SakuraFrost

Hi Player-1! Thank you for taking the time to reply with detail and insight into the thought process for these changes being considered. I understand seeds and carrion creepers were over performing. However, the consensus seems to be Plant is weaker overall despite the intention to make the kit strong. Additionally, players will still use and rely on seeds and carrion creepers, except now they’re less effective. I’m not sure weakening those (you acknowledged carrion creepers has a bug that will be fixed) accomplishes the goal of “variety of players who have different concepts for their Plant Control characters without shoehorning them into just two powers played a certain way”. My interpretation of your claim is that there are players who don’t want to take seeds and carrion creepers, and now they won’t be forced to? That doesn’t make a lot of sense, that’d be like a kinetics player that doesn’t want to take speed boost! Isn’t there a way to lift up the less desirable powers like vines, spirits tree, spore burst while simultaneously adjusting the strength of seeds and carrion creepers without outright gutting their effectiveness and role in putting Plants into a specific tier of damage within the controller archetype? Is the intention to leave that space solely for Fire control? I hope the team is open to the suggestions of adjusting seeds from one or two different angles such as target cap, cooldown, and duration instead of all 3 becoming worse. Additionally, it seems like Spirit Tree is still lackluster! Making the underrated parts of Plants shine is a wonderful aspiration, however as it stands you’ve half way accomplished this while tarnishing the best parts of the power set, which leaves the entire kit feeling wilted and plant players feeling saddened. I hope the team keeps a close eye on the feedback thread and considers player fun and enjoyment first and foremost!

When reflecting on the changes that are planned for plants, as a developer, do you guys feel like you’ve made the set more fun and engaging to play for the player base? Do you feel like these changes will encourage people to create and continue to play their plant controllers? Or are these changes more so aimed at “balance”, and is the trade-off worth it in your eyes, especially when considering the strengths of specific power sets in the game (archetype versus archetype, and specifically within the controller archetype itself)?

Very disappointed at the heavy handed “adjustment” done to seeds and creepers. To be in the game for so long and then be stomped on feels quite cruel. 🫤

Ty! Downloading the Homecoming Launcher resolved the issue.

I haven’t played since before the latest update, and after updating the game I received the following message “fatal error file: bin/clientmessages-en.bin unable to locate bin/clientmessages-en.bin” I tried closing and loading the launcher, re-validating. Does anyone have a solution for this problem? Thanks!

To clarify, is the name release a one time event or a permanent change moving forward? If it’s the latter could I suggest a one off, with repeated events as necessary?

It was very special to read through the responses to so many different questions from the original team. I think it took me an hour 😅 I couldn’t help but feel sad that everyone seemed to agree that a game like COH couldn’t be made today due to external, predominately, financial factors and not due to things that should matter such as passion, creativity, or player interest.

For everyone 1. How do you feel about AE and fire farming? 2. How would you have liked to see the Mastermind AT progress in terms of customization and powers? 3. What opinions do you have on the new Symphony & Arsenal controller power sets? 4. What is most important advice you’d give to the Homecoming team? 5. If you were to create a character right now, which AT and power sets would you pick and why?

I was curious if anyone had a strong Demons/Time build. I want to make sure I’m getting the most out of potential procs/set bonuses and need some help.