DougGraves

Here is what the plan should be for Homecoming Development Refactor the code using modern standards and techniques and include lots of comments if they do not exist. This not only makes the code more stable, it is required if you are going to have a significant number of people working on it. Add automated testing to the code as much as possible so that testing is fast and reliable. Create tools so that as little of the game content is code as possible. Where this requires re-writing the code to support the tools - do it. Costumes Missions Zone changes (changing tree leaf color, changing buildings, etc) Adding/modifying villain types in existing groups and adding new villain groups Modifying existing powers Adding new powersets and ATs As each toolset is created, create a subgroup dedicated to that content. So once you have good tools for adding and testing costumes without requiring devs, create a costume group for costume pieces. Determine what the limits are for costume pieces. Can we have unlimited pieces, or is there a limit due to memory, processing, etc. If there is a limit, create a costume philosophy - generic pieces for more re-use, match NPC costume pieces to fit into the world, specific cool pieces for the coolness factor, etc. Then have a group that creates costume pieces, accepts work from others, reviews and modifies them as needed, approves them, and adds them to the game. Determine what the limits are for missions. Can we have unlimited pieces, or is there a limit due to memory, processing, etc. Come up with a mission philosophy - following canon, are custom villains allowed, use of AVs, etc. Decide if you want to revise the old missions, just add new missions, or remove old missions that are considered too bland or painful (looking at you patrol missions). Zone changes, etc..

I don't do badges. Is vidiot maps still the thing for finding the badges around the maps? That would give me something to do.

no, sorry. I don't.

It's my own design. It's my own remorse. Help me to decide.

If they don't dance, well they're no friend of mine

I'm not planning on going solo.

don't hold it in. Let it all out.

oh - is there a way to set a template for your tabs and have load it for your character. Or do you have to set up each character's tabs manually?

Okay, I am going to abandon /time and make a new character. I need a set with immediate healing but Pain is all I find.

ooh, I should add tells to my lfg channel

You have strong opinions that you keep presenting as if they are objective truth. Your basically position seems to be that NCSoft is bad, but you are willing to be generous and let them give you their game. And that other people may disagree with you, but you are willing to be generous and allow them to let you do what you want even though they do not want you to do it. I am glad that you are willing to be so generous with other people's work. I look forward to seeing the MMO you create and how generous you are when you have something of value to share rather than wanting to give away other people's work.

You always are so dramatic. Something happens and you're head over heels. You're just wasting my time.

try confusing them and having the sorcerer heal you

I was playing Major Tomorrow my gravity/time controller (Major Tom to his friends. Tom to his wife, he loves her very much). We had a tanker on the team and between her tanking and my controlling the rest of the team was generally safe. But there was a stalker called Whisper who would go to the next spawn and prepare his assassin strike ahead of the team. He tried to set it off just as the tanker arrived. But sometimes he set it off too soon and would get clobbered. I noticed this happening and started moving over early to help him out but I could not heal him. It seems time can never mend careless Whisper.

I think that there is interest from players in doing new story missions. The problem is getting them to try them in AE. And since the vast majority of players do not check out the forums, there is no good way to change that.

So does that mean defenders do not have a problem levels 1-49 or just that they can solo at level 50 with the right IOs?

I did not get 2xp. Did Hasbey and Costel in Atlas then went to the hollows and did the police officer, flux, and julius the troll and I had leveled out of the Hollows. So I did not get the last contact.

I play electric so I should not complain when someone steals my END, but fighting Freakshow is just annoying. I am not sure who among them is stealing my END but it is happening. Whereas Arachnos is interesting to me because you have mu stealing END and blood widows blinding you - but I can tell who they are and prioritize them. It is not something that just happens to me, it is a tactical part of the fight. On the other hand, low level villains I just hold the lieutenant and then beat up the minions. Other than the outcasts, the villains do not seem to have any tactical differences between them worth noting. My favorite enemies to fight are probably Banished Pantheon. The shamans make for interesting fights and the totems just look so cool.

And I forget just why I taste. Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile. I found it hard, it's hard to find. Oh well, whatever, nevermind

I just moved LFG to its own tab since I only want to see it some times. I took all chat out of General since the Help and LFG made everything else hard to find. So I have talk tab of most chat except team and LFG. Team I just have in the lower pane. LFG is its own tab. I still have the combat tab but I never look at it.

I wonder if there is a list of all of the wrong information presented in game. Fixing the text to be accurate would be a nice thing for the devs to do that should not be controversial.

Thanks, that explains it

I have the leadership toggles. I have a lvl 25 enhancement for endurance reduction in them. When I go to the enhancement management screen it says IO 25 32% reduction. Then it shows the numbers: Base 0.39 Modified 0.34 -13.5%. It looks to me like it is giving me 13.5% reduction instead of 32%. Is it because I am playing on a lower level team? Does it just not work like I expect? Controller AT in case it matters.

I am disappointed that the Hollows and Faultline are so empty. I rarely see teams recruiting for those zones. I see Steel, Talos, and PI basically. Is there zone diversity still?

Great video. It is a 6:15 he starts talking about ATs.