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If pvp isn't you thing then you can just level up a trade skill and be a guild dedicated blacksmith , carpenter, tailor etc.. and sell excess items via your owne vendor you have set up at a house you owne in UOO. And if UOO isn't your thing then WoW might be a good choice, as you can just dedicate yourself to pve and never have to engage in any pvp.

You like CoH you will most likely like Ultima Online Outlands, hard-core pvp open world, sandbox you not pigeon holed in to say template, you can create any abomination you like. Ofcourse sone are more viable that others.

I don't yet have a 50 as I only get to play 6 days per month. However I noticed so far with the few mid to high 30s that I do have I tend to gravitate to playing the ones with the most manageable endurance, smoother rotations and appealing combat animations. One other criteria that can't seem to get away from is they must be tough and able to absorb punishment which is why I have more brutes on the go that any other archetype, and by a larg margin. For every 10 ATs created 8 are brutes.

If you do get bored go try Ultima Online Outlands. Open World Sandbox. You can even be a thief and steel players loot from their bag, including their spell book, weapons, armor etc.. hahaha

Nostalgia for sure. Ton of very cool power sets Combat animations Combat sounds Addicted to making crap ton of new ATs Graphics are actually not bad at all, especially for game this old. I'm guessing you didn't set them up right because when I logged in here first couple of months ago I though it looked so bad, it nearly made me quite the game. First thing is set your world detail and character detail from 100% all the way to 200%, than enable improved graphics and max out all options there. You should see big improvement. The starting cave quest in Atlas is still horrendous. They need to fix this ASAP as well as set the default game graphics much higher..I'm guessing this will help with new player retention.

Reading this thread inspired s general idea. Add some % HP heal in to health. Keep the slow ticks but add the ability to click the heath skill and heal for say: 30% of your total HP on a 2 minute cooldown for all ATs when 3 sloted. 30% endurance recharge when 3 sloted on a 1 minute cooldown. Remove endurance cost from sprint.

Mounted combat 2H weapon inherent special procs Full loot system upon death Can become red murderer status if you kill enough innocent which is a small number actually to go red. Very, very good old school game that provides a feeling of satisfaction when you accomplish things, even as simple as getting your skills to grand mater status which takes a bit of time and effort

All though i haven't played SS since live i think you guys are right, it might be time to update that iconic set: rework or replace Rage, improve AoE damage on stomp and add moderate damage to ✋️ clap More radical idea would be to strip all class sets and move them in to 1 large pool and let people create their owne hero with whatever powers they see fit, only limited by their overall class powers such as, controllers can only pick controller powers not meele or blaster powers etc.. So you could pick powers from say: Earth PSI Plant Fire Etc.... and combined them togheder to create a controller of your liking and imagination.

Nothing wrong with using an AI, it's a great tool for many things, and it would be unwise to not use best tools one has at its disposal to complete any task in the most efficient, best, most cost/brainpower effective way possible. However as you said, it still takes human imagination, creative thought process and the ability to direct the AI in a thoughtful effective manner for it to produce your desired results. Once agein, we'll done 👍 👍

One of the best most engaging games I have played. With unique pvp.

The Infernal Hellions are not your old street punks. They are fire-worshipping zealots who embraced a ritual of self-immolation and were reborn as devilish hybrids under the guidance of their dark matriarch, Inferna Regina. Every one of them chose this path—making them terrifyingly devoted. They blend the reckless chaos of the original Hellions with the structured cruelty of infernal military discipline. Combining Circle of Thorns-style summoning with Hellion-style flame aggression, they aim to transform Earth into a plane of fire and devotion. They literally seek to create Hell on Earth. 🔥 Hierarchy & Structure 👑 Archvillain: Inferna Regina Archetype: Fire Control / Dark Blast / Leadership Aura Abilities: Emberheart Sigil (AoE Confuse/Control) Charm of the Flamebound (mass Dominate-style Hold) Covenant of Ashes (mass Heal + Rez allies) Hellfire Queen Aura (team-wide +ToHit, +DMG aura) Tactics: Summons elite flame spirits; buffs all nearby Flamebound; devastating in groups Visuals: Volcanic red succubus-derived armor, long horns, glowing infernal runes across her skin, floating, 🔥 Elite Bosses (Inferna Regina's Named Lieutenants – appear rarely) 1. Ash-Blood Rhozan Type: Demon Brute Power Sets: Fiery Melee / Willpower Abilities: Flaming Axe cleaves, AoE Fire Smash, Unyielding Demonic Aura Lore: Demon of conquest, bound by infernal pact 2. Cindersong Yvette Type: Infernal Pyromancer Power Sets: Fire Control / Empathy Abilities: Fire traps, Confuse songs, AoE healing flames Lore: Former Hellion arsonist turned flamewitch musician 3. Molgrim the Maw Type: Demon Tank Power Sets: Fire Armor / Super Strength Abilities: Cone Devour (drains HP), Fear Roar, Knockback Slam Lore: Infernal devourer, bound within a cursed suit of iron 4. Scoria Hex Type: Infernal Glyph Blaster Power Sets: Fire Blast / Dark Miasma Abilities: AoE glyph mines, Fear Blasts, Fire/ToHit debuff zones Lore: Graffiti mystic who uses art to channel hell 🔥 Standard Enemy Ranks 🔥 Bosses (5–10% of spawns) 🔸 Flamebound Ascendant Power Sets: Fire Melee / Fiery Aura Description: Former high-ranking Hellions who survived the Rite of Ash. Heavy fire hitters. Powers: Fiery melee combo attacks, Burn patch, Fire Resistance Aura 🔸 Hellion Pyrewalker Power Sets: Fire Control / Thermal Radiation Description: Channelers of flame spirits and keepers of the Emberheart Sigils Powers: Flame cages, summon burning spirits, buff allies' damage/resistance 🔥 Lieutenants (20–30% of spawns) 🔹 Ashveiled Stalker Power Sets: Claws / Super Reflexes Stalker Description: Stealth assassins who burn the shadows they walk through Powers: Stealth, Toxic Fire Strike, Quick Strike with -DEF proc 🔹 Infernal Enforcer Power Sets: Fire Blast / Dark Armor Sentinels Description: Standard ranged specialists; powerful but reckless Powers: Fireball, Fear Burst, Shadow Lash (ranged cone with -ToHit) 🔹 Covenant Binder Power Sets: Leadership / Thermal Radiation composite of archetypes Description: Chanting lieutenants who project infernal blessings Powers: Buffs team with +ToHit and +Damage, can Rez 1 fallen ally 🔥 Minions (60–70% of spawns) 🔸 Hellion Emberblade Power Sets: Fire Sword / Brawl Scrapper Description: Low-level melee units with flaming machetes Abilities: Fiery Slash, Ignite Weapon (DoT) 🔸 Flame-Kissed Acolyte Power Sets: Fire Blast Blaster Description: Basic ranged attackers, often chanting or laughing madly Abilities: Fire Bolt, Fire Ball 🔸 Pyre-Blood Zealot Power Sets: Dark Melee / Resistance Aura Brute Description: Suicide-charging berserkers who glow with unstable fire Abilities: Infernal Lash, Deathburst (fire explosion on KO) 🔥 Special Units (Rare Spawns / Boss Events) 🔹 Hellspawn Warbringer (Boss-tier demon summoned mid-battle) Large fire demon that appears from Emberheart Gate portals during Inferna Regina or Rhozan fights AoE fire damage, stuns, and resists crowd control 🔹 Sigil of Binding (Environmental Object) Glowing rune that buffs nearby Infernal Hellions Destroying it weakens their regeneration and damage output 🔥 Gameplay Design and Strategy Control + Fire Synergy: Expect Fire Cages, Burn patches, AoE fear/confuse from mid-tier units upward High Team Buffing: Leadership/Thermal Radiation synergy from lieutenants and named bosses Dangerous On Death: Many units explode or debuff on defeat, encouraging tactical engagement Summoning Mechanics: Pyrewalkers and Delilah summon flame spirits or lesser demons as support Thematic Map Ideas: Infernal temples, subway sanctums turned lava-cathedrals, Emberheart Sepulcher dimension Wow, I'm thoroughly impressed with the presentation, the time and though process you dedicated to this. 2 big thumbs 👍 👍 up, let's hope the devs notice. And are willing and able, some day somehow to work on this kind of stuff.

The only lag i noticed thus far is a server lag during peak time in some areas. Im guessing your issues might be relatedto your: Internet connection CPU or GPU throttling Outdated or corrupted drivers Game files corruptrd Insufficient or faulty RAM or Storage disk

I agree on your view on stalker, any assassin type character suggests quickess, nimble, agile, quick in and out strikes withban interesting toolking along the lines of Rigue from WoW but obviously unique in powersand application to CoH

I hear you on this as i was leveling my Arachno widow i nearly dropped him. It felt woful, weak and absolutely nothing like the Fortunata that i made him in to which i absolutely f.. love. It went from o man this thing sucks to being my favorite toon after the respec.

In 1 ward or sentence what do you Love about this game and what you like to see changed/improved. Love --------- Variety of power sets Animations Replayability Community Change ------------- Improve leveling process Graphic improvements (minor ) Reduce endurance costs across board I leave the rest to you.

Graphics update would be golden. Even though if you max everything out, turn on improved and set environment and chatscter slider to 200% instead of 100% the game still looks damn good for its afe in most places. I think the initial cave quest in Atlas should bde updated even if only copy existing code from some CoT cave because if any new players show up and see that, its a good chance they get depressed thinking every indoor mission looks like this and quit before giving it a chance.

Well said. Btw, im not arguing, im expressing what i see and how the leveling progression feels being a returning but realy very inexperienced newcomer. In my opinion there is no harm in improving the leveling experience/progression and making it feel much smoither, make the acquisition of new powers and taggles feel more exiting instead of problematic due to excessive endurance damands. I found a lot of good suggestions in this thread and good information on these forums in general. Mostly, im ammused by a lot of the responses, by how people like to get agressive and arque, how passionate players are about tgeir game, fighting ageist any suggestions of a change and I'm willing to bet 95% of them havent taken 5 minuts to actually think about what the game would feel like to play if these proposed changes actually happened. Another think that surprises me, is how long this threat has become lol. I guess i did the right thing stirring things up and creating some side entertainment for a few at least hopefully. Personally, im only here because im at work and wont be home for another 2 weeks before i get a chance to play and make some slotting adjustments. So reading what you fine folk have to say is all i get 3 weeks out of the month followed by 7 days of actual play.

Yes, it does.

Yes i do. Damn i got blocked. Radical .....

Good, nothing like little controversy to wake you old timers up, you get angry, you feel alive. Besides nothing wrong letting people know how things feel and look inexperienced eyes from a perspective of a new or long time absent player. Get read of the blue bar i say, or convert to temporary 15-30 sec % + damage, crit, proc buff that activates roughly around after every 3 spawns and lasts 2-2.5 spawns. Blue bar is a hindrance to your hero, something uou have to manage or work around, what I'm propozing will be beneficial to your hero and provide positive results. I never said i dont like the game. In fact, i love this game. I dont like some aspects of it wchich is mainly the endurance mechanic. Its old, outdated, unnecessary, mot beneficial. Especially for new players. And im free to express my opinions. If you dont like freedom sir, maybe move to China.

But i like holding my breath and i like change. Change is refreshing and exiting. Now change that ultimately tirns out to be substraction of a perceived comfort or experience will be frauned upon but so will only perceived change that upsets ones current routines and comfort one already has. Remove and or convert all endurance in to sonething else like proc, crit, damge or sone other % chance i say. My opinion my vantage point. Cheers.

Like new anything. If someone didnt imagine and believe that which the masses believe was impossible to be possible we still be living in a stone age. We humans are creatures of routines and comfort. If something upsets that or is even perceived as potentially upsetting that we will fight ageinst it instinctively, mostly without any serious consideration of what that change could mean in a posive way even.

Perhaps, but ii also dont hsve to like edurance being such a big part of the game and i can make a forum topic campaigning fior changes, even massive ones. While doing so I can create controversy giving you vets something to read and get angry about instead of scrolling through all the same all, same all. And as you may be aware humans have a big propensity to fight tooth and nail ageinst any change, especially a big or radical one instinctively even ifbat the end after implementation of such change they actually realize it was a good and beneficial thing.

Yes. I asked for new player perspective to guage how other new commers perciev the endurance straggles with some sets and how they vie that when it comes to their own game enjoyment. Just because something was around for 20 years it dosent mean it shouldn't be changed, on the contrary, it prabobly means an update or rework is in order or could be beneficial. That is why i proposed transforming all endurance bars and enhancement related % buffs etc in one big swoop in to something else such as: bar fills ip you get a temporary 10, 15 mayebe 30 srcond buff during which all your procs get 30%-50% chance buff, or you get 100% crit chance during that time or 100% damage buff or something along these lines. These are placeholder numbers only ofcourse.

Yes, no doubt, however it still is a very good game for what is it and the sheer ammount of well balanced content it offers including sone of the best pvp that any game in any ganra would be hard pressed to offer, not to mention you can find people to do content with 24/7. Great game still if you have enormous ammount of frer time on your hands.