Lemur Lad

Ummmm not at all. I'm talking about testing i21 specifically and the differences between account tiers. So was the OP. Nothing about subsequent issues.

Interesting thing is, how old the actor is isn't relevant if they write the right story. Khan is in suspended animation. Thaw him out earlier and he's older by the time Kirk is captain of the Enterprise.

If we accept the premise of the JJ-verse trek, the timeline divergence begins at the events around Kirk's birth, and they basically have his entire lifespan to monkey around in.

Just as a thought experiment (because I don't think they should use Khan) but let me posit how I'd do things:

Step 1- sign Javier Bardem to play Khan. A far more dangerous feeling and serious choice than Banderas.

Step 2- Khan and company are found several years earlier. I think it would be cool if they were found by Klingons and sent to a gulag world. Alternatively they could crash land alone on a more hospitable planet than Ceti Alpha turned out to be (what was originally a near miss is this time a crash landing).

Step 3- develop the nightmare scenario that almost happened on Earth and led to Khan's exile. The survivors/prisoners thrive and are in a state of perpetual war, either with each other or their captors.

Step 4- Starfleet gets intel that there are humans on a Klingon gulag world and the Enterprise is sent to help. The meat of the movie and the climax is the war and eventual rescue of Khan at the hands of Kirk. Have them clash, but have a much older and craftier Khan not do anything so preciptous as mutiny. The movie ends with Kirk and Khan as something approaching friends.

Step 5- Khan and his surviving cohort end up concealing their origins and spending the span between the 2nd and 3rd movie learning all about the modern Federation universe. From that point on, anything is possible. A 3rd movie could be an epic betrayal and in this universe, it's Kirk who ends up with the all consuming vendetta against Khan.

This is nearly appealing enough to me to want to see it happen. It's excellent juxtaposition and has the feel of telling a much more epic Kirk v Khan story than any single movie could.

You are correct in thinking it would suck, but basically Fred was saying that you're not going to get around the pretty hard and fast rule that no Pool Power can be better than a power that exists in a Primary or Secondary set.

On top of that, a self rez in Fighting would more than likely not be allowed because we have a Medicine pool where it would be more appropriate.

As for the Mezz protection suggested in another post:

I doubt they'd allow a toggle. You'd more likely see a long recharge click power that has the same effect as Domination (can be used when already mezzed).

*shrug* I consider those guys the rookie Warriors. All the guys worth their salt are out on Striga partying with girls, or in that 13th floor office with the Big O.

You don't see Freaks and Tsoo with a nice high-rise office.

Which is exactly my point. It should have been. You did it what, 3 times? And you make it sound like doing any preparation or attempt to learn is beneath you. You come here complacent in your certitude that all your problems stem from flaws in the trial, and anything anyone says is pointless since you decided not to do it anymore.

This is not useful feedback, and it is not in any way shape or form a productive thread, because of your attitude. Not because you're wrong, but because you have a crappy attitude.

If this second iteration trial is too complicated for you, you may as well give up on the Incarnate System now. Because it's not going to get any easier, and if you're completely unwilling to even make an attempt to learn before you play, you shouldn't even bother, because all you will be is dead weight on the team.

In Lambda we learn how to move fast and stay in a tight group. In BAF we learn how to not stand in certain areas at certain times. In Keyes we're expected to be able to do both, and you treat it like they're speaking Ancient Greek.

Learn to walk and chew gum at the same time before you give "feedback" like this again please.

Personally, I would flip mez and dmg in terms of overall importance. Domination used to boost both, now it only boosts mez power and duration (and gives you protection of course). Realistically speaking, 99% of what you're facing will be dead by the time your initial mezz wears off, and if it isn't you have so much recharge that mezzing again is a non-issue.

However part of that is having enough damage happening to make it work. Basically this is me reiterating what I said above about how much Musculature helped my Dominator.

By the way, I meant to mention this in an earlier post and forgot. If you'd like to see a monster PvE dom in action you're more than welcome to contact me. He's currently pretending to be a hero on Pinnacle and I regularly run Hero Tip missions in Atlas Park. If you (or anyone) wants to see what it can be like, I'd be happy to show off.

And this is why I end up not giving a damn if people like you have fun in the trial or not. I guess I should know by now that despite your weak grasp of basic facts, learning isn't as important to you as being nasty. Optimism trumped again I guess.

People here are trying to help you. Yet you've already decided your way of feeling about the trial is right and they're not, and respond to them with negative emotion.

You don't care to be bothered to read a guide, and you can't be bothered to read and follow instructions during the raid itself, and somehow both these things are the game's fault.

Actually most of the Striga contacts do the same thing.

It doesn't suggest that to me. I hear stories about companies like that going out of business because it's an unsustainable business model, not as success stories. Basically, they're predatory, they rely on churning though gullible advertisers, or sucking in successive rounds of investment, to make things look more successful than they are. Not saying that about the game companies that buy into the scheme, just the "third-party" firms.

CoH had a third party partner too, for the billboard ads. There are a lot of reasons the endeavor failed. I think our game needs to think twice and twice again before they go down that road again, because there are better options.

I for one would rather pay them money for items directly for the specific goal of avoiding advertising.