DarkSideLeague

I angrily glare at anyone who brings a +2 or lower to anything after UGT (only time I did this the league leader tried to queue lambda and we got TPN - we gave it a shot for iXP and we got the mid-trial reward). And I glare at anyone who brings a +0 to ANYTHING and they have anything past alpha unlocked.

I understand not everything is available at all times, but honestly, people could at least understand that WE WANT TO SUCCEED. Bringing lower level characters is asking for problems on a trial like the Magisterium. Then again, I've been told I have something of an attitude problem myself, so I'm probably not the right person to defend your position, Ukase.

I originally made the joke that it was the target's hair standing on end.

lol A Radiation Armor stalker's one weakness: A Geiger Counter.

Here's my problem with most of the Level/Incarnate shifts - we aren't actually moving forward.

These shifted enemies give EXACTLY the same rewards as a regular 54, yet they get a few purple patch levels over us to extend the fight while we get an extra 2 levels that ONLY work while fighting enemies that have various buffs designed to make them more like Elite Bosses than bosses (Like ISF Commanders and their massive debuff resistance and damage resistance to everything, and the DUST mobs with massive +Accuracy to ensure splash damage).

Our Shifts make the first three trials fairly trivial (Though my non-melee toons cry foul that they can be soloed by a boss if they cant apply a Mag 4 mez instantly), but the later trials give marginally better rewards (the Magisterium in particular is a waste of time if you fail - you only get Astrals upon completion), for a much greater investment of time and energy (those incarnate shifts are all but MANDATORY for a player to contribute).

In the end it feels like we only got ONE shift - mostly because the Alpha shift is the only one that works outside of trials - even Apex and Tin Mage don't let you bring your shifts from Lore/Destiny. Most of the mobs give almost nothing drop wise, have marginally better rewards than fighting 52s, and what are we left with? Shifts that can only be used to get more shifts, and even then only two for more than a year.

I don't feel like I'm a level 50+3 Incarnate of great power. I feel like I'm a level 50 fighting level 54s because the mobs have been designed to act that way even with my 3 level shifts. In fact, the ONLY real thing I noticed when I got my two incarnate shifts was that there were oranges and yellows in the BAF and Lambda. The numbers didn't really change all that much - my Fire Blaster could fire his attack chain at a Boss for an eternity and it STILL WOULDN'T DROP. Even though I was 50+3 and it was 54. Why? Because it had 50% Resistance to everything.

If I don't FEEL like I'm getting stronger, I'm not. Perception > Reality for me.

Technically we got a Paragon Reward token... but we're still getting that so...

[Longbow Core Superior Ally]

...So it's an unholy fusion of "NO U" and the game Telephone?

It happened to me when I was going for a Rift - my Level Shift number went from Green to Red (+3 to -3). Couldn't repeat it the next time I tried.

Also, turning off APP/PPP is a REALLY dirty trick for non-melees - suddenly *BAMF* no more defensive toggle! And there's no warning this happened, so I was doing my first 4 or 5 Magisterium runs going after Tyrant with no Shield.

Actually that makes sense - Shadow Hunter has a -Heal aura when his HP drops below half - if He's down to 5% that's 95% Heal resistance on EVERYONE. There's a reason you need to TRY for Triple Threat, not just go SH, NP and Chimera.

I dunno, I recall they Fixed Anti-Matter's slow plod to his regen chamber inside of a week or two.

Based on that mission I was under the impression we were going to reach 50+6 - AVs naturally con as +7, and since they were +1...

Also, who knows? Maybe one of the slots really WILL give us something like [Limitless Radial FREEEM]... for 20 seconds with a 5 minute recharge.

Wait, I thought they had the same debuffs? In fact, I know that Power Drain effects (Weaken) are STRONGER on a MM then a Corruptor.

Which means that it's probably going to be OUR fault when (NOT IF) he gets out.

I suppose I should've been more specific - I meant fighting as an actual, unshifted 50 (For example, a character who JUST unlocked alpha, or running Maria Jenkins with this sort of stuff disabled - AT only powers, etc).

If I had a level 50+1 fighting 52s then it's little difference.

Actually, I remember my example - I was a 49 running on a team fighting 50s - It was my warshade so my Novas damage powers weren't changed after the fact.

It prevents them from being hit by the purple patch, but they're still level 48 in terms of Damage, Base HP and Mez duration.

It's why my blaster can down a level 51 IDF Commander (say, in Maria Jenkins arc) with no level shifts faster than he can take down a level 54 while packing 3 Level/Incarnate shifts.

QFT - when I20 launched my Brute would stand in range of a Pylon while waiting for an MSR to start - my Seeker (untouchable support pet) would IMMEDIATELY leave my side and charge the Pylon... despite the fact that she had NO attacks whatsoever. Really glad they fixed that (though my Monsoon elemental WILL sometimes leave my blaster to go heal my other Storm Elemental, then stay away for hurricane spam).