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Quote:More proof to nerf Crushing Uppercut!Originally Posted by Mad Grim
I dunno, personally I think killing stuff is more effective than taunting it.
Boss attacking squishy?
*CRUSHING UPPERCUT*
Problem solved.
Really though taking confront isn't even helping the team that much. Perhaps if it were a full on taunt... but all it does is take time that would be better spent hitting stuff to taunt a single target, when most fights will have enmies numbering in the 20's.
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Heck, I've been known to take Confront on Scrappers to tank Lord Recluse, amongst other things. I'd LOVE to get TAUNT
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Quote:Please. Please. PLEASE don't use the 'new' face resolutions EVER again. The Steampunk and Halloween and Imperial Dynasty faces have been some of the most hideous things the art team has come up with. But NOTHING tops the wrapped heels from the Pocket D pack.Originally Posted by Dink
Just a couple of things, as you can see the Male has a couple of new faces without the normal mapping as there just was not enough time to work on high res models for them. The fan on the Back Pack will be animating. Notice the chest detail, it will be in all upper categories. Also notice the Bubble helm will also be in Full Masks for those Buzz fans...lol
Please go back to the old technology for this. Not only are these just ugly, they're such a blindingly obvious contrast to the rest of the game. Don't be ashamed of the old style of faces. We love them! At least, I do.
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Quote:Is judging people for doing things a different way, your idea of fun?Originally Posted by Comicsluvr
I'm seeing lots of posts about DPA, DPS, synergy and on and on. I'm seeing THB raving about his build and others asking for buffs to Blasters and many players saying 'Why whould you do that when THIS is so much better?'
How about FUN people? Doesn't anyone play this game for FUN anymore? I don't spend weeks on planning and millions on PLing (seriously THB? You wanted to get a concept toon to 50 SO BADLY that you PAID a friend to PL you 11 levels? You didn't have the patience to get it through play or, at worst, find a friend to PL you for free?) a new character. Truth be told the three things I spend the most time on are the name, the concept and the costume.
I once made a SG called the Misfit Gestalt. The only rule to be included was that you had to have a build that WASN'T fotm...preferably a build that others said sucked. There were 7-8 of us that met once a week and we had a BLAST! We were having FUN! It didn't matter if our sets weren't optimized or we didn't have expensive IOs.
Too many players (many of them on this thread) are treating this like it's a contest. You're the kind of people who HAVE to dial everything up to 11 in order to get any thrill. Have you ever thought that you might be a bit jaded with all the PLing and billion-plus builds? When was the last time you played a character through actual content without racing through the DFB ten times to get the early levels out of the way?
So you built a Blaster that doesn't die every time he pokes his head in a mission. With 2+billion Inf. AND arguably the best Secondary the AT can have. AND a crashless nuke. Ok...SO WHAT? Was it FUN to get him there? All the weeks of planning and plotting and testing and marketing and PLing just to see if it worked? It was? GREAT!
Now do it with a Beam/Ice and then get back to me...
Where is the fun people? Is this your idea of fun?
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Altering does differences takes a lot of work, going by the dev's own mouths. So... nice idea, probably won't happen? Good luck, though!
... Or just get MA given to Brutes. -
Quote:Didn't I already post numbers challenging you about Fire's power in AoE? It's barely behind Archery and doesn't rely on a nuke. Fire Ball and Rain of Fire are THAT powerful, and even Fire Breath is 'decent'. The combined total ends up, what? 100 or so points behind Archery's full barrage? Not bad for a three to three power comparison. Coupled with Fire Blast having VASTLY superior Single Target and... yeah.Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
Never implied reliance upon saturation was a weakness, I view it more as a balance. If things that required tohit checks and x targets for max buffs didn't have those conditions (ie; Soul Drain, Drain Psyche) they WOULD be overpowered. As they are now, the conditional discrepency is what makes them fair. Doesn't mean they're any less awesome.
Well with a high end /Soul Drain build you'll want to pick a primary with a Crashless nuke. Fire is the ST set on Blasters, you'll be seeing more AOE potential at max investment with Archery or DP, I guess AR also but the nuke is a cone so I am not seeing the synergy with /Dark. If you want a ST Blaster Fire/Ment is going to beat /Dark because of the -regen so I personally can't see the appeal in building a ST /Dark Blaster. As far as AOE goes though, Archery/Dark is > Archery/Ment, except with much less survivability potential in those sticky AOE situations and nowhere near the ST potential, once again due to a lack of -regen.
Basically if that extra AOE goodness from Soul Drain is worth those sacrifices to make an ultimate AOE Blaster, assuming you can afford to invest enough to keep yourself alive, go Arch/Dark but for a more well rounded performance it's Arch/Ment all the way.
Fire Blast: Slightly Behind in AoE, vastly superior in ST. Even in an AoE focused build... gotta go with Fire Blast. Rain of Arrows does have the superior minion-clearing alpha burst, but if we're going by IO builds you should have enough survivability to wipe that spawn out anyway while chewing through the stuff that didn't explode to Rain of Arrows a lot faster. -
My opinion, for all it's worth: I assume they will do better next time.
SSA #1 had it's ups and downs, but ultimately I don't feel it was a 'failure'. It was not a revolutionary new mark on literature for the rest of eternity, but it was not a flat-out 'failure'.
"Not bad, but you could do better. There were quite a few really good points, but you had some really big flubs. Analyze these failures and use them as an example of what not to do and what to improve upon."
As for the whole SCANDAL, eh. Whatever. While I see the logic with Positron becoming the new leader of the Phalanx, I was desperately hoping for BABs or The Honoree to take over... but I can't have everything, sadly.
Need to fix that. Not having everything is troublesome.
All things said and done; judgment on quality of story will be reserved for the conclusion of SSA #2. Everyone gets one bumpy road in the start of something new.
For those saying they could have done better and have given written examples? Great! I hope you get hired! Otherwise... okay? -
Quote:Doesn't mean squat unless saturated. Didn't you go on about Drain Psyche being poor outside of -Regen with out saturation?Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
Did someone not tell you yet that /Dark gets Soul Drain?
I'm willing to concede Fire/Dark possibly being superior, as even a permanent +50% Damage is hard to ignore as 'powerful'. But that does beg the question why people feel /Dark is weak. Maybe because it promotes Blapping?
Fire/Dark might edge out in damage, it'd have to be tested, but it can't challenge Elecs Perma Endurance. -
Quote:Quoted above makes me headtilt. It's one of the best Secondaries. It's actually an outlier much like Mental. Where Mental lives off Drain Psyche, Elec has amazingly powerful single target attacks. Even if the aura isn't very damaging, the Radius is AMAZING, and Charged Brawl, Havoc Punch, and Shocking Grasp are equally amazing.Originally Posted by doomrider
Elec Manip: A damage aura with a generous radius that will most likely get your blaster killed should he aggro first, a few decent melee attacks to fit character concept if you like but not necessary or particularly useful. Oh power sink, yes power sink is good but /elec is not the only secondary to have end management tools. A ST hold? Yes decent DoT but not really a game changer.
Fire/Elec is the single most highest DAMAGING (Aka ignoring the benefits of -Regen) combination for a Blaster.
Your very last sentence makes me shake my head, because you just sort of posted and bashed probably it's best power. -
Quote:Wait.Originally Posted by Mad Grim
Now I wanna see someone solo a GM with Brawl.
... Can I five slot it with procs? -
Quote:... What was rude about what I just said? I... am really starting to consider you are seriously trolling at this point.Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
Remember. It helps to be nice. I'll try. - 3/28/2012
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Quote:It's fine. Just... I explained it four times. If you didn't understand by then, I can only assume selective ignoring.Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
I am damm near 50 years old and don't hang around the younger crowd that has changed the meaning of the word abuse into some slang meaning that does not really mean abuse forgive me for being slow to catch on.
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Quote:It's... almost like you keep ignoring the modern definition of the word abuse in context to a differing scenario. I give up. Go talk to Leo_G.Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
It just seems like you are saying abuse is using any good power as much as it is available. That to me and at least a few others is strange.
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Quote:...Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
So you "are" suggesting that people hold off using "any" power that is really good in a set as soon as it recharges like Footstomp group KD, Eagle's Claw/Cobra Strike Perma Stun, Seeds group confuse, Flashfire group stun and Drain Psyche -regen because its too good?
I guess I am saying every set has go to powers that allow you to kill the enemy efficiently which is WAI. You can perma flip Bosses with Air superiority what makes DP so special it needs a nerf.
I don't think it makes any sense not to use whatever powers you can as soon as they recharge to kill the enemy modern gaming slang aside.
No. Just no. It's like you glossed my post over and frankly there's been enough of that this entire thread.
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Quote:Again, it's modern gaming slang and it was a word I assume people knew the use for. I should have simply said, in retrospective to the level of flack I'm getting for it...Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
At what level is it determined to be abusive? I mean you can't use the power anymore than the amount of times it recharges in the fight. You are not suggesting that someone hold off on using "any" of there powers as soon as they recharge or are you?
This is all very confusing the way you are putting it.
"You're well aware of Drain Psyche's power, which is why you aim to use it as much as possible due to this."
This is what the modern slang use of abuse suggests; using something excessively with acknowledge of it's sheer power. That's all it was, and didn't suggest it was a bad thing. As much as I feel Drain Psyche will need to be nerfed due to being an EXTREME outlier, does not mean I think people are WRONG for 'abusing' it's strength while it is here. Heck, I want to make a Derpy Pistols/Mental Manipulation Blaster because I know how silly Drain Psyche is.
I'm lazy.
This is NOT the same as my chastising of people who abused, ie; inappropriate use of the Hami-O Exploit. THOSE people got lucky.
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Quote:Sigh. Because, again, 'Abuse' has the dictionary definition and the Modern definition of slang produced by gamers. I have provided both definitions, and am rather clear when I use them.Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
Now you are using the words "exploited" with "abuse" interchangeably and clearly carrying the same connotation/implication in both cases, regardless of whether you edited it out you have made your position clear, and I have rebutted it. At this point I see no logical reason for sustaining a dialogue with you, but Another_Fan will probably do a better job than I do anyways, they usually do.
Dictionary Definition: Abuse; ie 'the inappropriate use of something'.
Slang Definition: Abuse; ie 'the excessive use of something'.
I do not understand why I need to explain things twice. Am I really the only one living in two-thousand and twelve and have been exposed to modern gaming slang? -
Quote:... yes, because putting Hami-O's in Shield Charge did anything?Originally Posted by Another_Fan
Didn't you say you wanted everyone that used Hami-Os with shield charge banned ?
You have to pardon me if I can't take you seriously when you talk about abuse exploits.
I more meant exploiting the confirmed exploit in Active Defense with Hami-O's. Yeah, I feel blatant exploiting to that level should be bannable. I was all for it happening. I also said I am glad no one was banned, but I would not have blamed Paragon nor had sympathy for anyone banned for blatant exploit abuse.
You can disagree as much as you want with it not being an exploit, but Paragon said it was, flat out, years ago. And times after that. Not discussing this, as it's a fact.
Not to mention the various other Hami-O Exploits. An Exploit is an Exploit and I strongly feel blatant exploiting of them should be punished. People who exploited it got lucky. Nothing more.
Note: Edit'd out the word 'abuse' since I was using the modern term of abuse earlier, and not the definition term of abuse. Hur dur modern slang so hard. -
Quote:... Nah, I'd go with Taunt. Gotta put that secondary to use!Originally Posted by Zyphoid
I would say drop it completely, and stick an attack there. Give every scrapper set a ranged, or ranged like attack in that spot.
Katana and BS should have an attack like shield bash. Give MA Forms, or a fire ball, well you get the idea. Or Stick superior conditioning there.
Scrappers don't need buffs. Or anything unique. Or anything like that. They are unique in being the only extremely well performing, straight-forward, no-gimmicks AT in the game ;P -
Quote:I retort that you've called people 'gimpy' for not doing things your way before. Thus, your entire second post is null and void by your own stance. I will not be responding to it because of this.Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
And why is that? Do you feel that /Mental Blasters are exceeding the abilities of other archetypes so severely that a nerf is in order? It has been widely agreed upon that the majority of Blasters are underperforming when compared to other Archetypes, mental being the exception due to its ability to compete. Arcanaville has already said that if an AT-wide buff for Blasters happened, the Dev's would not be concerned about nerfing Drain Psyche. I'd also like to hear her opinion on the implied point of contention many have presented, which is that the performance of /Mental is somehow preventing the rest of the AT from getting a buff, and therefore /Mental requires a nerf. My personal opinion is that this is not the case at all.
Not everyone is an IO player though. The vast majority of the player base cannot afford my Blaster's build. It has already been pointed out by just about everyone that my Blaster is an extreme case that is not representative of the state of the AT as a whole, and I'd like to submit the argument that it is, by extension, not representative of the state of /Mental Blasters as a whole. I'm simply showcasing potential. Perma Eclipse, Perma Double Rage, Perma Phantom Army, Perma Chrono Shift, etc. are all examples of stupidly overpowered things that people like me can make permanent. It's not fair to call for nerfs to things on those grounds.
Also, I did not claim anything you seem to think I am suggesting in the first post. Much like you've said in the very recent past that people think the Blaster AT doesn't need buffs just because Mental performs well.
I honestly can't respond to any of this because you're being a hypocrite in BOTH paragraphs, but I'll try a basic response;
Mental Manipulation and Fire Blast are extreme outliers. If the AT is buffed to put everything else on the level of 'Astounding', but Fire Blast and Mental Manipulation are not brought down in return, you have an extreme imbalance. THAT is the issue.
Fire Blast and Mental Manipulation before enough above the other sets in their category that they would need nerfs if we want to see SUFFICIENT buffing. -
Quote:Perhaps Psychic Shockwave IS good (and it is!), but we all know the MAIN draw is most definitely the sheer power of Drain Psyche compared to every other power the other secondaries, and Mental, offers. ;POriginally Posted by BrandX
I have a /Mental Blaster at 50...but I dont recall it giving 500% -Regen, was it that high?
But I always thought /Mental had more going for it than just Drain Psyche
I am not 'thin skinned' so much as to not be able to take jabbing, I simply just have zero tolerance for it. The difference is that; zero tolerance versus not being able to take it. If I want to improve as a person, I have to stand against what others scorned me for. If we can't be professional in a discussion like this, then what's the point?Quote:Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
NO I meant no need to overract and think I was in some way attacking you, I wasn't and that is where you need to get the tougher skin as you taking it too hard/be overly sensitive.
If I am really bothering you that much please just put me on ignore no worries.
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Quote:No, I don't feel they need this power. They are not a Defensive Archetype, so I felt Drain Psyche is one of those powers that was something out-of-norm for the Archetype. I'd be happy with it being flatly removed? Yeah, I would be.Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
Do you not think that Blasters reasonably deserve a self +regen power that is contingent upon a tohit check and x enemies present, and on a long cooldown? Do you really not think that an AT who knowingly sacrifices survivability for damage is not deserving of a power that helps boost their single target damage levels to points that other damage-centric AT's cannot reach, once again contingent upon a tohit check and long cooldown? To me, everything about it seems quite reasonable.
And telling me it is reliant on a to-hit check and long cooldown = eh no. You're an IO player. Don't do that, please.
Using the term 'you need to get tougher skin' means you were poking at me, an admittance by your own words. I have zero tolerance for this sort of behavior now, and will point it out when others are doing so, as many had done to be in the past. Again, kindly cease.Quote:Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
That is too narrow minded a point of view for the devs to adopt otherwise they would have nerfed rad a long time ago.
I don't think you should get all wound up about this one hun and nobody is trying to provoke you. You need to get tougher skin. -
Quote:... I'm not twisting anything personally. I explained the modern, gamer-based definition of the word 'abuse'. I suppose I could have used another term, but I assumed people would be familiar with it. I suppose not. I'll keep that in mind that the gamer-lingo level in City of Heroes is lacking?Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
The irony in your statement is delicious considering your twist on the word abuse. I'm just saying....LOL Reppu I like your new sig BTW, so be nice.
And I feel I am being quite nice right now, despite your attempts to provoke me. Kindly cease.
Edit: Specifically, the given definition of Abuse in a modern, if not gaming, scenario: "to use something excessively". Example being; "you are abusing Drain Psyche!" or "You are abusing Blaze!" or "You are abusing that rocket launcher!" -
Right. And that is why you're against Drain Psyche being nerfed. This is what I wanted to expose. The problem is; Drain Psyche is an outlier power, and if we want global performance buffs on Blasters to bring them in line with the other AT's, Outliers WILL need to be addressed, or else we fall into a situation where everything performs well, and then something just breaks the game.
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Quote:Welcome to modern english. It's a bloody mess.Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
That is some very interesting logic you got going there lass.
I'm well aware of the dictionary definition of the word 'abuse' ie; the IMPROPER use of something, but modern english, especially in MMOs and competitive games, use Abuse in the way I described. -
Abuse =/= Exploit. You're not getting this through your head, and I've now pointed it out twice. Abusing something is not the same as Exploiting something. You, for example, clearly abuse the power of Drain Psyche, because you are well aware of how powerful it is. It is also why you've said in the past that all other Blasters are gimpy if they aren't, at least, /Mental.
That is what abuse is. It's another term for using a power for all it's worth, and in certain cases, doing things arguably not quite intentional for it. I think most of us can agree Drain Psyche was never meant to be an outlier as it is. It's not an Exploit, because it isn't.
Although I'm willing to argue the enhanced -Regen is probably questionable, and using it SOLELY for that factor MAY constitute exploit, but it's possible it's WAI.
Regardless, again - Abuse =/= Exploit.