Golden Girl
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The Praetorian Clockwork already have a scrubbing/cleaning emote
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If this is a very special episode, does that mean it'll be teaching us a valuable life lesson?
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I21 info?
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Quote:Shards fall, everyone dies?Originally Posted by Another_Fan
Very well said. Really when I read that interview, I couldn't help but think that positron was a gm who had begun to resent the players finding ways to enjoy the game in ways he hadn't anticipated. The solution lock it down so they can't. -
Quote:Like Tyrant being a 54+3 AV?Originally Posted by Aura_Familia
And after that last post to Evil and Arcanaville, I think it's more likely they will use in-trail tricks in addition to needing ONE level shift, or JUST use in-trial tricks.
Ex: an av that can nullify buffs put on a character. AVs/EBs that are immune to debuffs or can auto shut off any debuffs you put on a character.
It will probably be tricks for various stages and not the entire trial. (See BAF).
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Also, each new slot simply makes it harder and harder to design something that can challenge Incarnates as well as non-Incarnates - the Keyes Island Trial is already a step up from Lambda Sector, which is a step up from the BAF.
As more and more +2s and +3s appear, they're going to need tougher Trials to challenge them. -
I usually just ask if there are any +2s and +3s on the league, and then shuffle the teams based on the responses.
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Quote:That might be down to people starting the next wave of 50s on the Incarnate path - people have had time to get T3s and T4s on their main avatars now, so if they're switching to other 50s to turn into Incanrates, that could result in more post-launch style Trials, with the majotiy of a lot of leagues only being Alphas.Originally Posted by Clouded
I've noticed more failures on the trials lately. Actually, I should say the BAF. The prisoner phase use to be a no brainer but it seems people are failing it more and more lately.
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Quote:The new Glimmer Armor that's unlocked by running the Dark Tunnel Trial?Originally Posted by Dante
I'm just waiting to see a glimmer of light at the end of a dark tunnel.
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Quote:The league leader should have balanced the 2 teams a little betterOriginally Posted by IanTheM1
The other night I ended up on a Lambda trial that was almost perfectly 50/50 Incarnates and non-Incarnates.
While I won't deny there were more factors at work than just Incarnate powers, it was telling that the grenade team, which had all of the Incarnates sans myself (a Dark/Stone Brute, so I couldn't exactly act as a strong trailblazer), completely destroyed that phase in the time it took my team to get two acids, at which point they transferred over and finished it off for us.
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You get them from the two angelic vendors beside Prometheus at Ouroboros.
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I think it's just another bit of detail about how fake Praetoria is - like the flowers you pick for Marauder are synthetic ones - plants, animals and people are being engineered to be "perfect".
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Quote:I know, but they do seem to have a long-term plan for content designed to challenge players with all 10 slots, which would mean that it'd be pretty tough for non-Incarnates to take part - for example, enemies in the Coming Storm could be 54s with their own level shifts - fighting 54+4s would put non-Incarnate in the same situation as un-sotted Alphas on the Tin Mage and Apex TFs - plus, they can also add our Incarnate powers to mobs.Originally Posted by EvilGeko
I have reason to believe that at least in the near future that will not be the case. Maybe after they add the next 5 slots as you said. But then I don't expect another level shift until Omega.
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Quote:That almost sounds challenging.Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
There is no such choice on trials. You do it the certain way, and you do it within the time limit. Or you fail.
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Quote:This quote from Second Measure suggests otherwise:Originally Posted by EvilGeko
I don't think that concern is sound. The devs have never locked players into a hard 'gear check' form of progression. The BAF and Lambda trials were tested for weeks without even having the Alpha level shift. Having a very strong Invention build helps, but isn't required. The new Keyes trials doesn't require that you have the earlier slots. None of the new high level TFs added since Issue 9 (ITF, LGTF, Kahn/Barracuda) require strong Inventions builds.
The only content that strictly could be seen as having a gear check is Apex/Tin Mage. And they appear in hindsight to be an anomaly. So, coming from a game (EQ2) which has a merciless gear check form of progression, I can understand your fear. I just don't think it's likely that your fears will be realized in this game.
Eventually, they're going to give us content that we'll totally need some Incarnate powers to complete - especially if the next 5 slots offer more level shifts.Quote:"Eventually, once we release all of the Incarnate Slots, youll even be a little overpowered for the first waves of Incarnate Trials, and by then, well have something much more challenging for you to do with your newfound power. (Evil chuckle redacted.)" -
Quote:But then we'd have been raging at them for not adding it soonerOriginally Posted by CactusBrawler
Personally I belive they should of waited until they had at least five or six trials together, before launching the Incarnate Trial system.
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Quote:Until it feels smoothOriginally Posted by srmalloy
They already did that once to the post-30 XP range; are they going to go back and do it again? How easy does the post-30 range have to get before it's 'smooth'?
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Is that the new Incanrate version of the slap in the face?
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Quote:Like that ever worksOriginally Posted by LISAR
Yes it will, the minor ones who are fearful and easily manipulated will stay away. The ones who do not scare easy just need to be displayed as examples of what happens to remind the rest.
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You said "no one", not the specific villain in this situation
You were claiming that brutalizing one villain will deter other villains from doing the same thing - it won't
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Quote:You still get ShardsOriginally Posted by Memphis_Bill
If they go and decide, hey, I want to run X arc in Ouroboros? No progress toward the Incarnate system. If they want to help a friend take down an AV? No progress.
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You should do one for Penny and the Clockwork King.
And something Imperial March-ish for Tyrant and the loyalists - the IDF and the War Walkers need something to invade to
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But they always do do them again
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Quote:The chances of that happening are close to zero - like minus 5 or soOriginally Posted by Cobra_Man
I would favour doing a complete retcon of the game and doing away with the whole Incarnate system ... and starting again.
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Quote:Not really, noOriginally Posted by Unknown_User
One man's hero is another man's villain.