Dechs Kaison

This. I didn't even read the post because of it.

I understand you want to be a unique little snowflake, but that's what signatures and avatars are for.

Fix'd.

General rule of thumb: If you have to ask if it's worth the bug hunter badge, then no, you won't get it.

The last public guy who got one I'm aware of found a way to add infinite slots to a Warshade's form powers (prior to ED, mind you), added a ton of damage enhancements and one shotted Hamidon.

I just want to say, "I feel you, man."

Stone tank's got nothing on Sand Armor.

You are the one trumpeting that "do it all" means everything.

To be able to do +4/x8 also means that +0/x8 is likewise within capacity. Therefore, when judging whether a character can "do it all," you look to the extreme cases first. Unless, of course, you can demonstrate how fighting +0s is more difficult than fighting +4s.

Of course it includes farming, but again, at the uppermost difficulties, we're talking +4/x8 "normal" spawns. With intelligent placement of Acid Mortars throughout a mission, it's trivially easy to always keep two out per spawn.

Again, please keep this in context. In "do it all" discussions, "normal" spawns are +4/x8 and even level spawns become the edge case.

Again, if that's how you feel, then the entire game is that way.

Elec Armor is immune to endurance drain.

But at the end of the day, they all "play the same."

Whether someone's stealing something or you're defeating someone or yadda yadda yadda... right?

Ok then, by extension the entire game has no story. Why are you here?

Why?

The factions they chose fit very well with the story they're telling.

Doesn't work that way because these enemy groups are not on par with level 50 characters. They would have to be redesigned to match the proper difficulty.

Did they charge any less admission at release than other movies in theaters at the time?

I absolutely adore the missions, myself. The first moment I walked in and saw the lava I literally gasped. I haven't had a moment like that in this game for a while.

And you're being slightly unfair to say it's only 3 missions for $5. You actually get six missions.

They put a lot of time and resources into these gorgeous missions. Writers, art people, and powers team were all involved here. Does it justify a $5 charge? I'm not sure. I can't really say that I'd pay the $5 or not, because I know I'm not dropping my subscription anytime in the next *checks watch* year and two months.

I swear, just like marketeering, min-maxing, RPing or badge hunting, making efficient reward/time AE missions is a mini-game all its own.

So take some friends on this with you.

That's entirely your fault. You could have slotted level 10 IOs or taken Acrobatics by that level. Or not run at x3. Again, as you said, it's not a TF; it's meant to be a soloable mission.

I wasn't surprised when I had to change my Bots/Traps difficulty from +3/x8 to +0/x1. Level 20 is a particularly bad time for a MM.

Because the story takes place while you are at that level.

Remember that "time" is progressed in the game world through your levels. By setting the level of this arc at 20, it sets it firmly in the timeline of events that happen while you level.