IanTheM1

Wow, this suddenly put everything into perspective for me. I seemingly recall confirmation that the Battalion did not mutate the Rikti. Therefore, an outside force prompted the Rikti to drastically change themselves in order to prepare their world for the coming of the Battalion. Sound familiar?

And they've explicitly teased alternate dimension Ourboroses...

You know, I never thought about this until now: Does Twilight's Son currently have a host? We only see him in Nova form, which is only a simulacrum of a previous host. If he does have one, it's entirely possible we would know who it was, which opens up some potentially interesting story angles, especially since fully merged Kheldians mix together aspects of both personalities.

Other way around, actually.

Also I'd just like to chime in and point out (donning a flameproof suit in advance) that across the board, every single Ancillary/Patron shield toggle could probably use a look-at. They don't really appear to be balanced against one another (Charged Armor for Blasters is noticeably stronger than say, Temp Invuln*), and that's before even getting into an argument on whether a full 30% resistance (or equivalent defense, where it crops up) to the two most common damage types is overpowered on squishier ATs (you may be able to guess what I think without much trouble).

Considering we're talking about powers that have gone, AFAIK, untouched since the murky days of I-freakin'-3 (and 7 for Patron shields), I don't think it's too unfair to at least call for them to be re-checked. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if they were entirely forgotten when they raised Blaster health.

*Before someone chimes in with "individual powers aren't balanced against each other!" I'll say that I think I'm safe in claiming that Elec Mastery as a whole is superior to Primal Forces Mastery as a whole. From a purely logical standpoint, one would expect an ancillary set with that much control to have a slightly weaker shield rather than one of, if not the, strongest around, and a rather lacking pool like Primal Forces to have a stronger than normal shield with more than a miniscule 2.5% extra resistance.

(Edit: Wow, looking back on it I completely forgot that Controller and Defender shields are scaled even higher than 30%, which I outright find absurd. Also the Defender version of Charged Armor actually does have a weaker Energy component.)

I was under the impression that the introductory Ouroboros arc was also being rewritten so that you exemplar down to go back to the fall of Galaxy City rather than Outbreak or Breakout.

Everyone...with points to spend on the Paragon Store. IE, pay to win. (For the record, I'm fine with an extra 3 slots at level 50, but nothing more than that.)

I would generally not class things that alter game balance as Quality of Life changes.

Your original idea was attached to the in-game store and hence had a real dollar value. That is divisive no matter how you cut it and regardless of how many free points VIPs get per month.

Eeeee~ I'm glad you enjoyed it.

(Not that there isn't a good reason for the lack of visual variety between the enemies. *cough* >.>)

Actually now that I think of it, I suppose I'm going to have to update the arc come I21...replace Gravity Control on the bosses with Time Manipulation. Mental note made.

Allow the devs to respond to player feedback before changes go live AND act as a nice little hype-builder. There's really no downside to this route.

This irks me quite a bit. I'd love to see more Hero Corps characters, both NPCs and player characters.

But the Circle of Thorns one does show up, but not as a chest emblem. Various mages carry it on their the heads, such as Diviner Maros.

Edit: Also, in regards to Hero Corps lore, the history badge surrounding them basically spells out that they're connected to Crey due to some more shady dealings. I wish Crey was established earlier as just a company and not evil, as well as Hero Corps and the Paragon Protectors.

There's a reason I've otherwise stayed out of the thread. I know better.

The Soldier does currently have a monopoly on horned helmets.... However, I don't think Infernal's Axe is distinct enough (well, it's distinct for TF2, I guess, but in general it's rather blah looking). Especially if they just made it a clone of the Lava Fragment.

For as much as I love Pyro, I can't think of any notable CoH fire, axe, hammer-based, or gender-ambiguous characters/items to draw inspiration from.

Synapse's Goggles for the Scout

Statesman's Faceplate for Soldier

Scirocco's Dreadlocks for the Demoman

Back Alley Brawler's Gloves for Heavy (Fists of Steel reskin)

Positron's Helmet for Engineer?

Manticore's Cowl for Sniper

The Dark Watcher's Wide-Brimmed Hat for Spy


I would seriously love this as both a TF2 and CoH enthusiast. I do hope that they at least push CoH on Steam's F2P "channel". It would get the game a LOT of attention.

I really, really like this idea, because it adds new functionality to the powers. You can either use it purely defensively, creating a bubble that teammates can enter to avoid damage, you can use it as a mez to negate enemies in combat like now, and then on top of that players now have the option to deal with the enemies before the phase wears off. The duration would probably have to be reduced to keep it balanced, but that's not a big deal I don't think. Maybe it'll obligate them to fix Intangibility Duration enhancements, since I think they still boost magnitude rather than actually boosting duration.

Also, a nitpick that I have to bring up with the OP, and that i bring up every time this topic comes up: Detention Field and Sonic Cage are not phase powers. They operate similarly, but are coded differently, and do not feature any kind of actual phase effect.

My only guess is that the UI code is a snarling, tangled mess and is incredibly, painstakingly difficult to alter.