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You just can't avoid mischaracterizing people you don't agree with, can you? Let me spell it out very simply: 1. Everyone should be treated the same and as equals. This means legally and in most social settings, (I say "most" here, because, for instance, if two people were talking, and one started randomly cursing or threatening violence, then obviously how that other person is treated will have to/should change. Or a child should not necessarily be entitled to the same level of autonomy as an adult). 2. I made this point because defense attorneys likely use the "Gay Panic" defense as a way to get charges against their client dropped/reduced. I agree that it is extremely distasteful and should be done away with. 3. As I have already said multiple times - I acknowledge that people were historically, and still are in many circumstances, treated unfairly. My point of contention is that creating new laws and policies to treat even more people unfairly is not the way to bring about some ultimate equality among everyone. How is making a law that you cannot discriminate based upon race, gender (identity), religion, etc, not sufficient? What sort of "special protection" law wouldn't be encompassed by the former one?

Oh look, more strawmen. Try arguing against the actual points I made.

Noted, but I think that goes back to the old mentality of "safety at range", thus the reduction in damage vs melee...

Well, it's more controls/debuffs/self buffs, but tactical arrow is all ranged stuff...

So obviously the solution is to codify the different treatment of people based upon their immutable characteristics, right? You understand that our justice system isn't based upon getting to the truth of the matter, yes? It is an adversarial system where the prosecution wants a conviction and the defense wants an acquittal - that means that either side may employ any dirty trick that they can in order to win. Are you able to look at this objectively, and see that 1 set of rules for group A and a different set for group B does not promote justice or equality, and only furthers the divide between groups? I've already stated that we have much work to do - but the way to accomplish that is to make sure that everybody gets the same treatment.

All of those issues would be resolved if we treated all people equally. Do you not understand that the examples you gave were for people being treated unequally?

Well, depending upon your theme and what aspects of darkness control you want to play up, storm, nature affinity, radiation emission have great selections of powers that work quite well with said primary...

Go reread my post, because you are horribly misquoting what I said here and taking it out of context. You think that, miraculously, the violent and messed up people are just going to go away? Of course people need protections - ALL PEOPLE - not just one rule for me and another for thee. That is the whole point in trying to improve things - for EVERYONE. That means we have to drop this notion that person A is necessarily disadvantaged because of category B that they had no control over.

Nice strawman. Did I ever say things weren't bad for people in the past? Did I ever say there wasn't work still to be done? We don't make progress by treating people differently - that is the very definition of discrimination!

No, the solution is to understand that women are fully realized individuals with autonomy, and not delicate flowers that need protecting. If you want true equality, then no one, regardless of race, gender (identity), religion, etc, gets special treatment/benefits/protections.

You could RP that your robots have female personalities/transferred minds. The same goes for demons. Zombies, at least the T1 and T3 ones, could arguably be female. Arguably, the Oni, and maybe even the other ninja, could be female in disguise...

I'm really enjoying my archery/tactical arrow blaster. Pretty much all ranged, some good AoE damage and controls. Highly mobile and very self sufficient. I also very much enjoy both gravity/energy dominators or gravity/storm controllers. Both are very good to have around and provide both soft and hard controls. I also find darkness control/electricity assault to be a fun combination for dominators. I'm currently leveling a claws/bio armor brute, who plays at a breakneck pace and is very versatile, (adaptable defenses plus a mix of melee and some mid-ranged attacks). Cheers!

Thanks! Maybe "Masterwork equipment" would be more appropriate... *shrugs*

Isn't this a good place for that, already?

A medieval themed MM set would be cool. I'd go with something like this: 1. Power bolt 2. Summon footmen, (1st 2 use broadswords & shields, 3rd is a "cleric" that uses war mace & shield with heal other instead of one of its attacks) 3. Lightning bolt 4. Equip warriors, (1st upgrade) 5. Fire ball 6. Summon rangers, (summons 1-2 archers that use archery attacks and perhaps a power or 2 from plant control or nature affinity, depending upon upgrades) 7. Battlecry - A PBAoE click power that temporarily increases damage, tohit, and movement speed 8. Summon wizard, (summons a wizard that uses a combination of fire, ice, and lightning attacks, possibly with a hold mixed in) 9. Masterwork weapons, (final upgrade power)

Will this suffice? 😫

Granted... but that's why I said "it bugs ME"... :-P

Oh, don't get me wrong - I'm only bothered by these poorly made copies because I view them as a missed opportunity, (honestly - there are some truly creative people in this community that have posted amazing costumes). If copyright holder A has an issue with HC, let them contact the devs directly. I'm not here to police other people...

This sounds both elitist and conspiratorial. Most people don't play incarnate content and aren't fully tricked out with IO sets. Most people don't consider their character only relevant at 50+. All that top-tier content needs to be excluded from these discussions, because we are talking about generalities across all level ranges...

Ok, so imagine a typical same level, same team size group of enemies, where you might have 5-6 minions, 1-2 LTs, and a boss. The stalker sneaks past the others to the boss. The team stays out of aggro range. As the team starts to move in, (or just before), the stalker hits BU, assassin strikes the boss, follows up with a placate then their other heaviest hitting attack. Said boss should be dead by that point, and the team has a significantly easier time of things...

Let's stick to normal play, which probably 99+% of players experience. That's also why I mentioned "playing against type".

I pretty much just let others live their lives. I do agree that there are some "original" characters that are very offensive, but that's a separate issue. I've seen some very good homage characters that are just different enough to be original in their own right, (heck, that series 'The Boys' practically lives on that). I think the only thing that bugs me, personally, are the poorly done ripoffs, because you can create some really good ones - but just selecting huge with green skin, purple trunks, and calling yourself "Huuuuuuulk" is boring, IMO.

Stalkers are supposed to be the burst damage experts, specializing in taking out high-priority targets quickly and stealthily. They aren't supposed to wade into a group of enemies and just slog it out, (but of course you can play against type if you spec properly).

The problem for me isn't so much getting a feel for what a character will feel like at 50, it's that, IMO, a character should be fun to play at all levels. Now, obviously you won't have, say, a full attack chain right away, but if those few early attacks aren't that good, or you lack a key power or two until much later in the build, then I'll look for another powerset...

Then it's a useless metric. That's not what actual gameplay is like. Each of the 4 ATs mentioned have different roles to play; A tanker isn't there for their damage. A stalker isn't there for their prolonged DPS. I'm not going to gather the data for you. You mentioned a methodology, so get to it and let us know.