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Soooo.. how about that test server giving out unlimited funds and insta level 50s?

These are great!

You chose well.. Out of the newer sets you did choose some nice power sets. The Savage mechanic is nice and psuedo replaces buildup. Radiation is nicely balanced for the current teaming environment. Savage Melee "Tear at your foes with deadly animalistic attacks that primarily inflict Lethal damage and cause additional damage over time. Savage Strike, Maiming Slash, Vicious Slash and Savage Leap all grant stacks of Blood Frenzy. Each stack of this buff grants a small damage buff and endurance cost discount. You may have up to 5 stacks of Blood Frenzy active at a time. Blood Frenzy can be maintained, or it can be consumed to empower Shred, Rending Flurry, Blood Thirst and Hemorrhage. Using one of these consumers while you have 5 stacks of Blood Frenzy offers an additional benefit to these powers, but will also leave you Exhausted for a short time. While Exhausted you cannot build Blood Frenzy." Radiation Armor "Radiation emanates from your body which harms foes, but empowers and shields yourself. You can use this energy to absorb damage, heal from your wounds and debilitate nearby foes."

still being able to login seems like a gift.. 'go stand in the corner. no talking to anyone else but here's a bowl of ice cream.' I'd be a terrible GM.. no ice cream.

you had me at hello... well until this last one.

@Archanarchist a 24 hour is basically a timeout.. I'd learn a lesson and move on. Wait, you could login still? That's not even a timeout from the game. Calling GMs out publicly is general bad juju. This is known. And now having gone and read your entire post, I'd guess, if this was a live game, you're gonna need a new ip address.. Good job GM Sparky! Where do we send the buy a GM a coffee gift?

This has happened to me. If warranted, the offender could expect a warning or a small ban... I got more than a warning.

@ShardWarrior that's totally a fair question. It is definitely a subjective line between goofing off and griefing. Really it is the recipient's point of view. Rule of thumb: If someone is made uncomfortable by our actions AND says something, we continue at our own peril. The language in an EULA or similar would likely leave an offender holding responsibility for their actions.

Yeah, see, they gave some specifics which you are now leaving out as you dig a deeper hole. Asking not to do it Having it done again repeatedly With crude remarks during the encounter

It kinda is.

wait, no that's not the one I was looking for.. though not inaccurate (my playstyle has been described as 'hot mess') Un-kill-able verse the masses.. that's not quite it.. Okay yeah, this is it. Just not necessarily on a scrapper.

If folks are willing to spend 1B for this I'm okay with it. The 'all salvage toggle' could be the better idea rather than just common. That doesn't really address the root issues though. Some items in the game are troublesome to deal with. (this is likely where efforts would benefit the most) We are lazy and entitled. (harsh but Troo) We have too much $$ Note: Salvage Inventory can, I think, be increased to over 200.

https://hcwiki.cityofheroes.dev/wiki/Attuned https://hcwiki.cityofheroes.dev/wiki/Enhancement_Booster_Salvage

a mix.. that's not an easy answer to read but it is what it is. level 45 vs level 50 is going to be a tiny deference when all slotted up. where a character is going to be used can also be a factor. if the intention is to play various levels of content making them "attuned" may be the best way to go. if a character is going to focus on high level content and might be trying o free up a slot, "boosting" may be the way to go. I'll grab a link and post it.

Yep

oh that does look delicious.. what were we talking about?

Is it possible brutes could be built to push more damage rather than trying to maximize survivability? Or is the .75 vs 1.25 too much to overcome? This feels very déjà vu ish... It's really the procs + number of targets that are pushing the Tank damage, right? Highly proc'd builds would be considered advanced and not the balancing point, so maybe everything is okay..

but that's not fruit pie... is it?

If tomatoes are a fruit WHY isn't there tomato pie?

Nerf waiting for the next Issue/Page to drop!

You are right. If toughness is most important, Tank is the way to go, and as intended. If damage is most important out of Tanker, Brute, Scrapper then Scrapper could be the selection. If both are desired Brute has an edge until... "fully IOed/Purpled/PvPed/T4 Incarnated/All passive accolades cranked up builds". Folks might be surprised how blurred roles of different ATs can become at that level. Things like "I don't wanna chase targets all over" become more relevant solo while also less relevant on heavy hitting team.

NO WAY!! That just made my week.

Lag has been pretty bad since the crash. Definitely not just user side. Been through this before: