SquidVicious

The OP had a different solution altogether and in fact did not encourage people reporting MMs.

As a "for the record"; the OP offered a solution that did not require a ban.

I don't think it's necessarily an unpopular opinion. I considered it myself for several days before bothering to post about it. It can affect your loot and XP, though, as how much you get depends on damage done by yourself, your team and league. Pets can also redirect aggro away from things like AoE DoTs and interfere with setups for nukes, etc. My blood pressure isn't really elevated by it. I was just wondering if there could be a solution for it.

You're not wrong. I would be okay with that, unpopular though it may be, but the problem would still exist at level 50 zones for the people content to AFK while scripted, auto-powering, or pet hunting who still aren't actively trick-or-treating by clicking doors.

Yes, I mentioned that as the cure for the first type of leech.

Trick-or-Treat is a fun event. It helps foster some genuine comradery, some fun banter, lots of interesting costumes and of course, XP and loot! For the most part, it brings the community together and is a fun time for all. However, some folks really aren't obeying the spirit of the law, if you'll forgive the pun. So, of course any time one can find a way to get something for nothing someone will try. Case in point: Halloween leeches. These come in a variety of forms - Those that join a team or league and simply sponge while mostly or completely AFK for instance. There's one guy, who has been reported multiple times, who is on, presumably, 24 hours a day (I play A LOT) and he is always in the corner of the motel in PI. Sometimes he is auto running, always activating powers. He's clearly not playing the game as intended. Then there are the Masterminds that just stand or hover in the middle of the parking lot or toward one of the sides or corners where the biggest spawns occur. Their minions run around grabbing aggro and casting subtraction on everything. Why does this matter? Trick-or-Treat involves one simple mechanic: click a door. Anyone not clicking a door isn't really participating. The 1st type of leech is easiest to cure; you simply kick them from your team or league. The other two types are more difficult to deal with. Someone AFK scripting and hanging on 24 hours a day shouldn't be that hard to notice and ban. Yet in the case I have mentioned, after multiple reports by multiple people, the character is still there. As for the MMs, again, they are not actively participating in the single mechanic of ToT and yet they are reaping the benefits of everyone else's efforts. Not to mention the MM pets can clog doorways making it difficult to move around and can actively prevent you from clicking a door, again the sole mechanic. I have a very simple suggestion to remedy this. As simple as the solution is, it may be difficult to implement. I have no experience coding for CoH so couldn't tell you. My suggestion, however, is this: if you, a teammate or league-mate did not click the door, the spawns don't give you XP or inf. This encourages everyone to actually Trick-or-Treat and prevents mechanics abuse. I've been doing solo ToT today to see how bad my XP took a hit. The fact is, it didn't. In fact, I have been on some teams where it took over an hour to gain a single level. Today I can easily get 2 in an hour; keeping in mind these are level 50 characters I am referencing. So, clearly, it isn't forcing anyone to team in order to participate. I believe CoH is at its best when it brings the community together. Hopefully the few bad actors I have run into could be encouraged to join in the fun of actively participating in the wonderful event with this change. If you made it this far, thanks for reading.

Thanks for the reply. It is an older build, for sure, but that's okay. I like how it plays. It still takes inferno, but the rest is ranged, which is fun for me. Knowing Evasive Maneuvers was the last power in the set was mainly what I needed, so thanks very much for that!

Okay, so maybe folks could share their fire/fire/fire builds?

Recently I had a concept for a fire blaster and in looking for builds I ran across Honest Abe's build. I have reached level 50 and before I sink influence into sets I had some questions. Firstly, the build has Afterburner as the level 49 power pick with nothing slotted. What is this supposed to be? Additionally, in a screenshot he posted I saw that he had taken Alpha Musculature Total Core Revamp, Judgement Pyronic Judgement, Interface reactive interface but hadn't chosen his other three Incarnates. So, does anyone happen to know what those other two might be? After returning just last month for my first time since Live, I've had a lot of fun with this build so far. It's a straight up Hover Blaster and I levelled it strictly through team content, a couple of DFBs and then TFs. It plays very well on a team. Thanks in advance for any answers!

Thank you. It's all good now.

Same issue.