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.

Thank you. And I think that knocking people back is part of the super hero genre and that some people need to realize that knock back always has been and always will be a part of City of Heroes. The retail devs refused to take it away and the Homecoming devs have already said that they're not going to take it away, and why. So, 21 years later knock back is still here. How many more decades until people realize that that isn't going to change? How many more decades until people realize that they are going to just have to deal with it?

This isn't a problem that can be fixed. Look, if the devs gave everyone a free KB > KD power, sure the whining about KB would stop. But you know what would happen then? People would find something else to cry about. They'd fixate on something else and post about that for year after year after year, just like they've done with KB. The problem isn't KB. The problem is the human condition. People always complain about something.

And you know this how? Have you surveyed the entire player base? No you haven't, you're just making this shit up. I'll agree that a forum poll isn't completely reliable, but it's far more accurate that the random shit you're spewing. Make no mistake, you do not know what the entire player base thinks. You're just writing your own opinion and acting like you know the hearts and minds of everyone who plays on Homecoming. I'll agree that someone here sounds a bit delusional.

What's worse is that when, a couple of years ago, there was a forum poll about knockback and it turned out that the majority actually liked knockback. But the knockback haters still continue to post "The majority of people hate knockback." Even though that's been repeatedly proven to be false.

I have to admit. I don't understand what the OP means by "balance" in this context. While he did write this: But I don't understand how any of his bulletin points will accomplish this. The fact is that the only way to complete most missions is to defeat enemies, and the only thing that defeats enemies is damage. No amount of lowering a character's damage output will change that. All it accomplishes is reducing options and increasing mission completion times.

Please remember that this person does not speak English, and that they are using a program to translate. And worse, we have no idea how accurate that translation actually is.

Not in the US, no. There's certainly nothing illegal, or unethical, about customer privacy. I'm honestly not certain why this is even a question.

The City of Heroes RETAIL team had the rule that "we don't discuss moderator actions." And the City of Heroes HOMECOMING team has decided to follow that same standard. But that's not the only acceptable standard. I'll give you an example: Shortly after Guild Wars 2 launched a person started complaining on social media (maybe Reddit, I forget) that the GW2 team had banned them for no reason at all, and that they were horrible people, etc., etc. Gail (the head of the of the mod team at the time) responded showing screenshots of things he'd said in game that showed him saying ridiculous racist stuff in general chat. This had the effect of not only letting people know that that kind of behavior wouldn't be tolerated, but it also gave people confidence that the mod team was actually responding to reports like this which kept a lot of people from doing those things in the first place. Another example: whenever I play Rainbow Six Siege I constantly see messages pop up like: "Battleye just banned XxXwackynameXxX." Now I don't know much about how moderation works for Siege, but you know what I do know? I know that if I make a dumb name, or say something dumb in chat, I'm gonna get banned, so I don't do any of those things. So there is a legitimate reason to show players at least some of the results of moderator actions, if not all of the details. The Homecoming team has chosen not to do that, and that's fine, but just so people understand there are other legal and acceptable ways to deal with moderation.

Reviewers who I typically agree with have said it's probably the best Fantastic Four movie yet. I'm thinking of actually going to see it.

Rest in peace @Shenanigunner ! Until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.