Razor Cure

I like this idea. But Dual Pistol cant actually gain bonus damage, it has one -Res power, which is not always 'on' (which totally needs to be fixed too, another matter). I always felt that if you can 'aim' with a fireball etc, why AR (and DP..swap ammo should have been an inherent) doesnt have a Laser Sight or similar click buff. If all the cone/aoe ranges on AR were finally (FINALLY) made the same, then perhaps a closer range/higher dam gimmick could be good on buckshot. Another idea..could also had some possible Lethal DoT _like TW has) to attacks..a bullet is sure gonna make you bleed after all.

Don't forget a KILL ALL option. That totally should gain more merits, because it is directly adding to the time of a tf. Quite a few TFs have low merit rewards, mostly due to how skippable some of the missions are. On the other hand..would/should killing all enemies give a bonus? That vastly (you'd assume) increase rewards from a lot of the older (read: shittier) tf's, like SYnapse and DrQ. Those have SO damn many worthless hunts/kill alls. But should they give more merits (because in those cases, both tfs give a large merit reward, as compensation for shite content) simply for that?

Well considering the aoe proc changes to the sleep and panacea, it would be silly to say damage proc changes are never going to be considered.

True. But how does that align with damage procs, in aoes? With the proper slotting, you can get them to proc to very high rates on every target.

Maybe I missed the aoe nerf to CoTS, but that seems..utterly stupid? I know the heal got increased (from like 80 to 160 ish? maybe?) but a proc that can only EVER hit one thing, that can be slotted into aoes? How dumb. It actually made things like the earth/plant control sleeps somewhat useful.

I see where you are coming from. But..really? If we could invite people mid 'flashback tf' that is just as open to exploiting. Invite someone at the end of Unai's god awful arc and get 60odd merits for no work? Or if they got min merits...WHY invite the friend at all? Better to just have them wait 10 mins and then team with you? Also, would a change like this suddenly make all those people NOT doing flashback arcs (cause them are farming, ae, leveling the normal way etc), suddenly dive into flashbacks? I doubt it. Speaking for myself, I never farm, and do flashback tfs very rarely, and I I wanna do them with friends..well..I use a crazy technique called working out a time together, coming online..and doing said Flashback.

Still super unfair. The main point of doing Synapse is for TFC, and the merits are just there to make is sorta kinda not really (unless its WTF) worth running. I know I'd totally join Syn on the last mission, knowing I get the badge and minimum merits. The solution to doing TFs with friends is better communication and planning.

Only in later TFs like STF, RSF, Lady Grey and Cude/Reichsman. Even those, have all been ( I think) solo'd, Anything under those few can be done with almost any AT (obviously better to have at least 2-4 people).

Exactly the argument I made! lol. I mean, are say..Fire armour melees (with perhaps the best basic heal) suddenly going to be taking stim+aid self+FM, JUST to get an extra heal? WHen they could take tough and weave/whatever pool?

I complaining about Field Medic last year sometime, saying that using FM (as it is now, a click) should at the very least removed the Interrupt from Aid Other. And of course..a lot of people claimed the power would be OP and better than 'proper' heals that way. *shakes head* Even if the auto part of FM (with the power itself still being a click), gave some reduction to the int of Aid Self...so you could get away with using less slots there.

As someone said, the Spells in Night Ward. Also, the Drudge faction are utterly, stupidly tough. All dark melee, dark blast AND dark control. They use the aoe shadow hold, stacked, and summon pets that DONT die when you kill the chaster.

The biggest one for me (that is, phrase I'd want automagically blocked) is..ANYTHING that mentions AE. I am sick of people (usually the same toon) begging for AE hour after hour.

I recently did a topic on how Khleds can NOT benefit from empowerment buffs when using forms, and just found another bug. With the trick or treat costumes, you cant have those active when using Dwarf or Nova..which is really really stupid, for those who dont use Human form. Even more silly, you CAn use the Midnight Costume temp (turns you into a guy in a hat) with Nova form. So the precedent is there.

What if you used congress as in..the congress between two consenting adults? Would that get a ban? I

God yes. It is even worse when the is an MM on the team, and your screen is just full of pets and people. Some of the entry points to various maps (I cant remember the specific ones, but they may have been cot caves?) are odd too, and you zone in facing the side wall or whatever.

Manti for Munitions epics. Infernal for Fire Synapse for Elec Penny for Psychic Woodsman for Earth/stone etc etc. Sure, some wouldnt be as matching as the Patrons, but still. Even ONE single arc to unlock every kind of epic would make it more balanced.

Fair enough. BUT. If the epics were swapped along these lines, lets be fair, and give each epic a Story Arc to unlock em. The patrons do.

Let ScorpShield take Resist Io sets. It's unfair that IceArmour can take them and slot the +def uniques, but Scorp (basically the same power just with different +res) can not.

Apologies to anyone actually named Derek..but it is such a perfect name for a bumbling Mender! Also..are the Mender costume pieces available to us?!

Oh that's true. But with teh ease of IO given rech..that is hardly an issue. And Hasten and Ageless!

Also, if you change sides, you can redo teh arcs. I did them all AGAIN on one toon, by accident, not realising I had done em as a hero!

I will leave questions on which system works better to the number crunches, but to me..the current PPM system just seems to overly reward 'crazy' or non standard slotting. I totally get that the old 20% chance per proc was unfair to low rech powers, and great on fast ones. But the PPM system seems to be the opposite. You can take a 'long' (I forget teh exact value, but MacSkull had a great thread about PPM rates and recharges), slap a ton of procs in it, and they basically all get a 70% or higher (may not have actually been 70, but it was MORE than 20%) to go off. This is even worse (that it, better for a player) if you build for rech (which, is very easy and common), and more so with +rech alphas and Ageless (super super common). Case in Point..Savage Melee. I tried it on my very first toon coming back, and found Hemorage and SLeap to be..well..shite. Low damage, and silly mechanics (the damage vs distance) almost cripple the powers. Then I found a great thread about proccing SM. It is basically doing both those attacks with a 53% damage purple IO, and procs. ANd it is INSANE. Just stupidly awesome. All those procs go off almost every time, and turn less than average powers into basically broken ones (I think teh difference seems so great, since both powers are very lacking out of teh box). Other examples include Epic Holds (for blasters) slotted with FIVE procs. Is an epic hold really really meant to do 5 lots of proc damage, with like a 90% chance? Or the dark melee changes, and Dark COnsumption becoming a mini nuke,. So yeah..PPM totally made procs worth it in long duration powers..and exploits global rech (and minimal power rech slotting) to a silly degree.

Speed runners..and you refuse to use something that makes stuff so much faster? Hmmm. So you are friends with a bunch of cheating, exploiting, game breaking cads? I mean, I see your point but.. AE and Fire farms say Hi. Sure, it is a dead horse, but getting to level 50 in an hour (or however long it takes) is a pretty big exploit to my mind too. Not that I am saying you use AE, or I care if you did...but I regard the state of AE as more unhealthy for the game than people spending LESS time traveling, and more time actually playing.

So..exactly LIKE Beam Rifle? That has Dot (via dis), aim, -def effects, stuns, kb, AND a -res shot. Great point there. Especially given that BR has not made other sets obsolete at all. ANd even if it (or a new set) did, people would still play the old ones.

Could always..ya know..go do it on a Server that is NOT the pvp one.