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Quote:While I agree wholeheartedly, is this really the right thread?Originally Posted by Psylenz
Anything level 50+ is an agonizing exercise
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I've had a concept rattling around my head for a while.
The idea is that we've got this guy (girl, whatever) who's just SO CAPTIVATING that he/she can maybe talk you into doing things you might not normally be able to do, or just can put you asleep, or give you a headache.
Plus, this individual is also very charming, such that it's easy to just lose track of time due to their charms.
And so, a mind/time controller is tempting. Obviously, if I did this I'd be skipping Levitate and Telekinesis. -
been a long time for me
but I was going to go with Kinetic Melee -
all with concepts that fit into my stories:
beam/time corruptor (I know, I know)
plant/poison controller (an alternate universe version of my plant/thorns dominator)
dark/dark blaster (a mirror of a dark/dark defender I have)
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Quote:I'll admit, this is the part that befuddles meOriginally Posted by DarkGob
The truly bizarre part of the change is that they did this while adding an Icon to Atlas
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Honestly, I'd be happy if levels took 2-3 times as long, and if they just gave me a power AND slots.
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Quote:Absolutely. That's what I'm hoping for.Originally Posted by Daemodand
The good news is that free players will not have access to them, so this may encourage some vets to come out of their hidey holes and communicate out in the open.
Wouldn't that be nice? To have communication going on where everyone can actually see it? -
here's hoping guides in the future won't yammer about IO sets
and get back to basics -
well, I can get in...
can see the training room server and all
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Quote:Originally Posted by Ad Astra
"LFG" is a recent addition.
The global channels you find so elitist were established over the course of the past few years.
Aha. So basically it's a legacy issue. People haven't left them yet, despite a new tool?
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Okay, apparently "LFG" is effectively global. You can see this chat channel from any zone you happen to be, as long as you're sitting on the same server.
HOWEVER, it appears that many servers, including most of the ones I play on (Liberty, Pinnacle, Virtue) have decided to eschew these for a more... cliquish, elitist "you must join this particular global channel and then be allowed by one of our moderators to chat in it" method. This just seems very inefficient, and also unwelcoming.
Why is this? Why are we avoiding this useful tool (the /lfg channel) that the developers have already created? This tool that will allow us to welcome new players (who won't know about global channels, etc.)?
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FPa2rn?
nope, I missed it -
I'll admit, 50 is not a goal of mine. It was, once, when I needed to hit it to play Khledians. (yay more alts)
49 might be a goal.. because that's my last new power.
But I started in issue 0, and '40' is still embedded in my head as the 'last level.'
Now that I've played around with the Incarnate system, I can't say that 50 will ever be a goal of mine again. -
Quote:This is me. 27 alts (slated to hit 40 when I21 comes out).Originally Posted by Madadh
I'd go play a different game if I only wanted to play one character. I think some builds can do a lot of things very well, but no alt can do everything better than any other possible AT choice.
Even if one could, I'd probably still choose to play several alts over just one. -
I drink too much altohol to answer this question.
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Quote:Babysitting that little 'domination' button is an annoyance.Originally Posted by GGG247
I also have some trouble with Dominators, despite the fact that they should be "Controllers +" for me (they just aren't). I keep trying them, though.
I know that's my biggest issue with Dominators. I wish they weren't balanced around that little button. -
I swear every 20 minutes (or less) I lag out. I get a 'mapserver disconnect' message. (Or sometimes, things just FREEZE - I can run 'round the map, but cannot activate powers... then things 'reset' and I'm back somewhere).
This has only happened in the past two days.
I play on multiple servers, I've seen this happen on Defiant, Virtue, Pinnacle and Liberty.
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Quote:Oh sure. That's why the 30s are so painful for me. The 32/35/38 powers are so tantalizing that getting slots in the meantime is just... sadness-inducing.Originally Posted by Amy_Amp
Depending on the build, level 30+ powers can really alter a build.
I'll admit, one of the reasons I avoided Fitness for so long is that it felt like a power level BECAME a slot level. Because it was all "utility" and no "click yay."Quote:I do like the extra slots since inherit Fitness means builds have minimal slotting until then.. -
So, the way I approach the game...
there are two types of levels:
The first are Power Levels. Whenever I get a new power, I'm excited and happy. I can do a new thing! Yay! I love this feeling.
The second are Slot Levels. Whenever I get to one of these, I'm not so excited. I mean slots are nifty and all - and yay, I can improve my new things. But in the end, I'm nourishing a sense of disappointment, because I don't have a new thing to do.
so... once 32 happens, I start looking at that vast wasteland of levels that will only give me slots, before I can get another power, at 35.
And since levelling seems REALLY slow above 30, I just get dejected.
By now, I have a few 32s, one 35, one 38, and thanks to the encouragement of some friends, a 50.
But that long wasteland between 32 and 35, and 35 and 38... (and further into the 40s)
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My earth/emp is almost 30. He's always felt tough to solo. Mostly because I specced him as a "support" character - so I wound up avoiding that sweet-damage-dealing single target immobilize. (Not sure why I made that decision; it was during chemotherapy, and thinking isn't too hot during that time - but I've been sticking with it, waiting for 32, when I hope my tier 9 pet could maybe help, especially with fortitude)
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even after almost a year, this thread remains helpful
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Quote:Maybe they should just be capped at +0 recharge. So + recharge could fix -recharge, but wouldn't muck up the AIs?Originally Posted by Oedipus_Tex
What is weird about the whole +Recharge not affecting pets thing is that they are not immune to -Recharge. If Recharge really did affect their scripts, then it probably still does.
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Quote:Hear hear.Originally Posted by Jet_Boy
Actually, I'm on the other side of the fence. I don't feel that any character should be dependent on a team dynamic to be functional.
Don't get me wrong... having powers and abilities that aid or support the others around you is fine and good. But Self-Reliance is the very nature of the superhero genre. Sure, they are superhero teams but those teams are usually formed to deal with Major Events or issues to big for them to handle on their own... not to take down the local drug dealer and his ninja crew.
I personally think that every AT should have the all tools it needs to solo all but the biggest threats effectively, and when those challenges present themselves, then it needs to be "all hands on deck!" time.
But that's just me (and thousands of superheroes through the ages 8D), YMMV -
So if I'm reading Red Tomax right (which I might not be):
It has a mag 2 stun (PvE)
plus a 50% chance for a mag 1 stun (PvE)
which means it effectively does a 2-3 mag stun? In theory, a mag 2 stun is enough to stun a minion, or even a lieutenant, maybe? Bosses only have 3, so there's a 50% chance to stun a boss, too... right?
too bad jab only gives a 10% chance of a stun. -
Quote:This sentiment I hear expressed repeatedly.Originally Posted by Rodion
Energy Aura also has significant changes. For that reason alone I would think a respec is in order.
Energy aura is only available to a few ATs.
The other changes, which I mentioned above, are available for every single character (Travel powers at 4... epic pools at 35). That seems more like a reason for a respec for all players... than a change that only impacts a few.
Why would the changes to ONE PARTICULAR POWERSET that only a few members of an archetype likely have justify a global power respecification?