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David Myers - Twixt A professor who did this as a behavior study for a paper. Problem 1: There is no IRB number that I recall. Institutional Review Board. This institutional group provides ethical and regulatory oversight of research involving human subjects. Lacking this, what he was doing was unethical and invalid since it involved humans. Problem 2: Not sure if Devs of CoH were aware or given permission. Huge No no. Problem 3; Can't remember exactly everything he did, but I vaguely remember them being considered dirty Because of Tenure he did not lose his job. Lucky for him. "Dying in PvP doesn't give you debt as long as you die in PvP. Player kills don't hurt your experience. The catch was that Twixt wasn't interested in getting player kills, he would actually avoid it. He, instead, would teleport your character and paralyze it next to PvE mobs that were present in the zone. By paralyzing your character, it would leave you helpless while the PvE mobs actually killed you, thus getting you debt." iltat Also: "If Twixt had been doing the one killing, there would have been no issue at all. In fact, many players used the teleport power to bring victims into little traps (consisting of mines, timed bombs, or other things) to get themselves easy kills without so much as a single complaint against them. Instead, Twixt was specifically gaming the system to cause debt for the other players." iltat His whole premise was ... no RULE said he couldn't do what he was doing. Here is an old reddit link from iltat worth a scroll to see what Twixt actually did:

Thank you. In bold is more of my point. Again, thank you. Making changes because a set is not doing what other sets are doing is not something I am not for. Yes, legacy sets need to be addressed. Empathy among them. I agree with that. Just not these changes and also the why given. This set means more to me than I have addressed. This was my first AT and my main on Live. It's the first one I remade. Like the OP Both of us have played the set extensively. Is my opinion more right? Hardly It does give me just as much right to voice my opinion as the OP. In the forums I have a right to speak my mind This is not Gatekeeping. Not at all. I will repeat it: change is needed. Not these changes and not the reason why. I find the way these recommended changes have been presented abhorrent and unlike anything I have experienced in the forums. Now and Live Repugnant: The entire presentation is off-putting. Despite other disagreements in the forums, I still felt heard. A self-declared master of a powerset, a definitive reworking Claiming all this support of the reworking ... There is a growing sense of division in the forums and in-game, where only certain players are considered worthy of being heard. It becomes tiresome. If the OP is RPing, fine... sorta. But not really. If this is trolling ...ugh. I used to play regularly with multiple alternate characters, but now I have a new job with significant responsibilities, so I don't have as much time to play. I am not known to anyone in the forums because my forum name is different from my in-game name. It might surprise some of the more vocal forum members to learn that I have played with many of them multiple times on different alts. As always, I appreciate the work of the Devs and GMs. Like most, I teared up when I heard the log-in music for the first time in a long time, knowing I would be home shortly. Thank you for providing a space to let me speak my mind about aspects of the game. Thank you for the opportunity to have a space to give life to all the characters in my head The journey with CoH was lovely.

Opinion And desirability on advanced mode shouldn't be a factor. Alot of people don't play advanced mode. Opinion

"Empathy gives you the ability to heal and aid allies as well as yourself. Empathy has no offensive powers, but its heals and buffs are unmatched." Straight from the Wiki, and I still agree with it. Powersets need to be examined without comparing them to what other sets do. Not what this set. So that can go off the list. 6/10 is your opinion ... mine is 8/10 or 9/10 because, yes, when you do compare, some sets are faster ...*shrug* However... Filling your Green Bar is a buff. I point to Absorb Pain, where you sacrifice your hitpoints and self-healing to aid a teammate. Not sure any powerset does that. RAs .... Green and Blue Bar Buff. Let's look at the Blue Bar. Mitigating endurance has been a topic of discussion in a few recent threads. Clear Mind .... Buff Fortitude and AB ... Buffs Your opinion ...this IS what Empathy is so 10/10 for me 3 dedicated Healing powers. Yes, it would be nice IF they added a little to these, but that means you must take away something. Resulting in Slower Recharge and higher Endurance Cost Would it be nice if Healing Aura had an Enemy debuff? Sure, but what is the cost to the power? Less healing? Higher recharge? Higher End cost? I point to Absorb Pain again. It has a tiny endurance cost, and I think even the manual warns about overusing this power. I will almost agree with 7/10 ... but see it more as a 8/10. Full bars and debt protection. Not the worst in the game. Because of experience, I would like this to be: TP to me. Often, I have to deal with a melee type who goes off to the other side of the map and dies. Or somebody goes down amid combat, and I want to rez them out of the fray. This saves me a power slot. I don't have to take tp. If we add other buffs ... what are we taking away? Not what the set is. So that goes off the list. I want a diversification of set options, but given what empathy is, I am not sure that it is feasible. Alot of players are all about procs ... I am more about the set bonuses. Clear Mind and Rez take no sets and it would nice if they did

I feel it is worth saying that changes are necessary because the game has changed I have said that. Not this way. Not this approach. Basing changes on one's opinion of bad play sets a bad precedent. Now, every powerset needs to be addressed this way. Every single one. Then we have a plain vanilla choice of options. I'm afraid I have to disagree with zero reason to bring an Empath. If the bar is *4 ... No. There are players that don't play that content at all, so that shouldn't be a measure of the powerset. Some play only with So's Not subpar and still viable.

You did not. You focused on making derogatory remarks about people's play style. And when a Dev reprimanded you .... you talked down to them.

Got it! Make it so!

Talking down to us and the Devs doesn't help your case

Your opinion of poor performance. Improve the set ... by focusing on the set and the demands of the game.

You missed the people who did not. What People? Agreed. Just not this.

I support this, but want clarification on how you earn this. Leading X number of TF/SF Raids? Maybe StoryArcs? Fairly high number of one or do you have to do multiple? Is it to be seen during the run? Could it be some Click Aura or Click Costume bit(like Halloween Event) The Purple Cape of Leadership ... ok that is terrible but you get the idea Or is it more an acknowledgment of your service? Still good

I agreed that a change is due. But not yours. You fundamentally do not understand the powerset or a majority of its powers.

Empathy is due for an update due to the nature of the game. Sure Healing Aura; Sure. But insulting players and their play style diminishes the value of what you are proposing Absorb Pain: Your change to Absorb Pain says you missed the point of the Set and the Point of this particular power You view it as a debuff ... sure....maybe "Dramatically heals an ally's wounds. This power has only a tiny Endurance cost, but it requires you to sacrifice some of your Hit Points. Absorbing someone's pain can be quite dramatic, and afterward, you will be briefly unable to heal your own wounds by any means." <------ THIS. ALL this in fact. You missed the self-sacrifice that this power and Empathy has plus the low endurance cost. Empathy is Self-sacrifice. Doing something without reward. Combining RAs....sure... been talked about a good bit. Healing Hands goes against what Empathy is ... I'd rather have a long-range TP Resurrect. Fortitude. A great power as is that is not to be on every player on the team at all times. But ... AoE Click, sure. Again ... insulting players and those who play Empathy is beyond the pale. Resurrect No buff? I disagree "Resurrects a fallen ally with full Hit Points and Endurance. The Resurrected target is left protected from XP Debt for 90 seconds. Often I have to do this in the middle of combat, it would be nice to add a speed or jump or fly so the player can get to safety quickly Clear Mind: Not inferior. Make it like Speed Boost AoE and we are done. ----- You call it a rework. You have fundamentally changed what the Empathy Powerset is. Sure. Make it so. But don't call it Empathy. Calling powers inferior does not add weight to your argument. Insulting the play styles of players ... same. I have played Empathy since day 1 of my time with the game. Still, play it. This is NOT gatekeeping; this acknowledging your proposed set is NOT Empathy.

I like the idea. It does diminish the titles a bit. Is it feasible to have a different color? A highly visible one? If not, then roll with gold.

I have been working on my alts. I leave them kitted out so I can pop onto one at will. Most have all inf and salvage ...perhaps I should consider emailing the inf and selling the salvage.

Congrats on your new 50!! ... Now make another - *joking* Have you done badges? Accolades? https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Badges I make sure my characters get certain Badges and Accolades. Both take time. Decide if something like that will help. Are you in a SuperGroup? If not, join one; most have nightly events. You can also make your own, and that leads to Base Building. These can be super detailed or basic and functional. There is a Spring Character Contest where we use a generator and have to use that character. @Troo Can you post a link? I can't find it. 🙂 I have several characters from it because they are ATs and Powersets I have not played or combos I had not considered before. Commit. Meaning .... have a plan of some sort. This can be anything like playing every possible combo of a Fire blaster because you like it I am currently working on ALL my alts a month at a time. I play an alt for a month. Getting as far as I can Incarnate and Badge wise etc. I have a Rad/Dark Brute that I was ready to quit during the first week. She wasn't feeling right for me. I stayed with her and figured out how to play her better.

Then that should have been said. "Hey some of us are on Discord, and you GF has come up." ... Also why I don't team with people on who use Discord

Knockback wins ... by Chest Chucks Hair

Knockback Hate > Kheldian Hate

yes, it would be best if you had turned it off as I have said But .... I still smell a heaping pile of BS about the Leader getting complaints. If you can't ask in team chat...then don't say anything. Cases in point: I was on a PUG TF recently where, as we rushed in ...BOOM, knockback Due to the team mix, it was hard to tell who it was. Finally, someone asked in chat, and a player fessed up to it, and said that they had not slotted KB-KD He was asked to at least not lead with it and use it to knock foes back into the group Sure! On we went One TF this weekend in my Sonic /Marine Affinity Corr. I would leap in ... only to have a teammate use Foldspace ... fweppp...they were gone, and my Nuke did NADA I asked who was doing it in Team Chat, and there were three who were using it Whelp ... I lose. I have modified my playstyle.

He will find you anyway. He will ... *suddenly feels eyes on his back* Whelp ...look at the time, gotta go

The Sun is still up ... he will be here shortly OR He is up ... but the shadows are not dark enough

If the Team leader asks you to turn it off, then do so. ... My respond first would have been Player: "Odd, I have seen no complaints in chat" Team Leader: "I was sent tells complaining of GF" Player has left TF Yup ... I would have left. Any complaints should go in the Team Chat