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New badges! That's all I really ever wanted...Now, as a side note, did we ever get confirmation that doing the TF's without badges will retroactively give them, I know those without them will get them, but has it been confirmed that you won't have to do them again in the new issue?

-Matches, new badges = new accolades?

figures, as soon as I start this thread no one dings fifty.

-Matches, I blame polaris

Well then, congratulations!

-Matches

Of course I just have to congratulate Spackle again on hitting 50, I mean that was just as improbable as me taking a travel power.

-Matches, and that is NEVER happening...outside the arena...

Well this thread really should be stickied on the front page...but that's another issue. Anyway, I just wanna give a mention to my arena opponent yesterday, Saga.

Saga, we had an awesome match and we both know luck played an important part in me being able to defeat you. But despite losing you still had a cheery attitude...and then promptly tried to kill me again...It was an awesome match, so go you, you Gravity...umm...something for a secondary controller! I was too busy getting chain held by your singularities to notice anything else...

-Matches, thank god for practiced brawler

Considering that it seems now that half of the threads started in this forum are now about "congratulations X on getting to level 50" I figure it might be time to just consolidate it into one thread. So if anyone gets to level 50, post it here and any congratulatory remarks.
Hell, since I'm starting a whole thread dedicated to this, maybe we can also recongratulate some of the old people on getting 50?

-Matches, now who do we have to kidnap to get this stickied?

I got a few names to add to the list...Well I should have a LOT more but, these are the ones I wrote down last night. Because last night was probably the best task force team I will ever have. Together we blazed through the sister psyche taskforce in 90 minutes, with about 10 minutes to gather a pick up team. It was insane. Especially since the night before, when I tried to do it, whoever I Was exemplared to would LD and I would be kicked instantaneously. Anywhere, here are definitely some great players.

Purgatory Puppy, the blaster with the knockback AoE...mmm...knockback. Also who I was exemped to and he leveled quick so I got MY AoE back, joyous!

Gantelet, the tank that tanked the thinkgs that should be tanked, and made it so I didn't really need to run any of my defenses.

James Burnett, The other tank, both of them were invincible, and both of them kept all the aggro that we were never in any danger unless we wandered off and/or split up...

ProjectSpeed, the other scrapper, who was also the mission errand boy with the superspeed and such. All combined, we put out some massive damage on whatever was in the way.

Seriously, that was an incredibly smooth Task Force, no problems, no one died, just Bam, Bam, BAM, done!

-Matches, and I know no other will be as smooth

of course no one mentions you. Nobody likes you and you smell...
-Matches, maybe if you posted on the boards once in awhile...

I got a whole heapin' helpin' of awesome players that i've teamed with in the past few days on my way to 50, so ehre we go!

Your Queen: magnificent scrapper, who is always my queen
lloytron 4.0: MA scrappers unite!
Lord Eddo: actually i hate you...
Raelana: the all powerful
Scalenus: the bigger tank
Perestroika: the never dead
Raideck: the little tank that could
Darkdrium: he's just crazy!
Pixie Styx: the powergaming pixie
B0bbyB0mb: or however you spell it, he's been 50 since I can remember, and he's always on...kinda creepy...
IM-44: one of the best empaths i have ever teamed with, kept me at full endurance all the time
Frozen Reign: can you guess his power set?
Aurora Dionysus, better than aurora borealis
Superchiller: totally fly dude
Anabear: a tank that would squash me if we were werne't teamed
Monk Anji: look, more people on the team not dying...
Light-Speed: awesome costume, awesome player

With special thanks to the 44+ respec team of today:
Uncle Slaps, the other SR scrapper..that didn't die!
Kensai Ryuken, the scrapper that let me rush to death first!
Branclem: the only person with a slower computer than me (and a blaster)
and the Lord Eddo as the last blaster on the team, sorry you died so much...or am I?

and of course, the team that helped get me the last stretch to 50:
Kensai Ryuken, Lord Eddo, Gimpy Fire Elf (the big fire tanker), Timeus (the big controller), Lord Dark Moon (can't remember his function), [Im-44 and Uncle slaps weren't there when I dinged 50, but they sure helped me get real close]

-Matches, and everyone else that showed up to my little 50 celebration soiree...I shoulda written names down or something...

and oh yeah, let's make damn sure this thread not only grows, but isn't deleted in the next thread pogrom.

-Matches, post often!

I noticed I didn't actually post my list...I'm reconstructing most of these names from memory of long ago, so If I screw 'em up, someone correct me, and if I miss some, blame all the new info i've gotten from college.

Spackle, my own personal photographer/teleporter/healer
Onus Vox, the tankinest tank I've teamed with
Satanic Hamster, I've teamed with him once...ONCE
Torrid, I think she and a partner helped me take down countess crey once
Sheline, gotta love scrappers
Justice Avenger, awesome defender I've been teaming with since the beta
Veiled Witch, awesome controller lost to the despicable WoW
Cheetah, his in character comments are always awesome
Purramedic, helped me out of a bunch of jams
Nobody, yes that's really his name
Lord Eddo, he used to be lower level than me
Moon Cat, not sure if she is still around but i have a penchant for any other Ma/SR scrappers I meet
Krole, he makes me look good
Eye Devil, I can beat him in a race...to the hospital
In my last days during december there was a bunch of people I teamed with for AV missions that helped me get the Portal Jockey badge, and someone I would team with regularly, and I can't remember the names...CURSES!
Pandora X, fun fun fun tanker to team with...no idea where he went off to
Distraction, a female controller who would "flash" enemies to distract them
Saban, claws scrapper who spends more time in the air than a flying blaster
Myyst, controller that i would team with way back in the day, along with the rest of the original fatale femmes
Inslaved, didn't so much team with as much party all the time
All the peopleI met through Inslaved and her supergroup that I can't remember the names but loved talking to
There are so many countless others that I just can't remember, and so many taht left, or have alts or whatever.
All the people that helped me with AV's, or tough missions, or answered my foolish questions or whatever
Hell, most of the people I randomly gift with influence are worthy of praise, but there is just too many that I can't remember
You know what, If I've teamed with you, or met you, or just seen you from a distance, chances are you're a cool player, I just wish I had the time to meet you all...maybe when I'm 50...

-Matches, when I can see my friends list agains this post will get longer

So if you're name aint on this list, and you remember me, say hi or something when I come back on saturday

Well, since the first one disappeared on us, and people are going to point that out rather than bring it back, here it is again! So go, post who you think is worthy of praise in the game!

-Matches

The high end game will continue to get new content, and I am sure "epic power pools" or simply level 50+ stuff will come out eventually...but you cannot just keep raising the cap on levels. Eventually characters hit the pinnacle of what they can achieve level wise.

And I symphathize, as a Tank, unless I am teamed, my EXP rate slows to a crawl.

But with the Epic classes its going to be a whole new type of game to go through again...and there HAS been a lot of expansion at the lower levels. By the time I was level 20+ you still couldn't succeed in Task Forces, so I have never finished Positron or Synapses dealie (Exemplaring to risky since I can get insta boot if buddy even server dumps).

New trials, entire new zones, its a good time to run through again.

Also, keep in mind, at lower levels, you level FAST. I was level 10 my first DAY I think...and I STILL haven't gotten to 50...and my first day was Pre-release.