Codewalker

No, the number of targets hit does increase the chance that the proc will fire. Whether the proc affects the target or the enemy has no impact on that.

The only difference is that the proc is set up so that it can't stack -- i.e. can't grant you more than one instance of the temp power in a single power activation.

Since the proc rate goes down in an AoE, it's unlikely that you'd get 2 procs in a single cast anyway, but the no-stacking flag guarantees that you won't, even if you're lucky.

TL;DR - if you're spamming roots on a single target, the proc rate will be very low. In theory, if their math is right, spamming roots on a group of 16 targets will result in an overall proc rate equal to or slightly higher than putting it in Strangler.

(I would hope higher when hitting the cap, with the normalized proc rate being based on an average number of targets, but the devs haven't revealed their formula so I don't know for sure)

Yes, for both Scrapper and Kheld. The Brute one was before it was revised, but it's current incarnation is just a "normal" proc.

Yes, mine are, in the Veteran tab, though now that I look it seems I'm missing one that should have awarded back in November. Guess I'm not one of the lucky ones after all.

Edit: Checked a character that doesn't log in very often and they show up under "Most Recent" as well.

Null the Gull only affects the Team Teleport power, which until he was created was the one power that could teleport you in spite of the TP settings in the options menu.

In other words, they control two completely different things.

Then again ATOs can only be catalyzed and "purplified" at level 50, so who knows how they will be implemented.

Oh yeah, I somehow forgot October... :-/

I think it's okay to start moving up to "frustration". It's been 4 months since Freedom launched, plenty of time for the billing team to work out the kinks. Instead, they've done... nothing? Maybe fixed a couple bugs but certainly not improved the way it works to a reasonable level.

This is something that is supposed to be a selling point for VIP access, a reward. Instead, it's a source of confusion and worry. The rewards system should be simple, obvious, and it should be plainly visible on the account management screen exactly what you get and when you get it. It shouldn't be something you have to file a support ticket on because you can't even be sure if it's working right or not. It needs to fixed, reworked from scratch if that's what it takes.

I mean, I've been lucky and I *think* mine is working right, but I can't be 100% sure of that because I didn't keep meticulous records. The points are sort of visible in account management, but not the tokens.

GF, I know it's not something you or Paragon have direct control over, but you need to understand just how incredibly patient the player base has been on this issue. Maybe call up a few powers that be and emphasize to them just how important it is that it gets definitively improved before that patience wears thin.

Only thing I can think of is possibly slottable below 50. That or for people who would rather spend points than influence.

Either way I'm surprised this note made it in, since there's no reason to believe they've made a decision on whether or not to offer attuned versions of the purple sets.

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I think you might need to tell them that.

I've talked to a few people who were told by a GM after filing a support ticket to report their issue on the forums. Which, to me, is a punt that says whoever is handling the ticket can't or doesn't want to fix it.

Should people who have gotten that in response to their ticket PM the ticket details to you or to the community team for investigation?

I don't buy that. They had to know that people would be upset about losing their global names, and were just betting that there wouldn't be enough people seriously upset about it to make a difference.

Okay, now that is a legitimate technical hurdle. Especially if someone has so many characters that they couldn't move them to any other server without going over the cap.

Of course I think players would quit over it. I would probably quit over that. Doesn't mean I think they wouldn't do it, if the situation was desperate enough that they were considering a merge.

If they were to hypothetically merge servers, I don't count those as limitations blocking such a move. Chances are they would handle them just like they did with the EU global merge, as in "not". One set of parties (probably the smaller server that's getting merged into the larger one) would likely be forced to change names.

Similar for SG bases, they would probably be left on the floor rather than try to move them. The only real hurdle would be a database script to move over the prestige and SG roster, and I don't think that's a particularly high one.

Thus the technical problems become PR ones instead.

Nah, there's no technical hurdles there. They just didn't because there's no reason to. All of the servers have active communities on them. And the players would be out for blood of they were forced to change names and put up with high-pop server issues due to a server merge.

They also give VIPs a free server transfer a month, so that those that can't live without seeing Atlas full of broadcast spam can go to the servers where that happens. Everybody wins.

What the OP is seeing is that redside is pretty dead as far as random PUG teams and people hanging out in the zones go. If you want to team on redside you pretty much need to be on some global channels and make some friends.

I always consider Percy Winkley to be an unreliable narrator.

Along that line of thinking, I find that works of fiction where the laws of magic have been clearly defined by the author tend to be the best. Even if the reader never finds out exactly what they are, and regardless of what said rules may be, it's the consistent application of them by the author that makes the work believable.

I wasn't counting the stretches of "Natural" that some players use.

Or Natural to cover things like aliens from other planets who naturally have powers when exposed to our yellow sun...

I've even debated it myself for entities such as angelic beings or dragons. In some of those cases it's a toss up of Magic or Natural is more appropriate.

What I'm talking about is the large swath of Natural characters who really are nothing special. An Assault Rifle or Archery/Devices blaster for example, who is only slightly less squishy than a non-powered human. A case can probably be made for martial arts and street justice using characters, even if game mechanics make them a little unrealistic, they're supposed to be able to be played as normal people who are just in really good shape.

It's those who the Origin of Power arc fails hard for.

"Any technology that is distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced." - Gregory Benford

I don't know, the influence field already spills out of the email window even with the existing cap. I'm not sure if it always does or just when the UI scale is reduce below 1.0, but still.

Don't get me started on that one. My particular peeve with that arc is that it casually lumps in Natural with the other origins and effectively says: "Yeah, so you know how you thought you were a normal human that through hard work and determination did great deeds? Tuns out you're not, and you're getting some mystic power that makes you do that. Have a nice day!"

I guess that means Wade could turn the obelisk on a Natural character and steal their motivation to train for 8 hours a day.

I was half serious, and have heard of certain valued items being used as a common currency in games where the default currency is useless (a friend mentioned diablo 2 as an example).

With recipes it's a little harder since supply and demand shifts. However, for consistently in-demand ones, the value should always be close to relatively equal. The reason is that there is a maximum relative value between the two IOs -- the one set by the number of hero/villain merits to acquire them.

I've seen lots of people photobomb Marauder, usually surviving, occasionally not. I've never seen a trial fail because of it.

Cool story, bro. Was it uphill, in the snow, too?

Maybe you should check out wow after all, they have tons of elitists there who love to bemoan how the "casuals" with their "welfare epics" have ruined the game.

Oh, okay, you're here to grind that particular axe. Would have been nice to know on Page 1 before we all wasted our time replying, thinking that the topic was about trial difficulty.

I've seen several people ask this one, but I think the answer is quite obvious. Aurora doesn't want to take Psyche's place.

The Phalanx may get all the press, but they aren't the only game in town. Aurora is already a Vindicator, likely has friends in that group she doesn't want to leave, and is part of a team that works well together. I doubt that the Vindicators consider themselves a "lesser" group than the Phalanx, so she wouldn't see it as a promotion.

Plus, Ms. Liberty created Longbow to hold the idiot ball for them, so the Vindicators don't have to do it themselves.