PeregrineFalcon

My main is Invuln/Energy Melee. I'm always looking for a tougher build, but it seems no one ever takes Energy Mastery. For this character Laser Beam Eyes are a must. (Yeah, I know.) I usually take Focused Accuracy and Physical Perfection as well. If anyone has a good build with those things included, or even just some tips, I'd appreciate it.

I think that some power and control is necessary for teleporters and a couple of other things. But I do believe that a lot of the power requirements for things have dropped and I don't remember exactly which items that's true of. However, I just use a super computer and a turbine generator and that's enough to handle everything. Those two items don't take up that much space. Also, there's a limit to how many storage items you can have in a base. Salvage storage, enhancement storage and inspiration storage all count toward the same total. So if you don't need much salvage storage that lets you have more inspiration and/or enhancements storage items.

Shrink the base plot? Yes. Shrink a room? No. I have several bases that are all about utility, so I know what you mean. They have only 1 room, other than the entrance room, and I have all of the useful items in a horseshoe around the room entrance. To decrease the amount of time it'll take to shrink your base you could simply delete all of the other rooms, except for the one with utility items that you want to keep, move the storage and utility items into a small area around the room entrance, and then just populate the rest of the room with a couple of decorative items. Or you could just leave that part of the room empty since you probably won't even go into that part of the room anyway. Pro tip: have the utility room south of the entrance room since your character always faces south when entering the base. This will save you a few seconds of time.

You know Luminara, I've been waiting for your post in this thread. I was planning on a long, point-by-point response that started with "Buckle up, cupcake!" But now, having read your post, I'm just going to say: I agree with you.

I completely agree that it's not necessary. My next answer will explain why. My only objection to removing it is that Luminara will kill us both, and no one really wants that. Ok, I like consistency, and I'd even be ok with Defenders being great on teams and not really even being able to solo. Every AT has a specialty. Scrappers are solo warriors. Tankers are battlefield control and team protection specialists. And so on. The entire purpose of Defenders is to support and strengthen a TEAM. Every power they have, including the Inherent, is one that is supposed to support and strengthen a team. Any ability they get that doesn't help the team literally goes against the entire purpose of the AT. The problem with Vigilance currently is that it always benefits all Defenders when soloing, but it does not benefit all Defenders when teaming.

Get the Fast Travel Accolade! That thing is awesome. And Prestige, which used to be the currency used to build bases, is no longer a thing. So you can found a Super Group, immediately build a base with all of the teleporters, and invite all of your other characters to that Super Group with the "/altinvite charactername" command. Other than that, everything that Invaderstych said. Oh and welcome home, hero. 🙂

I disagree. Endurance Cost Reduction is an ability that helps all Defenders. Anything else will only help some kinds of Defenders. +Recharge literally does not help Force Field or Sonic Defenders, while it makes Empaths far more powerful. +Heal only helps a Empaths and a few others. +Special could end up making Force Field and/or Sonic Defenders overpowered while not really helping Empaths that much. But Endurance Cost Reduction helps every Defender of every powerset. Now, in one of my last posts I recommended a scaling Endurance Cost Reduction that went up to -70%, and some of you thought that was crazy. Well, there's such a thing as a "ghost bonus." I'm sure that Games Theory probably has a specific term for this that is different, but I'll stick with this term ghost bonus for now. Hypothetical example: let's say someone does the math and determines that a Defender really only needs -40% Endurance Cost Reduction in order to not have endurance issues anymore. But what if we give them a -70% ECR? Well, that extra -30% is a bonus that doesn't end up doing anything. It's not really helpful. It's a "ghost bonus." It makes the player feel good to have a Huge Number(TM), but in the end it doesn't really matter. But what does matter is than an Endurance Cost Reduction will benefit all Defenders; Storm, Force Field and Empath.

C'mon Arcane. He's making a general statement. Which, like all general statements, is generally true the majority of the time for the majority of people. Don't be one of those guys who freaks out and argues semantics. Don't be that guy. You're smarter than that. Most people who've bought even a reasonably new computer at any point within the last 10 years will be able to run multiple instances of CoH. With a little bit of work (plugging in a USB keyboard) you can run CoH on a friggin TABLET.

Hey, three is still three more than I thought there were. I've been on a LOT of video game forums over the years and I don't think I've seen three suggestions from the player base make it into any other game ever. So Homecoming has a good track record there. Thanks for answering my question, gentlemen.

Bio is the preferred set if you want your character to look like someone who runs around saving the day with giant chunks of dried poo stuck to the side of their head, and other body parts. If, on the other hand, you don't want your character to look like Chunky Poo Man! (feel free to steal that name) then take Willpower.

On a side note, I don't know why we keep doing this. We keep posting suggestions but none of them ever get implemented. I feel like the whole Suggestions & Feedback subforum is just a catspaw. A ruse that was implemented to keep people from bothering the devs. A way to make people think they're listening to us when, in fact, they just ignore this subforum and do whatever they were going to do in the first place. Has anyone ever seen a single one of these suggestions implemented in game?

You're correct about that. However: I'm not convinced that the solo damage buff is an issue. If you remove the solo damage buff, a LOT of players are going to lose their marbles and light the forums on fire! Also, Luminara will be along shortly to explain to us just how wrong we all are for not recommending that the developers immediately buff Defenders to high heaven in numerous respects.

I don't think so. First, I dislike the entire endurance system to begin with. My character is a super hero, they don't get winded. Secondly, you want to make sure that Defenders and Corruptors are clearly different and have clearly different foci? Well, this will do it. Corruptors and Defenders will play much differently and have different strengths.

I'd leave the damage bonus alone and just alter the endurance cost reduction to be per teammate, regardless of their HP. That way Defenders who are doing their jobs properly aren't penalized for it. So it'd look like this: Solo +30% damage 1 TM +20% damage, 10% endurance cost reduction 2 TM +10% damage, 20% endurance cost reduction 3 TM 30% endurance cost reduction 4 TM 40% endurance cost reduction 5 TM 50% endurance cost reduction 6 TM 60% endurance cost reduction 7 TM 70% endurance cost reduction

Wait what? Is that a real article? *Checks the calendar.* After reading that article I feel like someone's about to jump out at me at yell "April fools!"

Now this one's hard to call. On the one hand I'm guessing that would be the ultimate expression of PATRIARCHY! But, on the other hand, given how upset a certain subset of people were about a recent bill in Florida that prohibits teachers from grooming school children, maybe not. Like I said, this one's hard to call.

Ok, fine. Perhaps you should ask the moderators to perma-ban Marcus Cole from the forums then. Would that make you happy?

This means that you and I disagree. This does not mean that my statement was misleading or disingenuous.

Tyrant is a bad guy. A villain. This internal dialog of his shows just what a bad guy he is. If the language is cleaned up then he won't look like the villainous mass murderer that he is. Is that the intention? To clean up his dialog so that he's a sympathetic character rather than a villain?

It's neither. Look, a Corruptor's primary powerset is ranged damage. It's secondary for a Defender. So the way I see it the Corruptor's primary job is to deal damage, with a side of also support the team. So they are, first and foremost, a ranged damage dealer. The Defender's primary is support, with a side of "oh look, I can also do a bit of damage." So they are, first and foremost, a team support character. So no. My statement was neither misleading nor disingenuous. I don't make misleading or disingenuous statements.

When I was referred to myself I was referring to the hypothetical statement in the second half of my sentence. Sorry if that confused you. So, let's go with your original statement: "not cool." Ok, let's assume that a game dev reads your thread. This statement tells him nothing. It doesn't tell him what the actual problem is and therefore he will not know how to solve it. So no. Please don't do a long educational piece where you write condescendingly to all of us plebes, and attempt to amaze us with your genius. Believe it or not, you're not the only person on this forum who's well aware of all of the issues you've mentioned. Instead, please just answer my original question. What specifically is the problem? And please understand, you're not answering that question for me, but you are answering it for the developer who will probably read this thread.

"Why can't my Sentinel do as much damage as my Blaster?" "Why can't my Defender do as much damage as my Blaster?" "Why can't my Corruptor debuff as well as my Defender?" Yes. Right now the best choice for every support set is to play Defender. The one AT whose sole function is to support a team. Nah, let's just screw them over by making a ranged damage dealer just as good at support as they are.

How is this not cool? Do harlots not exist? Do they not tend to dress in a specific way? Are you offended by the word itself? What specifically is the problem? Just saying "not cool" is much like "do better". It's a complaint that tells me nothing and doesn't even hint at what I can do to fix the problem.

This was talked about in a previous thread. I was against it then and I'm against it now and for the same reasons. However, since I was warned by the moderators for my explanation in that thread I will not go into the reasons why here. Hence the pic.