Solarverse

Yeah, I think you hit it spot on.

Like I said, it's pure speculation...by both of us. We really don't know to tell you the truth. However, if I were a betting man, I would put my bet that the Developers originally built this game around the Trinity place style. But, that is just my opinion. I could just as easily be wrong, so I don't claim to be right no more than I would claim a prediction of a horse race, I simply would put my money on the trinity idea more than I would the opposite. Here is my main reason why. When Jack Emmert was first talking this game up and showing people the first sneak peak at this game, it was VERY different. There were no classes. Power only. You could even mix and match powers to fully customize a character and he was advertising it as such. Somewhere down the line they dropped that idea and added, Tanks, Healers, Damage Dealers and Controllers. So basing my opinions off of this, I would place my bets on a Trinity play style intention from the Devs rather than a game not based on it. But, like I said, you could very well be right and I could be wrong, but it's all speculation since to the best of my knowledge, a Dev has never spoke on this.

Especially with today's game. There has been no team make-up that I felt couldn't accomplish anything in this game since IOs came out. That is cute though how some players still feel that they have to have a particular team make-up though. I'm not one of them...not since IO's. Now for nostalgia, I love when it happens by chance though, but I don't strive for it.

I don't see this game as a Trinity style game at all anymore. That has been blown out of the water when they came out with IO Set bonuses and various buffs to classes over the years. However...I do agree with you completely. I do believe that this game was designed for the Holy Trinity play style straight out of the gate...and honestly, I preferred it that way. Now, clearly some who have posted do not agree with me when I say this game was designed that way...but this is from my personal experience of playing the game. My memory of what this game was seems to be drastically different than what other posters recall...or at very least our perspective on how the game was played is completely different.

I think a lot of what is being said by EVERYONE is speculation. For me personally, when this game first came out, people were looking for 1 Tank, 1 Healer, 1 debuffer, 2 blasters, 2 scrappers and 1 controller. Now that is what players typically strived to get, even on regular missions. Of course exceptions were made, but in general this is what I would see in Broadcasting. People would even drop the team if you didn't have a Tank or Healer or Controller...people would even drop teams if there were no DPS. No DPS meant the missions would take forever...because back then, only the damage dealers dealt any real amount of damage...aside from Fire Tanks that is. I mean, that was my experience. It may not be a "trinity" of three, but it still fit in to that same play-style. Now, did the Devs intend it to be this way? That depends on when you ask. In the old days, players going to the boards complaining about not doing enough damage were told to play Blasters or Scrappers. Player coming to the boards complaining of dying too easy were told to team with Tanks or role as a Tank. People complaining of not being able to heal themselves were told to play a Healer. Now if you ask people today, they would tell you the complete opposite. Did the Devs intend to this game to be played Holy Trinity style? I think so...at least in the beginning. But, like I said, that depends on when you ask that question and to whom you ask the question.

Meh, I am not talking about herding, man. I never said that.

Very nice! Love your style!

I'm not interested in "Gold Side" enough to care one way or another to be quite honest. I mean, have you seen the amount of people complaining that nobody plays "Red Side?" And I put all these in quotes because honestly, when they started letting Villain classes play as Heroes and vice/versa, there really stopped being a "Side" at all. Just my opinion, I don't mean to throw shade, just telling it the way I see things with today's game.

It was for me...accept Controllers added a 4th to that. But yeah, for me, when this game first came out, it was almost always trinity style gaming. Very rare did I team with players who did not play that way, and I pugged like crazy with random players on three different servers.

I'm not agreeing that this particular fight requires a trinity play-style, but I for one miss the trinity play-style this game once had. This game is just simply not that anymore and it never will be again. I'm pretty sure your wish has already been granted long before you requested it.

There were three total occasions where if somebody triggered the cut scene before disarming the bombs, that the AV didn't spawn. The first time we thought it was a fluke, after the second time it happened, I seen the most likely cause and kept it in mind for future runs. One day, I seen this guy running ahead and I warned in chat, "Hey, there is a chance that the AV won't spawn if you trigger the cut scene before you disarm the bombs, please don't risk it!" *Player runs ahead, triggers cut scene, not one single bomb disarmed* *Cut scene ends, we disarm the bombs, sure enough, no AV.* All that work put in order to get the the final fight just for the team to disband. Sigh... And looking back, nothing I could have said would have made the guy change his mind and not trigger the cut scene. It was like seeing the future and unable to change the outcome, lol. I don't know if this still causes the bug or not, have not experienced this in a very long time, so it may have been fixed by now or it could have just been a flaky update that has corrected itself after other updates, but at the time, it was very frustrating to warn somebody and they ignore you and create the very problem you warned them about, lol.

I don't know, I think if Black Lightening zapped my ass with any given attack, it would take the fight out of me, lol.

Personally, after the last three mice I have bought, I am scared to death to buy anything from Razer at this point.

I have had my eye on this mouse, but I am waiting until I get more long term info on it. Like all the reviews are from people who got it straight out of the box...but how does it hold up after the first year, second year and so on? https://www.newegg.com/evga-903-w1-17bk-kr-x17-usb-wired/p/N82E16826188009?item=N82E16826188009&source=region&nm_mc=knc-googleadwords-pc&cm_mmc=knc-googleadwords-pc-_-pla-_-gaming+mice-_-N82E16826188009&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5PGFBhC2ARIsAIFIMNeb2fJNs31EMDSaAgQ33UpWekH9kz6LJx6zOG97MAn_16Dt5o589RcaAt_oEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

I have been using Razer Mice since...hell, pretty much since they first came out. They were damn good quality and lasted me years before they would even start glitching out. Now, I have bought a Razer Death Adder and the damn right click started glitching out. Like sometimes it would just depress on its own. This had a largest affect when scoping for some games, or turning in City of Heroes. You would scope, then suddenly even though you are still pressing the right mouse button, you are no longer scoping. Or you would go to turn, and then suddenly you are not turning anymore. It was insanely annoying. So I chopped it up to just bad luck, I guess that one got by QA, so I bought another one. After just one month, was having the same problem. SO I said screw it and decided to stay away from Death Adder, even though that was the one I had used for ever. Then I bought a Basilisk. I'll be damned, if I am not getting some middle mouse scroll wheel glitch where it jerks around while scrolling. I am now using the mouse wheel side buttons to scroll instead of actually scrolling the scroll wheel. WTF happened to Razer? The quality is just pathetic now. Now here I am trying to find a substitute for my Razer mouse which is extremely difficult, I have gotten used to the feel and design of this mouse and it's going to be difficult adjusting to another brand. What happened to Razer? And can anyone suggest a similar mouse that is made of some good quality stuff?

Ah okay! Thanks for that.

In Ice Manipulation customization, there is an option to show floaters? What is that? I don't see it making a difference.

That seems to be more and more common these days.

SHOTS FIRED!!! SHOTS FIRED!!!

I once typed, "What's up homie?" But sadly, I hit an o instead of the i, and somehow didn't press the e key hard enough for it to register... Yeah, I had some explaining to do that day, lol.

For me, I have a pretty set pattern. I will half of the times go to Outbreak, then I will street hunt in Atlas Park until I hit level 4. Then I will run DFB once, then I head to the Hollows to unlock Frostfire. Then I head to Kings Row and run the Story Arcs there. Once I am at around level 19 to 20, I hit Posi 1. Then I do all of the Task Forces to get the Accolade. After that, I do any other Task Forces like Respec Trials, Hess, DWB, basically any and all side Task Forces. And then pretty much after 50, I do whatever, whenever. I'll even join the occasional Frostfire or join any badge runs. It's pretty much a set pattern that I have settled in to.

Looks like you have a great costume, you should turn around so that I can see the rest of it.

So, I just now read your comment and took your advice. After reading the post history (something I admit to never doing) I first facepalmed...then I facepalmed even harder for the simple fact that I bit the worm at the end of the hook. /em facepalm

Am I the only person who tries to avoid set bonuses that include Fire Resist or Defense? It's not easy. So many sets are front loaded with Fire mitigation, which if I am trying to avoid it, kind of makes it very difficult for me. Like, if I see a fire mitigation in a set bonus and I put it in to my build, it's only because there is a juicy 3% defense to ranged or something in that set. It can be a bit frustrating sometimes. Does anyone else out there feel my pain? lol P.S. Yes, it's like a really stupid question, but I have been drinking tonight, and Solarverse NEVER drinks....like maybe once every other year, so forgive me being tipsy and asking dumb questions, lol.

Yeah, that's a good point you covered that I honestly didn't even think of. However, the way I play, I generally grab those after I hit 50...but only if it's a badge toon...which I have very few of. Outside of missions required to get Accolades, I only have 2 badge toons at the moment.