Jophiel

I was going to say something close to this. It took me years to get my first lvl 50 and I think a big part of the reason was that I almost always soloed and just got burnt out by the mid-20s. I got my one character up into the low 30's and then decided to start getting "active". Left my LFT flag on all the time, joined the server's chat channels for groups & badges, started answering calls for task forces (which I previously avoided as a "n00b" but got over it and just started joining and told the leader it was my first time on that TF -- they always welcomed me and told me what I needed to know), etc. Hit my first 50 on my first mothership raid in RWZ. I had left the game for years and returned in May but made a decision not to play my main in the AE until I had leveled a character to 50 the traditional route so I got to experience the whole game.

The benefits of this were twofold: One, I was greatly increasing my leveling rate vs solo (this was for a defender so YMMV for scrappers & stuff) and secondly I became interested in getting things like the Leadership pool or other "team" type powers to increase my value to the group.

I can't speak for the OP but that's what helped me. Now, I'm not only interested in my lowbie's next power but I'm interested in their entire climb to 50 and seeing how they perform in Masters Task Forces and stuff.

Good to hear this. I have a lvl 25 TA/A and it is paaaaiiiinnnful to solo most of the time. In groups I feel like I'm pulling my weight but those periods of LFT and soloing are grinding on my little defender soul.

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What?

Did I miss a memo or are we just running behind schedule?

You're better than ok, you're the winner!

Chile, sitting on page 123 of my hardback copy, was the country in question. I'll be sending you a PM to work out the details and congratulations!

You get two guesses each 24hr period between 6pm Central Time (US) and 6pm Central Time.

If you haven't guessed since yesterday evening (6pm Central) then you can guess now.

You have a geographic stalker!

Hey, as long as they keep guessing places you already guessed... better for you!

I've only seen two duplicates so far (Mauritania and Kingman Reef of all places). Did I miss any? I figured it'd take longer than picking between 1-100, which is why I allowed two picks per day and started adding hints. Else we could be here until November

List so far:

Afghanistan, Albania, American Samoa, Angola, Antarctica, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, yprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greenland, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Ireland, Isle of Man, Japan, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Shri Lanka, S. Korea, St. Helena, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Timor, Tiawan, Togo, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

You can guess again. Try not to pick any of these:

Afghanistan, Albania, American Samoa, Angola, Antarctica, Austria, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greenland, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Ireland, Isle of Man, Japan, Kingman Reef, Kiribati, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mongolia, Nepal, Niue, Norway, Oman, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Shri Lanka, S. Korea, St. Helena, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Timor, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Yemen

'Cause none of them are right.

Approx. 45min left to enter before the contest is closed to new people. Also, approx. 45min before everyone who has guessed can start trying to guess again.

Kingman Reef was, believe it or not, already taken.