UnicyclePeon

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The main draw for Kinetics would be Speed Boost. Unfortunately the best aspect of that power will no longer work properly on pets in I14, so now I really couldn't care less if MMs get Kinetics. I'm hoping for Sonic or Cold, myself.

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I agree. However, I'd be wanting Thermal. I've wanted to be able to have Burning Undead Minions since Masterminds came out. Without needing a Thermal buddy, that is.

ZOMBIES ON FIRE! YES!

Lewis

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True pets were NOT intended to have recharge effected by Recharge enhancements (because that effects how often they are summoned, instead) and they were not intended to inherit their parent's powers. (Because they are true pets and thus don't inherit)

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I would be perfectly happy to have set IOs with recharge not affect the power, so long as external and inheritable buffs still apply.

Now, if these things are internally inseparable, then they should ONLY modify the pets that need the AI adjustments, since the current state of affairs hasnt exactly been unbalancing the game, but it HAS been contributing to the fun in the game, and especially the "what do I do at level 50?" type fun.

Lewis

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While I can certainly believe that LS is firing far faster than the devs imagined it would, and I can certainly agree this could be unbalanced, it is not an unintended consequence and I cannot believe it was unnoticed.

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Exactly. At least if they would just say "we decided to nerf some stuff that has got out of control" I'd swallow my pill and move on. Oh, I'd still grumble now and then as an aside, but this affront would at least be retracted.

Of course, they may really believe it themselves, so then we are at an impasse, and the doom will continue until it becomes quasi forgotten by I17.

Lewis

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This will not affect my playstyle in the slightest. I hit the button, the cloud appears, bad guys go flying. It works like this now, it will work like this after I14.

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This.

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Then by all means lets make recharge effects no longer affect Blaster and Defender attacks as well. Because, hey, you'd still be blasting guys and killing guys.

Lewis

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We should do it for everything as well since it is all irrelevant.

Hyperbole iz fun!

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EXACTLY MY POINT. I'm engaging in exactly the same amount of hyperbole as the person claiming that since the power still exists in the game, that everything is fine and that nobody should be concerned. We are just using the hyperbole to amp up opposing positions: all changes are Doom VS all change are Nectar from the Devs.

But my actual point was to use hyperbole to show that hyberbole was already being applied to the situation by others.

Thank you.

Lewis

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This will not affect my playstyle in the slightest. I hit the button, the cloud appears, bad guys go flying. It works like this now, it will work like this after I14.

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This.

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Then by all means lets make recharge effects no longer affect Blaster and Defender attacks as well. Because, hey, you'd still be blasting guys and killing guys.

Lewis

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Now, you combine the two things...and suddenly, pet powers which were never meant to have recharge be altered (Lightning Storm is a great example here) are firing off much faster than intended.

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I can admit that when Lightning Storm was allowed to inherit recharge bonuses, the effect of IO sets increasing the zap rate wasnt known. But the developers definitely listed in the changes the fact that these powers inherited these things. So saying they were never meant to have recharge altered cannot be accurate. That was a SELLING point of the issue it came out in.

Now, if you want to say that IO sets affecting it wasnt accounted for then fine.

I wish that at least Hasten still affected Lightning Storm's zap rate. How about a small buff to the damage or the attack rate?

At the very least, you should nerf Defender Lightning Storm as well. Fair is Fair. If you can justify applying this nerf to sets that have LS as a secondary, you could justify halving the blast damage of defender secondary blasts as well.

And I say this as someone with 7 level 50 Storm controllers, 2 level 50 Storm defenders, and with 5 other Storm Defenders up and coming on their way to 50. Fair is fair.

Lewis

Wow. Sounds complex. I'm sad that you cant apparently decide which rooms things spawn in. I guess you just have to use the existing spawn points. One of my biggest motivations in using the MA was to place stuff in those rooms that never have spawns.

Oh well.

Lewis

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I wonder if Grav/ would perform better considering Propel's animation.

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I think it could be faster without Propel. My Grav/Storm has a damage-focused GD+Lift+Crush build. I might time it later with no pets, no secondary, and no epics or anything other than those 3. Still, Istar's point about exemping down for the test is correct, for a true pre-32.

However, I a Ballroom Dance party to attend, so I'm outta here. Lemme know your gravity results, if anyone does that.

Lewis

I would be interested in seeing a Gravity one included as well. I wonder how a damage-focused Crush, GD, and Lift built would do.

Lewis

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The devs really need to rethink this stance that it's a good idea to make it so difficult for people to get IOs. I would make the katie run a base for merits, ie. 1/2 hour for enough merits for a random roll.

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I agree with you, but the Devs dont. To me, Katie was the ONLY one worth the time vs the random roll shot. The others were all far sub par. Their new system hammers everything in line with their opposite view that the others were all fine. I feel the shortest TF (Katie, I think), should be the equivalent of one roll of the dice.

Again, the Devs disagree, sadly.

That is why I support:

* Merit sharing on your own account only (encourages alts, relieves the feeling of grinding since you dont have to get merits only on one character)

* Newspaper/Scanner missions should reward 1 merit for everyone on the team IF you both complete the mission AND defeat all (encourages teaming, avoids ghosting abuses)

* Story Arcs should reward their merits for the whole team, not just the owner (rewards teaming)

Lewis

Subjective Feedback: I feel that Newspaper and Radio missions should reward 1 Merit. I understand that ghosting could be a problem, so instead of awarding the merit upon mission completion, award it if all foes are defeated AND mission is completed. My reason for this is that after having played all the story arcs since the game started, my group's routine is to simply get together and do Newspaper/Scanner missions so that we dont have to worry about co-ordinating who is doing which arc, etc.

Subjective Feedback: There should be a way to transfer merits between your own characters on the same server only, on the same account only. The reason for this is that Merits suck for altaholics. I bounce around constantly, so even if I were to focus on merit-worthy content, I will earn Merit results at 1/12th the rate, because I have so many alts and I bounce between all of them evenly. This makes Merit collection tedious. It would be nice if I could combine the ones I earn on my account only.

Lewis

This inspires me to re-visit the base creator. I didnt know it was possible. I have always wanted to build pyramids temples in my base.

Lewis

Synapse,

Here is my question (with some brief setup):

I never do Story Arcs these days, since I've done most of them, and often I don't like them anyway. I never do task forces. I almost EXCLUSIVELY do newspaper and radio missions, including lots of newspaper and radio door missions with my level 50 characters.

I'm accustomed to being able to buy whatever I want off the market, over time, without currently doing anything that earns me merits. None of the content I enjoy currently will generate merits for me.

Will I still be able to buy all the recipes I am accustomed to buying easily? By this, I mean I hope to still buy everything I need that isnt purple and that isnt Numina/Miracle recovery uniques.

I'm concerned that since I do NOTHING that generates merits, and that since the market is changing, I wont be able to frankenslot my characters. Or will all this vanish for me?

Thanks,

Lewis

Thank you and the rest of the crew for the hard work and for being awesome!

Lewis

Did the podcast discuss Water Spout?

I love it and I take it on most of my Dominators. It is my favorite villain power, even over the non-patron powers. One of my Dominators has his entire character concept hinged on it (elementalist: Earth/Fire/Water). PLEASE PLEASE let Water Spout survive in tact.

/All Hail Mako

Lighthouse, Etc.,

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10. Avoid using profanity.

Profanity in any form is discouraged. Using any means to bypass the profanity filter (for example: partial masking, such as asterisks or punctuation marks) is prohibited.

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I'm wondering if it is OK to curse freely as long as make sure all our words ARE caught by the filter? I thought the filter was there so you didnt have to see certain stuff, but you can turn it off and see the stuff. Or, is the forum filter always present? Maybe I'm unfairly comparing it to the in-game filter. Is there no way to turn the forum filter off? I've never taken a hard look at my personal forum settings.

Lewis

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This is the final step needed in preparing the IP for future projects, to be announced later this year.

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Hmmmm....wonder what these future projects could be???

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I wonder if by consolidating, they are going to ramp up their universe to an MMO?






WAIT! Its already a ..... virtual reality loop! Warning *Brain snap*

Lewis

/got nothin' ... Console maybe?

Wait, wait, wait.

Are you saying I could redeem the slot, make a character, and then after they change the policy, I might delete the character, but lose the slot also?!

Oh that would suck. I always have a bubble of of chracters I havent finalized or that I later decide to delete and decide to remake on my other account, etc. I'd hate to see a CHARACTER DELETION also delete the slot.

I would hope that once a slot is redeemed, you can never lose the slot ... empty, deleted or otherwise.

Or am I in a panic about nothing?

Lewis

This is certainly one I NEVER expected. Oh, the head-aches they will have! I think the reward could be worth it.

Amazing, truly. For a 4 year old MMO to be able to add these things is unexpected. Very nice.

Lewis

I wish there were some kind of checkbox that would auto-delete email from people that are not on my global or server friend list.

Lewis

Wow. Very Generous!

Lewis

Storm Masterminds will Rule. Thermal Controllers will Rule. Plant Controllers will rule. Dark Armor Tankers will rule. Dark Melee on Tankers will rule. Ice Blast on Defenders will rule. Earth and Elec on doms will rule. The rest ... meh. However, congrats to all!

Lewis

BaB,

Just tell us which set Controllers will be getting for a secondary, and we'll let it slide.

Lewis

Very cool. Does this count as a tidbit though? I believe the definition of "tidbit" at dictionary.com is "list of powersets proliferated in a massively multiplayer computer game". I'm sure it must be. If not, it should be.

Anyway, as for the Hollows, it sounds cool. I think I will give them a spin.

Lewis

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/Storm Corruptors... done.

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I love you.

Sincerely with Wine and Chocolate,

Lewis