Ironblade

It's not "WoW culture". I've never played WoW but I recognize the value of a tank or DEFENDER (not "healer"). If I have a bunch of blasters, I try to get a tank or defender. Otherwise, I'm going to have a lot of dead blasters.

If I'm going to be doing a TF with a powerful AV, I want a tank. Or a defender with strong debuffs.

And, referring to your title, a team with a tank, DEFENDER, and 6 DPS is a pretty nasty team.

Top sign of an SG that sucks. A good SG isn't about accumulating prestige; it's about the people in it.


You don't give a percentage away until you hit level 25. Most SG's expect you to be in SG mode until level 25, since it costs you absolutely nothing. A good SG won't expect SG mode after level 25. However, I think most people stay in SG mode permanently. I certainly do. Inf is just so easy to get in this game.


After multiple paragraphs of rant, apparently not.


Because, in my opinion, you're doing it wrong. Try it this way:
1) Find people you enjoy teaming with.
2) Play with them a while. Become friends.
3) Ask to join their SG.

Joining a random SG means you'll end up in one that's really trying hard to recruit. Most of the heavy recruiters are SG's that suck.

Sky? No. But there is a way to give the impression that there is sky 'up there somewhere'. Simple method is to have a ceiling that looks like a ceiling and then have a raised section with some kind of grid or cross-pieces and make the main color very light so it looks like a skylight with frosted glass.

More complex method is to fill the raised section with light fixtures so it looks like sunlight coming in through a skylight.


As for an outdoor feeling.... well, have lots of plants and trees and cover the ground with rocks and dirt so the floor is not visible. The trees all sway in the 'breeze' - even indoors. There isn't really anything you can do about the ceiling. It would be nice if we could get a stars texture for ceilings so it looks like a night sky.

Not if you're talking about the global friend list.

Yes. Please note, though, that when I say "gap of one quarter inch", I don't mean a 1/4" hole. It needs to be wide, like the crack under a door. Also, I'm not talking about big, fat lab mice. I'm talking about field mice - like 2" long (not counting the tail).

It means the name check tool stinks. Just make a new character and try to get the name in question. That will tell you DEFINITIVELY whether it is available. If you can get it, just delete that character to free it up again.


No. One transfer is for one character.

I have TWO like that.

I have one general bind file for all toons. I load that on all new toons, and it has binds to load chat settings and some other stuff, plus a ton of binds I use in-game.

Then, some characters also have a character-specific bind file.

As far as I can tell, it's not that simple. Based on my experience, it works as follows:
1) If you take damage less than your bonus hit points, you get zero badge credit.
2) If you take damage significantly exceeding your bonus HP, you get full credit.
3) If you take damage that exceeds your bonus, but only by a little (say 1-20% or perhaps a bit higher), the system is completely wonky and unpredictable.

I was never able to figure out the exact details of case #3, primarily because I didn't try very hard. Once I realized that there was some kind of 'edge condition' behavior, I just made sure I was taking MASSIVE damage. On a BS/regen scrapper, I would use a high level Rularuu Brute. They have one epic melee attack with a long recharge. A single hit would do around 80% of my total HP.

They don't. Good-bye.

Seriously, though, they really don't. It's called RANDOM for a reason.

Bull.
'nuff said.

You can + or - rep someone even if their rep *DISPLAY* is turned off.
I often do.

and, the patch notes from June 23rd say:
Fascinating. Sloppy patch note procedure?

They will also generally work for a while if the base power goes out then is restored.

I'm confused.