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Hmm, not sure which Devs I'll be able to catch on the EU servers. Its a pity Warwitch and Doc Aeon are on 5-6, because thats the time my net is most likely to be idiotic and not let me log in, despite the fact I should be able to log in after 5pm.
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Quote:If I buy TOs and then DOs then I sure as heck cant afford SOs at 22 when I get there, unless I transfer money from another char (at least I17 will make that easier). There is very little I can avoid at lvl 1-21 anyway. I dont take end heavy attacks or toggles I know I wont use. I do pretty much everything I can to keep end use low at low levels.Originally Posted by HelinCarnate
Not your fault that you cannot purchase SOs before 22. It is however your fault if you play like you had SOs before 22.
See the above arguement about money limitation. And I only pop blues when Im literally about to lose all my shields, or in desperate need to get rid of the last bit of health on the LT/Boss before he kills me.Quote:Not your fault about the number of slots you have. It is your fault if you do not use them to include room for end redux. Not your fault for having a small amount of room for insprations. It is your fault if you pop a blue every time you are at half a bar instead of waiting until you are at 1/4 or less when it is actually needed.
I know it doesn't work that way. I still object to how much sprint costs (it costs MORE than an armour toggle, for heaven sake) but I do de-toggle it, and tend to use brawl to finish off near dead foes.Quote:Other common blue bar killers are using toggles that are not needed. IE mez protection vs mobs without mez or energy resist vs mobs that only do S/L.
Overkill is a common blue bar killer. Using heavy hitting attacks vs mobs with only a few HP or using aoe attacks on single mobs. A little patience for another attack to charge saves that blue bar some damage.
Leaving sprint on while fighting or rushing to the next mob with half a blue bar is another common mistake. If you are at half a bar and just turn off sprint and just jog over to the next group you will have more endurance at the start of the fight and you will need to rest less often. Now on brutes I can see using sprint alot since your damage is based off of your fury bar. But anyone else needs to either learn patience at the lower levels or expect to be out of breath. It is your choice.
It seems far too many people get used to their level 50 toons and expect their new lowbies to perform the same. Sorry, it just does not work that way.
I don't expect my chars to perform at level 50 levels at low levels. But I dont expect to have to accept sucking endurance like an old man as 'Fun'. Because it isn't. And it makes 1-22 feel like a horrible grind, for the most part. -
Let Doc Aeon or whoever wrote the new Hero and Vill side arcs from I17 loose on them. Even if it wasn't using all the new shiny tools, it'd still be better than the absolute Jackinated trash that is there now.
Oh, and Sam; I lol'd
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Quote:People can already buy veteran rewards.Originally Posted by Santorican
I think PS should take any chance they can get to make more money so why not but they should make each vet reward the price of each interval so 45 dollars for every three months.
It's called paying your sub for 60+ months.
So, no. It's not going to change. No, it wouldn't benefit 'New Players' because they will still be learning the game when they first sub.
And, no, it shouldn't change.
Because nothing is going to stop this suggestion from being really bloody stupid. -
Quote:So, it's my fault that I cannot purchase SOs before 22, only have a certain ammount of slots to put in powers till that point, run out of insps due to using them during fights and that mobs take a while to kill due to base chance?Originally Posted by HelinCarnate
And yet others do not have the same issue. That points to the issue being the player more than the game. If you are at 0 end at the end of every fight while popping blues the issue is probably you.
Yeah, I'll buy that like I'll buy a pound of horse manure, thanks.
(Sorry, its been a long night, and I really don't appreciate being told what seems like a slightly rusted game mechanic is somehow my fault) -
Quote:Really...?Originally Posted by Zamuel
Something else interesting about that is the fact that while not used in such a capacity, RIP as a group actually goes all the way up to lvl 40.
Wow. Fact f'today.
I say expand on their prescence a LOT. RIP are the police force. Arachnos are the army. You should maybe see squads around the Arachnos bases, but the rest of it should be RIP beat. -
Quote:Which is a shame. Because I feel that idea has a LOT of merit. Face it, who the hell slots TOs? Or really DOs for that matter? The fact is, they are grossly inferior to SOs, which you play 28 levels of the game on. It feels like a horrible leftover from the original Jackanised quasi-Korean MMO idea, like Hunts and Defeat all Praetorian arcs (The old ones. The horrible huge maps with tons of same-ish mobs to clear.)Originally Posted by Eiko-chan
Last time I made this suggestion, I got neg-repped with "yet another "give me now!" request". These forums crack me up.
The OP made me raise an eyebrow at first but, looking at replies like Arcana's, I think the idea has more merit than I first gave it credit for. Would be nice to see something along the lines like this happen. Certainly anything to make 1-22 less of a grind out of the dark ages (warning, previous setance contains opinion) -
Quote:And thats EXACTLY why this suggestion is so much fail.Originally Posted by Vitality
You acting as if the current 60 month vets would feel cheated. I don't understand that.
Im sorry, it is. Do I have the 60 month award? No. Do I want it? Hell yes! Whats its cost? 60 months in subscriptions. See? You already CAN buy it. End of problem! Everyones happy! -
I for one would prefer they spend time applying rust-cure and polish to the old content, ESPECIALLY the old blueside stuff. Run the current Praet arcs. Defeat all. Defeat all. Defeat all, huge map. Defeat all, huge map. Something of a pattern, no? And its DULL. It's really, really, mind numbingly, will sappingly dull.
The redside content, for the most part, is a bit more varies, better written and less grindy. But blueside, once you've exhausted Hollows and Faultline, which have both had more recent overhauls and are much fresher, quickly becomes a horror house of same old same old.
"But we need new shinies-"
NO! No you don't, not if the chassis of the game is starting to rust and crack from being nearly six years old content!
New shinies will not distract from the fact that the old stuff, especially blueside, is still the mainstay of the levelling content. The old arcs and the old mob models are really, REALLY starting to show their age. Ultra mode gives a much needed breath of life to the settings, but not to the mobs themselves. And Praetoria and the I17 new arcs dont give new life to old, repetitive content, which is in dire need of some attention. -
Quote:Heh, you can do. I think it won't change the simple fact; MA/SR is a wh0re before lvl 22. Now I'm there, I think I'll find it much more enjoyable.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Heh, this is a sentiment I can fully get behind
By the way, would you like me to have a look at the MA/SR numbers and see if I can't help you out? I haven't done numbers for those yet (haven't had reason to) and I wouldn't want to do it just for the sport of it, but if I can help, let me know. Via PM, if need be. -
I wouldn't say wierd.
Self-punishing, very much so
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Inspirations are finite. Believe me, I've blown through so many damn blues on my MA/SR scrapper it's unbelievable. And, guess what? Im STILL back to 0 endurance by the end of the fight.
I would seriously ask for Rest to be given 0 recharge. Maybe a boost to base recovery, the debuff to Stamina only if it wound up with the same combined numbers in the end.
None of this is about 'Waaah, I don't want to rest!'. Believe me, I'd like to rest more. But I can't. And I object to being made to feel like sub-par for the 12-22 range, through no fault of my own. The fact that it has happened on every character EXCEPT those with /Regen or a Defender says a lot. -
tl;dr
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If Castle thinks it needs changing, it will be. If not, it won't change.
*shrug* Sounds like a fairly simple equation to me. And Rage works pretty well as it is, for me and those I play with anyhow. -
Quote:If even the most merit-retarded person in game (aka Myself) can get a a -KB IO using merits, so can anyone, frankly.Originally Posted by JD_Gumby
Not everyone can afford the millions of Inf, or even the merits, the -knockback IOs & recipes cost, has the slots to spare, or even powers that can take Defense sets and/or Resist Damage sets. Personally, I find I've usually more room for an extra power than for extra slots - especially since Super Jump tends to be my default travel power anyways (when I'm not relying on Hurdle + Ninja Run, that is).
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Quote:Here, have an internetsOriginally Posted by FredrikSvanberg
You want non-anthropomorphic children?
I love it when people try arguing things without actually taking a moment to cure their cranial-rectal reversal disorder. -
Axing the rechargfe on rest would be a great way, imo, to making all low level stuff a bit more bareable. It makes 0% sense how you have to wait to rest again, whatever way you cut it. And its no get out of jail free card, either; if you get snuck up on while Resting, you're taking a trip out-side via mediport, unless you're rather fast on the detoggle. The massive def and res debuffs while using it make it something you need to use carefully as is.
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Quote:Amen to that.Originally Posted by BBQ_Pork
I think that it is unfortunate that in RL, Politeness is too rare of a powerset.
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Quote:Beleive me, Brand, I've taken all possibles into consideration.Originally Posted by BrandX
If you're left lungless after one mob, on normal difficulty something is wrong with what you're doing. I've never been left lungless after one mob.
Are you just getting unlucky and missing an even level mob that much?
And frankly, before 3 SO slotted Stamina, MA/SR is the endurance wh0re from hell. Yes, it does high damage. But it brains end like no other combo I've played. Give it a shot, and see if I really am doing something stupidly wrong. -
I lol'd ^^
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Quote:Yeah, 20+ is where Warshades take off into orbit. Stygian Circle = never need for health or stamina again. Corpse bomb, pet power, Cone stun, Dwarf form...all the goodness that comes with being purple and bad@ssOriginally Posted by Far_Realm
So far I've found my Peacebringer is much more effective than my Warshade, but I've only gotten them to level 20....
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Quote:^ ThisOriginally Posted by FredrikSvanberg
The costume generator can already be abused as it is, in countless ways. Nobody is sitting around looking at every costume that is made to make sure it's fine. The GMs take action when they get reports about copyright infringement or other questionable costumes. This would not be an exception.
You've not lived until you've seen a huge wearing nothing but pink speedos jumping around under Atlas.
Nor have you used such large quantities of mind bleach... -
Quote:Unless it's a label that gets given to artists who happen to draw some anthro characters, and intended as an insult.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Furries are totally harmless
All the ones I've met so far in the game have been normal polite, helpful people - they just seem to get way more of a bad rep for the weirder and extreme section of their community than other communities get for theirs.
Then they get as ticked as everyone else does for getting labelled as a 'freak' by idiots who don't know any different and all that cr@p. -
Quote:Kindly drop that schtick.Originally Posted by Tokyo
Please Black Pebble... No furry CoX packs...
Before I belt you one with it.
It's getting really damn tiresome. -
Quote:Amen. Its more an annoyance factor than anything else. This is why I still freely admit to taking a lot of shortcuts to 22 when I could. I just want those levels to be over with, so I can start getting real powers again and doing more than just 'getting by'Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
And that right there, Sam, is all anyone has been stating all along:
Is stamina necessary? Nope. Not for ANY character, EVER.
Does that mean all of us can or will have fun without stamina? HELL no.
I still HATE the 1-22 range. Even with as quickly as it goes by these days. Characters just don't feel right without 3 slotted stamina and/or QR.