ZacKing

I have to disagree if I'm being honest. If you're going by the very first post, then yeah, maybe. If you read through follow up posts made, it's pretty clear what the intent is. at least to me. Seems like it is for others too. Totally agree and it's fair to say not everything that gets added to the game is great. That's true regardless of what server is doing it. Again, that would be true if follow up posts didn't show otherwise. Anyway, to get back to the topic, it would be nice if the color pallette could get expanded here one day.

Are you completely sure about that? 😉 Super Atom beat me to it. 🤣 Anyway, yes, HC has made some nice pieces. So have other servers and trying to paint everything here as "perfect" or "not jank" and everything every other server does as crap is disingenuous. But like I said, I think you know that already, you just don't want to admit it.

If it's an option to choose between KB or KD, your concept isn't affected at all. You can use the effect of your choice and others can use the effect they choose.

That's great that you took the time to compile a list. It still doesn't change the fact that there are many costume pieces here, regardless of whether HC made them or not, that have clipping issues and other "jank". I think you know that, but just don't want to admit it. Like I said, I know its tempting for some to crap on anything not HC, but to try and paint everything other servers do as crap or "jank" is being disingenuous, and I think you know that too. I don't see anything "janky" in the video clip posted above. It looks nicely done and well implemented to me.

Yeah there's no costume pieces and such here that have clipping issues or other such "jank" whatsoever .... right. lol 🤣 There's some very cool and quite extensive quality costume additions and improvements on other servers. I know it's tempting to try and crap all over anything that isn't HC for some people, but painting all the work other servers have done on the costume editor as "jank" is intentionally misleading.

I read the post back when it was first made. I disagreed with it entirely back then and I still entirely disagree with it now. It's essentially saying "I like KB, so tough." That's fine and there's nothing wrong with that. It's their server and they can do whatever they want, and we just have to live with it. We don't have any say in what goes on here and our opinions don't hold much weight, if any at all. Again, nothing wrong with that. HC can do whatever they like here. I just disagree fundamentally with how KB is implemented in that it doesn't take into consideration how it affects team play. Also, being worried about people with KB getting "ostracized" into being forced to turn on a toggle doesn't make much sense, given that people are already "ostracized" for any number of reasons for things like Group Fly, Speed Boost, Sonic Resonance, brightly colored powers, Fold Space etc. Singling out KB as a concern for ostracizing is a bit silly and doesn't make any sense. I also think the idea of adding powers that help corral knocked back foes (see Fold Space) is totally bizarre. They're so concerned with a minor increase in DPS by changing KB to KD, but then add stuff like Fold Space that exponentially increases AoE DPS? It's also a very convoluted way to fix the problem in my opinion, not to mention causing all kinds of headaches and bad feelings on teams when mobs are teleported away from them. Seems to me it would have been simpler to just add a way for people to select KB or KD or to toggle between them, but that's just me. The folks running the show here are of course welcome to make whatever changes they feel are appropriate.

I understand that. My point was that there's really no "lost opportunity" with the "cost" of foregoing a couple of middling powers or pool picks for mules in favor of taking FS. Unless I completely misunderstood you, the net gain in taking FS clearly outweighs by an enormous margin any "lost opportunity", so it's not even relevant. If people are worried about a toggle or option to use KD instead of KB is going to somehow break the game because of "huge" DPS increases, then I think it's silly given the current META of teleporting huge mobs without even needing to move as much and have a far, far greater impact on DPS than any KB > KD toggle would ever have. I can only speak for myself, but these threads generally tend to stem from people ranting about KB and how it annoys teams and they either had to kick someone or were themselves kicked from a team because of KB. This happens when people don't know how to use KB effectively. If you have even the slightest bit of situational awareness, you can be knocking things into walls or knocking them down from above so as not to push them out of range of your attacks or away from anyone else. Granted, that's not always feasible in places like caves or offices and such, nor do I think people should be forced into taking Flight or buying rocket packs just to be able to use KB effectively. KB in a team setting is one of many problems in my opinion, mostly stemming from very poor design choices and the assumption that people will use things "correctly" in the way the original power Devs intended. Most people don't and never will, and that's something that should've been taken into consideration in my opinion. It fails a basic understanding of what some (and I would argue most) people find enjoyable in the game in my opinion. You're of course welcome to disagree. I find KB is fine for soloing. Hellion golfing used to be a favored past time of mine. I have quite a few Energy Blasters, /Martial Blasters, MA scrappers etc. who all have KB and it's fun when soloing. There are times when KB is beneficial, but that's rare in my experience. I can completely see where KB can be annoying for a team when you have people knocking mobs out of range of AoEs or away from the aggro of a tank. Personally, if I'm on my Energy blaster, I try to position myself so as not to disrupt the team flow as much as possible. It's the same thing with Fold Space. I can't tell you how many times I'm on a team and engaged with a group of mobs only to have them FS'ed right off me toward another player. That's annoying, especially when unannounced. 99.999% of the time you're told "Fuck you" if you politely ask them not to do it or at least try and grab other mobs and leave some food on the plate for you. Those very same people are the ones who will then complain you're hot dogging when you run off to solo stuff because you're "not helping the team". Yeah, that's great they can use FS and just nuke the mobs for faster XP, but just getting faster XP and inf isn't what's the fun part of the game for me. I actually enjoy engaging with the content and fighting stuff. It's why I make the investment in time and resources in building characters. I think that's true for a lot of, if not most all people too, but that's my opinion. Having stuff teleported away from or knocked away from you goes against that grain, and that's something I think the original Devs didn't take into account. Again, my opinion though and you're welcome to disagree. Anyway, I don't see a problem with adding a toggle for KB > KD. I personally wouldn't mind losing some DPS as someone suggested earlier in the thread if this toggle were turned on. It's not like we're talking a ten fold increase in DPS or anything if someone goes from KB to KD, and it helps solve an ongoing problem of people complaining about KB on teams.

So if we're to believe the news out there, test screenings haven't been faring well for this. I'll remain cautiously optimistic, but it certainly isn't sounding too good right now. They still have time for changes though.

Hmmm.... let me see. Choose between a couple of single target attacks with middling DPS at best or maybe another pool pick to use as a mule, or choose taking FS that will help vastly increase my overall DPS. Where's the sacrifice again? I'd believe you if there weren't tons of people doing exactly this because its the new DPS meta and if you ask them why they took FS, they all say its because it increased their DPS. Sorry, try again. As far as the whole KB slows your DPS because it pushes stuff out of range forcing you to re-engage, that doesn't work either, unless you don't know how to use KH effectively. People who understand how to use KB effectively are knocking stuff into walls or are flying above the target to knock them down instead of back, so they're never out of range.

You all should run Synapse on Saturday evenings over on Torchbearer for the SNS league. Always great fun. Last week set a new record - 31 Babbages at once!

So what? When stuff like Fold Space is getting added to the game which makes herding/AoE DPS even faster/more efficient, why should KB > KD be treated any differently?

Yes, it has been part of Hollywood and yes, the difference is in the writing and how its presented. I'm fully aware of Star Trek TOS and TNG, I haven't forgotten anything. You'll notice I specifically said film productions "of the last couple of years", meaning more recent films, not TV shows from 30 and 60 years ago. They had actual writers who knew how to write back then, not the hacks most of these studios hire today.

The Real Reason Superman Bleeds According To James Gunn Hmmm.... sounds better, but given all of the agenda and message pushing that's completely polluted Hollywood productions of the last couple of years, I don't know whether to be excited or extremely wary. Having Superman be a symbol of good, kindness and hope is a good thing. I might be on the "cautiously optimistic" side now, but we'll see. Any time I hear some actor or director talking about politics and how it's relevant to their movie, I cringe. lol

No he was full on stalker mode with Lois. He didn't know the kid was his until the end of the movie.

Was he smiling in the trailer? I didn't see it. Seems like another angry/depressed/brooding take on the character from the footage in the trailer.

Yeah but that hasn't worked for them in the past. See Superman Returns. ^This exactly! They're never going to top Donner's original Superman. Christopher Reeve wasn't only Superman on film, he was Superman in real life. Hollywood isn't going to recapture that magic again. It looks like the story here is going to revolve around a world not wanting or hating Superman. Why that's the route they chose to go I don't know yet, but it isn't what I think of when I think of Superman. He's supposed to inspire us. He's better than us. He's the ideal to strive toward. That's what I want to see, not people throwing cans at him and screaming at him.

No, we don't need to change any HC policies. HC can set whatever policies and rules they want and whatever makes the most sense for them. If anyone doesn't like the rules here, there are a selection of other CoH servers out there to try.

Yup. I'm out. This is going to suck, calling it now. Hard as they've tried over the last 46 years, Hollywood just can't beat Donner's film and Christopher Reeve as Superman. Brandon Routh was great, but suffered from a shit script. Henry Cavill was great too, but also suffered from a bad script. I see nothing in this trailer here to make me want to see this.

I'm not, nor was I claiming to.

I can understand why HC doesn't continue the discussion. I wouldn't want to get into a protracted, endless debate with unhappy players who are going to be upset no matter what I say or do. It's lose lose no matter what for them.

So you'd like a GM or HC Council member to post "Sorry, but no" in your "official" request thread so you can complain about them in that thread too? Just want to make sure.

You can create a much nicer looking monument very close to, if not exactly like the Vietnam War Wall memorial right now in a base, including names. No development time required and it's there forever and everyone can visit it.

That's the point. You've now created more work for the volunteer staff. They're going to need a whole policy and guidelines for this. The ideas of using AE to create story arcs as memorials or adding a hologram base item or building a base memorial are things everyone could do. Two of those you can do right now with no development work needed. I understand you're grieving and trying very hard to get your friend included in the game. I'm sorry for your loss. We can all empathize with that, but a NPC for fallen players is a privilege that I think should be reserved for those who are volunteering their free time to create and maintain the game. It's not something that should be open to everyone.

I don't have any problem with the HC people adding likenesses of their friends or loved ones into the game. They're running and maintaining the whole thing in their spare time and sharing their labors with us. That gives them the right to add people important to them in my opinion and that doesn't mean it should be an option for everyone else. As for your suggestion, it's back to the original issues with it - this isn't fair for everyone and it makes this into a popularity contest, which is something the HC people have said they want to avoid.

Anyone can add whatever text they want inside a base they create, so this is unnecessary. It also wouldn't work if people can edit the files. You suggested other uses like in-base directories and such. That totally breaks if someone can modify the text file beyond what the original author intended there.