StratoNexus

One of the touted features for going hybrid will be the ability to add more stuffs, so I hope this second fiddle nature of treating doms/blasters and their secondaries comes to an end. So please everyone, talk your friends into trying CoH and then subscribing (oh, and buy optional stuffs too).

I know! What we need is a new AT that uses dominator secondary sets as a primary and blaster secondary sets as a secondary. That way developing those sets has more impact. Brilliant! Brilliant! We can call them Blastinators!

Whoever gets there first, just like any server.

The answer should be yes (soup and salad and bread too). We should get some stuff unlocked automatically just for being subscribed, but there should also be stuff even subscribers need to use points on, and there should even be some stuff that will likely encourage subscribers to pay a bit more than just their subscription.

They did. Frequently. You just did not choose to believe them. It is truly atounding to hear you say you called that they had people working on non-incarnate/non-praetorian stuff, since you frequently have stated you felt they were never going to do anything but trials and incarnate stuff. You were so very, very wrong and I called it.

They did. Frequently.

Confirmed as bankable on Ustream. We will get one character transfer token per month subscribed.

I feel kind of sheepish asking, but I normally only see Alpha and Reactive icons while forming the league. Where can I look to see icons for Destiny and Lore?

It would be better if we could know without asking, however. It is a shame they failed to have the incarnate stuff shown in the info window.

I wonder, in an average PuG of people who want to run an iTrial, what the ratio is of strong IO builds to decent IO builds to mixed builds to SO only builds to "who needs enhancements" builds? Also I wonder what the ratio is anymore on PuGs of people who have all their incarnate stuff to those who just have some to those who are just starting to unlock.

If you were fighting a war against living plants and rocks, 20 foot long rabbits could be good allies.

Defender Blizzard deals the exact same damage as blaster Blizzard. While I admit the downtime is much worse than RoA, there is something beautiful about unleashing Blizzard on a defender. This is especially true after a good Heat Loss. My Emp/Ice can deal hugely better AoE damage than my Cold/Sonic thanks to Ice Storm (of course the Cold/Sonic has fabulous AoE -resistance debuffing).

Just for informational purposes, while a fine spot for the LotG and the Karma: KB prot, I do not think FFG would be a good spot for the Kismet proc.

Because sometimes I prefer to see the right thing done, rather than just doing something to please people who are clueless? As was said earlier:

On the other hand, recent enemy additions have had some smaller regen debuffs. If the game heads in that direction, modest levels of regen debuff resistance might become more useful.

This may be the single most heartening thing I have ever seen posted about the possibility of cross-server teaming. I am practically expecting it in Issue 21 now.

You did the BA thing because you know that is a pet peeve of mine, right?

It sometimes makes me go, "Buh?" that my /Blaze mastery Fire Ball is so much more devastating than my Fire Blast/ Fire Ball.

To be fair, Instant Healing is, for all practical purposes, a "tier 9" power. The fact that Regen gets its god mode at tier 7, doesn't mean it lacks one. That said, WP has a god mode (well demi-god mode) and a rez with other stuff (although WP's rez suffers the exact same problem as Regen's, IME, you get up and die before all those nice buffs can really help or you wait around for your team to clear if teamed).

I actually find I often die with a click or two still unused. However, I do not dislike your idea, but I do not think all the clicks should recharge. I can easily see doing Recon, it already recharges fast anyway. Possibly MoG.

You really can't compare Hot Feet to GFS with that type of chart. BA vs. Confront, really? Consume vs. Confront? Combustion vs Cremate? Your pictured charts are as meaningless as saying that Blaster FS deals more base damage than scrapper FS.

I am still having trouble wrapping my brain around Regeneration and "squishie feeling". I understand that you can sometimes click too late and die, but I just do not feel squishy on any of my regen scrappers.

Uhm... yeah. That was an odd mistake. I just went ahead and fixed that, srry for the mistaken identity.

True. My stalker has to deal with that much more than my scrapper, since my scrapper can withstand a move debuff or three thanks to set bonuses, the ability to keep sprint on, and having both swift and hurdle*. However, that does not change the fact that kiting is still a tactic that a regen can use much more often and freely than most other sets.

*Even before inherent fitness, my scrapper had swift and hurdle. This thread has given me the impetus to finally respec my stalker into inherent fitness. Yay, hurdle, fast healing, resilience and revive! Now I just need an ITF to upgrade my tier 1 Spiritual to tier 3! Go forum threads for getting me to do stuffs I have been neglecting.

It is worth noting that Leo_G was specifically discussing Regen's endurance concerns after being end drained. Every set you mention in your post will deal with end drains better than Regen.

Whether or not one considers QR a primary thematic feature of Regen is up to the individual. I thought it was until Issue 6 (actually I still think it is, but I realize that my opinion does not agree with the opinion's of those who matter). I respect the choice the devs made and I can see how from a certain PoV QR was not part of the regen theme, but my PoV differs. I still find it ironic that Regen, and later WP, had QR removed, but Elec and Energy kept BOTH of their end management powers (on top of Electric's drain/recovery resists). It goes to prove your point that the devs see End manip is a core ability of those two sets, while it was not seen that way for Regen or WP. But just because you are right about the devs view doesn't mean I have to agree.

This is simply not true. Debuffs can crush most other armored sets and in many cases in ways much worse than regen can be affected.

Fiery Aura is extremely reliant on its clicks for survival, not just Healing Flames, but also its offensive powers. Yes, regen wants to kill stuff too in order to survive, but if a regen can start the fight well, they can often ride out the rest of a fight easily, whereas /FA needs to keep killing, because they can get smooshed at the end of fights easier than regen. Willpower is, IME, much more reliant on its regen rate for survival than Regeneration.

Regens also have a tactical option that is very appropriate when debuffed (regen, recharge, defense, any debuff really) that is not wise for many other armored sets. They can kite for a few seconds. SR, Stone, and Ninjitsu are really the only other sets that can employ kiting without a substantial hit to their other abilities (and Stone really can't kite). And while those other three can kite, kiting is much, much more beneficial to a regen in most circumstances.

Lol. Indeed. My /regen stalker is 50, so I guess I cope with it. (They could just add 20% recovery to Fast Healing or Resilience, but I have some fairies to go chat with now, so excuse me).