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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.

Been back for a couple years now and I've still not gotten any of my toons to 50 due to squirrel syndrome (altitis). Kinda loose interest in the toon once the grind seriously starts and start playing the grind less frequently than I do the lower level alts I make. Some of those I end up deleting as I find that I'm just not having much fun with them and move on to the next experiment freeing up names cleanly rather than just having them in a 'stock' list. So can't really say that the OP is alone... 😉

Forever?! City of Heroes - Ice Age A mammoth new expansion to chill in... lol

I'm currently running an alt Brute with Kin Mel / Psy Arm which seems to be running pretty darn well together. Just SO slotting but having no issues dropping three or four mobs quickly and efficiently, especially after Consume Psyche comes into play. Add in KM's Syphons and it has only gotten that much more effective while it lasts. Not yet hit 20 but upper teens and going strong so far. First two enhance slots to KM have been 1x Acc/ 1x Rechg and will be filling in with some DMG as time goes by. When I tried KM on a tank, it was much less worthwhile.

The Lawyer there has more game than Paragon's public works and PPD combined. They're actually getting reparations done while areas damaged 20 years ago are still waiting on debris removal, never mind actual restoration. :P Typical Kings Row resident: My insurance company refuses to cover any damage to my car and satellite system done by clockwork. Still waiting on Mr. Jenkin's callback. 😉 lol

Does anyone else get a massive red-side vibe from that? lol

So many people just want to prove to others that THEY are RIGHT that they don't realize the ones that want to have an actual constructive conversation about something have LEFT. Many of my responses are said with tongue firmly in cheek... 😉 One thing I've learned over six decades of life is that very little of what goes on or is said is actually important enough to matter in the grand scope of the cosmos...though for each individual's small world such things might seem like the totality of their existence; it's all a difference of perspective and the emotion attached to personal value. The dark side is still not giving up its cookies though... :P

more full helmet and half-helmet options.

CrossGen Comics before they went bankrupt and were consumed by the Disney beast or Image Comics (produced the Cyberforce title circa 1992)

Had not heard of it 'til now. Looking at the site stuff...honestly...not really inspiring. Clunky and doll-like visually though I'm attributing that to being a rough demo type thing. Think I'll pass for now and look in on it once some time has passed.

The Higher level bosses could also have pets they can summon; Elementals similar to the Living Spells used by the Midnighters and found in the Night Ward for further 'fun'.

Cool costume/toon creator. Most maps and such randomize despite having the same flavor text which improves replay. Kills time most efficiently. (something I have way too much of being effectively partially retired) Did I mention the cool costume/toon creator? lol

HA! Pvp while dodging Kaiju Hami & minions....comedy gold. 😉 lol

anything and everything Oranbega... The artwork and scenery is awesome...but it's the absolute worst for tripping my claustrophia. (shudders) So I end up avoiding that entire set of story lines.

The Puppet Masters: A group of corporate elite backing various Masterminds and Control types, using them to plunder those treasures desired and obtainable only by less than legal means plus blackmailing others in beneficial positions of power to serve their whims as puppets. Would be across all levels - Thugs at lowest (1-10), beasts (11-18), ninjas (19-25), undead (26-36), demons (37-48), mecha (49+) for example. Of course, the mastermind minions could also be experimental types or outliers from the norm as well due to participation of Praetorian survivors with their advance tech and psychic minions. They want wealth beyond measure & control of others; to be the actual power behind the thrones in the shadows...of everything. Of course they'd be seeking to bring down other villain groups as threats as well as all the capes. They are few...but they have expendable armies at their disposal.

That's actually rather difficult to answer; most of the actors I would use are retired or dead from old age and the current crop have done little to impress. So less so that I stopped even watching movies a decade ago. If breathing isn't an issue - I'd likely go with Robin Williams if his schedule was free; mocking bad guys while dispensing a beat down is an art form in itself after all. lol

There's a pie from the sky joke set up for ya...

LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT'S A BIRD! IT'S A...(opens umbrella quickly) ROFL 😉

Hahahaha... Streets in Perez: Hellion Court & Bones Boulevard. Independence Port: Luca's Loop, Power Island Crossing...and so forth.

There needs to be a few Gecko Insurance buildings around...and the only gas station I've seen is in the Lamba Sector of the Neutropolis slums...yet...cars are all over the place. (Probably why most are parked...outta gas or electrical charges. lol ) A few museums would be cool; Atlas could have the history one over near the Hollows gate; Steel could have a Science & Tech place; and Brick could have one dedicated to Crime & Crime fighting. :)

Jubilee takes so much undeserved flak. Nice that someone recognizes she is actually an Omega level mutant...just untrained. One edition of the comics I remember reading waaaaaaay back when had one of her teammates capable of borrowing or copying powers and using them at max. capacity which he then promptly used to utterly decimate the edition baddy by subatomic detonation. Jubiliee's power at max capacity can obliterate planets! The pyrotechnics are simply small nuclear 'pops'...not actual fireworks or fire they get laughed off as.

I don't know all the fun little tricks the numbers guys do. I'm just a casual player and an old fogey to boot that barely understands computers to begin with. (chuckles) So Last Chance...or all of that stuff is like speaking Greek to a Martian. 😉 All I know is that I've been whiffing with all my toons far more than what I had been doing (which had been less than 50% or so) which is more impression based than numbers based...but noticeable enough to be visible while playing. (shrug)

I've noticed a distinct lack of being able to hit mobs; as in I'm whiffing a lot more than what I was last month across all 30 some toons. In some cases this is despite having ACC SO's slotted. Dunno if it's a result of a nerf or the mobs getting boosted, but it's certainly annoying. Nothing like going up against a white tag mob and then missing the next dozen strikes rather than two or three that was my old normal. lol

There's always the most feared pets of all... Lawyers! (ROFL) (it's been a really long day)