Snowdaze

Thanks for the bump Zeraphia, I have moral objections over bumping my own posts to keep them relevant. I'm glad you agree with me about the regen/recovery, it really is painful what they did to what could have been full of potential. What did you think about my other suggestions?

I just finished a run through Praetoria, and I have completely come to the conclusion that doing all 40 contacts was NOT the intentions of the original devs. There are 4 distinct Storylines going on, all of which (if played correctly) independently can level you from 1-20. There is no faster way excluding a DFB to get a character from 1-20 then Praetoria! However Praetoria is not for the new player. It is an expert zone! Everything is more dangerous then regular blue or red content. And lastly EVERY ARC in praetoria is in Ouro.

So what about Smoke Flash? So if you make all stalker placate primaries aoe, then why would anyone take Smoke flash? It becomes a "dead" power, and I use the term "dead" like a "dead language" it's still there a few people will use it but ultimately it's pointless and it's not used for any practical purpose.

I was more demonstrating the 'cost of balance' for making it AoE.

I understand "poor form" can mean a wide range of things. But the Homecoming Team are definitely trying to be as professional as possible, and for that I am extremely grateful they do the game and the community tremendous credit. So as much as we would like opinions or word about a suggestion from up on high, the homecoming team will most likely continue keeping a silent watchful eye on the suggestion box for good ideas that everyone likes, or at least no one hates, that could be implemented reasonably into the game without shifting the balance of the game or making the card house of code crumble.

Think about it this way, soon as they start posting things like that then people are going to cry and complain when they arent answered. It's really a slippery slope. It's one thing if they want to make an announcement/update/future plans post, or hold and AMA event, or something. But when they start commenting on individual posts in the suggestion box, well like I said it's a slippery slope.

It's poor form for devs to post in the suggestion box.

Wind control first please?

Smoke Flash vs Placate, lets compare: it is a lvl 20 power that has 2X the recharge, 4/5th the duration, -1 mag, requires an accuracy check, caps at 10 targets, AND AND AND DOES NOT RE-HIDE YOU! Sounds to me like you are giving up a LOT for it to be AoE...

I don't necessarily agree with your power choices and order, but I find your base request of def based epics that dont require you to go red side, a reasonable one.

I still feel unless it cancels all affected upon you attacking one, it is still a very measured increase in power, as you will be able to continue attack with out fear of reprisal from other enemies.

I will say, I am open to the idea of dropping the prerequisites for the concealment pool for stalkers alone, if at all possible. It wouldn't be beyond the realm of theme for them since they already have incredibly similar powers to the pool, given the stipulation they take the placate from their primary. In short I would be ok with Hide and placate counting toward the 2 power requirement for the concealment pool.

No you do have valid points and to you MoG is more powerful thats fine, I did say it's ARGUABLY more powerful. Consider level, flat out a power that would stop a group cold (to you) for 20 seconds?! There is a reason controllers and dominators have powers like that! They are notably more fragile and in return have powerful control aspects. With a pbaoe placate, In essence with a ton of patience, you 'could' in effect go from level 12 to level 50 with never being taking a point of damage, you might as well just farm the character up to 50 and put it on a shelf at that point.

It's not bad at utility, it does exactly what it was designed for. If you really want it to be AoE, then to maintain balance you are going to have to increase recharge and reduce duration. I'd much rather have the current longer single target effect that I can use more often. Too frequently people just want something to do more, and they need to consider the full reach of what they want, because more often then not what they want is much more powerful then they think. The suggested change to Placate "level 12 power" (simply making it aoe) would for all intents and purposes would make it arguably MORE powerful then the current Moment of Glory "level 38 power" (I still want old MoG back but we arent talking about that here).

I'm very much normally a mirror. If someone comes looking for help I'll help them. If they come looking to put things and people down, then I'll take them down a peg.

Hmmm, well arguably they already ARE the best at placating enemies, they already get a placate in their primary. If you want extra placate functionality then having to go deep into a pool? Sure, you have the option, sacrifices can be made. I honestly hardly ever use placate, and my stalker is a Dual Blades so I even get more functionality from placate then most as it's part of the empower combo, still doesn't mean I normally use it. It's there I can, but it's rarely needed, and frankly it's more work then it's worth to AS, placate, Hide, AS; it takes FOREVER! Placate is very much a utility tool not an armor.

I'm sorry, it just seemed in poor taste to come onto the Dom boards and start badmouthing the AT. One has to anticipate shots fired if they want to be an antagonist. But it is true, they are a hard AT to play if you aren't fulling paying attention.

Back when I was inexperienced I also thought dom's were awful. They are not for inexperienced players. I'm sorry you are incapable of playing them well enough to have fun.

Also originally all of these were single application not target based AoE, which meant back in the day at the beginning of every mission and half way through everything stopped so they could be reapplied one by one to each player on the team and it took a while, Please just be grateful you don't still have to do that!

For the same reason Force Field's Deflection Shield and Insulation Shield, Sonic Resonance's Sonic Barrier and Sonic Haven, and Thermal Radiation's Thermal Shield and Plasma Shield cant be applied to ones self. They are ally buffs. If you could apply any of these to yourself hitting caps becomes easy, also they all stack from different sources! It was a design choice, a good one, and a tried and true game mechanic. Also these powers have basically FULL armor values, and are given to classes that by design don't have armors. Being able to apply them to yourself would make these 4 sets much more powerful on Defenders, Corruptors, Controllers, and Masterminds, and frankly there would be a lot less diversity in the game because they would be the sets to play. Please don't change the status quo for these sets, they are working as intended, even though it might not be the way you wish they worked.

The AS, Placate, hide, AS tactic is the stalkers of yesteryear. The Issue 22 stalker buff made them a much more able fighter. Placate still reapplies hide, you then get full defense bonus. At that point you should be continuing to fight, not waiting for AS to recharge. I don't see a problem with placate on stalkers. If you make it AoE you are basically giving them a free moment of invincibility! An AoE placate is a very very powerful thing, that is why there is a cost of taking extra powers to get it or paying for it in Inf. I feel this is an unnecessary change, what you are asking for already exists, you just have to decide if you want to pay the cost for it, it should not be free.

4 minutes the other day for 3 npc's to follow me down one set of stairs!

You know, I know this is probably possible, as some npc's that follow you cant seem to ever loose you. But you know... You know.... I think I would miss the idiotic ones if they stopped being able to loose themselves in a paper bag.

My "I can't even" Sense is going off in this tread.

What? I really just want a wall to wall room of mobs I can let Blizzard rip in, I'm not under any delusions here....