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Pop slump for sure will affect gaming, as we all get older and either have less time or ability to game, it’ll naturally fall to younger and younger generations to pick up the slack. If they’re not there, then the number’s will flatline or dip. Not into cataclysmic the world is doomed numbers but at least noticeably impactful dip. I unfortunately do not ever want children of my own so I won’t be passing on any gaming knowledge or skillsets to an immediate generation in that regard, so I’m no help in this matter.

I was watching a Youtuber who’s content I enjoy. Going through some of his slightly older videos(couple weeks/months old) and he mentioned this article when talking about gamers and I found it interesting. https://www.eurogamer.net/older-games-like-fortnite-account-for-over-60-of-playtime-new-report-suggests If you were wondering what’s the deal with all the live service games? This answers that. And also made me start looking at online opinions about games(especially the discourse surrounding Concord) a LOT differently.

Oh no, I’m a vet of ye olden days, been on HC since its re-launch. Just find the discussion surrounding difficulty intriguing in regard to the game 🙂 Appreciate the thought though

I should of added it doesn’t have to just be MMOs. Any and all games you currently play are fair game for comparison!

Hey there forum folk. I was talking in a discord subthread about CoH and it’s difficulty or perceived difficulty and I’m interested to hear what your thoughts are on the matter. Do you all find CoH difficult? Why or why not? What aspects, if any, do you think are difficult even if you’re a vet of the game or as a new player? Where in difficulty does CoH rank for you in your list of games that play? I want to know all the things! Please feel free to elaborate on these talking points and add some others in.

Do not do this. Brine is a major source of -res. The -HP is ehh whatever but it can add up too, but what you really want is the -res. Drop Shoal rush and soothing if you have to do, but do not EVER skip brine. Ever. Your mob to mob debuff is Whitecap, your ST debuff is brine. You need and want both.

Its in your best interest to form TFs. Lots of people don’t respond to tells for a myriad of reasons, which leads to irritation IME.

Probably not broke actually, if they’re not making IO’ed builds or lots of alts(idk about the latter, they might be). But to claim AVs are broken in damage is uhm…wrong. Not exactly disingenous because it wasn’t intentional I think? But definitely wrong. I solo’d AVs on my fenders, especially my Poison/Fire and he has absolutely no defense. If CoH players are telling you “git gud” you have well and truly messed up somewhere and honestly need to reevaluate how you play.

Neither. Damage. Def will be covered by barrier cycling. I repeat DO NOT GO ALL IN ON DEF OR RES. I have run 4* and really speccing into def is sacrificing a decent amount of damage for literally no gain.

Veats are about as complicated, they have a lot of moving parts, sure no shapeshifting but you can’t just walk into a good VEAT build. They may appear straightforward but they most certainly arent if you’re wanting something really sturdy/well rounded

Why is this never said to people trolling threads? Legit question. I get it in this instance but I’m asking for all those very interesting suggestion threads that got trolled by the very people thumbing up your comment, you never told them to shut it when they were being legit trolls so I want to know, why? I am not trying to be snarky, I am legit asking questions, if thats not allowed on these forums I’ll stop

A shame really but yeah khelds are pretty low pop. I’d wager lower than crabs n widows but I could be wrong on that

I gave the most blunt and imo sound answer. The best builders are on the discord 🤷🏾‍♂️ You can waste time mencing words or you can get to a workable answer. I like giving workable answers

Darn you Flea!!!!! 🙂

Best Value: Lies of P & Black Myth Wukong. Both games are absolute bangers. Im in NG+ for both and I’d easily recommend it to anyone looking for some challenging yet fun gameplay. One IS a soulslike though and the other is similar to ninja gaiden in terms of difficulty so YMMV if you like that sorta thing. Storytelling in both is easily top tier for sure.

Laby’s a solid addition to the game. Keep up the great work!

Soothing is your cookie cutter heal. Shoal is the obvious skip, and everything else is a must have. If you wanna take shoal thats fine, but in endgame its not doing anything. But I guess in something like CoH that doesn’t really matter much

Yes it does

Go to the discord, you’ll find examples of modern min/max builds there.

Shifting on melee always. Less retoggling. Tide Pool then whitecap. If somehow the team hasn’t disintegrated everything by that point, brine the boss or EB/AV.

Skip Shoal Rush. It serves no purpose at 50 and has terrible proc rate. Everything else is a must have

It makes the most sense and gets me mad stacks since everyone’s in melee anyway

Not directed at you! Was just using your quote to segway that in. The forums isn’t always clear. If anything I think I was agreeing with you? **As an aside, I want to add this tidbit in for new folks. And this may sound harsh, I’m truly not trying to be that but I am blunt. The best builders are on the discord. Some will drop their builds on the forums later but a lot of builds and building is done on the discord. The order of build quality and advice goes: Discord>>>Forums>General/Help Chat. A helpful tip? Treat getting a build like looking at cars. If someone comes up to you and gives you a diatribe about how amazing car A is, odds are they are lying and trying to make a sell. No sales here obviously, and less lying, but you should be skeptical like in a car sale or what have you. If someone gives you what sounds like a used car salesman pitch about how great their build is and they don’t have video proof to back it or it reads like an aforementioned sales pitch? Be wary. A lot of builds work in 99.9% of content so its not like they’re trying to mislead you(usually). Just be mindful and very clearly state what you’re looking for in a build and for what content(this is very important)

This is why I also urge people away from getting advice from gen chat or help or even these very forums in general. This answer is too often given with no followup and/or build with at least some justification behind their choices and beliefs about performance.

No surprise Paragon Falcon thumbed that down. Telling on yourself a lil there pal. I’m curious, what part did you disagree with? Or did the example offend you 😂