PeregrineFalcon

He said that he switched to streaming on Twitch about a year ago. So here's what I think really happened: He found out that he can make money on Twitch streaming other games. He decided to stop playing City of Heroes so he can spend more time streaming games that make money. His followers repeatedly asked him why he no longer plays City of Heroes. So he made this video where he blames "the community" for his no longer playing City of Heroes.

Ok, for those of you who are interested, here's the link to the reddit post they're talking about. It's kinda silly, in my expert opinion, to start talking about another thread and then not provide a link to it. There's no real need. It's about what you expect. People are arguing back and forth about the drama that Positive Gamer brought on himself and his own burnout, which he blames on others of course. Yay, today's society where people have been brainwashed into thinking that nothing's EVER their fault!

So you're saying that I should start a YouTube channel now?

/Noranger! I put the invite out in LFG and I'll inform everyone that the team's full in LFG. You can't tell me what to do! You're not my real father!

More Jedi lies!!!

I can't answer that as I want to continue to be allowed to post. Also, because I don't want to break the rules by continuing to stray off topic, I have to say that I'm completely against both a Level 50 boost token and a full reroll retcon.

Well that and the fact that I'm no longer allowed to just /jranger.

This post right here, made by one of the developers, has a link to exactly where you should go to download City of Heroes Homecoming.

I have no idea how large your character list is. How could I possibly know that? I was simply pointing out that what is being asked for in this thread can already be done, just not in the exact way that the OP is asking for. I am against a full insta-respec for the same reason that I'm against an insta-level 50.

This already exists. There are just 4 easy steps. Go to a tailor and save your character's costume(s). Log out to the character screen and delete the character. Make a new character, upload the new costume an choose the same name. Enter the game. This allows you to recreate the character as a different AT and with any powersets that you choose. Everything else will be the same. The exact same costume, body type and dimensions, everything.

I agree with this in theory. Not necessarily in this instance though. The upside, if you can call it that, of Comm Officer and Illusionist summons not awarding XP is that it makes them a target. My friends and I always try to shut them down first so as to prevent the summons in the first place. This provides some fun and actually requires us to think while steamrolling through enemies. But what do I know? I think that if I'm 50 and I save someone in Atlas Park from getting mugged that I should get some kind of reward as well.

You see, this is what I love about people. People are hilarious and full of contradictions. Many posts in this thread boil down to "I won't pay any money" but also "The Homecoming developers deserve to get paid for their work." You all are too funny.

Personally, I'd just go with a subscription model. I really hate the nickel and dimeing of the in game store microtransaction model. And don't even get me started on gamble boxes. I don't care if subscriptions have vanished in terms of popularity. You know what else isn't really popular anymore? 17 year old MMOs. Perhaps they could even go with a hybrid model. Free players get 10 slots per server, subscribers get the 1,000 slots per server.

Not necessarily. While the current Homecoming servers are in NA, I seem to remember that, in the beginning, they were located in another country. In the event that NCSoft sends a cease and desist the servers can be migrated to a country that doesn't have legal reciprocity with SK or the US. This is why I'm not concerned about Homecoming shutting down. I also believe that it's one of the reasons why NCSoft hasn't sent a cease and desist, because it would just make them look weak and foolish. It's probably also the reason that the devs don't want to reveal their secret identities.

It depends on what exactly you mean by commercially viable. Just enough money to pay for expenses? Approx 400 subscribers at $15/month would provide $6,000/month, which would be enough to cover current listed expenses. Enough money to pay salaries for The Council of Thirteen? Approx 4,000 subscribers at $15/month would provide $60,000/month. This would be enough to cover expenses and pay 13 developers $50,000 annual income. This assumes that Homecoming is set up as a tax exempt non-profit.

I'm seriously divided on this topic. I want to jranger because my friends and I love fighting Carnies (I don't care if that word is offensive, report me) and I don't see any reason to up their XP because they're no more of a challenge than Malta. On the other hand, I fight Carnies all the time. Bonus XP, on top of getting to enjoy the screams of my victims, would be like icing on the cake. Surely you can see the predicament this puts me in?

Base Transporter from inside the mission then use the teleporters in base to teleport to Steel Canyon. It takes you out right next to Positron now.

Oh man. I'll never get to 1k rep before my perma-ban. 😭

How dare you not be psychic and not be able to provide support before it's asked for! 🤣 🤪 In all seriousness, I went through this same thing not long ago. Not wanting to use CoH modder. I finally did and it took less than 5 minutes and I was done. If Norton is freaking out then disable Norton. Norton is utter garbage anyway.

I just went and checked, and you're right. The dev post did not say they weren't going to add a level 50 token. I was wrong. Thank you for correcting my failing memory. Also, are you ready to quote those posts yet where people were supposedly white knighting and/or gatekeeping? Or would you like to just going ahead and admit now that you were just making stuff up?

I used your owns words against you, and I didn't get your point? I even gave an example, and I didn't get your point? Your statement implies that I'm so stupid that it's a wonder that I can even respond to your post. Of course I got your point, and you know that I did. It's just that this is the internet where you're not allowed to admit that you might be wrong, ever. It's ok, I understand.

I think it's better than the devs maintain a clear vision of what they want the game to be than to try to cater to all of "the people." And they've already said why they won't add a level 50 token to the game, in this very thread no less. Sure. I'd love it if the devs gave my tanker a +100% damage bonus. Would it be good for the game if they did that? Why not? Why force me to jump through a 20 year old hoop in order to confine me to my AT?

Neither does getting that character to level 50 with an instant token. And it does add to your experience if you're playing your character to 50, instead of just door sitting. For example: the experience of leveling a Force Field/Beam Rifle Defender to 50 is absolutely nothing like playing a Dark/Dark Defender. Radically different play styles within the same AT, but you won't know that if you just insta-level them to 50.

If I were working on Sentinels today I think I'd do something like this. As someone earlier in the thread suggested, give them Dominator Assault sets. This way they have a combination of ranged and melee attacks. Increase their range and damage modifier to equal Blasters (and Scrappers). They'll still do less damage because they won't have defiance. Leave their cone and AoE caps the same. This way Blasters will still be the king of ranged AoEs. Change their inherent from Opportunity to Guardian. This would be a toggle that can be placed on any friendly that directs 50% of incoming damage, and all mez effects, to the Sentinel. Sort of like a stronger version of Spirit Ward from the Sorcery power pool. This would not only give them a definite role on the team, it also matches their name. To encourage people to use this power the Sentinel could also get a damage bonus of their own while the toggle is active. Alternatively, the inherent could be reworked to be like Defenders' inherent, Vigilance. Except that it would give a damage bonus for less teammates (or while solo) and a range (and/or endurance) bonus while teamed.