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I realize you don't speak for the entire dev team or GMs, but why do things need to be made attainable for all? Why can't the stance be "yeah, this is tough to get organically, so don't be upset if you can't then get it"?

It's certainly not "something" I'd want to see implemented, though. Games that do utilize the open world more tend to have things like waiting for a named NPC to respawn so you can complete your mission, or placing glowies spread far apart to just waste your time as you go around clicking stuff.

IMHO, the bigger issue is people exploiting the no-auto-logout for things like damage badges or farming Adamastor.

Poison has potent debuffs, but their AoEs are rather small, meaning you'll have to recast them quite often to keep enemies affected by them and your pets alive. Since you are SK'd up, your pets are probably more than -5 to the enemies, and your debuffs are probably missing more often than usual - basically everything is working against you. How are you slotted? Do you have generic IOs at least? Any tohit buffs, like from tactics? Overall, I wouldn't say this experience is representative of what you're performance will be like when you're actually 50...

Could be the Carnival of Light, in which case, you should be fine...

Sure, but since you aren't allowed to depict real people, it'd have to be pretty vague...

The closest we be some sort of proc-like effect that deals damage upon damage taken...

Neither of their replies included an explanation, just a use of the new reactions and/or some comedic stuff...

Then they had a change of heart.

I would imagine that a lot depends upon the extent and form of their "redemption" - maybe they're just against forceful possession of hosts now, maybe they've reconciled with their current host, but both agree that a path of villainy is amicable to them...

It would be interesting if a Nictus started off as a sort of generic "parasite controlling a host" type of thing, with some warshade-like blast attacks, but as you progressed, you had to decide if you were going to continue the forceful/involuntary possession of said host, or come to some sort of epiphany and come to terms with that host. That decision then triggers a forced respec, (much like VEATS), where you now gain access to some different powers. This could permit some interesting hybrid Kheldian, with a "pure" Nictus providing more parasitic powers - maybe some unique mechanics like you can only heal by stealing life, or only recover end by stealing it, etc.

So what I'm seeing is that we need a guide on "How to avoid 'How to avoid X' threads"...

I'm not sure if this is just a tangent or trying to be comedic, but this comes across to me like someone saying they can eat chicken and still call themselves a vegan, because they redefined "vegan" to mean "doesn't eat mammals". Regardless, various concept characters have existed for a long long time, and things like your "Scrapfist" character are only doable at level 1 or if you're eternally carried by other players. I also need to ask, and I mean this as genuinely as I can, but the notion of a "friendly demon" is not an alien concept, have you delved into Anime or Manga at all? There truly is nothing new under the sun, nowadays...

I don't think you're counting all the extra slots they get from the free powers and if they take Nova & Dwarf, not to mention their primary & secondary set having more powers in total than any regular ATs, while still being able to take regular power pools...

Which powers are you talking about? The Kheldian no more needs additional slots in, for instance, their version of hover or fly, than any other AT does. Isn't it unreasonable for a Kheld player to expect to be able to 6-slot all their primary and secondary powers?

I'd go with: > Human-form-only status protection power > Team buffs > Enemy debuffs >Ally rez power

Can you clarify what you mean, here - every power comes with 1 free slot. Especially in the case of Nova & Dwarf, Kheldians end up with way more slots, (in total), than other ATs. The only "issue", if you even want to call it that, is that they cannot place those extra free slots in their other powers. In that case, the only "gimme" I could see would be to allow Kheldians to opt out of those free powers and instead get 1 slot that they can place elsewhere. Even then, it'd still give them more total slots than other ATs get PLUS the ability to place them wherever they wanted...

I wonder why we still haven't gotten an official response on this, (unless I missed it)...

They still do. PBs get their version of fly, hover, and the new "evasive maneuvers" toggle, while WSs get teleport, recall target, and fold space.

What I'd rather see is a "regular" APP for Kheldians, which granted a status protection power for their human form, (so perma-lightform or dwarf aren't your only options), and perhaps a team buff, enemy debuff, etc.

Power FX are not the same as auras. You'd need another option, similar to how there's dark options with or without the skulls, or regular/soul noir, only one without the dripping ichor effect...

What I posted would be a hypothetical "light blast" set. I've already addressed your other concerns about there being so many dark sets, so I'm not going to retread them.

For the sake of argument, you could easily do, (just copied from Luminous Blast) : Gleaming Bolt 1 Ranged, Minor DMG(Energy), Foe -DEF Glinting Eye 1 Ranged, Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe -DEF Gleaming Blast 2 Ranged, High DMG(Energy), Foe -DEF, Knockback Proton Scatter 6 Ranged (Cone), Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe -DEF Inner Light 8 Self +DMG, +To Hit Luminous Detonation 12 Ranged (Targeted AoE), Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe -DEF, Knockback Pulsar 18 PBAoE, Foe Disorient Solar Flare 22 PBAoE, High DMG(Energy), Foe -DEF, Knockback Dawn Strike 26 PBAoE, Extreme DMG(Energy), Foe -DEF, Knockback

If you don't mind using up some transaction slots, the auction house is also a convenient place to store some.

Zorro FTW.