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I'm not against the idea as such, I just can't think of any reason I'd ever use paragonchat ever again. I mean, I appreciate alll that they did to create it. And the sheer number of man-hours that went into it. But I'd far rather use the real game.

I yield, I yield!

There's SO much power creep in the game already. I can't get behind adding Even More incarnate abilities until there's ALSO content that requires those abilties. Even that I don't know I'd support this idea. This isn't WoW and I wouldn't expect to be playing just a few "Main's" in a constant chase for "Progression".

Well I suppose one must be specific exactly which Hydra one is referring to. 🙂 The CoH Hydra maps are actually a bit of a wake up call with all the Toxic Damage flying around. Happily the most recent time I found myself dealing with that was my Fire/Fire/Fire Sentinel, so I just put Healing Flames on Autocast. +14% toxic res per stack, enough recharge to stack it 3 times

That's hardcore. I think I'd have to ease myself into it with just "no enhancements" at first. That right there would still be a big hump to get used to. Your set bonuses? silly rabbit, No enhancements, so no set bonuses. And you're gonna miss. A LOT. Because no more +Acc in any of your powers. Suddennly that extra innate acc in MA and Archery doens't look so useless, and it's "Group Hug" on your teammate who are running Tactics. (or any of the leadership buffs, really) And you're gonna get hit a lot more, and harder. No set bonuses, so only an SR or something like that is going to run around with any kind of Softcap going on. And no one has any +Res or +Def enhancements going on. And no one has extra life totals from set bonuses, either. All in all, that right there is like you're fighting a host of MUCH high level enemies. Becuase they have a much easier time hitting you, you have a harder time hitting them, when you do hit, you hit for less because your attack powers have not +Dam slotted, and no host of dmg procs anyone. You'd reallly appreciate bubbles of ANY KIND, FF/Ice/Sonic/Thermal, and as much as you're gonna want lots of leadership toggles going on, you also have much more endurance issues.... so you'd likely want an Empath for Recovery Aura, a Kin for Speed Boost, or the thing Elec Affin can do whose name I can't remember. You might even need to *gasp* rest! between fights! I definitely can see it being fun, but I also think it's a thing I'd want to do only a few times a week, not constant gameplay. I do get nostalgic on Endgame Progression Raiding sometimes, and this would scratch that itch nicely. But at the same time... I cancelled that WoW account for a reason and I'm never going back lol. Gameface for a saturday, I can do. But it can never be a full-time job ever again, like in the WoW days.

You want to make a TF *very* difficult? Use the "No Enhancements" challenge option. (already exists in game)

I do always hear this line in my head at the start of every 5th Column mission:

Having the 5th Column gradually morph into a Hydra-Esque organization is not entirely implausible. I mean, they have to recruit / brainwash from current generations as time goes by, and the VAST majority of the populace (correctly) sees the Nazi roots as morally bankrupt and abhorrent. This is not to say Requiem or the Center are in any way changed, but the average grunt may just be sold on "be the new ruling class / super man" as opposed to "and exterminate everyone else". EXCEPT.... there's a 25-29 story arc... "The Unknown Ubelmann".... where you find a WW2 Era nazi time travelled to the future to learn all he can about modern technology and what went wrong in the war so he can take it back in time and change history and make sure the Germans won.... and it's said his presence is "good for morale" among the 5th Column's general ranks. If you change THAT much of human history, half the people might cease to exist as their parents never meet up, etc. So you'd have to be pretty dedicated to the Nazi ideas to consider the presence of someone actively trying to change human history to ensure the Axis won to be a morale-boosting thing, instead of "shoot him dead now to ensure my family isn't wiped from history"

City of Dark Souls?

okay, I have never personally tried Elec Affin yet, I have a healthy backlog of alts to work my way throuigh before I create any more.... at least until a really cool name pops into my head.... But my understanding is Electric Affinty can chain it's powers off it's own pet. The T3 power, Galvanic Sentinel. IF that is true... then you can always at least chain it off your pet to hit you. Anyone able to confirm this? or am I hallucinating again?

None of the biggies in the new power pools are perma-able though correct? 10 minute cooldowns, 60 or 90 second durations? Though I guess with enough recharge you can avoid the "Too Cool to Use" trap of wanting to always keep it available and then never actually USING the fool thing, because your'e too afraid of wasting it. As long as teh recharge isn't suuuper long.

I guess I'm still stuck on the Why. It's very easy to headcanon / RP that your character doesn't know.... but I mean, you are the person creating the character.... you probably would know the truth of your own characters fictional history, whether or not that character know it? Or are you doing method-acting RP, so you can't allow yourself to know what your character shouldn't know?

The point isn't failure to remember the password. The point is to handle a typo. I have taken to using passwords in excess of 30 characters long for most things that do not also have some kind of dual-authentication system. For some places, I have a password > 50 characters long. But it's a pain when I get it wrong, becuase if all I see are dots, you have no idea in there where you skipped a character, transposed a character, hit an extra key, etc.

Proposed difficulty setting name: "What Just Happened?"

minus the rewards difference, I am in favor and would change my vote from No to Yes. I dont' see a way to recast it though.

I'm not sure it needs increased rewards. CoH has historically not given a dam if you go for easymode or +4/x8 Night Ward when you choose what level of challenge you want. So I would vote against THAT. But additional options in the quantity and kind of foes you face, are fine with me.

Chloroform Man! Passed out from being abducted. Woke up in a bathtub full of ice, missing both kidneys, but, now had superpowers allowing him to manipulate ice! He just also has to have a pack strapped around his waist to handle his dialysis needs....

It varies a lot by character. For my Mind/Kin (my avatar is him), it's him walking into a warehouse, alone, stealthed, and turning everyone inside it to fight against each other and locking them down and subuing them all with his mind. Then stepping back into the shadows. Or busting out his LightMagic costume change macro to switch from a Lamont Cranston / The Shadow style costume to one of his more Magi Unmasked costumes and going from being a hidden hand to a more blunter instrument of destruction with Incarnate Judgment and/or Pets. For my Claws/SR scrapper, it's being surrounded by 20+ baddies and being like "All y'all are actually trying, right?" as none of them can lay a glove on her. For the Fire/Fire/Fire sent it's diving into a pack of Longbow and unleashing Aim/Burn/Fire Cages/Rain of Fire/Fireball and generally being "YOU. WILL. BURN."

Never actually noticed that before. Now I can't unsee it lol.

Also if the goal is just to know "will I like this character when I have my whole toolkit"? There's a TEST server. And you can shazam a cahracter to 50 there anytime you want. Much better tahn screwing up when you get Build Up, or when a Mind Controller gets Confuse, or when a Katana Scrapper gets Parry, etc.

One angle I think that is factoring into this. To the very best of my knowledge, when IH was changed from Toggle to Click-With-Long-Downtime, it was a Scrapper Only power. Niether Stalkers nor Brutes even existed yet, and it wasn't available for them. Now for a SCRAPPER to have such incredibly good regen that they could out-tank-tanks, was, at that point in time, considered Unacceptable. Should it still be considered unacceptable today, in the land of Incarnates and IO set bonuses and more? Debatable. But generally groups are not expecting a Scrapper or Stalker to soak the alpha for a full team, one alpha after another after another after another. They DEFINITELY expect that of Brutes, and I think most people would say it should be a thing that Brutes are capable of. So this may require some AT-specific finessing.

All depends on your primary and playstyle. My Fire/FireFire sentinel lives in melee. I treat him like a Fire Scrapper who doensn't use Fire Swords, but who does throw fire a short range to catch runners..

Given that Necromancy uses Gloom and other Dark Blast attacks, I believe it's the intended "Darkness" primary. Still, no harm in asking for Even More Primaries. And I admit, darkflame Fire Imps like on the Nightstar Black Swan(?) map would make nice pets.

Bet that left a mark.

I believe Achilles Heel proc, will stack with Fury of the Glad proc, and Annhilation proc, if the the timing on their proc's overlaps.