Intrinsic

I have no idea what you're talking about with regards to the OP. It doesn't appear to be a leading question. As to the inf cap: if it raises prices, then those were prices that needed to be raised. CoH has an inflationary economy, and adjustments need to be made to compensate for it. Raising the inf cap would be one of those adjustments.

I wouldn't care that much either way, since I don't live from paycheck to paycheck. And the guy who does would probably have a cow if, on Tuesday, he only got paid $50 or $100 instead of the $150. There's an argument that can be made here for the time value of money, but my guess is that anyone who can make significant profits in only 2 days probably wasn't jonesing for that extra cash in the first place.

That's cool, nothing wrong with that. Also, if you just like to gamble, that's fine too. I was looking at it from a strictly financial perspective.

If that's the case, then the pick option would be better since it poses less risk. The roll option is attractive only if the average payout is higher than the pick option.

Darkest Night can be nice. I have it on a brute, and was thinking about picking it up on my tanker. The only problem I have with the power is that AV's and GM's have high resists versus to-hit debuffs, so DN is least useful versus the mobs I'd most want to use it against.

I switched my night widow to Mu, and so far I really like it. Electrifying Fences and Ball Lightning add a bit more AoE punch, which is exactly what I wanted.

I was replying to the original post. I'm sure that Fulmens is properly ebil.

Yeah, I seldom use it. The only reason I originally chose it over DO was that Gloom would have been a 'wasted' power since I didn't really want it and couldn't spare any slots for it. Taking Dart Burst let me play around with Placate, which I ended up never using; and more recently Smoke Grenade, which is occasionally nice for the -perception but still not as useful as I'd hoped. At this point I'd rather have better AoE damage.
Hmm, is Electric Fences new? I don't remember that being an option when leveling my widow, though I may have overlooked it. EF and Ball Lightning could make an interesting 1-2 AoE combo. I might even be able to spare a second slot to boost its damage. Hmmmmm...

Next time I'll use more exclamation points.

I expect that you're right, I simply posted it here for the mild amusement of others. Not sure how often mail mix-ups like that happen, but I get the feeling they're not common.

Ditto, although I'm thinking about getting Dark Obliteration for some more AoE punch. I have Dart Burst atm, and its cone isn't very handy for a melee type.

Actually I haven't touched it since the downtime yesterday, was waiting to see if my missing emails would be restored.

A quick update, the GM escalated my petition to a senior CSR. We'll see what happens, but they're aware of the problem at least.

*edit* Just tried it, I can send emails to my global handle. Looks like the mail system may not be entirely stable...

You know that Mind Link is a team buff, right? I'm just pointing this out because you may find yourself using it a lot on teams even when you personally don't need it.

Not worth the effort to raise S/L resists if you have defense at or near the cap, since you'll rarely get hit in the first place. Defense alone is enough. You're not tanking anyway; mainly, you want enough defense to survive the alpha strike. If you go with archery, you probably wouldn't even have to worry about that too much since it's possible to front-load so much AoE damage.

All mobs have a base of 50% chance to hit. They receive multiplier bonuses (or penalties) based on the level difference, same as they do based on rank. However, the multiplier bonuses for rank and level are applied AFTER any adjustments for defense and debuffs. For example, if a +2 mob has a 20% bonus (can't remember the actual bonuses, they're probably in a wiki somewhere) and you have zero defense, the mob has a 50% * 1.2 = 60% chance to hit you. If you have 45% defense, then the mob has a (50% - 45%) * 1.2 = 6% chance to hit you.

So to answer your question: higher-level mobs don't have much more of a chance to hit a character with capped defense. Although, if a +3 mob does manage to hit your blaster, you'll feel it.