Memphis_Bill

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An "Empathy Defender" is not a powerset. It is a character - a *complete* character. Empathy itself is a powerset. If you aren't using the secondary, you're only half a character.

And for "at least one foe targeted power?" You have an *entire secondary* that targets enemies. Not only do you do damage, but every single secondary has SOME sort of secondary effect. Emp/sonic? You damn well better be attacking, I want the enemies not just taking damage, but getting the stacked -res on them, too. Electric? OK, drain's not spectacular in most instances, but you'll have more of it going on. Not to mention at least one hold - stack it, lock down that Sapper, help stack with the Controller on that boss. Dark? -tohit. Which means you'll have to spend less time healing, because they'll be hitting less. Rad blast? Foe -defense, so they'll be dying faster... and so forth.

I suggest you go to paragonwiki.com and look over Defender secondaries to see just what you're *not* doing.

Hell, by the time my Empaths (talking defenders, here, a */emp *controller* that didn't take the primary so they could "just heal" would be even worse) got into the 40s, I rarely had to heal much of anything. Zip in, combat buff, lay down some debuffs, update a buff on someone else, attack.

Being blunt? Those people saying that are idiots. Why? See above. There's ... let's see, I can think of exactly *one* situation that sticking heals on auto and "just spamming them" was good, and that was the old hami raid. Maybe if you have a horribly laggy mothership raid. At which point, stand in the middle of the bowl, and go watch TV for half an hour. So... two? And you're still not doing the debuffs you could.

That would be that banana split someone tried mailing to me?

Bzzzzzt.

Your own first post:
And what's the very first thing you put after that?
"Story" is not "Numeric." And yet you want to try to ***** at me for comments on the storyline... bravo.

Do try to keep up in your *own* thread.

I do also like how you tell others that don't agree with you on what, if anything, needs changing that their opinions are invalid. Nice bit of hypocrisy on your part.

If you want nothing but "Cheerlead for me and my ideas," write a blog.

/this.

Wonder if he sees the irony in "If you feel this way, we can't talk." (Even outside the misrepresentation.)

Thanks, both of you.

And with that you show you're not worth the time. Brush off what you dont' want to hear, keep throwing out BS that shows you're not paying attention, and "tl;dr" another post -

No. You're not worth the time or the minor annoyance you've made yourself.

Learn what the hell you're talking about first. Then take it to someone who still cares to listen to you. Because even what you DO say shows you haven't paid any attention to the evolution of either the Kheld AT or the slow expansion of their place in the world's lore. And there's zero reason to redo their arcs - given what we've seen with some of the "new tech," and with the piss-poor VEAT arcs that could have taken advantage of, say, branching when you pick a "career," frankly, I'd rather they NOT touch them.

Clue for you, again, since you don't get it.

Your desired definition means jack-all. You can define them as lemon merengue pie for all I care. The definition that matters is that given by the devs, WHICH IS STILL VALID, whether you like it or not, whether you want to redefine it or not, and how much you whine over it.

Until you show me a redname post saying "We changed our mind," no, it is not. Until you show me the *removal* of the story arcs and enemies tied *specifically* to the Kheldian ATs, no, they are not.

Epic = story based, IE, tied to the story.

No, they were *AN* option once you got to 50. They were not "the end game." There was no "end game." Unless you want to count hami raids, badging, etc.

Your second attempt at redefining is yet another failure.

... they never were to begin with.
... who existed before Issue 3, when the Khelds and Striga were introduced. Same with Ruularu.

Zombies and Mot are not aliens. Please learn the lore before attempting to use it to make... some sort of point.

Sounding like a valley girl doesn't help you either. By the way. Issue 3, not 4. Which doesn't help you sound like you know what you're talking about, either.

Funny, they don't look dead to me... oh, look, can still make them. So, no, they're not "killed off."

Another failure on your part. What part of "The DEVS definition is the only one that matters" do you not get? 1-50 story arc, specifically for them, explaining them, going into the whole Kheldian war and, by the way, preventing the Nictus from taking over the planet. Hmmm... Seems to fit the DEVS definition just fine.

Finally, one point we actually agree on - the HEATs and VEATs should have arcs on their opposing side. The problem, of course, is integrating them when you could swap at any point between 12-50.

No, doesn't appear to be at all.

Your definition does not fit that used by the devs to deisgnate something as "epic." No matter what you want to try to say about it. That is the definition used: they are tied to a storyline. Period.

FWIW, I don't find VEATs particularly enjoyable from a playstyle *or* storyline POV. Can't think of the last time I logged into one, and I have several of both types. (For that matter, I don't find the Incarnate content all that "ZOMG" either. Move in a mass of 12-24 of other people and fire... yay. DA is solidly... ok.) Plus, quite honestly, when I unlocked my Khelds in I4, it was *very much* worth it to me. Still is.

Using the devs definition - the one they've stated very plainly since issue 3 - I cay say the VEATs need severe help in their "epic-ness," as the storyline is worse than disappointing.

If you want to make an argument about performance or numbers or whatnot, fine - but don't use "It's not epic" to do so, as you are not arguing the same thing in game terms. It'd be like going to a produce market and arguing that the carrot isn't "strawberry" (color) enough, to which everyone else is going to look at you and go "No ****, sherlock, it's a carrot."

Mystic Fortune. It's using an alternate icon from... hmm... somewhere. >.< (Don't remember which pack, actually. I'm sure someone can say.)

Hi. I have 300+.

People with multiple characters - and adding, deleting, rerolling others - are more common than me, sure - but they're also more common than the people who will only, ever, play 1-2 characters. Given... well, let's tear apart your next argument:

Except your analogy is horribly, horribly flawed.

I buy Tray 2 now, for instance. It doesn't just go to every single character I have now, but every character I create in the future. Ever. Until the game finally shuts down.

For your snickers bars, you'd be asking to pay for eight - for all the snickers bars you may want until the last store in the chain closes its doors for the last time.



Not to mention that, yes, that IS the argument Forbin was making.

Plus, if you want, you don't have to lay out ANY extra cash as a VIP (which the OP is.) You just need to be patient and pay for them with your monthly stipend.

I'll also say this - with those 300+ characters? They're on two accounts. One has one extra tray. One does not. Even in *normal* gameplay, that extra tray makes a HUGE difference - not just with respeccing, but with updating enhancements and crafting, especially during the times I drop to Premium. Also, I tend to make level 15ish enhancements for lowbies for most of my SGs and stock it up, especially if there's a new "theme" team being started. Being able to make 20 instead of 10 is a HUGE help.

That tray has *more* than paid for itself - to the point where I'm looking at a third, and making sure to add them to the other account as well.

However, premiums can. At certain levels. However:
No. Incarnates are one of the few things that are 100% VIP only.

And for those who can't run Incarnate content, or the run from 1-50?


No, the change in power numbers does not tend to move something into the category of being tied to a storyline, typically. Which, again, is what "Epic" in "Epic Archetype" means, and has always meant.

Going to highlight the relevant part. And then sound like a broken record.

If they do anything, it needs to be *optional.* I don't give a tinker's damn about what a 100 billion, IO'd out, blah blah blah blah blah build - or team of them - can do, other than things like hoping difficulty scales. The overall game should still be reasonably doable at base level on SOs.

(And yes, I know player ability comes into it, given I can tackle content on SOs and see people complaining about being able to complete the same content on their IO'd builds. Which... er, sure.)

That said, I *also* want more stuff that "If you go along like you have been, facerolling your way through content, you WILL have problems here." Create more enemies you don't WANT clustered for AOEs - because they'll buff each other to ridiculous extents. Create situations you have to stop and find a way other than "hit all the things" to complete successfully (and we have a few of these, but not many - the "Investigate rikti ship" where you fail if you fight and defeat the patrols before hitting the glowies, for instance.) Or... well, for instance, Max's DA arc. If you do the prep work, it'll be easier. If not, you'll face everything.