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I opened the thread to find out what was wrong with red side. I hadn't really noticed anything before. I mean nothing particular to red side.

I am not sure that revamping red side will make more people want to play here. That would only work if what was preventing people from playing here was something that could be revamped. But, it's also possible that fewer people are capable of realizing that they want to play villains.

Technically true, but you could do the same thing twice inside of a smaller time frame. Even though technically it wouldn't be twice in the same day, it could be twice in the same hour.

Generally, if you play at the same time. the 20 hours timer doesn't impact your play.

It does take a modicum of effort on the part of the player to coordinate his play schedule with the limits imposed by the game. This is true.
I don't find it onerous atm. ymmv.

The limiting factor was the hit points of the mob, not the amount of damage being done to the mob. The problem was that in order to get to the point where the -res could make the equivalent difference to the damage done as the damage procs, the mob would have been dead anyway before the -res is counted.
I am not sure that having a team would change that part.

But, for the really hard targets, the -res CAN amount to a greater difference in the damage than the damage procs. And, having more attacks hit a foe which is -res debuffed is more better. So a team does make the -res worth more for hard targets. But the easier the target, like min and lts, the less value the -res contributes.

True.
But when the choice is

some capped res + ~30% def
OR
soft capped def

Things get murkier.

Yes, if you plan on using inspirations as a part of your game play.
You'd be about a purple popper from soft cap and you would have some res under that.

Layered defenses are generally preferable.

Of course, there're all sorts of exceptions, but generally as a rule of thumb a little layering is nice.

To be fair, balsamic vinegar is pretty different than a lot of other vinegars.

They are handy there.
Unless you're going to spend a great deal of time in the teens and below, regular IO sets can still beat out Purples when exemplaring. Not always, but they can.
Again the purples just get beaten by not having all of the set bonuses that one might want and by virtues of being sort of piss poor on the cost/benefit ratio because of their high costs. But it's quite possible to build toons that perform well and get set bonuses from say lvl 24 and up w/o purples.
If what you're wanting is some extra end, acc, and recharge @ lvls 1 - 21, then Purples are suddenly not that optional.

I don't like playing with bossy players either. I especially don't like leaders who threaten to kick people before the mish even begins.
Glad I don't have to play with them.

I really wish they would start clearing these downtimes with me first. I am going to give them a hot little earful the next time they call me.

Where id you read this?

Yes powers to 20 nd set bonuses to lvl 18

Maybe.
It depends.
A fully IO'd toon @ lvl 50 vs lvl 50 mobs is not nearly as OP as a fully IO'd lvl 50 toon @ lvl 25 vs lvl 25 mobs.
So, you con't necessarily need as many set bonuses to as uber when exemplared as you do when you're not. In addition, if you work you enhancements correctly, you'll have much more enhancement per attribute than you would have had or could have had as a "real" lvl 25 toon.
So don't underestimate a little frankenslotting.

The down sides to purples are the cost and the fact that there set bonuses aren't always the ones you want.
PvP IOs have the same ability to keep their bonuses all the way down. Of course, they have the same downsides as the purples.

The tricky bit is that breaking point @ lvl 20.
Once you under lvl 20, virtually all of your enhancers will get nerfed.
From lvls 21 - 32, you're better off getting dual attribute enhancers @ lvl 25, triples @ 43, and quads @ 50 because they won't get nerfed when you exemplar down as low as 21.
But once you go below 21, you're better off with everything @ lvl 50+ because almost every enhancement will be nerfed.

If it kills you, that kind of defeats the purpose. So, don't let it kill you.

Idk if it's expensive, but its not impossible to hit soft cap to S/L.
I have seen it done more than once.

I tend to stop at around 32.5% and made a bind to combine some of other inspirations to purples. Then I can spend the rest of my slots on rech or w/e that toon needs.

Sweet!

I am going to buy 1000 annual subscriptions and then I will be set.

hehehe

check OP date

I suspect it depends on the toon. If the toon has some decent AoE capability, then going -1 X n may work out better.
If the toon is single target strong w/o much AoE then the +n x1 might be better.

I suspect