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    Falcon & Winter Soldier

    in Comic, Hero & Villain Culture

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Haijinx said:

    Don't think it was Netflix that made the call to cancel Daredevil, Jessica Jones, etc. 

     

    It was Disney acquiring Marvel. 

     

    It is far more than the Marvel shows that Netflix has canceled.  Those were not canceled on cliffhaners, many other shows have been.

    Fan Favorites

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I would like to see them brought back in special missions.

     

    I would like to see more things in missions that are not just normal mobs to fight.  CoT have crystals that heal, give END, or damage.  FF has ice slides.  More things that make a map or mission special are great.

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    Falcon & Winter Soldier

    in Comic, Hero & Villain Culture

    Posted

    Where Disney can beat Netflix is by creating series that have an ending and so have a backlog of things to watch.

     

    Netflix is focused on putting out a lot of new content - something for everyone.  And while they put out some good things, they also cancel them without ending them.  After 5 years, I don't think Netflix will have a great back catalog of original content that people want to watch.  Whereas Disney can have a back catalog that people want to watch again and again.

    Richness, sense, Mistborn, Marvel Comics, the MCU, and CoH

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    The Mistborn trilogy has massive world building along with the story.  And in the end you find out that almost every detail that has come up as the story went along matters.  It all ties into a massive plot that explains everything and depends on everything.  Very satisfying in its way.

     

    In Marvel comics, things are messy.  60 years of history with lots of different comics, storylines, etc.  Things exist that are unrelated to one another - and then they bump into each other. 

     

    But the MCU rewrites Marvel to fit the Mistborn model.  A Stark or alien technology explains almost all advanced technology.  Tony built Ultron instead of Henry Pym.  Vulture gets his wings from alien technology. 

     

    While I love Mistborn, I reject the same everything ties together in the MCU.  I don't want the entire world of superheroes to have just a few things that drive the whole world. 

     

    CoH has lots of different villain groups, organizations, etc.  It also has Nemesis.  And when you play arcs you discover connections between different groups.  So how do you want the CoH lore to go? 

     

    Do you want it all to ultimately make sense?  These are the sources of power, the things that changed our world into the CoH world.  This is the grand plot behind everything?

     

    Or do you want it just chaotic and random.  Hellions worship demons and the Banished Pantheon worships evil gods and someone else worships demons and there are no connections between them - there are plenty of demons to go around?  There are endless mad scientists creating freakshow, sky raider technology, etc.  It is not all a Nemesis plot.

    Is there any way to make teams less boring?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Seed22 said:

    IOs have NOT been in the game since ‘03 though? For real. STOP with the IO hate. It’s pretty bloody annoying at this point.

     

    I have removed my agreement with Luminara that it has been since 2003, I am sorry I believed her. 

     

    I have not removed my stance that IO sets are a huge problem with OP characters. 

     

    I would love to see someone create a character with only SOs and solo +4/x8 content on a blaster.  Show me that it is not significantly harder to do so with SOs than with IO sets.

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    Is there any way to make teams less boring?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    12 minutes ago, Luminara said:

    Those are the things that are actually causing some people to feel discontent with how teaming plays out, not IOs, Incarnates or *PPs.

     

    I must have been confused by all of the threads about soloing +4/x8 content with IOs, incarnate powers, and PPs.  I did not realize that it was not those things that made it possible to solo +4/x8, but that the existence of the other ATs was making soloing +4/x8 content possible.

     

    Because that is the complaint.  Not that teams working together can do +4/x8 content, but that teams are just 8 characters soloing the same mission.

     

     

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    Is there any way to make teams less boring?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    15 hours ago, RogueWolf said:

    IMHO, game balance is fine up through the 30s (when everyone is at most level 35), and even over that level on up when soloing, or until the team gets to like 5 people. Then it all breaks down and nothing is a challenge anymore even at +4x8 except for a tiny handful of enemies like Vanguard or IDF.

     

    I agree with you almost precisely.  My highest level characters are 34.  I just don't play above that level because it is boring.

     

    I have characters with XP turned off at levels 13, 19, 23, 29, and 34.  It is easiest to get a team in the teens (lots of Posi TFs) so I log in with a 19 and then switch if a team of a different level is recruiting.  I prioritize lower level teams.  If there is a Hollows or KR team I join those first.  I do Frostfire on a team once or twice a week and the KR Skull arcs a couple of times a week as well.

     

    Lower level teams are better.  And mission teams are much better than TF teams.  Characters are not OP so tactics matter and teamwork matters.  And the players are more interested in having fun.  There is more chat and overall it is just a better time. 

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    What are the petty but real annoyances in CoH?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    23 minutes ago, Techwright said:

    Trying to recall, but back on live, didn't we used to have a dev-designated area around trainers where powers were dampened, due to the load they placed on old computers or something?

     

    I don't think so.  AE has a no powers room.  But there are plenty of unused trainers.  Just visit Back Alley Brawler, he's lonely

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    Winter Event in Texas

    in Off-Topic

    Posted

    This is a great video explaining what happened.  It is an engineering video, so it has no politics or blame.  Just lays out how a grid works and what happened before and during the storm.

     

     

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    What are the petty but real annoyances in CoH?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Herotu said:
    • ANCHORS - the number of times I put this on an enemy only for it to die a microsecond later - just an annoying mechanic. I avoid sets with anchors.

     

    Anchors don't go away when the enemy dies anymore.  In fact you may not realize you still have it running on a dead enemy in the last spawn you defeated.

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    The 20 movies

    in Off-Topic

    Posted

    1 hour ago, ZacKing said:

    Man I loved the Highlander series.  Always thought Adrian Paul would've made a decent James Bond.  

     

    I've never thought of him as Bond, but he would make a good one.

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    The 20 movies

    in Off-Topic

    Posted

    On 3/21/2021 at 10:01 AM, Mopery said:

    19. Highlander

    20. Twelve Monkeys

     

    What did you think of the tv shows?  I enjoyed the Highlander show (haven't seen it in years) but never tried the Twelve Monkeys tv show

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