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Not sure how it helps a frankin sloter as surly the best tool for them is mids that way they can see what bonuses there getting from where and switch around IOs till they get the best balance.

If anything there's probably merit to the idea of a slot respec where your powers would remain the same but you could move slots about but that could be a coding nightmare for all we know

sounds like a good idea makes a kind of sence as well that a set that is centered around endurance would include at least some endurance reduction.

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Issue 14 is just around the corner, as with many powers changing Issues we will be granting (1) free respec per character, on the day that Issue 14: Architect is launched.


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Not respec'd since dual builds, but wouldn't any character affected by changes possibly need 2 respecs to sort out both their builds?

If so, isn't it about time that the freespec limit rises to 2 (in hand at any one time) and that they grant them in pairs?


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would make sense 2 builds per character = 2 freespecs

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Looks like a week or so to go

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Looks like not less than a week or so to go.

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well they said they would give pre warning of the release date so SGs could prepare for the super leader thing and there's been no sign of that so far.

Ok some thoughts

1) the current system forces you to consider how your going to build your character unlimited respecs would remove this

2) the current system helps limit the number of IOs available buy limiting those you can keep a hold of and sell from a single respec

3) if the respec trials were repeatable for respecs there would be nothing stopping you amassing a unlimited number of respecs as standard respecs stack (only freespecs don't stack)

4) Perhaps the respec system should be reworked to take into account the duel build system but its probably a lot of work for a little gain.

5) there had been talk of making the last respec repeatable by lvl 50s before the invention recipe came along it was never implemented so perhaps there's some kind of technical problem involved

what u useing to shrink it?

the creative section is your freind

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bugger it

yes, no, maybe I'm really undecided about this a definite big /signed to the music and sound effects getting a upgrade there are few bits of good music and good SFX in the game but there are also some truly rubbish SFX as well.

as to the voice acting i think I'm against that I've yet to play a game where I've liked the voice acting its ok the first time you here even the second time but after a while it drags maybe some "get them" type shouts would be ok and some general chatter background noise in the city areas tho would be nice.

yes them to as you say just because you cant directly improve the debuff of the power you can still increase its acc or reduce its endurance cost.

Was thinking some new invention IOs (and sets) would be nice i know were getting a few more in the form of the PvP sets come i14 but as they only apparently drop from PvP i cant see there being a huge supply.

So any ways my suggstions

Mixed aspect standard IO: just as the description says a standard invention IO that boosts more than one aspect so things like Acc/Dam, endred/dam, endred/acc, resist/endred, defence/endred, etc general idea of these is there's always powers you wished you could enhance that bit better or save a slot on especially in the early lvls now you could franken slot but doing so can be almost as expensive as purchasing a full set.

Replacements for some of the procs/unique's : as im sure your all aware some sets have procs and unque's in them which is all well and good except these can often be far more expensive than that rest of the set take steadfast protection as a example its made up of 3 IOs

resistance/endurance
resistance/+3 def (unique)
Knockback protection

so out of those 3 IOs 2 are pretty heavily sought after and very expensive it would be cool if they could add 2 more IOs to the set these wouldn't give you any more set bonuses but could be used by any one wanting to slot the full set either more than once or wanting to avoid the 2 very expensive IOs within the set they could add resistance and resistance/recharge

add some damage to other sets. What i mean is at the moment you have the damage sets (melee,ranged,snipe,AoE,cone) and then you have other sets like stun, KB, enddrain, heal, range, acc, etc

many of these effects come as part of other attacks so energy melee dose stun, elec based attacks do -end, dark attacks do -tohit, radiation dose -def, tanks/brutes do taunt, etc what would be nice is if they created a few sets similar to the KB sets which include some damage boosting

so taking stun as a example.

Set name: Staggering Blow

stun/recharge
stun/damage
stun/acc
stun/endred
stun/endred/damage
acc/recharge/damage

My thinking behind this is that it would perhaps give some ATs more slotting options a energy melee tank for example could slot his attacks for taunt and stun without sacrificing loads of damage but would be a better tank

Finlay (well until i think of some more)

sets for those aspects missing them of the top of my head i can only think of range and recharge. recharge is not so easy to do but it could have things like recharge/acc and recharge/heal in it as there some powers where the recharge is more important than the heal or acc, ranged would be a good set it could be slotted in powers like TP and if it included a damage component could be good for ranged based ATs who want to stay back from the fight.

I have board Phases ever so often where i just cant be bothered logging in and when i do log in i cant really be bothered doing anything.

when spells like this hit i tend to just log off/not log on and go do something else thanks to the wonder of sky+ i have hours of TV to catch up on, I'm once again trying to re-teach my self to draw (with less than promising successes) and last night i picked up a sculpted i abandoned almost 3 years ago and began working out what needed fixing with it.

Basically what I'm saying is get your self some other hobbies (away from the PC is better but even another game would do) as when you're free time starts to just be used up by CoH its very easy to get board. I find its far better to be at the stage of " I've got 3 hours to kill what to do really want to watch the next episode of sanctuary, but i want lvl6 on my blaster, but that sculpt is just calling out for some attention" some times CoH will win other times it'll be a night in front of the TV or crouched over a greenstuff sculpt with a array of what could pass as torture tools at my side

except there really 2 separate issues as i understand it a freespec is issued when powers are changed so that if you no longer like how that power works you can remove it from your build without needing to use a proper respec.

so in the instance of i13 changing powers a freespec is rewarded how you then use it is up to you but its really just there so that you can switch out powers

and in this case as most powers within a AT have the same enhancement requirements its not all that likely your gonna have a full 10 enhancements left over even when you consider sets a melee damage set will slot in any melee attack a ranged in any ranged a resistance in any resistance set so you should still be able to slot your enhancements regardless of what you've changed a power 2.

the only problem i see sets bringing is that its more likely that you mite have 6 slotted a power and if it was one of the more unusual powers in a set you may then need to have room for 6 enhancements in your tray so maybe upping the number of enhancements you can carry to 12 would be better that way you could hold 2 full sets.

also for the swapping out of IOs (or even plain enhancements) maybe there could be a new "null" IO purchasable from the inventions console placing it in a occupied slot would force whatever was in the slot out and into you enhancements tray.

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I find this odd. I'm a 33 month veteran. I'm not sure how many respecs off the bat that entitles me to (at least, without looking it up) but since the vet rewards were introduced, I've never done a respec trial, nor have I ever bought a respec recipe. Why? 'Cos I've never needed ones that weren't supplied for nowt.

I'll say again, if you're burning that many respecs between vet rewards and freespecs, you really need to look at the way you're doing things rather than ask for the game to be changed.


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48 months here and on my main PvP toons i haven't got a single respec. While i do use mids it can't help me to foresee huge changes like the ones seen in i13.


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but i13 came with a a free speck so that shouldnt have cost you a actual respec

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Consume and Stamina is plenty enough for endurance on Elec/Fire, if it was a Stone/Fire or something else with fast activating attacks it might be an issue but I would just go 3 rech, 3 heal for Healing flames.

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thats handy to know as my only other fire armour brute is stone/fire cheers

Mmmmmmm chocolate

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Getting ahead of schedule does a number of things for a team. It provides a significant boost to morale. The team can dedicate some extra time improving the quality of their work. Planning can be done for possible future projects. And, in the case of Jay's team, they can then work on costume pieces that quietly get added without being booster packed and tinker with little earners like as yet unannounced booster packs.

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But getting to far ahead can result in problems

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Be happy they made an extra sword, and then ported it over to dual blades. Instead of moaning and whining they didn't do it for all weapon sets.
Talk about being ungrateful. I've got a solution to you, don't get the next item pack. Cause god forbid they made a weapon and missed a weapon set...

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again with the accusing of being moaning, whining and ungrateful if i was any of those things i would not have expressed the fact that i love the valkyrie pack i would not have purchased the pack as soon as i could for both my accounts i would not be using it on several characters if you want to talk about moaning and whining take a look in a mirror all the OP was asking/suggesting was that they could add a shield to the pack hell he even posted a link to a very nice shield design that would fit the theme of the pack all i did was say that it would be nice if they expanded the weapons to include the power sets that can make use of weapon customisation is that so wrong are we not allowed to suggest new weapons? what about costume parts? power sets? emotes? are suggesting these things moaning and whining well?

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Except they work on two issues at once.
So once they finished with issue 14, they move on to work on issue 16. Then when they churn out issue 15, they move on to issue 17.
and so on.

And I'm also pretty sure the programmers aren't that adept at 3d modelling and skinning.
Their artists might be busy creating new things.

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that was my entire point while i13 was being developed i14 (not architect) and i15 were also more than likely in development (as these issues are partially made up from the cancelled box expansion) there for when i13 was split into i13 and i14 the original 14 and 15 became 15 and 16. if there continuing as normal they should be on to developing 17 but it doesnt make a great sense for a department to get to far ahead of the rest of the team as things could change and wipe out a lot of there advanced work end result wasted money.

Also I15 should be largle compleat as it has been stated in the past that the work a couple of issues in front of live.

What would be the point of them being ahead of schedule if every one else was behind them all that would lead to is them having a bunch of stuff that wouldn't see the light of day for several months possibly a year and when it did its entirely possible that it would be dated by more recent things that they would have had inserted in the schedule.

surely its better for them to keep on the same schedule as the rest of the development team?

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i know but they've effectively moved the issue schedule to create a void for architect to fill whatever jay and Co were working on for what was the original 14 and 15 would have moved with those issues to there new position in the schedule as issues 15 and 16.

which should have created a void of time for those not needed work on i14 architect should it not?

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that is entirely my point those teams that were not involved with i14 would not down tools they would work on other things those other things could have been costume parts (including custom weapons)

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Chill out, it was only a suggestion.


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valkyrie completion, where is the shield?


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That's not a suggestion, it's a demand.

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It could also be a example of a bad grasp of English and considering the game is played by a fair few non English speakers/typers its entirely possible for one of them to be posting here.

It doesn't say an where again its something that would be nice and make a logical sense CoHs greatest strength and stand out feature is the level of customisation it allows players with there Avatar more customisation options are good.

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Whoah, we got ourselves a full blown argument here. I wonder if I could sell ringside tickets

Chill out, it was only a suggestion.

Remember, nobody likes to be called a whiner. Don't do it, it just spreads aggression.

Patiently state your view, if people don't agree with it don't try and force it on them. It never works, and you only push them further away.

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Pffft this isn't a argument as forum arguments go this is little more than a lively discusion now if it escilates to full on flame war then you mite get some takers for those ringside tickets

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Ah but i14 is a carryover from i13, technically it's i13 part2. Who knows what Jay and Co. have been working on for i15 and 16 which they have probably been working on since at least December?

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i know but they've effectively moved the issue schedule to create a void for architect to fill whatever jay and Co were working on for what was the original 14 and 15 would have moved with those issues to there new position in the schedule as issues 15 and 16.

which should have created a void of time for those not needed work on i14 architect should it not?

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So complaining that it's unfair that the Devs only included one weapon model, which they generously put together in their spare time, isn't ungratful?

Priorities change, you have to accept that life cannot operate to an inflexible timetable just because you believe it is unfair for some projects to be given a lower priority.


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More likely it was created when there was a space in the development window so not really spare time more down time and I'm not criticizing what they created what I'm saying is it would be nice if they did some similar weapons for the other weapon using sets is that so wrong to suggest?

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Oh the Elemental Shields? They're there to complement the Elemental melee sets. They aren't there to thumb the nose at the lack of a Flaming Mace/Axe/Broadsword.

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ah but they do so i can be a fire/shield brute and have a lovely flaming shield to go with my fire attacks but if i decide to be a mace/fire brute i cant have a flaming mace to go with my fire armour? where is the complementation in that?

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the sword couldn't have been all that unplanned as it appeared in the promotional shots for the set. more likely it was on the list of parts they would like for the set but nere the bottom as its less integral than say the chest detail

[/ QUOTE ]Sorry but you are in error. It may be in the shots for the "booster pack" but those were made after the pack had been "signed off".
However, if you look at the original Mac Pack info... Tada! No sword listed and it's not in the screenie either. That's the info that was repeated for all references to the Valkyrie pieces until the standalone pack was release following the end if the Mac Pack 'grace' period.

Either way, all this whining is still a gratitude Fail.

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where do you get the whining from? ok ill give you that the sword dose not appear in the official listing of parts but this is not whining this is saying the pack would have offered more choice had they included more than just the sword as a weapon option. and as Praf has just informed us that the pack was ready months before it was released surely there would have been time to design some more weapons? even if they appeared after initial release especially as there doesn't seem to be much in the way of costume work within i14.