Arrgh
Leveling and levels in City of Heroes and City of Villains is a true pain. I seem to have the greatest of skill to hit those in-between levels that friends and acquaintences are nowhere near and thus must either solo or be SK'd in the game continuously and feel like a burden on the rest. I saw it from the other side when I was the L-40 mentor to L-15 Timetripper (Kill) and watched rather helplessly as she got routinely slaughtered by the Carnival of Shadows in short order. My efforts were about worthless as I am not able to draw aggro like a good tank or scrapper and my flash doesn't always stun everyone, and so Timetripper was facing two sometimes three or more enemies alone, and as a low level SK'd, she didn't have the number of attacks needed to help herself out of the jam. I felt pretty bad about that debt she accumulated, and I see why even the best of friends are reluctant in that circumstance to SK such a disparate member. I think it would be nice to have two or so characters that were a dedicated unit that could stick together as a team, so everyone could have a good time together. I think this was one reason dark renaissance fell apart beyond the RL meltdowns of a former member, people didn't have anyone to work with.
posted by JD at
4:57:00 AM
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Yeah, we were discussing that yesterday. What is it that makes a group of characters "click"? It's more, I think, than personalities (of either the characters or the players).
Is it more than a shared background? (Would Scott and Thad work as well together if they weren't designed as brothers?)
Is it a common goal? (The goal of DR was somewhat braod, but specifics like YJ and Winter's mutual hatred definitely worked.)
Or is it a shared evolution where each character finds a complementary way to relate to the other characters? (Look at how Kit and Notion's relationship evolved.)
Maybe there isn't a single answer . . .
Don't worry about the debt - I'm not in the game entirely for the XP, you should know that by now. :)
You're absolutely right that I felt like I didn't have the right attacks/defenses to face Carnies, and that was the reason I died so much. So now I can understand the abilities of enemies match the abilities of heroes.
Re: "Why are we teaming together, anyway?" I'm with Ice in the above. I also like using things in the game itself as a reason, with a culmination in something in game. Taking a game story line and applying it to yourself (or your group) like Bank had said Guild Wars does, or like E did with the whole Malta/Styrm thing, is a great idea. Your "Rescue someone" as a rescue Kit is a wonderful idea.
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