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I look at it a bit differently - now my [insert character lacking a self-heal here] can devote those inspiration slots to more "fun" ones, instead of greens, and the reliability/ready availability of aid self means I don't have to ponder whether using an insp to top-off my HP would be a waste or not. Of course, a lot depends upon the build in question, and whether they have enough defense or other resources available to use it mid-combat, (though you do tend to notice DoTs a lot more with this approach).

Maybe ask for assistance in the help & support section, which can be found here?

As a very quick & dirty example, consider the below: "Empathic Will" 1. Heal Aura 2. Mind Over Body 3. Heal Other 4. Indomitable Will 5. Resurrect 6. Restoring Aura - A PBAoE toggle which costs no end, and provides some bonus to recovery to all in range 7. Heightened Awareness - A PBAoE toggle which provides some defense and extra perception to all in range 8. Rallying Cry - A click power which provides status protection, a damage boost, and a tohit buff to all allies in range 9. Strength of Will

I think "Cleric" is too specific. I get wanting a melee support AT, but I would go about it a bit differently. I like combining the armor with the buffs/heals, but I would keep the powers a little more separated. For instance, drop the damage or taunt auras from the armors, and replace them with appropriate heal or buff powers.

Agreed. I'll take a good player behind a "bad AT" over a bad player behind a "good AT", any day!

The game already has some ability to detect if you're flying or jumping, so I wonder how difficult it would be to add a category of "travel power auras", which could satisfy many such desires. A large percent of players take some form of travel power. What this would do is give everybody another free power pick. It may not sound like a lot, but people already tweak their builds to the Nth degree, trying to fit in everything they want. Having to make such sacrifices and finding just the right balance is one of the few really weighty things left in CoH, please don't diminish it further! If the jetpack looked like some arcane artifact or something similarly mystical, why not? Heck, I'm sure some clever mage could use an existing jetpack and modify the fuel source to be some magical crystal or a lesser fire elemental. Hard light constructs! They're not just from power rings anymore!

Here's one I put together, for your consideration: ME concept1.costume

OK, here's a concept I came up with, based upon your original screenshot and your other specifications: pack concept1.costume

I read proposals like this, and what it sounds like to me is "I want a travel power, but I don't want to use up a power pick or pool selection in taking one". There are already ways of getting modes of travel without using up a power pick - park your character in Firebase Zulu, when not playing them, for instance...

It'd be cool, (assuming you weren't directly referring to the movie others mentioned), if said "Bicentennial Man" was some sort of animated bronze statue from the era, in which case an invuln/ss tanker would work...

I wanted to try something akin to a war mace stalker, but since that's not possible, I rolled up a war mace/ninjitsu scrapper. It's a fairly interesting pairing. Not the highest performer by any means, but you get some neat tools and it has a bit of a different feel than other scrappers I have played. EDIT: I do have a Bane Spider VEAT, but it's not quite the feel I wanted, either...

Are you locked-in on any particular aspects of the pic you posted? Is more clothing out of the question? Are the veins and stuff supposed to depict injuries/scars, or just general grime? I'll take a stab at it when I get home later...

For me, it's more about arranging all the power trays, setting up the various attributes I want to monitor, getting the P2W stuff, and testing out the first few powers in AE. I have a "default_binds" file I typically load, but beyond that, it's nearly just "pick up and go". I probably spends more time in the character editor/tailor than the initial play setup, TBH...

Then let me rephrase - your colon cleanse business is on a side road, off another side road, off yet another side road, off that offramp - What relevant sections of Reddit is CoH frequently discussed in, and what is their traffic like? Regardless, all you need do then is to say "Hey, if you like superheroes and videogames, check out CoH:HC - here's their site".

I don't care about their total userbase. I care about the ones that go to sections that may involve CoH. It's like saying your colon cleanse shop will get a lot of business because it's on an offramp...

Is there really this big audience of potential CoH players on reddit, though? I mean, CoH was a niche game when it was live. I'm not hating on CoH one bit, I love the game, but I just can't see that there's this massive untapped audience on reddit, of all places. The forums aren't where you find out about HC - I did a google search when I was feeling nostalgic about CoH a few years ago, and the HC page came up in the search results, so I checked it out. Is CoH being discussed in the comic book sections of Reddit? That's where I think a plug for HC would be best placed, not a separate page/section - and that's my point. Do you like comic books or superheroes? Do you like MMOs, check out forums.homecomingservers.com! It's not about approachability, it's about where you post and how you go about doing it. Are you asking for help, with an understanding that this is an older game, or are you demanding people stop what they are doing and cater to your whims? Have you done an iota of research on CoH and/or checked the various resources already available, or are you coming in blind and making assumptions based upon other games you have played? Even if you have a hot take, you can generally get the help you need, so long as you are willing to take the advice given... That goes both ways, though. If you are "the new guy", then have a little humility and don't expect that everyone will do things the way you want or are used to. "Welcoming" doesn't mean you get a blank check to throw your weight around just because you're new... So why bother conjecturing? Did you say "Here's the link to their support section, I'm sure someone can help you", instead of just guessing? Be part of the solution, if you are so intent on extending beyond the existing site(s), and direct folks to the available resources.

I would, perhaps, like to see 2 of the patron shields be defense based, and 2 resistance based. I do agree with making them all available at the same level as well.

It's the skull! Chicks dig the skull!

"The Reddit scene", sure, but the CoH reddit scene? If you know what CoH is, then you probably found HC already, without the need for Reddit, and if you aren't familiar with CoH, it's pretty unlikely that you'll gain interest from its reddit page vs what a Google search would yield. Do what you like, but the cynic in me sees something like this and screams "someone just wants a place where *they* get to moderate their way and/or conduct things in a manner that they wouldn't be able to get away with on the official forums".

I'm not following how having less content is a draw...

There is some oddity to how items are claimed, as if you sell more than like 20 or so items, the game makes you wait a bit before claiming more, but if you claim like 19, you can immediately go and claim another 19, so I wonder if it's a fairly low amount to keep bandwidth stable or limit simultaneous read-writes of database entries to the AH... *shrugs*

If you can't find or be bothered to go to the official forums, I don't know what you can meaningfully contribute, besides being able to do things that wouldn't be tolerated here...

You'd have to also add some sort of self-heal restriction as well, which I think handicaps the set more than it'd help. Maybe turn MoG into a power that ignores recharge reduction, but is available much more often, or add some absorb to reconstruction or another power. I'm not sure where, exactly it'd fit best, but there are tools at our disposal...

So I've been dipping my toe into blasters more and more lately, and have been loving my fire/devices one. I have and ice/earth which is also quite good, but just can't quite fully grasp the manipulation sets. Obviously the "maintain" powers are fantastic, and they offer different benefits, but I just do not see the allure of taking those melee attacks. I also can't quite understand the "proper" way to use something like reaction time. Anyway, I'd love to hear your advice or tips for better utilizing these sets. Thanks!

That's what gamma boost from radiation armor does - lower health, higher regen, high health, higher recovery. It could be similar to SR's sliding DR buff...