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Well, it's obvious they're missing an essential part of the build: Snark. Without the Snark, it's just not the same. 😺

I've been on Tin Mage II Task Forces where Neuron got pulled and terminated before Bobcat was aggro'ed. What happened, @Linea?

Vault Storage is per-character. I used it pre-Shutdown to stockpile Rare Salvage as I was buying and selling a lot of Rare Salvage to make Influence back then.

To some degree, on some changes, they have to be done in partial phases. Despite all the testing Closed and Open, to get things to where the Devs want them has to be tested in the wider arena of a Live Release. Then they hear a lot more feedback in a lot of situations that is almost impossible to do in testing. As well, to avoid doing absolute nerfs, an initial phase won't go far enough. So that follow-on phases can be absolute buffs. In the case of same-Level Mastermind Henchmen, I think things could have been more leaned into being a buff and not the mix of whatever they are now. Which is tilting into being a nerf in far too many cases.

As I remember, the Devs have said that we'd get more Incarnate Powers when there was content of greater difficulty that needed them. I don't think adding in +5 to +7 Notoriety is going to be sufficiently that much harder to allow new Incarnate Powers. Think more like @Linea's 801 AE arcs. The tougher ones.

Not a Dev or a GM. But @Zappalina, I highly suggest you copy your notes from that other website to your post here. The Devs are busy people who volunteer their time and you should keep bug reports as simple and direct as possible.

No idea on how difficult this would be in-game. But since Illusion Controllers and Dominators can have their Phantom Army look like they do, that should be able to be done for Masterminds..... (Now distracted by thinking about my very low Level Thugs Mastermind with clones of his rather cool costume.... 😺)

Herm.... I'm a Retired Royal Canadian Armoured Corps soldier. I also know a lot of history. The Tank has been with us over a Century and I think it's never gone 10 years but that what the particular best working mix of features, including the Required 3 of Firepower, Protection, and Mobility, has changed. Now Drone Warfare has burst upon the Battlefield. Some are saying this is finally The End of The Tank. Just as in other times and places, it's been The End of the Aerial Dogfight. Or the end of the Horse. Not so. Every Battlefield Technology that has an effective use on the Battlefield and hasn't been overwhelmingly neutralised or replaced in what it provides is still got some niche of usefulness. Every Weapon (some World War 1 troops were armed with Gladius as well as Rifles for Trench Fighting) and ever War Technology. The Tank and Tanker and those who fight Tanks will continue to evolve to the form and doctrine that is most appropriate for providing Mobile Protected Firepower at the Forward Edge of the Battlefield. In the 1980's before I learned about Tanks, I learned Sneak-and-Peak Recce much as it was practiced in World War 2. Recce hasn't had the changes forced upon it as much as Tanks have, but there are changes and Recce soldiers will have adapted. Because if you don't adapt, you find out the hard way that Today's War is significantly different from what you trained for. Don't get better at fighting the Last War. Get better at fighting War as it is and as it seems to be changing. Always observe. Always be willing to consider adapting. @Diantane, I figure you honestly feel strongly about what you post. You wouldn't keep doing it so much if you didn't. What I suggest to you is your view of City of Heroes is a bit askew. I don't know why, but it's askew enough and you keep posting about askew views that don't get any respect. I suggest to you it's time, as the Infantry say after finishing an Assault upon a Position (or if they failed at the Assault too), to Suck Back and Reload (catch your breath, refill magazines, drink water, and the leaders and senior Infanteers reassess the battlefield). Play the game to have fun. Observe more. Read more here in the Forums. Especially if there's a back-and-forth. Think more. Notice who seems to be switched on about what they say. Give it time. There's many cases in Military History of being caught short by circumstance leading to strong reversals. And of those caught in those reversals reassessing and fixing things.

In Repeat Offenders, there was one good Player who, when they found out about Shutdown, quit City of Heroes and has never played it again. They went on to play DC Universe Online. After City and Star Wars: The Old Republic, the game I've played the most is DCUO as they are a good friend and I would play the game for a while. But eventually I'd end my subscription (you really have to subscribe to DCUO after getting to Level 30 to experience the Endgame) and go back to City, because City is the game that has my heart. One day they mentioned a recent paid item you could get in DCUO: I forget what it's called in DCUO (or even if it's still available), but iit's effectively an Ultimate Respec. My rememberance of DCUO is weak, but it was the equivalent of changing everything in City, including your AT and Primary and Secondary Powersets. I don't know if my friend has indulged in using it, but it is interesting that the DCUO devs at the time thought there was a market for such an item. This means it's kind of similar to what @BEASTCORE is suggesting. And as @The Trouble has pointed out, you can sort of do that via a Reroll. I have done a number of Rerolls of Toons in City. Often to change some of the AT and the Primary and Secondary Powersets. Some Toons have gone through several over the years. I've also Rerolled Toons just to change their Origin. Because the one I picked initially years ago wasn't right for my concept of the Toons. Something that now just has an effect on some texts in some conversations in some missions in the game. But I had to change the Origin to put it right. And could only do that via Reroll. Now, on the other hand, the Suggested Item of this thread is being sold partly as a massive Influence Sink, as well as giving Players something that some of them would want for some of their Toons. I've thought of ideas for new Influence Sinks too. Except Homecoming City appears to not need Influence Sinks at this moment. Pre-Shutdown, the game had gone through some Inflation, as the Supply of Inf was growing but the Supply of Stuff to spend Inf on wasn't growing as fast. As the prices of Luck Charms was in the range of 100,000's to Millions of Inf, Rare Salvage was always in the Millions of Inf, and PvP Recipes sold off-market for Billions of Inf. I assume the Inflation had reduced or near stopped, because I took note of at least the Luck Charms and the Rare Salvage and though they shifted in price over a range, that range didn't seem to creep up. On Homecoming, through methods and new features including Inf Sinks but also included Merit Purchase Possibilities (which puts ceiling on the effective Price of most items in the game) and other things like Upgrading SOs on the Enhancement Screen, Inflation has been more that vanquished, as the price of many items on the Auction House has declined over the 6+ years of Homecoming, though there still are fluctuations. Such a massive Inf Sink as suggested in this thread isn't really needed. And as @The Trouble has pointed out, you can sort of do that via a Reroll. And as I am a strong example, Players are willing to do Rerolls when they need to change unchangeable parts of a Toon.

I had them too (retired now). I'd say someone recruiting for an active combatant organization could be detained indeed.

From what I've heard, @Snarky has killed his role, dead. 😺

But they are not hors de combat, unable to participate in fighting. Even under our Internation Laws of War, they would be considered a combatant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hors_de_combat

I have a Ice Armor/Dark Melee Tanker. Been a long time since I played it, but I enjoyed it.

I use Arcane Bolt on Controllers too. And I believe that as with Containment, Arcane Power adds the same damage again. So Arcane Power and Containment does three times the damage.

Just like Hollywood.