_23X_

I won't be on till late tonight ~midnight EST .... but I'll be on a while as it'll take some time to get the blaze a goin'

This game is so amazingly easy most of the time, that when we do get something that is a bit of a challenge, seems a vocal minority stand up to say it is too hard and un-soloable.

people offer suggestions to mitigate the challenge (ie: get temp powers or get a friend etc) and that is shot down with it takes time, or I hate everyone but still want to play an MMO.

it's an MMO people the whole point is to waste time doing this for fun, instead of smoking crack, or selling bogus stocks to old people in Florida.

So what if it takes you a week to gather the tools you need to run this one arc if your goal is to defeat this guy, and doing so is fun, then preparing for this epic battle should be fun.

if you can only play for 30 minutes a day, how does that change anything. after you defeat this one guy, you'll still only be able to play for 30 minutes. At 30 minutes a day it is going to take you a week or more to finish most story arcs and will only be able to run 1 maybe 2 of the TaskForces in the game; and the main reason to run this specific arc (for now) is to run the two new taskforces, neither of which have been finished in less than 1/2 an hour.

I personally think the devs are doing a good job of changing things up a bit, making us look for new ways to solve these puzzles; while still keeping the game amazingly easy. But then I have the time to play most all of the content. When I don't have time to play, I quit and give my stuff away, then come back and get more stuff.

wondering what the big exploit was anyone know?

no way either of these issues should warrant a Saturday patch.

I was hoping this patch would have gone live today, so guessing thursday ?

I lit up another billion last night, seems we are in a stalemate with the #6 group I was hoping now that there is a lot less farming we would gain more ground.

my limited experience of the events to get the badge reward option you have had to have need there for the whole event, in fact I was early to all the ones I got badges from.

if you arrive and the event is in progress I don't think you'll get the badge.

thank goodness, beacons in the shard would be bad ...

Ding! I hit 1000 before I had to go to the office today ... 1100 will have to wait 8 hours

and for one shining moment I had more badges than Hopper ...

What happened here? Did Nethergoat fall in his own fire pit? Did Fulmens get too busy funding other SGs he forgot about this one? Did granny get injured in a horrable turkey basting accident?

I told myself I wasn't going to burn any more till i19 launched, but by golly I am not going to let us catch a winter chill; not on my watch! So I'll peel off a billion and know we'll all sleep warmly tonight as the inf flames roar.

Starting Right now until the end or the year*

If Fulmens does a prestige match and you can talk him into sending me an e-mail to @23x with your global and the amount he gave; I'll match that.

*off er may expire early if Fulmens runs out of matching funds, or tells me to STFU Which ever comes first.