Master_Armantus

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...there are still plenty of teams out there that play through non-farm content.

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I'd ask you to prove exactly that. Log in with a character in the 20's or 20's, on any server, and see how many teams you can find around your level. Give it a shot right now...see how many you can find that aren't rolling AE missions.

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I like that you casually skipped over the part where I said ask the appropriate questions. All you did was tell me to try and find a team...

If you were really interested in finding a team, you would make efforts to help yourself rather than blow off advice. You would be making posting in various appropriate in game LFT/LFG/TF/SF/Badge/etc. channels. You would be broadcasting in various city zones. You would be making new friends so as to lessen your dependence of PuGs. You would be scheduling and gathering team get-togethers in the various server forums. You would travel somewhere other than just Atlas Park and Peregrine Island where the farming fanatics hang out.

But you apparently don't take those steps. Instead of making radical suggestions, post in Player Questions to enhance your gaming experience.

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<QR> Other than the Safeguard suggestion, I don't like any of these, for the reasons already stated.

And to emphasize, I will never agree to a suggestion of ANOTHER form of currency...we've already got PLENTY. If the devs force one on me, I'll beach and moan, but I'll use it. But I'll never back a player's suggestion for one.
1. Influence/Infamy
2. Prestige
3. Reward Merits
4. Vanguard Merits
5. Tickets

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6. Candy Canes

/crumple$$dispose

I'd like to absorb all sides of the argument but I sense extreme amounts of personal ulterior motives from the OP, judging from the sheer blatantness of his suggestion: [ QUOTE ]
The removal of all level 50 Heroes/Villains.

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It once again comes down to asking the right questions, not suggesting to alter the game to your own liking. If you personally don't like farming, don't farm. If you feel like finding non-farm teams is too difficult, then use the forums as a guide to help your searching skills, because there are still plenty of teams out there that play through non-farm content.

I'm having a bad case of deja vu.

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I admit I have a bit of a taco bell addiction.

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Are there no Del Taco's in your area?

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Nope, all we have aree Taco Bell or Taco Gringo. We did have a tiny little taco place open up on main street not to long ago. My wife wants to try it but I'm a bit scared by it.

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One place I wish would move east... Baja Fresh. They were good, and filling. One of the few things I miss from living on the west coast.

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You've been to Baja Fresh? You can answer a question that has bugged me for years.

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>.>

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...I like tacos...

Cool, thanks. That completes my plans for the build then.

Is this the same exact mace used by the bane spider? In other words, I don't have to expect a redraw animation between bane mace powers and the epic mace mastery powers?

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Nexus Ar'gos, a 5 yer old character with a 5 year old costume, was generic'ed by the GMs. SO griefer reported that the character was a Captain Mar'vell ripoff and that's all it took

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This has nothing to do with anything. For all we know he made the character 5 years ago, got to level 10, and never bothered to log in with him again until today.

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AFTER that happened, now the GMs are demanding that the toon be deleted outright OR the player's 5 [year] running account will be banned.

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Everyone knows it doesn't work that way. Please stir post-AE farming anti-dev flaming elsewhere.

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Yeah I know it's long, but when you look at it, it really brings home just how much and how often the devs update the game.

FOR FREE I might add.

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This is the biggest factor I'd like to thank the devs for. They could just as easily make us pay for each issue, but they don't.

I.... was about to reply but then I became ill what with all of the recent farming threads making my head spin and implode on itself. All I can manage to say before I go lie down for a while is make sure you understand the game's history and the difference between farms and exploits before yet another flame war erupts. Not singling anyone out, just trying to keep a friendly Memorial Day atmosphere in the forum.

I've been playing for 15 months and I've still only touched maybe 50% of the available content... and that's playing daily about 1-3 hours. By the time I catch up they'll have released another 2 issues and the Rogues update. Enough content? Question answered.

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Well what is the definition of "healer"?

Is it an empath with heal aura, heal other, absorb pain and medicine?

Is it anyone with a heal power?

Is it someone who refuses to use any power except their heal?

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This is the original intent of the thread, because too many have varying definitions of the word, as it is not explicitly defined in the game. Many have offered great insights (barring the flaming) into how those with healing powers and those without can be used effectively.

However, I don't believe we've reached a general agreement as to what a "healer" really is, in CoX terms.

I personally think the definition should be narrowed if players insist on using it in broadcast when looking for a team. Otherwise, the term becomes too vague and misleading. All this time I've assumed "healer" means an empathy defender/controller, but as I've said before I've seen storm summoners pass themselves off as healers as well.

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Everyone flies over here. And since I have to have a prereq... on melee people its Air Sup, and my ranged people pick up both that and hover. Air Sup is truly a power that has its uses no matter what kind of character you are on. It usually replaces Brawl in my trays when I get it. Its sort of what Brawl ought to be.

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I use AS mostly on squishies that spend a good deal of time in melee range. Otherwise, I stick to Hover for maneuverability, a free boost to defense, and another power to slot the LotG proc.

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Some say that Infinity is the PvP server.

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I heard Freedom is. Granted I don't keep up with PvP, but it's what I heard.

I got the idea today from a recent thread posted in Player Questions. Why not be able to colorize the background and font of the AFK bubble? Here is the following reason, provided by RobertoLyon:

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I've found another use for the AFK bubble message, thought I'd pass it along.

I've made macros for my Defenders, so that when they fire a buff like Fortitude, Adrenaline Boost, or Clear Mind, the AFK chat bubble appears with the name & description of the buff.

e.g. "Adrenaline Boost speeds Health & End recovery, and Recharge"

or "Fortitude boosts Accuracy, Damage, & Defense"

or "Clear Mind protects you from Sleeps, Holds, and Immobilization".

I first tried putting this in Local Chat - but it pretty much spammed the Team Chat window unnecessarily. That incarnation only lasted a mish or so.

Putting it in AFK chat is informative (for players not familiar with playing a Defender), but MUCH less intrusive.

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I'd also like to add that, if not a customizable AFK bubble, then if it's easier make a separate channel that does not appear in the chat window, but only above your character like normal text. This way, the chat window is not spammed and gameplay can take an interesting twist.

EDITED for typo.

And curiosity killed the cat.

Thanks to all the posters who remained on topic and provided useful info!

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hmm.

Basically, you're asking for the server to keep a mission after everyone drops "warm" for, oh... several minutes after a quit. Can be done I think.

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I was seeing this as a major benefit for soloists. Team play, however, I'm not so sure.

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As long as all remaining enemies are restored to full health/end

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Unless it's a mission with an AV you've been soloing for a while, and you manage to get him down to 10% health and then you DC. Log back in, and you find you've just wasted 5-10 mins and probably a crap load in inspirations.

I don't see any way to abuse this privalege, and it would certainly help with the occasional DC.

/signed

I believe this was stated in my original post with "just curious." I believe the game will continue on for a long time to come, barring anything unforeseen. My curiosity stems from a personal hobby of attaining knowledge. Anything I don't know for sure, I like to find out. If I sat back and bit my tongue and never got the question out, I'd likely have gone insane.

Sorry about that, good eye!

/bind enter "StartChat$$afk typing"

When you press the Enter key, the message "afk typing" will appear above your head. Change "afk typing" to whatever fancies you.

Is this information available anywhere and, if so, where? Just curious about the numbers currently when compared to past key periods (namely issue releases). I've played since Feb. '08 and the player base seems as stable and now as it did then, IME, but real numbers would help confirm this.

This thread is flame bait at this point.

Instead of making another thread, I'll ask it here:

Does a team setup exist that can only fail? Perhaps not in every situation, but specifically in the harder end game content (STF, LRSF, for instance)? I was thinking of a team of nothing but empathy defenders, simply for low DPS, but they do have damage buffs so they might still have 'uber pwnage skilz'.