that is still very much an option which is chosen by many people, however the double XP buff is optionally available for those who want it, such as people like you who want to rush to lvl 50
i think because the game’s difficulty and challenge has been watered down so many times to homeopathic levels of interest, everything feels bland and uninspiring
every archetype is any archetype, you can simply button mash your way to success in HC CoH
because you shouldn’t necro threads, but you should also use the search function rather than making a new post because the topic may already exist
schrödinger’s forum whingers will never be pleased!
i don’t think it’s possible for one person to manipulate the price
as an experiment on another thread complaining about the price of common salvage i spent about 200M buying up every common salvage above the 10K seed price. the value immediately fell below this as soon as i stopped, despite theoretically the only stock available now being the 10K seeded price
it’s a real shame Melt Armor is so crap, i have wanted to love thermal for so many years but it massively lets down the set
if only one change, just halving its recharge time and leaving all other attributes along would significantly improve its worth
i find the community of CoH is on the side of “lets all get along”, it’s certainly different to L4D2 which is a real roll of the dice depending on who you play with. tends to be quite civilised and friendly - most people are up for a chat
my only criticism of the CoH community is the occasional “i have an extremely fringe niche use case, why doesn’t this change cater for me!?!?1”
the self damage boost is only +31.25% for 15 seconds. if you wanted a pocket buffer, thermal may be a better option, forge will give +50% dmg for 2 minutes, along with thermal shield and plasma shield for useful +res
i would go with a pocket defender and a scrapper or similar for the fighter, i think you’ll find it a more effective combo
i’ve been working on a kin/elec defender and find the end drain component quite powerful. i slot it with end drain in mind rather than damage, it’s a fun debuff - especially if you’re on a team and someone else with an elec power joins