Chant

Ha, you don't know how I roll. My dom has been level 50 since, uh, Friday I think?

I currently have went with mindl/fire/fire. But I may change the epic to ice and try that for awhile. I love the damage with the fire epic, but so far Ive been beat up on pretty hard in some task forces. I currently have three purple sets, but Im waiting before buying the more expensive sets to make a final decision on my build.

That room is not complained about as much. I made the stones where if you jump too far onto one stone, you would be stopped by the edge of the next stone. Plus usually people go DOWN the entrance instead of up. I hardly receive complaints about it.

Now the circular floating stones leading up to the three hazard zone teleporter.... yes I have people fussing at me all the time about that. I explain that the base is very much built with aesthetics in mind instead of functionality.

Although the base is easy to learn. Everything spawns off long hallways shaped like a cross. When you get to the crossroads from the entrance you go straight for teleporters, or go right for storage and oro. Left is just pretty stuff.

I know I at least was sold for 700 million. Masque was the highest at over 2 billion. I was surprised, if I remember correctly Avatea only sold for 400 something million. People must not have been paying attention.

I was surprised I went so high. I don't know crap about badges compared to some people and I am only a half-decent farmer and moderately gifted TFer. Im good with builds but only with ATs I have had direct experience with, which is not many. I was auctioned for base help though, which made me happy as some people still value quality base work. Of course I encouraged my friends to bid for me (even tried to bribe them) but in the end it was someone I will have the chance to get to know instead of someone on my global. I won't mention them since it was an anonymous bid.


I've been auctioned off twice for base building, advertising myself as a base builder which I feel is my most unique and strongest skill.

Pictures on the forums are helpful but nothing is actually like going into a base. Maybe that's just because I suck with screenshots though. My favorite room is my teleporter room but I always thought it looked bland in screenshots because you don't get the 3d feel to it that really explains its complexity. Below is a sample though, the room behind it is incomplete but you really cannot see it well in the picture anyways. This is my "Oro Room."


2010-11-10 21:52:55 by gh.ritchie, on Flickr

As for how to bid off base builders? Well I think its better to teach a person than to build stuff for them. Of course is someone is paying me to just build stuff for 4 hours, then I will do that because they paid. But I think I can help them out more by teaching them the skills they need to make their base work and be aesthetically pleasing. Basically work as a consultant. I think if you follow my advice you can avoid looking like a noob to the rest of the multi-server builder community and have the tools to express what you have in mind with more tools readily available. Want to make a space station with windows and a black canvas with stars lit upon them? There's a simple way to do that. Want to build a pyramid? Hope you have plenty of time, but there's a way to do that. Spiral staircases? As long as you don't mind cursing excessively while you learn how to do it, I can teach you that. A giant three-story strip club complete with meeting rooms and VIP lounges? I can teach you that, and hopefully you wont delete the 5,000 piece room afterwards like I did and regret it later.

Of course I have been asked to just build a base for people before. Some people just don't have the patience to learn basic stuff about the base builder and want someone to just set up a simple base for them with the teleporters, etc. I have also been drafted to just create a particular room too. But I do think its better to have one base builder instead of multiple. I can tell by looking at a base if more than one person has worked on it usually, and it's not a pretty sight usually. Bases are more epic when there is a central theme, and consistent building habits.

Whatever you do, don't stack with desks unless its called for. You look better not trying and just having a simple base built for operation.