biostem

I picked up a used Ryzen 7 laptop on eBay for under $250, and it runs CoH quite nicely. If you're good with computers, and know what to look for or to look out for, then that's a solid choice, (check that seller has good reputation/ratings, etc). I could even run it semi-decently on my previous Ryzen 3 one, but I had to make a lot of compromises on graphical quality in that case. This is just an example. Please make sure to do your own due diligence: https://tinyurl.com/Ryzen-7-laptop-example Another note: You can add the -usetexenvcombine command line parameter to the Homecoming launcher to use a simpler rendering method for the game, to extend the life or up the performance a bit with your current laptop.

A few designs I've been tinkering with: "Absolute Bastion", "Scorch Lizard", and "Radium Roach"

Awesome! Still, it doesn't seem to be catching on, so keep up the good work!

If 1 boss is too squishy and 1 EB is too tough, why not just tweak things to have a boss and another boss who is their right-hand person, or maybe incorporate some sort of self rez or maybe the boss gets' tp'd away and you have to fight them a 2nd time...

OK, so start doing that and see how well it catches on; Put your proposal into action...

The problem isn't the sentiment, it's the enforcement, which turns what should be leisure time into another job or further drudgery. It isn't about whether we are OK with AFKers or not, it's to what extent you or I are willing to watch, call out, and take action against other players. As I stated previously in this thread, I am primarily concerned with my own enjoyment, and that of my in-game or RL friends, not whether generic faceless player X is contributing equally. If you want to start and run a league where you monitor all members for unequal participation, then that's on you...

I guess that also means bye-bye to any concept of offline play...

I suppose that's really what it comes down to. I have basically stuck with the same handful of games over the last few years, so for me, there'd be no point in subscribing to game pass, and since I also have no problem with waiting for a game to go on sale, or for them to release a "game of the year" or other such collected version with all the DLC, it's doubly a non-started, IMHO...

It stinks when a lot of people go afk, but if and when it gets to the point of bothering me too much, I'll just excuse myself and go elsewhere...

It's also possible they are the prestige enhancements, which afaik can only be discarded or replaced...

I would like to see the equipping, creation, and conversion sections viewable in their own windows so we don't have to constantly jump back & forth. Unless I missed it, how about being able to convert shards to threads as well? Maybe a list or tracker of the mats at the bottom of the conversion/creation windows/tabs?

If anything, CoH shows that gameplay is far more important than graphics, (not that CoH's graphics are bad - I quite like them - they're just not "next gen"), and, frankly, many recent games have come up short in that regard. Unless they can start pumping out some truly top-flight games, what's the point? I'm not holding Epic up as some epitome of games publishers, but they offer free games every week through their App, and you don't need any subscription or special hardware...

I wonder how difficult it would be to simply implement a strictly out of combat or only-affect-self power that creates a completely intangible, yet visible duplicate of your character at the moment it was used - so you pose yourself how you want, use the power, the duplicate is placed at your location, and you are then free to move about and take any pictures you want. The mirror tech already exists for illusion's phantom army, so it need only be applied to this temp power, and locked into the pose/emote you had applied when it was used, (which we also know NPCs can be directed to do via AE)...

Let me quote myself... Now stop tilting at windmills of your own imagining...

Then call them "meta-humans" or "super-powered individuals". The name doesn't matter - what matters is that we have no generic "super-powered minions" MM primary set. If a MM can be a hero, and if they have no issue sending wave after wave of soldiers, thugs, or ninja, then I see no reason why they couldn't be some generic "people with energy, ice, fire, elec, or any other such powers"...

Indeed! I think the closest we have currently would be an illusion/dark controller - you have 3 from PA, the phantasm, "fluffy", then you can take a PPP for yet another pet, plus the 2 from the Lore Incarnate, and with careful picks and the phantom mirror option for PA, get pretty close. Still, it's not a full MM...

Avengers East Coast/West Coast are subgroups under the broader "Avengers" group. Batman and the various iterations of Robin, Batgirl, Batwoman, etc all fall under the auspices of "The Bat-Family". The various villains of "The Legion of Doom" frequently have their own henchmen, often sporting themed outfits for their boss. Even the Autobots have "The Wreckers" subfaction, and the Decepticons have "The Seekers". Heck, our own characters can join Vanguard or pledge ourselves to one of Arachnos' patrons...

The same could be said for most of the other MM primaries; "Why couldn't you just have a military themed SG instead of soldiers? Why couldn't you just have a ninja or thug themed SG instead of those primaries?" A subgroup or detachment of a larger organization, under the auspices of a single leader/sub-commander, is pretty common in comics, too...

Some sort of generic "super team" would make for a great MM primary. That being said, I wouldn't arrange it quite the same way you did, but the idea itself still has merit. Frankly, I think it would be difficult to come up with some sort of general appearance that would satisfy most players, (though I suppose it could also be a great testbed for some more customization options)...

You could go with elec or Mu and say it's some sort of piezoelectric effect...

The amount of influence/infamy/information you get in the lower levels is far lower than once you get to 50, and there are other ways to earn that currency besides from enemy defeats. That being said, if you don't like it, don't use it. I'm not sure why a purely optional and voluntary feature would put you off so much...

"Shouldn't Bee"

"R3V4MP"

If anything, we'd be more like to see something like some of the psi melee attacks or the updated MCU version of Ms. Marvel, where they are some sort of "energy limbs" rather than the actual limbs...

I paired AR with invuln on my sentinel - it is a very tanky set and has some nice adjustments for sentinels. Ninjitsu is also a fun secondary if you want something a bit more sneaky and defense-based. Radiation armor is good all around and has one of the best end recovery and absorb powers in particle shielding, so you'll have plenty of fuel for all your toggles.