Megajoule

IMO, the issue is not that people don't want to play in (the existing) villain zones, they don't want to play villain content. (which is too bad, as some of it's very good.)

In SWTOR (which I've been playing a lot of lately), a couple of character classes have a PBAOE KB power. Not only is it effective in re-opening the range against melee-only foes, it can often be used to knock them off ledges or catwalks etc. Here, of course, the issue is that this doesn't defeat/get rid of them; instead, you have to chase them down or wait for them to climb back up. (And TOR doesn't require you to "defeat all" to clear the mission, raid, etc.)

Though I'll say this, in conclusion(?): If this is about people judging you, or being concerned that they will? People will always judge you. It's inescapable. If not this, something else - probably something equally superficial. Very few of the people you meet in life will ever know or think of you beyond first impressions. Find a way to live with this... or don't.

Oh look, another "Fix Regen" thread.

Easy solution: add a description. 😉

In lore, Paragon is basically "what if the entire state of RI was, instead, NYC".

F10: "To me, my Z-Men!"

Look, mate, at this point it's pretty clear that you don't understand what this thread is about or why it's a concern for some people, so maybe you should just move along.

Case in point: This thread belongs in the Website Suggestions & Feedback subforum. This one is for game stuff.

Um, no? Post-mission ambushes in the open world, that get left behind to menace others because the hero who spawned them didn't know they were there, is exactly what most of this thread has been about.

This is why it matters (to some people, anyway).

IMO, the number one thing that needs to be done to FF is to somehow make it relevant again in a world of IOs.

This needs a sticky (or to be part of a sticky), because it keeps being suggested over and over.

It's not a bug, per se. They don't want you using powers on your board 'cause then they'd have to redo All The Animations.

TF: "No, not really." *disbands*

Um, back when the TF came out, there were no Council, only the Fifth Column. Issue 0 content, remember? They probably just did a simple search-and-replace for Issue 3 and didn't touch it since. As for the Rikti hunt, consider that everyone's going to be converging on Founders anyway because the last part happens in Eden. In my experience, it goes pretty fast.

One thing that makes this very difficult is that some people love to pile all of their ideas and suggestions into a single post/thread, rather than dividing them up by subject.

It's pure flavor now, but flavor is important to me. I wouldn't want to eat the same thing every day, especially not if it's unsalted crackers or rice cakes. 😉

A little context, from a previous post of mine: The original design was to fit a very specific storytelling purpose... which has now fallen by the wayside. Do we discard what's left, or try to restore or update it somehow?

I would really prefer to not have to make a macro to make the power work "right". I already (have to) do that with Teleport... I'd actually be fine leaving Afterburner toggled on all the time if I could just get rid of the FX.

I take travel powers for concept. Always. For some characters, I wish I could not take one and still get around - temp jetpacks are the closest I usually manage - or could get a motorcycle, etc. A lot of them would be well-served by being able to recolor the FX on Prestige Slide and combining it with SS and/or SJ to get ice or earth ramps for my controllers, etc. I tried Flight + Afterburner, but two aspects of the latter power were a dealbreaker for me: it doesn't automatically detoggle when Flight (or Hover) does, and there's currently no Minimal (i.e., zero) FX option for it. So there I was, getting the "whoosh" FX around me while I was on the ground, just walking. That just looked/felt stupid, so I respec'd out of it and haven't taken it again since.

Yes, but switching sides, however briefly, permanently grants/flags your character with the badge(s). Some people care about such things.

I was there. I said, "This game let me fly. So I'll fly, right up to the end." And I did. I was in the air over Atlas Park, on Virtue, at midnight. The world froze, and a dialogue box popped up, informing me that I'd been disconnected from the server. There was only one button, labeled "OK". It wasn't. But now, seven years later... it is. It is very OK. My thanks to everyone who made this possible.

I have an opinion and preference. "Brevity is the soul of wit." More words are not always better.