Mike_Richter

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This is what I would like to see happen to blasters.

1. Impliment PvP damage resist bypass in PvE.

2. Increase the range of all primary powers to be greater than the Diameter of Foot Stomp. Greater.

3. Take all PbAoE status effects and toggles in Blaster Secondaries and make them summonable drops or target toggles. Other than cloaking device of course.

4. Make all current melee attacks have a range of 20 feet, either by changing the animations or just letting them have the range. Increase the damage on Melee AoE attack powers again.

5. (stolen idea) Give each single target attack a -10% res that lasts 5 seconds. This not only helps boost the blasters damage a minute amount but also allows the blaster to help a team. Thus encouraging teaming.

6. Swap the damage caps of blasters and scrappers.

7. Remove the rooting effect from blaster attacks.

8. Faster activation times on powers for blasters.

9. Making level 32 nukes into more useable AoE powers like Head Splitter or Full-Auto and less situational all end consuming powers.

Just my thoughts on where I would like blasters to go.

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I totally agree with the highlighted points. Most 'long' range attacks can be outranged by bad guys' submachine guns and we should definitely be able to "Run 'n' Gun".

Nice!

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...I remember the first time I went to Portal Corp and tried to jump into the portal, only to have nothing happen and realize I had to click it to get it. (So much less dramatic)

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Me too. And I remember doing it in front of like a dozen ppl and feeling like such a dork, lol

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...of a level 20 Button Man Muscle minion.

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Yeah.

Remember that short time when they were bugged and didnt fight back? lol

I remember when:

Wolves and Vamps hung out in Bricks.
Seeing a 30+ was like seeing a living God.
There were no "Lead" Outcasts
PI didnt exist
TF's didnt work
Smoke Grenades rocked
Fire Imps were Uber
AB sucked
There was no lag
Perez was scary
Hamidon could be beaten easily

And last but not least.....
PL'ing wasn't rampant.

I predict that, oh about....4 powers will be "addressed" and 2 AT's will be pissed. Don't know which ones, but It is a virtual certainty that a couple powers that we all feel are fine will be gimped by the Dev's because: "We feel that X power was making the game _________ and we had to address this power to make it fair to everyone".

Insert any of the following:
Unfair, Unbalanced, Easy, Hard, Difficult, Fun...........

I wait for the day that 3 white minions will be able to send my Fire / Energy Blaster to the Hospital because my AoE's have been "addressed". grrr.

I'm being totally seriously...If you nerf accuracy one more time I will kick you squaw in da nutz!

Oh, and dont stealth nerf the enhancement drop rate at the high levels like you guys did with Issue #3. That was (is) maddening. BTW, that still hasn't been addressed.

Oh and to the OP: The 12th...the 12th of Never. lol

So from what I've read the Kheldian seems to fill in gaps on a team. Thats not Epic. Thats.....

Spackle.

Spackle is most definitely not Epic.

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hmmmm you better pray for an update! Cuz all the accolades in paragon city are not gonna stop me from vaporizing a well-slotted PB or WS in the arena! Let me say that from my perspective as of now Kheldians are lame and the most likely to book it without a word when things get hot...I've teamed with them...hows that old saying go..."Jack of all trades, master of none?" The devs had better come up with something better than "kheldians" if they want my dime after I hit 50. Prestige!?!?! in a game where many kheldians PL ed their way to top? no sir...there is no prestige in looking like a squid.

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Oooooh, burn!

Nice.

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..Having a third bar attached to CTRL is an OPTION and as such I find it a nice idea, but, could be worhty to investigate also the possibillity to extend EACH bar from 10 to 12 buttons? (Using the 2 keys between 0 and backspace)

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ooooh. I like that. Great Idea. Dev's?

Oh and LOL, your avatar. Foce of Nature, huh. LOL. Me too. I always thought that was funny as well. Maybe it's Italian. Rhymes with sotto voce...hehe

I think you are reading a little too far into my "Simple Mindedness". My argument is that no matter what the circumstances are, a Kheld will NEVER be better than the AT it is trying to emulate. That is all. I know about the difficulty of finding teammates and such.

Again, I know that they have their uses. Im not denying that.

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.The Khelds I suppose are supposed to be as others have called the swiss army knife AT.

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Very good term for the Kheld AT. True.

So for the record...I dont want to seem like a Kheld basher, but like you said, they need some help.

No, I understand the combi thing. Im just saying that If you need a tank: Get a tank and likewise for any of your specific AT needs.

No one ever says: "I wish we had a Kheldian to tank Infernal"....see what im saying? I see that they have a place in the game for certain folks, I just believe that you should bring the right weapon to the right job and not settle for an AT that may be around 80% as good as the "Real Deal"

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The Kheldian role is that they can do a little of everything - and, on a full team, have a combination of defense and ranged offense that's second to none.

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That may be so, but there isn't a Kheldian alive who could take more damage than a good Invuln Tank or deal more damage than properly built Fire / * Blaster. The fact that a Kheld can do both shouldnt replace either of these 2 ATs. Kheldians lose their Nova / Dwarf forms so often at the 35+ levels that the abilty to tank or blast effectively is limited to wether or not you can hold form.....

Didn't read the whole post, so here goes:

1.) Primary and Secondary power pools listed.
2.) Fix the sortability glitch (thanks for bringing back joined date btw)
3.) Longer MotD text capability
4.) More ranks

and finally.....

5.) Some sort of robust Alliance feature. Im sure you're working on this.

Bingo.....!

Your 3rd statement was right on. AoE is not really the issue, player use of AT combos is. Enemy AI is at the heart of the issue, not AoE damage.....Take away my AoE, and I am no better than a riot guard. After all, their "Sub-machine guns" have the range of my sniper rifle,ROFL!.

Dude, right on!

Im an AR / Dev who , yes, does use his AoE attacks to great effect. All i can say to those who think AoE's need to be nerfed is this: Do you realize that 1 time in 10 we may come really close to dying? Plus the slow anim time on AR makes for some really sticky situations. Why change anything. Do I care that Regen scrappers or Invuln Tanks can take damage? NO. Do I care that Rad buffs make mobs into wusses? NO....that's thier jobs man. Leave em alone. My job is to blow stuff sky high with some carefully placed high explosive / projected fire! Take all that away from me and I become "Mr. Glass". Thanks a lot devs, but leave the powers alone, and fix existing "problems" that plague us everyday. Lag, Doors, meaningless travel, and a whole host of other real problems should be addressed first.

Leave powers as they are, or improve them. Dont Nerf anything most have come to rely on. It amazes me how ppl care so much about another AT's build by saying it's "unfair" or "imbalanced" NONSENSE!

Just do me a favour, find a way to kill the Lag Monster on Infinity. Lol