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What is this? I was on Facebook using a nearly public access (Hotel WiFi) in another state just yesterday. I have never heard of this happening there.

I have heard of something similar to this happening in another MMO with a humongous playerbase that was trying to get their players to switch to an authenitcator, but never on FB.

And I guess one response to most of the "fixes" I see here in this thread would be "SCR applies". We don't know if adding all these fancy-schmancy routines to block some the RMTers would or would not break stuff for legitimate players.

The fix that would allow someone to sell NCSoft's intellectual property is just daft. It doesn't match my (admittedly limited) understanding of how defending one's intellectual property rights works under US laws. I would like to see the legal resoning supported by reference to common law, case law and regulation that supports that position (but then, I have a legal education, and I'm crazy that way.)

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This.

I have a few characters with Hasten, mostly those who happen to have a power pick at a level where I can't decide what else to take.

Kinda like the situation where someone tries to hold back the sea by building a wall at the shore - only the waves just go around the ends of the wall anyway.

Regarding international law - yeah, that's really more of an agreement between nations that there are certain rules that "everyone" will follow, provided, of course, that everyone signs on. And the Chinese pretty much don't sign on, so anyone trying to "enforce" international contract or intellectual property "law" is hosed when dealing with them.

But currently we have "Patrol XP" awarded while we are logged out. Giving any other "XP Boost" seems superfluous given that.

Why would my level 10 Blaster need another ranged attack just for reaching level 10? And we already have a small ranged attack given as the Freebie Origin power (thhrowing knives, apprentice charm, etc.)

And the level 40 self teleport also somewhat duplicates either a power already given for logging out in an auction house or duplicates a teleport power purchaseable at the Store (Mission Teleporter).

For level 50 - I know it seems like sacrilege - but 2 of my 5 level 50 characters haven't done anything to get a Notice of the Well and probably never will, so your proposal for that level won't work out either.

Basically, I think my point is that coming up with suitable rewards that don't already duplicate something already granted elsewhere.

The City (and the Isles) already give you something to show their appreciation - a Badge! Yeah that and a couple dollars get you a cup of coffee, but it does show appreciation.

Probably won't be deleted until Tuesday, holiday weekend & all that.

I could probably dissect Dur's novel theory about how copyright laws work, but that's too much like work for a holiday.

This may be correct, but a min/maxer may just be someone who can read min/max builds posted on the forums, rather than someone who has worked it out for himself/herself. At this point in the game, there's a lot of the number-crunching done already for folks to copy....

Hi, Mental Maden!

OK, now that the AA joke is done - see my signature. I have about 50-60 characters spread across 5 servers, although recently, I have mainly been playing the 15 or 16 I have on Infinity more than the rest. When I hear from one of my global friends or even when I get an invite from a stranger to join a TF, my first response is "What does the team need?" because I have no problem switching from whatever character I am currently playing to something else if the team needs buffs or control or moarDPS.

And I know that compared to some people around here, 50-60 characters makes me a rank amateur!

I have to agree that this is the worst part of the arc - run to Perez Park (closest place to find gobs of Lost) and zap one wait while his former buddies beat up on him for a bit, zap the next, reinse/repeat. UGH!

The run all over Atlas Park isn't much fun either, but at least the Vanguard depot is close to City Hall.

SG membership has nothing to do with getting on a Task Force (heroside) or Strike Force (villainside). You can join a team without being in a SG.

Most teams form by broadcasting either through global channels set up by players - different ones for each server - or by broadcasting in Help (even though that isn' meant to be the purpose of the Help channel.)

What server are you on? For example, on Infinity, some decent teaming channels are Infinity Badges, Infinity Hamidon and AE_Anonymous.

But since you are a Rogue, you can join a TF or a SF because your character can actually got from the Rogue Isles to Paragon City by going through Pocket D.

The reason your Rogue can't join a heroside SG is because you haven't turned towards hero far enough yet.

Has anyone pointed you to Paragonwiki.com yet? That can be a great place to find out what changed while you were gone and maybe even some old stuff you had not encountered when you last played.