Techbot Alpha

Fun is subjective. For me, Keyes is the most godawful, un-fun pile of cheap grind ever, where I might as well sit back and watch for all the good my character can actually do.

I might even be able to play it with I21.5, who knows?

It's still an unwanted cheap shot. When the Praetorian mobs and Antimatter himself can down even a fully IO'd and Incarnated character ridiculously fast (Bots/Traps MM in my case) having ANOTHER, totally unblockable source of damage is just un-needed and a fake difficulty.

But then her entire existence would be pointless, and she would vanish in a brief whiff of over-strong hair spray and water under bridges >_>

Some sort of robotspeak...
Puny fleshling. When the revolution comes, you will not be spared ¬¬

Statement: Incorrect
Rikti Costume: Already owned; Courtesy: Electric Knight

Rikti AT: Still lacking
Closest approximation: Arachnos Fortunata powers
Lacking: Rikti blade; Customisable armour; More Powers

Rikti: Superior
Praetorian: Inferior

Agreed, made me double take then laugh

Speak for yourself. I run Lambda and BAF (more so BAF) exactly for that reason; if I want to play Incarnate stuff, I will play the stuff I find more fun.

I do not find Keyes fun. There is not enough room in this post, or enough uncensored words, to properly express how much I HATE Keyes. I haven't even bothered to run the UG, simply because it sounds like it follows in the same vein.

Why on earth would I EVER play something I find frustrating and un-fun seemingly by it's very design?

Also, a true incentive would be to up the rewards for the other trials...not completely cut all rewards for the others. That's not incentive, that's total removal of all options.

^ This, the Team window basically. It also lets me keep track of buffs easier, meaning I can keep Fortitude stacked on people easier and who needs Clear Mind etc.

I can't imagine trying to run a Defender anymore without the Team window open

^ This, agreed. A bit two faced, hmm?

Yes. What was said was along the lines of "Not any time soon, if ever."

Try explaining every power working under water. From a technical viewpoint, think about how many hundreds upon hundreds of animations that need to be re-done to look right under water. Try explaining FIRE or ELECTRIC powers under water.

Short answer; it's not happening.

These two sum it up perfectly, and Z's ideas sound much more sound than ANYTHING added in the Incarnate content so far.

Nothing in game so far has made me feel as UN-SUPER as the Incarnate Trials. What does that say about the supposed 'Going past 50' content? Sure, I get the need to design stuff that doesn't fall over instantly, given the power level of a fully IO'd and Incarnated team or at least key members in one.

But there is a limit. Insta-kill lasers and cheap shot 'tactics' are that limit. I mean Maelstrom, MAELSTROM, that two-bit pansy who has been beaten up more times than dough in a bakery, is suddenly able to Wesker-port and one-shot kill EVERYONE in a PbAoE?

That is not fun, or challenging. That is FAKE difficulty.
I just....yeah. I'm going to sound ranty, so I'll stop. But Incarnate content was already not fun before. Now? I'm just not going to touch it. It's that un-fun now.

So, heaven help you if you don't like Keyes and Underground but are happy to pootle along on Lambda and BAF. Heaven really help you if, like me, your drop rates are about as...well, theres not decent analogy for that. 'Pants' is the best I can do.

Ok, yes. 'People need to play these new trials we made!' Do you not think that is going to happen ANYWAY? I see UG and Keyes being run fairly frequently, despite being someone who cannot stand Keyes, and would rather it went and found a deep hole to fall into.

I didn't sit down with a spreadsheet crunching percentages before deciding I liked BAF and Lambda; I decided I liked them because, get this; they were FUN. Yes, Lambda's corridors could become a pain when everyone ran off and I got taught by homing missiles of doom from the Heavy Commanders. Yes, BAFs auto-hit turrets made me swear.
But I could run them and not try and tear my mouse in half and still, slowly, work on getting Empyreans, since that was the only reasonable way I was ever going to get Rare components, thanks to my utterly abysmal drop rates.

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And now Fun, apparently, is no longer acceptable. You WILL do the new trials, citizen, and you will like them! Yes indeed, you will yum them up and how DARE you want to have choice in what you do!

So...am I over-reacting? Should I make like Spider Jerusalem and instead go hide up in the mountains with auto-turrets on the lawn and an ebola bomb under the toiler?
Or is this an incredibly 'Richard' move that should not see the light of Live?

Well, given the fact it's an entirely new rig, from a technical stand point alone given our rusty junker of a game engine, is impressive enough in itself.

The potential doors it opens for the future are quite large, I'd wager.

Also: Love it. Bloody good animation there!

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Bright Red

Fuchsia

There is quite a marked difference, unless you are colour blind, which is a very valid excuse.

And, sorry, but for someone who is both an artist (non-professional) and hopefully someone going to be working in the industry in the future, it is not a trivial thing. The CoT Death Mages look, physically, perfect. They are imposing, they have no real face, they have ornate and threatening looking armour that both fits their rank and makes them look like a threat (which in-game they are)
They are also PINK. Now, yes, you CAN make a group that is both pink and threatening. A certain, 'harmless wee bunny rabbit' ("Will you shut up?!") taught us that appearances can be deceptive.

However, such an enemy would be designed as such from the ground up. This is a case of the physical and colour design being entirely at odds with one another.
Things like the Ruin Mages just look mis-matched. I have nothing against bright colours, but dear frag can we at least observe basic artistic principal here?

Yeah, I'll stop ranting because I sound like someone dug my language up with a shovel. But you may not care for something and call it 'trivial'...I care. People like me will probably care. So, for me at least, it is important and so I mention it. End of.