Bill Z Bubba

You're correct, actually. That was rude and uncalled for and I apologize to Clouded for it. It's also rude and useless to keep repeating the mantra "I don't get it" or "I don't see the point" when both have been plainly laid out multiple times.

You find the TF/SFs in the game team worthy. Some people can't handle EBs during standard arcs. Should those missions be locked down with a minimum team requirement because players with specific powerset combinations and/or build choices are unable to complete the task at hand?

If not, then why should TF/SFs be locked down?

Now this line of thinking sounds very familiar to me. It reminds me that Kheldians aren't allowed access to the teleport or flight power pools. Do you know why that is?

Because the devs decided that there would be players too stupid to realize that taking teleport twice on a warshade would probably be a waste of a power pick.

Seriously. That's the real reason.

And it's now being repeated as a primary reason to leave TF/SFs with a minimum team size requirement. Text stating "this mission arc is designed for a team size of X. Attempting it with less than that may lead to failure," isn't good enough because too many players can't/don't read or can't be bothered with doing so and accepting the consequences.

Well done, A_T. You have swayed my opinion. I now accept why this request will never be granted and my pursuit of it stops now.

Clouded, I again apologize to you for my outburst.

That doesn't avoid the hoop. It still forces me to get X number of players to start what is so obviously not team-worthy content.

Ok. Quit posting in threads asking for it. The logic for keeping the status quo in place has been boiled down to one thing: the work involved to change it. All other reasons for forced teaming of non-team worthy content have been trounced into the ground repeatedly. Since it doesn't matter to you one way or the other, stay out of it.

All the TF/SFs would STILL be directed towards teaming. As stated, only a very small percentage of the playerbase have the builds and/or the will to bother soloing this content.

What's the point in leaving in a completely arbitrary hurdle toward getting it started when it's already going to be a rough ride to accomplish?

There's good forced teaming design: Hamidon and the Rikti Ship Raid
There's lousy forced teaming design: multiple click glowies and arbitrary minimum team sizes.

Getting more of the first while getting rid of the second is good game design. Leaving forced minimum requirements in place while also leaving in an age old exploit to get around the minimum requirements is bad game design.

Wait.. what? All I gotta do is bang Mother Mayhem and I get psi resistance? Sign me up.

That's too bad. Now that you state it, I somewhat remember being annoyed at its removal.

EDIT: There is One logical reason for not making the change: It involves work. The percentage of the playerbase that solos TF/SFs is very small. The return on investment is also very small.

Doesn't mean I'll quit asking for it.

I'm good with all three.

And I'm pretty sure, unless it was removed again and I didn't notice it, that all TF/SFs never scale down below the level that spawns for the minimum team size.

I know that when I was soloing Maniticore's TF, the spawn sizes were a hell of a lot bigger than would normally spawn for a duo.

DV,

Couple of things:

Unless you're planning on teaming heavily, brute damage mitigation is identical to scrapper mitigation beyond slightly higher HP.

While it is going to be painful on the end use until power sink, I think that you would have a far better time with sm/elec than you would with elec/stone.

Stone Armor is very anti-brute, in my opinion, due to all the -movement involved.

No, it's not the same. The rewards are not adjusted accordingly for one. For another, +4 bosses are more interesting than +0 bosses with buffs while the players are debuffed.

Because it's not remotely possible that every power has a base accuracy listed regardless of whether it's Also flagged as autohit.

Wrong. The hamidon is mechanically impossible for anyone to solo. It is team content.

No, I don't wish all TFs to suddenly sprout *min team req* # of glowies. I stated that I want the devs to either make TFs mechanically impossible to solo, or allow them to be started solo. As there are now MANY individuals soloing the majority of the existing TF/SFs, what was once considered team content has been proven to no longer be team content.

Stating that I've said something I haven't means that you have already failed to refute what I have stated. You continue to do so with most of this post.

1: Many others have joined in with the same request. Therefore I am not speaking solely for myself. I am one in a large group asking for this change.

2: Anyone choosing not to read the descriptions of the TF/SFs has no one to blame but themselves.

In other words, absolutely nothing will change around here.

No badges. Problem solved. You get the existing badges. Players ask for things all the time that we don't get. This is probably another example of that. Sometimes we do get what we ask for, like claws for brutes and an enhanced difficulty system. This is why people ask for things.

Your fault for going into a situation ignorant. You accept the consequences for doing so.

1: You choose not to utilize the tools available and spend the time getting those tools which would allow you to solo the content some of us are able to. I'm certainly not able to pull off half the crap I can with my main with the rest of my characters. That is my choice. I accept the limitations that I have placed on those characters with the powersets that I have chosen for them and with the time I have spent building them up.

It is neither fair nor unfair. It is the way the game is designed. The devs have already given us the tools and the design that allows for these feats of solo silliness.

2: The devs would have to do no such thing. There are already EBs in this game that some powersets simply can NOT overcome solo. Their contacts DO inform them of the difficulty they might have. That's why it's so easy to invite other players to help out. Wow, a solution is already in place.

Inform the players up front what they're in for. If they choose to ignore that information and fail, it's their fault, not the devs.

Your fears of a further divided playerbase lack data to back them up.

EDIT: Yes, I understand the the tools are in place for me to solo whatever TF I want whenever I can find enough pads to start it and have one account available to log off instead of quit. However, I consider utilizing such a workaround/bug/exploit to be distasteful. Mostly because I don't like bothering others to pad. I will continue using those tools until a better solution is provided by the devs.

And I will continue /signing and posting my agreement whenever I see a thread pop up asking for the ability to start TFs/SFs solo. At least until this game's lead designer pops in and states, for the record, that it will never happen. If such a thing occurs, I will save the post as a favorite and simply point all newcomers asking for this feature to the statement in question.