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Nothing in lore says anything about the makeup of the species to that depth so there isn’t even a lore reason why it can’t be made red.

If this continues to be a problem, as much as it sucks to do, cancel the event for awhile if not forever. You can see in this very post how hard it is to respect a simple request. They want to fuck around, let em find out. This is not to single any particular person out, but it is infuriating that a simple request is getting an infantile, “but why?”. You are not children, this is not a townhall meeting. It’s all well and dandy to figure out exactly WHAT’s causing lag sure, but Kronos is causing problems for the event, the organizer ask people to stop spawning it. You stop doing it. End of fucking discussion.

It’s Ice/Cold/Psi with liberal proc use. It’s the meta corr for a reason.

According to my tinfoil hat and chair that speaks to me in my mind, CoH seems to have a very biased moderation practice varying from GM to GM with little to no consistency in application. But thats just tinfoil musing, pay it no mind

Leveling in WoW helped you learn the class but I think a happy medium needs to be attained that respects your time as modern day gamers have a plethora of options to pick from that do, that also usually have more engaging progression/stories. Also players are always criticized for rushing through things, which I can understand. But also what’s not considered, especially here, is just how much busier we’ve gotten as people. People aren’t rushing(usually?) for the sake of just rapid consumption(though that definitely is a thing/problem), but for the sake of their time. They only get a few hours on the weekend to game. I doubt they want to spend it slogging through antiquated game practices like killing 100 boars or doing generic bland leveling contact missions from 2004. Taking half a year to get a max level character(if you were as busy as folks are today back in that time period) was acceptable as patience was higher, and also there really weren’t too many options as gaming was in its’ infancy. Now? Not so much for the reason I listed above, but placing the biggest emphasis on respecting players’ time. *Also see my earlier post in this thread about why such a thing occurred originally and why it’s not really going to pan out in the player’s favor.

Its not. Its a meme that would not die in ‘09 where it belonged(or before). It was…ok back in the day. It’s VERY very overdone now, bordering on cringe

I forgot snarky responses! Let me put that on the bingo card for next time. I rarely make comments on how others play the game(literally never in game), but YOU lot...I'd need exponential functions to begin to calculate over the years how often you all do it. So yes, DO start with the man in the mirror 🙂 I do spend too much time reading this stuff though. That much is true. What else am I to do on days off/lunch breaks while friends are busy :P. In that aspect, I’ll take a note from Mr. Jackson and look at making a change there.

Most of CoH IS boomers 😛 It’s actually pretty interesting. The forums is mostly older players in their 50s-60s. Discord is usually 30 and under. Nothing exact. Just gives me an idea of the audience I’ll be dealing with. I personally prefer the discord as of late. The forums is a lot like NextDoor. People who have nothing better to do than judge how another plays the game. It’s cyclical; someone makes a passive aggressive or thinly veiled judgement post about X aspect regarding how someone plays. Some people who agree pile on, people who disagree point out how dumb the topic is and end up arguing, then the thread either gets locked or driven way off course with memes. Or someone mentions Snarky. Then the cycle repeats. Sometimes in the same day even.

I could of sworn I used to see his post back in the day on these forums. Maybe even a guide or two? Did he give a reason as to why he left?

Thats exactly how people on these forums think. I really feel people who cry “power creep” simply don’t play enough(or any, lets be honest) games outside of CoH to understand what it looks like. Hell its’ meaning has become muddled a smidge even IN CoH

NuCouncil to me is...okay. I mean, the spongy galaxies is meh, but otherwise they're not some horribad group to be lamented. I still solo them at +1x8 on the few 50s I still do play, so nothing besides some tedium has changed for me. It sucks that a mindless group for people looking to relax got changed, I get that, but it's not changed so that it's impossible to really get into a rhythm with. You just now might have to use insp.

You can also do as I do and smack em on ignore in the forums. His asinine and egregiously incorrect and horribly misinformed post don’t ever cross my screen thanks to this feature

Even better, I only lead teams. Little to no autonomy given because someone is mad the mission got done faster. Complain about it? Don’t really care! I’m the lead. Passive aggressive remark about no one sticking together? That’s nice, I’m still the lead and absolutely not forcing the team to acquiesce to one member’s perceived notion of “proper teamplay”. It’s how I’ve been doing since live days and relaunch. Hence my earlier comment about stalkers. I will never acquiesce to how someone else thinks a team should be run, minus iTrials and raids as I don’t lead those anymore(those were lead in my live days on virtue). Saves me a headache.

CoH is weird. On one hand you’ll in these very forums say things like play your way and have fun. Then in the same breath have replies like in this thread trying to dictate how to play. I miss when this community had sense. Never was a thing really on HC but it was on live. I think since this game is pathetically easy and solved(and has been for 20 years) you all have run out of things to talk about, and instead make asinine and inflammatory post.

I have 5 50 stalkers and years with the AT, all the way back to their initial release. You absolutely can do the whole assassin thing and still be a helpful member of the group. You can now, thanks to i22(?) buffs to the class, scrap it out, again with hide still and the stalker ATIO(which is nuts!) with the rest of the team if so desired. I have never, and will never, be on a team where I get complaints for utilizing the main draw of the class; stealth, to get an objective early. How I also do it, and I think this will help all of you with getting the most out of the class in a team, is I rush to the boss and ATT or ST TP the team to my location. Then AS the boss and scrap it out the rest of the way.

When people say “do X or Y if I want to actually play the game” I know you: A.) were operating off shaky foundation with your initial argument. B.) “Argue” from a disingenous standpoint and are upset when presented a valid and equally correct counterpoint. Enough years with y’all has told me this is rarely wrong. Now I am sure you or someone else will give me a snarky response as a retort.

Im going to be honest, and this will be mean but I truly do not care. I’ve said this years ago when this came up. A lot of people who demand everyone stick together are the people being hard carried in the team anyway. Unless there’s a reason to stick together(Mo runs kind of, HM 4’s, iTrials. Thats it), split off and go ham. The usual lazy responses of “you should just play solo” irritate me. It’s like if I were to turn around to those people and say, “and you should of made an actually good build so you could contribute meaningful DPS instead of being a carry in what is arguably the easiest content in gaming history. All the while masking this as “playing with the team”.” Neither is helpful.

Would you believe me if I told you thats one of the highlights of the AT and what they did before stalker buffs? Thats kind of like me getting mad at the fender for buffing me. Seems a lil weird

Exactly this.

I used to hop in and do a few radios then hop off. It worked well for that, but ultimately wasn’t rewarding. It’s not meant to be, the XP and potential defeat badges was the reward. And mostly the quick mindless XP. I can’t find it in me to stay logged in to CoH, whenever I do log in, for longer than 20 minutes. Most everything I’ve already done too many times to count. But radios was always that fun bite sized 5 minute adventure that really appealed to me. Now I have roguelites so I don’t need it anymore but you could say it was roguelite esque in that it was a short run. Point being, I wouldn’t knock radios. They have merit as quick romps with okay XP.

I have everyone at 50, so I'm fine on my end. Plus I don't work weekends so even if I had a leveling toon I'd be fine too. Just food for thought was all. Also, while I don't have a disability or work a physically demanding job, not everyone's disability is the same. I shouldn't need to say that but hey it is 2024 unfortunately so saying what used to just be known is now the norm, as much as it sucks to have to do so. I’m not even asking for any changes to the program, just for understanding even if you disagree with their assertion, and really for everyone to not just troll a thread if they come back understandably upset and vent their frustrations. Thats really it. I actually like the name policy myself. Very generous imo, but I get life happens and I used work as an example but there are a myriad of reasons why one can’t log in even if given a month or two’s time.

This is one of the busiest times of the year for a lot of people who are working. An entire month is good, I agree, as a buffer for time, but I won’t be flabbergasted if people couldn’t make it and are understandably a bit peeved. It’s Q3. Q3 & 4 are hell for all sectors.

This part right here is why I actually really like this name change. Getting to 6 gives you a whole year, which hopefully you’ll be able to get to 50 and be set forever

That still isn’t passive aggressive 🙃 thats just someone being untrustworthy. Passive aggressive is expressing negative emotions indirectly. An example would be if someone offended you in some way, and instead of confronting them directly, you went, “Well, SOME people can’t be expected to act with courtesy. It’s my fault for assuming manners are taught at an early age.” With them within ear shot after the incident to another person. It’s indirect, but you both know that was directed at the offending party.

I know you weren’t, that was more broadly speaking. Probably shouldn’t of used the quote there haha! My fault