Greycat

... uh... ok... Why is this a problem? They're two different screens for two different things, not seen at the same time.... *confused look*

You realize how totally irrelevant (and rather whiny) this is, right...

Can't say I agree with the badges. Some should be account wide, yes, but exploration badges - and the accolades that go with them - should not be on that list. Among other reasons (such as no, character 1 has *not* visited Praetoria and should not have those badges,) by making explore badges account wide you're throwing away a *lot* of merits... 5 per zone adds up, funds a lot of lowbies and helps with at higher levels, as well. And I should note, while disagreeing, that I've got well over 100 characters. It would very much *not* be convenient. As for the other? We've got a city. Nothing wrong with being sent elsewhere. Some of the more annoying missions that *should* be cut ("Hey, hero, take these newspaper clippings to my buddy!") are in the same zone, after all. Doesn't make *them* any better.

First thing I have to point out is - we don't actually have a large population, which is going to throw off how much a zone is "used." You mention Terra Volta - it's the site for the heroside respec trials, as well as several hunts. It's popular for taking out Sky Raiders for Numina, for instance. First Ward is the first post-original-goldside zone, and it and night ward cover the 20-30(ish) range for them. They're story based. So the people *using* the zones are often in missions and not visible. Boomtown can use work, yes, but... Plus, whose level should it adjust to? If a 50 hops in to get badges, and a level 20 hops in nbecause they're sent their on a mission, who is it adjusting for? (Not to mention some groups just not *having* 1-50 members... and some just shouldn't.) I'd be for adding content to the hazard zones, yeah. Messing with levels, not so much.

*Watches for Modsign.*

Do you mention ahead of time that you're clearing everything or whatnot? If not, well, just remember. Even if the character's a psychic, the player isn't. Make your expectations known first.

See, the problem with it is - it's being seen as "No, full stop, and not worthy of discussion." Or even - how to put it - an aggressive "no." And if it gets seen that way too much, it could very well end up doing exactly the opposite of what you state you're trying to do and be a reason to get a warning or, eventually, ban. It did, after all, get to that point on live. And I do get that some ideas are just ... no. Just stop. I don't think there should be a requirement or expectation of "having an explanation." Sometimes (generic) you just don't like an idea. Even if it's not something that can be put into words, something just feels like it'd be a bad idea but all you can say is "eh... I don't think it'd be good/it would fit." Personally? I'd like if the forums had a shorthand - other than this, and a little more nuanced. Even if it's GIFs. Say, just using stop lights, with - say - a red with a choice of "Eh, just don't like it," "power creep!/overpowered," "technical reasons," etc, yellow with "not sure" or "don't think it can be done, but would be interested," and green for "yep! Like it" - or have them as the response icons in the corner. Just to give a feel of support (or not) that isn't necessarily needing discussion and won't be taken as just shutting down a discussion.

I don't see it as a problem, but if they put in some alternate... *shrug* customization's a thing, it'd just be another one.

Because it's not "a" story arc, and these are designed specifically for those ATs. They are part of the reason for those ATs to exist. And the ATs do not "require" multiple respecs. The VEATs force you into one at 24 (which I find annoying,) that's about it. Honestly, it's simple. You don't like TFs, you're going to miss out on the storylines in task forces. You don't like being a villain, you're going to miss out on the redside storylines. Don't want to play a Kheld or Veat, you're going to miss out on those storylines. Your options are (a) run them or (b) read them on the wiki. Seperate them from the ATs and you might as well just delete the ATs - after the *massive* rewrite needed to make the arcs generic.

Guys, I don't think "you can use IOs" is actually.... relevant to the question. Or how easy it is to make INF. It's like answering "What is the distance to the sun" with "You'd die before you reached it" and problems with designing a spacecraft to get there and survive. As far as the OP, it depends on quite a bit, including what you're slotting and if you're actually slotting everything (prestige sprints, swift/hurdle/health/stamina.) SOs don't all cost the same. And yes, I'm pretty sure "are you upgrading every level or when they turn yellow" would enter into it. ... though, hmm. That's kind of an assumption on my part there. Think I'll go look... Updating this in a bit. Edit: Yeah, quick look. Character from 1-4, hitting upgrade every level (which, yes, is a silly thing to do) is more expensive, since you're paying the upgrade cost each level - doesn't care what you're upgrading *from,* level wise, just a cost for a new set of "your level +3" SOs. (In other words, creating a character, running to level 4, it didn't care that at 4, I had level 7 or level 5 SOs, it charged me the same 83k to do it. So your cumulative cost is more.)

All for it. And streamlining the system's already been started. We don't have to earn iXP (or different sorts of XP) for (say) Judgement and Interface, or earn them separately, and Hybrid would have needed "Advanced IXP." Instead, each level's earned all at once, and everything requires iXP and threads... except for Alpha. Shards, then Threads, were part of a grind to keep people paying for incarnate system access. We don't need that here.

Which it is not meant to be. Back on live, JRanger was (briefly) a user who started just posting "no" to everything. Not even things he necessarily disagreed with. There's a little more history to him elsewhere online. Basically he picked up the "There's a forum cartel that doesn't want anything to change and just says no to everything" idea and (along with ... someone else, whose name I don't quite remember) got somewhat aggressive with it, as I'm recalling. So when I /jrangered him, it was tongue in cheek. More "You're being a bit silly with this - are you sure this is what you want to be known for?" than actually malicious or derogatory. I didn't expect it to last more than a few days, a week at the outside. I figured he'd either get the point, talk to me about it, or be annoyed enough to stop and cool off a few days. Instead, people took it, ran with it and just used it instead of "no." Or in many cases, as you put it, a derogatory "no." Frankly, since he's (obviously) not here, and the OP certainly hasn't done anything to warrant that sort of holding up of a mirror - and I can't think of any other thread it's been put up in that does - it shouldn't be getting used. If anything, the most appropriate (in the vein of how it was meant) thing to do right now would be replying to it with a /pfalcon. And if you read the first reply, it should be obvious as to why. Personally, I'd be perfectly happy to see it put back on a "do not use" list. I'm amused that it's remembered still. I'm not in how it's being used.

I *think* the tools/utilities/downloads section might have info or links about graphics replacement. It would, as I recall, need to be a specific size/format/color depth/etc.

Well, some people have forgotten, or just don't know, what the actual purpose of posting /jranger was to begin with. It actually wasn't specifically saying "no." There is, perhaps, a touch of irony to someone (besides myself) getting known for posting it, though.

As far as "single gun," we do have a pistol as a temp power (a few, if you count the crey pistol.) I've got characters it fits and that use it. Not sure how interesting a set it would be, mechanically or visually, but it would certainly fit some concepts. And we've got plenty of skins already in the game for it.

Yeah, good bit of tech and animation work would need to be done. Not sure if the team as they sit now could realistically do it (given time and numbers,) but I think it'd still be fun if they could.

What I'd have to ask is "What level are you running it at?" 50? 50 with Incarnates? The reason I ask is that, what's dead simple with an Incarnate'd out 50 could be insanely difficult for people at the *lower* range - in this case, 35 - of the TF. At which point, you have a few options - - Raise the minimum level of the TF. Should be done sparingly, if ever. There's otherwise not good reason to do it with this TF, the rest of it's perfectly handle-able by the rest of the level range. - Add some difficulty options. I wouldn't mind if this had a "Everyone's got Alpha slotted, give an additional difficulty option" sort of choice. - ... ok, forgot what else I was thinking of. 😉 I wouldn't *mind* seeing different mechanics at the end of TFs, honestly, besides "hit big bag of HP." You somewhat lean towards something like LR at the end of the MLTF with the towers. Rom's got the rez-and-big-stun going at least. And yes, I wouldn' tmind *all* the TFs to just get a *change* (past, oh, maybe posi) every once in a while to keep it from being predictable. Heck, even make 2-3 versions of the same TF with different ending goals or mechanics, though that's a lot of work. About the only thing I'd immediately say would be problematic in this would be getting the robots involved. Past maybe a blast or something, there's an issue with targeting things over a certain size, as I'm recalling.

And none of the other ATs, barring VEATs, are designed with a built in storyline as part of their packaging. Yes, epic ATs hold a special position - and should *keep* that. You want to dip into the Kheldian war, you can - run Moonfire, and the war wolf world from... unai, I think? Let's not steal some of what makes Epic ATs special.

They are the storyline that makes the epic AT an epic AT. They are written, quite frequently, with the assumption that you are playing an epic. So, no, running it as a blaster would make no sense. A tanker is not going to particularly care about the mechanics of quantum weaponry. The circle is not going to try to separate a Kheldian from its host in a non-Kheldian. Solid "no" from me. The VEAT arcs just suck in general, and I'd say no there just to save others from having to be exposed to them.

Which server are you on? Everlasting has three double raids a day (and two MSRs in between,) every afternoon/evening.

Ehhh.... Personally I'm not in the "all the GMs in all the zones!" thing. GMs just ... aren't that interesting, really. That aise, there's a technical reason - The Volcanomech has an issue - it's too big. The Jade Spider's fairly large, and as I recall, *it* causes problems with targeting. This thing would just be silly. (Engine limitation, IIRC.)

Pretty much any build can do missions and join in task forces. Did that with that very combo starting in issue 3 on SOs. Soloing AVs? Ehhh... Electric's thing is end drain / -recovery, which tends to be more significant on a defender or corrupter. Not going to say it can't be done, but you'll probably end up finding yoruself working the poison dagger temp power from P2W into your attack for the -regen, if that's going to be a focus for you. Fortunately they're cheap.

A motorcycle canon? So ... they're sitting on the accepted ways and truths of motorcycles? Wouldn't that just be a stack of manuals? ;)

Dear lord, no. Sets get ridiculous enough as it is. Don't worry about the numbers. You're playing a game, not balancing a checkbook. Reading things like this: all I can say is that it's not the sets ruining the experience for you. It's a focus on "Must Have Numbers!" If you're running a farmer? Fine, worry about numbers. PVPing? Sure, worry about numbers, it's an actual competition. Outside of that? It doesn't matter. It really doesn't. You don't have to be capped-this-perma-that-goes-to-the-bathroom-at-+4X8. The team's not "carrying" you. You *can* be the character you want. and lines like that and the other one I quoted just make me sad at how much "the numbers" have hurt your experience. There are very few times I've seen any build I'd call "gimped," and the person had to work on it. Things like the /Rad corruptor, pretty sure it was the first halloween event on live. Team picked them up because they were rad and we were trying to fight GMs. In their 30s, they only had the healing aura. Why? They were "a healer." That was "gimped." That was an actual detriment to the team. They could be neither what the team wanted, a rad with debuffs, or what they wanted, a "healer." And that's one of the very few times I've ever seen a build that couldn't contribute or that I'd agree was "gimped." Otherwise, I'd throw the word out of the language and the concept out of the minds of players. Now, yes. I know some people *like* theorycrafting, *like* chasing said numbers, and if they're doing so to see just how far they can push things because they can? Fine, great. They should be able to. It's another part of the game, and I'm happy they can. But when I read something like what you put out, "I can't make the character I have in my head because MUST HAVE NUMBERS OR GIMP!" - the numbers are damaging the game for you, as far as it sounds like, and the best suggestion I can make for you is to uninstall Mids, delete files, stop reading builds and just start throwing stuff together that looks fun. You'll survive, you really will. Go hang out with RPers, you don't need numbers there.

It's *slightly* more complicated than that. It's easy to remember a "rule of 3" with SOs, since they give the same amount (regardless of level) of boost (at even con.) IOs, at least commons, give a consistent *different* amount at each level - so it's not a matter of just saying "yes." You could put six level 15 defense IOs in and not be hit as much... or use two level 50s (I believe boosted,) since a 15 boosts less. https://hcwiki.cityofheroes.dev/wiki/Enhancement_Diversification (Looking at it, the description there should be tweaked as it mentions SOs, HOs, etc. and "dual origin" could be - but more important is the value, so ... yes, it does affect IOs as well, if you're wondering. Need to figure out and edit in better wording.)