Chaos Creator

Originally Posted by Another_Fan

And that would include things like trading between servers, setting up a red blue currency exchange or providing a secure way to have transactions that bypass the inf cap as other things you would be against by the same logic ?

Originally Posted by StarCrusader

This was a ripp off....more like 20 new details....nowhere close to 60....scaaaaaaaaam, scaaaaaaaaam.....and beast run is the same as ninja run....hacks and cheats !!!

Originally Posted by Master Zaprobo

Perhaps a new command of "Mirror" is needed - attacking what you attack, following when you move, etc.

Not sure that the AI could do it, but still would perhaps be nice.

Originally Posted by Fluorescent

Ahh wonderful. More items we have to pay for. I kinda wonder... why do we pay a monthly fee to NCSoft and then have to pay more for any new thing that comes out. I mean you buy the actual CoH Itself ((blue/Red/Gold)) so you can play it and then the monthly fee. And then maybe you pay for services like transferring characters or paying for server space for ARC slots/character slots. Which I don't mind...

But I don't think you should have to pay for content (( by content I mean costume pieces and emotes)) that should already be in the game. I know I'm not going to find many that will agree with me, but oh well.

At least it isn't the five emotes for 8 bucks sports or party pack. (( that was just lame. ))

Originally Posted by Blood_Beret

Have you seen the price of mid level salvage?

Originally Posted by Steelclaw

Both actually... several people from the forums have recognized me in-game... most have been gracious and nice in a "let's pat the poor boy on the head because we know he's not all there" sort of way.

There has been one memorable individual however... who.. upon realizing whom he had just accepted onto his team.. promptly demanded to know if I was capable of NOT saying anything at all during the task force (it was the Posi TF if I remember correctly)... I admited that the chances of me being able to keep my "chat mouth" shut during the entire TF was about equal to that of a flea dying of starvation in a dog pound...

He kicked me immediately.

Originally Posted by RagManX

Having participated in the "Buying all of <insert_item_name>" market sprees, I was worried that this would be a rant against someone like me. However, when I did it, I deleted everything I purchased rather than relisting it at a crazy high price. Glad to know that what I did isn't griefing. I'd hate to be viewed negatively.

Even though I'm clearly not a griefer, I still don't care for the above suggestion.

RagManX

Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill

Do you have actual *proof* this is happening, as opposed to "Hey, there's demand for this now, I'm listing higher!" going on?

Besides, you have alternate means. Go play in AE for a bit. Use tickets, roll the random common salvage at the levels you want/need, sell what you don't need either at the vendor or the market. The market's not the only game in town.

Originally Posted by Fulmens

MLC suffered from Fulmens Attention Disorder. I still generate a few, still buy a few, people log into MLC and do stuff, but it's not really "my" supergroup in any plausible sense.

Anyway. Welcome back!

Originally Posted by Kobolt_Thunder

Goku time...Boom!

Originally Posted by TheJazMan

Well, many of them are not fun and are of horrid design. The TFs to obtain the TF Commander accolade are pretty brutal (the new Posi is the exception). The Shadow Shard stuff is awful...just awful. The Lady Grey is ok and some of the others are decent. The ITF is fun and features unique maps - I enjoy running it! Unfortunately, it is the only one done well.

Originally Posted by NuclearToast

I'll be over here, laughing, and killing rezzing freaks for extra influence.

--NT

Originally Posted by SpaceNut

Speed runs get me 20 minutes of combat, 20 minutes of standing around, maybe 1 shard, and the end reward.

Originally Posted by Wicked_Wendy

See I disagree with that .. I have done both Kill All and Speed Runs since the incarnate system started and sure speeding you can get to the end of a TF faster for the reward BUT.. if you are a hero there are only 4 TFs a day you can do to get the bonus component (ITF, LGTF, KTF and STF) now Rogues and Vigilantes can add in the LRSF and Barracuda TF while Villains get the same 4 SF option (LRSF, BSF, ITF and LGTF). After that spee runs are rediculous because you can't get another component for 20 hours. Kill alls still give you that component and HOW MANY added shards did you get as opposed to racing through or past everything?

Best part was the other day on a LGTF the team was trying SOOOOO hard to stealth to the end and free Penny so they could LET HER DIE? Well no one had good enough stealth to get past the Rikti Drones alive and kept having to start over. I couldn't help thinking.. If we had just fought our way to the end we'd be there by now! And the really STUPID part was they actually let Penny die.. We had any number of players with ATT from Vet rewards that could have tped everyone, including Penny, back to the entrance. Then we could have defeated the Clockwork King (for a pile of INF) and gotten the end bonus.

My biggest problem with speed runs is it almost always seems to be some STONE TANKER in charge that just walks past mobs without taking much damage and can't understand why most of the team is face down in some cave because they CANT do that. Sure at level 50 all it takes is a couple mobs and your back out of debt but frankly i like to PARTICIPATE in a TF not lay on the ground watching some TANK have fun.

Then there are all the other things you give up rushing... Purple drops you can SELL for XXX millions of INF or use o make you character stronger. Salvage, Recipes, INF and of course if your the 45-49 level on the team XP.. which of course that 50 (+1) level Stone Tank completely ignores since it's been years since he worried about it. I have yet to even mention the potential Prestige you give away since not everyone belongs to an SG or may not even be in SG mode at level 50.

All Speed Runners think about is.. the Merits or the Component .. i often wonder if any of them take into account all the other things they lose by rushing it

Originally Posted by AmazingMOO

- 'Hey, Give the Star to a 50+1 So They Have Their Level Shift. It's Safer and Easier That Way!': This has been happening more and more frequently to me. One thing that I have been enjoying about this particular week's task force is the noticeable rise in invasion events. They're not quite at Invasion Week level, but frequent enough that a lot of people are taking the opportunity to work on their badges and accolades.

The first thing that happens when a mid-level anything starts to try to form an event group is that the 50+1s immediately demand the star so they don't lose their level shift. Sometimes you can deal with this by selecting a 50 mission from their roster. Sometimes you can wait until the team is full and then pass the star. Frequently, however, it just doesn't work out and you have someone complaining and moaning that they have to fight even-con enemies.

Likewise, a LOT of the challenge of the high-level taskforces is simply not present for 50+1s. The obvious thing to do is to raise the difficulty level so that you're presented with at least the same challenge you were as before, if not more. Again, enough people want to min-max these taskforces that it's difficult to assemble a team willing to go for challenge. The risk*time/reward ratio is lowest at -1. You get more drops, more shards, and can blow through any given content in a fraction of what you would if you were fighting even-con enemies.

That very quickly becomes dull and repetitive, at least for me. It becomes easy farming for badge counts or drops. I know some people claim to enjoy in-game agriculture, but I've personally never been one for watching the grass grow.

Originally Posted by Irish Fury

Can you speed TFers explain the appeal of skipping half the fun? I guess a vet player who has been there done that wouldn't want to do it again, but if you don't like the TF, why run it at all?