Fleeting Whisper

Correct, from the information we have now, GR will be a separate expansion much like CoV. However, the assumption that GR will be released near the same time as I17 (in much the same way that CoV was released near the same time as I6) is a reasonable one to make.

The heal you saw (Empathy > Healing Aura, Radiation Emission > Radiant Aura, Thermal Radiation > Warmth, and Pain Domination > Nullify Pain all have the same stats) is actually the weakest AoE heal in the game (unless you count Pain Domination > Soothing Aura, which is more like Heal Over Time). Healing in general is also the weakest form of team defense (since healing repairs damage, while other defensive powers stop the damage from ever occurring).

Powers which are much more useful to defend your team with:
Cold Domination > Ice Shield and Cold Domination > Glacial Shield
Dark Miasma > Darkest Night and Dark Miasma > Fearsome Stare
Empathy > Fortitude and Empathy > Regeneration Aura
Force Field > Deflection Shield and Force Field > Insulation Shield
Poison > Weaken and Poison > Noxious Gas
Radiation Emission > Radiation Infection and Radiation Emission > Enervating Field
Sonic Resonance > Sonic Barrier and Sonic Resonance > Sonic Haven
Storm Summoning > Freezing Rain and Storm Summoning > Hurricane
Thermal Radiation > Fire Shield and Thermal Radiation > Plasma Shield
Traps > Triage Beacon and Traps > Force Field Generator
Trick Arrow > Poison Gas Arrow and Trick Arrow > Oil Slick Arrow

None of that is to say that healing powers are bad, or that HA/RA/NP/Warmth are bad powers to have. In fact, if you're a Radiation Emission Corruptor or Controller, an Empathy Controller, or you have Thermal Radiation or Pain Domination, you're forced to take that AoE heal. It's just that claiming the heal you saw is "strong" is false, and healing is the last line of defense, not the first.

It's also annoying if you're using it when someone is trying to talk to you with /tell, because every tell they send you, they'll get a response of your AFK text.

IOs cannot. But "other special enhancements" is all of: Hamidon Enhancements (Hamidon raid), Titan Enhancements (Eden Trial), and Hydra Enhancements (Abandoned Sewers Trial). All of which can be combined just like Training Enhancements, Dual Origin Enhancements, and Single Origin Enhancements can.

Really? I thought they were built after the first invasion using salvaged Rikti technology.

Quoting the HELP menu in-game:

The program(/widget) needs to be coded to allow for the Always On Top state. Whoever makes the program(/widget) needs to specifically code it in.

Widgets are generally a container system and then third parties write scripts/whathaveyou to make the actual widgets; in which case, the widget system would probably be the one that needs to include support for Always On Top, rather than the widget writer. For example, all Vista widgets have an Always On Top checkbox in the context menu.

Though as soon as they give DM to Controllers, I'm rolling myself a Mind/Dark Controller, and then picking up the Presence Pool



FEAR ME!

Not technically, but if you're at the recharge cap, HT's recharge exactly equals its duration
(Of course, you've still got to account for the cast time, and getting to the recharge cap is rare)

If you're asking whether each tick of the DoT would have a chance to trigger the procs, then the answer is 'no'. (The procs will trigger once every 10 seconds in a toggle)

If you're asking if it's a good idea, then the answer is most likely 'yes' (many damage auras do low damage compared to actual attacks, while the procs do a fixed amount of damage regardless of where you put them)

No they're not.

If you can't handle a boss by level 30, you're doing something wrong. I went through the EBs in Faultline on my WS mostly solo with little trouble, and that's in the 15-25 range.

You're linking to information Stoney's unofficial patches to Mids'. Since releasing those, Stoney has been added to the official Mids' development team, who are currently working with Release Candidate 1.6001, which should become the official Mids' version soon. The release candidate should be up-to-date with the current build on the Test server.

Ditto. Though with a number of people saying they want to keep the current version, I doubt any change will happen.

I used High Logic Font Creator. The free trial runs as if you've got the Professional Edition, lasting for 30 days. The program is a bit expensive to buy, but if you just want to make one or two fonts, the free trial works great.

So your solution to a zone that everyone travels through... is to create a zone for the express purpose to have everyone travel through it?

Just don't go over to his place for fugu.

Oh, I agree. I'm just saying that against a lv50 AV, all your tohit debuffs together amount to as much protection as a slotted Flash Arrow

Except to not wear a cape/trenchcoat/etc on your back where the wings go

"No, because CO has it" is a bad reason to be against something, I agree.
"No, because it would look stupid," however, seems perfectly reasonable to me. It's entirely subjective, sure, but it's fine as a reason to not want something.

(For the record, I do think that the swinging in CO looks stupid)