Well, they've always said that the 'Empathy' name doesn't make sense for a villain set, but they suggested we might get an Empathy clone with
different names for the set and powers. Now it seems, yeah, that's exactly what they're doing. I'm not sure what they mean by a
'villainous twist'...could just be a rename of the powers and tweaked graphics.
Could be they're tweaking the powers too, though. I'm curious how they're going to balance this Pain set for Masterminds in particular. I imagine
you could port Empathy over pretty much straight to Corruptors, and it wouldn't break anything. Masterminds, though...ehhhh, might it be overpowered? Now,
don't get me wrong. I've been wanting an Empathy-alike for MMs. When this goes live, chances are I'm gonna play one. I just wonder how
it's gonna be balanced for MMs. But we'll see.
As for the merit rewards system...that is interesting, yeah. I take it that's what they referred to when they said there would be an alternative to TF
farmin' (if you want particular rares). Looking at it objectively, that is good. At the very least it will add more variety to the kind of
'farm-like' activities that go on - I mean, they said you could get tokens from raids as well. And trials. Those two alone break things out of
the whole 'Damnit this enhancement only drops from level 20-40 in the TF rewards pool' frustration that anyone who's tinkered with IO
builds can attest to.
-- Acyl
different names for the set and powers. Now it seems, yeah, that's exactly what they're doing. I'm not sure what they mean by a
'villainous twist'...could just be a rename of the powers and tweaked graphics.
Could be they're tweaking the powers too, though. I'm curious how they're going to balance this Pain set for Masterminds in particular. I imagine
you could port Empathy over pretty much straight to Corruptors, and it wouldn't break anything. Masterminds, though...ehhhh, might it be overpowered? Now,
don't get me wrong. I've been wanting an Empathy-alike for MMs. When this goes live, chances are I'm gonna play one. I just wonder how
it's gonna be balanced for MMs. But we'll see.
As for the merit rewards system...that is interesting, yeah. I take it that's what they referred to when they said there would be an alternative to TF
farmin' (if you want particular rares). Looking at it objectively, that is good. At the very least it will add more variety to the kind of
'farm-like' activities that go on - I mean, they said you could get tokens from raids as well. And trials. Those two alone break things out of
the whole 'Damnit this enhancement only drops from level 20-40 in the TF rewards pool' frustration that anyone who's tinkered with IO
builds can attest to.
-- Acyl