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Then what are you asking for? Character counts in text have always included special characters like line breaks. And as for resizing the window, I do. Every time I go to read someone's bio because the window keeps shrinking back down to default size. So if that isn't your request, I'll go make a request for it.

No, it is because the mentioned bio is not a single paragraph and the bio window doesn't have a scroll bar any more. All it takes is a few line breaks and the written bio goes past the provided window. This is remedied by expanding the bio window, but players used to be able to scroll bios to read them. And I personally find it annoying to ahve to expand the bio window every time I go to read someone's bio because the window keeps shifting back to its default size for me.

That's not the problem. The problem is that the scroll bar for bios that are longer than the basic bio window isn't there any more. So unless someone remembers to resize the bio window when they read someone's bio, they see a bio that doesn't fit. Yes, the character count for bios includes everything. That includes spaces, line breaks, and other special characters. (Worse, it counts those special characters as their ASCII format which is 2-4 characters after the bio is initially written.) However, it isn't the character count that the author is citing to the best of my understanding. Edit: Aaaaaaaaannnnnnnnd... others have already pointed that out. Apologies for the repeat.

Just to be clear, you do know that radios and newspapers were added specifically to give players repeatable missions to help them level between contacts and weren't part of the game at launch, yes? (Edit: They also point players to contacts they may not know about because of how the contact system works.) (Edit again: With papers and radios, and the Safeguards and Mayhems they lead to, players were given an alternate means of leveling without having to go through the same contacts. So there aren't any stories in them, just repeatables with randomly filled in enemies from a level specific pool to give players some variety.)

I didn't check against the winter sets for lack of overlap, but using regeneration set bonus as the comparison, Overwhelming Force's bonus was 1.5x better than the non-unique sets. Which explains to me why the set is unique.

Because even pretty useless idiots have souls to be taken and can be leveraged to accomplish tasks in the world without drawing attention to the demons that need that task/those tasks done. Aside from the Circle of Thorns, at least as far as established factions goes, there are no allies that are willing to trade away their very souls for a questionable gift of power. (Edit: With the Circle constantly looking for loopholes and other ways to get out of their agreements while retaining their power.) And for the most part, the powers the Hellions get are questionable at best for their value in exchange for a soul. Who else is this easy to manipulate with paltry payments to open a path for the demons to come? Yep, and that it makes it almost free for the demons to keep using the Hellions. And having the Girlfriends from Hell on hand to keep an eye on the idiots for their demonic masters serves the dual roles of offering more temptations for the Hellions to commit ever more heinous acts in the name of their demonic masters while also establishing a foothold in the world. I get its your preference, I'm pointing out how the gangs are explained in the canon though. The Hellions and the Skulls are jokes to other gangs, but both gangs have lots of untapped potential as threats because of the bargains they pursue for their questionable increases in power. The Hellions with demons and the Skulls with darkness, possibly aspects of Death. And as the expanded rosters for the Skulls show with the Lords of Death arc, the Hellions and Skulls can grow into actual threats through their deals. So what would happen if the Hellions and/or Skulls actually managed to open a path for the powers they are bargaining with? The Circle of Thorns is already keenly aware of both groups, though they tend to write them off. However, why would they have even bothered to learn about either group if they were so ignorable?

That would most likely render the Sudden Acceleration set suddenly unique. (Edit: Or at least its proc. Also, given the set bonuses from Overwhelming Force, that is probably why the entire set, and not just the proc, are unique. The Superior set bonuses.)

Oh there are more qualifications besides just "ask for a new set"? How convenient that you forgot to mention this when laying out what is OK for us to request. I did lay out the qualifications. You simply chose to not review them. I've been against global KB to KD this entire thread. Why would that change just because it is being moved to an enhancement set? Edit: And as far as "what is okay for you to request" goes? I'm not stopping anyone from requesting anything. However, I will argue against things I disagree with.

I'm guessing the set is unique at least partially because of the proc. That proc is doing a whole lot: increasing damage, changing existing KB to KD, and adding a KD proc as well. So I'm willing to bet it will never be made not unique. More damage sets that aren't unique and have a KB to KD proc in them though? Should be fine to ask for. Edit: And as for a Superior version of it? Looks to me like it is already granting Superior set bonuses.

If it is a global KB to KD effect, I will always oppose it regardless of type/source. If it is an additional enhancement set that makes players like you happier with a KB to KD proc for the power slotted in, I will support you.

The thing about the Hellions is they are a gang trying to bargain with fiends for power. Incompetently. The Girlfriends from Hell aren't so much their girlfriends as they are envoys to help the Hellions finish their fall to demonic enslavement. Aside from being in their bio that players can read in game, it also shows up in the Matthew Habashy arc where a Girlfriend from Hell is responding to her master speaking to her through the altars and the Hellions mistake her comment as being a request to do something for them.

Because it was a global.

Asking for more sets with a KB to KD proc follows established precedent in the game. Asking for a Null the Gull option bypasses what was done in the game for that purpose. So yes, asking for more sets is perfectly fine while asking for a global option in Null the Gull is not.

Which is why the requesting player should identify himself/herself/themselves instead of hoping that someone in the league will be able to quickly find them on the league list. This has nothing to do with the MSR leader.

You know, a funny thing just happened. There have been comments on previous KB threads that slotting the Sudden Acceleration set works against the proc. With the implication that you can't slot the set without losing the benefit of the proc'. So I just hopped on the test server, threw together a level 50 energy/energy blaster, slotted 5 Sudden Acceleration sets and 1 Overwhelming Force, and then did a mission. The funny thing I mentioned? With a full Sudden Acceleration set slotted, the powers still did KD, not KB.

It already is being addressed with a means of not having KB in attacks for those that don't want it. Make use of the available options the game provides. If that isn't enough, then ask for more sets for more options. That's why those sets exist is to be used and give players that option.

Depending on your character and build, you won't need a team for most of the content. Even several TFs can be run perfectly fine while solo. The Advanced Mode TFs/SFs, trials, and raids are pretty much the only time you need a team. Other than that, you can always join a team and run the game at a higher difficulty if you want.

Uhm... this is already a thing in game, just not as part of the right click menu. You click the character or you click the character's name on your team/league window, and now you can teleport that character to you. While this isn't possible with someone you just see in chat, if they are on a MSR with you, then they are already there to be clicked and teleported. The requesting person needs only provide some additional information to help with the process. "Can someone tp me into the bowl? Team 4 player 3."

The opposition is that the request, which as already stated by a dev won't be happening so I am really wondering why this debate is still going, is to remove one of the game's core mechanics. Sure, players that don't want to use the proposal can simply not use it, but that isn't really any better than saying "I want a power that can 1-shot Hamidon and if others don't want that then they don't have to take it". My example in this post is intentionally skewed and over the top, ridiculous even, but I'm hoping doing so will drive the point home. The game already provides players with the means of not having KB in their attacks. They can simply slot Sudden Acceleration and Overwhelming Force. And if those sets are slotted rather than just the proc, then slotting them isn't an "enhancement tax". If those sets aren't sufficient for players, they can ask for more sets that also have a proc that changes KB to KD. Asking to simply be able to turn off a game mechanic without making use of the provided means players are meant to be using to do so is not a quality of life thing. However, players following the current meta will never be happy with that because while they are quite happy to slot procs into their powers, those procs have to do extra damage for them to accept it. So those procs will always be an "enhancement tax" in their eyes. As much as they don't like it though, the game is not designed to facilitate the current meta and so I see no reason for the game to be changed to make everything fit into it.

To complete the double mission of "Offer the Soul of Akarist", outside of just quitting the TF you find yourself on for doing it via Ouroboros after you get the mission completion reward and badges as appropriate. the player holding the mission has to talk to Archmage Tarixus after exiting the mission. The author's mistake as far as I can tell is not clicking Archmage Tarixus to complete the mission because no blue hand icon appeared to interact with him. However, as long as you are attempting to select Archmage Tarixus, you can click him to complete the mission. The lack of a blue hand indicator is matched by his selection box highlighting. So blue hand or no, as long as he is selected/clicked, he completes the mission for the player. This has been going on for a while and I'm not sure what is going on with it.

If you are referring to the doppelganger fight in city hall, this has been reported many, many, many times. And not just for that mission in that TF. Apparently all the doppelgangers get full access to our power sets regardless of level. (Even if those powers give the doppelganger more powers than your level 50 character would ever get like with the Soldiers/Widows of Arachnos.) Like you, I'm not sure if that is a bug or is intended, but there you go.

weapon mastery has sword? i made psi/nin thats what made me think about it thx for feedback! Only for Sentinels.

I just ran this through Ouroboros to check. It works just fine. You need to click Archmage Tarixus to get his closing comment to complete the arc/flashback. You won't get the blue hand icon, just click him whenever his target box gets highlighted and the mission completes.

Whether you believe it or not isn't relevant. That is what the testing server is for. That is why the test server lets devs and players instantly make fully kitted out level 50+3 characters whenever they want in any configuration they want. When you have that capability, then why would there be a need to go back and change how the underlying game engine works to facilitate being able to change a character's AT, origin, primary power set, or secondary power set? And what you are asking for would require the underlying game engine to be changed according to the Live devs. Using the tools in the test server, anyone at any time can immediately put together any character of any type using any combinations of power sets, powers, and enhancements across all the ATs to do whatever they want. So in a way, you are absolutely correct. The devs did/do have a means of constantly changing what is being fielded/tested on a given character (s)he/they tosses together to test various functions. And that means is also already available to players to use. On the test server. Where things the devs want tested get tested. (Edit: Though what you are asking for also does not exist even on the test server. Because to change AT, origin, primary power set, and/or secondary power set, they still have to make a new character. They can just immediately make said new character level 50+3 with all slotted enhancements.)