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[Rudra]

  On 8/19/2024 at 4:00 PM, Krimson said:

But MARTY was implemented in Issue 21. That was still happening?

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Pretty sure aggro caps were implemented long before MARTy.

[Greycat]

  On 8/19/2024 at 5:12 PM, Rudra said:

Pretty sure aggro caps were implemented long before MARTy.

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Yes. Aggro caps were introduced... eh, back in the single-digit-issue days. I (gladly) remember the shift from tanks saying "OK, everyone but the emp stay here while I herd" to ... actually getting to play my characters. AE wasn't a thing - I don't think villainside was a thing yet.

[merrypessimist]

  On 8/19/2024 at 5:12 PM, Rudra said:

Pretty sure aggro caps were implemented long before MARTy.

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They were. That history is why the Live devs made some of the choices they did though, because the playerbase had repeatedly demonstrated that their sneakiness was more significant than the dev teams'.  Of course a quarter million people beats a hundred-odd, but I assume the MARTY stuff was a hedge against what the devs would view as "the bad old days."