justicebeliever

Nice quick read! I liked it!

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I'd like this suggestion...

While I do think PK's answer was a touch over the top (we aren't all qualified to be game developers or even help with game development, but we are all qualified to make suggestions)...I do agree with him. No one is doing DFB over other content because of the TO's...It's all about the XP...And you don't even get TO's in DFB, so it's unclear to me what we are solving for here? For the rest of us who do work through the content, there are already other tweaks to help balance out the early levels, like no debt, beginner's luck, etc...I don't feel like SO's are needed that early, and besides the few people who it would really help (the true beginners) would NEVER be able to afford them at the early levels (even scaled down), so what's the point?

I agree with this 100% Perfect balance in the game will never happen...it's way too hard to define a common metric between all powerset/AT's and then to easily measure against it...We take the best swing at it that we can with the data that's not terribly difficult to get and deploy. Like you said, small tweaks can always be made later...

I got the same message...I wasn't feeling friendly, so I "report reply"ed...

One of the limitations of game mechanics...it CoH, A Trick Arrow/Archery Defender and an Inv/Titan Weapon tank can be balanced...

Exactly correct...It is a multiplayer game and it needs to support some level of AT & powerset balance, so that the game is engaging (fun) for everyone on the team.

I will say this is a very hollow argument...(I'm agreeing with you Shardwarrior) The Dev's are gone, so we'll never what they "intended" to do with this game 7 years after it sunset. To be fair, the Live Dev's themselves don't know what they would have done if the game would have been live for 7 more years... Additionally, the Dev's were not MMORPG god's that were incapable of error, so again, appealing to the Live Dev's as the only authority is ridiculous. There were a collective of people who changed over the years, and new ideas were brought in and old ideas left. The game model is different now as well...Homecoming CoX is very different than NCSoft CoX from a business model. NCSoft, and Paragon Studios needed the Dev's to develop things that would increase subscribers, increase their playtime, and most importantly, generate revenue. With that last need gone now, it's silly to think that all the same "rules" still apply I'm with arguments about power creep, game balancing, and game mechanics, but to not do something because of the "live" dev's is absolutely ridiculous...

I thought that was *bleep*ing hysterical...Keep that *bleep* going....

That works! Thanks @Li_Sensei

+1 on #2 I'm indifferent to the rest (not saying no to them, just indifferent)

That sounds like a great way to make something unpleasant, much more pleasant...I hope the treatments are helping you feel better (at least in the long term, if not the short term as well)...

Holy moly...time to stock up...

@FlashtooThat's very impressive!

Dev's posted in Discord about this... Here's the workaround for now (note, this new manifest URL is temporary):

It's not happening to everybody (I had no issues), but the Dev's posted in Discord about this... Here's the workaround for now (note, this new manifest URL is temporary):

It's not happening to everybody (I had no issues), but the Dev's posted in Discord about this... Here's the workaround for now (note, this new manifest URL is temporary):

Well said sir, well said. +1 to your reputation. And you sir, this doesn’t help your cause either. Calling people uneducated is downright rude. And name calling, rudeness, tit-for-tat, etc is often a tactic used when you’ve run out of quality points to support your side. I’m not saying you have, and I don't have an opinion on this topic, except that for me SS is still fun.

@ShardWarrior and @adriellyn called this out...give them some love or thanks!

Right...I'm just not sure how that ties into Stan Lee...I mean, do what you want, it's your build...I'm just not in sync with how you go to where you are at, when initially it was about Stan the Man...

Not sure how you got to Sentinel to represent Stan Lee...but regardless, if you are doing Stan, and only choosing between those 3 powersets, I'd go with Radiation Blast, since that's what fuel most of his silver age heroes...Fantastic Four & Hulk through radiation directly, X-men due to mutation's caused by parent's exposure to radiation, Spider Man due to radioactive spider, etc...

QFT

Except, subscription does not imply payment...I subscribe to several mailing lists...I subscribe to several news feeds, etc... What is your objective measure? And it's still hyperbole, regardless of how much you repeat it...

Yes, it's all true (I was amazed), and yes, this is how you do your own base...