Owl Girl

free bases and teleported have already rendered a change like this redundant. You can just use ZONE-8888 or whatever version your own server has and never use public transit again. by the time a player is getting to PI, they should be experimenting with bases one Way or another.

new armor sets should be easy, just take melee and blast sets that don't have corresponding armor yet. imagine: Gravity Armor, Marine Armor, or even Illusionary Armor...

i understand, but with respect i don't think that the HC staff knew how much it would break my heart when they considered whether to implement the policy. all i can do is tell You that it does, and if that doesn't matter then all i can do is cry about it 😞

speaking as someone sitting on a fat stack of t/r/a D-Syncs, i approve of any suggestion that would drive up their price further including the addition of more combos that only 3 power choices could benefit from. more options is good for build diversity and good for those that want to exploit the increased rarity of "useful" combos. after all: we all already got ours, right?

i like this for the potential it has to interest players in Kheldians that may have otherwise been unaware of how interesting their narrative is. the mechanics for Kheldians can sometimes dissuade people from experimenting with the AT.

i Lone Wolf on teams when they are moving too slow without decent cause, and because i play on the RP server and i think it suits the character to take charge when faced with less focused teammates. the goal is to generate momentum and "drag" the others forward. i socialize while i do this, so being solo isn't the point really in those circumstances.

can a person even claim to have played EQ if they didn't end up swimming halfway across the sea due to a boat clipping error??

playing with Stalkers and inattentive Tanks and Masterminds that over-value the lives of their minions and dudes that took every pool attack is part of actually playing the game. i dunno how many people here enjoy comic books, but i seem to remember half the fun of that medium being different characters with different combat styles and law enforcement philosophies learning to work in concert.

personally i am always thrilled when someone interrupts my /em crouch on a lamppost to start a snowball fight, but i have been told that i am a Strange Bird.

sorta related, is there some way to alter the way emotes work so that they aren't interrupted by other people's powers? or at least non-damaging ones? i see the occasional complaint when my frisbee interrupts someone's dancing...

that's why i asked what You are doing. my Blaster sure can't tank Incarnate content or AV. why is Council harder for You than for me, when You are a stronger player than i am?

am i really the only one that likes cave missions? better than those non-euclidean office spaces imo

this compromise sorta already exists: if +2 is so difficult that it's not Fun, have You considered dropping your notoriety to +1, +0, or even -1 for those factions that give You too much trouble? it is a Super Useful tool for finding exactly the difficulty settings You want without anybody else being impacted. i don't think anybody should feel entitled to change the game just so they can claim to run at higher difficulty settings, and i don't think anybody should feel shame for running content on a lower setting if that is more Fun for them. i like the new Council just the way they are, and i won't be pleased until even the Skulls and Hellions have gotten the same satisfying difficulty increase. fwiw, i solo Council radios at +3 as a lvl 50 Incarnate blaster with about half of my slots completely empty. i am a mediocre player at best. what, uh, are You guys doing?

i am sort of self-sufficient in my attitude towards everything, and even on a team i will regularly stealth ahead to secure objectives or execute key personnel once everyone is in the door. i'm monitoring the team and watching the map so i can show up at a moments notice if needed, but spend a lil' too long figuring out the game plan and You will find me already halfway done with your mission. don't call me if You don't want results!

can anyone speak to the difficulty of Council radio missions set to -1? i haven't personally tried it, but how much of a time sink can it really be??

everquest was my first and only mom experience before CoH, so i sed feel ya on the culture shock from playing in a more anachronistic setting 😛 if it suits You, there are 1000 slots to experiment in the low levels to late teens for fun power combinations and the rp community cooks up some very Fun games.

people of Homecoming, i propose that we have been artificially limited in our range of possible forum reactions by the deliberate exclusion of that most useful of reactions: the humble and majestic Owl. appropriate for use as a token of support, a recognition of expert conniving, or especially as a subtle threat, it is simply too handy to ignore. let us thank the moderators in advance for this correction which is certainly supported by all important forum regulars ❤️

what is it? 🙂

sometimes people here will respond to these kinds of criticisms by downplaying the OP's experience as just being a skill issue, so i want to start by affirming that the Council flunkies are much more challenging for solo artists than they used to be especially before unlocking that Alpha slot. however i am still going to stand by my position that this is a Good Thing and i look forward to every faction eventually getting a similar treatment. when doing Council or CoT radios as a solo Blaster, i now have to give them the respect i'd normally reserve for Malta or the Spider Clan: i use snipes, i consider positioning to maximize my cones, i use movement and jousting to control mob movement, and i make liberal use of available cover to force ranged attackers into clustering together for AoE. in short, the game must be played in a way that makes maximum use of your abilities while exploiting enemy vulnerabilities as much as possible when facing them which feels appropriate to me since i can always run at -1 if i want to feel like the Council are just a bunch of 4chan tryhards instead of a decades old global terrorist organization that represents a legitimate threat to democracy in Statesman's america.

i personally really like the difficulty changes to Council and Circle of Thorns. i mostly solo as a Blaster and i feel like i actually have to use some of the tricks in my secondary and pool powers instead of just nuke+Judgment, rinse+repeat seven times then press exit mission.

i actually really enjoy Oranbega maps, not only for the neat visual atmosphere but also because all of the hallways are just crowded killing fields full of enemies. it should be more difficult than your standard office missions, since You are deep (literally) in enemy territory. if anything, i would really appreciate more of those portals that summon a hundred demons as soon as somebody comes close especially if they are hidden just out of line of sight but still within triggering radius of ordinary travel paths. the giant ghost spawns are a lil' annoying to fight if You get caught in the -to hit zone, but they look so much cooler than the guys in funny hats and bathrobes so maybe if we just included some bosses in them or increased the number of spectral demon lords or whatever?

did someone say something about darker angels?

i am not pleased with the activation of the name policy and will be reviewing my legal options to ensure my names remain with me in perpetuity.

tbf to OP, the "i'm fine with it" part is classic P.A. possible that they became defensive due to past bad experiences with other players criticizing their skill level or play style. i try to give people a few shots before i start rating 'em as 1 star.

as long as BS remains clearly inferior to Katana, i'm fine with any buffs to it. but there does need to be some sets that are weaker than the best sets (Katana, Beam-Rifle, Owl Technique, etc.) or my suspension of disbelief suffers.