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So really, the devs can keep developing raids that encourage the building different incarnate abilities for each slot, requiring players to keep repeating the trials. Devious.

(Seriously though, I wonder how many players will be generalists - they acquire tools to aid in each trial - and how many will stay specialists that are best-suited to a particular trial and primarily stick to that trial.)

Ah, darnit - I should have known someone already made that joke. Apologies.

Better crowds on the weekdays maybe?


(I'd also like to blame the forum bug for messing up which posts I've read and haven't. Even if it isn't the forum bug's fault, I just like blaming it.)

You know, I'm not so sure that they want them to be worthless. On the contrary, they have to be worth something in order to get folks to stay subscribed.

What is the common cry around these parts when issues don't offer content that satisfies? Well fine - I'm just going to unsubscribe until Issue __. I'll come back if they give us something cool. Then they come back and get the cool stuff just the same as those of us who've been paying the whole time.

This says "You can leave for a while. But be advised that when you come back, you may not have enough points for all the cool stuff that's going to be available. Keep that in mind when you make that decision."

This wouldn't be a bad thing in my mind. They came out with four sets, fine. Of the four, so far I've really only played one of them (Electric Control). Ok, dabbled a little with Dual Pistols. But if a system allows a non-VIP player to easily purchase sets vs booster packs which were useless to them bc they weren't playing at all? If this can bring in the revenue to support the development of not four new sets but eight, that's fantastic.

But like Bill says - it's only good for us as long as VIP members get enough points to unlock at least four sets, plus at least the same amount of content they would have otherwise. I'd rather get four sets from a choice of eight than four from a choice of four. If I only get three (w/o value elsewhere), bad deal.

I'll speak just for the BAF (I haven't had a combo I feel great with on Lambda yet), and heartily agree with the suggestions of Fire. I love running these with my Fire/Fire/Fire blaster:

* Hot Feet slows and damages escapees
* Rain of Fire slows and damages escapees
* Bonfire knocks back escapees, often forcing them to run through HF/RoF again
* Fireball!!
* Burn - yet another patch runners have to pass through

I also have a very fun time on the BAF with my Grav/Storm. I really don't get the opinion that "controllers are useless" here. They essentially serve as filters; I set up mine on the end of the kill box areas. Not that many minions get through. The lieutenants may, but they're focused on by everyone else in the choke points. Things my Grav/Storm has going for it:

* Crushing Field - up every 4+ seconds or so, and stops minions cold.
* Tornado - tears up halted minions, or follows and saps commandos.
* Freezing Rain - slows, damages, and debuffs defense
* Lightning Storm - if they run by it fine, but they'll be damaged in the process
* Singularity - my own personal bouncer.
* Lore pets - for cleanup.

The only real worries are the commandos that have already gotten past the main choke. I can attack them (Propel, Lift, etc), but that's taking time from recasting everything else. Those guys should have already been taken care of or dealt with by another goalie.

My son has asked me any number of times "Why isn't there a spell-based set?" Well, powers are like spells, in a way. "Why can't I have a wand?" (yes, he just has gotten through all the HP books, and now is playing a free-but-not-really online wizard game rather than CoH)

I wonder if the way this eventually may be realized (if at all) is through animation booster packs. "Buy the Magic Animations Pack - cast your powers by runes or wands!" Or the Tech Animations Pack (Captain Cold doesn't shoot ice from his hands, you know). Perhaps not the ideal (free) solution, but possibly a more likely one.

I considered doing this on my Widow to actually be able to keep two costumes that can use the widow pieces (really unhelpful implementation, that). But I hardly play my Widow anymore so I never bothered.

I personally like straying a bit from the choke team, especially on the Team 1 path; I'll set up right where the path meets the barrack area. On my Fire/Fire blaster I place Bonfire a little to the west, then stand just to the east at the path start. Hot Feet and Rain of Fire to slow mobs as they try to run by, with Burn for extra damage. Bonfire ends up knocking most minions right back into me and they start the process again (there's also an incline here, with a lip between the path and the surrounding area - I think mobs will try to jump it but can get stuck). If Commandos aren't taken out, they are at least weakened; most minions are filtered out. I also like positioning there to act as a goalie if needed.

I can get similar results on my Grav/Storm; Crushing Field and Freezing Rain to slow mobs, Lightning Storm and Tornado to both damage and knock them off the path (their first priority seems to be to get back on rather than run willy-nilly), and Singy to work as a bouncer. I think for these toons, I can actually stay away from the team where my knockback helps to impede mobs without knocking them away from teammates.

Ah, did they add another one that defaults to off? Grr. (was wondering why team but not league was showing up) Good to know, thanks.

I missed a whole hospital cycle on one because my character couldn't move after getting up.

Well, not sitting here whining, as I happened to forget about this for a few days (I've actually been running trials).

Actually, I do have a question about this. Yes, I had thought about doing this but I could have sworn the last time I saved and loaded it also saved and changed window colors. Now, I am probably odd in that I do actually change those in some cases. But to me it wouldn't be worth it if I would save one setting but overwrite another (but would gladly do it if that's not actually the behavior).

I participated in four of them on Virtue last night and yikes, the lag was petty horrid (were you on the one where Siege regen spiked not once, but TWICE right when Nightstar went down? That was a doozie.) It did actually seem worse when the AVs were together rather than apart.

Usual escapee lag as well. Server dilation really can be disruptive when trying to figure out which of Oil Slick/Glue Arrow/PA or Tornado/Lightning Storm/Freezing Rain are ready, that's for sure.

Option 4 here too. In general, I'd rather avoid any Master of attempts - especially after running two aborted MoBAF attempts over the weekend that failed to complete at all. I'm hopping between X number of toons trying to work up the incarnate trees - I'm much more concerned with actually succeeding in trials than going for Master.