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Quote:Oh, believe me, I hate unlocking costume parts too.Originally Posted by Stone Daemon
I'm all for having multiple ways to unlock this hypothetical armor (that I really, really hope sees the light of day), though I'd like even more if I didn't have to unlock it at all.
But if it must be unlocked, I don't think the trials should be the way to. At least, not the current trials we have. They have nothing to do with Rularuu, and shouldn't be gated behind it.
My point about the iTrials is that at least they're approachable, that's the one flimsy 2x4 propping up the unlocks gated behind those. The CoP on the flipside, while related to Rularuu, is a much bigger pain to even attempt to run. -
I'm fine with it being unlocked, I guess, but please, please don't attach it to the CoP.
At least with the iTrials there's the excuse that they're supposed to be easy to join/do. From how I understand the way the CoP works...it's much, much more obnoxious to get going. Not to mention the cost of actually unlocking/buying the base components necessary.
Quote:Not sure about the cracked chest/arms/head, but I'd love something akin to the robe that all of the aspects and the big guy himself wear.Originally Posted by That_Ninja
Needs the cracked glowing chest piece like Rularuu himself. Also, shoulder pads with those moving eyes on them. -
Honestly most of the super inspiration names are underwhelming. The only one I like is Sight Beyond Sight.
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Quote:Because knockback magnitude is not standardized between all powers. You can't bring all knockback powers under the 0.75 threshold because knockback powers range from below that to several magnitudes above.Originally Posted by Noyjitat
If they can make a power that makes knock powers stronger like powerbuild up and powerboost I don't see why they can't make another power that does the opposite and weakens them. You pick the option and null puts a debuff on you that lowers knock mag.
Melee powers with knockdown come in at 0.67 magnitude, which prevents them from causing knockback on even con and -1 enemies.
In comparison, Force Bolt has a magnitude of 18.694.
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Quote:Examples, please?Originally Posted by Stealth_Bomber
End drain has become more prevalent in the PvE game.
I'm not even against the idea, really (I actually quite like the buff to oranges that CBeet suggests), but what enemies have end drain now? Outside of Super Stunners and Seers with Drain Psyche (which is -Recovery, rather than End Drain, but whatever), I haven't seen anything new. -
Quote:This keeps being bandied about a lot and I just don't get it. What if...I like City of Heroes' gameplay? There really aren't that many good superhero games out there, let alone ones where I can play a psychic werewolf cyborg ninja alien that shoots yellow fire out of her eyes.Originally Posted by Panzerwaffen
Otherwise they'd just be playing any of the huge number of single player games that are out there.
Yeah, most singleplayer games don't come with a monthly fee, but soon enough anyone can play most flavors of CoH for completely free, so...
This strawman keeps being bandied about despite being chewed up, soaked in gasoline, set ablaze, and chopped in half. Then buried, spit upon, nested on top of by wild geese, then dug up again, slapped around, tossed in a swamp, sunken, hauled out by a rusty winch, then stepped on with stilettos, followed by one last kick from a South American football player.Quote:Originally Posted by _SPYDER_
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Quote:It didn't seem like that when I raided on my Empath, but I'll admit it's been a while. I know for a fact that team buffs like Mind Link are definitely not league-wide though.Originally Posted by Draeth Darkstar
All area Heals affect any friendly target in the radius, team status not considered, up to a maximum of 255 units.
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Quote:To be fair, attacks and controls have target caps, and heals (outside of Rebirth, obviously) do not affect the entire league (AFAIK).Originally Posted by Draeth Darkstar
Heals are not scaled in cost per target. Attacks are not scaled in cost per target. Controls are not scaled in cost per target. Buffs should be no different. The developers finally, just realized that increasing the endurance costs of the Mastermind upgrades was a mistake. You're really barking up the wrong tree.
I do think altering Power Boost (and Power Build Up) and/or its interaction with shields is a much more efficient way of dealing with the problem, however. -
Due to the way knockback works, there is no feasible way of doing a global anti-knockback flag. Edit: Or rather, a variable setting. It's probably possible to do a full "this character is incapable of ever doing any kind of knock* effect" flag.
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Yes to the Cold Resistance, I guess, but no to the Slow Resistance. Slow Resistance is a counter-mez effect, much like the knockback protection in ID, which did not get the AoE treatment.
Poison's Antidote has similar resistances as well, IIRC, and could stand to be changed if necessary. -
Quote:"Storyline." Like I said, not even bothering.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Most of the major points of the Praetorian war storyline
Seemed like Diabolique's Tower might do too.Quote:plus, we still haven't confronted Mother Mayhem yet, although her asylum in First Ward looks like another Trial map waiting to happen 
I disagree - Praetoria is not "team content" yet acts as backstory and a lead in to the conflict. I can't imagine that First Ward, a zone featuring an active piece of Hamidon among other things, is not going to move the story along either.Quote:The Praetorian war is the first cosmic level storyline we've had, and it's been told entirely through team content, with the bulk of it being Trials.
There's a difference between "there will be more trials" and "sucks to be you if you don't like trials.........!Quote:The next cosmic storyline appears to be the Coming Storm - a threat even greater than Tyrant and the loyalists - and if the Praetorian threat was so great that it forced heroes and villains to join together to deal with it in multi-team Trials, then the even more dangerous Coming Storm will do the same. ".
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Quote:If this were true, it would easily be one of the bigger DOOOOOOOOM posts on the forums to date.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Sort of like the dev attitude to the emands of Incarnate soloers?
Thankfully it's just a GG post though.
Edit: Actually, the "I'm glad people that don't agree with me are leaving" post is pretty doom-ish too, though it probably doesn't seem that way to her. -
Quote:I have no need to backpedal. My word choice of "baseless" was lacking, I fully admit. I think somebody already called her presumptuous though.Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
I just want to say this was some masterful backpedaling.
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Quote:...As long as you take the right ancillary pool. That's not sound balance.Originally Posted by ketch
However, as we see with ice shields, it's entirely possible to flag powers to be unaffected by Power Boost. Personally, I'm glad they didn't. People complain that FF is lacking and should be king of defense buffs. Well, now it is.
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Quote:I could get into semantics about how her original post said that trials would be one of the main story elements and whether or not I'd consider the trials we have now to be telling much of a story, but I really don't feel like going down that road.Originally Posted by EvilGeko
Not exactly baseless as Prometheus basically tells us that we need to defeat Cole then we'll get to handle the Coming Storm. Whether that basis is sufficient proof for you I cannot say, but it's incorrect to say it's baseless.
Either way, my real point was that GG has a history of posting speculation as fact, if not here, then elsewhere. -
Quote:The accumulated dust behind my computer desk is asking why she hasn't been mod-smacked yet.Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
She's not. She's basically trolling you for reaction. This is typical Golden Girl behavior. Just ignore it.
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Stepping out into the wrecked Skyway City in Admiral Sutter's TF, on a character that was just coming to grips with being a hero no less.
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Quote:It doesn't take much to post baseless speculation.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
It doesn't take much to work out how they plan to tell their cosmic level stories
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Quote:As you might have noticed, I regard your opinion less than that of the dust that accumulates behind my computer desk.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
As you might have noticed, the solo arguer doesn't really make any progress
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Quote:False. I've been arguing against Vanguard Merits off and on since their introduction, including after the Vanguard Pack hit.Originally Posted by Doughboy
The arguments stopped long before the vanguard pack existed.
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Quote:So can you hook me up with the lotto numbers for whatever month of 2012 you're apparently living in?Originally Posted by Golden Girl
You should also be preapred for the Coming Storm to use Trials as one of the main parts of the story, just like the Praetorian invasion.
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Quote:Ah. I had forgotten.Originally Posted by DMystic
Because it also buffs defense debuffs.
and the two are intricately tied together systems wise, so much so that it would be impossible to buff one without buffing the other. -
Oof. I hope I'm not alone in thinking that being able to Power Boost the AoE shields is a massive imbalance. That seems like a huge, huge oversight on the devs' part.
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Quote:Except that 50s don't get rewards from level 40 mobs.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
No - I'd prefer them to do what they're going to do - add tougher and tougher Trials, until we're challenged even with 10 slots open
Incarnates leave the current 50 content behind, just like 50s leave the level 40 stuff behind.
My point is that some people in this thread seem to be arguing that it should be hard to get Incarnate powers while solo, or perhaps rather that the Incarnate system is unimportant to soloers in general, because you don't "need" the powers while solo, as they're meant for raiding. This seems disingenuous when those powers provide a clear performance shift, regardless of whether you're on a team or not.Quote:Originally Posted by EvilGeko
Sure, but please understand where that leads. We already have that to a degree where if you exemplar below 45 you lose your incarnate abilities. This gives the developers breathing room to make content for all playstyles. Also, the Incarnate shifts are specifically gated to the trials.
The devs have taken the wise view to allow people who have went down the Incarnate path be overpowered in non-Incarnate content. If you take away the abilities, then folks will demand that ALL content be scaled to the power level of incarnates. Which creates, in fact, the very treadmill that people are imposing on themselves now.
Right now you really don't have to do the Incarnate trials. Incarnate power is fun, but certainly not necessary. I've seen what happens when the point you make is taken to its logical conclusion. I suspect many others here have as well, because many have expressed fears that the Incarnate powers would be necessary to "keep up" with new content. I have seen no significant evidence that the devs intend for that to happen. But it will happen should Incarnate powers be locked away as you suggest. Only it will be the players demanding it.
As I see it, either post-Alpha powers need to restricted to raids only, thereby wrenching balance a little closer towards sanity and making what seems designed to be a closed system actually closed, or a more solo-friendly option is required if you're going to allow any level 50 AT to trivialize content. Right now that privilege is only open to those who raid.
In short, what I'm asking is, why are you allowed to break the game, and rather quickly and easily at that, as long as you raid? Either shut it down entirely or open it up to the remaining few. -
Quote:So would you support locking out Incarnate powers beyond Alpha in non-Incarnate content?Originally Posted by Golden Girl
They destroy any challenge in non-Trial content.