Badaxe

Is this true? I'm sure my level 50 with two fly IOs slotted flys a lot faster then my other level 50's with only one slotted. Maybe, I'll run a race tonight to check.

If it is true and putting a flight IO into fly does nothing, then I may respec to use the slot elsewhere.

Maybe not so much bad luck on your MM, but extremely good luck on your other toons.

On all of my characters the best I’ve seen is a maximum of 1 VR every 50 or so runs. I’ll hate to think my luck is that bad compare to others

Same here. No way I'll move my main characters without my SG going as well.

Finally an intelligence AI in a MMORPG

Same here.

However, I can't help but fear the words "accessible" will end up meaning that "an easy option for solo players to group to do Incarnate systems" and the word "alternative" will equate to extremely long and time consuming path that will require some type of farming activity.

And offcourse the words "future issue" could mean anything from next issue to in ten issues time?

I'm not been negative just a realist maybe

I understand the biggest issue that have with introducing an alternative solo path is that they are concern that those players that do group will choose it over grouping with other. But for I20 they went way too far to avoid this, I hope they are more realistic in the future.

Short answer - I survive ok but my pet don't (PFF helps). Well I survive as much as the next person in that I may die once or twice if I'm unlucky. But if everone splits up and runs in all directions I'll most likly die more. I normally try to keep as close to a tank as possible during this stage (that really goes for any low defence AT I guess).

Make it an option to turn on or off is fine, but some people like myself may still need the text. Because of the age of my PC I have most graphics turn off (the red circle doesn’t appear). Most likely due to my own age I also can't keep scanning the whole screen for visual indicators all the time. A nice big red message that appears in the middle of the screen helps some people a lot.

Most characters I don't have to worry about the War Walkers Orbital Lance attacks anyway, but for others like my MM it's important.

The more options they give to suit different people the better.

The results I’m getting would suggest the problem is quite obvious; when it comes to the rewards either pets actions are (hopefully that’s now “where”) not counted at all or only what pets you have active at the very end of the trail are considered.

I’ve done around 50 Lambda’s and BAFs with my MM, I’ve never gotten the Threads reward on a BAF but get Threads about 30% of the time for Lambda. The main difference between the two is that during a Lambda my pets die a lot (especially during the warehouse/lab phase) however my pets often survive a whole BAF without dying once.

The other issue is that I crash more often on a Lambda (due mainly to a 5 year old PC). On my other characters I can crash and come back and still get on the reward table fairly easy. On my MM I’ve been only able to get on the rewards table once after an disconnection (most likely because that time half the league got disconnected).

Offcourse such a suggestion will only help those players that have no trouble running the trails now anyway. If you can get on or want to get on a high difficulty TF, then you are likely doing multiple trails already. It won't do anything for those that are having problems getting on (or don't want to do) trails.

Not saying it's a bad suggestion, just pointing out that it doesn’t help solve all the issues and arguably will only benfit a small percentage of the overall playerbase.

That may be your definition of casual; it's not the same as everyone’s. It doesn’t matter what title you give them, there is a large group of players that don’t play many hours per week (compare to others) and for one reason or another find it difficult to do a lot of TFs or Trails.

And I don’t think I’ve seen anyone demanding to get all the rewards ASAP without doing any effort. However, a lot of players do what the chance to be able to get them in a reasonable amount of time without been forced to completely change their playing style. The last thing many want is to be forced to start farming, be it for inf, drops or whatever.

The problem is not about there been two ways to get the rewards, the problem is the vastly difference amount of effort required with the two methods. Play one way and get all the rewards in a week, or try the other method and don’t get the same rewards for over a year.

Many players can’t see the issue because they find it difficult to see the other side’s point of view. Saying, “but do it the way I can do it” is not a valid response.

I’m not sure why this thread ended up been about casuals vs others anyway. Maybe the OP should replaced the word "casual" with "unlucky" in their first post.

Exactly what kept popping into my mind a few times while trying to understand all this, why get rid of one system because it was too confusing for a lot of players (ironically I didn’t think it was) then later bring in another similar system (although for a different purpose) that can be ten times more confusing.

I just want to play the game to relax and continue to progress my characters without having to read up on heaps of guides on what to do - that's too much like work and (for me anyway) kind of defeats the reason for playing. It’s the main reason I quit Everquest after been a guild leader of a raiding guild that lasted seven years.

I always end up with negative feelings about this game when I read the forums for any length of time. But unfortunately the major changes and additional complexity added to the game almost requires it to understand the new system. I’m not talking about the difficult level of the new trails, just the method used to progress your character, it could had been done with a lot less complexity.

Yes same on my server, however I was checking all the global channels as well (I'm aware of the ones that get used) and no TF's or Trails where starting. A common occurance during off prime US time, it's only on weekends that some people get a chance to group.

In a way I've been luckly by refusing to work weekends for the last couple of months - but soon I'll have to go back to working weekends and then it will no TFs or Trails for me

Been only able to (full) group only once or twice every month was not a huge problem, until now.