Madam_X

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I got a map server right after we completed the task force so we took the picture in front of Statesman. In the MoSTF folder you can find the mapserver completion pic. This run was a bit different in that Scrappy did the tanking other than Ghost Widow. I was able to relax more this run which was a change of pace for me.

Congratulations to Cindy Cinders on earning the MSTF badge. It was our version of an "easy MSTF" with 7 experienced runners. In the future I'd like to try to expand the run into 2 teams running when we have so many available and interested.

I have MLK off on Monday so I may try to organize a morning run. I'd like to get some of those who have different play schedules on a MSTF attempt. Several have chimed in on this thread in the past and have not, to my knowledge, joined us on a run. So if you're interested in running Monday, *hoping it happens*, sign up here.

Tentative run Monday, Jan 19, 10 am pacific time
Also usual Thursday evening run Jan 22 6 pm

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A little bit liek 1-2 hr earlyer and i;d be there for sure ... will have to see how tiered i am by then, it;s bene a long night at work

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It was a very smooth run with no real close calls that I can remember. The team listened to and executed the plan to perfection. I bored the team with a steady stream of: "Attack the AV only" though in my defense only one person fell asleep during the run.

Congratulations to Mortal Prey III, Leech Hawk & Alecia on earning the MSTF badge. Special Kudos to Megaera Fey & Madam X on earning both MSTF and Saved the World badges on this run. Madam said the furthest she'd been on a STF previously was one that ended in the Vine AV room. Megaera had never been on a STF run before so we made sure she got to see Aeon's cutscene.

Both Leech Hawk and Alecia are longtime veterans on various alts while Mortal crossed into veteran status at some unspecified point recently. For anyone wondering, we had 2 radiation defenders and 1 empathy defender.

Most likely no run this weekend. Next scheduled run will be next Thursday, January 15 at 6 pm.

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I had a toen of fun i love that thing... would be happy to run iot again with you and now i know what i'm doing really want to run it again before they change ignight on live right now i fell liek a AV killign machine i fell that may change a bit soon....
All said i love that TF AV's ROCK, and i had a lot of fun spying on there stats, notign they had liek 10% chances to hit the tank, there resists were almost always in the neg 60+ range betwene the rad's and my survalence/heal proc's(survalence and burst)....

Fun times hope i'm able to have more funs times again

How do i join the chanel for this....

Yes I'm still kinda newbish dispite getting my blaster to 50..... I know the mechnics of killing shite, and i spend time on costunes and at least a little RP, but over all mechanics i tend to bee a newbi one still, (note in my 15months I've really only played 3-4 of them was a big break in the middle), and CoH is still my more casual MMO, but getting badges is FUN....... as is killing AV's..... Madam X is built to kill AV/GM's perferable with some oen keepign them in place gogo ignight + resist debuff proc's/powers

Hopefulyl oen will happen this wednesday as i final had a levle aproprate character & i found out i need to get an exploration badge form teh ship to make my SG's base better

I think a middle ground soloution to the salvage racks is to have them continue to hold X (currently 30) invention salvage BUT much like a character have tabe with MUCH higer limits for other things, IE specal salvage like candie canes adn haloween stuffs.... this also leads in to the possiblity of one tab being for the old base stuff soo coem i13 you could actuly use your 30 storage right away with out haveing to compleatly clear out all your old base salave first.

All in all I think this would make the most peopel happy.

Just my .02 inf.

Base Repricing
1) How will the repricing of bases affect you personally?

It will lets us expand a LOT we were small looking at 100k prestighe adn needing a mill more for a Super computer because control was MAXED, we can also look at a larger plot size now THOUGH still would not have if we were not forced in to paying rent for our current 8x8.

2) Will you dismantle your base to gain the additional prestige from the repricing?

WE will it will hurt us a little bit but LUCKALY we are small and had not really gone nuts with complicated decoration yet, it;s still gona be a PITA to move a few thing around btu because a few key items did not change cost IE enchment bins it's not making my cry, but then i'm the function desinger, I dotn have to redo the style part

3) How long would this process take you if you were to engage in this practice?

to tear it down so as to not lose any thign and get the function back, including basic placment of storage etc will prolyl take the better part of a saturday.... I cant say how logn it will take my buddy to get even our fairly sparse decorations redone but probably 8+ hr's

4) What are the positive and negative concerns regarding repricing?

Positive YAY cheaper
Negative IT's not automaticaly discounted so tearign down and rebuilding requiered, but we are small fro use it;s nto to bad but soemof the bases I've SEEN in SS's I would probably break down crying if i had to rebuild it.

5) How will this feature affect you long term and short term?

short term spend a whole weekend working on it, and we will be saving up for the next upgrade again, btu our base will be bigger adn better.
Long term new rent sceam will be a pita fro our SG of 4 RL friends that at times play VERY casualy and dont want to have to run and pay rent becasue we are locked out when we log back in after a extended break, the actuyl amounts of rent beign reported are not an issue they are sooo low they can be earned in a mish or 2 easly, so shoudl alwasy have plenty in the bank.


Base Salvage Exchange to Invention Salvage
1) What is the negative effect on your base for this feature implementation?

Nothign really I've precrafted all my T-ports and every thign else is a logn way off for use as the badges are miles away at our play style.

2) What is the positive effect on your base for this feature implementation?

None, other then posiblity of markets goign BESERK with dule build etc. HOW EVER as new craftign is alogn way off it aint gona really matter, but then we are all RL frineds so we will all chip in if we want something, and i dotn mind asking them.

3) How long will it take you to adjust to learning this new system?

Had not realyl learned the old system but it's all the same look up recipy get stuff make item i dotn se ea diferance my self.

4) What side effects to this system do you currently see from transitioning the old to new system?

Posible market place insanitys with salvage prices, combined with dule builts as well hard to say but it could be nuts...
Though IT may just make that 'epic' crafting badge coem VERY VERY much easyer for me.
We wont bother to put an enchment station in the base any more, with it buring 'real' salvage now and the pita it woudl be to carry the rigth stuff aroudn and not acidentaly sell it when clearign everythign else out, it will see no use.


5) What security concerns do you have regarding this change?

None for me, as I truct my brother, my sister in law and our combined best friend, however in a 'normal' SQ i coudl see peopel never wantign to put expensive salvage in the racks fro the base builder to use even if they dotn want it thinkign some oen else woudl just take it.



I had another point I felt was important, but now I can't really rember it nuts....

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UPDATED NEWS:

Items in personal inventory will be placed at the reduced price after the issue goes live. Merry Christmas!

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Now if only my SG had the badges to actuyl craft the stuf fnow

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Awwww, i would have hope for 3 teleporters and 6 beacons since they were the same price before, for the same capabilities, and now have a 60k something difference too bad...thx Kryptos2...

...but/and/or maybe someone 100% sure and playing the open beta can confirm in a way or another about it?

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I can confirm that the 3x3 room takes 3 teleporters now. O_o

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REALLLY !!!!!!!!!!!

mmm that may modifie some plans then hum ....

Star Strider Forces Registry
Name: Madam X
Global Contact: @Madam X
Level of Classification: 43 atm
Origin: Tec
Super Rank & Super Group: 1 below leader, Defenders of Justice.


Not sure what this is but it shounds like killing Rikti and Madam X as a watchwoman strongly supports that.

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DO NOT...
...call my character by some hybrid/bizarro name like 'blaptroller' or 'warfender', or if you do don't get prissy when I call you a 'stupinhead' or 'idioramus'. I've used those terms (the first ones) in a tactical discussion before but not for my actual character. I'm a blaster. Shorter, easier to type. And true. So when I say stop it... stop.

DO NOT...
...[censored] about Brutes going Leeroy until you've played one at least until level 10. Seriously. Solo'ed 12 yellow hellions, in one big group in the street, at level 6 (6!) in about 45 seconds. Go ahead... try. (more on brutes below)

DO NOT...
...assume any of the following regardless of your past experience:
-SCRAPPERS are undisciplined yahoos who live to start fights only they can survive... There's a basis for that (mostly caffeinated regen'ners who don't have to wait at all) but most are quite good team players. See? I threw a generalisation in there quite easily and it doesn't apply to most players. I think. Lemme consider it while I run for more java.
-STALKERS are asocial teenagers whose sole source of satisfaction is ganking hardworking, virtuous players and then cackling maniacally. Okay, maybe some are.
-DEFENDERS (or corruptors) can heal, or even NEED to heal. I think by now most people have caught on that prevention is efficient and LIKE non-empaths. Or is it just me?
-BRUTES are nothing more than mindless... okay I admit this one is getting close to the mark. Thing is, rage is insane. INSANE. The damage output is so ridiculous, it's like when vets talk about guys going power-crazy with big guns (shooting machineguns until they run out of ammo or, more likely, die). This class not only ENCOURAGES Leeroy syndrome- it makes it FUN! So my proposal: go with it. Assume that, 30 seconds into the mission, the brute will go nuts and stop looking at what he's attacking, where he is or what his bodily needs are- so help him along! Buff him. Give him your c.a.b's. If he jump in front of Infernal screaming "Ah-HA!" just stand back, light up and watch him die. Or help, knowing you may faceplant with him. But enjoy the ride. Be pragmatic. Just watch him carefully and you'l do fine.
TANKS are useless lumps, 'specially ice tanks. Ahem. Not if the right person is behind the keyboard. They can save your whiny little [censored] like no other AT can, remember that.
MASTERMINDS are really the new and improved Tanks, and they really like to just grab and hold aggro so you can live your villainous fantasy of killing everything and looking sexy doing it. Really, it's all they want to do. Make YOU look good. No no, really.
PEACEBRINGERS/WARSHADES are all snotty kids on dad's machine or rich idiots who bought an account (or worse- the rich idiot's snotty kid!). When exactly did this happen? I've seen squids make pulls they couldnt handle, with voids and titans and whatnot- is there ANYONE on this thread who hasn't? Really? Ok, get off the forums and make your first character. Everyone else: you KNOW you've run headlong into crap you couldn't survive, so why blast these AT's? They seem really hard to play, so cut 'em some slack. The alternative: be considered an idiot-noob when you hit 50 and make one.
DOMINATORS are supposed to be like controllers, but they ain't as good! Granted, they share most of the same primaries but so what? Sure, I prefer the person next to me have /kinetics than /(assault stuff) for MY enjoyment, but for theirs they can play whatever they bloody well want. The dominate abilty is amazing so let them play- you wanted wartrollers(ahem), here they are; just as useful to a team as a controller but they don't buff.
CORRUPTORS have anything to do with defenders. They don't play at all like defenders unless you really want them to, in which case they're okay. BUT. One hint: I'm not playing a bleedin' defender, am I? Am I? Noooooooo- what am I playing? That's right. A corruptor. I corrupt, mainly by KILLING stuff. My primary is damage. Which brings me to:

DO NOT...
...give any importance to an AT's secondary powerset, or assume the player has any powers from it except for the first one. This is related to Corruptors being asked if they can heal, but also applies to MM's (whose minor healing skills are for the MINIONS) and controllers. There is one upside to people who assume too much from secondary sets: watching their first stalker get his face handed to him before they realise that, regen or no, he has the hitpoints of a controller.

DO NOT...
...snub an AT or build because of I5, bad press, minmaxing or whatnot. Tanks are useless? Really? Get the 'troller who said that in the arena with one, just for giggles. I want to watch. Ice/Axe tank? I'll bring the popcorn. <KA_CHUNK!>

The game evolves... yada yada... things change. Tanks got hit hard and they no longer have the staying power- doesn't make them useless by a longshot of course. I've seen useless tanks, and MM's etc... Y'know what made 'em useless? That's right- the person behind the keyboard, not the stats under the hood. A friend of mine used to make builds based on what her SG mates would recommend, then wonder why they didn't work. T'isn't the weapon, tis' the warrior. However...

DO NOT...
...make a 'concept character' whose concept is effectively useless (or almost) in the game, and then expect everyone to put up with it cheerfully. The "idea" might be cool, in which case I encourage you to go pick up Hero System rules and play the toon pen'n'paper. Great game, makes ANY idea you want. But don't get annoyed because someone would rather have a wingman with high DPS instead of a mastermind with no pets but a GREAT backstory. I'm sure the 'idea' is brilliant- have fun. But MY idea of fun is closer to skirting the ragged edge of danger, not pussyfooting around +0 or+1 mobs because someone wanted a laser rifle but no bots. Go play SWG. Or pen and paper. Or solo. Whatever.

DO NOT...
...bring up politics unless you're with RW friends or old-time SG mates. It can lead to bad feelings REAL fast.

**slight political content ahead**
Look, I'm Canadian. That means that, as far as I can tell, 51% of Americans are naive, deluded or scary as hell. BUT. I've traveled a lot. When I worked in Dallas last year I really liked everyone I met, from the folks I worked with to the folks at the hotel, the folks at the mall etc.. I don't want to get into public arguments with anyone- PM me and we'll go at it like rabid mynxes if you want, or try and start a politics thread. Heh, I dare you.
**okay, done**

DO NOT...
...mention religion either. Really, it's worse than politics. What makes it even more complicated is that a lot of characters take their name from biblical references, mostly angels and demons, or music bands (who often seem to pop holy books open and just use whatever looks 'cool') and they often DON'T EVEN KNOW IT. So. Don't ask. That's all. Being asked if I'm female is bad form, but someone schpieiling about the origin of 'Lilith' or 'Ezra' isn't bad form- it's freaky Ned-Flanderism(or pedantic at best). Don't try and change my wicked ways; I LIKE my wicked ways. All the good stuff in life is either immoral, illegal or fattening. Deal with it, or just come to Canada.

DO NOT...
...blame the devs for everything, or even anything in particular, until you sit in on a production meeting for this kind of thing. The quantity of factors that can go into an informed decision is staggering and the simple fact is that often, we can't make informed decisions. They're the ones with the datamined info, so they can know just how effective this or that power is, or if defiance really does suck. THEY KNOW. We don't. Not much room for intelligent debate, but at least your opinions count. Not happy with that arrangement? Go flame the Warcraft devs and see how long your access to their forums lasts.

DO NOT...
...whine about how an event is lame. Constructive criticism is great- but don't just rag on the valentine's day event because you want to solo. Wanting to solo valentine's day seems completely, utterly missing the point unless you're the kid I was talking about with the stalkers earlier- in which case, whack on brutha(or sista)!

I think the devs have fun with events- it's the time they can get wacky and try out stuff- any stuff, and that's okay. At the same time, if they spend too much time on an event someone is gonna [censored]; they're wasting valuable dev time, where's my trenchcoat blah blah (go play matrix online! sheesh!). They can't really win so I suggest people look at events as a sort of very cool test, not only of IF stuff works and HOW stuff works, but the actual impact it has on the playerbase- who's using it, how often, what for etc..

DO NOT...
...tell me about your WoW character. At all. That fact that's its the origin of your name/surname/SG name is, er, a fact. Not cool, cute or neat. Or even interesting. If anything it shows a certain lack of imagination- it's not even like playing an evil version of a hero you had, you're just rehashing old shite.
Anyhow.
I don't want to know what raids you were on- you're worse than listening to granmda ramble-at least her stories are about things she had DONE, not sat on her [censored] until it worked.

And if somehow you MUST- some bizarre circumstance involving a stuck elevator and partial paralysis, I mean MUST tell me about your toon... please, for the love of bob: not the equipment. The only thing more dreadful than a spazzed gamer droning on about how he owned this or that dragon is that gamer telling you about the stuff his character owns. More so when you don't play the game- then it's just verbal diarrhea pure and simple.

DO NOT...
...critique my costume unless you know me, or I ask. You can give your OPINION and that's fine. But it takes a special kind of [censored] to 'inform' me of whats 'missing' on my costume (often called an Art Director). More purple? Needs more purple? Really... tell you what... go stand downrange on a paintball field, I'll give you purple.

DO NOT...
...try and have 'demonstrations' in-game, in the hopes of rolling back I5(keep dreaming), or changing a powerset or whatever idiotic 'cause' you think you have. Heh. A 'cause'. In-credible. Just open the drapes and look outside. Aaaaw. It's too bad the world is absolutely friggin' perfect, 'cuz your revolutionary talents could have been SO useful in a 'real' situation... but having no better cause to vie for than how much prestige you get from missions is okay, 'cuz you're really making things happen. Long live Che!

DO NOT...
...think just because a few people liked a long-winded rant that, somehow, you should post another.

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Pax

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I LOVE YOU

Though mate, i think in the following bit it realyl should have been a Beaver don't ya think EH!

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LOL I've noticed (only from yesterday) that the price of the lvl 50 IOs went from 90k to 106k

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IF you log on at a lot of dif times durign the day on any goven day you can tach teh price of levle 50 recipies varie by 30-40k or more sooooooo........

That and for the more commons ones the last 5 is often what sold ig the last 5 mins or less so it coudl be bumped up buy some oen buyign them for crafting etc sicne they will oftne pay a little mroe to get them sooner and dotn care if it;ls less then the vendor pays just that it;s less them the table would cost them.

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Do not follow my female toons around making lewd commentary. You will not be rewarded with anything resembling sex. You WILL have to explain to your mom why you need her credit card again so you can make a new account after I /petition your booty.

(How do I know this? Read on.)

When you get back into the game with a new account, DO NOT send a /tell to my toon stating:

"U STUPID <bleep> U GOT ME BANNED!!!!!!"

I wonder if his mom let him use her credit card a third time.

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DO follow mine around, (Especaly if your strongly homoppobic) I play a lot of females because it either is more fun to look at for my self or because it fits my cocept better.....
I will have fun with you, i may even offter to talk to you over voice chat... dont be supprised when my voice is VERY masciline

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I don't think you can represent this as such a clear-cut "everyone wins!" strategy. If you're successfully using this to earn Influence, then you're essentially exploiting some other player who is more lazy or less informed about relative IO recipe prices.

Whenever I work on crafting badges, I always put in bids that are lower than the price of the recipe at crafting tables, but higher than the price merchants pay for it. That way, I don't have to pay quite as much for my crafting badges, but the player selling the recipe is also better-off than they would be otherwise. *That's* a true win-win strategy.

I'm not too bothered, though. I'll always outbid anyone who uses the method outlined in this guide.

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I did the same thing when i was workgin on my badges as well i did that because i wanted to make them quickly so wanted to wait onyl a few misn fro teh recipies to come in but still same my self some inf at the same time

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Whatever folks, it's been 6 days since someone blabbed a "strategy" for making money at WW and as of 4pm this afternoon you still can't find a recipe that isn't sold out, or already out of profit range.

The more you promote and blab, the harder and longer it will take the market to recover.

What would the devs do? Easy, make a minimum price for items placed in the WW/BM. Example, lvl 30 recipe sells for 3k at shop, make minimum price to place it on the market 3k as well. That pretty much fixes everything.

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Over the last few days I've made OVER 30 mill with this 'stradigy' so i dont understand what your sayign HECK during prime time on friday and saturday I litterly was biddign on recipies at 20k under vendor price and runign back and forth with 25 recipies as fast as i could take then of fthe AH restock the bids and run to the vendor in KR to sell them!!!!!!!

soo i dotn see this DOOM your preching...

maby you play only at a REALLY ODD time of day when there are less peopel playing and less recipies comign avalible and a bunch of people farming the AH, (say maby asian prime time.....), I know during/toward the end of EST/PST prime times the prices are WAY DOWN, if you put bids in durign the off times they WILL haev bene filled durign this time when you log back on the next day.

heh I read it in a guide amost a year ago and started useign it then has the marked colapsed yet .... nope i still do it today after beign away for 9 ish months, (and loseing about 16 mil each on 4 dif chars that were doing it due to my auction inventory beign wiped account was never inactive either i just didnt log on

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Actually, you should find a level 53 Guide. It doesn't matter what level you are, the one-shot code will prevent you from dying. For example, a level 32 char only has around 800 HP, they get hit for around 2500, but they survive and end up with 1 HP.

You will fully heal between attacks if you're a Melee AT with a Healing SO in Rest, otherwise you need a fast auto-fire heal (Healing Aura or Radiant Aura) or outside assistance.

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IF 2 peopel were there would the mob stay stuck on the resting person becsue they are healign MORE of the dmaeg they are getitng done to them and they are aa jucies target becasue of rets OR woudl they swap over to attakc soem oen else standign nere buy with heal triggered to auto...

Considerign workign on this for my self and the healign badge for my RL buddy ta the same time, sinc ei have a blaster i would need the help to use this ones shot code not that i realyl knwo what it is but i can guess