Lemur Lad

/bind z auctionhouse

should work.

Fusion/Fusionette and Jim/Jane Temblor are the opposite sex, and this is the detail that bugs you?

Chalk it up to "just one of those things"

There's no way to list who has been inactive for how long. There's no way to predict who would be hit when we purged. There's also no output when the command is run to show the names that were removed.

Sorry, it's just a player run channel and it's easy to get back in and get unsilenced (unless you are on our naughty list). With the threshold for re-entry so low I don't see much reason to come up with a way to list the people who did get purged. Besides, that was the first purge since we started the channel a couple years ago. I don't think there's going to be another once in a blue moon type of event like that anytime soon.

PS- I've seen you talk in the channel after the purge. You're ok. If you had gotten hit, it's easy to check. Just open your Friendlist and click on the menu at the top. It lists all your lists, and channels you're in. Selecting any of them shows a full list of online members and their status. If you don't see PinnBadges you can just rejoin. If you see a white square next to your name you can simply ask to be unsilenced.

I would recommend heading to the Tech Issues section up above this one (this section tends to be better suited to game related non technical stuff). If you read the sticky and can provide the information they ask for, then the really smart guys and gals that hang out there can give you more help than you can probably imagine.

As general advice, I'd say it's possible that simply having the newest drivers may not be enough. It may be an unresolved issue, or something that actually works better on an older version of the drivers (things that worked can get messed up in newer versions quite often).

I'm not the guy to ask though.

On my Dominator, Defense after the first 10 seconds of the fight is usually a moot point. I basically only need defense if I mis-time my alpha mezz and the enemies have a moment to fire back. So the answer in that case is Ranged.

However the absolute answer really depends on the usage and tactics behind the powersets you chose. Each Control set and Assault set ends up being more or less efficient in different positions, and if you don't have a hard mezz that can reliably shut down each spawn early, then Defense becomes a lot more important.

Please make a Dominator, they are awesome and even if there are growing pains they come out the other side stronger than you could imagine. But just as a final note, Global Recharge should be your highest priority in IO set bonuses, not defenses.

When we used the working command a few months ago on Pinnacle, we set a low number to get the purge, then immediately increased it again. We were interested in making room, got what we wanted, and went back to giving people the flexibility to take breaks from the game and still have a connection when they got back.

PS- lol @ the argument about the command not working.

I think for me, a lot of the game's cyborg and armored signature characters stand out for me. Whether it's Backalley Brawler/Marauder and his fists, or your own ingame analogue. They tend to be the most striking because they all get something that you very rarely see in the player costume parts, which is a sense of machinery melded onto flesh. I think that was the biggest failing of the Cyborg Super Booster you guys put out.

Here are some specifics that come to my mind:

Black Scorpion- The normal head, giant armor look really appeals to me. The same would go in a non techno sense for Dr. Vahzilok. The almost headless look with the face rising out of the chest is both disturbing and awesome.

Backalley Brawler- on the opposite end of the spectrum would be BaBs. His look is almost subtle in the sense that he looks very normal until you get to the fists. That's part of what makes it cool.

Archon Burkholder- Giant pincer claw on an otherwise normal body. 'nuff said.

Noble Savage- Nothing ingame captures the "bits stuck on" feeling like your own namesake. I think it's the lack of bilateral symmetry.

Non signature things I've always liked: Crey Agents have a lot of really subtle cybernetics, and that has always been a really cool look. A business suit with one robotic hand and a normal hand (again the missing bilateral symmetry).

There's a ton of other things I love/hate about signature characters, but I think that's the biggest most coherent point I could make. All of these features of their look have appealed to me on a consistent basis.

Fire/Kin what, exactly? Corruptor or Controller?

The best way to increase your overall effectiveness as a Controller or Dominator is through Recharge bonuses. With those, your controls and damage abilities fire faster, locking down more foes, healing you more often, and doing more overall damage.

While the highest end builds use purple sets, there are quite a few relatively inexpensive sets you can get to improve your recharge and defenses. If you do eventually go the Purple route, you may be pleasantly surprised to find that Mezz sets are often cheaper than the others.

Additionally, it would serve you well to run tip missions that reinforce whichever alignment you are. Not only do you get drops, whenever you complete a cycle you get an Alignment Merit. Every regular (not purple) IO enhancer costs only 1 or 2 Alignment Merits each. Additionally you can spend money and convert the reward Merits you get from doing Task Forces and arcs into more Alignment Merits. Despite the money to convert that can quite often end up being more efficient than just getting recipes at the Merit Vendor or AH.

8. We specifically asked for less junk Enhancer drops. Those changes mean you're less likely to get off origin or marginal use types of enhancer. Sorry it disagrees with your personal style, but it's what most people wanted (not to feel obligated to vendor after every mission). The money argument is moot as well, because unless a new person forces themselves to only level with people at character level or below, they will get enough drops to fund vendor purchased enhancers with INF to spare.

10. Temp powers are their own drop table. They have no negative effect on recipe rates or other items. In fact you can get a temp power, recipe, and salvage off the same kill.

11. as others said, rare recipes are rare. Your observer error laced anecdote about days between rare drops is noted, but not relevant.

14. Spawn rules for standard mission progression have been largely unchanged since launch. There has always been the chance for some +1 in a mission, and squishies have always had to deal with them. The only time this might be problematic is in the earliest levels or when spawning a mission at a setting higher than +0x1. Neither of which are a baseline situation, and the former at least has been largely dealt with in the past.

Conclusion- some of your ideas are ok. Some are based on misunderstanding of the system. Most shouldn't get the kind of global change you're proposing. I don't mind individually set filters so you can get drops (in a fair amount) more to your liking, however I don't like sweeping global changes to a drop system that is working pretty well for most people.

I agree with this. Heads as a whole need to be looked at. Masks, makeup, faces, eyeholes, hair, ears, everything.

PS- we should really have a None option on ears, or even smoother ear coverings that don't stand out so ridiculously.

I would heartily approve of the time it takes them to go through and make all these fixes. Should have been done years ago.

I really wish they'd go through and do a complete color matching pass, since I'm tired of avoiding parts that end up having glaring division lines.

My Dom would kill to replace one of his 6.25 recharge bonuses with a set that has 8.75 recharge, AND accuracy, AND 3% ranged Def.

I'm not sure what color sparkles you were looking for on your unicorn, but this one is just fine by me thanks.