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Hehe, was j/k around. No plans to make another claws toon since I am working on a claws scrapper and leveled up a widow (yeah, not the same, but seems very close to claws).

Btw, I did check the names and Iron Paw was still available after Voo's STF...

So I better not make my claws brute Iron Paw for I16 too?

You mean this?

Sooo, we can't post if it is negative - let only the good ones in?

So again, you are against balance now? First, no AT is "subservient". Every single AT and powerset can solo from 1 to 50. If you can show that one can not, then I will listen. Can some level faster solo than others? Most definitely - diversity is great! Can some make others level faster when teamed? Most definitely again! Looks to be working just great.

Totally agree. And those same should also take criticism and other points of views and not point fingers at "smart allecs".

One suggestion: To steal a phrase, "Think globally". My MM's solo with ease and can demolish AVs. My friend and I use to team as bots/storm & necro/dark - it was ungodly our damage and speed for missions. Red side is not how you describe, especially if GR really means true side switching.

Again, in a word: balance. This doesn't seem to be coming through. If every AT could everything the same (and MM is the best example), then my brute, corruptors, dom, stalker and widow would tear up mobs and solo AVs just as easy as my MM's. What fun would be there left?

Yeeeeah, and the tank fills the holes of the other ATs like taking the alpha and keeping aggro? Dead ATs don't kill other mobs (except for Fallout!). The tank gets faster XP because more damage aka scrapper/blaster and the scrapper/blaster gets faster XP because less dying - balance!

Oh I understood. Thanks for assuming much about my intention and comprehension. You are not the first poster on this in 5+ years of playing. My point is that you state that tanks will be lonely and solo then turnaround and say that there are a few defenders that could do it. I pointed out that players will do what is most efficient for their playstyle, be it tank, dom, MM, def, contr, etc.
I should also not that you even admit now that your defender could take the EB down but it is "boring". I read that as any AT can solo EB's then, just one faster than another. A farmer would not use an inefficient AT since time/speed is more important.
Bottom line: Any AT could have done it solo. And the ones that are slower can make others go even faster.

This makes absolutely no sense with regards to balance. First, please show where ATs are "punished"? I have a 50 of every AT - never once seen one punished as you say.
Also, which AT and/or powerset can not solo? Again, tried every AT, I was able to solo (even my emp/psi def and dark/therm corr, which I consider my "weakest" toons), so not seeing your point.
What does a scrapper bring to team? My blaster has more damage than my scrapper and can do it safely from range. I guess scrappers need buffing using your reasoning.
Just curious, how many times in chat channels (local, broadcast, global, etc.) have you heard team looking for more: stalkers? MM's? Khelds? tanks? I guess they need buffing too. For me, I usually see request for more: buffers/debuffers and damage.
I should also note I come from a perspective that AT doesn't matter. All blaster TF? yup. All def? yuppers. All VEAT, scrapper, controller, MM? All yes again and again. My /regen scrapper has "tanked" on an LGTF - I guess tanks are not needed. Some ATs make things easier, like having a kin with a stone tank so s/he can move faster.


I laugh every time I see this. People will play what they want to play. Yes, those min/maxers for the l33t XPeez/inf/drops/etc. take the most efficient path. You even admit that there are some exceptions for defenders and shoot yourself in the foot that people can play other ATs to farm. Additionally, what does farming have to do with AT balance? Nothing as far as I can see. Post I16, if a player creates a new toon, it could be a tank or defender, or MM, whatever is fun for them.

The code is in place and no need to change. I might want to solo one night for a change and team the next. Nothing to fix, modify, do whatsoever. Just click the accept for team invite and go! Very simple.

Absolutely! Look at what those defenders do for others. There is even a in game message for the loading screen that says some ATs are more team friendly than others (or something close to that). That tells me the devs designed those ATs to be that way and working as intended.

^this^ X1000

I have been reading other threads on so called balanced, and the general message is "we need more HP", "we need more damage", "we need more END", "we need status protection", etc.

It seems that other players in the other threads are asking for a lot but also want nothing to balance that buff. From my experience in the game and reading the devs' responses to changes, they either have: 1) made the buffs to fit their vision of an AT; or 2) made compensatory changes (aka increase damage but increase animation/end/rech/etc.). In other words, I haven't seen buffs to powers/ATs "just because".

Anyhow, there is balance already in place. Aett_Thorn has it right. Like the old emp/blaster duo's. I recall those when leveling my emp def up. She wasn't the fastest, but when she teamed up with a blaster, they tore through mobs. I don't want to see some ATs buffed so they can solo better because IMO those same ATs would be nerfed for what they can bring to teams.

Yeah, I think the powers-that-be read the deconstruction thread and, well, after that it was a no brainer.

Sooooooooo jealous! Always a big dream of mine to complete one of each defenders too. Got sidetracked trying to have 1 of each AT first and my corruptors which out number my defenders (at 50).

Maybe one day.

(Oh, good luck on the next Isos, wish I could play earlier on Wednesdays, but RL gets in the way.)

Yup, as per Castle, SS cap is just shy of the limit the server can handle.
(I would post the link like I used to when the subject came up, but I haven't got the searching down yet with these new forums. )

I checked the webpage out too and this got me a bit turned off too. I have nothing against PvP (and still consider it a lot of fun).
But if advancement depends on it, I just can't get into that any more. Before coming here, I spent quite a while in DAoC. I loved the RvR and had a regular group that use to storm keeps and bash Albs each evening (sigh, good times...). Anyhow, if I didn't want to RvR one night, I didn't have too enter the RvR zones. It is a little different with CoH in that you never, ever once are required to step in the Arena or PvP zone in order to advance or at least stay on the "same level" as the other players. For now, only the PvP IOs are the only thing you get from PvP that can set you apart from other players.

This makes me wonder if there will be raids in order to advance up. The thing that did me in for DAoC was the Trials of Atlantis and those awfully long raids for realm ranks. Some I heard took longer than Dr Q and require a large amount of players. And once people went through those, there wasn't much chance, if ever, to repeat it if you missed it. In short, I couldn't play any more because I would be decimated seconds by players that are all "ranked up".

Eh, I am rambling now and hope that those trying it out/playing it have fun! Hope to see you pop in once in a while.