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Interesting that you would make that comparison, because there absolutely is such a limit on how many targets a tank can control. That number is 17. And it certainly does not mean taking multiple tanks for an 8 man team since the spawn size limit is 16-17. (Aside from the fact that teams with zero tanks can do just fine.)

People consult the groundhogs for weather predictions, but marmots also have insight for us.

Player reactions suggest that the distribution is not uniform. I have been on many runs and there are certain monsters who will prompt comments like, "You don't see him often." I have seen this comment made about Caleb more than once. On the other hand, my personal impression is that Babbage shows up way too often. Nothing scientific or involving actual stats here - just my impressions and observations.

Then let's just say, "HC has a slow but steady approach." Period. No need to throw in gratuitous slander. The Homecoming devs have settled on a particular approach and management style and it has worked FOR YEARS. Shouldn't we weigh the criticisms? Of course. There is a suggestion forum and every major update goes through multiple rounds of testing and feedback. But, at the end of the day, if someone takes the position that the way Homecoming does things is completely unacceptable to them then, yes, they should go play on another server or even a completely different game. That's how life goes. This is a game and the people running it have decided to run it a certain way. They are clearly open to player input and feedback and have made many changes based on that input. But they make the final decisions. When all is said and done, it's actually that simple. If you like playing here more than you dislike it, stay and play. If you'd like to see changes, speak up. If the changes you champion don't get implemented, either accept that or leave. Every individual has complete freedom of choice from start to finish.

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The announcement was late (occurring 2-1/4 hours after your post) due to Cipher being unavailable. And it apparently closed pretty quickly this month.

Coming up with original and clever names is hard, okay?

I soloed Positron part 1 five or six times the last time it was the weekly. It's an easy way to get a Notice of the Well. On a side note, I just did my 7th Penny Yin TF this week. I have a lot of characters who need Notices. 🙂

They are also available in Ouroboros. I did them ALL there in order to get all of their badges.

Currently, play other games. Back on live: - I ran a top 40 SG with two sister SG's - I was an officer in two other SG's, one of them in the top 10 - I was a member in a couple other SG's, including one with specific participation requirements - I ran TF's and trials for my SG - I ran TF's on Saturday with open sign-up on the forums Eventually, I got burnt out, conveniently right about when the game shut down anyway. So I moved on to other games and didn't even join guilds in them, let alone run a guild. Now, I'm back in CoH and have reformed my SG but only with a handful of people I knew from live or that I know in real life. But I'm also playing 7 Days To Die, Red Dead Online, Civilization VI, Warhammer: Verminide 2 and a few other games on a regular basis. I don't lead any scheduled stuff in CoH - just random TF's when I feel like it - but I have 17 characters at level 50. TL/DR version: If you're burning out on CoH, just stop.

I don't use Mids. I'm a neanderthal.

Interestingly, Sentinels (and ONLY Sentinels) already get exactly this power. It's called 'Instant Regeneration' and it's a toggle that builds up an Absorption shield. I don't know the max shield offhand. My /regen Sentinel is 37 so far and the set feels really strong on a Sentinel. My main is a broadsword/regen scrapper.

We see these on Everlasting often enough. I was an an all-defender Dilemma Diabolique. It was embarrassing - for the enemies. Not a single player died. Even the Sentinel of Mot couldn't touch us. Just one or two days before that, I saw someone advertising an all-radiation (primary or secondary) ITF.

Just curious; 'Blue Screen Of Death'?

The entire prestige system was scrapped, so a single person can start an SG and build an entire town for their base. So not as much pressure/need to have members at all. My impression is that this has resulted in many more small/solo SG's.

I guess my mileage varies. I have literally NEVER heard that except when I volunteered to bring a different character if something else was needed. But that volunteering is on *MY* terms and only when *I* feel like it. Also, I observe that you say it's 'friends' saying this and they're asking for a specific other character, indicating they are familiar with you and your stable of characters. Based on that, I would say you need to find better people to hang around.

Keep in mind, if they're reading on their phone, they don't see the signatures.

Yes. I've done this many times. I wait by the stones and take out the first group. Then I run and kill a random group. Then run back to the stones and wait for the next group. Repeat as nauseam.

"Because RNGesus hates you." "Can I have your stuff?"

How would you farm damage that would require multiple accounts? One of the best ways I'm aware of is to use a Rikti mission and use Rest in front of a +2 lieutenant (the kind that only uses the big sword in melee).

I think we could give more informative answers if you told us at least a little about how you like to play. Do you want to complete missions as fast as possible? Do you like running solo at a larger team size so you can mow down groups of enemies? Do you want to solo AV's and elite bosses or avoid them? Are you okay with 'clicky' powersets or do you hate them? Tanks have the best survivability but are slow when soloing. Although I do find them fun to solo. I've taken every tank armor set to level 50 at least once. I've also taken every archetype to 50 except Sentinel (my first Sentinel is currently 37). If I was going to make a new character to solo to 50, I'd probably go with a scrapper or brute. My main/badger is a scrapper and I have a 50 brute also. If you're not turning up the difficulty, any defense set is good enough. If you don't want too much clicking or to worry about END issues, I like ice, SR and willpower. Ice is a little clicky, with a heal and a defense and END boost. My main is /regen but it's very clicky and a lot of people feel it underperforms. Dark armor is strong, but END is an issue, especially if you won't have IO's. Bio armor is good all around and lets you customize it on the fly with Adaptation. Stone is strong, even before Granite, but a lot of people don't like the visual effects. Shield gives you a fun attack in the armor set. It also has good ally buffs but I guess that isn't applicable for a soloer. Having said all that, once upon a time controllers were the main farmers. Dominators give you control and a damage secondary. Do you like control powers? I've taken multiple blasters to 50, but wouldn't recommend one for solo-only, especially without IO's. I also wouldn't recommend any of the HEATs/VEATs unless you enjoy playing them.

This is annoying. The knockback protection IO's don't work because they are classified as 'globals'. Meanwhile, the IO's that are classified as 'procs' work fine. I expected to have endurance issues in this SF because I would be losing my set bonuses. However, it wasn't as bad as I expected and I checked the combat monitor to try to figure out why and IO's like the Miracle +recovery were working normally. Some IO effects don't qualify as "set bonuses" so they still work on the Old School settings.

I agree. I always say when the team is full. I will also send a personal tell if it's manageable. If one person sent a tell too late, they get a personal reply. If six people all sent tells at once, not manageable.

I think you're wrong on the second part. You send them a tell *AND* you post in LFG that you are full, otherwise you are likely to keep getting tells and disappointing more people.

Right. I didn't go into detail when I typed "Fire everything off", but we use Ultimates, Hybrid, Lore pets, Destiny, other inspirations (in that order). This way, everyone is buffed to the max when we charge in and it makes it MUCH less likely that people will die - compared to doing all your summoning/buffing in the middle of a battle.