PeregrineFalcon

I think Sentinels are in a great spot now and I wouldn't change anything except maybe boost the range of their powers a bit. I think the real problem with Sentinels isn't their performance, but the lack of set IOs that benefit them. A Blaster can use set IOs to get their Defense to the soft-cap, which makes them nearly as tough as a Sentinel, but a Sentinel cannot use set IOs to get their damage up to Blaster levels. If there were more options for Sentinels to increase their range and damage then they would essentially be on par with Blasters once they're kitted out.

Wait, hold up! When did they lower the population cap on my island?

Oh yeah, I missed all of that. Yikes! Well, I'm still hoping that they're able to keep the game running. It can only get better, right? Right?

I'm sorry, but were you on the same City of Heroes retail forums that I was? Because a ton of folks DID get banned for having a negative opinion. Many times. Yeah, the post that I saw that got people angry didn't seem to have an attitude to me. The person complained about the price and the dev responded with "We understand your financial constraints and respect them." That's attitude? Yeah, unfortunately I think you're right. EDIT: They did say "this is not going to be a AAA MMO, we're a tiny team with a shoe string budget" They've been saying for years. And I never saw them insult their audience/customers. I feel like either a bunch of shit's being made up or I really missed something big that happened while I was at work.

I have to say that I'm a little disappointed by the reception to this game. The anger that some people are showing, on Reddit and Steam, seems to center entirely around the price. People appear to be using that as an excuse to attack the game, and demonize the developers. And while that's typical of internet people, it just seems odd when the game, as delivered, is exactly what the devs said it would be. It's an MMO launched by a tiny indie team on a shoe string budget. That was always known. So I'm not sure what people expected.

That's perfect! They'll never realize that it's you. 😁

Well, technically yes. However, you can buy the game, play it, review it, and then get a refund as long as your play time totals less than 2 hours.

So the launch was yesterday. And to say it hasn't gone well is an understatement. All day yesterday people were flooding the site forum, the Steam forum, and the subreddit, with constant complaints about the price. Then the server went down/was taken down. They did a patch and brought the servers back online. I was accused by people on the subreddit of being one of the Ship of Heroes devs, which is hilarious. And wrong, I'm not a coder. And then there was this:

The release date has been finalized and is posted on the steam page. It's now Monday, September 22nd. Yes, that's two days from now. It's going to cost $60, which includes the first month's subscription, after that it's $15/month with discounts for paying for multiple months at a time. And the devs have said there will be no cash shop and no paid DLC.

Release date on Steam now shows as: "Coming soon." Holy cats! You weren't wrong about the Steam forums.

So it's been 2 hours. Did the game unlock? Can you download it?

Ship of Heroes was supposed to launch tomorrow, August 18th. It was just announced, earlier today, that launch has been delayed until Monday, August 25th. 😞

Semantics. You're simply taking advantage of poor wording on my part. By giving people a way to convert all KB to KD, however you do it, you then open them up to being pressured into turning that toggle on, or slotting that special IO, or whatever. So yeah, that's taking away knock back. And then, once that problem's "solved", the anti-KB crowd will move on to the next "problem" to be solved. Knock back is not a problem. Knock back is a part of the super hero genre. And, according to the Homecoming devs, it's not going anywhere. You all need to take the hint already.