Infinitum

Thats all I can say.

No you want it to be your solitary vision of what you think COH should be. Don't put words in my mouth new content would be great but it should be available to everyone without tedious grinding to get it like you are suggesting. And not locking costume parts behind tasks.

If you can gain something others have by doing x task. If it doesn't mean anything to you, why lock it behind x anyway? The alternative is it is a status symbol for you.

I'm not ignoring them or you, I just don't care what you or they think honestly because I like everything being open. And I'm giving you tons of reasons why... 1 it's unhealthy 2 its fleeting 3 its a waste of time and energy 4 ways to achieve what you want without dicking around with everyone else's preference. And You continue whining about not being able to unlock pixels or powers that shouldn't be locked in the first place at this stage in the games development. Thats My opinion and I know from reading this thread there are a lot of others that share that stance.

The way the game is set up now yes you can, the limits were always artificial. Homecoming just removed them. So people could appreciate the actual meat of the game which isn't seeking to unlock costumes. Is beating the bad guys. You are seeking status symbols that don't matter or even exist in the grand scheme of the game. You can self impose any limit on anything in this game. You want more difficulty go to +4 Still not enough, do it with SOs You want to unlock capes, run a story arc in pro on +4 get a badge then claim victory. The game is based on the land of make believe anyway. If your imagination is limited that's your issue. Not ours.

This is now the real COH for everyone involved. You can't seem to grasp that. Whether it's fleeting or permanent, doesn't matter, this is our reality and it's a good one. You have a flawed homecoming world view if it's not good enough for you.

This isn't star trek, and we aren't a bunch of noobs here. I would wager majority of homecoming are Live veterans that just are happy the game is back with no barriers. Being productive is showing up, and teaming, and being awesome to and for each other. Yeah I read your revised OP and I still don't like it. I don't think it's a horrible idea honestly, but it has no place IMO. I am more bothered by your repeated ignorance of why nobody wants what you are desiring, and how you are acting like we are the ones with the problem. We aren't the ones that's fixated on obtaining the illusions of what you seek. It's a complete waste of time, and doesn't add anything substantial to the game. At the end of the day people don't care about that. They care about getting the Master of X Badges, and completing this TF on +4/8 solo, new content, doing it all with our friends.

This sums it up nicely. I want everyone to have everything, and could care less about how others view me in game by what I have or what I can do. I try to be there for everyone, friends and strangers alike - I love to help anyone acheive goals or help through a problem. Its all around in game. Thats where its at. I care about the fellowship with my friends and all the trouble we get into every day in game. Every day is a unique adventure that you cant quantify by things you can obtain but memories of the event. Its like people that take so many pictures they dont experience the actual event.

I'm just saying take it for what it is, live in the moment and enjoy yourself without worrying about not being able to unlock your vazhilok beer bong hat. Try to stop missing the point, this is not nor will ever be anything like a console game.

yeah agreed, i dont have any build without CJ. if for nothing else but the increased movement.

Oh yeah i forgot about this but one of the biggest reasons to use Focused accuracy is that it provides a huge to hit debuff resistance. So that combined with ageless you can face most incarnate end game stuff and not get debuffed too badly.

i usually put a LotG global and the REactive defenses scaling resistance in there because usually you have CJ in the build early and the reactive defenses is a really handy thing to have early on. later also but more so early on.

yeah i thought about that too, but its so lean with slots as is i would have to give up some defense to do that. so thats why i usually go with cardiac or agility with ageless radial and endurance issues is solved even running all toggles with focused accuracy. With ageless the malta sappers dont even bother you much.

When I design a tank build the first thing i look for is Survivability, the second is end usage. I test on beta before i roll anything out live. If something doesnt work i go back to the drawing board. That build works and has little weaknesses outside of a slight psi issue, but when you are facing heavy psi toggle Melee Core and it should carry you though and you still have dull pain on top of that. You could also use Rebirth radial if you think you need an extra heal but i have found the ageless radial debuff resistance is more valuable if you go in with it.

its worth it if you dont have end issues with it though 🙂 and i can assure you that build does not have end issues.

ok take a look at this. if you want to play around with changing whirling hands with cross punch - cross punch actually does more damage and recharges faster. unstoppable is there only as a defense IO mule Toggle Melee core on and off to see what your baseline vs what melee core brings to the table. Between the +end Procs and Agility on your alpha you will be ok on endurance. Personally i always try to take focused accuracy because i hate getting blinded, it prevents that. You could also run Caridac on your Alpha slot, if you wanted extra resistance, but i dont think its necessary. If you want more Toxic and Psi Resistances deslot barrage and spread it our across all the unbreakable slotted powers and 5 slot with unbreakable guard and last slot with impervium armor. The trade off is Melee defense and FIre and cold res.Bursting Star - Tanker (Invulnerability) - Defense.mxdBursting Star - Tanker (Invulnerability) - Psi.mxd

do you want to fly, jump, speed or dont care?

Easier to hit higher HP capability Better baseline Resists and or Defenses Better Agro control

Yeah we will never be like the star trek universe, if we are like anything it will be Babylon 5

Any pre reqs , pool powers, regular powers you cant live without? Also do you want more bias towards being unkillable or more damage with slight vulnerabilities?

You want a trophy? A souvenir? Take a screenshot of something awesome you accomplished and cherish it because this game disappeared on us once it could do it again. That will last a lot longer. I'm with the crowd that wants it all now with little or no challenge so we can time travel back and relive our days of greatness in the past once again. Frankly I don't care if you and others want a "look at me" trophy. Again the point you are missing is no lines need to be drawn because the validation you seek will not be found in others looking at pixles on an imaginary avatar on a screen. But within yourself. If you can't be satisfied with that then nothing will ever make you happy because you will only keep requesting the line be moved. You want limits self impose them like others suggested. That's why master of "x" task Force badges exist but aren't required. Anyone can play the game any way they want right now. You are seeking to remove versatility and design flare. Nobody I know wants that because we have already done that years ago. I'm 40 now 2 kids full time job. I dont have time to grind any more than I already do. You want a grind - make your own grind I promise you the game will let you, but nobody will care ultimately but you and thats all that should matter.

yeah the captain was a billion inf build - could have been cheaper with patience but i dont have much of that lol Come look me up on excelsior when you want to do some crazy stuff, cause i am all about pushing limits and playing out of the realm of what should be possible LOL

Dull pain IMO was what always made Invul a strong set, it was more the T9 than unstoppable - which i never take on an invul unless i just have a spare slot and use it to Mule. Shield charge is also like a free attack - i normally open with combat readiness (build up) shield charge - crushing uppercut then mighty radial, before the enemy is back on their feet the mob is almost all dispatched. Im going to play around with musculature at alpha once i get things completed as i have it set up in that build, because as it is i never have to use melee core or one with the shield as is. just to see how much extra damage it will allow. may be the case that its the better way to go in the long run. I did something similar with destiny slot, i also have rebirth in addition to ageless, i thought i may need it against recluse, with his high burst damage but honestly didnt really use it the other night when i took him on. im telling ya though if you play shield, you wont look back. its that good. get everything else done with other builds first LOL cause i am hooked right now and probably wont play anything else. - for a while anyway till i find another fix haha

I think Elec armor is better on brutes because with incarnates and good set selection you can almost cap all res except for toxic and neg nrg. Plus lightning field is a good taunt and gather tool.

i have too lately honestly but i was extremely curious about a shield tank given tank changes coming. so thats what i went with, and it just kept getting more and more fun as i went. So i stuck with it.