biostem

What's also weird is that Praetorian Clockwork can also be taken over via DE/Hamidon infestation, which may point to some sort of biological component(s)...

If you're talking about Primal Earth clockwork, they're not autonomous robots and, IIRC, would be inanimate piles of scrap if no longer connected to their "source". As for the general idea - it would be interesting if there was some sort of "super AI" that could assume control over the other units. My guess, though, is that Council/5th Column robots are not quite as networked as you may think, especially since some 5th Column ones apparently go back to WWII. The Praetorian ones, (again AFAIK), are networked, so could be susceptible...

It's the act of teetering on the fine line between "member-berries"/Easter eggs and appealing to a new/wider audience that generally does a series in. I haven't watched it yet, but I'm going to remain cautiously optimistic...

I'm not against this idea in general, but if you look at the whip attacks from demon summoning, CoH doesn't handle flexible weapons too well...

We need all sorts of scythes!

IIRC, "Null the Gull" was not any one person's "invention" - Rather, there was a seagull asset that got erroneously tagged/named as "Null", then it later got implemented in the form we see today... For reference: https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Null_the_Gull

The PPPs have immobilizes, IIRC, so that's an option as well...

You can talk to Null the Gull in Pocket D to change your alignment at any time, as an alternative.

In theory, when a mission is part of a series or arc in AE, the system has to know what the next mission is. If that pointer could be made into a variable, then you could tie it to conditions; Defeated enemy X leads to mission 2a, while them escaping leads to mission 2b, etc. *Of course, given the game's code, this may not be such a simple endeavor...

On top of their individual containment, controllers also have a wide variety of secondary sets that can include, among other things, powers that debuff an enemy's damage resistance.

So what do these "friendly fire" powers actually do? Do they just make "tiny birds" appear around the target's head? What would be the point? If you wanted to force some kind of emote on someone else, and since it's being done voluntarily, just have the target enact the emote when so ordered...

A SoA "Crabbermind" is also quite powerful, gets lots of pets, and there's no upgrades to worry about...

Before I played a Defender, I assumed the buff powers for the teammates were permanent boosts. I would "buy" the powers and enjoy stronger, more effective teammates. Instead my character had to apply them manually as they appear. It's called game balance. Yeah, yeah - I know it isn't fun, but it is necessary. What would you be willing to give up to not have to recast the upgrades whenever you have to resummon your minions?

The clever thing that some games do is have a "fast path" out of a mission once you've completed it; Either the boss drops a key to a direct path or there's a 2nd locked/secret exit in said boss room...

My concern is that they see HC meeting its funding goals in relatively short order, and wondering how they could further monetize the game. At the same time, it reveals just what a volunteer staff can do compared to whatever NCSoft may be paying for the "professional" dev team on their other MMO titles...

And how many attacks do they have at their disposal? Any inspirations or APPs/PPPs? Roll any AT, and when you factor those in, as well as IO set bonuses, (let's ignore Incarnates for now), and there's no way I'd trade in having 2-3 powers from different ATs for the entire sets I get as a player.

The notion that "you have buffs, therefore you are obligated to keep them on me" sickens me. Those with support powers, as others have already mentioned, are not your personal nanny, nor do said powers give you license to be reckless. Now, don't get me wrong - such buffs/heals/debuffs can greatly increase the margin for error, but it also seems people assume that means that said defender(s) will focus solely on them. It's sort of like the mindset that if there's a tanker then no enemy will ever turn their attention toward the blaster(s)...

Man... I wish they woulda adapted the story from TIE Fighter, but oh well...

IMO, "The Matrix" would better be utilized as a setting, instead of solely following Neo's journey; I have to imagine, at least if "The Animatrix" is anything to go by, that there were other people who independently broke free of it and were able to, (at least partially), see it for what it really was...

The most I could ever see them doing is to replace specific MM pets with generic placeholders; While players can push them around, they still occupy space in-game and need to have some sort of indicator of where they are...

I would love to be able to get D.U.S.T. solders as alternatives for mercenaries, and perhaps some Tsoo for ninja. If we're strictly talking about new sets, I'd love to see some sort of "horror/Cthulu" set using a combination of enemy models, like Drudges, Shadow Hounds, Hydra/Lusca tentacles, Rularuu enemies, etc...

I'm not sure if I should put this in spoiler tags or not, so I'll err on the side of caution:

Can you elaborate? Do you mean the "only deal as much damage as your typical AoE" part? I'm not aware of it having some mechanic that causes its damage to ramp-up the longer you wait...

I wonder if they could implement a system whereby the longer you go without using your nuke, the more powerful it becomes - so you could fire it off like every 30 seconds or so, but it'd only deal as much damage as your typical AoE, but after the 1.5 - 3 mins mark, it'd deal significantly more, (all with no crash, mind you).