City Council Jimmy Posted February 29, 2020 City Council Posted February 29, 2020 This is a Focused Feedback Thread Please note that Focused Feedback threads are heavily moderated to ensure they remain on topic. Any off-topic posts in these threads will be removed without warning. Changes from the previous build will be listed in green. Any changes or fixes that are only relevant to the beta builds (as in, not changes relevant to the live version of the game) will be listed in blue. We've renamed the set from Shock Therapy to Electrical Affinity. We feel this new name is more in-keeping with the current roster of support powersets. If you have any thoughts or comments relating to the name change please post them here. If you have any feedback for the powerset itself, please use this thread. 4 1 Got time to spare? Want to see Homecoming thrive? Consider volunteering as a Game Master!
Bartacus Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 Honestly, this is going to be a pretty useless thread because everything is purely subjective. I prefer the old name, Shock Therapy, though. I know that "Affinity" tacked on to the end of a set does keep with the current naming convention, but Shock Therapy sounded way cooler. 8
siolfir Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 Nothing really to say except for thank you for taking the feedback into account about the name. As I said in the other thread, I didn't find the name offensive as much as I thought it was more fitting as a name for a power or character rather than a power set. 3
modest Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 I strongly prefer the new name. Thank you for taking feedback into account. 5
Leogunner Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 I like the name "Therapy" more than "Affinity". Affinity has no correlation to electricity at all. If you're looking at sets like Sonic "Resonance", that has a connection to reverberation and sound. Nature "Affinity" does have a connection to more biological connections. It also doesn't follow the standard naming conventions like Ice>Cold, Fire>Thermal does for elemental sets. Personally prefer Shock Therapy but would settle for Electro-Therapy, Electric Therapy or some more thematically linked name. 2
Blackfeather Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 Just now, Leogunner said: I like the name "Therapy" more than "Affinity". Affinity has no correlation to electricity at all. If you're looking at sets like Sonic "Resonance", that has a connection to reverberation and sound. Nature "Affinity" does have a connection to more biological connections. It also doesn't follow the standard naming conventions like Ice>Cold, Fire>Thermal does for elemental sets. Personally prefer Shock Therapy but would settle for Electro-Therapy, Electric Therapy or some more thematically linked name. Electrical Empowerment, perhaps? 2
Bopper Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 (edited) Electrical Affinity is a fine name. If names should sound like others, it certainly pairs with Darkness Affinity. But if this section is intended to play more as a naming suggestion thread, I'd like to throw one more into the ring: Electrical Transformation, the changing of electricity in form and nature. Edited February 29, 2020 by Bopper 3 PPM Information Guide Survivability Tool Interface DoT Procs Guide Time Manipulation Guide Bopper Builds +HP/+Regen Proc Cheat Sheet Super Pack Drop Percentages Recharge Guide Base Empowerment: Temp Powers Bopper's Tools & Formulas Mids' Reborn
Potassium Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 Shock therapy sounded better, if the name creates problems with people finding it offensive then something like Electric therapy would be fine too. 1
Coyote Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 I like it. Affinity of the character for electrical effects. It works for me semantically, it works regarding fitting it with other set names, it sounds more like a set than a power, and it sounds reasonably nice. 👍
Troo Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 It lost something removing 'Shock'. 'Electrical' may adhere to cannon but it is definitely not going to stand out and will sound similar to others potentially causing confusion. @Leogunner'Therapy' is really the part folks had issue with. "Homecoming is not perfect but it is still better than the alternative.. at least so far" - Unknown (Wise words Unknown!) Si vis pacem, para bellum
Vanden Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 I like the new name. 1 A Cheat Sheet for efficient Endurance Recovery slotting Invention Set Designer Tool Spreadsheet with every Ancillary Power Pool
jubakumbi Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 New name is fine. The name does not need to be 'cool' or 'hip'. Nothing is 'cool' or 'hip' if it bring back terrifying memories. The set lost nothing. 9
Blastit Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 28 minutes ago, Troo said: It lost something removing 'Shock'. 'Electrical' may adhere to cannon but it is definitely not going to stand out and will sound similar to others potentially causing confusion. @Leogunner'Therapy' is really the part folks had issue with. idk, we've managed just fine with Fire Blast, Fire Control, Fiery Aura, Fiery Melee etc etc without it causing any particular problems. Not a lot of people wonder why their Blaster doesn't get any imps at level 32. I do think "electrical" sounds worse than just "electric" because it's one syllable longer.
Retired Developer Piecemeal Posted February 29, 2020 Retired Developer Posted February 29, 2020 I have an issue with Affinity, personally, being sort of a bland and generic name that I associated with Controller secondaries moreso than Defender primaries. Electrical Induction would be my only suggestion, which also acronyms it to EI (Unique) instead of EA (Electric Armor, Energy Armor, and a cash-grabbing company 😄 ) 2 "Science. Science, my friend, requires radical gambles and adventures in malpractice sometimes. Take solace in the fact that I tested the majority of these things on the dead, the re-dead, and the nearly departed before I went to live trials. Honestly, most of my "specimens" were several iterations past being considered a human being with their original fingerprints, teeth, or IDs. So it was rather a lot like experimenting on moaning clay putty." Got time to spare? Want to see Homecoming thrive? Consider volunteering as a Game Master! For science and community!
Troo Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 (edited) EA.. EA.. EA Elec/ /Elec /Elec Elec/ /Elec //Elec (it's just something to keep in mind if/as this proliferates @Blastit) I find myself as an energy melee'r confused time to time just by EM & EM. I guess my reading comprehension is unusually low and that is just my crux to bear. Edited February 29, 2020 by Troo "Homecoming is not perfect but it is still better than the alternative.. at least so far" - Unknown (Wise words Unknown!) Si vis pacem, para bellum
Keen Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 Like the new name. Thanks for the change. @Keen Stronghold (Virtue, Everlasting)Hamidon Raids - Role Guide
Ulysses Dare Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 (edited) Affinity feels bland. How about Electro Stimulation? Edited February 29, 2020 by Ulysses Dare 2
jubakumbi Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Troo said: EA.. EA.. EA Elec/ /Elec /Elec Elec/ /Elec //Elec (it's just something to keep in mind if/as this proliferates @Blastit) I find my self as an energy melee'r confused time to time just by EM & EM. I guess my reading comprehension is unusually low and it's just my crux to bear. 40 minutes ago, Blastit said: I do think "electrical" sounds worse than just "electric" because it's one syllable longer. Electric Boogaloo? /EB Electric Support? /ES Static Cling? /SC Electrical Interference? /EI Lots of viable options that don't reference the dark side of psychiatric treatments. Edited February 29, 2020 by jubakumbi 1
Troo Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, Ulysses Dare said: Electro Stimulation sounds a bit naughty "Homecoming is not perfect but it is still better than the alternative.. at least so far" - Unknown (Wise words Unknown!) Si vis pacem, para bellum
Ulysses Dare Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Troo said: sounds a bit naughty Allow me to introduce you to Pain Domination. 1 3
EmperorSteele Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 I think it should be Electric Bogaloo. *Kermit sipping tea* But that's none of my business. 1
Blastit Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 29 minutes ago, Troo said: EA.. EA.. EA Elec/ /Elec /Elec Elec/ /Elec //Elec (it's just something to keep in mind if/as this proliferates @Blastit) I find my self as an energy melee'r confused time to time just by EM & EM. I guess my reading comprehension is unusually low and it's just my crux to bear. It's true that people are messy about referring to their "Fire/Fire" character but if they just mention the archetype the number of things it could be is sufficiently reduced. Electrical Melee and Energy Melee are one of fairly few sets that belong on the same "side" of an AT and has the same acronym. Unless they add some kind of Energy Affinity, which admittedly sounds like something that could eventually happen, Electrical Affinity isn't going to be too bad. If CoH didn't have a well established dry and clinical naming tradition for power sets, something like Electropower is punchy and comic-booky enough.
Bartacus Posted February 29, 2020 Posted February 29, 2020 can someone explain to me why this change was necessary? Is the word "Therapy" somehow offensive?
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