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Per the Wiki, here's what should come with the 51 month badge:

51 Month Rewards

Tried and True Badge
Costume Change Token given to all characters on account
Costume Pieces: Crab Spider, Blood Widow, Mu Mystic, Wolf Spider Helmets


Sounds to me like you do have it - what more were you looking for?

My 60 Month reward was missing, so I submitted a /petition in-game, and 3 days later it was there and I got a very nice email from them asking if the problem was fixed.

Your experiences seem atypical to me - have you tried escalating it?

Not always - I've seen events just stop happening, like a switch being turned off.

Often requested, always supported.

/signed

Please don't take this the wrong way (but I'm not sure how to phrase it more gently) -

You have read too much advice on the forums!

Seriously, as Muon already said, sometimes stuff (in this case, how much higher level mobs resist Lethal) gets overstated. in this game, most times, the difference between one thing and another is a relatively "small" percentage, making something take a bit longer rather than become "unpossible".

But you also have a good start into solving the problem you are seeing - a willingness to try other alts. You will find one that fits you.

BTW, I found MMs harder to learn how to play compared with a Brute or Corruptor. Managing pets was so different from managing a single character. For that reason, I would *not* recommend starting out with a MM, especially if you do want the occasional PuG.

But I also recommend that you go ahead and join groups, just explain that you are new. My experience has been that you will find many players who want to expound on how to play, etc., and if you let them, they will take lots of time to explain how to work in the group. If you fall into a group unwilling to do that, quit the team and find someone else. Joining a teaming global channel will help there.

Heroside, I found that playing a Blaster was a good way to learn how teams operate - you can stand back a bit and watch how the other ATs do their thing. To some extent, you can do that with a Corruptor villainside, if you play one with a secondary that can buff/debuff quickly so you can go back to blasting.

So far, I've only moved one character - from Justice to Liberty, where I have built up a 2-player SG.

I may move a couple more lesser-played characrers off Infinity (to free up slots) in preparation of Going Rogue, since I have a couple of inherited SGs on Pinnacle & Victory.

Sign up Brighid Frost (fire/ice blaster) for this.

She's still level 40 and can start one of the teams if necessary.

I hate Redraw!

To use the Axe, you have to pull it out of nullspace (putting away anyother weapon or shield you may have out) then after whiffing with it (vet power attacks lack much in the way of Accuracy), you have to pull out the regular weapon/shield.

Plus, Sands has a cone if you line it up right, allowing me to beat on two or three opponents instead of just one. It has been coming in pretty handy for my lowbie meleers opening Presents during this Winter Event, since the Frostlings spwan packed together so nicely.

Agreed with all of the above - you can drastically limit what this person can remove using what they all told you.

So the only thing you would "lose" is any time you spent on current design and any time you might spend changing what they did if you end up hating it.

Since base editing is a massive time sink, that might be a lot of time - but to me, base editing is something I do for fun, so nothing is truly "lost".

Actually, no, I've never seen it limited by the size of the plot. It's 18 total storage items if you can make them all fit on whatever soze plot and never grows larger than that, sorry.

It can be limited by the ROOM. Your standard 2X2 Workshop can only hold 9 storage items, although they can be mixed as Chad noted. To hold the maximum number of storage items, you need 2 of these rooms - that is 2 rooms X 9 storage = 18 total storage items.

Some other rooms also take storage items - it's listed on the Detail portion for that room in the base editor. I know that the Oversight Room can hold 1 storage, Control Rooms & Energy Rooms can hold 1 storage, at least one of the medical Rooms can hold 1 storage. Transport Rooms do not hold storage, nor does the Entry Room or any Decorative Room.

You can only have 1 Vault ( and a second one would be pointless, as they access the same storage space as the one in the Vault Reserve, and a second one adds nothing).

An "Invention Table" isn't a storage item (it's a different class of item called "workshop" IIRC) and does not count against your 18 storage item total - again, this makes sense, since you aren't storing anything in it, just using it to make stuff to store.

Here is the general Wiki link regarding bases - you can drill down further from there:

http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Base

Why are you saving them?

I will make an assumption that you think you may want to use them later, but can't right now? Also, you may have gone to the market and seen that recipes are expensive?

My advice is to sell anything that you won't be using in a level or two - on the market if it's a recipe that is pulling in good Inf consistently, or at a vendor. You can always buy it later if you still want it. And in the meantime, you now have Inf to buy something you can use now.

Generally speaking, the Devs seem to be saying that we aren't supposed to be holding recipes - that's why we don't have a way to keep any significant number of them.

Paragonwiki link for telepads:


http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Basic_Telepad

I only have the medicine pool on 1 out of about 25 blasters. And for that one, it's an experiment like Riverdusk has. The good thing is that with the ability to have a second build, you can try the same blaster with and without that pool (it gets a bit pricy if you want to IO them both out, however).

As far as the lack of Infl goes, there is a large element of randomness to it at least until you get to the upper teens, so your observation that your blasters are poor in comparison with a scrapper is anecdotal at best. Think back - did that scrapper get a really good drop or two, maybe a run of Luck Charms?

There's no good reason why your new blaster can't have as many opportunities to get merits as the scrapper did. The soloing tactic is different (as many have pointed out) but blasters can certainly solo content, including story arcs for merits.

All my blasters fly and all of them get Stamina by the mid20s (not all right at level 20). Beyond that, some have Stealth, some don't even take a third or fourth power pool, instead taking nearly all the primary/secondary and then ancillary power pool.

What server is your new blaster on? If I have a character there, I would be happy to promote your blasting career with a gift of Infl.

Villains access the aura mission the same way they do the cape mission - by talking to their initial contact (Kalinda or Burke).

Note that time of day also may have an effect on how populated a server is, since there are a couple of servers which are the unofficial homes for player communities outside the continental US.

If you are playing at off-peak hours (typically any time not after work, 6 p.m. to midnight in the US plus weekends) you may want to check those servers out.

I know Justice is/was the Pacific Oceanic server for those playing really off-peak for US hours.