Dechs Kaison

It makes for a great sand-like effect. I totally wouldn't mind you duplicating my tank's appearance.

The last we heard was acknowledgment from the devs that yes, stacking buffs and debuffs (not just buffs) is broken as hell. It is beyond the scope of possibility to fix, as it would require redesigning the game from the ground up.

Fix'd.

Thanks to side switching, you can unlock all available costume slots through missions. Five costume slots is still the maximum.

Ha. My dad kept a dime in his pocket for anyone who complained about him pulling them over with the line:

"My taxes pay your salary, why don't you go catch real criminals?"

"Here's your refund, sir."

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Good question!

All I can tell you is that it sure as hell wasn't me.

I hope to see a summary of your findings and your paper when you're done.

Shaka, when the walls fell.

I used to be like this. I just don't have the time anymore, but I'll tell you why I do it.

It's bloody fun. I love mashing up bad guys with seven other people nearby, chatting and having a good time. I play my tank mostly, so I'm not doing the heavy lifting. Well, I'm the one getting hit, but I'm far from the awesome guy on the team.

I broadcast in the TFs channel that I'm forming an STF, or ITF, or whateverTF and the first seven people available get invites. I spout my macro chain of rules* and we get on our way.

*My rules are basically there to protect the team. The most important rule is "at all times, you must be having fun." I'm not an overbearing leader by any stretch of the imagination. I have kicked two people in my history of teaming. One went AFK on the spawn point for the flyer in the STF. The other started swearing at my teammates because he didn't like how they played.

Fixed. Do your tips, switch characters and do some more. I know plenty of people that already do this with TFs.

The ITF is done most often, I think, because anyone (either side, any alignment, level 35+) can join as long as they've done the intro arc, making it the easiest to recruit for.

Except merit farming is already done through Ouro and if the AVs were left un-downgrade-able, solo TFs would be the worst place to farm merits.

As it stands now, the best merit farming is going to be done through tip missions, I think. All of which are solo-able.

Argh, me and my John Kerry today. Ok, I'm back to my original suggestion. Minimum team size becomes the minimum spawn size, AVs can not be downgraded, and the rewards don't change.

This way is best because soloing TFs will be done for the challenge, not the rewards. XP/time will always be better on a team. Merits/time is not going to be better solo since the AV cannot be done quickly. People won't drop farm because TFs already can't be set for -1. The challenge hasn't changed, though, so the merits shouldn't either.

On second though, I think this would be best. That way the Ouro version could award less merits, as they could likely be done much faster. Additionally, this would probably have the option to spawn the AVs as EBs.

I'm not denying the power of scrappers. I'm vehemently advocating, though, the much greater power of defenders. It's no surprise that the fastest TF times are all done with all defender teams. Look at the Repeat Offenders. The devs have stated that these guys (using all defender teams) have been making stupidly difficult tasks into trivial matters since day one.

A good scrapper is a force to be reckoned with on his own, and few defenders can compare when they are solo. When you start adding scrappers, however, that's all you're doing. As you add defenders into the mix, you multiply power. This is the main reason I'd rather have something else on the team. A scrapper is awesome. A support character makes the whole team awesome.

You're correct that any AT can do the content. I just ran an all kheldian ITF a few days ago. Wasn't the fastest or the easiest run ever, but by $deity it was a blast.

I respect your desire to flip out and kill stuff, too. It's a great way to play the game. I always say "if you're having fun, you're not doing anything wrong."