EvilGeko

Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill

Part of me wants to say /signed just for the entertainment value, admittedly...

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

Actually I was thinking farther back to when they said that they'd like to merge the markets when the amount of available influence on both sides becomes more equalized. They were using the argument that back then merging the markets would make it impossible for villains to buy many items at the prices heroes were able to spend on them.

Of course once we had the ability to email inf to any faction that argument went out the window.

Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill

And just what was this list, how many of them were actually "never happen," and what were the reasons behind them?

/bets power customization (not enough people when that was said to do so in a realistic time) and the market merge (system suddenly got too complex with three currencies/markets and the way they were "going" to do it) were on that list.

Originally Posted by Oedipus_Tex

I would prefer to drop the entire "random reward" system and move to a purely currency-based one. If they want to put a voluntary random roll at the vendors that is fine.* That is exactly how merit awards work, and the reason they were made that way is that getting to the end of a major event and then "winning" a Pacing of the Turtle is kind of insulting.

Originally Posted by Soulwind

I'm curious about Spin on the Brute now. What got tweaked?

Unless Mid's is wrong or it's just one of those situations where you can't see the reality from the raw numbers; I'm not seeing any difference between the B and S versions. (other than base damage and recharge rates - damage lower on brutes and recharge is higher on brutes). Activation times are both marked the same, AoE size same, etc.

Originally Posted by Partsman

I tried In and Out when I flew out to Yuba City, CA for a funeral, and color me unimpressed. Culver's doesn't beat them, but they are local for me so InO was nothing special.

Now my favorite chain burger joint is Fuddruckers. They have buffalo, turkey, ostriche, and black angus burgers, and I love their spiced fries. I've only seen 2 so far, one in Milwaukee and one in Kansas City, so maybe they are only a Midwest kind of chain.

Originally Posted by Hyperstrike

I always laugh at people who ask for "Chicago Style" pizza when they come into town.

There's two types. The deep-dish which most of you bloody furriners (basically anyone not born and bred in the Chicago area) think of. Plus there's the crispy thin crust Even in the burbs it's hard to find thin crust Chicago Style that's any good.

Originally Posted by Hyperstrike

As I live in Chicago, I have had both Culvers and Steak & Shake. The burgers aren't bad. They're not great either (a bit too greasy).

Now pizza or Italian Beef...

Originally Posted by StarGeek

I've never tried Five Guys or Culver's (first I've heard of them), but unless the S&S in Indianapolis really sucks, it's no where near as good. In my opinion, of course. I eat there every year during GenCon.

Originally Posted by StarGeek

Basically just a chocolate donut. Not a white donut like Krispy Kreme's are.

Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect

So other people get better drops than me. Big deal, it's not a competition. I will not win the game because my character is chock full of purple and PvP IOs. Especially since most of them don't do anything for my character I can't get another way. The bonuses on purple and PvP IOs really aren't THAT good. They don't provide much in the way of defense, which is really the only thing most of my characters need that their power choices can't provide enough of.

Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha

Originally Posted by Rylas

If we can't just get rid of shards and notices altogether and go to one salvage system in Incarnates, then /sign.

Originally Posted by Snow Globe

Heh I just noticed that my rate, if people just used Notices instead of earning shards, actually is more expensive than EvilGeko's numbers. Each Notice breaks down to 4 shards.

Geko's 3 notices for a Rare Thread vs my 1 Notice + 16 shards (4 notices broken down). If people just used Notices (and not stray shards) for my version of the Very Rare, it would take 14 Notices (2 notices for the base crafting and 8 notices for the 32 shards to craft the Favor, then an additional 4 for the extra 16 shards).

Originally Posted by Mad_Cow_Milk

This sort of thing has been suggested. Every time it is, I think of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbbRK8D_0-U

Originally Posted by Snow Globe

<shrug> I'm not wanting to quarrel with you, but I didn't want the developers to think that kind of price gouging was acceptable.

Originally Posted by Crab Nebula

I can sympathize with the OP, but in the end, the person who spent the time forming the league should have the final call on who is in it. If the OP does not wish to go to one of the zones where preformed leagues are being made or spend the time making his or her own league but simply relies on the LFG system, then they are at the mercy of the system. Systems tend to be short on mercy.

I'll be perfectly honest, I have kicked pugs that showed up on specific runs. I do not wish to spend half the run on a MoBAF explaining to a pug what not to do to prevent ruining the run for the 15 other people who trusted me to help them get that achievement. As long as there is a kick button, I will continue to utilize it to make my runs successful.

The simplest way to fix this would be to make the LFG option a different queue that is truly random and would fill the league to capacity. Then you could allow the preformed leagues to simply launch the trial they wish to run without going through a LFG style system.

Now, for a current example. Today I put together a LAM and it was short a few. We went anyway and we picked up 4 people. I placed them on team 2 and went about our business. I sent team 2 to the labs to take out containment chambers. We cleared the warehouse and had to go help team 2; fine, so we helped. Then as we were about to go out, I said to check temp powers, and to ask if you did not know how. We should have had 10 acids. Only the people I picked originally used their acids. I asked again as reinforcements built up. No response. We took out the spawned acid shipment 3 times, 2 of which didn't get used. Finally in desperation, I had people forget the last couple of doors and we started on the AV. During the AV fight, one of the people who was a pug said, "Oh, I have two acids, I didn't think I could get them in the hospital".

Now this person was advised multiple times to check temps, and also advised that we could explain how if they did not know. Because of him and whoever else did not use their acid among the four pugs, we failed the trial.

Hey, life goes on, it's just a game. But the 11 people who joined the league with the understanding that it would be successful and that I knew what I was doing, had their time wasted and may not wish to league with me in the future because I could have kicked the pugs and prevented the screwup. I know in the future, I certainly will be more likely to kick pugs on LAM at least. Probably not on BAF because its darn near impossible to fail it, even if people are new to the trial.

Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha

Put it this way, just because the Devs trend that way doesn't mean it's right

Originally Posted by Snow Globe

Yes, and if they did make it 3 Notices per Thread Rare, no one would ever use it, so it is pointless to set it that high. Setting the 3:1 Notice to Rare ratio would be significantly more costly than the Notice->Favor conversion. It would be so costly that I doubt that anyone would use it.