JeNeSaisQuoi

A really good idea where buying IO's is concerned is to plan ahead. If you know which powers you'll be getting, when you'll be getting them, and how you'll slot them, it can save you a TON of money. For example, I already have 2 Full Level 50 sets of Red Fortune for my SR Scrapper when she hits level 47. Each set only cost me 60K because I only bid 10K a piece on each. And these are not Recipes, these are the fully crafted enhancements. The only drawback is that it takes a REALLY long time. It took about two weeks of the bids sitting there in the auction house but little by little, I got them all and at 10K each, that's a steal! When I hit 50 I'll have all the sets I need and it will have cost me less than 600K. I'm serious, this works. Give it a try. You just need to plan ahead and then be patient. Oh, and have an enhancement storage in your base, too.

Oh, I don't doubt it.

In fact, when I bought the game, PvP was what I looked forward to the most.

However.

I just REALLY suck at it, lol.

And nearly every time I enter a PvP zone...there is no one there. Empty. Silent as the grave. And I think it's due to what seems to me to be the fact that you have to build your toon SOLELY for PvP. Not alot of people want to do that. I don't.

I don't hate PvP. Far from it. I enjoy it from time to time, even though I ALWAYS lose, lol, if there is even anyone around to fight. PvP is a GREAT idea. And I've had fun with it, even though I get killed. EVERY SINGLE TIME. I do think that the PvP haters serve a purpose though because let's face it, the majority of people playing the game are not spending most of thier time in the PvP zones. They just aren't. If they were, I'd be able to fight someone everytime I went to a PvP zone instead of wandering around aimlessly. What the haters will hopefully accomplish is to give the developers (And I'm not bashing them either, they've done a great job and I love the game) the idea that maybe it's time to make PvP more accessible to everyone and not just the hardcore PvP'ers. I mean, if you enjoy playing Doms, you can forget about PvP. Even on a team you won't accomplish much. Unless you're a hardcore PvP'er that would know how to somehow successfully pit his Dom against a Brute, you may as well forget about it.

I'm just saying that well, PvP blows PvE away as far as thrills go, but it might be a good idea to make a few adjustments to a really cool idea. I mean, if PvP is sustaining the game, which it seems to be, imagine how amazing it would be if it were accessible to everyone, and not just hardcore PvP'ers?

Thanks for the post, by the way. Very imformative.