Bionic_Flea

You should start an "Inconsiderate Forum Departures" thread.

If someone only asks "what should I play?" without any other qualifiers or a choice between A and B, then try them all is a perfectly acceptable response in my eyes because I have no idea what that person likes. Or at least give us an idea if you are min/maxing, soloing, playing with a group of friends, building for PvP or 4 star, trying to make an homage to Superman or other super, or even prefer range, melee, DPS, support, etc. Although, to be fair, I don't think I would ever recommend Kin melee or poison on an MM. But I also would not discourage a person from playing that if that's what they wanted to play. Even if they ask, "what does the most DPS" we can just say "Fire" or refer them to Ston's charts and other stuff, but even those depend as much on the build as the powerset. And as it has been demonstrated by Videra in Koopak's Clear Speed challenge, you can make a Sentinel that clears a Pylon in seconds . . . with temp powers and only concentrating on short term DPS without regard to survival or sustainability. Anyway, I think we've gone off on a bit of a tangent. I blame Mac!

I don't think that's fair for a few reasons: 1) The "play what you want" crowd includes a lot of people. I would put myself in that group and I don't consider myself unhelpful. Would you put me down as unhelpful? 2) I'm not seeing any "get over it" responses. Literally or figuratively. At least in this thread. I have seen it elsewhere. 3) I'm not seeing anyone, in this thread, arguing against improvements.

Like Without_Pause above, some players have run detailed tests and rated different power sets according to DPS. So you can get a ranking of most damaging to least damaging per unit of time. But just DPS doesn't account for burst damage or sustain or any kind other effect or fun factor. And then there are combinations of powersets that players have done crazy hard stupid things that should not be possible and other people try to make those to see if they can do the same. Finally, there are groups that run the endgame content at the hardest levels and they have developed entire teams built around a distribution of powersets. Those are all perfectly reasonable and fun things to do. But any AT with any pairing of powersets can solo 90% of the content at level 50 with a good build at +1/x8 settings. Many can do higher settings but all can do that. And any AT with any pairing of powersets can also level from 1-50 with a crappy build at +0/x1 settings, as long as you know how to play and use all the tools available in game. So while you may need (or want) a Ferrari (super duper flavor of the month powers and build), a Hyundai (any old powersets with a questionable build) will get you were you need to go. And that's not even mentioning all the space on the continuum between Ferrari and Hyundai. So you go ahead and level that Necro/Poison and make it as good as you want it.

Why not both?

Can I give you the feedback that you are wasting your time providing this feedback to Warboss' feedback, even though you have already given your feedback to his feedback?

Out of hundreds of characters in several servers, I think I have three that use more than the default character: One HEAT, one VEAT, and one Cold/Dark Defender that I made a PvP build for. So while I probably won't use it, I don't have an argument against, barring some technical issue. Even if it's doable on Ourodev, having thousands of characters suddenly have extra builds might have unforseen consequences. Because of that, I think I might prefer to move slowly and add one additional build at first to gauge effects and popularity. And now that I typed that, I wonder if the Devs have easy access to how many characters actually use multiple builds?

S.N.A.R.K.Y.?

Simply Not Answering Repulsive Kooky Yuppies You Know Rogues - All Noble Suckers

Have you checked all your trays and the powers list?

Hello!

Down with owls! Up with Fleas!

Don't be ridiculous!

VERY cool!

Where the hell have you been? We've been waiting for you! 😜 Welcome back!

True, unless you are too low or of the wrong alignment. And it's helpful to know what's coming up next week.

Sleep well on your bed of gold, dragon. You have earned your rest. But once rested, I hope to see you once again roar.

Maybe copy Telekinetic Blow from Psi Melee and make a bigger fist of water.

BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE! START A NEW SHARD USE WHATEVER SETTINGS YOU WANT SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL JOIN YOU COULD SET AS MANY DIFFERENT SHARDS AS YOU LIKE, EACH WITH UNIQUE FLAVORS!! YOU COULD BE THE SAVIOR OF THE GAME AS THE ULTIMATE CONTINGENCY PLANNER

NO, IT DOESN'T.

You could always start a new character . . .

Not me, sorry. It's all working fine now. People can choose their level of population.

You are, of course, free to advocate for whatever changes you want to see in the game. But you get so fixated and tenacious -- saying the same thing over and over hoping that the devs will realize their "obvious mistake" if you just tell them once more. It seems to me you'd be less exhausted if you stopped swimming against the tide and try to see the value and beauty of what is instead of comparing it to what could be. Open beta is announced not just on the forums, but on the launcher. Everyone sees the launcher. Everyone also has access to the forums. They have to make a forum account before they can make a game account. A lot of people just want to play and don't give a damn about testing or the forums. They just want to log in and play without testing and debating . . . or even voting.

That was a lot of Spam!