PeregrineFalcon

While true, the sheer number of "AE Babies" that people have encountered isn't an imaginary thing. And I don't care how long you've been playing this game, you're going to be better at playing a character that you've played all the way up to level 50 than you will be playing a character after you just hit the "Insta 50" button. Now for you, a highly experienced player, that learning curve won't take long, but you're not the entire player base. There are people who learn slower than you do, and some who really won't learn how to play their character at all if they haven't played it while leveling. Also, and frankly this never occurred to me so thanks for that @Akisan and @UltraAlt, the ability for people to use Insta-50s to completely end-run the entire name reclamation system would make all the time and effort that the devs put into writing the code for that system into a complete waste. So why would the developers deliberately give players the ability to completely end-run and entire system that they built from scratch for a reason?

No. I led a lot of PuGs for years on Freedom, and I led a lot of PuGs for the first two years I was on Torchbearer. A LOT of people play their Blasters like always at range unless the enemies are able to close. A LOT of people try their best to keep their Blasters out of melee range at all times. Hover blasting is a thing, perhaps you've heard of it. Even my Archmage, an Incarnate Fire/Fire/Fire Blaster with 32% Range Defense, stays out of melee most of the time. And believe me, she wipes out entire spawns in seconds. So, no. There's no reason whatsoever that people should stop saying, "I stick to 100% range", whether you like it or not. Because a lot of people, most would be my guess based on my experience, play their Blasters that way and always have. And it doesn't matter if you like it or not. And it doesn't matter if that's the mathematically most optimal way to play. That's how people play Blasters.

I'm sooooooo looking forward to those threads. 😁 What?

Yeah. I saw that conversation too. I thought they already did this in page 4? You think they'll nerf them even more when they finally buff Assault Rifle? Oh yeah! And let's be honest here for just a moment. Titan Weapons, XP boosters, and Bill Z all needed to be nerfed. They were all bugged and/or over performing far in excess of all comparable powersets. And Fire Farming wasn't really nerfed, it was just adversely impacted, in a way that Fire Farmers can easily work around if they just take a few minutes to go in and tweak their AE farms, when Fiery Melee received a much needed buff. @High_Beam I wasn't going to, but I guess I can sign for that. Just park it where ever.

Ya'know it's funny that you mention me, because I just rerolled my signature character on Torchbearer as a Fire/Energy Aura Sentinel. The plan, if I like it enough to get to 50, is to get some damage buff set bonuses and slot attacks with the HOs that are Dam/Range. I'll let you know how it goes, if you're interested.

Impossible. I'm a Marksman.

Why? I don't farm. I don't care if you do, but I don't farm. So why should I care about fire farmers?

Says the Anti-Farming League's top undercover agent. 😉 Yeah. I'm happy about both the buff to Fiery Melee and the buff to Sentinels. I didn't even play yesterday because I still can't decide if I want to keep Peregrine Falcon as a Fire/Shield Scrapper or reroll him as a Fire/Willpower Sentinel.

You're forgetting who you're talking to, Arcane. I'm literally the person who started that narrative on these forums. And I did it because it was based on my observations. And other people agree because they've observed the same thing. You can promise me anything you want, but understand that I've come to my conclusion based on facts in evidence, not your opinion.

I don't believe that the uptick in hostility is a one-sided problem, which is why I didn't say that it was. I think the hostility is coming in from all sides. I also think that the mods acting on one specific form of hostility while allowing other forms to slide to the point to where perfectly reasonable people are driven away from Homecoming completely, just might end up coming back to bite folks at some point in the future. Not that I'm claiming that @Bill Z Bubba is perfectly reasonable mind you, but people in general. 😁

Agreed. You know, the mods have a real problem with me calling people out for stuff being said that's clearly insane, but they don't seem to have a problem with players mocking other players, or players being told "Don't like it, go play on another server then!" And, at some point in the future, when they start complaining "how come I can't find anyone to team with", or "how come we're having problems with donations to keep the server running"? Maybe at that point they'll figure out why allowing this toxic nonsense that drives people away wasn't such a great idea. Unfortunately, I'm not hopeful that they'll figure it out before the servers are shut down.

What language does your cat normally type in? German? French?

The Shield armor set for Brutes, Scrappers and Tankers, has a "Shield Charge" power that teleports you to the enemies and does PbAoE damage. It combines well with Broadsword, Energy Melee and Super Strength. Both Kinetics and Empathy on Defenders and Corruptors are great for buffing other people, not so much for ones self though.

Sure they would. And I'm certain that the developers will give their complaints the same consideration they gave to ours when we asked them not to nerf Rune of Protection, or add a combo to Energy Melee, or add a combo to Sorcery Pool. What I got when I read this thread: AFK Farmers big mad they can't AFK farm anymore. 🤪

Yes, it's called "Roleplaying." See, that would be the RPG portion of MMORPG. By the way, were you going to answer any of the myriad of questions people have asked about your metal powerset? You're not going to get the undying praise that you seem to want, but you might convince some people to actually like your suggestion. That's not going to happen if you just keep scolding people and refuse to talk about your powerset though.

Yeah, I remember all of that. Too many years of dealing with the public in my profession has resulted in my inability to feel sympathy for anyone. But by the time that was over even I felt a little bit of sympathy for the PvPers.

Same. I have to have progressives so that I can see far away and computer screen distance and close distance for reading. Plus a blue coating to help with the eye strain of staring at a computer screen for 8 - 12 hours a day. Recently went to get new glasses and they asked me if I wanted to have lenses of unobtainium, or whatever it's called, instead of polycarbonate. They're lighter and tougher they said so I said "Sign me up." They really are thinner and lighter than my old lenses. The fun part was during the eye exam when they told me "Lean into the machine until the red disk turns green, then it'll take the readings." And I was like "Hey. So, remember when I mentioned that I'm red-green color blind? Yeah, the disks look the same color to me." The only bit of good news is that, since I'm getting older, my eyes tendency to become far-sighted seems to have slowed my eyes from becoming further near-sighted. At least until my retinas detach from the back of my eyes in a few years. Yay!

Is that what we're calling it now?

It wouldn't be just a QoL change. It would make my Tanker more powerful, yet again. So, awhile back, they moved Afterburner from the Flight Pool into being an inherent for Fly. Not having to take Afterburner freed up a power pick for my Invuln/EM Tanker, allowing me to take Build Up. Now they've the Secondary Tier 1 & 2 attacks interchangeable, so I'll be able to drop Barrage for Energy Punch, once my computer is back from the shop, which will further increase my Tanker's damage output. So yeah, please let me drop Kick and take another power, and my Tanker will become even more powerful. And Snarky will sink further into depression and somehow make it out to be yet another nerf to Brutes. 😄

P.S. In English capitalizing the first word in a sentence is not optional. Also, if you really want to discuss your powerset then you should probably start by answering some of the questions that people have asked you about the powerset. We're not going to be talking about your powerset if you don't.

Like stealing other people's suggestions. Does that fall under "do what others do"? Thanks for signing for my package, Luminara.

Oh don't mind him. The moderators often follow people that they want to keep an eye on.

Can you beat this price? https://www.amazon.com/Asus-TUF-i5-11260H-Threads-Keyboard/dp/B09JFHQT8V/ I ask because I'm thinking about buying this for one of my sons.

He isn't going to be responding soon. Apparently he's AFK: