Wavicle

You're good. I'm certainly not saying that enforced rotations are always better. I appreciate that CoH has many sets without any sort of enforcement at all. All I was really saying is that by insisting the devs NOT implement such a system one removes a tool from their toolbox.

That’s WHY I included that part. I didn’t say anything that implied or suggested otherwise in any way.

Having "mini games" that give you better damage if you do your rotation correctly is one of the main ways MMOs make classes interesting to play. NOT having them is one of the things in CoH that is generally boring, to be honest. Differentiation and specificity is better, imo.

Tac Arrow's shtick is that it's a Blaster version of Trick Arrow.

I can't say this is new to beta, and I don't think it's necessarily duplicable. One of those random things. Assassin's Strike, in Energy Melee, neither missed nor hit. Using the slow version. The attack went off. The hit animation and sound played. But no hit OR miss was recorded in the combat log and no damage was done to the enemy.

I would love to be able to use the "shimmering rainbow" effect from the Unyielding toggle (without the "cage" effect), also similar to the Power Boost ability, as an Aura. That would be a NON color tintable version (and presumably also color tintable versions with 2 colors instead of the rainbow effect). The Rainbow Path Aura ALMOST looks like what I'm thinking of, but I want it without anything streaming out behind me (the Path part). Any chance?

They haven’t done anything with the player made travel hubs. Only put some very flexible limitations on accessing them. In fact, they buffed them, they added many new portals.

Heck, let’s just make ALL accolades account wide! I’m not kidding in the slightest.

It is when you consider that I have over fifty toons and I’m sure many people have many more than that.

These were in Shauna Stockwell's arc in Kings Row. Weird enemy emote bug. They shouldn't have visible guns while still in the emote.

You know it could be that SOs are just a lot more expensive than they really should be for what they do. Maybe cut the price of TOs, DOs, and SOs (and associated Upgrade costs) all like in HALF.

You still seem not to be responding to my actual point. I'm not talking about getting to PD or getting to Bases. I'm not asking for it to be easier to get to those places. I'm talking about unlocking the LRTP. That's all.

If you stated as your opinion that you don’t like it then no one would argue with you. But that’s not what you said. You said it’s bad design to make powers work better when used in a certain order. Well I disagree.

Have you played it or is all of this based on just reading the notes?

Yes, there is an optimal order. Refusing to do this optimal order will not get you the optimal performance. The problem only exists because you refuse to adjust your tactics.

Getting the PD added to your LRTP is easy, yes. But unlocking the LRTP takes getting all the Atlas explorer badges on every character. Not unbelievably onerous, but irritating. That is what I am talking about.

The main thing that prevents Support ATs from soloing as well as everyone else is the fact that using Support and CC powers takes time, time during which you are not attacking. MMs and some Controllers and Doms suffer less from this than others. But it’s generally true across many sets.

I don’t understand what fly powers have to do with it. I’m talking about having to do all of the unlocks on all our different characters.

I am very happy with the way travel works now on Beta, but I need to spend a little time thinking about what it will be like on live with no Freebies menu. It could be nice if there was some Account Wide badge that unlocked SOME aspect of fast travel... I guess making PD VIP account wide is asking a little much. I'm not sure what to suggest.

I like the new Touch of Fear. My suggestion is to slightly increase the duration of the Fear and also slightly increase the Damage and Recharge time.

People still bother getting click accolades?

Here is a Skull leaning against thin air in Mercy at -2991.6 215.5 83.1. Is it like this on the Live servers?

Fair. My point about the thematic nature of SOs remains. Is it not possible to make these drops origin specific?

Yes, I meant thematically. Many Controllers do not have an ability at level 1 that is worth slotting for damage, or some might feel that way. But I understand your point.

I agree with WindDemon. Increase the teleport protection of all static objects by a huge amount, then increase Wormhole slightly.