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An idea like that might be a good ATO Unique, Kensai. If the Homecoming Team gets around to making a third Set of ATOs for each Archetype, the Unique for the Brute one could apply your idea. Maybe a x2 multiplier on Fury Damage Bonus, but scaling in step with that a scaling up-to -20% Defense Debuff and up-to -50% Resistance Debuff.

The various Redside Contacts OOZE with personality, and it's great. But yeah . . . gonna echo tremor here. The first time I played Radio in CoV Beta, I -knew- I was in for a FUN time!

Take it straight to the bank! . . . not to deposit, of course. That would be silly. We take it to the bank so we can use it to blow up the vault door!

Another "none" here. I'm not here because of comic books. I'm here because City of Heroes is awesome in its own right! The semi-modern aesthetic with the (as of 2004, and frankly . . . still true even today!) unprecedented level of customization and personal ownership of the characters we make are what drew me in and kept me invested! The closest thing to a character who was based on an existing intellectual property was, ironically, my main villainess: Commandant Nongratis. I was largely inspired by Commandant Grayza from Farscape, but also a little by The Black Queen, Great Tyrant of Sogo from the Barbarella film, and made a bit of a parody character on the CoV Beta. However! Mercs/Traps is an amazingly engaging Power Set combination for me, and my attempt at a tongue-in-cheek character outfit design ended up making me very popular with other players . . . I wound up with a densely populated Villain Group for the first few months, and got me hooked on roleplaying. But as far as comic books? Nope. As far as I'm concerned, City of Heroes transcends that medium!

"I like pie." Random civilian that I clicked on in the street. Just this morning/last night, from a mission of Vargas': 2020-02-17 01:06:51 [NPC] Nebula Cor Leonis Assault: I know this stuff is the key to our power and all, but I still say it just tastes weird. 2020-02-17 01:06:51 [NPC] Vortex Elite Assault: What do you expect it to taste like? Strawberries? 2020-02-17 01:06:52 [NPC] Nebula Cor Leonis Assault: Actually, that would be kinda nice. 2020-02-17 01:06:52 [NPC] Vortex Elite Assault: Are you serious? Strawberry flavored super-soldier serum? 2020-02-17 01:06:52 You activated the Nemesis Staff power. 2020-02-17 01:06:53 [NPC] Nebula Cor Leonis Assault: Well, at least this will end that conversation.

They threw away the old Zeerust in a lot of places, yes, but I think they've gone and added a new one in some other places. Like the Quantum Storage Facility and that folding-triangles-painting-guard. In twenty years, I have a feeling even -those- will seem quaint by that era's modern technological aesthetics.

Don't forget the roleplay benefits of multi-boxing! I'm just not complete unless I'm playing multiple roles during the same scene.

And no mention of the pre-50 inequality angle? Come on! This is City of Heroes; it's not an end-game-only MMO. But I think it's a fair point to make that no; not everyone is going to have scads of Inf. There's a good question for some datamining. What kind of Inf ARE we looking at per character and per account, Homecoming Team? What does the situation REALLY look like under the hood?

Whoa whoa whoa whoa . . . Doc Buzzsaw's spawning at lower levels now?! Mind. Blown!

That squat though.

If I have an audience, sure. But if I'm just doing it for my own purposes, then nah. And not just Portal Corp, but anywhere with an appropriate interdimensional portal. You can even build them in your base!

Why did you have to share that as an imgur post!? I just spent over a half hour there, and I'm blaming you!

Yeah, I think Brutes are exactly where they need to be, and it's the Scrappers and Tankers who need to be given their respective niches in comparison. Sure, Scrapper came first, but Brutes HAVE an identity that is their own. I see Scrappers more as the prototypical Brute, and less as an Archetype unto themselves. But I guess that's the conversation for a Scrapper Week (which may have already happened?). We have so many Melee Attack and Survival Sets already that, even if there are great ideas for new Sets, I would really rather see the time and attention going in to creating and polishing Control, Henchpet, and Assault Sets first (in that order). Brutes is good. I is happy with Brutes.

Where's the facepalm-but-still-laughing "like" button?

But doesn't do a damned thing for the Inf-earnt Badge.

It's a prickly topic, because for some people it's a reminder of traumatic lived experiences. It's certainly "skin off" THEIR noses. (Not meaning to personalize any of this, but that particular phrase pushed a certain button.) The express mission statement of Homecoming may be a bit ambiguous (ok, very) on the HOWs of their mission, but they clearly stated that they want Homecoming to be a place where everyone is welcome to enjoy the game. (Nipping the slippery-slope of "tolerate intolerance" in bud; just No. Tolerating intolerance is not capital-T Tolerance. The Code of Conduct makes that pretty clear.) So, again, for whatever it's worth to those who are worried and have deep-rooted concerns; there's at least some people here who understand the source of your worries. Clearly there are people who don't understand, and purposefully or accidentally undermine you for expressing those feelings. That's not cool, and it should really stop (especially since that kind of victim-blaming attitude is hurting the chances of getting this feature added, rather than silencing people whose voices should be heard. Seriously; to those of you who think you're doing the Henchpet Customization Team a favour by belittling others for being worried; STOP. IT.). And again, broken record that I am all-the-time, I believe that there are meaningful and significant means to addressing these express concerns while still allowing Henchpets to have customization. Step one is educating the community, and that's clearly a bit of a challenge . . . still think it's worthwhile, though. So, here goes my stab at it (I welcome other people to do a better job than me. Please!): As others have said, for what it's worth; problematic content already exists in the game. And not just from the players, either. For example: This Valentine's Day event have uncovered some content which I didn't realize was in the game, and HOOBOY . . . who -wrote- that!? That problematic content/conduct -is- a problem. No doubt about it. And yes, I'm making a prediction with limited evidence to support it, but I do not think for an instant that Henchpet Customization will pose a significant increase to the amount of that problematic content/conduct. It ALL needs to be addressed, but that is going to take some time. In part because it needs to be examined, and (larger part) because people need to come to understand -why- it's problematic, and what can actually -be- done about it. There are lines. Some lines get crossed, and it's "no big deal," by most people's reckoning. Some lines get crossed, and GMs receive a smattering of complaints. And some lines get crossed, and an immediate call to action is made! I anticipate that any problems related to Henchpet Customization will fall mostly between Tier 1 and Tier 2 on that spectrum, with (yes, it's true) occasional dips in to Tier 3. Just as all existing content and conduct do. I am confident that the GMs will be capable of addressing it as it comes up. They're volunteers, and they deserve more praise and thanks for EVERYTHING that they do, and they won't always be able to address every problem with all due haste. But I trust them to be able to handle this. As much as they're handling everything else that is getting thrown at them. Yes, that means GMs will suffer burnout. Oh lard-oh-lard! The burnout is a helluva a beasty! I have personal experience with that. Sometimes you just don't recover from burnout. So the best way to help the GMs in that regard? GIVE them the support you can. Do your due diligence. Provide meaningful and accurate reports. And thank them for their hard work. Most of all? Seek out information and educate yourself. Step forward and rise above; offer to become a GM yourself, and uphold the values of the Homecoming Team. Let's pool together as a community and prove that we're capable of being responsible enough to allow everyone the chance to make something fun, compelling, enjoyable, and/or meaningful with Henchpet Customization. Ted-talk meme. Et cetera. Please. And thank you.

They also have a secret purpose: Absorbing the Alpha of a mob. With my completed Traps Builds, my order of operations is: Seekers spawned from a distance directly in to the centre of the mob. Leap in and drop a Poison Trap. Drop the Acid Mortar immediately afterward. Caltrops. and Web 'Nades as necessary. With my Force Field Generator close behind to keep me protected from those enemies who recover from the stacked Control and Debuffs. I don't bother with Trip Mine any more. It's too much of a pain to really get anything out of them, and I use other Powers to carve in to the enemies.

Yeeeeeah . . . I'd honestly like a fix to the Inf-per-level. As it stands, the Inf rewards are so heavily weighted to level 50 only that it's essentially pointless to even try to earn Inf before then. That seems terribly wrong-headed to me.

That shouldn't be too challenging. So you're thinking bigger Endurance Theft the lower your current Endurance Total becomes?

"Most" . . . which server is it /not/ available on?

So, like, for https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/1205-drop-a-name-pick-up-a-name/page/6/?tab=comments#comment-163102: Rook word Spike word Razor word Magician word Dirge word Mercury word Masquerade word Bane word Kestrel word Minstrel word Bard word Silverbolt word Ninja word Cyberpunk word Sabercat word Tempest word Brutus word Gizmo word Avalanche word Roadkill word Archmage word Wizard word Fireball word Hammerhead word Jet word Ronin word Shadow word Raven word Crow word Nightingale word Changeling word Or do you mean to say adding the whole "another word" to each one? 'cause I think that'll exceed the character limit on most of those.

Well said, Snark. . . . now then . . . when and where are you going to do HomecomingCon? Montreal, since the servers are located there? I'm good with Montreal. Spouse would probably appreciate it too, since it's a nice city to visit for many reasons!

Secondary accounts and multiboxing is also a huge benefit! You can effectively trade large piles of items between characters without having to wait for a friend to get out of their Task Force. There are actually a lot of Quality of Life updates for Homecoming . . . has anyone compiled a list of them yet? We should totally compile a list of all the Quality of Life upgrades!

Yup! Exactly that. It's great for "powerlevelling" yourself for some people, or for people like me it's great for hosting roleplay events where you need to be multiple characters, a-la tabletop GMing.

The following is a mildly edited excerpt from a recent* conversation which took place over the mysterious comm channel which many multidimensional entities chat on: A sweetly menacing feminine voice groans slightly. "Time travel gives me headaches just thinking about it. How do you even *know* if you returned to the same point in time and didn't cause a branching of timelines?" A mellow masculine voice with a slight groove to his timbre asks. "What'cha mean?" A 'voice' like the sound of an indefinite number of variously-sized tentacles mimicking spoken word replies. "Depends. Are you using magic, technology, or natural biological processes to travel through time?" The feminine voice elaborates. "Well, you've seen Back to the Future, right? How Michael J. Fox starts at Twin Pines Mall and ends at Lone Pine Mall?" There's a brief pause. "How do we know he actually changed the timeline when he killed that first pine tree, and not set up a divergent one which he 'returned' to?" The mellow man remarks, with a bit less mellow. "Uh ... I got that forehead thing again but I ain't eatin' no ice creams." The feminine voice joins in the lamentation. "Exactly the issue. Pass that Tylenol-3." The tentacles 'speak' again. "You kind of have to 'step back' and observe time from the outside in those cases. It can be tricky." There is a pause. "Like . . . hmm, how to describe this in four-dimensional comprehension . . . " Another, longer pause. "Say that you're in a vat of yoghurt. And you are kind of swim-walking through it. Let's just say that you don't need to worry about stuff like breathing or yoghurt getting in to uncomfortable places." A separate and distinct set of tentacles chimes in, though somehow even a casual listener has an innate understanding that these tentacles are at once the same entity as before, but also a wholly different one. "Since, technically, you're just yoghurt too . . . but now I'm muddling my analogy. ANYWAY!" The original tentacles resume. "As you move through the yoghurt, you leave a trail, but the yoghurt recoalesces behind you. Since you've got yoghurt in your eyes anyway, it's hard to see this trail you're leaving. And even if you got out of the vat, you'd only be able to see the surface level trails of where you were moving. The subcutaneous trails would be obscured from your vision. You would need some other senses to detect the trails. And the longer you wait, the harder it would be to detect." There is a profoundly empty pause. " . . . that help? I did my best." The sweetly menacing voice jokes. "I dunno. I was eating the yogurt." The tentacles concede. "That's a valid response." A different feminine voice mutters, almost emotionlessly. "Man, I'm not gonna look at yogurt the same again..." The once-mellow masculine voice seems shaken. "I, uh ... um." He remains silent for a little while. "I'm just gonna go hit something for a minute." *relativistically.