Hyperstrike

So he can invite himself back and get a free month.

Okay, I deal with databases as part of my job.

In some, you can simply kill things out with:
In some, if you do that in certain tables or fields the app goes NUTS.

So it's not the matter of taking a couple minutes to come up with a basic SQL query and running it on the live servers in an afternoon.

It has to be tested to make sure the query is doing what's intended, and that the underlying application can HANDLE something like this.

This takes dev/programmer time.
This takes testing time.
And since these people are getting paid to work, time = money. So yeah, it costs money.
Additionally, you're diverting resources towards this and away from other projects.

You also forgot "There is no demonstrable way to prove the existence of a "naming problem" in any relevant context. As "I can't get the name I want, someone already took it" is a design feature, not a flaw."

Short Answer: NO

Slightly Longer Answer: The devs have NO plans to do this again.

Even Longer Answer:

• This thread is nothing new. It's simply a retreat of the same basic idea that's been pushed in dozens (or hundreds) of threads in the last few years. Beating the devs and other players over the head with the issue on a constant basis does very VERY little to overcome the annoyance with such repetitive memes, and hardens resistance to addressing the idea.
• Nobody knows how many names this would free up
• Nobody has any guarantees about the "quality" of the names that would be freed up.
• There's ZERO demonstrable way to determine if such a purge happens since someone getting a freed name would be no different than someone getting a name that hadn't been used previously. So, when the names certain players ACTUALLY want are STILL not available, they're going to gripe for ever-broader name purges.
• There's no indication that the tool they used to free up names last time would work again. Possibly necessitating the development of such a tool. This costs both developer time and money. Money that could be spent elsewhere in the game. Bringing new features and content.
• There's a schism in the player-base over this issue. While many players might like something like this, many players simply DON'T WANT IT. For myriad reasons, some of which are listed above.

Thanks for the link.

We know this already!

Because your control is not always an instantaneous thing.
Because you occasionally stumble upon groups of groups that exceed the maximum effects for your control.
Sometimes you miss.
Sometimes, due to lag, mobs simul-alpha you before the control takes effect.

Defense helps ameliorate this.


My big issue with this build is that the endurance consumption os absolutely through the roof. Without having AM up ALL THE TIME, you're actually losing endurance JUST STANDING THERE. And, even inside of AM, you can barely attack without slurping down the entirety of your blue bar.

Maybe for someone operating on a team with massive endurance buffs (like a Fire/Rad team), this wouldn't be so bad. But solo, this thing's dancing on a razor's edge and constantly chugging blues.

I think we need to take Ultimus out and get him laid...

Honestly? NO.

Without Rage, SS is a bottom-tier set.

Rage lasts for 2 minutes (120 seconds).

Base recharge is 240 seconds. MAXIMUM recharge will bring it down to 60 seco

3 Common IOs alone will bring that down to 120-122 seconds.
At the global recharge cap, it's possible to have Rage down as far as 48 seconds
Realistically, you'd have to pretty much compromise your build for global recharge above 200% (which makes Hasten effectively perma) and the Force Feedback proc can occasionally boost your recharge.

Even so, it's rather easily possible to overlap Rage for anywhere from 30-50 seconds. As such, the +ToHit and +Damage effects are doubled.

Hasten will reduce it further.

If you have a single Rage up, you'll get a damage crash where all your Secondary pool powers (Super Strength) will be severely damaged debuffed. Also, you'll experience a 20% (all kinds) defense crash and a 25% endurance crash.

You cannot mitigate the damage debuff or the endurance crash, BUT, if another instance of Rage is up you don't experience the defense crash.

Incarnate powers like Spiritual and Agility just make it "easier" to get ridiculously high caps now, without compromising your build.

Taunting is not a workaround. It's one of your powers.
Healing is not a workaround, it's usually one of your primary powers.

And NO. You are NOT "locked out". That assumes that you can't continue attacking. Note, your Tier 1 attack still generates the debuff even if only doing a point of damage at a time.

And yeah, you hate the crash. Nobody LIKES having their big, beefy damage numbers mitigated. But it's 10 seconds. Learn to cope.

*Pulls on the Arcana-Wannabe hat*

Let's look at the math.

Tanker damage cap is 400% right?
300% + Base damage
IO enhancement: 100%
1st Rage Stack: 80%
2nd Rage Stack: 80%
Set +Dmg Bonuses: +?

And, depending on how crazy you get with recharge, that's Double-Rage anything from 40-100% of the duration.

So. You were saying that Rage wouldn't keep you near damage cap? Right?




Maybe. But it's doing almost nothing for you as an Inv/SS tank EXCEPT eating endurance reliably. There's better ways to spend endurance.


Again, there are better ways for an aggro controller to spend endurance.

It's similar to the argument I use for dropping unstoppable off a heavily optimized tank.

It's a highly situational power that provides you, personally, with minimal benefit (if you're capped, defense-wise), and if you're Doing It Right, rarely if ever gets invoked. I mean, if you need a set mule, that's one thing. But I can think of better ways to accomplish this.

What does Vengeance grant?

+ToHit (You're already spending a chunk of time double-raged)
+Damage (You're already spending a chunk of time near-capped)
+Defense (Built well, you see zero benefit from it)

The +Heal is nice, but small and single-instance.
The status protections are nicer (especially the Fear protection).

But, again, you actually have to let one of your teammates die to see any use out of it.

So I stand by my statement that there are better and more proactive things you can be doing than standing around waiting for someone to croak just so you can break off and play third-rate buffbot for the team.


Taking Veng wouldn't be sobbing over a corpse, instead it would be -Vengeance-. If I kill Lois Lane, you can bet Superman is going to fight me a bit harder than just a regular fight. This not only fits conceptual, but also once again benefits the team.

On iTrials, it isn't the job of a single tank to keep the entire league alive.

More power to you then...

Like the "All the "good names" are gone! NAME PURGE!" screamers.

Yeah. Basically I'm going to be hitting up Champions when I get in on Tuesday. Harranguing them on Wednesday. Pestering them on Thursday. Bothering them on Friday. And bugging the living crap out of them on Saturday until our meetup.

Then I'll leave them nice tip.

YES!

Minemineminemineminemine!

Because it's all about ME man!

They need to rename this game to MEQuest!

Yeah...that's the ticket...

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Any questions?

They DID use the term "rebuild".
They also did not, initially say they were looking to "stay" with a pure conceptual build.

In short, I was giving advice in a vacuum.