Llewellyn Blackwell

What we need is a total rethinking of what makes a team friendly MM. IMO MM pets should be small creatures, not hulking giants. For example imagine a MM whose pets are all the little wisps like the prestige buff pets. I know thats why the polar lights are among the more popular lore pets simply because they are small, fly, and are helpful without being a hindrance. Dont get me wrong I see the appeal in large pets like the demons, and the robots. But there should be a way to choose between a large pet and a small pet at the very least. For example an option for bots to use drones, for demons to use little imps, etc. Smaller pets would imo solve a lot of the issue.

Its not some tasteless joke, at least one of the cop themed SGs on everlasting has its vice squad division which is just a bunch of pimp and hooker toons that are also undercover cops supposedly. There is also an SG cityscape with maybe the single most detailed strip club/brothel I could imagine as its main attraction. As far as I can tell the HC admin do not have issue with such mature themed characters. Hell even back on live I knew of no few characters with sexual assault as part of their backstory and reason for becoming a hero, and that is also a pretty mature thing to include in a bio and live admin allowed it. If someone wants a virtual harem its no skin off me nose.

Because those temp powers they dont let us reget via flashback were traditionally deemed to powerful to have easy access to. Hence why say the wheel of destruction as an example doesnt have cool echo versions one can go reget and have fun with for an hour. There are actually a number of low level temp powers blue and red side that are quite handy and can be kept and used until used up, but one must make sure to get them at level running the content the first time around and then save them for truly dire moments. Once upon a time, the original massive dps energy wave nemesis staff was easy to keep forever, and one could bring friends into the map to get the crate so they could get it to. Was very popular with controllers and defenders in year 1. Frankly I love temp powers and would have zero issue seeing just about every temp power in the game added to P2W.

It is worth noting Blue Steel was considered in the wrong, and it was swept under the rug, not pardoned nor said to be something acceptable of a hero. And at the time Blue Steel Beat the boy, the boy was little more then an orphan homeless kid, who had yes caused 2 deaths because his powers lashed out to defend him when they got violent with him. The anti meta, anti mutant aspect of comics does exist in paragon, more then likely those 2 cops just wanted to beat up a little mutie and paid the price. Understand if not for Statesmans intervention Blue Steel would of ended up in the Zig. His actions were wrong.

Hey I didnt write it, that was just how I recall Synapse more or less explaining the underlying concept of the CK when I chatted with him in game about it a few times. One could put it as much as PTSd for the trauma he underwent and even like the emotional stunting that often occurs in those who are put into juvenile detention from a young age. It can from what Ive read cause a kind of permanent stunting of emotional development.

Because Statesman.

Blue Steel if I recall right was basiclaly given a free pass on Statesmans word, due to blue steels very minimal help during the rikti invasion. Meanwhile the Mistress of the carnival whom if I recall rights major early crime was using her power to avenge a murdered friend who the law failed to get justice for due to the killer being a member of the social elite. And who actually was instrumental in saving the world during the same time as blue steels actions that were enough to give him a pass but not her nope, she murdered a man who raped and murdered an innocent woman and was untouchable by the courts and so is basically forced into a life of crime and an outcast from society.

Oh yes you can reget it, but only after youve used up the current one. its not called an echo even last I recall having it.

IMO when concerning PBs the Sentinal AT has basically made them obsolete. Ranged blasting with strong survival was basically what a PB was all about, now with their much lower dmg cap, and not having any where near the same level of tankiness of a sentinal/scrapper/stalker due to their getting proper mez protections, while a PB is so toggle heavy, its just not really an easy fix. I mean make a PB better then a sentinal in survival aspects or dmg, or both and you then undermine that entire AT. Ive made several PBs human form, tri form, specific form specilaists, and all just dont do enough compared to blasters, scrappers, tanks,, brutes, sents, even defenders solo will out dps a kheld if built as an offender. And due to the existence of Qs a kheld is one sucker shot away from being stunned and overwhelmed so you always have to be paying extra attention to mobs cant just let ones hair down and mass murder like the other ATs. My human form PB is maybe my very favorite in concept and RP, and its only due to him being meant to be able to fly from the get go that I choose PB for the concept, but even on a full team with cosmic balance and buffs from allies my PB tends to feel weaker then my scrappers, stalkers, brutes, sents, etc well you get the idea. For an AT that was once a reward for having a capped character, the Kheldians, especially PB have imo been left to rot so long I cant imagine what can be done to fix them. Id say at the very least same dmg cap as blasters, same res cap as tanks, and have them at least get some modest lvl of CC protection on one of their toggles. Truly I want Kheldians to be the best ATs largely because they do have the whole Q bane. To deserve that bane they need to be numerical better then the ATs they most closely compete with. Would that lead to them being over played? maybe, but maybe considering lore, the power of the nictus should be great enough to tempt many to convert, and actually feel like an upgrade when a player decides to reimagine a character as having fused with a peace bringer. Considering I am extremely anti khedlian in game in RP as berk, seeing all warshades as nictus, and PBs as little different, from the pov of ol berk, the fact I am asking for them to be lifted up enough to make me actually want to play one of mine over my blaster name sake may tell you how bad I view current kheld sitch. When I RP dual an evil nictus I dont want it to take all off one strong CC effect and a few hard hitting attacks for my blaster to wipe the floor with the poor bugger. And I dont want them to have to stay in dwarf form which I can just pull a superman vs hulk and fly above them forcing them to go squishy nova to get into range of me.

Paragonwiki is pretty accurate on old content. Only HC specific changes wont be there. Such as certain power sets and the sent AT as examples. the temp powers and how to get them should be accurate.

Most attack temp powers very much are. A build up EMP grenade has always been a good way to wreck robots since Striga was added to the game. Used to always pick up a fresh stack before the old sister psyche to help wreck freaks faster etc. Also super hnady on the robot heavy Hess TF.

again the so called lore bible is a collection of different eras bits and pieces, often from rough drafts and much of it has very little to do with the actual official lore that made it into the game. The only Lore I ever use is that which is either actually in game, or that which I was lucky enough to become aware of through my interaction with devs on live and talking to them about it. Hence how I learned from synapse that the clockwork king is largely the tantrum throwing child he is because, he was just a barely teen age mutant boy with powers barely under control when blue steel beat him to near death. And that it was synapse and posi who saved the brain for study not aware it was still a self aware psychic entity who then used its powers to build itself a body and escape. That is basically the reason why the King is somewhat tolerated. Because he isnt so much evil as just a rebellious and angry child that can never grow up because no body equals no going through puberty and growing up.

Also consider using non english words for names. Spanish variants seem popular especially with fire toons.

Seems like a lot of dev time to make happen that could and should be spent elsewhere. This sounds more like something fit for a different coh server entirely.

Oh ok so what your asking for is more like the nude patch for coh. Lol man should of just said that in the OP, I want help modding my client side animations and graphics. See how easy that is and much clearer?

You do know that altering in anyway another persons post even for levity is typically against most forums rules? Not really sure why you felt the need to start something with me but even your attempt at humor falls flat, its one think if someone actually mistypes in a way that has a different word that actually confuses ones message. But in MMO and net speaks there is a reason why memes like "Hjeakl NW!" are part of mmo culture. We all know it means heal me and is a product of typing fast while trying to stay alive in game. How many MMO have you played exactly? Because being bothered by such a casual typo, and going grammar Nazi on it makes you come off as noob, not a newb mind you but a noob.

Ok I kinda thought that was what he was meaning. I actually am against this then for a reason that might seem really odd coming from someone who is vocally anti pvp in this game. The animations for powers are a visual means of quickly identifying the powers being used in a fast paced PvP match. Being able to make any power basically use any animation of the roughly correct casting time would take that tactical aspect away from pvp. Maybe that seems a paltry concern, and actually is one to me. However I am aware there is just enough of a pvp faction in HCs population that it does need to be considered how it might impact that aspect of play.

Just to toss this out there, OP you feela defensive set should be able to run all of its toggles(+ Im assuming other pool toggles and travel power) with no end issue even while spamming attacks? That toggles should all always be able to be up all the time? Honestly that sounds like a very limiting view. After all someone could then argue that all clicky powers should have a duration to match their cool down so they to can always be up on defensive sets that use clicks more like Regen. At that point all defensive powers may as well be autos we dont have to manage. Just a random thought I had while reading the OP.

That would likely explain my experience, as I only used WOC for dmg procs while leveling, once capped Id switched to the lvl 50 confusion set which made its confuse strong enough to be more useful then the dmg aspect. Sadly I favored dmg procs on passive abilities like woc then on actual attacks, so I for one am one of those that over all do not really like the change and as others have pointed out in this thread it just created a different kind of proc monster that some claim is even more OP then the old way procs worked.

I personally dont view malta as all that evil. In a world of living gods, and psions like sister psyche,penny yin, and the clockwork king,, groups like Malta and the SKy Raiders are actually more like a rebellion against the rising metaocracy that the world seems ever inching towards. Statesmans word was basically law to the U.S.A. and U.N. Only Recluse and his island nation seem to not be under that sway. Even Crey and their worst actions can be seen as humanity trying to find the means to defend themselves from those who might act heroic today but choose to turn their power on the population tomorrow. One of my fave ways to RP is as an anti META advocate. That power does not give people the right to any authority over non meta, that META no matter what their alignment are all viable threats to non meta. Keep in mind I also RP as a pro meta eugenicist on another character pushing to see all non meta only have children with meta to rapidly increase the meta population and basically put an end to non meta by people only having babies with powers, Just some food for thought.

Not sure what it is your really even asking for as your OP isnt really all taht clear, but it does seem to want a hell of a lot of effort on the part of our volunteer dev team to do so I will just say nope dont need anything like this when there is far more important work for our HC devs to spend time on.

Maybe they havent killed them all or maybe you just have a lower threshold for what I call a proc monster. One of the first differences I noticed on HC compared to live was the proc change and how it impacted my name sake while leveling him. original berk on live while leveling had his world of confusion loaded with dmg procs, these on live would proc so frequently I called my WoC an aura of minion disintegration. It was basically impossible for equal level minions to get into melee range. On HC with the vastly reduced rate of procs ticking, it was an absolute waste of slots and proc IOs to do the same. So like many I now just focus on raw DPS and dmg boosts and tend to only use CC related procs if any at all in attacks more for the novelty then anything else.

lol hell no then all those prestige sprints would lead to breaking the game, someone a few months back was wanting that very thing to basically negate KB in pvp by being able to slot one in every prestige sprint variant. I mean that is basic game balance 101 right there.

You know taht so called lore bible that got leaked was incomplete and kinda piecemeal taking bits from various eras of development right? And what is not to understand about the shard? Its a artificially created pocket dimension made by the early midnighters to protect this dimension from a multi dimensional entity that feeds on existence itself. Rul is just CoHs stand in for galactus but even scarier because he does entire dimensions not just a single universe. Hell Rul is really the perfect answer to what happened in nov 2012. Big Ol Rul broke free due to damage to the shard caused by Darren Wades attempts. That dimension was devoured, and then followed the refugees to the next dimension where that dimensions version of midnighters likely allied with the menders to create a time trap to stick the rul into a new shard but far enough in the past to make this new worls history of rul sound exactly the same.

While I myself do have a dark/bio scrapper I enjoy playing an aweful lot and who ended up being more powerful then Id expected, I dont see that as being mainly due to bio. Bio like say regen or SR can really use some help from its offensive power partner to be the powerful set it can be. Dark Melee is really a far bigger power boost to choose not to use, very few offensive sets come anywhere near the sustainable DPS a dark scrapper or brute can have. Since you want to branch out of bio, Id suggest a dark SR, or dark/regen. both have plenty of variation in what pools you will add to compliment it, and even what powers you will take from the 2 sets. Some dark melee like myself use only 4 attack powers from dark melee, some take most or all of them. Same with SR, some forsake elude and go toggle heavy, some ignore the toggles and push their recharge so high elude is practically perma like in the very old days. There are other things to ponder as well, a scrapper with a self revive who also builds in the healing pool to revive allies, can basically always prevent a party wipe, because a good regen scrapper can solo anything and everything, so even if the team is down you will win and get em all back up being all around team mvp.