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I think saltydog is talking about diminishing returns in PvP.

You can just convert Hero Merits to Reward Merits at a rate of 1:50 if you need to.

Most targeted buffs were made AoE on live a while before the shutdown.

Looks like I owe some people an apology; that Knockback-to-Knockdown IO is part of the Universal Damage category. Since Hand Clap doesn't do damage, you can't put it in Hand Clap. That's my bad.

I'd also appreciate official word from the Homecoming team what the plans are going forward with regards to i24 and i25. My understanding coming in to this setup was that i24 was the ultimate goal, while running the i25 servers was a stopgap solution so we could play immediately.

I think you're underestimating the mitigating power of Knockdown. Punch, Haymaker, and Knockout Blow can be cycled to keep a single target off its feet most of the time; if you supplement it with Air Superiority like I do on my Inv/SS, it's pretty much all the time. Put a Knockback-to-Knockdown IO in Hand Clap and pair it with Foot Stomp and you're also knocking down crowds of enemies at once. Plus, Dark Melee's doesn't have -ToHit on its AoEs, so by trading the knockdown for -ToHit you're losing your ability to mitigate damage from groups.

Well I'm not in-game now so I can't tell you the names of the pieces, but I remember players used to use the Full Helmet option with a Detail 2 that looked like large goggles to make compound eyes. Edit: I checked and it turns out there's an actual Compound Eyes option in there. Whoopsy.

Why don't you just make a new account?

I've heard that a few times, but if you can bear the queue they might come back if you reconnect.

Contrary to there being powers to absolutely avoid, I always felt that Stalkers have possibly the worst case of "gotta take everything!" of all the archetypes. I was never even able to get a Stalker out of low levels until they made Fitness inherent because I just couldn't find a build that didn't feel like it was missing something essential until the 30s or so.

The names for the buttons are button4 and button5.

Homecoming - For general chat. Better than the Help channel. Paragon Chat - Also for general chat. Seems to be focused on the community for the actual Paragon Chat app.

I was doing missions with a Lightning Ri'Ashi just a little while ago when all of a sudden they said "I don't feel so good" and vanished!

Echo: Dark Astoria is still available in Ouroboros, and it has exactly as much content as it did before the revamp.

There should be channels for the individual server communities on the official Discord, was something wrong with them?

You mean Bree? I guess I must be, I didn't realize there was really any difference.

I could've sworn this forum had a WYSIWYG editor before, where'd it go?

Yeah, right here. They're pretty long, too.

Issue 25, which the current servers are running, already adjusted various drop rates.

You should've rolled War Mace instead of Kinetic Melee. You'd be SO STRONG. And pretty!

Without Paragon Studios around, any new story developments are really just going to be fanfiction...

I think you can get the Pocket D VIP Pass by going into Pocket D through a door and entering the tiki lounge. That or spending time in Pocket D; the badge says it's for spending 5 hours in Pocket D, but I wasn't there nearly that long and it popped for me when I entered the tiki lounge.

Right-click on any of the displayed stats and then click "Monitor attribute."

That was a problem they solved a long time ago on the Live servers. There's more content than ever at all levels, and they readjusted the XP cost curve, which resulted in an overall reduction of the XP required to level up at all levels.

Yes, I'm sure.