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Not overly thrilled with how they did Bio-Armor myself...it could have been done soooo much better visually speaking. The power set itself though is decent at least. 😉 lol

Have a red side Beam Rifle/Elec Armor Sentinel I've solo'd to just ding 40 and while the set isn't overly flashy, as others have noted, it is very solid damage and attack speed-wise. Taken out AVs and red bosses quite handily. One of my favorite toons.

What do I think about that? I think that you've not taken into account the broader associative factors of things and are focused on justifying your stance vs objective assessment...and I don't mean that derogatorily...just as simple statement. I've been in engineering for 40 yrs and project analysis is one of the things that comes with the profession when doing cost estimates, accounting for design issues, etc. Now...if discarding those other potential negative factors and only dealing with AI IP, AI licensing, and other legalese for commercial usage...it still is unlikely to be some sort of 'basement dweller level of development'. Given the declining educational level of students in the last twenty years I'd have my doubts about 'average' anyone being able to write code much less even understand it. Taking into account the backlash against AI art vs artist IP and increasing restrictions being applied to usage there may not be much available for AI unless it can create original pieces available in 5-15 years; AI being a computer algorithm I don't see that happening either without Skynet being involved...at which point we may have larger issues involving "phased plasma rifles in the 40-watt range". The other thing is that you'd likely need the game to operate on more of a smartphone platform which is where the younger generations seem to be migrating too in terms of game play if my kids and their friends are any indication of things. The instant gratification factor that has infected even tabletop games would mean the discarding of the xp grind as well plus shorter missions as the attention span of kids these days seems akin to that of mayflies. lol But those are more sociology assessments.

Very unlikely given both the economic climate at present and amount of work that would be necessary to do so successfully; the latter of which hasn't managed to get done for any other superhero MMO over the last 20 years. Be it the fan-base or that the other attempts, a couple of which being similar to CoH, just couldn't hit the same sweet spot that CoH does or some other factor. The only thing I could see doing a CoH2 for would be better zone maps, many of which presently are quite dated and more in a style for Quake type battlefields than immersive city-scape, and new story lines and such...though I can also see the way contacts and mission dole-outs happen changing.

Yeah...I gotta go with Sappers too as the most annoying. Especially if I'm running an End hog toon. Pretty much have mobs I treat as primary drop-first targets with most of the villain groups though even if they may not be the strongest mob present. Sky Raider Engineers, Illusionists, & Fortunata-types for example.

When I play squishies then Hover is an absolute must by level 8. Even in buildings and tunnels there are areas that you can be out of reach of the melee based mobs...which increases survival immensely. After all...what can't hit you hard can't kill you quick. Usually. 😉

The Malta Group finally deployed their version of Skynet...

yah....let's not and say we didn't. A lot of those issues brought up aren't really all that visible to new or casual players...so aren't really issues at all to us and we really don't go looking for them all that often as a generality.

Not been to Kallisti in over a year...long before it was populated with anything and was more interested in just seeing what the place was like than close inspection. Pocket D is not a preferred hang out but I have been outside of it back in the days prior to Cryptic's shutdown...and been there a couple times over the last three years...just never for long. Been to Ourobos as well...again only a few fleeting visits. Casual solo player and I've yet to get any toon to 50 (mainly due to altitis) since I came back 3 yrs ago. Though Major Holocaust (45 redside) and Nuclonus (42 blue) are slowly, if infrequently, grinding towards such. Ya kinda missed the point of my statement though about lack of gas stations in the zones. One gas station in Kallisti for ALL of Paragon? Kinda silly ain't it. Just like how heavy the traffic is in Faultline vs somewhere like Talos or Indy. 😉 lol

Paragon News Headline: Super Nobody Bankrupt! Retires due to lawsuit by Hellion victims in Atlas Park! The oft present Hero Super Nobody lost a class action lawsuit in Paragon City Civil Court today. The plantiffs' attorney, Mr. Chris Jenkins, proceeded to outline a pattern of cowardice, criminal depraved indifference, and fraudulent misrepresentation by Super Nobody aka Normie Bodee, as he paraded around in costume near City Hall only to flee or ignore citizens as they were mugged and or assaulted by members of the criminal gang known as the Hellions. Witnesses testified that Mr. Bodee was seen spending more time on his smart phone than paying attention to his surroundings. Also, if another hero arrived on scene, he would suddenly bolt...fleeing the area in anticipation of what typically resulted in a violent confrontation between the newly arrived hero and gang members present; all the while leaving the victim to cower, seek shelter, and all-together unprotected. Judge Han G. Emmhye expressed his utter disgust with Mr. Bodee and ordered him to both surrender his costume and pay restitution to each plantiff named in the lawsuit 50,000 dollars plus all legal fees incurred. Furthermore, Mr. Bodee was forbidden to present himself as a hero, either by costume, statement, or any other manner for the rest of his natural life. The only exception to this life long ban requiring at least two senior officers of the Freedom Corps or Vanguard signing off on him having gone thru their training program and serving a five-year-long tour of duty with distinction. Mr. Jenkins was all smiles after having won yet another case for his clients saying only that 'Justice has been served for all' when asked for comments. He also vehemently denied any connections to Nemisis in response to shouts made by detractors outside of City Hall as he left the premises. Mr. Bodee's legal representation, Ms. Imma Hakk, filed a petition of bankruptcy immediately after the class action case's resolution citing that Mr. Normie Bodee was both unemployed and homeless having been kicked out of his elderly mother's basement not long after having been served notice of the lawsuit. Paragon News will be there to cover the outcome once the bankruptcy hearing date has been decided.

Used to have the 1st ed Mutants & Masterminds books. Was hard to follow though so meandered around until I found Victorious which is more of a Steampunk era superhero setting. Played FACERIP Marvel Heroes a few times...was interesting. Champions once...didn't leave much of an impression. d6 Heroes looks interesting on read thru but not played it (or anything tabletop in a decade or more sadly.)

Saitama punched yet another villain into the moon so hard it shifted orbit fast enough to leave an after image. 😉

Universal sound system...the Solar Woofer! lol

Best I'm managing solo with a brute is the +1 that just doubles the number of mobs I'm facing....and that just barely squeaks me by without face-planting very often and burning not a few insps plus SO slotting in at least my defense powers. Squishies get squashed too fast to wanna run that way for me though. Not fun to face plant every other battle or when insp heals run dry. So again, I don't see any issues with mob difficulties as they are or that they are in any way too easy. Maybe the Devs could make a dedicated server for the IRON TOON folks that enjoy the brutality level of mob, assuming such is even possible? Though I think it might have a fairly low population overall. lol

I kinda see things the opposite of the initial post. If anything, the mobs have gotten a bit tougher by category...but then, I'm a casual player and not someone playing in a style that squeezes the last decimal point of efficiency out of my enhancement choices and such. I'd say the relative difficulty is more due to play style and such than any real overall changes; especially for a solo player like myself. In 2004 my tank could jump into a scrum of a dozen yellows and orange laughing as they barely moved my hp bar with only a few enhancement slots filled w/ Duals.....now it's about half that and a lot more hp loss despite being slotted with SO's. (shrug) My perceptions at any rate.