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pvp's last night with new patch for 3 hours straight was a 4 on 6 us on the team of 4. got a total of 14 rep out of 3 hours of steady back and forth. No one on our team got a drop at all.

Unless I am mistaken with each rep kill all 4 of us on the team get a chance, for a chance to get a drop.

As in team mate "A" kills enemy "B" to trigger rep. this kill allows each of us on a team to get a chance for a dop. butr since we are on a team that chance is diluted between us all.

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I think the Developers will see that the drops need to be changed after a few days/weeks of virtually no drops now that this patch is live. I'd expect a patch/change at that point. It seems they would rather see the results of their most recent patch before correcting what appears to be very obvious mistakes to most forum posters.

PM Sent. Cold told me last night that he's ok with having everyone on Vent but keep in mind it is capped at 10 players.

Also, the best way to Freedom it is to join us on our Horde activities. I'm not sure if you are already signed up (damn multiple names for the same person game!) but Luna hosts regualr TFs every Monday evening. That's the best place to start.

Umm ... I've got a screenshot someone made of a Cobra Commander look alike ... I'll see if I can find where it was posted. I think the in Screenshot thread.

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I was talking about slotting stealth in Superspeed AND using the concelment power pool ... Viola! Super Stealth is born ... lol

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In PVE this is effectively useless. Anything that can see through SS and stealth IO (Rikti DRones and Snipers) can see thru just about anything, and they are so few and far between they are not worth the extra power picks. Stealth IO and SS are all that is needed for PVE.

And with Fire/MM with Drain Psyche I wouldn't waste a power pool on Medicine either. I think I said it earlier, Leaping, Speed, and fitness are the most efficient power pools are the best for the mixed PBAOE/Ranged AOE fighter that a Fire/MM should be.

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Ahhh thank you. I think I'm leading towards what you those 3 power pools. I've already taken fitness and speed. I'm considering leaping or not taking anymore.

I think I've heard mention of Arena organized cooalitions taking turns killing each other (but I'm not sure if the arena actually drops or not). Also someone previously mentioned that you could just login a new toon instead of waiting for the 5 min mark. This would require two accounts preferably with multiple 50s to choose from (I think)...

So was the purple drop stealth patched? Maybe it hit a "bug" like PVP IOs?

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Well I just hit lvl 14 last night and so far I have Fitness (hurdel) and Speed (hasten, superspeed).

For those that did not take Concelment did you take the Medicine pool instead?

I'm leaning towards adding the concelment pool and slotting for superstealth. Is that a good idea? Overkill? And dosen't the stealth drop after you pound out an AoE anyway?

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I would recommend aid self I have it on both my blasters and if you slot 2 reduce interrupt times in there and you can use it in the middle of battle. And ya once you attack all enemys become aware of you.

What did you mean by super stealth?

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I was talking about slotting stealth in Superspeed AND using the concelment power pool ... Viola! Super Stealth is born ... lol

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You missed a patch note:

User Interface
<ul type="square">[*] Changed the color of Patrol XP in the Experience Window to be more visible for our colorblind users.[/list]Thanks! It made a very clear difference to me.

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Not colorblind but I'm glad to see this changed for those that are.

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[[*]Fixed PvP rewards to function once again. Now, influence, inspirations, and other normal rewards occur on every PvP kill, while PvP IO recipes can only be rewarded on rep-valid kills.

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Would someone point me to the spot, inside or outside the game, where PVP rewards are explained in detail?

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...also, if you want to send me the vent info, I will add it to my list...

Pretty much for the same reason as Turg, I usually do not use TS/Vent late in the evenings - wakes up the wife &amp; can cause abnormal aggro...

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So we may have our first redname in market in months!

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Just as long as he dosen't come in here and say something like "Now which IOs where you talking about?" ... BaBs really messed up when he basically did that very thing in a reply to the STF tower repairer bug...

After dinner last night, my son and I did a AE Dev choice mission arc. I had a blast. It was hard for our scrub PuG team but nothing beats the thrill of getting a drop .... wooo what'd I get?

The one problem I see with AE dev choice arcs are the lack of auto-sk versions. You know how hard it is to put together a non-farm team of all the same lvl in Atlas on Freedom with an 8 year-old asking you questions?! lol

If anyone has some good dev choice arcs that use auto-sk then please let me know.

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Found my mic, now I just have to see if it works with this craptastic sound card I have.

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Interesting ....

So then a Scrapper is the best blueside?

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As for being kind.. you make it sound like I was doing you a favor or something. lol
No. Thank YOU for inviting me along. It felt a little odd being the only one not in your Group, but it was nice of you to extend the invitation in my direction. I'd team with you guys any day.

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The door's always open. If you have Teamspeak, IRON's had its own server since the old Teamspeak1 days. I'll pass you the public password if you ever wanna gab with us while we get kicked in the jimmies by Reichsman again.

[/ QUOTE ] Well.. I'm not really one for using a mic, but due to popular demand, I might get into it soon.. who knows. It seems many people on the Monday night runs are using Vent, so I installed it, and might listen in tonight.. If i end up digging out my microphone from my closet... I suppose I'll get TS as well.. but I'm not making any promises. haha

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Lol, by looking at my little cheat sheet, it looks like we have 6-7 regulars on Monday nights using Vent. I could field you a whole team for it on a weekly basis... Just sayin......

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Does the team look good? I'd hate to see 8 empathy defenders ... but thematic AT teams have been fun to do before...

How about a fire/kin?

Well I just hit lvl 14 last night and so far I have Fitness (hurdel) and Speed (hasten, superspeed).

For those that did not take Concelment did you take the Medicine pool instead?

I'm leaning towards adding the concelment pool and slotting for superstealth. Is that a good idea? Overkill? And dosen't the stealth drop after you pound out an AoE anyway?

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Is it better to solo this wall or do a team? Also, where exactly IS the wall?

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ever been to Cimerora?

far north

Teaming is bad. They can steal your purples.

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I've done the ITF a couple of times now. Is the wall the gate you enter when doing the ITF towards the end of the arc?

Is it better to solo this wall or do a team? Also, where exactly IS the wall?

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One more item Luna. I think you can count on the follwoing people all being on ventrillo together for these TFs:
SuperD
Whitefox
Max Shields (maybe I think his mic is broken)
Alt_AKA_Joe
Me

If you can work out that we are on the same team then great but I completly understand if it dosen't work out. Last night it helped b/c fox was able to tell me quickly that he was getting mezzed. Things like that helped a bunch.

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Where's the vent server for that?

[/ QUOTE ] I can send you the info if you like. I have no idea where the server is physcially located (if that is what your asking)

So what really is the "best" way to farm for purples? I heard taking on large mobs of lvl 47s when you are lvl 50. Is that correct? Also, where would you recommend I go to find these specific mobs?

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I may have a different perspective, having played Eve Online for a few years before coming here. That's serious PvP. I tried PVP in many other games and it's abundantly clear that the most fun PvP comes from good balance (ie. you can play whatever you want as long as you play it well!)

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We're absolutely coming at this from different perspectives.

When I want PvP I fire up an FPS shooter- BF2142 &amp; CoD4 are my currently loaded games.

So in an MMO, I'm just looking for a fun diversion, not a hardcore experience.

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Not to toot my own horn goat but I will murder you senseless in CoD:MW .... Take it as a challenge when MW2 comes out. I'm going to drag your bullet ridden goat carcas all over Rio ... if your up for it...

Signed Looooooooong time CoD player (I used to write mods for it)

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Seems like the EASY answer is to have PVP drops in PvE. Then when I get them I'll be more interested in using them. Easier PVP drops = more people considering PVP'ing.

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That doesn't work because maybe you will, maybe you won't. As long as the PvP IOs are tied to PvP, they will work as a motivator. The minute you make them accessible in another way, you remove that motivation to PvP.

If they are to be an incentive to PvP, they need to be desired, which means rare. The whole point is that you need to give PvP a good try before you get any significant amount of them. Making the drop rates too high means that they will be farmed, and that some people will play just long enough to get what they want, and then leave. In order to KEEP people playing PvP, the rewards have to be rare, and good enough that people will put the work into getting them.

Players have shown over and over that if the reward is good enough, they'll do things they don't enjoy. And they'll do them for exactly as long as they have to. Without making PvP a fun, enjoyable experience to begin with, PvP IO's treat the symptom (not enough people play PvP) without dealing with the underlying cause (not enough people enjoy PvP to participate in it.)

[/ QUOTE ] Well put ... +1 Forum point to you sir for a good reply.

I've never seen anything posted either way about DXP and AE. In fact, I feel that the fact that it is in question is just rumor. I've never seen ANYTHING to say their is even a chance it will not be included.

Now, I have seen great well thought posts by players about why it should or should not be included. But nothing offical either way.