Extremus

I'd think most people know how to spell their own Global Chat Handle.

I've got the same issue and contacted support, general advice seems to be the following:

Now this didn't fix it for me (not capped on mails, inf, salvage, recipes, inspirations, enhancements or WW/BM queue on the affected character before anyone asks. I've been back and forth with support and they simply don't know what the hell). But hopefully it'll help someone else if they check the forums first before submitting a petition.

Hopefully with a bit more finesse when it does happen, that'd be nice.

Each of those were the focus of a specific Issue (bar Nemesis iirc, but - lolnemesis/oro/storm). That's the revolving door, that content is still there; that content is still valid. You can still go and do it. You are removing yourself from the latest content you do not like, this is personal choice.

What's your stance on the Cathedral of Pain? Running it, not running it, love it, hate it?

Unlock the slot; lose the debuff surely, you'll do less damage to things but you won't be artificially set to -4 at 50. The arc is short enough, and the requirements for an enhancement (lady grey and merits) aren't incredibly taxing, especially if you're already a fan of running those TF's. Honestly I don't see it any different from running the arc to access Cimerora to get in to the ITF, it just takes a bit longer but hey.

What you're saying is a bit like someone complaining that they can't do any of the task forces because they point blank refuse to team or use a supergroup, period. Technically they have a point about exclusionary content, but the exclusion is purely self imposed.

Solo friendly content has always been a strength of this game, but also paradoxically a massive weakness when you look at things like TF's, Hamidon and various arc's pre AV>EB change. You all start at one place, and you all pretty much end at one place - only the stuff in the middle gives you wiggle room. It's a problem endemic to this game/MMO's rather than being purely confined to the Incarnate system. Should there be more ambitious written, smaller scale content popping up? Sure - throw in some small "TF's" like the Oro one's that are technically do-able solo. Problem is there's been six years of unbelievably noisy clamouring for SOME sort of end game, and considering the market leader and the "epic" scope of raiding over single character progression it's no surprise what we have now.

Back in the day you'd group up with the best of the world/city's heroes and beat back the dreaded Hamidon, the single greatest threat to Paragon/the world now that the Rikti menace is crushed or save Statesman from Praetoria. Woo! What then? Go back to riot control in Skyway to do your heroic duty? Stop Crey playing with their own superpowered police squad? Small game, but that's all there was. Same problem as now. Everything stops at a certain point after a specific arc. Brings me to...

This is the "big thing", be it the storm, the well (or them being one and the same!). It beats bouncing continuously between 'lolrikti', 'lolrecluse', 'lolpraetoria' and 'lolnemesis' like a revolving door of comedy enemies. We have had a variety of credible threats until now. This is just their Lex Luthor to our Superman for the forseeable future.

It's not the point of getting to 50, getting to 50 is "the journey" surely? Every action or inaction taken by a character, from the player's point of view moulds said character.

Your objections seem to be mostly thematic, coupled with the outlook that the current Incarnate content is sub-par. Put your own spin on it, why is your character personally searching after these fantastical powers? If it's simply about being able to experience content, then it's content over story. If it's vice versa, it's the (or rather - your) story that matters.

I understand the desire to have a healthy marriage of lore and gameplay, but it's unlikely in any MMO to have said balance simply because of the "Multiplayer" part. You're never going to become the Übermensch of them all when there are seven other people standing next to you.

I may be rusty, but as far as I'm aware you only need the initial Incarnate enhancement thing to avoid any crippling penalty, anything beyond that simply limits your effectiveness in comparison to someone going the whole hog, like fully slotting HO's in I5, or someone powerbuilding IO's in I9 while most people were playing around with 53 SO's still.

It's not really under the auspices of free choice though, is it? Even at the end of the final arc, Recluse tells you that he was warned that you are/may be too powerful for his designs by psychics. You're told you either need to stop Recluse (via the future), or run. There's no choice in that; you cannot overthrow the tyrant or flee in to the multiverse - you derail Project: Destiny or nothing. One can even argue it was your destiny to break destiny. Hurr.

I don't really see that being much different from having the "choice" of quick power via the Well, or slow power via the Incarnate system. Guess what the choice you can make there is? Oh... wait.


You have end game content, you personally just do not enjoy it. While we're at it, mind defining what you see as "end game" content? I once asked a very irascible Greek and didn't get a straight reply, so I figure I'll throw it out to you too.

I was holding it up as a poor example, not a good example. Infact, most of the story telling in this game is... lacking somewhat. You're constantly forced along a path, trying to carve some story out for you, but finding out - guess what? Destiny, prophecy, machinations of the omnipotent super fountain.

My point being that, thematically, this is all as optional as IO's or Accolades. It may not be the end game you personally want, but it will suit the vast majority and the developers opinion will sadly be somewhere between 'So? Our game!' and 'lol mission architect'.

You are not forced to follow this progression path, this is not World of Warcraft's Cataclysm where a change is literally forced upon you so you have to adapt. Your character's storyline can quite simply "stop" at a certain point, or continue against the Malta Group's tireless crusade against meta-humans or even singlemindedly stop the menace of Hamidon becoming fully resurgent with your trusted compatriots.

If you do not want to do the Incarnate stuff, do not like doing it or have an aversion to end game raiding of this sort - if you care that much about your hero's story, what is stopping you making your own? It's what everyone used to do before the magical days of 'progression' in this game, as much of a cop out as that may seem now we're getting Post-50 stuff to do.