Tahliah

I've been in numerous situations where I'd like to be able to see other team mates' buffable pets (don't care to see the ones I can't buff) and having this as a pet / team window would be helpful. Dittoes actually for buffable hostages and crazies (like LG).

So /signed

There's a fix for the mouse cursor disappearing problem: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...9&postcount=36

Works great and may also help with the getting "lost" thing for your wife, too.

Mine, too, but definitely worth it! Went ahead and hit 27 so I could get some lvl 30 enh and took care of that today. Fern's all ready for Saturday (I may finish the Striga arc and lvl 20 costume mish before then for wedding band and the third costume slot).

Oh goody! Thanks. Just checked it out. It's a good shot. Makes me want to run Fern NAO.

Aw, sorry, I thought I had answered this in my original response to your criteria:

Okay, I can see how that doesn't address your question as directly as you might like. My thinking is that given your A-D requirements, with which I do agree, it seems that an added "scarlet letter[ing]" is not necessary. Especially given how many players are running around on 50s they have no idea how to play yet have no similar "scarlet letter[ing]" to indicate as much. That's all. If I respec from ice/ to fire/ on a blaster it's because I know that I like fire/ better because I've been playing for 2 or 3 years (by your own requirements). Not that that's what I'd do: I'd actually only do a "total" respec on one toon and only because /dp would fit her "western" concept better than the secondary she has. But I have other /dp toons (didn't we all rush to make them when it came out?), so it's not like I have no idea how to play the secondary. Why would I want/need a big red name to point out that I just respec'd? It just makes no sense at all to me.

But hey, glad I could amuse you (and hopefully make you smile, however wryly).

It was a fun fun time! I would love to the screenie, too, if anyone got one.

True, storm brings something unique to the table in terms of powers (as do empaths), but the results can be achieved by other means via regular power set choices, power pools, and/or epic power sets (as with empaths). Storm is great for kb, slows, and debuffs, but so are the other troll sets (and many blaster sets). Many AT's don't need that kind of mitigation or are equipped in some way with their own (as incarnates, we're all pretty self-sufficient . . . that's part of the fun of it). I've never seen anyone say, oh, wait, we can't possibly do this tf (trial, mission) without storm, but I have seen that said about tanks and empaths (and kins. And rads.). Even so, tanks, empaths, kins, and rads (and every other set) is not crucial to a team's success in any game content (with some notable exceptions where debuffs are critical, but even then, incarnate powers stack and provide that, too). They all add something to the team, but no AT adds something that cannot be attained by another power set, IOs, or incarnate. Even if I can't get snowstorm (say), I can use ice storm to similar affect and with similar results. Need something kb'd? No problem, almost every one of my toons has at least one (and usually two) kb powers. Need something slowed? Fine, I'm on it, shiver and ice storm, particularly shiver, do that superbly. Need an O2 boost? I got it, let me hit Rebirth. These are just examples, but my point is that there's nothing that storm brings to the table that I either can't do with my toons (or that I'd necessarily "need") or that can't be found on any random PUG.

That's not to say that I don't love storm (I do, and have several stormy toons), but it's absurd to say (or imply) that they bring something to the table that can't be attained by any other means. Ditto every AT. That's why this "empaths are totally useless" meme is so tired. Every AT, at the end of the day, is "useless" (if by "useless" we mean that teams can excel without them, and that does seem to be the definition we're using). Personally, I'm glad to see more trial and tf leaders saying things like "bring what you want" or "bring what you enjoy" when asked what is needed. That's usually the "right" answer as far as I'm concerned.

Well, I'd IO out the blaster or troller, but that's because I personally would be more likely to play those than the melee. If it really doesn't matter to you and you enjoy them all equally, just put the names in a hat and draw one. Make that your next project.

I'd have to agree with this. No AT is useless, but none are absolutely necessary/crucial, either. It used to be that teams felt they just HAD to have a tank, empath, debuffer, [or insert any other] for just about anything, but that's not true (and actually wasn't even before incarnate).

As I've said, this empaths are useless meme is tired and has been (or could be) said about any AT in the game. Every AT adds something to a team, and whatever that something is can now easily (well, if you find grinding trials easy) be replaced by incarnate powers. This does not detract from the "usefulness" of all or any of the ATs, though it does make them all nonessential. I have zero problem with this.

Hmm, well, I don't think I'd be "for" a total respec to a whole other AT. I do, however, support respecing within an AT (a blaster stays a blaster but can respec from ice/fire to ice/elec or to elec/fire or whatever). I think that keeping it this way would alleviate some of the (I think justified) concerns that people have expressed.

And I liked your take on it, with the exception of E. Why does that bother YOU so much?

But so what? What do you care if someone else does this terrible terrible thing of taking a powerset in the same archtype that they've never played before? I still don't see that happening much, but even if everyone (except you. And me.) did it . . . so what? Would that really be any different than new players power leveling to 50 in AE in their first week? Oh, wait, yes, it would because the total respec would be tied to vet status in some way. So let's see, someone who's played the game for seven years (say), hates melee, but for some unknown reason decides to take one of his (or her) lvl 50 blasters, defenders, trolls, whatever and turn it into a tank (again, no one is suggesting this be possible, but let's pretend). What horrors do you expect to befall the game because of that?

The thread is discussing respecing the same archtype, just changing primary or secondary sets. A blaster is a blaster, no one would be able to make it a tank just to try it out at 50. And no one is suggesting that even be possible. What are you talking about?

Sure, but you're suggesting making vet's names red to clue the world into the fact that we did a "total" respec, that makes no sense. So we have to go to the trouble of looking at newbie's badges to find out that they don't have a 3 month badge, but . . . . Still makes no sense.

Nor have I. So I wouldn't use a one-time respec to get a melee set; what on earth would possess someone who doesn't enjoy melee to respec into a melee set?

Ah, okay, that makes sense. I wouldn't do a respec that had me starting at lvl 1 on a toon, but I can see why others might be interested in doing so given your explanation. Thanks!

What would be the point of that? That's not a respec, might as well just reroll if you have to start at lvl 1.

That still doesn't make any sense to me. We can't red flag 50s on people who've been playing a week and pl'd in AE and have no idea what their powers are or how to use them, so what would be the benefit of red flagging a 2+ year vet (by your criteria, with which I agree) on a respec to a different primary and/or secondary set on an old toon? I wouldn't waste my one-time "total" respec on a power set I didn't know how to play (I guess some would, but again, the red flag is a bit over the top to me given the A-D requirements you laid out).

Not crazy about E simply because the unfamiliarity with the powersets may not be true (I'd switch a secondary out and am familiar with it, just not on that toon obviously), but the rest works. I've only got one toon that I'd want to change her secondary to better fit her concept (there were no dual pistols when I made her).

While it's not a big deal to me--if it were, I guess I could rename her and reroll with /dp (or delete her *gasp* Nevah!), but . . . well, that's just not going to happen, it would be nice to respec her to /dp. Very nice.

[waffling, indecisive comment ends due to waffling indecision]