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In Port Oakes, near the East-side Ferry, the stairs are shifted up/out a little, [-1366.6 48.0 1476.6]

I don't remember it being like that when I first originally went there (Croatoa) on Homecoming (2022 or something when I first joined), since I like to get all the badges there. Unless I was just completely oblivious to it on my first few characters when I was getting badges. We'll see what happens to it :V

In Croatoa, the little river and lake on the right side of the map are lifted up on the edges, which can be seen with that weird gray outline on the edges, /loc -2187.4 -31.7 1059.6

Would it be possible to make it so that you can drop more than 10 things at a time in the Auction House? Let's say if we could drop 20, 30, 40 items at at a time, could that work? If it's not possible to drop that many in clumps together in the Auction House, then would it be possible to drop that many at once, but then once they're dropped into the Auction house they're divided and stored into groups of 10 (like how we have it now)? So, if I was to drop 20 of something into the Auction House for example, it would break up into two groups of 10. I think I remember this being talked about before, but what about the second part of what I said--would it be possible at all?

I'm really hoping that the stuff I'll be mentioning could possibly be implemented into the beta, as it doesn't seem like it'd be too, too much, but I have a couple small personal suggestions to a new favorite AT of mine : D I don't know how often these topics I'll be mentioning about have been discussed already--probably a bit I'd imagine for a couple, but I would like to bring them up since I'll be dealing with these issues from now on... One thing I've mentioned in a post over a year ago or so, is the ability for a "No FX Eyes" option for Warshade toggles. The reason I mention this is because, the Warshade eye aura can look a little goofy to me on most my character themes that I try coming up with, especially with the tiny pupil that appears, and it covers almost the entire face of the character--I'd rather use the Tendril aura or something else for the eyes, so that I can still see my character's face, while still having some sort of aura. Another suggestion of mine would be for the Dark Extraction power to have a 100% overall summon rate instead of a 80, 90% overall summon rate, which sometimes happens if the dead npc you're choosing has been out cold for a little too long--even though it's still selectable. It's a little fix that'd I'd appreciate, and I'm sure others would too. Once the ability activates I feel like it should always be able to summon the pet. -Another small change that would be cool, is if you could color the Dark Extraction summon itself. While you can color the ability, it just allows you to change the color of the summoning animation, as well as the attack powers that the Dark Extraction uses, but the Dark Extraction itself stays its original purple color. It'd be cool if the Dark Extraction pet itself could have its color changed. Additionally, please would it be possible to change the knockback chance from Dark Detonation and Dark Nova Detonation, and maybe Quasar (etc.) to a knockdown chance instead? I only listed the first two as a compromise incase changing the majority or all of them from knockback to knockdown was too much. I feel like all the AoE abilities of Warshade are knockback--there's 5 that knockback, which is quite annoying and it wastes multiple enhancement slots if you don't want your enemies to go flying everywhere since you have to insert multiple Sudden Accelerations: Knockback to Knockdown. I've played many other ATs, but this is the first where I've had to basically waste up to 5 enhancement slots--Warshades seem a little slot starved as it is so far to me. Oh how I beg these changes could be implemented into the beta and make it into the final update haha. What are other people's thoughts on these few random things?

In Boomtown, there's a section of a wall that isn't sealed to the ground, so there's a gap where you can see through the map, /loc -3891.4 26.0 841.2 Edit: I looked around me a little more and it happens to be the ENTIRE set of walls in the area of this location, not just this one part of the wall.

I've always loved Red side, but the reasons I personally think that the Hero side is more popular is because... The Hero side has been out longer and it was what the game initially started out with, so because of this there's a lot more content--tons of zones, Contacts, more exploration badges, and so forth (more to do). Additionally, since it's been out longer, people would have become more accustomed to certain parts of the Hero side to use as a hub (or hubs), which happens in any mmo rpg type of game. Furthermore, who wouldn't want to be a Hero? I think that a good chunk of people simply like being a Hero, so they've only ever been Heroes--for those who are playing now that have been playing since live. The Villain side of the other hand wasn't released with Heroes, but it was released a few years later--implying less content, people are used to Heroes more already... the stuff I already mentioned. The Villain side is also thematically different of course, so if people became used to the Hero side and how everything looks, they might want to stick with that, rather than the gloomier side of the Rogue Isles. Plus, some people might not want to play on the Villain side if they don't know where any of the contacts are for the different story arcs, TFs, etc. This, on top of being able to start as a Hero, even if your AT is that of a Villain, would create for Hero players (though you can always swap again whenever). Whenever I look at what people are looking for in the LFG chat, it's always Hero side TFs, PI radio, or something else. I can't really remember the last time someone actively called out in the LFG channel for Villain side TFs, possibly because not many people know where they're at (lol). It could also be because people have been hooked into a routine on the Hero side, so it'd be a hassle for them to try and learn the Villain side, and since there's not many Villain players as there is, it just snowballs toward the Hero side all the more (makes life easier for a chunk of people basically). To fix this issue I'm not entirely sure what would have to be added or changed, but... Having people simply go over to the Villain side to learn more about the different story arcs and contacts available for TFs (etc.), which a lot of people might not know about, could help interest some people. You could lure people into the Villain side with some x2 XP or Influence, or both for a time, x2 just being an example (could do x1.2, x1.5, etc. as someone above me mentioned). More maps would also be nice, so that it doesn't feel as stuffy as it does compared to the Hero side. What I mean by this is that since the Hero side has a lot of maps, there's more possibilities that people will find a map they really like to level up on, whether it be due to how the map looks or due to the contacts there--since this isn't the case with the Villain side though, you'd either like the few maps given or you won't, which can impact people's favor factor. One minor thing that impacts me personally, is that on the Hero side it feels like I'm actually registered a Hero that can work with the PPD, Longbow, etc. on the different maps--even when I'm just going out and about. On the Villain side however, there's basically nothing like that--which I understand, as there's the different factions each having their own Arachnos troops and so forth, but you do end up working for or with Arachnos at some point as a powerhouse for them, yet all of them are hostile to you (lol). So for me, I can never get the same feeling on the Villain side where I'm helping to fight against the Heroes or other enemies of Arachnos while going through the few different maps. These are just some of my random thoughts :V I'd love to see the Villain side became a little more popular though and expand content-wise, not just with end game stuff--though the new Villain side TFs/Arcs have been a cool addition.

(Just replying to this so it can be brought to the front again--"No FX" for the toggles that add the eye effects, as well as what Seraphim mentioned :D)

For the Controller, as I'm not sure if the same problem occurs with the Dominator version, the Phantasm entity has a few different abilities--one of them being a "Decoy Phantasm" summon. This Decoy summon doesn't match the color of the original though, if you were to have changed its color that is. The Decoy summon is always the Original color. I'm assuming that this is a bug, but if it's not a bug, then it's just something that was missed when editing color changes for this powerset.

I've noticed for a bit now, but there are some missions where the NPCs that follow you spaz out--it's like they're trying to run in range of you but that exact destination of theirs is still out of bounds for them, due to the player's hitbox, thus they spaz out... I know that this happens a lot with Twin Shot's missions and I'm seeing that it happens a lot with Dr. Graves' missions. For example, the mission "Register for Dr. Graves's tournament," Dr. Graves and Zephyr spaz out constantly. Scirocco spazzes out in a later mission too, and so forth... which kind of ruins the atmosphere for me, personally. The same thing happens with Twin Shot and that Flame(something) lady in the first Twin Shot mission arc, etc. Would be nice if the random, spazzy NPCs could get fixed at some point.

Something that I noticed when trying to make some super hero/villain tight costumes, is that when choosing a boot and then selecting the middle layer (which selects the material of your boot, if there is an option to do so) to choose either Tights or Tights Sleek, the sole of the boot is always a light gray. (E.g.: Platforms using Tights for its material) I'm not sure if this is a costume bug or if this was intentional--not having the bottom match with the rest of the colors, since I kind of understand if you'd want to provide some sort of sole to the boot after "it" removes the original (with Tights or Tights Sleek), though sadly you can't change the color. I've had times where I wanted to use Flat (feet) with Tights, but then it just looks like I'm wearing some footie pajamas...

Something that I noticed when messing with the Bottoms with Skin, was that for Female body types at least, the thigh would shrink when choosing from A LOT of the various leg options for some reason. I'm not sure if this is a costume bug or something intentional, but just in case, I must report this thigh violation. The sizing of the picture is off a little, but as you can see, the left picture (using Bikini 1) has a full thigh, which hides the crotch from the side. The picture on the right (using Bikini 3) is missing a chunk of the thigh, which allows the crotch to be seen from the side. You can also see the steeper jagged point near the bottom of the thigh, which makes it seem even less natural. A small list of leg pieces from Bottoms with Skin that reduce the thigh are: Bikini 2 & 3, Angelic, Angelic Plus, Assassin, Athletic Shorts, Baroque, Blast, Disco, Hacker, Heart, Heart Plus, Holes, and so forth... (Bug or not, hopefully the full thigh can be restored--looks a little weird knowing that a chunk is missing)

I was just wondering, and hoping, if the Static Shield power in the Electric Armor powerset could receive a "No Pulse" FX option (bright/dark). I don't know what it is, but it messes with my eyes a little (little uncomfortable) when trying to look at my character (any side) and I would love if I had the option to turn the pulsing on/off. Perhaps other people would like such an option as well.

So, while making a character with horns, I realized that while having a Hood on, the horns (in Detail 1) were always pushed up a little bit more compared to Standard, Full Mask, etc. It happens with both Male and Female character body types, but I don't think it occurs with the Huge character body type. (Texas Long Horns, as an example display) Instead of some of the horn options looking like they're coming out of the side of the head, it looks like they're coming out the top basically--almost meeting together in the middle, which looks a bit weird. I'm assuming this is some sort of costume bug? It is at least a costume issue, but I wasn't 100% sure what I would put it under.

When I was first making my Dark Armor toon and saw that I could have some reduced/minimal fx options, I found it pretty cool--helped me perfectly go with a theme I had in mind. When I got the power Obsidian Shield in the game however, after a few seconds, I found myself fading in and out even though I don't think that's supposed to be the case. It makes me feel like I'm trying to communicate with Morse code, using my whole body. It doesn't show you doing that in the preview section, though you can click "save" while activating a power to see the power continuously on, even then I didn't notice the fading in and out at the time (might be blind). Could this small thing be corrected? I would definitely appreciate it! Otherwise my theme is kind of ruined for a cool toon I made... though I'll have to learn to play with it anyways since updates come out every so often

Lots of interesting stuff, thanks for responding you guys 👍

@evetsleep Since Force Feedback last 5 seconds, wouldn't you get 10 seconds of the buff total? One stack after using each ability, or do they refresh multiple times, which leads up to 20 seconds? Also, a quick clarification question about Force Feedback itself... when used, it reduces the recharge rate of all abilities, but then after the 5 second buff wears off all your abilities' recharge rates go back to "normal," right? So it's only beneficial if it's constantly active? Or, does the 5 seconds of the buff have a lingering effect that reduces your abilities' recharge rates by X amount of seconds after it's worn off?

@Crysis I just started building a MM Demons/Storm Summoning of my own and came across this post, and I was just curious as to why you put Force Feedback into Lightning Storm. Does it (have a chance to) grant you a stack of Force Feedback every time the Storm strikes an enemy? Or does it apply the stack to the Storm itself so that it can attack more often? I have the same question about the Tornado summon.

Not for hair or other options though.

I was just wondering if it was possible if we could have two Detail 1 and two Detail 2 sections to work with when making costumes. For example, with two Detail 1 sections, you'd be able to use both horns and glasses/goggles/eyewear together. With two Detail 2 sections, you'd be able to wear both a collar and a cigar, and so forth. I just find that this would be an easy* way to add more creativity into the player's hands. *Easy as in, it's a simple way to give players more freedom, but maybe it'd be hard to implement.

I don't know where to put this exactly, as it isn't really a bug--maybe it could be classified as one, but, the power Water Jet is missing its Base Value damage numbers as well as its (current) Value damage numbers whenever I go to view them. And then just a random side suggestion... would it be possible to add damage amount indicators for the Water Blast Powerset powers? On all the Water Blast powers they just say that they do "DMG" but they don't say how much DMG (Moderate, Huge, Superior, etc.). Details are important to me and they pile up over time, so I thought I'd just bring up these little things :V I'm sure that other powersets have the same types of things missing, but, I'm not worrying about that for now--all I can do it report on stuff.

People have probably already mentioned this before and/or this might have already been discussed about, but I was just wondering if Warshades could receive the "No FX" treatment again for specific armor toggles. Specifically, changing if the eye aura shows or not for some of their toggles--would like to see my face for some of my costumes.

Every week I somehow find at least one new, interesting fellow human being that baffles me. It happens every time when I think I've witnessed everything...

That is indeed nice and helpful, and you can in fact use idle-stance emotes with shield defense, as well as other emotes, but, that's not what I'm looking for sadly.

I bet this has already been discussed in the past, I also can't remember if Shield Defense had a combat idle animation on live or not, but would it be possible to give characters with (activated) Shield Defense powers an idle animation instead of just the combat stance? Would it be possible to make the idle animation just a couple of the idle animations or even just one of the many idle animations, since some may clip the character--Neutral Stance being my main vote. Not being able to see my character relax into an idle animation after I press Z, or just after a certain period of time, really bothers me lol. I asked this in the Homecoming server and a developer responded to me but they kind of just made a sarcastic type of comment and didn't answer my suggestion/question, in which they voluntarily responded to--I didn't ask them directly. So, I'm assuming either this topic has been talked about A LOT, it's impossible to do, it's on "the list" of things to do but it might not be at the front, or it's attainable but it requires too much effort/time, so it won't be attempted, etc. Could I get any confirmations on this, possibly?