Atilla_The_Pun

Given that breakdown, I'd find that one A Merit = 1 E Merit to be quite fair, and just leave Astrals out of it.

Shield is not an SG since most of the people in it are not supers.

There were 5 original X-Men, and 4 original Doom Patrol. MM's get 6 henchmen. What defines an SG?

In this game SG Leaders fight along side their SG, so I'm comfortable saying the definition of an SG doesn't matter anyway. This is just an illogical argument from people who don't want MMs as Heroes.

It'd be nice if they redid the architecture in one section of Skyway to be chinatown-like and moved the Tsoo from Steel, or just added them there.

And I love the ideas in this thread, both those based on the original and the thread jacks.

Correct on the first two, wrong on the 3rd.

I GOT my level shifts, but am not going to be using them for a bit (probably till i21) since I have other characters to Incarnate (if I can find the time). It would have been nice to be able to get the benefit from one of them (in addition to the Alpha which I can enjoy anywhere) earlier so I could enjoy it for the other 3/4 of the grind to the 2nd one.

I stopped right after getting my T3s in all 4 (5 if you count the Alpha slot) Incarnate slots because I was tired of grinding, I have limited time, and I would like to have at least one hero and one villain reasonably Incarnated on each of the 3 servers I play on. All of my 50's currently have T3s in Alpha, and most will progress to T4 (one may already have done so) as I continue to play them on and off.

IOW I didn't stop because I got the level shifts, I stopped because I got the T3 in the last power I needed it in at the moment.

The T4 is, in many cases, just not worth the effort. Thirty+ Empyrean Merits for a Very Rare salvage on top of everything two T3s for the marginal benefit increase.... meh. It'll happen when it happens. I'm not going to endlessly grind the same 2 (soon 3) trials for it.

And I give the price in E Merits because the devs "participation" + "random" roll is still screwy. Some characters I get Rares and VRares all the time, others.... well one poor MM is more likely to get 10 threads than anything else. And that just ticks me off because he's very powerful in normal content, and is constantly laying traps or giving orders to the bots in the iTrials. But that's another story.

Which I hope is the Shadow Shard.

Rularuu would be a worthy candidate for the Well to back.

And as an added bonus it gives Villains more access to the Shard.

Why would the devs give KB to WS? The WS wants the bodies piled neatly for Stygian so he can recover health and end. Nevertheless the WS gets KB, and gets it in nearly every attack.

Howabout whichever one you get the T3 in first sets the level shift to its diagonal opposite.

So if you get your T3 in Interface first you will have to get your other level shift from Lore. If Judgement first, then Destiny.

As you noted, the Incarnate trials are repetitive and boring. Which is why I have stopped with my T3s, as I believe most sane people have. This is the POV I am coming from, and I believe the OP is as well though they haven't directly stated it.

I'm OK with a compromise such as the solution Bill and I are kicking around above.

Then you've missed the point the OP is trying to make. Those level shifts (Destiny & Lore) are ONLY available in the Incarnate trials. The OP wants to enjoy those level shifts, but (unspoken) I imagine they are as sick of grinding the same two trials for Incarnate rewards as I am. Therefore, they are not playing in the trials as much since they got their level shifts.

Sure, they'll get to use them later, but when you get a new shiney you want to use it NOW. Moving at least one of them to Judgement or Interface would allow the player to enjoy that level shift while still making progress towards the current additional Incarnate rewards.

Frankly, I haven't even gone back to run TMII or Apex since I got my level shifts. And that IS something I'd like to do, but my time is extremely limited at present.

Should the chance for KD be once every 10 sec for 30 sec? Or just a one time deal?

I'd love to see this get some more attention.

I think this is the ideal solution. I like the simultaneous click because that means everyone on the team gets a veto (by not clicking).

And this is, IMO, the biggest reason. For some bizarre* reason MM secondaries cost a LOT more End the Corruptor secondaries. If your henchies die in the fighting and you've been using your secondary at all you will probably not be able to resummon them and buff them.

And, as has been pointed out, that's the MM's HP that's being summoned. Many powersets get a self heal in combat, but none of them eat the entire End bar.

*Yes, I get the reason. The theory is that the MM's henchies are doing the fighting, so to balance the MM's End usage they are heavily penalized by secondary powerset usage. Unfortunately they are also heavily penalized by summoning and rebuilding, so I strongly feel the devs are "double dipping" against the MM's ability to fight effectively.

This disallows players from attempting to run an 8 man Lambda or 16 man BAF if they choose to. Since we have no difficulty settings on these trials how else would you recommend we attempt to raise the difficulty level?

Case in point: We did a 9 man Lambda today, one team of 8 and a PUGger added by the "turnstile". (Note: We did not kick the PUGger.)

In defense of your position, I would certainly NOT want to see people w/o SGs or Coalitions locked out of these trials due to elitism. (I hate elitism and I'm better than everyone else because I do! :P ) OTOH, the person who is feeling rejected CAN start their own trial.

Nevertheless, this is yet another argument in favor of creating Incarnate content for smaller groups (e.g. 1-4 players).

No, you pay $15/month to PLAY the game. Anything you get in an update is gravy. It just so happens that Paragon Studios has a generous update policy. Some games you have to PAY for every update. We've had 2 expansions (CoV, GR) you had to pay to get, and if you didn't pay you could get one of them 2+ years after it was released for free.

An expansion I might add that contained a LOT of costume parts. No doubt GR will be free in a couple of years as well, and you can have all of THOSE costume parts (Alpha, Omega, Praetorian Police, Resistance) for free.

Hmmm, wonder how I got all these Vanguard costume parts then.....

No. Absolutely not. I have purchased every SuperBooster and other addon on one account, and about half of them on another. I like what NCSoft does with the money (increase dev headcount to swat bugs and add new features).

That "other game", the one run by the disreputable company owned by a complete jerk, is NOT what I want to play, nor is it how I want to pay for my MMO.

Earn your advantages IN GAME, not by throwing money at the company, thank you.

In addition to the above objections, taking out of game actions to gain an in-game advantage is known as "cheating" in most games. And I certainly don't want to have to pay for a new AT, or pay for specific new zones that my friends/guild might not buy and I would be unable to experience those areas with them. And lets not fragment the community, shall we?

I think my proposed solution of having their name change colors on the League display is sufficient.

Anyone who knows about the temps would quickly find out about this feature, and educate their leaguemates.

Also, the animal legs all look MUCH better if you make them short.

If you didn't notice he did include an Inf sink, something the game is sorely lacking in.

And no mention of price for this convenience was made, either.

You could have a scaling cost based on how many Enhs you put into Purgatory. Just to pull numbers out of the air, 1-10 Enhs in Purgatory = 100k each to get them out. 11-15 could be 250K, etc, etc.

Actually for me it's the walking animation. Male characters walk as if they.... um... have been playing pool facing the wrong direction. For lack of a better description. Almost all my male character have capes to cover this animation.

I have no sympathy for meleers, sorry. They are, by and large, played by the most selfish, short sighted, non-team players around.

There are exceptions, but those people have learned to play nicely with others. Just as my Storm/Energy Defender has learned to play nicely with others.

Being a team player means knowing WHERE to pull the spawn to if you have KBers on the team (i.e. near a wall, or better yet into a corner). Being a team player means not running off to the next spawn and leaving the squishies to deal with the 5 mezzing bosses you leave behind every time.