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I'm going to assume we're talking about USD, just say if you meant another currency.

You can't directly buy exactly 1000 points, because you can only buy points in the bundles, and there's no 1000-point bundles (nor a combination that adds to exactly 1000). The bundles are:
400 points - $5 - 80 points per dollar
1320 points - $15 - 88 points per dollar
4600 points - $50 - 92 points per dollar
9600 points - $100 - 96 points per dollar

If we use the lowest bundle as our price guideline, 1000 points is $12.50. Larger bundles would be slightly cheaper. But, assuming you have zero points to start, there's no way to obtain >=1000 points for less than $15.

Yes, the SSAs are soloable by pretty much any half-decent build, especially if you use inspirations intelligently.

Since the Performance Shifter proc ended up still better than the crafted version in Stamina and similar passives, which is where the vast majority of such procs are used, and that instance specifically was a case of insufficient testing (it was on beta for less than a week, and nobody noticed the PPM until it had gone live), that's not quite an accurate way to describe the situation, Cheetatron. I mean, yes, the Hecatomb proc might get changed, and I'm being quite vocal about my dissatisfaction with the lack of communication on that issue. But the disparity was pointed out immediately on beta, and received multiple red-name comments, there is no possibility by now of Synapse saying "whoops, we didn't realize the proc chance this gives".

Edit: Uh... you know you can skip right over the t9 repeatables and start the t9 VIP tier, right?

The SSA arcs have minimum levels, by the way, starting at 10 for the first one and as high as 40 for the last three episodes. That would unfortunately make it difficult to play through them quickly with a new account, unless you're REALLY good at leveling quickly and/or get a friend to PL you.

No, enemies in Dark Astoria definitely have 64% base tohit, like enemies in trials. You can verify this with a Power Analyzer.

Nevertheless, my regular-softcapped characters seem to be doing fine in DA.

Most of the stuff in super packs is not tradable. A dollar for a couple ATOs and whatever a level 1 character can buy with ~100 reward merits doesn't sound like a very exciting deal to me.

Yes, that part is nice.

Note my edit, though, in case you started posting before I added it.

In Foot Stomp, I'm not certain, due to the PPM proc chance reduction on AoE powers. That would end up around... a 50% proc chance, I think? Hecatomb doesn't go in Foot Stomp anyway, but if/when Armageddon arrives, yeah.

In KO blow, yes, definitely.

Edit: A word of caution: despite extensive discussion in the beta feedback thread, the last we heard on the disparity between PPM and normal procs was basically 'we'll think about it and get back to you'. We haven't yet heard back on that, and now Hecatomb is live, which I would like to think implies they've decided to leave it as-is. Still, without an actual comment, we don't yet know if that was in fact the decision.

Actually, I don't think you even need spare prestige for that. You can just choose Tiny Hidden Spot and re-place it wherever you want.

He did say a brute, so if he's getting the number from Combat Attributes tracking, most of that 63% is probably Fury. The damage buff is... in the neighborhood of 15% iirc? I'd have to check in-game for the exact number.

The in-game respec display shows the level before the power you're taking - e.g. it displays 19 when you're choosing your level 20 power. This kind-of-halfway makes sense, since you're choosing your level 20 power so you can't be level 20 already, but it is nevertheless somewhat confusing.

And yeah, when there's two levels in a row that give slots, it combines them into a single chunk of 6.

This all works out to be exactly the same as the powers/slots you get by training up while leveling, but it isn't presented very clearly.

I'm no astrophysicist, but I'm pretty sure 500 tons is not a planet-buster.

And if it is, well, we could get lucky and have it land on the undead horde. Win/win!

That would be cool.

Edit: As long as the chat window text still shows up in normal font, because yeah, Wingdings Man would be the most extreme possibility, but some fonts are hard to read.

There's no such roadmap publicly available, no. Presumably the devs have one, but they don't share it with us nearly that far in advance. To each of your points, in order:

1) no info
2) no info
3) no info
4) no info
5) there will be future incarnate powers. Other than that, and the Hybrid slot currently on beta, no info

Sorry :/ They have pretty good reasons to keep stuff under wraps, but it can still be frustrating at times.

If you're already using Ageless Core, you definitely don't need further endurance help from Cardiac/Vigor. Personally, my StJ/Fire is using Spiritual.

Hey, thanks for the insult. I'm not claiming those issues are unsolvable, but they are more of an issue for TW than for other sets. And yes, tohit debuffs are an issue for every set, but they are even more of an issue for TW than other sets, because they limit your ability to hit AND also to gain momentum, which dramatically restricts even your ability to spam attacks and hope one gets through. Yes, there are things you can do to mitigate this - Focused Accuracy/Ageless Radial for debuff resistance, Build Momentum to get around it for 10 seconds at a time, yellow insps, etc. Like I said, not unsolvable, but it's still something you have to solve, which is not automatic.
Much the same for endurance issues. A decent build can overcome those issues, but still has to be mindful of them - Ageless like you said, for example, means you're not using Rebirth or Barrier.
Yes, you can use Brawl/Envenomed Dagger/Build Momentum while running in/damage aura/whatever to interrupt enemies, and there are various other things you can do to mitigate various other situations, but those are again things you have to solve that other sets do not have to deal with at all.