Diantane Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 I do get some characters that I really like to play to 50 and beyond, but most of them used to get to 35 or 38 and be abandoned (especially with sentinels because their "epic" powers are more like noob junk). With the new power change, this abandonment level is now 26 to 30 (depends if I really want the last secondary power or not). This means that in two days from creation, the fun is over for that character and have to look for a new one (currently have 99 alts on my server). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironblade Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Okay, but that's 100% due to your personal opinion and preferences. I take every single character to 50. Neither way is 'right' and neither is 'wrong'. 4 1 7 Originally on Infinity. I have Ironblade on every shard. - My only AE arc: The Origin of Mark IV (ID 48002) Link to the story of Toggle Man, since I keep having to track down my original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyonico Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Don't use double XP. BAM! fun time doubled. 1 1 2 What this team needs is more Defenders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjolnerd Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 (edited) I'm not sure I understand the point of this post. Are you asking for some kind of change to be made? Because there's literally a whole separate "Suggestions & Feedback" forum for that -- suggest something! If not, are you looking for solutions or workarounds from players? Just complaining/venting? In what way specifically are sentinels' patron/ancillary powers "noob junk"? Edited December 20, 2022 by Mjolnerd 1 Formerly of Virtue, now on Excelsior: Ace of Spades | Adamant Eve | Arch-Rival | The Bee | Blackbelt | Citizen Arcane | Core | Ctrl Alt Defeat | Daddy Longlegs | Diamant Drop Dead Gorgeous | Cyber-Security | Freak Accident | Galactrix | Great White Shark | Heavy Machinery | Highway Star | The Howl | Inter-Galactica | Ion Maiden Knockout Artist | Krakatoa | Night's Templar | The Pact | Paroled McDonald | Virtual Boy | Volcaniac | White Widow | Yucatan And my most recent 50, Doctor Roswell (Psychic Blast/Atomic Manipulation blaster, 16 August 2024) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Peak Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Ah welcome back, I've got my popcorn ready! 🍿 2 1 2 2 I lead weekly Indom Badge Runs / A newer giant monster guide by Glacier Peak / A tour of Pocket D easter eggs! / Arena All-Star Accolade Guide! Best Post Ever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminara Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 1 6 Get busy living... or get busy dying. That's goddamn right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayaedits Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 I guess I'm missing something other than your dislike for Sentinels? Is this a vent? Is this a suggestion for change? 2 Queen Warshade Maya Maya is....... and other Maya like toons Inc. | Excelsior She/Her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelika2 Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Diantane said: (especially with sentinels because their "epic" powers are more like noob junk). I dont see how this is an issue. 30+ is the time for mules and such for power picks. most of my melee end up taking the Concealment Pool and maybe body/energy mastery for one slot wonder powers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougGraves Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 I rarely play above 29 myself. I do join Croatoa teams with my lvl 34's. But even at +4 normal missions are just ridiculously easy and unfun. The game is best in the teens and still good in the 20's. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Myshkin Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Hmm, sure is interesting: So which is it? You can't make it over 30, or all of your characters are over 35? 3 Pylon Test Run Submission Proc Monsters (Controller Edition) Proc Monsters (Defender Edition) Pylon Test Run Results Proc Monsters (Tanker Edition) "Mad King Special" "Ceterum autem censeo Iram esse delendam" Mad King Special - Force Edition (NEW!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Peak Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, Sir Myshkin said: Hmm, sure is interesting: So which is it? You can't make it over 30, or all of your characters are over 35? The plot thickens! 🍿 2 I lead weekly Indom Badge Runs / A newer giant monster guide by Glacier Peak / A tour of Pocket D easter eggs! / Arena All-Star Accolade Guide! Best Post Ever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayaedits Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Glacier Peak said: The plot thickens! 🍿 Edited December 20, 2022 by Mayaedits 1 1 Queen Warshade Maya Maya is....... and other Maya like toons Inc. | Excelsior She/Her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diantane Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 If we were all at a party as friends and I said that about City of Heroes, would you all say the same thing? I was just thinking aloud. Don't want to change anything. I like the new way of playing. Really sorry about the poor epic powers for sentinels though and I've made 38 of them (only one of them made 50+). Those powers aren't very epic. That's something I've like the developers to improve upon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Peak Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 10 minutes ago, Diantane said: If we were all at a party as friends and I said that about City of Heroes, would you all say the same thing? I was just thinking aloud. Don't want to change anything. I like the new way of playing. Really sorry about the poor epic powers for sentinels though and I've made 38 of them (only one of them made 50+). Those powers aren't very epic. That's something I've like the developers to improve upon. This is the added context a lot of us needed since we aren't at a party as friends. We've got your past threads to go off, which have all been interesting. Anyways, I'm a fan of Sentinels and have enjoyed the recent updates to the Archetype; with 38 in your arsenal, what do you think of those changes to how you play? I lead weekly Indom Badge Runs / A newer giant monster guide by Glacier Peak / A tour of Pocket D easter eggs! / Arena All-Star Accolade Guide! Best Post Ever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminara Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 19 minutes ago, Diantane said: If we were all at a party as friends and I said that about City of Heroes, would you all say the same thing? 3 Get busy living... or get busy dying. That's goddamn right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biostem Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 4 hours ago, Diantane said: I do get some characters that I really like to play to 50 and beyond, but most of them used to get to 35 or 38 and be abandoned Sounds like a "you" issue. Have you tried changing what "you" are doing? Maybe try a different AT, an unusual powerset combination, or just take a break for a little while - burn-out is a very real thing... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironblade Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 52 minutes ago, Diantane said: Really sorry about the poor epic powers for sentinels though and I've made 38 of them (only one of them made 50+). Those powers aren't very epic. That's something I've like the developers to improve upon. Hmm.... My Sentinel is 50 and fully tier 4 incarnate (with 3 Destiny powers). By "epic powers", do you mean the Ancillary Pools (which many call epic pools) or the tier 9 power? If you mean the Ancillary Pools, nothing there impressed me so I didn't take any of them. If you mean the tier 9 in the primary, I DID take that. 1 Originally on Infinity. I have Ironblade on every shard. - My only AE arc: The Origin of Mark IV (ID 48002) Link to the story of Toggle Man, since I keep having to track down my original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biostem Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 1 minute ago, Ironblade said: If you mean the Ancillary Pools, nothing there impressed me so I didn't take any of them. I know you weren't quoting me, but I actually like how in the fire and elec APPs Sents can get heal-other abilities... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-Six Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 All good. I have some toons that I keep at 45, 40, 35, 30... even a few that I keep at level 1. then again most of those are for RP purposes. Those that will never ding 50, I still play with XP on but not train after a certain level. This improves their powers and stats but limits power picks and slots--again for RP purposes and other eccentric reasons. As for the Epic Powers (Ancillary and Patron) I tend to take or not take them for thematic purposes. I don't expect much from them, although they do lend some utility (def mules, extra res, some form of control, etc) and dimension to some of my toons. Some of my sentinels get a sword or a pet or a power that broadens their character. At the end of the day, you get to decide how you want to play the game. As Dire Straits aptly put it: "There are so many different worlds, so many different suns. We have just one world, but we live in different ones." My Toons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarky Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 I am almost the exact opposite. Unless it is a “project” with specific low level goals I farm a toon to high 20s to low 30s. Then I respec them frontloaded for exemplar activity. Then I start Posi 1,Posi2, Synapse, Tarikoss,…. You see the pattern. This allows me to enjoy the toon on PUG teams, learning the powers as they come in. I earn some merits and have fun. Fun….like all the world is Saturday morning cartoon time! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnifax Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 I'm with Snarky. Find the early levels tedious so I usually use a Fire Tank to PL a new character to ~ 27 (or 32), start IOing them with sets and play from there on. I'll happily exemp down to run TFs or join lower teams but I really don't enjoy not being well on the road. 30s are actually my favourite part of the game to be levelling because the characters & build tend to coalesce then (enough powers to make it interesting, enough slots & sets available to make them powerful). 1 1 My level 50 builds [Bullitt Time : DP/Kin Corruptor] [Carnifax : Ill/Dark Controller] [Kerriae : Plant/Storm Controller] [Echinoderm : Bio/Spines Tank] [Iron Brew : Mace/Rad Brute] [Snookered : Staff/NRG Brute] [iScream : Ice/Ice Scrapper] [Binman : Savage/Shield Stalker] [Modul-8 : Time/Sonic Defender] [Concussion Blast : Fire/NRG Domi] [Orblivion : Dark/Martial Domi] [Mombie : Necro/Nature MM] [Tempore : Water/Time Blaster] [Thermodynamic Flux : Ice/Fire Blaster] [Carni's Online CombatLog Parser Alpha] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverLaxx Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Posting in a Diantane thread. 2 exChampion and exInfinity player (Champion primarily). Current resident of the Everlasting shard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High_Beam Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 I like Jell-O 3 Girls of Nukem High - Excelsior - Tempus Fabulous, Flattery, Jennifer Chilly, Betty Beatdown, Totally Cali, Two Gun Trixie Babes of War - Excelsior - Di Di Guns, Runeslinger, Munitions Mistress, Tideway, Hard Melody, Blue Aria Several alts and of course my original from live on Freedom, High Beam Prime (someone else has her non OG name) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player2 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 2 hours ago, High_Beam said: I like Jell-O Jell-O is awful 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminara Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 10 minutes ago, Player2 said: Jell-O is awful 2 Get busy living... or get busy dying. That's goddamn right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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