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7 years shut down plus a couple years of volunteers trying to address the plethora of bugs the game still has. Yep, been years alright. Been higher priorities too. And this from a MM player. They have said they were looking at that. Odds are, it is not a priority and they have already stated they won't use that other server's version of it. You must not have read the notes. There are fixes for the mercenary set. Including the powers the pets in the set use. Not just changing damage types.

KB to KD already exists. Use the enhancements. A toggle that gives you the advantage of the enhancement is what everyone is opposed to. That was stated in this thread.

Didn't even think of the scaled radios/papers using the zone appropriate mobs. Good point. I was honestly just assuming the papers/radios would use PI/Grandville missions, just in the other zones. That doesn't really make any sense though, now that I think about it. Yeah, I'm starting to have a less favorable view of the OP if the papers/radios still use the zone's actual radios/papers with correct mobs. Unless it also forced you to exemplar/malefactor down. Which might be a better option.

The only higher level one on the list is Cimerora. Anyway, was just saying there are other options. I like to check out other zones too. I do flashback missions/arcs for those, but I do understand. Flashbacks don't allow people to join mid-arc and some may need to bail in the middle of the run. So I do get it. Was just tossing out some ideas. Like I said, I'm undecided on the post. Currently more in favor of, but still undecided.

Unfortunately, vigilantes are coded as heroes and rogues are coded as villains. It's why some blue side contacts won't even talk to a rogue except to say stop being a rogue. So the alignment system would need to be changed. Aside from that problem? I like this idea. Edit: Or as an alternate option, just copy their respective missions to each other. Just rework them to be more villainous or heroic as necessary for the respective contact to have.

I thought that was the goal of most suggestions on the forum? To make the game as easy as possible so they can say they want it made harder so they can not sleep while playing it. I'm probably just reading most of the threads though. (This comment is not aimed at this thread specifically. I don't use Empathy, so I have no say in what happens to it.)

There's Borea in the RWZ for repeatables. Though they are timed. There's Grandville's paper missions for repeatables. (Just talk to Null the Gull if you need a quick alignment change.) There's Ephram Sha for blue siders and Maharaj for red siders in Dark Astoria for repeatables. There's Marcus Valerius in Cimerora for repeatables. And that is just for simple repeatables. Ouroboros has several short arcs teams can run. They even have single-shot missions. There are more options than just running around PI. I'm not saying I'm against this suggestion. I honestly haven't decided if I care either way. Just saying there are more options than running PI radios.

Cats and dogs living together. Mass hysteria. (*shrug*) Edit: Why does everyone say morale beatings are bad?! They're great for the morale enforcers' morale! And you should see all the smiling faces when the morale enforcers come by! Not a frown in sight! Of course, morale enforcers have a tendency to disappear under mysterious circumstances for some reason, but the method works! Not sure why the peasants need scythes, torches, and pitchforks for office work, but the method works! 😄

What?! So no Soulless faction/story arc or sword summoning set?! 😭😭😭😭😭 🤣Sorry, couldn't resist.

*shrug* Don't know. Personally, I think Vanguard works, but they are open to both sides. Introducing the FBSA in a more concrete way could open up access to hero patron pools. Since they seem to be the overarching organization blue side. Just using Freedom Corps for patrons would also work. They give the early training for heroes, just not the training the Freedom Phalanx/Vindicators give. So there are definitely options. I'm just saying it needs to be worked in.

They do. Non-patron epic power pools are available to everyone regardless of side.

If you take Scirocco as patron and play through his arcs, it shows he is not a villain. Even when he says that is the only fate left to him as he demonstrates at the end of his arcs. Then in the Dark Astoria incarnate arcs, Scirocco further progresses away from Arachnos' bonds. Even Ice Mistral shows a heroic, or at least selfless, side to herself in the incarnate arcs with Scirocco. I can't say for certain, but it does look like Scirocco and possibly Ice Mistral were going to go hero following their own NPC version of the alignment system. Though equally possible was Ice Mistral simply taking his place as an Arachnos patron. As for hero side patrons? Yeah, sorry, not gonna speak for the devs. Though to be frank? It makes less for heroes than villains. Red side, the entire story revolves around the character being tested by Arachnos as they make their way up to rivaling Lord Recluse. Destroying the world in the process, but hey, even the heroes destroy the world in one of the blue side arcs. Blue side however, until they introduced the early arcs where you fight alongside the Freedom Phalanx, you are an independent hero not under any group's oversight in any real capacity. Sure, Freedom Corps and by extension Longbow keep tabs on you, but not in a manner like Arachnos. Vanguard tests you, and I suppose you could view them as a patron organization. The Freedom Phalanx, Vindicators, and Longbow are all just out there leaving you to your own devices though. That's just my take on blue side patrons though. And it is very much possible to adjust the story to enable blue side patrons. So take my response with a grain of salt please.

AE does not give Empyrean merits. It gives xp, including incarnate xp if you're level 50, and the vet levels you get from the xp give the Empyreans. If AE does give Empyreans, please tell me how. I could really use some more. (Edit: Point being, it is not AE giving them. You would get those merits even if you leveled elsewhere.)

I disagree on the set up, but that's me. Power already exists. People are using it. People are enjoying it. Not going to argue to change that. Your point is made. Apologies. Edit: For the initial statement to change it.

Didn't say that. Said take away the heal to match the rest. Don't have a problem with them having additional effects.

I'm scared to ask how they want the game to be more like AE.... ... ... Yeah... not gonna ask... don't want to know....

To match the rest. Edit: Unless you're asking why I would be stoned to death for the suggestion. Then the answer is because that would be a very unpopular idea.

So here's a thought that will get me stoned to death: Make Rebirth a rez only power to match the rest. Edit: And if not, then make Howling Twilight and the other non-pool rezzes also function as a heal. (Edit again: Erm... possibly discounting the self-rezzes....)

Yep. Got something similar. Bane Spider that uses the Wolf Spider gun attacks, the Bane Spider melee mace attacks for when things get too close and just need to sit the *&%^ down, and a webnade. No mace beams or poisonous ray. Is insanely fun!

And for every "I hate flamethrower and ignite on AR' there is a "I love flamethrower and ignite on AR". I actually take and enjoy using those powers. And has already been said, you can't take powers out of sets that are already in the game. As I have said on other threads, you can't take away powers from players that are using and enjoying them. You want to tweak AR? Then let's talk tweaks. You want to remake AR into something more like how you envision the power set is supposed to be and forget anyone that is currently enjoying it as is? Then you are imposing your way to play on others. You're willing to keep beanbag but not buckshot. Rifles don't fire bean bags. They can fire rubber bullets and other non-lethal rounds, but bean bags are shotgun options. (Edit: And you won't get the knock from a rubber bullet that you would get from the larger and meant to knock people back/down bean bag.) So you're already deviating from rifle back into multi-purpose weapon. Unless you attach a rifle fired grenade (kind of like a RPG) to the weapon, rifles don't fire grenades. The underslung M30 is a grenade launcher attachment. You are still technically dealing with a multi-purpose weapon. So you are against AR being a multi-purpose weapon but want it to be a multi-purpose weapon. And you want to make it more generic with Aim to match the other sets while you're at it. No thanks. I rather enjoy AR with its available list of powers as is.

Sarcasm doesn't translate well to text. Was just responding about my interpretation of the post.

Sounds much better to me. Thanks.

Ouroboros arcs are the regular story arcs. Unless you are referring specifically to the Ouroboros Initiation arc from the Pilgrim? What do you have against stealth characters being stealthy? It's what I hate about kill alls when on a stealth character. May as well not be stealthy and just take a more smash-centered character. Absolutely not. It is already ridiculous easy to get reward merits in this game. There are specific arcs people farm to maximize their reward merit acquisition rate. Making reward merits drop for every mission in a story arc or task force/strike force is entirely too much in my opinion. Aside from the initial note in this post and the other two comments, I actually am favorable to this suggestion. It would just mean I would need to keep xp turned off like I already do.

Uhm... I do. I know people that like MMs and I love MMs. (And I've said so on other threads previously.) I read your comment as a blanket 'no one likes MMs', and so it seems you think no one plays MMs. And that would obviously be wrong. I see as many MMs running around when I play as I see Tankers.

Did not know that. Thanks. Yep. Is why it was a question. If you're going to quote me, please make note of the context of the quote. Note that I admit I do not know about Empathy. I do not play support focused characters. Except for my third post, and now this one, I kept my posts as questions and did my best to ensure readers understood that I was asking questions because I did not know.