Tonality

Veteran rewards demonstrate the dedication players have had to this game.

How belittling would it be to every single veteran in this game if the many things they have been given because of their long-standing loyalty are immediately rendered useless?

Unfortunately, I am just coming up on year two of subscribing to CoH (woohoo!). It means that there are many cool things I wish I had that veterans can do. I wish I could have a travel power at 6. I wish I had those little pet things. That extra storage seems nice too. I do envy those players, and I wish I had some of those cool things.

Sure, I'd be happy to throw money at CoH to get those things. But, that leaves the veterans of this game - the very players that ensured the game remained a success this long feeling a little disenfranchised, and that is hardly fair to them.

So, after a long sigh of wishful thinking, I have to agree with a vehement no.

Someone died in PvP. True story.

Reading this topic has actually made me want to PvP some of the posters here. Wanna fight about it?

In the abyss in Aion you are in a PvP zone, but can expressly choose to do only PvE missions which involve you killing NPCs. There is a greater reward to do this. However, you are also a reward to any hunting party that might happen to stop by. It's annoying to get ganked when you're trying to do something besides PvP. It's even more annoying if the other side has complete control over the very area you'd like to be. I suppose I should just ask them nicely to let me go finish my NPC missions there then.

It's why I think Aion toting the acronym "PvPve" is nothing new to MMOs.

In Aion, if I wanted to do a PvE mission in a PvP zone where Elyos controlled that reagion, I had to find some friends to go drive off those self-righteous Elyos. Then a few hours later, I'd join my legion and go camp the starting area and we would kill Elyos by the hundreds. Was my behavior griefing because I kept those Ellies from doing their missions? Hardly. I never was banned, and I did this nearly every evening for a week.

This topic would have been locked by now on the Aion boards, simply because players understand the nature of PvP. Here, PvP is taboo. To actually see some people imply that they should be able to acquire a shivan without being pestered by a PvP'er is maddening. It is not griefing if a player decides to consistently prevent another player from using a heavy, or getting a shivan. It's PvP, and the PvP'er is using the zone as it was intended. I'm not sure the Devs would ever say that our use of nukes and shivans in TF's was ever 'intended'.

None of the PvE arguments will hold water in a PvP oriented game. The reason they do here is because CoH wasn't designed around PvP, and there isn't incentive for a regular player to even consider PvPing. (I'm talking about practical incentives, not pipe dreams). No real resolution outside of a redname posting in this topic is ever going to be found. In the end, the best resolution is to call the shivans a PvPvE mission, because that's pretty much what it is.

I've probably gotten 2 kills in CoH PvP. I got over 1600 in Aion in two weeks. Those numbers alone sum up my position on CoH PvP.

Welcome back to the game.

Energize is definitely a reasonable addition to ELA, and it does help it perform better.

Vestulance, if you haven't, I would strongly recommend you watch this video:

Going Rogue, Hero Con 2009, part 1

It helps put things into perspective and get an idea of what the team is focusing on right now. I'm not exactly delighted that the transfer tool is currently down, since this was actually the first time in my two years in the game that I actually was even interested in using this feature, but I'm not going to blast the dev team for something this minor.

Thanks for the info. I do appreciate it. Hopefully the devs can get it resolved quickly. As soon as it's up, you're guaranteed at least one transfer.

That explains why I couldn't find the option. For the first time in my two years of playing I wanted to move a lvl 50 to expand into another server. Wouldn't ya know, it's down. Please fix it quickly!

edit: please let me know when this is up again. My brute is all ready to go.

Just a reminder: do not put the FF proc in Shield Charge or Lightning Rod. The pseudopet gets the recharge, not you. Putting it in thunderstrike is perfectly fine.

I only have one question: Why is boxing 6 slotted when havoc punch isn't slotted at all? If you don't like the animation time on Havoc Punch, there is charged brawl.

This is my Elec/SD/Fire as it currently stands. I haven't chosen to invest in purples yet, so my recharge is lower than what I would like. The panacea also is not in the build. (actually, right now any expensive unique IO isn't in place yet). But I got to the 45% def cap for M/R, and it performs quite well, though it is in terrible need of the numina and miracle uniques. Excluding the uniques, it cost me about 350 mil or so, and I was a bit impatient with the recipes and salvage at times. Someone got a really nice profit off a decimation recipe from me.

If you were wondering why I posted this, it has both practical and sentimental reasons. To begin with, it's just fun reading about different people's accomplishments in the game, and what they find fun. But, as you look at my list of 50's, you'll see that I'm rather lopsided with this game, and I'm paying particular attention to blueside characters (but please, no recommendations - keep with the premise). Oh, and I'm running out of 'IGHT' words. So, thanks for all the replies.

I also realize not everyone in the game has a 50, so if you have a character you really like and he isn't 50, go ahead anyway.

So, my complete list:

Sprite Night, Elec/Elec/Mu Brute, first 50, and my main. I don't have Catwhoorg's impressive login time. I'm just over 1000 hours on this one. This was the one I had my Ebil picture taken on. Oh, and yellow electricty looks awesome! Thank you, devs!
Sprite Might, SS/Elec/Mu Brute. Everyone said SS was awesome, so I had to have one. When I got knockout blow, I was sold.
Sprite Fright, DM/SD/Soul Brute. After nearly a year trying to come up with a build that could handle the Eldersnake map (I want a real challenge), shield was released and siphon life became awesome. Currently, this is probably the only toon that can handle 2/8 spawns of Eldersnakes. Those things hurt.
Soulbrand, Earth/Psi/Soul Permadom. I haven't decided to invest in many purple sets yet, but she is sitting at 85% recharge. I looked at those fire/psi doms that would decimate mobs in Grandville and wanted to be awesome like them. I've learned I'm not as talented at control as many others.
Crimp, Rad/Kin/Scorp Corr, A little lizard with 45% S/L/E defense and jump kick.
Operative Solace, Crab Spider - This guy's bio is funny. He tolerates other heroes, but they seem to call him Operative Shoe Lace for some reason.
Critique, Nin/Nin/Soul Stalker - I wanted a good PvP toon, and this was to be it. It's been ignored, mostly because while it's a beast in PvE, I haven't been very successful in PvP with this. Probably because I'm a brute at heart, and playing a stalker like a brute may work in PvE, but not in PvP.
RIGbot Sprite, Mace/Stone Brute. I saw a RIGbot in broadcast one day and found an excuse to make a toon with teleport.

Pyrhiccup Fire/NRG/Fire Blaster. See OP.
Radiant Lumens Ill/Rad/Mind Controller. I made a build I really liked on mids, but forgot that I have little influence. So this poor guy after my final respec, I dumped all the SO's on the way to 50, and he's been sitting empty without anything. He'll see the light of day some day.
Sprite Bright Elec/SD/Fire Scrapper. This thing is just silly. Obviously, I have no clue how I can explain how someone shoots fireballs and throws lightning bolts. But, it is just pure fun. It has all the basic IO's. The expensive ones I'll get over time.

Since altitis runs rampant among fans of this game, I am proposing that we indulge ourselves in a brief reprieve to explore how we have found ways to treat this pervasive disorder.

My Elec/Elec/Mu brute, Sprite Night, continues to be my favorite character to play. It was my first 50, and has gone through numerous respecs. The recent improvement to the set has just made it even more enjoyable to play. It currently sports 30% melee defense on top of already impressive resists, making it one of my most versatile brutes.

My Fire/Nrg/Fire blaster, Pyrhiccup, who alas was unable to take fire breath due to my goal of the range softcap, was my first hero 50, and is still my favorite blueside character. Between being able to punch away anything that comes near me to the joy of melting your opponent, I have greatly enjoyed this character. It sports 46% ranged defense, and hovers over the battlefield raining fire down on the helpless mobs.

Anyway, that's enough about me. What about you?