seems to me that the 'cure' for Cosmic Balance is to 'frontload' the boost and balance it against large-team performance with diminishing returns, so that a PB on a Large defense-heavy team doesn't become some sort of 'Omega-Blaster'... ...although that does sound fun!

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