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I think this or SoA's are your best bet.

Describe to me the ways in which a league leader can "make sure everyone *is* working towards the goal". Does it involve threats of being kicked and banning from future raids? Maybe by maintaining some sort of "blacklist"? Oooh! Maybe people could then share out that list! Who cares if someone was put on there justifiably or not... The "clique thing" is more about who decides who can join or not - it need not be every single league member. It is a difference of scale; What's easier to organize, 2-8 people or 48? It is also a difference of precedent - were TFs ever open for randos to just run without being on a team? Does team or task force content require a league to accomplish?

And you want to be able to force other players to submit to the whims or demands of raid and incarnate trial leaders or miss out on said content. Heck, the content could be like 99% complete, and said leaders could simply boot people to deny them the rewards.

Way to not address the points I brought up.

I get that, and that's great. Here's my contention; If you are going to exempt "solo players" because they don't want to join the league, then at the same time, you need some sort of guarantee and/or method of redress, for players that are not invited or kicked for anything outside of glaring and obvious griefing or breaches of the ToS. The last thing we need is to implement additional ways for players "in the clique" to ban or otherwise exclude those who aren't...

Playing devil's advocate here, but what makes it "their raid"? Does being the leader of a league entitle you to dictate what every other person in a public zone can or cannot do? Add the instanced version and let only those in the league enter it, but please do not pretend that any specific subset of people can control a zone just by virtue of having the star next to their name.

I have no doubt that people doing things apart from the league can be/is a hindrance to said league. The bigger question is whether said league has any right to or exclusive say over what goes on in that zone. I can certainly see a case for offering an instanced version of Hamidon. The only lingering concern I have is whether doing so could end up in some folks, who may get on the bad side of such event organizers, to essentially be blacklisted from being able to take part. At least in the current implementation, they can get a couple hits in and get something out of it. I'm not arguing whether such behavior is right or wrong, merely that adding an extra layer of exclusivity may not be a good thing...

TBH, I don't find the problem to be the league leaders giving too many or not enough instructions, but people flooding the chat with in-jokes, puns, or other gibberish that should instead be thrown to broadcast or maybe private channels. To your point about it being "unintentional griefing", my only issue there is that, IMO, "griefing" requires an intentional/deliberate attempt to undermine or otherwise harass others - so if you're just in the zone to get a hit in and earn your merits or HO, but not intentionally and knowingly working against the league, then you aren't griefing. Was it ever outright stated that said league "owns" the event, anyway? Of course, the ability to restrict who can or cannot participate may be the real reason this is being requested...

OP, it sounds like people standing near super stunners, (or w/e they're called), when they die is the least of your worries on that TF. Frankly, that's just extra XP for any normal team...

That's the rub, isn't it; Is there a "license" to be a force-user in the Republic? If private people can own starships or even space stations, is it legal for a non-aligned force user to openly operate?

You do get increased range with psychic blast - perhaps that's the tradeoff?

What needs expanding upon is a) what happens if parents decline/refuse to give up their child, and b) what happens, (or rather, what would the Jedi Order do), should a non-Jedi/non-Sith force user emerge somewhere and choose to operate independently.

Just as an FYI, the APPs/PPPs have 5 powers in each...

I have no argument with you from a "wouldn't it be cool" standpoint; It's the actual implementation that'd need work.

I would do: Ms. Liberty - have her patron powers be somewhat tied with Longbow Manticore - connected with Wyvern Blue Steel - PPD Positron - I'm not sure which heroic faction his pet would be drawn from, (maybe the PPD influence could be split with Blue Steel, where Positron gets the power armor or robotic units and Blue Steel would get awakened, psi-division, or just some beefed up plain clothes units. Beyond the group affiliations mentioned above, I think the types of powers they'd grant would be pretty straightforward, (except for Ms. Liberty): Manticore: Archery/Trick Arrow, perhaps with street justice melee attacks included, where needed, and probably super reflexes or maybe willpower armor powers. Blue Steel: I'd give his pool pistol and war mace attacks, with shield defense armors. Positron: radiation blasts, melee attacks, armors, etc. For Ms. Liberty, I'd have her pool consist of martial arts melee attacks, invulnerability armors, and a few electrical blasts as needed. EDIT: Thinking on this further, it would be cool to have Valkyrie as one of the patrons, then we could get her spear throw and maybe an animated sword pet, (yeah I know technically it's battle Maiden that had those, but w/e they're cool!). Also, Infernal would be an easy one to find powers for.

Forgive my ignorance, but is there a pun in the name, or is it an homage, that I'm just not seeing?

Frankly, having to re-setup the power trays, all the attributes I want to monitor, etc, is the biggest hurdle to getting into a new character, for me. I can love the concept, the costume, the At and powersets, but having to arrange all the windows/GUI just how I want, can really put me off to the whole experience, so this kind of QoL improvement would be much appreciated!

Does the value of the -tohit vary significantly between tankers and brutes? (Not at my gaming computer to check)

Can they set these mobs to a) not move from their spawn point and b) to de-spawn if the one who caused them to spawn goes out of range, (granting no XP)?

It's all about the animations and their duration; There are fire and ice breath attacks already, but they have very specific cast times. You'd need breath animations that are properly timed for each and every attack...

Another option, which may be a bit controversial - either cap the enemies to the max level of the zone, or simply don't permit players to interact with glowies in zones that they've outleveled.

Now we need an assault rifle, beam rifle, and dual pistols set where, instead of simply attacking WITH said weapon, you physically THROW them at the enemy...

My question is for everyone/anyone: Was there a particular art/comic style you were looking to emulate/pay homage to, when coming up with the look & feel for City of Heroes?

Do you mean that text using the emote command should take on the custom chat colors, or are you looking for some sort of tinting to be applied to the emotes that actually entail your character moving/posing?

The first few episodes reminded me of "Lucky Number Slevin", where he kept getting hit in the face/nose...