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Thank you for this link, I genuinely had no idea that this was the end game plan.

What is the vision of this server exactly if you could elaborate?

I don't exactly know why you want me to go because I'm making an argument that nerfs, to any set, are completely pointless and just result in some slight changes that genuinely mean nothing to the overall population of a game while significantly changing or ruining the experience of characters that may have taken specific people hundreds of hours to build, test, and enjoy. In this case though, not only are the nerfs happening, the set is being completely changed of it's original personality from the actual CoH developers. TW was out for long enough that it could have easily been changed, nerfed, or had basically anything adjusted WELL before shut down. I don't disagree with buffing EM, or anything for that matter. I think the devs made a really good choice by altering the less defining powers of a set into something more fun. In fact the only part of this patch that I don't like is the nerfing. Buff whatever, add more, make it more fun and exciting by engaging the user in new mechanics! Don't start chopping and cutting powersets because they stand out, and if you are going to make adjustments be reasonable, don't say "we're going to literally remove everything that made this set unique" and call that a good change. I understand people reacting strongly to my previous posts, most of you are right in saying I'm being over dramatic. I just believe this is a very slippery slope that isn't required. The Homecoming team has done an amazing job, and despite my opinions of these changes I still believe they are all great people that enjoy this game as much as any of us and only have good intentions. I most definitely came off hostile towards them previously and want to apologize for that.

And this hurts who exactly? Causes problems for who? Oh it must be that massive swarm of TW players coming to steal your inf, oh wait, there's a pretty mild playerbase when it comes to TW.

Literally when the server was being put together by the homecoming team. If you were around then you would have heard that being talked about alot since several other servers wanted to implement all kinds of new ideas and the homecoming team made a conscious decision to make this a vanilla ish server.

I genuinely get so frustrated by the lack of remorse when it comes to rearranging the dps charts. 1.) Is TW a major problem within the playerbase that it has caused any disrutption? Answer: No. Not even a little bit. "But what about..?" Nope. You're just wrong, sorry. It's just a private server where people come to enjoy a classic game and were promised extremely limited tampering and at the same time any changes to be made were to be buffs and/or additional content. Nerfs make no sense and on a private server simply smell of someone sitting in a "dev" position that wants to change things for the sake of changing them. 2.) Has TW been exploited to do something it shouldn't, therefore requires a change? Answer: Nope. Not that anyone is aware of publicly, and if so privately then that should be talked about and changed, not the entire set revamped to feel even more like sword sets. 3.) Is there genuinely any reason to change this other than preference on #1 dps position? Answer: No. There's literally no competition in this game, there's no outcry for changes like this. Maybe in a private dm conversation with someone close to the people running this server. Outside of that, only people crunching numbers really knew or cared about how good TW is. Which is ironic because the lead developer of CoH Jack Emmet foretold of the days when number crunching became the leading decision maker. The reason Titan Weapons were slow, clunky, and hit like a truck, was because that was the entire premise of the set. You're removing literally all of these things. There were sooooo many more exciting idea's that the time it took change TW could have been used for. Instead we're back to nerfing infinitely? This is upsetting and just overall I guess fits the theme of 2020. I'm disheartened and just sad this is the direction Homecoming seems to be taking.

Nothing here grabbed my interest. It's been long enough that I can consider this a failed attempt. I appreciate everyone taking time to participate. _Kai_ will receive the 5 mill influence as a runner up.

Aggressive is more than welcome! As an update I guess some more specific "themes" would be The Incredibles, Iron Man, DeadPool. I'm really just looking for a clean look that doesn't look like I hit random on the cc creator

So I'm having major costume block when I've been trying to design an Ice/Energy Blaster. Whoever creates the costume - I decide - I like the most to use for my blaster I will pay 10 million influence. If nothing comes out of this that I'm either completely inspired by or outright use there will be a 5 million inf prize to a random selection. If a costume is submitted after I announce a pay out that I really enjoy I may pay 5-10 million inf for it if I once again decide to use it, this will give me room to have addition costumes using the same theme/foundation or total alternates. To give a general idea of what I'm looking for I'll leave the basics here : - Male - Average Body - 6ft and up - Can be Science, Technology, or Mutation Origin. - Can be either Hero or Villain - Will be a flyer (not a required influence, but if used correctly can help) - Costume must have a "clean" look. Random/comedic costumes are not what I'm looking for. - I'd prefer to keep the ice and energy abilities a single color. I want to give personality influences but as long as it's not outrageous chances are it will be seriously considered. I have a few backstories in mind so you don't have to worry to much about creating a whole bio, feel free to paint a picture though if you're feeling energetic. Lastly this is all just for fun. If you think this is a waste of time or isn't your thing just know I'm only doing this as a last resort because I really want to start a new ice blaster but just get stumped on character creation as I've usually created "aggressive" looking characters. Even if you could somehow create this character aggressively I would be impressed, I'm just so very very stuck. Thanks to anyone that helps! I'll be checking in periodically to see if I get any replies.

I'm on the fence whether I should be using titan/regen on brute or scrapper as the title says. The baseline on /regen for brutes is not -that- much higher from what I can tell, so I'm wondering if regen is even a worthwhile powerset on a brute. Also Titan weapons seem like they would benefit a lot from crits. Anyone have thoughts on this? If I'm going to go the regen route is it a waste of time and effort on a brute? What are the pro's and cons? That kinda thing.