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they have made theings more difficult. In the starred Aeon and ITF. But those tactics (real old school, props) dont work a ton in the new content. The writers accounted for our standard closed shield formation and F-ed with us quite a bit. Sometimes it works well....othertimes....anything but lolzerg

Yes and no. Leapfrog Brute/Tank ROFLSTOMP teams got a huge boost when Redside came out. Brutes NEEDED (no longer sigh) to grab agro to do damage. Two Brutes on a team would (when played well) take turns cannonballing into the next big group. Thats the Yes. As agro mgt team the Tanks/Brutes need to not abandon an area until it is effectively done. That does not mean mopping the floors but it does mean watching the enemies/teammates/map and making tactical decisions on where to be, when to stay or go. That can be the No

yeah like in console game where you can never get too far from your fellow players..... or cannot leave an area until everyone is dead... or some other horrid mechanic....?

Why is any city destroyed? Story. Drama. Pompeii. Without the destruction you would know is about as well as you know the city of Plovdev. If you want a dramatic story. You gotta break a few eggs.

lol. i TANK into fresh spawns on my Corruptor. And with Scourge? Half dead enemies are taking Blaster+ damage....

Pound things and laugh

Okay i will play ☠️ rng 100 on phone. First roll a 2….Blaster Second roll a Lucky 13…..AR. I am interested but kind of terrified of next roll. I get locked into ideas lol Third Roll….78. Plant Manipulation…. another character dies in a cell in The Zig. Fing Longbow

This looks an awful lot like that crazy Slot Machine in St Martial….

Love it. But no airport. Who in their right mind will fly in and out of the madhouse of Paragon? We teleport into the air and shoot at each other and blow sky vehicles out of the air for badges. Great thought….but what airline? Even Allegiant and Spirit would avoid the place…probably

but here is the "tell" you are sprinting away from. you are against the way people build toons. when you are a good builder you can take an intricate knowledge and squueze more performance. you want to do away with that. Like, just take every NASCAR vehicle and give them the same motor. Not simplifying. Actually making it more complicated. RIGHT?

you are also arguing that this is not a call to simplify Mez rules.

nice that you are revising your Toggle ideas. But your original idea (quoted here in case you forgot) was a simplification of the powerset

never said it would defeat anything. it would. (oh gawd here we go again) simplify it. Lets not get all complicated in this back and forth. You are stating your changes to Toggles would not simplify them. I am saying you are incorrect. That is the whole Zimtschnecken. Number of other factors. These mostly deal with character building. Very complicated, you might not be interested. But the number of powers you have of a certain type many times defines the build due to the enhancers you can slap on. As you streamline you are going to kill some builds without a second thought to the work the players have put in. I could go on. You will no doubt ask me to go on. Look. Again. You have stated multiple times you are not for simplifying toggles and a few other areas of the game. Yet you are obviously advocating doing so. This was fun last night. Now you are starting to be like that 10 pd Yorkie that wants to bite ankles. Step off.

I think Dark Dark is most efficient on a Brute. But i have both Tank and Brute. My main issue with Dark on a Tank is that Dark’s non suppressed stealth makes them a less efficient Tank. Whereas it just adds to a Brute being able to be an unstoppable ball of hate

so much simpler. i see it now.

if you want to ignore the end cost of the toggles, the layering of the armor coming in as you level and a number of other factors. Which are NOT COMPLICATED because there is no call to SIMPLIFY, obviously...

Without beating the horse to death, feeding it to villagers and then beating them to death... You just specifically advocated for simplifying the toggles....while insisting you are not advocating to simplify that area. You know what forget it. Horse, villagers. Then I'm going to find some cannibals, feed them the villagers, and, well you get the drift. Okay, maybe you don't.

oh i get that. i am just amusing myself. watching you insist you were not advocating for simplifying each of those areas brings me some joy, and since no CoH2 is around the corner i need to keep amused. ps. honestly, you can tell me, why are you insisting you are not advocating for simplifying those areas. I've read it over twice. you addressed each of those areas specifically and advocated for changes....that simplified....each of the areas. wait...are you just amusing yourself too? nice.

You are definitely complicating your response about a desire to simplify each of these areas Does that make you feel better?

Luminara gave the perfect description. With files. I was just going to say "there is a way" to hit one button, have it do X and the next time you hit it do Y....then Z or back to X depending on its presets. People like Luminara go that extra step.....and then take it another 26 miles until someone tells them the marathon is over.

yes, exactly. that. and defense. and resistance. and recharge. and toggles. oh, and mez protection.

two words....git gud seriously. knowing when to drop KO blow and a blaster nuke is about knowing how to play. because you are on a team with people cleaning spawns you feel powerless. sometimes on a +4 kill all itf i will follow that one guy not with the group. we become a mini team and get to crush shit. the team did not need us, so we are actually speeding up the TF completion. git gud

so......simplify....everything?

And make sure villains can run through the neighborhoods destroying everything

You are correct. But there is another mag 2 AoE stun available in Dark Dark Dark and it tirns your stun into mag4. Magic happens. Cloak of Darkness allows you to get close. Toss the ranged AoE mag 2 stun as you wade in with the Aura mag 2 stun. This screws with 95% mobs pretty hard. Soul Drain and Blackstar with impunity. Step or TP back and cone of Fear (to bit debuff). Then start barrage of cones and/or ST burn phase