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And thank god. Allowing there to be a +0 hard mode would be stupid. +0 is called easy mode, and a +0 hard mode would just be an easy mode farm of supposedly hard mode rewards.

I have no problem with them being allowed to try. But if the content is easy enough for them to complete, at least without utterly obscene delays, then that content is not genuinely hard enough for this to be a worthwhile development. That’s the mode we already have. That’s not a new thing at all. Fortunately Cobalt’s posts indicate they likely already agree with me on these issues.

To two ideas above: If 8 blasters can do a hard mode tf, then it isn’t actually hard mode. If rewards don’t increase with difficulty, then it’s just another self gimp mode. We already have those and the devs shouldn’t waste their time on another.

Only thing that really matters

I can only justify Agility or Spiritual on a few things these days. Too addicted to proc damage.

Why do you pursue badges specifically if they aren’t a reward?

Dominators are the AT most likely to already be built for high recharge since their inherent practically demands it, so they’re actually best positioned to get OP with PA.

Why is farming relevant then? 🙂

A damage class having invincible tanks might be a but much yeah. I’d totally support a port that swaps Phantom Army for another AoE mez (probably stun?). Problem is, lots of forumgoers don’t give a damn about balance and will likely make the devs regret it if they try to give doms a gift without phantom army. A 70-page thread of bickering is all but guaranteed 😉

Agree with you on all counts then

But did anyone say that about soloing in general, or was it more about implicit expectations such as (1) everything has to be soloable or (2) design choices have to consider soloists?

The fastest Fire/Ice tanker I knew was doing crazy things like slotting 6 microfilaments in Swift (back when HO’s had higher values). Because yeah, the build was wide open. Burn alone slaughtered entire maps with ease. In spite of all the power creep, An Incarnated Rad/Fire right now is still way slower at clearing the Dreck map than a Fire Tanker was back in the day.

I think the Nemesis is technically a Rogue at that point 😉

The Incarnate system seems extremely simple and intuitive to me, tbh

Playing while debuffed IS changing your build. AGAIN, no other MMO says “you wanted a challenge? Stop using all the tools at your disposal” Difficulty and rewards are NOT entirely separate issues.

Now that nice analogy has been stated, let’s recall that this IS an MMO and no other well designed MMO requires maxed out characters to artificially gimp themselves with zero compensation to find the endgame remotely challenging 🙂 Good for sports tho, I guess.

No other MMO I’ve ever played requires you to specifically avoid playing a maxed out a character if you want to feel like your cat couldn’t beat the game. Soon, we hope, this one won’t either. Because I like maxed out characters and therefore think self-gimping is a ridiculous way to achieve some semblance of difficulty, “Players debuffed”, unslotting incarnates or IO’s, etc, are all off the table. The exception we need to consider more is enemies buffed, as that requires no self gimping (besides rewards rate self gimping). Tie additional rewards to that option and I will consider using it.

I’m pretty sure half the players in this game are more or less fiery aura gurus 😉

Burn was nerfed a lot but the big thing was the aggro cap. But the game is better now for it. You’re allowed to do things on teams now besides waiting for the tank to do all the herding. Gathering a real herd like we still do in ITF can now be a whole team’s job.

Fine with me. But let’s still be honest. Any buff to vet level 100+ is disproportionately a farmer buff. Do we definitely want to buff farmers? Just asking because some people really passionately hate farmers. And many dev actions since 2004 have been targeted at limiting farmers. (I am a farmer myself please do not accuse me of hating farmers because that makes no sense). Discuss.

Well the break from the anti-farmer tirade was good while it lasted.

What are you talking about. Did you have a rebuttal to nerfs being a basic component of healthy game design, or is this post just completely off topic.

I wouldn’t want it to require specific sets for success. But I also wouldn’t want it to be doable by any group of 8 people, often with brains, defensive pool toggles, and LotG’s - but those are optional for success. That’s where the rest of the game is now. Let’s all agree on something in the middle 🙂

Lolwut. A game with zero nerfs would innately be out of control broken. That’s why nerfs exist, not because designers are fun nazis and you’re the one true genius.

That would be far too reasonable for some of the folks on this subforum 🙂