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Thanks, gave me a reason to finally try this. Followed your link, btw.

I had the list once myself. It would be nice to have as I 'contemplate' it on a couple of my toons.

Uhm, Has this been changed? or are we limited to 6 a day or something? I'm out of tokens...

I've re-read the post a dozen times, just to get to this line alone... CLASSIC

All I've noticed is that it's filling my recipes up quicker. I ran only 2 trips on my Unai/Freaks map. I got 4 Pool C drops, 2 Purps, 2 Yellows, a ton of vendor trash (VT). I would have done more more except that I didn't have ww's to operate normally. I've had more 'quality' recipes drop of late.

Wait for it... wait for it...

Be patient put up a bid for it. Chances are it will sell cheaper than buy it nao... It's a market. When things are plentiful, they tend to go cheaper (not always maybe it's highly sought after rare item). 25 mil for a Karma KB isn't as high as some of us has seen it go for. Learning to use the markets really will help you IO faster than just grinding missions or merits. If your bid is there you might get it for much less.

That is so full of win. I'm kinda shocked I never thought of doing that. Might just change the way I play the game from here on out!

Fire, my first love has always been fire/fire/pyre tanks... in fact, i've quoted your take on how to play a fire fire to many who are interested in that type of tank... my comment and take on the slow *** tank, was only to infer that sometimes the "tank" in question, demands SB every mob because their build is so ineffective w/ end and recharge that the kin's real power is lost... Also, the mentality, that their taunt, herd, move around a wall method of tanking is always appropriate... and suggesting otherwise becomes an affront...

I would rather kin behind a fire tank ANY DAY compared to a stone tank... What prompted me to play a fire/kin was partnering up with a fantastic player. Fire tank/kin/blaster ftw. I found that I became a better controller once I got away from the farm mentality. My second build reflects that better.

THIS... build for speed. That heal needs to be up. Think of your damage chain. I added Tough n Weave. I like fire tanks. They move fast, can herd into tiny groups fast and destroy them. I had no problem solo'ing AV's before I purpled her. But you have to be on top of everything. Melt Armor in the epic pool also very helpful. Plays way different than my stone (too slow) and less robust than my electric. Fire Minded's synopsis should be stickied.

This... But I happen to love my fire/kin. I just finished a build I can team with. My solo build helped me afford this... I really dig the play style. It's a challenging set in that holds usually come from the immob and stun rather than one "hold". What I find amazing, is that people love fire/kins and want them on the team, but then waste what they do best by chaining them to buffbot/speed boost so the slow *** tank can clear...

Both builds/versions of my kin play differently. One doesn't need the rest of the team, and the other hides behind the tank in a traditional controller back up. You're better off not being on that team... Usually those teams want you to play a certain way, will tell you when you are 'wrong' and are blind to better ways of doing it...

Almost immediately after the Devs posted new information, I saw lots of activity across my usual haunts. Friends back on Liberty... Seemed busier and hopping... Lots of people holding their breath for GR...

If you are listening to broadcast for teams, you probably won't find much. I stopped listening to/for broadcast during the flame wars of the "great satan AE/Farmers suck/don't suck/lvl 1 looking for lvl 50 to carry me to 36 whine fests". My SG & coalies hit the more populated channels for teams and task forces. I have experienced the opposite. I have choices on task forces, servers (Protector & Infinity) almost all the time. I can't check ww's without being hit up...

Teaming is out there. Go find it. Filling spots for your team/task force/gm/badge hunt is pretty easy if you know where/how to look. I won't say that some of the channels have their own clique/drama/stupidity... Yes, I think it has been harder to find teams consistently, but merging the server? This is discussion reminds me more of "AE is the devil, farmers evil, fix the market" retreads than anything... server merge?

No.

It isn't... I sweep the cimeroran walls faster than some 3 man teams with my fire tank. Every tank can be taken down by the right circumstances and has different strengths... I like my fire and electric better than the other types because their play style suits me...

I have a stone that is so boring to play. I see too many that can't do their job without a kin attached to their hip. The so called 'elite' are ignorant though, that's the problem... Just because you can spam heal aura doesn't make you a great empath. Just because you have granite armor doesn't guarantee good tanks... Played with a frequent forum poster's tank that griefed my AE team and another 30+ month vet's dark armor tank that single handedly put me off ITF's for weeks. Pretty much enshrined them all as one star wonders among my SG and coalition members... We just don't play with them... and we don't team with them... The last time I ran with the ITF clown was purely by accident. We had a core team for STF and someone suggested was turned out to be one of his alt's... Sure enough One Star Wonder Boy lived up to his name... and we all got a big reminder to check player ratings...

My solution? One star them and avoid them... We aren't just talking about the nerf to fire armor way back when, it's some holier-than-thou attitude that's more of problem in this game than what toon we bring to the fight. Fire tanks are fine.

Craft them? sg badges? Power supply? No...

any room that can take storage items, will be able to let you choose what you need, provided adequate prestige and plot/room size restrictions, to be dragged and dropped from the appropriate tab.

To get there, Edit base button while in your sg entrance. Choose place item... and move your toon around to your work shop. Choose from either tech or arcane workshop tabs and you'll see. Everything you need is right there in those workshop tabs (place item tab and be in the correct room).

My base started as a craft/store only base. You'll need to add power and control, if and when you want to add the personal access to your vaulted items.

THIS THIS THIS!

One star wonder these d-bags. You're overall gaming experience will rock. My current one star wonder is a very good player but a lousy person to play with... We could be having fun and all of a sudden it's like "why do you play like that? That move you just did totally sucked and you're stupid for not doing it my way." If he asks what he meant or who the offender was, he sulks and says nothing for the rest of the TF. "One Star" grief'd us once during an ITF, by herding a hoard of angry cimerorans down on us, leaving us to die. A rock solid Ned Flanders type player cursed, and quit after "One Star" told us WE were the bad players and refused to answer why he brought the whole mountain down on us... 6 months playing with "Ned" and he NEVER quit on anything until then. G D Diddly to paraphrase...

I wind up playing a ton of pick up task forces with plenty of coalition members that always seem to pick his main or an alt up, usually through a fringe connection to us (oh I know this guy LFT type thing), that I look forward to adding to his player notes. He's become caricature to me.

I have two SG's that totally won't pick him up when he's LFT, even though he's on our server forums, a good tactical player and well liked by "other" players... He's just not our cup of tea for many reasons...

Player notes will help you find the good ones... That great tank you just ran with, will probably have an excellent toon 2 months from now that you will easily notice in a crowd.

sure did... but c'mon... dual pistols would stretch into theme, RP & general bad @ssery. I just plain like this idea...