Ironblade

No, you can't just lay this on the players. The players 'created' the problem using the system given to them by the devs. To the extent that a problem exists, it exists because the devs designed a flawed system.

And they are the *ONLY* ones who can change it.

Well, let's see, which channels was I using for all those TF's you came along for?
Personally, I'm on:
Inf Badge Seeker
Infinity Hamidon
AE Anonymous

I've been running a lot of impromptu task forces lately and announce on those channels to find teammates.

Another factor is that TFs/SFs are intended to give more 'merits per minute' than arcs. They use a different factor to calculate the merits based on the mean completion time.

Some are certainly weird. Synapse mentioned the possibility of specific adjustments for some of them.

Not really a good comparison.
The walk power is for appearance only and does not affect gameplay.

As for storage, I don't expect a "We're working on it." post because I don't think they are working on it. They have made it clear, more than once, that they don't plan any major expansions of storage capability because they don't want people hoarding.

I'm not saying that is an accurate expectation or that I agree with it (I don't). But storage space is restricted INTENTIONALLY.

It doesn't. It's a common misconception, but the devs don't object to it. They have stated very plainly that farming and PL'ing are not exploitative or prohibited behavior.

HOWEVER - farming in AE *IS* prohibited. AE is intended for telling stories and farming/PL'ing is not allowed.

Then you weren't paying attention. It was discussed *A LOT* with a great deal of explanation why it was never going to happen.

And, annoyingly unlike light bulbs, LED's have to have the positive and negative sides hooked up correctly. Typically, the markings on the connectors are non-existent or deficient. If your power and HD indicators don't seem to work, you'll need to reverse the connectors.



I read a forum post about a guy who handled his new video card very carefully, and took proper anti-static precautions. While he was concentrating, his girlfriend walked across the carpet, came up behind him and kissed him. Zap. One dead card.

Sayin' what?
The merit reward is based on mean completion time. Period.
There could be 10 AV's. If people can complete it in 10 minutes, it's worth 3 merits.

Get over yourself.


No one said that they did. And no one said that they respond helpfully to complainers. But anyone who posts questions showing a desire to learn will be told, by numerous people, how the market works.

Learn or not - your choice.
Once you know how the market works, use the information or not - your choice.
Complaining is a choice too. Guess how much influence it will earn you.

Tinfoil hat time? Are you seriously suggesting that the devs are keeping an eye on people who the whiners claim are 'abusing' the market? And what? There will be a day of reckoning and they'll get what they deserve?

Yeah, and it's the usual BS. Right off, the OP's main suggestion would pretty much drive all prices through the roof - "Eliminate the level 53 recipe listings and invalidate all bids on them."

Let's see, if I can't store that money, what do I do? Obviously I buy stuff NOW and store the STUFF. So prices on everything skyrocket. Unless this was a stealth nerf and people actually lost all those billions - which would be absolutely outrageous and have a lot of people quit the game and badmouth it eternally.

And, of course, it would have ZERO effect on people who store their influence spread across characters.


After that I only read the first page of posts, but it seems that those posting in support were equally clueless.
(To be fair, though, the vast majority were shooting the idea down.)

To summarize: one person got drops in Warburg, one did not. Therefore, you can get drops in Warburg.

It's not 'my' truth. The rest of us are discussing REALITY. If you disagree with actual facts then, by definition, yes, you must be wrong.


It tickles us that you're still posting from fantasyland. We're trying to explain how the market works so new players can understand it better. If new players listen to you, and think that it's all manipulated and unfair, they will be disillusioned with the market (and the game). I would prefer that not to happen as a result of your delusional postings.


Once again, your "guess" is wrong. We're 'up in arms', as you call it, because the vast majority of what you've posted is flat-out false.
Yes, prices can be manipulated SHORT-TERM. As a reliable method of earning cash, however, it does not work.


Right, you never actually 'said' that you're better, but you take every possible opportunity to explain how you're sticking up for the little guy. Here's a clue: if you were really about altruism, you wouldn't be in here bragging about it. In your mind, it's all about YOU.

Eye of the Magus.
The beauty of this solution is that it's not limited to any AT or powerset. If I play a toon a lot and think it's worth the effort, I can get it. On most characters, getting killed isn't a big deal. However, my main (a scrapper) has it, plus all of my tanks, plus my first defender.

The only drops I have ever received were in Warburg.
Of course, I never tried anywhere else.

You continue to demonstrate your ignorance. We all saw that post. We see posts like that all the time. And they always get the same response: "It won't work. You'll probably lose a lot of cash."
If you've been playing even the SLIGHTEST attention to this forum section, you would know this to be true.


Yeah, give it a try, why don't you?

Was that when ketchup was declared to be a vegetable? (snicker)
Or was that on a different occasion?

It *IS* your imagination.
The prices are driven by supply and demand, not some sinister cabal or random packs of greedy pigs.


And, once again, you retreat to your standard fallback position: anyone who disagrees with you must be one of the greedy pigs who's messing up the market. How predictable.


Wait, what's that? Anyone who disagrees with you must want a 'broken' market? Deja vu!

BS, chief, total BS. History has NOT shown us this. What history has shown us is that the prices tend to go up and up because there is a massive flow of influence into the game. But feel free to make up more fanciful explanations and claim that this is what 'history' has shown us.

Short answer: Yes.
Longer answer: Hell yes.

The base rent system was overhauled bigtime. You can build a massive base, on a 24x24 plot, with full power and control, and all teleporters and it can cost ZERO rent. None of those items cost rent.

Items that cost rent are:
- storage items
- empowerment stations
- workbenches
- medical aux items
- (and some oddball stuff, like the Flames of Hephaestus)

Even if you load your base up with storage and workbenches, you can *EASILY* manage the upkeep yourself. I run an SG with a honking big base. We have 18 storage items and various workbenches and empowerment stations and the rent is just 2900 per month. Even a low-damage character should be able to earn that much solo in less than an hour.