DarkGob

There are two ways to express a probability, as a percentage or as a decimal. They both represent the same value but it's confusing to mix their usage in the same context.

Percents are best left to expressing percentiles, anyway.

......what the hell even is this question

EDIT: Your transcription is appreciated regardless, Kheldarn. Occasionally there's at least one or two interesting tidbits.

GG is certainly infringing upon something...

Your mixing of percentages and decimals so freely makes my teeth gnash and my blood boil.

It's not even written as well as most comic books, frankly. (Well, maybe more than most these days, but that's no great accomplishment.) The stories are hokey and obvious. Most of the time character motivations don't actually make sense in any reality that I'm aware of. A good 90% of the characters are Mary Sues with personalities so thin they make a paper bag look complex and sophisticated.

None of this actually matters to me though. I don't play to read. I play to play. A story that isn't completely moronic is really all I require (I do have some standards).

To be honest, I'd be pretty satisfied with those badges just going away. It's the same problem as the old Veteran Badges -- a theoretically infinite series of badges, which means unless you've been subbed since Day 1 you'll always be behind. Imagine if the damage/mez/influence/etc Achievement badges worked like this. Oh, so you finally earned 1 billion influence? Congrats! Now try for 2 billion. Done with that one? Give 5 billion a shot. How about 10 billion after that? 20? 50?

Slot Soul Transfer for Stun, you'll have plenty of time to get them back up.

Like I said before, none of the storytelling in City of Heroes is particularly unique, imaginative or even good, so I don't know why you'd have issues with this one particular instance.

And really, Lambda and BAF have better stories than TPN, really? They barely even have stories, there's a little set-up and that's it, at least TPN has actual plot progression within the trial.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM I wonder what this could mean.

I think I just literally died.

LRSF: Unless your team can somehow manage to pull off zerg-rushing the Phalanx, you're going to need to employ some manner of specialized tactics in order to succeed, and it took people a while to figure out what the best tactics were.

STF: Same issue with Recluse's Inner Circle, and dealing with Recluse and his towers.

ITF: The final battle with Romulus used to wreak havoc on teams after this TF came out, thanks in no small part to the healing Nictus.

5TF: This may count as an exception rather than a rule just because it was designed to require specific tactics, but it's certainly not a new thing.

Hamidon Raid: Your league has no chance if you don't handle the raid properly. This content has been in the game forever and people still manage to screw it up.

RWZ Raid: Same scenario.

Abandoned Sewers Trial: More tactics, you have to coordinate taking out the FFGs very carefully.

Cathedral of Pain: Same as the AST, coordinating the Resonators and Willforges (inside and out) can be very difficult, and you're given the same trial information window here as you are with Incarnate trials.

How many of these tricks did people know in advance when the content came out? How many first runs of these TFs/trials failed miserably because nobody knew what to do? How long did it take before people stopped calling them completely unfair? And did any of these tasks get a full guide released in the patch notes?

The game has always operated like this, the only difference is that the devs have stepped it up a level or two (or three).

Either you responded to the wrong post or I have no idea what the hell you're talking about. I don't even use Vent.

Because the Options menu is filled with them also, and I think they appear elsewhere but I can't think of any specific examples.

Next?

Yes, all of which are usable in-game.

eesh.

I can tell you one thing, if Paragon starts loading scummy ad-clicking practices into the game, they will lose myself and probably a lot of other players as paying customers. And don't try to act like you have the best interests of the game at heart here, you clearly just want something for nothing, but unfortunately the world does not work that way. Them's the breaks.

You're right, my mistake (6:40 AM is not my best time). However, Paragon Points are still exchanged for in-game items, so my point still stands.

Subscribe or buy them. That's how the system is set up. You can't get everything for free. Sorry.

If anyone told you that SR is "uber" right from the get-go then that person is an idiot. In the late game and endgame though, it's a beast, especially when you get it IO'd. Meanwhile, my Dark/Dark Brute languishes at level 46, as I've been unable to develop a playable build for him. I've tried really hard but I just can't manage to enjoy playing him for more than short bursts of time when I'm just chewing the hell out of every enemy that dares come near me (then I die).

YMMV.

Already in game. Click the question mark on the trial window for more information on the current task.

You're welcome.