Snarky

wtf is a strop?

I quit teams with idiots using KB powers. There. Now you got two. (I am reasonably certain more than one person in this thread have said they disliked KB enough to avoid teams with it. No, i am not going to read through and count them. This does not mean you are correct. It means I am not going to spoon feed you data to reject.)

Interesting how things evolve isn’t it?

You havent read anything in just this thread about people avoiding teammates with knockback? You have incredibly powerful filters running. Nice enhancement!!!

I have had another persons nuke hit just before mine. to devastating effect. But at least i could console myself with batting cleanup on bosses etc. KO Blow is a power you quickly learn not to waste on soon to be dead enemies. using Fold Space or a AoE KB power on a large group is an entirely different situation. It moves the mobs. My Nuke or KO Blow would have hit if the enemies had health left. But...now those mobs are over there...still alive. Yet my power was wasted.

Interesting point. Takes the issue from a different angle. Fold Space can be great! Or you can yoink the mobs I am doing a long animation PBAoE nuke on away from me so that when it fires I hit nothing. ANY power that significantly repositions mobs can screw with other players. Why the Devs chose to add another into the game (and an important one at that) is literally beyond me.

where exactly would this data come from? a spreadsheet. or.... people talking about how disliked knockback is? this is the locker room just off the playing field. listen to the chatter my friend.

no controversy? really? wait. really?

We even do this on Excelsior lol. Great idea though! Cosmic Council on Excelsior has a “crawl team” led by Ukase that has been going once a week for since before I joined them over six months ago. I hopped on about level 30 and rolled through Blueside. Now we are on Gold and have crawled to low 30s. Blue also leads a “crawl task force/strike force” team about once a week. The focus of both teams is staying together, killing most. Blue also reads all dialogue and clues on the Force teams (we are on Discord) Great idea and good luck. A dedicated SG with a handful of hardcore regulars who meet a few times a week is all you need to make this happen

Scattering mobs to the 4 corners of the map is NOT a new playstyle. Neither can you "adapt" to it unless you like hunting them down one by one to ST the things down. Some of us do not have 3 extra powers to squeeze in Fold Space because a teammate has a fascination for watching enemies fly across the map.

Superadyne, Excelsior, and so many other pathways to gain real power in the Cities. Slightly altering, or supercharging, or completely altering these and other sources of power are the stuff of many (freaking many many) story arcs in the game. Then.... there is the Well of Furies. Enigmatic, unfathomable, and the most powerful of all. You could write an AE story Arc about the Well being the underlying source of ALL the power that makes magical artifacts, drugs, superscience, and temporal manipulation work in the City. It is written as that powerful in the CoH metaverse. An easy slide into reality as it were.

If the Homecoming Team had made the special effect for the tier 9 the effect of Super Strength Knockout Blow applied to each mob hit I would be as amazed by this set as I am by the Dr Aeon Task Force and the detailed intricacy displayed in the crafting and reward structure thereof. They didn't. I'm not.

Will not play the set. It is 1) ugly. 2) not efficient. 3). I have no earth power stories to tell. This set does not inspire me to look for any either take an ice/cold Corruptor. Not my favorite type of nuke. Not a concept (ice) i have a lot of ideas for. But so danged efficient I worked to create one. give me an ugly set with a tier 9 that launches mobs in all directions and can barely be tamed by sacrificing a enhancer slot…..hard pass

I thought it was higher based on the visual squirts I have seen lol

1) So limit the use of your nuke. (I tend to lead with mine whenever it is up. But okay. Just keep that for...some other time. 2) Energy Blast has 2 circular AoE KB powers. Are there Tanks in each direction on your team. a) do you really need that many tanks b) how do you coordinate throughout the mission so they always encircle mobs? 3) So you only KB nuke easier targets? Interesting strategy. Does that work for you? Or do you only run easy content?

META.... The true META in CoH is being able to take anything (including the new meteor blast set I was just disparaging...) and play a character who is straight from your imagination. You want the BESTEST? Run a Fire/Fire Blaster and learn to speed run. Game over. Yawn. You want years of enjoyment? Write two sentences (or two books....) describing your character and then craft the character in CoH choosing Archetype, powersets, power pools, incarnate abilities, alignment, enhancer set build out. Design your character in one of the most generous character creator screens in the MMORPG universe. Level the character. Slowly (I have a project soloing every contact, since October, now at 29. Or get to 50 in a few hours and start running Incarnate Trials and exemplar down to run all the content you breezed past with a twinked out 50 that is nerfed (but not completely) to the level range of the content you want to run. META. Having a great time! Enjoy the City. Glad you made it.

It's the nuke..... You get a choice of a nuke you can only 5 slot so you can throw a nerf proc in it (reports are that does not work perfectly) or you get a nuke Energy Blasters (long shunned by fast teams) would be jealous of the knockback on....

I have successfully not posted this for….many days. But i just worked 24 of the last 48 hours and the Snark is roaring… In a world…where we have went through so much… In a dimension…that so many of us thought we had lost… In a time…when so many of us are confused…about why the H the NEW Blaster set is all about knockback! Did someone not bolt your robotic components on straight before you sat down to design this set? Have you quit cigarettes cold turkey and this was the brain dying? Did you get attacked by a water monster and the earth seemed comforting? Just tell us, we will listen. We will judge, sure. But we will listen.

Pool Boy, a strange sidekick type super who is quite versatile at getting places and of limited use once there....

i am using a best buy rig from 2 years ago. it is excellent. omen 875 intel i7 9700 3.0 ghz, 16gb ram, 64bit, output to a 55 inch samsung tv rig was around 900 on a thanksgiving sale. tv was 650? i think

I would love to see a Task Force that pushed deeper into the Dr Vahzilok storyline. Yes, we got lovely story arcs on blueside and redside recently that added depth there. And whetted my appetite for more and more and more. It would be truly spectacular if it was not red/blue but instead like DFB or a holiday event. Maybe with a hook that makes it logical to form in Pocket D or RWZ. Then mixed teams could enjoy the madness

This is generally more of a thing after 30. There are some things you can do for a build before 30 with I/Os but SOs are more powerful slot for slot until after 30 and set bonuses are difficult to maximize

I believe a lot of posting on boards is self exploration. People looking for insight and similar/conflicting outlooks on a topic. It is also interesting to read posts that challenge the "why" of something. That can say a lot about the topic. It can also give information on people's attitudes about others posts.

For me the ride at 50 is twofold. Yes, I do get an endorphin rush from blasting more powerful abilities and better defenses. But, while more subtle, the satisfaction of teaming with great players and running content is remarkable Enjoy your style of play. I am not sure if you solo more or team a lot or mix it up. I currently have a 29 Brute I am soloing every contact in the game on. Red/Blue/Gold. 25-29 Blue is….. not quick. I have been at this project since early October. Granted I work full time and have a lot of SG activities on other characters, so it does not have my full attention. If you want to explore a playstyle this type of project might be for you

i been to Everlasting. very shardy.