Memphis_Bill

This thread should be replicated on a tablet made of peanut butter.

So don't. Burn through 20 levels, do your tips and swap. Easy! (yeah, I know.)

See, that's the thing I think is the snag in the suggestion - they've gone through the trouble of implementing the system, I don't think they'd want to trivialize it by just saying "OK, here, start whatever, wherever," and just leaving side switching as a feature for Epics.

I don't think we'd see anything like this before they make GR part of the base package - if they ever do do that.

... yeah, that's the catch. After all, one of the selling points for GR is side switching (as well as the whole Praetorian thing,) and this would kind of short-circuit that.

/notreallyfororagainst

... yet.

As far as the beta comment - well, the test and live servers aren't the same. We know this. There's also just the fact that we have far more people playing on live than on test. *shrug*

Personally - and no, no data-points recorded - I seem to get a fair enough mix of common/uncommon/rare/vr salvage. Mostly uncommon, yes, but I've had rare and VR show up when I didn't think I'd have gotten them.

The devs won't reveal their "metrics" (obviously, not wanting people to game the system,) but I'm not willing to call them *generally* broken at this point. (Masterminds excepted - the whole pet damage thing needs looking at.)

I have, though, mostly been on one of two controllers (Ice/Emp, Earth/FF) or a blaster (elec/elec - mostly single target,) with the occasional foray into warshades or other characters. I *should* take out my stalker and see what I get there.

Might want to get off that high horse and re-read his posts:

Let the mods do the modding, if they feel any is needed.

As I'm reading some of these comments, a thought comes to me -

We may end up with a fix that balances "Too strong" in normal content (like what you mention) but "just right" or "not quite strong enough (unless added to other powers) for Incarnate content.

I'd *think,* if that's the case, we'll see more things just fall under the level shift style mechanic (post-Alpha.) X power does # ticks of # damage in normal content, but in Incarnate flagged content, it does #++ damage for #++ ticks. (Or whatever the individual power is going to be - Lore pets having nfaster recharge in Incarnate content, for instance, or whatever the later ones will be.)

This would still give the player the feeling of "I'm an Incarnate and more powerful than a regular 50" in normal content (and keeping the "shifted everywhere" Alpha shift of +1,) while letting Incarnate content be just that much tougher - because it's designed for these.

(Now, when it comes to things like world events - I don't know how it'd work, if we see any.)

Tip 1: Don't do that. Which, I'll say, it sounds like you have as a goal. (PVP excepted, of course, I get doing that - but, yeah, post-I13 pvp....)

And this (just to make a general statement) is one of the big reasons why people come down on PLing - at least 1-50. It's like saying you saw the trailers and read the spoiler sites, so you know so-and-so wins and so-and-so dies at the end of the movie... then you couldn't bother to sit through the movie, because it was boring after the first 20 minutes.

Why? You know what happens at the end. All the plot twists, all the buildup, it's all spoiled for you already.

Part of what makes a set fun (or not) to me - and yeah, I'll say there are some that are just not fun, but that's personal preference - is getting "those" powers. For instance, my first 50 was an elec/elec blaster, made back in I3. One of the things that STILL makes her one of my favourites is remembering "payback" in the late teens on synapse.

You know (or, ok, maybe you don't if you've PL'd through and missed it,) hitting all the clockwork. Including Tesla Knights... before Blasters had Defiance 2.0. I was getting REALLY irritated... then I hit 18 and picked up Tesla Cage, and gave them back some of their own before letting them have shocky, electric death.

It's also what slowed down my (forum-namesake) Fire/SS tank, my first character. Burn got changed, badly, just before I got them to 18. That "plateau" power of Burn was no longer something to look forward to to me. (Did get him to 50, too - and respecced when the fear was taken out of burn.)

PLing 1-50... you don't get that. Yes, you get to slot it up and see it at "full power," but you don't get the "hey, you, yeah you who was giving me trouble, I've got a surprise for you."

Roles also change as you level up, too. Not just as in your AT becomes stronger, but - well, for me the Empath is the classic example. Early on, yes, your "heals" are important. That's why they give them to you first. Everyone is squishy, and reactive a power type as it is, healing really helps. Later? Not so much - so you can concentrate on buffs and messing with your secondary, power pools, etc. (Saying this with two Empaths at 50 and others all over the place.)

Having PL'd 1-50, as you said - you might get frustrated at the "slow" pace of regular 1-50 leveling. Don't. Hang in there. Enjoy the ride. You may find you enjoy the character more when you're done, even if it's not an IO'd out monster just as you hit 50.

Stretch your definitions a bit - Yeah, "all stone" or whatnot can be fun (I'm on a sapping team on occasion now - all Elec/Elec blasters, with the occasional kin that joins us,) but you can also do things like an Elemental team, or play "all natural" (no "techy" or magic feeling sets,) or - you mention "DP," some of my friends were mentioning a "dual wield" team, DP or DB. I have a SG that started out with friends picking *each others* sets (ended up with a Fire/Kin corruptor there.) Or take a page from some of the player events and play "hardcore" - death = deletion, or something similar.

There are a lot of ways to mix it up.

No. The whole team doesn't need to be CM'd, and I don't want to waste the END.

Tesla Cage isn't in Electric Assault. And you can take it from my Electric BLASTER when hell freezes over.

Learn to use it. It's very useful. Absolutely NOT.

No. It's nice being able to use Crushing Field without screwing up someone else's Earthquake/Ice Slick/Foot Stomp/etc.

Propel just needs to be sped up. Otherwise, leave as is.

Not necessarily true. Someone who played for four years and has been gone one for whatever reason (military, school, etc.) has certainly paid more than the person who's been in just long enough to see their first shny vet reward.

And this surprises you?

The drunk server pinning down the German server? ICH WILL EIN BIER!

... ok, haven't tried german in over a decade, but that should be close enough.

And how do they keep global names above level 6? If you have a character above 6 you're fine?

Now, purging the trials that haven't converted after 3 mo or something, sure.

Besides money.

... depending on what they put into the glaze.

"MMm knnt mpn mmm mmfh!"

(Never particularly fond of Krispy Kreme. *shrug* Then again, I was missing Pollo Tropical just for the fried plantains when I was out west - and missing having a close by Baja Fresh now that I'm back in FL.)

Yeah, already did. Never did get around to adding... um, almost everything. I think I have three entires there.

Er...

"Proliferation" did? Seems more like Side switching, something rather different from proliferation, did. If anything, side switching is more of a reason to slow down proliferation - no need to check/redo balance on a new AT if players can just waltz over with an existing set.

Also...

If the lead proponent is no longer in such a strong position to push it, it doesn't sound like it'd be high on the priority list. Can't help but wonder if War Witch's "We don't want to remake old, we want to give you new!" (infuriating) line about zones and content is also her stance on powersets.

Not snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? There goes my "Set self destruct to auto" suggestion...

1) Dark/Dark Tank, Brute or Scrapper;

Running a scrapper like this, actually. Kind of on and off, but generally fun because (a) I like control, and this has some, and (b) the great heal (and built in END recovery) is one of those "turn around" powers.

2) Traps/Sonic Defender;

Any time I play traps, it's a "Get to trip mine. That's all I want to do." Feels too "slow" for teams at first, until you get used to setting things up for the *next* group.

3) Widow/Fortunata;

Cannot *stand* these. Played a widow. Working on a fort. Can't give specific reasons (besides being an epic tied to a lousy, rushed and exceptionally disappointing storyline,) I just don't enjoy them. Now, if you were looking at Soldier... Crab or Huntsman is fun.

4) Warshade;

Top of the list just for flexibility, corpse-exploding fun.

5) Earth/Emp Controller;

Probably mid pack. I'm a big fan of Earth - lots of control, but not huge on damage. Less so with Empathy, though it's worth doing a double build and skipping "teammate only" powers (in most instances) for the times you solo.

6) Fire/Cold Controller; or

Don't think I've done the combo. Fire's fun, though.

7) Fire/Ice Blaster.

Played one for a while. It's leveling slowly - just hasn't grabbed me. (Plus it's on one of my lesser-visited servers - Champ or Triumph, I think.)

Really? About 1 out of 10 for me.

Maybe YOU don't, but I find a few hours a night is essential. Or during work, either way.