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54 minutes ago, captainstar said:

When the tank asks who is scattering the enemies...

I thought is was "Who has the hostage?"

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1 hour ago, Tyrannical said:

Well if you go back a few seconds before the timestamp you set for the video, he states "If the possibility existed to remake CoH/CoV"

 

The word remake is very important to the context here, these are changes that would be proposed for a new project, not an existing one.

 

As for what ATs he meant? It's a high possibility that he could mean all of them. It's not uncommon when looking at a revision to something like this that all materials are considered, not just a choice few. The Archetypes we have now might not appear in a potential remake, or the idea of archetypes in general might undergo radical alterations.

 

All we know is that what's inferred in this video has tenuous bearing on the CoH we play now.

The person asking the question definitely picked an interesting way of framing it.

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25 minutes ago, Tyrannical said:

From the context, it seems these are changes Positron would make if he were to completely remake the game for today's MMO scene, which doesn't really fall within the scope of development for the small volunteer we have working on the game right now.

Interesting take on the video. What do you mean by complete remake? What ATs do you think he meant? What changes did he intend to make?

 

The interview was conducted almost 10 years ago. It is possible he would have a different take in today's MMO setting.

 

 

 

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On 4/19/2021 at 3:32 PM, PeregrineFalcon said:

Looking at the suggestions in the OP it appears to me that you're trying to improve their ability to solo. I submit that that goes against the entire purpose and spirit of those ATs.

 

Look, Scrappers can solo quite well, and you'd expect them to. Tankers, Brutes, Controllers, even Blasters can solo ok given some work. But Defenders are "the AT specifically designed to buff and protect the team." I'd argue (and I am arguing) that it's literally against the entire purpose of the AT to improve their ability to solo.

Positron talks to this point in this post mortem interview (starts at 5:40):

 

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Pulled from Reddit:

[Part 1: How Do You Define "Playing the Game," Specific to City of Heroes?]

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Ahem.

 

I try and play my chosen class to the best of my ability. Every play session, my goal is to trigger comments from my teammates. Comments like: "Our <AT unknown> is on it!" "Kudos to <my name>!"

 

As a former min-maxer powergamer, I enjoy theory crafting and playing through my creations to see if my assumptions were right. Now, instead of minmaxing, I enjoy making crazy, improbable creations work; less focus on the numbers.

 

As someone who works in "design" I also enjoy analyzing the designs of the various games I play. City of Heroes is interesting to me in some of the approaches it has taken. It has its serious warts but it also does some things really well. It is an interesting case study for sure.

 

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