Hyperstrike

Stats are in my profile. You read them. I'll weep.

My main. Hyperstrike, was an ordinary cop with the PPD. He, unfortunately, got involved in one of the numerous raids on the Terra Volta reactor (Seriously! What is with the security on that place!). He went in to assist the supers trying to contain the event.

His protective shield and radiation gear were breached during the superbrawl, destroying his medical teleporter and dousing him with radiation (and other exotic energies being flung around). One of the heroes during the event removed her own medical teleporter and got him out, but died in the process.

A latent mutation in his genetic structure, partially fueled by the radiation, rebuilt his body from human norm to a hulking, huge hunk of hero (which he considers freakish-looking).

This process was neither quick, nor painless. He emerged from five years of physical rehab, during which time he encountered enough discrimnation in the PPD (who purport to love supers) that he decided to take a medical retirement. Coming close to being so bored out of his skull that he was considering supervillainy, just to have something to do, he registered as a super and started fighting crime with his fists.



Or my warshade.

The Nictus inside her is the progeny of the nictus master in Cimerora.

Due to the time-travel shenanigans of the Midnighters it turns out that her future self was one of the people who helped bring down Romulus and his regime. Moreover, the past self witnessed the event, but was nearly powerless to stop it.

Her past self, however, was ignorant of this, and was one of the first attempts at a human-nictus parasitic "bonding" (and considered a weakling besides). When the remaining Nictus looking into the aftermath of Romulus' downfall, they detected energy signatures identical to hers and had her imprisoned, tortured, and generally doing what they could to cause her maximum suffering without actually taking the trouble to kill her.

Fast forward about 2000 years. Her current host was a Midnighter researcher for in Cimerora. On a trip back to modern times, she was abducted by the Freakshow as part of their attempts to beget a nictus-crystal powered Freak. Deemed unsuitable for research, she was thrown in as "food" for our poor nictus prisoner.

Instead of merely devouring "lunch", or overtaking another host, for some reason (the nictus didn't make clear), they bonded in the traditional Kheldian/Nictus PB/WS bond and managed to escape.

Recently the reason for the bonding became clear.

She'd recognized her future host and paved the way for her own predestination paradox.

Getting? More like "gotten".

I can look back and see that little bump in the distance.

After a few minutes, I get some alzheimers relief and realize, oh yeah, it's "The Hill".

Dang it! Another Hami raid I can't go to because of GenCon!

OOOH!

Won't be there. Sorry.

At GenCon this week.

As for questions about EoEs. I'd take care to do multiple nights of EoE farming. I'd also possibly look at running for shivans, heavies, and the odd Warburg nuke.

Also, you're going to need a lot more people with hold/control powers. The last run done suffered from this terribly.

Remember, the first rule of a lousy argument. Pull a statistic out of someplace dark and smelling of feces.

Yes. Because the truth is, you're speaking for YOURSELF, and trying to ad populum yourself into authority.

Again, you can't prove this. It's simply another number out of the RNG (Rectal Number Generator). It's a supposition.

The problem is, the only ones who can tell you how many of these nerfs are because of PL/Farm/PVP are the devs. You, OTOH, are merely thrashing around attempting to fix blame to someone.


All I can say is that you don't have any clue as the the magnitude of the undertaking of this project. Having done software development, version and change tracking, I do. Again, you don't simply have Posi drop in, edit a single line of code and fix everything.

Seeing as you're demonstrating a complete ignorance of this issue, I'll leave it there. Arguing about something with someone who not only doesn't know what they're talking about, but militantly refuses to understand or admit that they don't isn't productive.

They DID temporarily disable Mitos. Granted, temporary could be "indefinite". You're basically arguing an arbitrary timetable, based on lack of understanding of the change process in a software project.

No. I decide for MYSELF whether I get XP or not. PERIOD.

By removing the XP from the arcs on the authors side we do two things:

How about NO.

If wroters don't want their missions used as farms DO NOT BUILD THEM LIKE YOU'D BUILD A FARM.

I could swear that something like this is intuitively obvious. But I'm also the type who eats when hungry, poops when necessary, and tries really hard to breath regularly.

No, it simply patches symptoms and doesn't have any real affect on the root causes. Nor the outcome. People will still build farms.

Fixed for you.

So a confluence of:

Redside being more sparsely populated than blue-side
A portion of the population being diverted by AE
And your inability to team more aggressively

...is being blamed SOLELY on AE?

Yes, the time stacks. This is how I wound up with 9 months of game time after prepaying for 6 months. I got a free month with the GvE edition I bought to get into the game initally. I then decided I wanted a couple of the nifties that came with the old CoH and CoV collectors editions. So I bought those online and applied them.

The thing was, outside of a certain idealization, achieving 50 has ALWAYS been trivial. It isn't like 50 suddenly unlocks tons of things completely unavailable to lower levels. At that point, the character is "done" and any additional tweaking is along the lines of autoeroticism.

The problem is, you've failed to demonstrate that such a bubble exists.

Are there new players exclusively farming AE. Yes.
Are there vets exclusively farming AE? Yes.
Are there new players avoiding AE and doing dev content? Yes.
Are there vets avoiding AE and doing dev content? Yes.
Are there new players doing a mix of AE and dev content? Yes.
Are there vets doing a mix of AE and dev content? Yes.

Unfortunately you have no grounding for claiming any of the above populations is in the majority. Those using AE are merely the most visible to you.

While it is possible you're right, it's also possible that you're wrong too. The only ones who can answer this are the devs.

Emphasis on the thing that makes this statement demonstrably false.

The problem is, Alt (and others) are confusing the strength of their passion for the strength of their argument.

Because we...DISAGREE WITH HIS POINTS?

Some of his points of argument have valid grounding. HOWEVER, others are skewed, inappropriately applied, or just plain wrong. And while his points are presented simply, they're anything but simple.

No offense. But you're throwing rocks at people trying to manage a very large software project. A one week turnaround time for something like that is EXCELLENT. It's not as simple as clicking "File, Edit, Delete, Mito".

As to your position on punishing people who utilized an exploit once it became known? Are you SERIOUS?

Nice to have something to feel superior about isn't it?

This is opinion, nothing more.

Or it is entirely possible that the devs have not intervened on behalf of your idea of the way things "should be", because they feel things are WAI.

I disagree. I feel that he has exaggerated and misrepresented points to further support his opinion.

Again, it is their $15 a month. As long as they're not abusing exploits or trying to break the game (in a programming/function sense), you (generic "you") have *BLEEP!* to say about it.

Trivializaition of the game has been going on for 5 years. It hasn't killed it yet.

I happen to feel their actions (and inactions) speak for themselves.

I'd say the myopia is running rampant among the population of forum-goers.

Ah. In other words, because they don't agree with your opinions and conform to your perceptions of how the game is, has been, and "should be", they're wrong.

Whatever...

Not
Your
Job

Leave the devs to do their job in peace. All you're doing is saber-rattling over a playstyle you dislike.

You're joking right?

Heaven forbid the devs remove exploits BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPLOITS.

They'd be found and removed/fixed anyhow. Several were found this way in beta. Do I see you *BLEEP!*ing because you can't create missions consisting of nothing but Cimeroran healers? Or Council Vampire Transformation Chambers?

Please come up with a real reason.

There was broadcast spam in PI prior to AE. So this is nothing new.
The AE channel didn't exist until recently. Therefore the AE spam went to the most readily accessible method. Broadcast. Now, unfortunately, it has become an entrenched behavior.

While AE inf hordes are a contributing factor to the higher prices, they're not the ONLY reason. Nor even the primary one. Go talk with the people in the market forum if you want an education on the root causes.

Back when I was in 'Nam....
When I was a kid we had to walk to school in the winter, uphill, BOTH WAYS!
It used to be different around here!

The effect on new player experience. Why not ask the new players what they think of this? Who knows, you might even get a response!

But then, it wouldn't be as easy to blindly hypothesize DOOOOM.

As to their skill level. If they don't learn in AE, I'll at least spend time educating the ones who want to learn.

The farmers and PL'ers aren't the ones insisting others change their playstyle. Disingenuous for the lose!

As for "turn off broadcast". Watching broadcast is NOT a playstyle. If you don't want to see the crap in broadcast, you have two choices.

1: Live with it.
2: Turn off broadcast.

Nobody's forcing you to do either. YOU make the choice.

As for Broadcast being "integral", I think you're overstating the importance a bit.

Again, they're not forcing you to do ANYTHING. Your reactions to them are just that. YOUR reactions.

Again, YOU are the one making the choice to change or not. Nobody's forcing it on you save you.

Where does "efficient play" stop and "cheating" start?
I anxiously await a statement from the devs on this.
Until then, you're just one more person on a soapbox.
*Says the guy standing on his own soapbox*

Farming isn't cheating or exploiting.

PL'ing isn't cheating (though it's arguable whether it is exploiting.

Sorry, but I find this position asinine. You have massive problems with people levelling in short time periods (and refer to it as cheating) , but you'd be better with an insta-50 button?

Not sure what amount of head-deskery allows this sort of leap of..."logic".

Stop paying more attention to what other people are doing with their $15/month and play your own game. Stop demanding that others conform to your style of play.

I know. This was just an exercise in grabbing as much recharge in Mids as I could on short notice. Closing in on the recharge cap with no external buffing.

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Somewhat common wisdom is to 5-slot a power with purples, as the 5-slot bonus is usually 10% Recharge. And you get about the best enhancement value from 5 slots.

For any of the purple IOs that are single-aspect, you see a 53% IO in there (Hold, Damage, etc). You can usually forgo that one in favor of the set Proc. So you wind up with the primary aspect and recharge at 89.92% with Acc around 59% and EndRed around 33%.

Yeah. Just ran a Barracuda on my Stalker the other night. And MY GOD it went easier than it did when I was on my Corruptor (on a team with no Stalker). Being able to let the room fill up with badguys and then just nuke the room full of them turns what would otherwise be a nearly unbearable ambush-fest into a tough, but winnable fight.

LOL! I could see it now. The room fills with Lord Jello himself.

Hamidon: I haz come 4 my AE PLz!
Hamidon: LH (Level: Hamidon) Hamidon LFAE!

You'd never EVER see someone get invited so fast.

Order of Rarity:

White: Common
Yellow: Uncommon
Orange: Rare
Purple: Ultra Rare

Purple IOs are "Superior" sets. They offer higher per-stat improvements than other sets. They also come with some VERY nice set bonuses. Additionally, unlike regular set bonuses, they never shut off. They're available all the way down to L1. Plus, bonus sets boast a superior Proc, compared to "lesser" sets.

They only drop from enemies L47 and above and can only be placed by L50 characters.

You seem to be forgetting the other half of the equation. You're free to voice YOUR opinions. But others are free to do the same thing right back at you.

They ARE doing something about the AE farms. They're deleting them as they're reported. Other than that, they're ignoring something they cannot control without severely jacking up the game.

Again, stop worrying about what OTHER people are doing and go have some fun yourself. If that's too hard, I suggest that your leave from the game wasn't quite long enough.

Again with the "they". "THEY" say a lot of stupid things. "THEY" may be right. I may be crazy. WHOA! But it may just be a lunatic you're looking for...

*AHEM!*

Sorry to bust out the Billy Joel. Couldn't resist.

Again, stop paying attention to what "THEY" are saying. Find the aspects of the game that you enjoy and engage in them. Ignore the aspects of the game that you don't.

We know. GOD how we know. Please be aware that others ARE enjoying it.

And why not simply post your opinions in one of the umpty-gazillion "AE is t3h d3vil! I hate it!" threads?

Oh wait. This garners YOU very little personal attention.

No. No it doesn't.

Okay, reported....

I call bull. I'm doing more TFs, trials, and regular missions since about 2 weeks after the inception of the MA than I did in the 6 months prior.

Tonight I ran an Abandoned Sewers Trial. Before that I was helping some of my cohorts badge hunt in Safeguard missions.
Last night I ran a Barracuda SF.
The night before that, I can a Sister Psyche TF.

Seeing a pattern yet?

I've been steadily leveling my toons up OUTSIDE of MA.

Since the inception of MA I've:

Leveled a Brute from 1-17
Leveled a Tank from 1-34
Leveled a Controller from 1-40
Leveled a Scrapper from 1-21
Leveled a Warshade from 31-38
Leveled a Blaster from 40-50
Leveled another controller from 1-50
Leveled a defender from 1-45

None of them are overnight 50's. None of them are even 1-week 50's. Or two-week 50's.

How? Found teams. Played a lot. Avoided exploits.

So I believe that it is YOU who is missing the point. Teaming is still there. If you're too lazy to find it, and decide to lie and say it isn't there AT ALL, you're the problem.

Then stop looking for PUGs in the AE. Start using global channels, your list of friends, etc, and do the stuff you like to do. Don't worry about the people who play differently than you do. Quite literally it's not worth the time or the emotional investment.

Do what YOU wanna do and SCREW everyone else.

This is what you pay your $15 a month for.

In many cases, it shouldn't.

However, in some cases, small trips in spelling can turn an otherwise simple statement into something else completely.

Spelling is important enough that at least a token effort should be made.
The same thing goes for formatting (see "Wall of text" and "punctuation is your friend").

Then again, there's the additional argument about how thoroughly thought through an idea is and how much effort you've taken to convey it.

It's a colloquialism for mathematics. (See link)

Some of the reasoning behind it?

Math? Which math?

Geometry?
Trig?
Calculus?