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Yes Maybe we don't need to have cookie cutter sets. We don't need sets that are simply the exact same power stats repackaged. A whips power set does not have to purposely be the worst. It also doesn't need to be the best. This can alleviate a bit of the worry about balance. Does every new set have to adhere to this suggestion? Of course not. "But Troo, I want clown pets AND have it be the best set!" - said some one who is never getting clown pets.

little kids jumping around inside an inflatable bouncy house since you are not doing the development it will likely someone else's definition. I support creating new power sets rather than drastically revamping power sets people play. (to me this seems fair to the players and the devs) I can support minor tweaks to existing power sets based on clear evidence that something is amiss, lacking, or overpowered. if folks want to participate, make some suggestions.

@American Decoy You did it the way I do it.

"Balance is a myth. Fun first, balance later," he said I like the statement above and agree that fun should trump balance within reason. Not every power set needs to be same same. It is understood balance later could equal nerfs

I disagree.

WAIT!! How are you vendoring things in your ba s e... aw, shoot. I read that as if you were using the auction house from your base.

-updated roll tables... not updating them this year- (Roll #1) Archetype (for a table without Epic ATs see bottom table) (Rolls #2 & #3) Power Sets Blaster Brute Controller Corruptor Defender Dominator Mastermind Scrapper Sentinel Stalker Tanker Archetypes without Epics: - No Rules /-or-/ Bring Your Own Rules - How Troo plays: Roll three characters and select one of them to take to level 30. (if I roll all masterminds, the fates hate me, but I'll do it)

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Did you forget about Stalkers or that would remain as is? Revive Should you fall in battle, you can Revive yourself from the brink of death. You will revive with most of your Hit Points and half your Endurance and be protected from XP Debt for 90 seconds (60 seconds for Stalkers). You will also have 15 seconds of immunity to most damage. Standard Effects PvP or PvE 100% chance 1.0 points of Debt Protection (self only) for 90s 50 points of Endurance (self only) after 0.125s Heal 1003.9658 points of damage (self only) every 1.0s for 0.5s (100% chance) 4.0 second Immobilized (Mag 50) +1000% Untouchable (self only) for 15s While I do not always use Revive I do have it on at least a couple Brute and Scrapper builds. Especially on tighter attack chain builds that might have an extra power selection. Example slotting: Scrapper has a single recharge enhancement while the Brutes seem to use it as a mule for +end or +regen in addition to it's intended function. It is the ultimate "ha! you thought you got me" power. 15 seconds of Untouchable can have it's uses. I will admit that once Regeneration is mastered it may not be used very often. But if pushing the envelope.. Also, I remember it being handy when learning the timing and how to ride the knifes edge. It saved a lot of hospital runs in the 30-49 levels. If there is a way to add to it without impacting the recharge, sure do it! If it is going to get the locked recharge time, please don't.

eesh sentinels and masterminds. not my cup of tea. my preference for a ranged character is more along the lines of a /dark corruptor. pair with it your preference (maybe fire/ or ice/). it is my opinion they offer a well rounded experience. alternately, let me introduce the Widow Fortunata

And why I wouldn't make a good moderator. I'd see bullying for bullying. I get wanting an even playing field. However, I am more forgiving of new folks while it gets old seeing the same bad behavior from the same forumites dozens of times.

The great and powerful GooglyMoogly provides this chance for whiteknighters to stand and praise this GM's mercifulness. I see what Googly is Mooglying. Seriously though.. .. why Troo would make a bad moderator. Dislikes bullies. Dislikes trolls. Likes fun and contends that 'fair' is subjective. It would be fun to purge a certain pile-on-bullying that occurs all too often. Hypothetical example: Newer account starts thread, bully one posts a not so helpful semi-offensive reply which is then amplified with thumbs up and likes. This opens the flood gates toward a predictable death spiral of the topic. Back and forths descend into mean spiritedness and heavy moderation. Inevitably the topic is locked. I saw @battlewraith ask to "resist the calls to police the crap out of this place". Well, I am a bit on the other end of the spectrum. Decisive action sooner please. Also, maybe hold those with more posts to a higher standard. Seriously, if we have over say five hundred 'posts' and haven't figured out how to participate.. maybe it's not the moderation that is the problem. Sorry if that offends anyone in particular, it wasn't meant to. I'll happily take your down votes below. Caution though, reasons. I would support a coffee for moderators fund.

We are only limited by our imagination. I have access to all trays on my lowly PS2 wired controller. Movement and targeting with the controller is pretty great. ----- - ------ Is the original suggestion possible? Not likely, but it never hurts ask (even for the impossible). Folks have ported the game. I remember someone getting it working on a switch or maybe steam deck... anyone else remember something similar?

I play from my couch on a giant screen TV with a controller through a PC.

The pointy shoe arm, the right foot on the left arm, the right arm holding a dagger.. it's interesting.

Well, you see @CradetheCoward, your suggestion has to meet a certain standard as set individually by a number of forum regulars. The standard varies a good bit so just be aware. While some folks might try to tell you what and how to post, don't you dare tell, suggest, or intimate to them in anyway how to play. Thanks for highlighting a potential graphical error. AND welcome to Homecoming and it's forum. Most of us are cool and stuff. Post what you want, try to be nice/civil, and f*!@ the haters.

Hey, look at that. This movie somehow broke the $380,000,000 threshold and will potentially eclipse $400M by the end of spring break. Grosses Domestic (47.7%) $185,396,912 International (52.3%) $203,200,000 Worldwide $388,596,912 After re-watching The Incredible Hulk, Captain America: Brave New World sorta has a similar feel. Neither are making my favorite movies list and yet they are still far from bad. (try sitting through Melancholia (2011))

Holds are pretty easy to proc out if you so choose. I am guessing Ranged and Slow sets are also available to the powers you have.

I do not completely disagree with this. (I like how the game tries to educate players as they advance) Though Gloom and Moonbeam both being available by level 2 to some characters flies a bit in the face of strong powers too soon = bad / game breaking. "nigh unlimited power" sure seems to be limited by level and slotting. This slotting is available at level 7 Even with this IO slotting, the power is better at higher levels, and not low level game breaking.

I can agree with compression.. ..and am still comfortable with the premise: Homecoming has already granted "access to powers that the content within the level range isn't designed for." Dropping Tanker, Defender, etc. tier 7 attack -4 levels, tier 8 attack -7 levels, tier 9 attack -8 levels. Dropping Brute, Blaster, Corrupter, etc. tier 8 attack -4 levels, tier 9 attack -6 levels. We even have outliers like Tanker Total Focus went from level 38 to level 20 (-18 levels?! is that even correct? dang). Scorpion Shield from Mace Mastery went from level 41 to level 35 for many. I can agree with the availability compression being "Similar to not having to wait until level 14 for travel powers." I can also see @battlewraith feeling that their suggestion is "Similar to not having to wait until level 14 for travel powers." The original post suggestion would need some refinement, That said, I can picture interesting aspects. It's somewhat along the lines of power creep we have already experienced.

No IO set bonuses is a flimsy attempt to give the illusion that this "saga mode" is somehow balanced. It isn't. Once again, its opening up access to powers at level ranges the content at those level ranges is not designed or balanced for. No set bonuses will serve no purpose other than to go back to "the old way" of using various pool powers and such to fill gaps as we all did prior to the invention system. It's nothing "new", just a rehashing of the old. I love dodge and re-frame the discussion. Here's what I asked you: Didn't this already happen with the powers shuffle we already saw on Homecoming?

Are you suggesting folks would flip between builds to activate different powers? Maybe using the /select_build command? (I think there is a timer lock on that) I don't think a low level character is able to impact their stats with SOs to the same degree a high level character can exemplaring down with set bonuses and uniques. Note: Plenty of set bonuses and uniques work well below your stated level 17. (see examples below) "The Set Bonuses of Purple Sets never shut off due to exemplaring more than three levels lower than the level of the IOs (which are level 50)." "Archetype Origin set bonuses for standard and superior enhancements will operate down to level 1." "If it's a PvP Special IO, it will never turn off from exemplaring." "Winter Origin set bonuses for standard and superior enhancements will operate down to level 1."