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That isn't the stated reason behind the change, though that may be how some players take it. I'm sure it will be a change that will surprise some players, but it wasn't done to punish newbies/alts. It was done to balance the ability of pausing a temporary buff. For players that were used to taking the Amplifier route at the lower levels, if these changes go live, they will need to either pay more inf or find an alternative if they don't like the change.

I'm happy with the change.

That makes sense from a greedy-MMO market driven stand point. The Amplifiers are essentially a "make your build amazing at any level" for money. I think it was a terrible decision from a gameplay stand point, but that's all moot here on HC since everything is so cheap in comparison to legacy. Now that the buffs can be paused, it makes sense to increase the price in line with the change.

I read on the official HC Discord that the HC Team is aiming for before December so they can take a well deserved month off.

Daaaaayum so just a single one hour charge of the Offensive Amplifier used to cost $1 of real money!! That's insane! Definitely should cost more in game, as the purposed change entails, maybe even more considering it was designed to be so OP that people would have had to spend $1 in real life just to use one hour of it. Edit: It was $5 for the minimum purchase of 400 PP, but the Offensive Amplifier cost 80 PP to purchase, so $1 a pop.

Where is the added context that Amplifiers used to cost real money back on legacy? Like $1/hr for the boost! These boosts are OP anyways, the cost justifies the resulting boost. I get people feeling incongruent with the proposed change though.

May benefit from turning Sprint on as well if you want even more unsuppressed running speed during combat.

It may be playing catch up with the parsing.

This is fine

I will counter this feedback by saying I enjoy the added depth these new forum badges provide to the forum going experience. Not sure how I feel about the post count being converted from 1,000 to 1.0k, but I can learn to live with the change. I'd also say that having reaction emotes is pretty normal across most social and community websites.

I for one welcome our new badge overlords

If you react to someone else's post, you get a badge too. Edit: Badges have been turned off 😥

Well it's up to us badge hunters to find the best most optimal efficient way to snag, let's share any good methods with the community.

This may be the alignment mission being referred to: https://hcwiki.cityofheroes.dev/wiki/Mission:Tip_-_Cloud_of_Odorous_Smoke

I've seen plenty of new costume pieces. They've done a ton.

Taunts in PvP give -range.

Can confirm it does NOT apply +perception bonus on target (teammate or enemy).

It adds 100ft of perception and persists for a while after activating, a whole 2 minutes in fact.

It's worth pointing out, if it hasn't already been said, that players can create builds on the beta test shard and fully trick out the build without having to invest any inf or PL to 50. It's normally what I do if my build idea has made it past the 'looks good in Mids' phase.

The travel pool power Teleport provides around 5 seconds of Untouchable status after completing the activation of the power. If a player slotted the +perception unique in to this power, they could use the power, receive the Untouchable status, and utilize the +perception to survey the area for potential threats (if teleporting around randomly or on/in an unfamiliar area/mission/map).

I thought about this, and it depends. Having it in teleport means a player can teleport in to a mob or enemy and utilize the power's Untouchable status (which lasts around 5 seconds) to inform them of the potential threat in the area, with added +perception, without experiencing the potential risk of doing just that. On the other hand, Combat Teleport would be the ideal power for the unique +perception proc. The proc activates after the animation/teleport power finishes, so it's usefulness would be best utilized before engaging in combat in order to get the most perception of mobs at a distance. Kind of putting the chicken before the egg... knowing that there is a mob/enemy ahead that is cloaked (thinking Knives of Artemis) means you don't need +perception to see them, but if you've teleported in to an area that looked clear before activating, only to realize that once you've landed there with the +perception activated, it becomes moot anyway. I'll admit this is an outlier scenario for sure, but worth bringing up nonetheless I think.

I believe this is a constraint of the game engine? Being untargetable means that, both by the player and enemies. I also believe there is a command in the dev console (for those who run their own servers) that allows the player to target untargetable entities. All that to say, yes, I believe it is working as intended.

Yes, VS is untargetable.

Teleport is already, at base values, much better than any other travel power at its highest movement cap. The fact that Teleport can more than double the movement cap of the second fastest travel power, Super Speed, I think, should be noted for its unique circumstances, especially when comparing it to other travel power set IO bonuses.

First, I wanted to give a big thanks to @AboveTheChemist for the Freebies Popup Menu, makes testing so much faster!!!! Summary: The new travel power IO sets (Thrust, Hypersonic, Launch, and Warp) all improve the travel speed and decrease the endurance costs of each of their respective travel pool powers, mainly due to the fourth IO for each that provides added +movement in addition to unique bonuses that improve the respective travel power even more so than could be achieved with other travel IO sets in each respective category. As you will see below, reaching the speed caps for each travel power is relatively easy thanks in large part to the recent changes here on Homecoming to movement speeds. Improving the travel speed alone can be achieved with the current (live version) travel IO sets rather well, however, the global set bonuses that these sets provide will now need to be weighed for their pros and cons against the benefit of using the new travel IO sets, specifically applying or conserving the fourth slot for the travel pool power or a different power depending on the constraints of the build. Looking at these powers strictly through the lens of travel powers, not combat powers, an inference can be made that they are better than their respective travel IO set compatriots. When looking at them through the lens of travel powers used during combat, there are added benefits from both the global set bonuses and from the unique IOs for each travel set that their travel IO set compatriots do not have. That being said, the unique bonuses provided by the new travel IO sets offer things that are truly unique to IOs, and even to other powers available in the game. For example, Fly Protection from the Hypersonic Flight IO set provides 2.0 Fly Protection, which, when used in conjunction with Hover and Fly (and I believe Evasive Maneuvers?) grants the user 7.0 Fly Protection (or 10 if EM is active, I believe). That is enough to stop nearly any enemy in the game from dropping a player out of the sky. As was mentioned previously in the thread by @Booper, these new travel power IO sets can be slotted in to accompanying travel pool powers. For example, Warp can be slotted in to every power in the Teleportation travel pool except for Fold Space, though the unique proc can only be slotted once in the build (see image at the bottom of the post in the Teleport section for example). As @Booper noted on page 2, the intent was "to have these sets fall between the Universal Travel sets (Blessing, Winter's) and the non-universal Travel IO sets (e.g. Freebird, Unbounded Leap, Celerity, etc). The two-slot and three-slot set bonuses are purposely weak to perform in-line with the non-universals while offering a significant four-slot set bonus to reward anyone willing to invest that many slots into a travel power." The current build for these travel power IO sets accomplishes this based on my testing. Suggestion and Feedback: I do not believe that the travel power IO set bonuses should change at all. I think the appropriate amount of consideration should be made by the player for which travel power, what set bonuses, and what unique IOs are worth it. If a player is chasing resistance bonuses and likes using a specific power, they can utilize the travel power IO set that gives them the most bang for their buck with these changes. The Warp Teleportation IO set is a great use of the already inherent base speed of Teleport, which at base value, is faster than the second fastest travel pool power Super Speed at capped running speed. Throw the Warp Teleportation IO set on to Teleport and you nearly double the speed of the second faster travel power at its cap! And you get very useful global set bonuses, and you can utilize one of the few +perception bonus IOs in the game. There is a lot to decide with these new travel power IO sets and I think that is the right direction to go. More options means a more unique experience for the player while balancing the pros and cons. Edit: I have not tested new changes to the travel power IO sets that have been suggested in this thread. Update may occur later if such changes are patched. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Based on the current Build 1 of Page 3 of Issue 27 on the Beta shard. All builds had no other enhancements slotted during testing. Here are the numbers: Now looking at each travel IO set in their respective travel pool power (i.e., Super Speed, Fly, Super Jump, and Teleport), the following information was gathered. Running Sets Flying Sets Leaping Sets Teleportation Sets Warp set slotting example: