Triumphant

Brutes are one of my favorite AT's, so I'm certainly not going to complain about a buff to resistance. As long as they don't start to outshine Tankers to the extent that the tank players feel shafted. I want to keep enjoying my brute toons, but not at the expense of making the tank players feel obsolete (or inferior) for what they were designed to do.

@JCServant I'd support it, if the merit rewards were somewhere in the range of 1to 5 merits. I think that's enough to be appealing, but not so much that folks would choose to start farming the repeatables over the usual fire farm/AE content. I do get mightily sick of having to fly back to the detectives to get the missions. If we can't eliminate that bit of inconvenience, then getting a small reward for completing the mission (beyond the temp powers, which don't really excite me), would be nice.

Heh. Few things invoke as much raw emotion (both good and bad- though, more often bad, it seems) as nerd fandoms. Even if the conversation isn't political, per-se, it probably has that level of intensity. Ultimately, I'll have to watch it to really judge. I still say that the bit's I've seen don't look like GotG to me, but the tone certainly feels the same (which, again, I don't mind. Especially if this led to Legion of Super Heroes live action at some point which, IMO, SHOULD have a GotG feel (in both tone and appearance). Perhaps that's where they're going with it, eventually? Probably wishful thinking on my part, but I guess it could happen. Hell, if they made an MCU version of a comic as obscure as Guardians, they could certainly make one out of LoSH. Actually, I think the one DC group Gunn would be most fit to translate into a live-action movie format, would be L.E.G.I.O.N. Characters like Lobo, Vril-Dox, The Durlan, Lady Quark, Strata and Garv... those characters practically SCREAM James Gunn in tone and style.

There's no defenestration, but you can still punt them off of the tops of skyscrapers (or other tall objects). That's near enough to scratch that itch for me. Now, having said that, I would like the ability to wreck everything in a zone, like in the old Hulk, Ultimate Destruction game. But hey, that's just not something that this game does. It's also hard to see how it could ever work in an MMO, since it would just be an annoying distraction for everyone that wasn't actively participating in the destruction. The only way I could see it working is a new kind of warzone where red-side folks could wreck infrastructure and blue-side characters could prevent and/or repair such destruction. Kind of like Zod pushes over a skyscraper, but superman catches it and pushes it back upright. Or a villain sets a bridge on fire, and a hero extinguishes it with a water power or smothers it with an enclosed forcefield or frost breath or whatever. Realistically, I think we just need to settle for mayhem missions to scratch that "havoc and destruction" itch we get when fighting super battles. Of course, this whole topic is just pie-in-the-sky for funsies bit of speculation, but that's my 2 cents worth, from a more serious perspective.

I agree that the movie is definitely done in that distinctive James Gunn style. I don't agree that it looks like GoTG. I'm stoked after seeing the trailer but I'll have to see the finished product to make a real assessment. I've seen tons of movies that look great in the trailer, and end up being stinkers. Gunn has consistently delivered the kinds of movies I like to watch, though, so I have high hopes for this one.

Not experienced enough with Corruptors or Traps to give you any specific advice, but I would say this: Worry less about what you think will be most effective and more about what you think will be more fun. The character is only lvl 13 and you're going to get a lot of free respecs as you gain more levels. So, if it turns out you really hate your choice, you'll have plenty of opportunities to respec and make a different choice. Also, don't forget you're going to get alternate build choices on the same toon, so you could go to a trainer, make both choices (a different one on each build) and take them both for a test drive to see which one you like best.

For the most part, I agree with you (even if I don't think it's the only reason), but I don't see a solution to it in the present media entertainment landscape. If the corporations that own the IP don't even care enough to release movies that they've already finished and paid for or to continue making episodes of popular series, just because they aren't raking in the mountains of cash they hoped those series would produce, I expect there is faint hope they're going to care enough to put a team of people with great love for the source material in charge of the IP (though not impossible, certainly. Look at the Alien IP. Alien Earth is fantastic. Predator Badlands was fantastic. Killer of Killers amazing, Prey was amazing. So on. So, it's clearly still POSSIBLE to be faithful to the IP). Honestly, my main gripe, is that I can't trust these streaming services to keep making the things that I pay the subscription to see. Or that they won't pull a shady bait-and-switch, Hulu making Hulu plus, and then putting all the good shit we paid for Hulu for, so that we now have to pay a new, separate subscription fee to see the stuff we already paid to see. That kind of business model is exploitative and extortionist and it infurates me. This is why I give streaming services the economic finger now, and watch all the stuff for free. Sure, maybe I still sometimes waste some of my time watching mediocre content, but at least they aren't scamming me out of my money in the process. 🤷‍♂️

It was closer to 15, because the show did not become widely popular until after it had been in syndication a while. The gap between the last episode of TNG in 1994 and the present day, is a gap of over 3 decades. I don't count from the end of DS-9 and/or VOY, because those (while much beloved by fans- including myself) had a much different tone than TNG. By the end of DS-9, the Federation had been devastated by a costly war with the dominion (which they won by subduing the enemy using biological warfare- not a thing Gene would have viewed as in keeping with his vision, IMO.), and the Federation that the crew of Voyager finally managed to return to was a much different one than that which they left (although arguably, it had already begun down that path when they became lost in the Gamma Quadrant. The first season dealth with trying to hammer a functional crew out of Maqui partizans and Federation officers, after all). Indeed, it is well known that Gene did not care for the newer series as it progressed and strongly disliked the way Piller and Berman presented that future version of Star Trek- and that includes the middle to latter seasons of TNG, not just DS-9/Voyager). They may have cared, but as I noted above, Gene regularly fought with the showrunners of the new series and did not agree with their vision of how Star Trek's future would look, so I'm not sure he would agree with you on this point. Granted, such things are subjective, but I also would agree (with the exception of certain structural elements) that TNG era Trek did not conform all that closely with what Gene had in mind- particularly DS-9 and Voyager, which became somewhat grimmer and bleaker. Imagination and hope are relevant, of course. But how much of either of those things you might have, are strongly influenced by when and where you grow up. When the TNG came around, we were still riding high onthe economic boom of the 80's, and we were not so politically divided as we are today (though that was begining of course). Heck, by the middle of the series, we had even managed to unhorse our major competitor, the Soviet Union. Because of these things (and others) I think it was much easier for my generation to look hopefully towards the future, than it is for this generation of youth living today. Indeed, many young people view the future as being so bleak that they feel that perhaps they don't really have one. That makes shows with the tone/theme of TNG era trek hard for them to take seriously (even as a work of fiction). How do you place your hope in a brighter future, when the world seems to be clearly going down the tube around you, in real time? Just some thoughts. Basically, I think you and I would (largely) like to see the same kind of Trek, but for those various reasons I mentioned above (including the financial incentive structure when making TV series on streaming today, as opposed to the expectation from old network TV), I feel it unlikely (though not impossible) that we'll get that.

Part of the problem, in my opinioin, is that it's a very old IP trying to bridge the gap between legacy fans and what they grew up with and a new generation of fans with different values and ideas, and interests. In this sense, they're kind of damned if they do and damned if they don't. Stick to close to the old series and you're just rehashing what's been done before. Stray too far from the core concepts and tropes and you've broken what made the thing so amazing to legacy fans in the first place. I think this is why they mostly fail (Kelvin Trek, Discovery, maybe SF Academy too- I'll give it a fair shot, as I do all things- but like yourself, my confidence is not high) at trying to do new Trek, even if they do occasionally manage to (rarely) get it right (Lower Decks, some episodes of Picard, some episodes of Strange New Worlds), etc. The other (and maybe as big) of a problem is the studio attitude of every new show or film having to be a massive, trillion dollar cash cow. Making a profit isn't good enough, anymore. The shareholders demand that their investments must give a 10,000% return, or let's just toss the movie/series in the trash bin and look for the next thing that might have a snowball's chance in hell of succeeding. In other words, it's literal greed; and even worse, stupid greed that will not produce the desired effect. This is why I no longer pay for the 3 subscription services I used to pay for. If the corporations are so determined to milk profit from me with so little regard for providing a good service in return, I'm happy finding places on the internet to watch whatever they do put out, for free. No doubt others have come to the same conclusion. Maybe once they burn down financially, whoever is left will decide to stop conning us out of subscription fees for content they never intend to actually release or produce beyone a single season (if that).

One thing to keep in mind, is that the Dev's can (and, sometimes do) roll back changes that don't work out. Of course, whatever they do, they are going to please some people and dissapoint others. That's just the nature of the thing. Give the changes some time to breathe out in the wild, before you get too annoyed about it. If enough people agree with you and complain about the same changes, it probably has a good chance of getting rolled back.

Just popping in to say thanks to the hardest-working volunteer deveopment team in video gaming. You guys are amazing! Very excited about the smoothed out T9's, changes to Sentinels and Brutes (two of my favorite ATs) and heck, I'm even going to roll up a new SS character (Brute? Tank? Not sure yet) and I only have 1 or 1 SS characters, because hand clap has always made me kind of sad. But I'm stoked to try it out with unleashed might to see how it plays!

I mean, in either case, Ithink you've got about a snowball's chance in hell of making a difference, even if I do applaud your effort. 🤷‍♂️

I'm glad I'm not the only maniac that amuses themselves in this way. 😂

Once you max out for your AT, I don't think they increase after that, no. Regardless of level shifts or what not. I could certainly be wrong about that, though.

I struggled with this, myself. French seemed the likeliest answer. I haven't finished the mission chain yet, so keep the discussion specifically to the OP's topic, please- NO SPOILERS! 😁

Spelljammer was one of my favorite settings back in the day. I may have to take a break from my CoH RP and try the 5E version.

Yep. It's just my opinion. I never claimed it was objective fact. If it came off that way, it wasn't my intention. As to MSR: You're right. It's very popular. Many people seem to enjoy it. I don't view MSR as a problem (even though I personally find it very boring and don't enjoy it) and never suggested that it was a problem (other than the problem specific only to me- well, and anyone that feels the same way I do, I guess- which is that it bores me. I avoid that problem by simply not joining MSR's, though. So... yeah, I guess it's not even actually a problem for me, any more).. As to your wider point, I agree. If you don't don't like certain content, why waste your time doing it for the reward? I do think it's worth the reward, if you use the shortcuts, like alignment switching and so forth. But if you don't want to do that, you can simply to choose not to chase the reward and move on with your life.

Eh, sometimes- yes. But in some cases, the TF is just boring, so you don't want to spend 30 minutes (much less 90), doing it. If the game play isn't fun, what's the point? MSR is my pet peeve, in this regard, but Synapse is pretty close behind. Of course, the easy way to get around that kind of tedium for the purpose of getting your passive accolades, is to use Null the Gull. If the OP doesn't want to do that, I think they're just gonna have to suck it up (not that I disagree that synapse could use some tweaking to make it less tedious, mind you). 🤷‍♂️

This topic slaps, bruh. 🤚

Is it a Mender Silo... I mean, Nemesis Plot? 😄

When you're just fighting one by itself, when that buff kicks in, just save your energy and evade the big lug until it runs out. Once the timer runs out, you can burn it down really quick.

I don't want a complete reboot, but I do want to see a new captain and crew, in a new ship, going out and exploring where no one has gone before. I'd like to get back to the tried and true formula of self-contained stories in each episode, with the ocassional 2 or three part cliff hanger at the end of the season. Again, though- it just won't work unless you can get a decently long season to allow the actors to find their footing in the roles and the writers to find their groove in writing for the characters. Trek has always been character driven, with the focus being (to a very strong extent) on the evolution of the character's personal and professional relationships with each other. I love action and special effects as much as any other sci-fi nerd but, in Trek, sthat tuff has to be one component of the show and not the main event. Also, the ship is a sort of character in itself. Make it beautiful and interesting. Not ugly. But hell, why am I droning on about it? It's not like the producers are going to read this or otherwise be swayed by this old fart's opinons. 😁

Yeah, I just assume his superpowers slow the aging process, so you still retains a degree of physical youth and vigor.

Huh. That does sound frustrating.