Peacemoon

You know Ketch that is seriously bugged. Doesn't surprise me because I mentioned above, immobilize was a bandaid fix added in sometime to try make the power more usuable.

I think also there are so many problems with Dimension Shift that the Devs don't know where to start. Its humurous that the power was originally designed to be Gravs main AoE control. Good job Wormhole was there as a nice placeholder for AoE stun, or we would have been even more screwed.

Never take anything written in pink seriously

I'm hoping Grav will get some fixes one day, I used to post threads about it 4 years ago, I even did one last year. This year I decided not to bother, and it looks like something is going to be done! Lol ;-)

Its worth noting that Grav has had a rough history.

• It was nerfed in beta because of worries about its damage being too high with propel. Ever wonder why Lift does less damage then Crush? This was fixed.. but only for Doms, almost as if to taunt me.
  
• Went live with recall friend as its tier 9 power, thankfully was changed to Singularity pretty quick.
• Had AoE stun added to Wormhole. Thats right, Wormhole only had a 40% CHANCE to stun originally, and pretty sure that was a mere Mag 2 effect. Problem is, when they slapped on the stun they left the high mag knockback and 15' radius, so while its unique and fun you really pay the price for it. Just so happens that Grav up until recently, was also the only set without knockback protection. Oh, you couldn't make this stuff up ;-)
• Propel had its animation shortened. You think its long now? Hehe..should have seen it before..
• Dimension Shift has actually been tinkered with a few times: Originally enemes were never immobilized when phased and would still run around trying to attack things, so an immobilize was added to it because it was kind of freaky to have 5 +4 Freaks stood around you waiting for the phase to drop. Second it had its magnitude lowered and intangible enhancements were changed to increase magnitude of phases instead of their duration. This was so players could phase everything but the boss, but the tactic was still pretty unworkable in a team setting. Third they revamped its graphics and added the words 'DIMENSION SHIFT' to its graphic in an attempt to help people understand why the enemies were now immune.

So yes this poor mutilitated set is now scarred and jaded, wishing just to be left alone by the cruel cruel devs who abused it. So I hope Castle thinks carefully about touching my precious set! Gravity was the first set I played and deep down its always my favourite, even if I don't play it anymore.

Although my new GR character is a Grav Controller, so perhaps I will be pursuaded to make a new "Save Gravity!" campaign, or perhaps the set has suffered enough and should just be left in peace. ;-)

if it were true

I'm sorry Silas I just don't agree. Having a wider variety of powers does not make a set more difficult to play. Just because Empathy has 9 buff/ally powers, does not mean you lump them all into one category and give them a score of 1. Its not that simplistic.

I really have to stick up for Empathy here, and all other sets that focus on ally support. I know people just lump playstyles like this into "girls stuff" that anyone can do while blindfolded, but its simply not true. I know you didn't specifically say that, but I know thats what people think and it is annoying.

Putting down a location debuff is no harder then putting Fortitude on an ally. Knowing where and when to best put the debuff for maximum effect is no more difficult then knowing who and when to best put a buff on someone for maximum effect, especially if you also considering team makeup and the enemies you are fighting.

Running into the next spawn and mindlessly hitting every offensive power you have takes a lot less skill then keeping Fort on the right 4 people simultaniously, AB up permanently on the right person, CM on squishies if it is even necessary depending on what you are fighting or having the awareness to use it without being told "ZZz", or even placing yourself in the best position so that your 2 auras benefit as many people as possible. Meanwhile you still need to be diligent with peoples health. Pre-emptive healing is king because of how fast people can die in this game. Watching debuffs as a sign of incoming damage or simply keeping an eye on where people are and who is aggroing what is best for this. So you have to keep your eyes on the field. In addition you need to be attacking as much as you can squeeze in and that has its own considerations.

So no, empathy is no easier to play WELL then any other defender set.

/Rant OVER!

Yep the demographic of forum posters has interested me for a while. For instance when I use to play DAoC and the looked at the IGN class forums, the stealther/assassin forums were always the most popular, despite the class's general rarity ingame. Conversely the healer forums were slow, even though ingame they had a huge representation. If you check other games, even this one, the people who play support classes seem to be the type who are much less competetive much less likely to post. This is strictly my opinion based on all the online games I've played, of course. I do sometimes wonder if support issues get overlooked because of this but I digress.

The point that I am slowly trying to make is that I agree, the forums represent a certain particular type of gamer and not the playerbase as a whole, and those people tend to be more likely to complain (Even me!)

Then again I think its just human nature. We tend to remember bad not good. We tend to be blissfully happy and silent when happy and usually voice our opinions only if we are angered or annoyed. It makes sense though, if I had to constantly post what I liked about the game, as opposed about what I didn't like, these forums might get a bit spammed.

P.S Loving the fact other people are as excited as me. I can't wait for launch day and Nova Praetoria being packed!

Yep it is straight damage and no DoT, it also doesn't provide any knockback protection (unlike its ST version). Sometimes it is what is not said that is important.. (sorry recently watched the "Exam", awesome film)

But yeah I went to some length to make sure all the data and terminology was correct because I'm pretty anal about that kind of thing, lol :-)

This is completely the opposite of my thinking.

Having the markets merged means you don't have to worry about playing Red Side and worrying that there will be no one using the Black Market. Now whether you play Blue or Red, you all have access to the same market which means more accessibility.

I think its a good thing :-)

The only drawback to going Red Side now is that we can't convert our SG to a VG and we lose access to our base.

Expect to see me enjoying Rogue Isle with my favourite characters and AT's! I've generally sticked to blueside before because I prefer their AT's, so this will be a whole new experience.

Well that does open up huge protential. With high recharge and global recharge, EC could throw them left right and centre at a fast pace.

Also given the fast pulse rate, I wonder what benefits it could get out of procs.

We are not comparing like with like. If someone wants to make 2, 3 or even 500 characters all using the same hero name, then that is up to them.

If someone else decides to use their name then that is completely different. We all know the lengths Marvel goes to to make sure that their character's names are not used elsewhere.

I realise we don't technically own names in CoH, but we do adhere to a system where once you pick a name that name is yours and no one else can use it on that particular server. It gives you an identity and some uniqueness in that CoH world. Even other, non-superhero games allow you that small pleasure. The whole naming convention of champions is just one of many flaws that should never be emulated elsewhere and to my knowledge, it never has been.

Isn't being unique the whole point of names in a super hero setting? Sorry, but you are simply reminding me about all the things that I read about which made me dislike Champions.

Yes I remember that! All this reminiscing is making me eager to go play in some hazard zones.

Also, welcome back :-)