biostem

It would be neat if there was an "Echo" option for each holiday event, so players could do that stuff off-season without impacting the regular zones. Maybe implement something like Adamastor, where plays can go into such an echo zone and trigger an event invasion or such there.

Frankly, I think buying SOs is a waste. I either use whatever drops, or I craft level 25 IOs ASAP and just leave them in, as I view the sub-50 game as a "leveling build" and typically respec or switch to a different build at that point. If you're low on Inf, run a couple tunnel farms, then buy and sell a couple pieces of orange salvage, load up on common white salvage, then craft those 25 IOs. While I do try to balance my offense and defense on my stalkers, I tend to make putting 2 accs in all my attacks a priority, (a missed attack is wasted damage, time, and end), then 1 or more damages if there are enough slots left over. I would rather leave the base slot in my defensive abilities at first, (as a stalker), until I have enough slots to get a good foundation down.

I keep telling myself that it was a limitation of the game engine/design as to why our villains always felt like someone else's underling/lieutenant, rather than a "self-made man", as it were. That being said, the signature heroes basically embody existing powers instead of the more specialized/unique focus that the Arachnos patrons embody - Mu, Leviathan, Soul, & Arachnos tech...

Or they have really good lawyers and/or the Zig is made of Swiss cheese...

I think this would backfire. I think many people want to play a "fully realized" character in the 50+ content. I think many of us, if not most of us, are veterans from the live days, who have already "paid our dues" the old-fashioned way, and would rather play our 50s that didn't take a lifetime to attain...

Sometimes you fail a mission - sometimes you have to read the mission description and adapt your strategy. There are plenty "kill all" missions to go 'round...

I'd like to see contacts in all zones created/updated, that offer repeatable "Kill X" missions for enemies that spawn outside in said zones. Further, I'd like to see some areas in 50+ zones, updated to include level 54 enemies, (in the red sections and/or where applicable).

Steadfast Protection: Knockback Protection is also a good option, since DA is already a resist-based set...

Also try this approach - Only keep the minimum number of armor toggles on that you actually need. You have to weigh landing a hard hitting attack vs having to use multiple lower-end cost ones as well...

Also, I get taking fighting for tough and weave, but why take both boxing AND kick? Air superiority is a nice attack, but you don't seem to have foregone any of your MA attacks to fit it in. It seems superfluous...

Looked again - you don't have any acc's slotted in your attacks?

Do you have any 50 alts on Homecoming? If so, maybe run a couple TFs or raids to earn 100 merits and buy yourself a Panancea: Chance for +HP & +End. It really helps! Later, consider a Miracle +recovery and even later, a Numina's +rec/+regen. Heck, a Yin TF gives about 25 merits by itself. If you can hold out to 35, you can join Vanguard and get in on a mothership raid as well...

Frankly, I'm fine w/ keeping AR as-is. I just want a "run-and-gun" set that focuses more on mobility and less flashy, more practical attacks...

It's tough because some things look good "on paper", but come up wanting in practice. For instance, poison has some very potent debuffs, but in practice, the small AoEs make it a finicky set to use...

Really nice! Kind of makes me think what a 80s-90s CoH theatrical animated film would look like...

I would love to see some mechanic where you could move while firing - even if it incurred an accuracy penalty or something. Conversely, it'd be neat to be able to "cancel" any of the attacks with longer animations - maybe even recovering a portion of the recharge time of said power...

If all else fails, I look for units of measurement associated with the particular powerset(s) I've selected: Amp, Volt, Watt, Newton, Coulomb, Curie, Octave, Decibel, Fahrenheit, etc...

Personally, I don't think the issue is the empathy set itself - I think the issue is how *some* people take it and only employ the healing abilities, foregoing the set's other benefits and ignoring their secondary, (generally if a defender), entirely. I'm not against buffing the set inasmuch as more emphasis could be placed on just how useful the other abilities are. That being said, it would be cool if recovery and regeneration auras could simply be made into a "affects all teammates" type of ability, so such an empath no longer needs to announce "Gather for RA!"

What is the expectation for how quickly you should be able to get your T4s? I mean, I have them on a few characters, and I got them by running iTrials, doing TFs, raids, and so on. It did take some time to do, but that seems appropriate to me...

Instead of this, I'd probably ape the "form" abilities from staff fighting or bio armor - call it "stances" and have each provide a different benefit. For instance, an "all-out attack" stance could increase damage and recharge rates, a defensive stance could increase defense and regeneration, and a balanced stance could increase tohit and recovery, (or some variation thereof).

I'm not so much thinking it's a bandwidth issue inasmuch as it may be an overly restrictive WiFi policy at that particular hotel; Perhaps the type of communication required to actually connect to the game server, (as opposed to the initial login server), is different in some way that is being blocked. Either way, let us know!

Does the game work on *any* connections, with that laptop? It'd be a good idea to tell if it's a connection issue vs a laptop one. Can you go to a coffee place or maybe a public library - anyplace that has an internet connection you can try. Wired, if available, would be the best way to establish a baseline...

Just a sharkman enjoying the nice weather and a cold drink... outside of time!

I can't speak to the original intent. It's not impossible, but then you have to wonder what proportion of crafted/utilized IOs are meant to be from random drops or directly purchased through merits or the AH...

It would be nice, as an option, to be able to receive recipe drops for sets that you have outleveled.