Memphis_Bill

TA/Ice:
Slot Frost Breath with the Positron's Blast Chance for Energy Damage proc.
Use one of the three (of four) APP choices that do an Energy/NE component to light it.

/obligatory disagreement with Evilgeko.

They allow ninja run because some people have that as their only travel power. I'm reasonably sure you have more attacks than just the origin temp power.

If we had only one server, maybe. We have 15 with the EU servers. For each zone that got "unlocked," you'd have to have separate contacts, missions, etc - and you just *know* that there'll be a bug that puts someone's newspaper mission or TF mission in one of the "locked" zones.

Because the devs don't like you.

No, I wouldn't buy one.

It doesn't make sense for me to, and it doesn't make sense for the devs to set something like this up as a pack. Costumes? You know only the account that buys it is going to use it. Bases? You're affecting from 1-150 people per SG (assuming each sg member is one account.) And only one would have to have it.

Unlike costumes, I could buy the pack, then volunteer to join an SG a day and spread it out. If you're looking at the devs making money - this is a money loser. For costumes, I can keep using them, mixing and matching, creating hundreds of alts with up to five costume slots a piece.

How many bases exist? How many people make multiple bases, and continually rework them?

Also, I *know* that I can buy a pack, go into the costume creator and use it right away. Nobody's going to tell me I can't, or delete the item. Base items? There's no guarantee I'll have base editing permission, or if I do, that the people in charge of the SG will let the item stay. It'd be like me running out right now and buying high-performance parts for, say, a classic Boss Mustang. I don't have one. I don't know that I ever will. Why would I buy parts I may not ever have a use for?

No, base "packs" don't make sense to me.

Animating bugs away.

I do have to say, though, that if the only reason to push for a pool for the other ATs is to "make it fair," that's just not a reason.

That said, I'd started throwing together a "project" of - for lack of a better way of putting it, "pure" power combos to see if it'd be a worthwhile chase. Now, being thorough and adding Judgement in, of course, there's only 4-5 sets that could be done (depending on if you count Ion as "part of" an energy set or not.) But I was rather surprised at some of what was missing just on the APP level - I just hadn't looked at it much before. There are some definite gaps that could be filled just to keep some themes going.

"Care about the character," unfortunately, is ... really vague, and up to individual taste.

Some people "care about the character" in terms of going nuts with IO sets and coming up with the "perfect" build - that, also, being a matter of taste. They look at it as a project to squeeze the most of something (defense, best DPS, etc.) out of that character.

Some people "care about the character" by making it an actual *character.* This can be through RP with others, or just internally - you come up with a bio, you make decisions (even if you're not "RPing with a group" or whatnot) depending on what that character would do - would they make it a point to go after, or avoid, certain enemies, even if it's really inconvenient (or suicidal?) Have they got a vendetta?

Some people "care about" getting the most badges, or finding someone else to PVP with.

So - what's going to do it for you? That's something you have to answer for yourself.

Now, admittedly, part of it *is* what you pointed out - finding somethign that's not very challenging. For me, for instance, I almost got turned off of Masterminds because of my first one - a Robotics/Force Field MM. Very thematic for a "autonomous battlefield tactical unit" as that MM was... but boring as *hell* to play, to me. I went to the MM forums, described what was going on (which really boiled down to "I feel like a spectator when playing him,") and they suggested a few sets... which led to my Thugs/Poison, which was a blast getting to 50. It kept me busy with buffs, debuffs, healing my pets and teammates and the like. It was fun. (Still is.)

So, looking at your MA scrapper - what was the secondary? Something "set and forget?" Did you like it, or the scrapper play style otherwise? Then look into another secondary - Regen, for instance, being something you have to keep on top of. Or try them as a Stalker - different playstyle, lower hit points and different things to worry about. (My only 50 stalker is an MA/Regen, btw.)

(Personal preferences tend to lean toward (non-Illusion) Controllers, Dominators and Kheldians.)

I think, quite frankly, the OP needs to actually sit down and play Kinetics - and actually pay *attention* to what the powers do - for a while if they really think all of the above.

A suggestion.

• You really
• should
• try writing in
• solid paragraphs,
• using lists
• only where
• appropriate.
• Your love of
• using the list feature makes
• going through your posts
• rather annoying to read.

Going through what you did write, I can say that yes yes, all I can see as a reason for this is "Johnny_Taxybot's Ego" still, despite your disclaimer. You also made some assumptions in the examples I gave - such as the person who "donated" several million "realizing the SG isn't active." I never made such a statement. All three would be in the same SG. Mentioning "the" supergroup once should, I'd expect, have made that a clear baseline. I'm not sure where you got the idea "This is from an inactive SG," short of trying to set up some manner of strawman for yourself to knock down.

My "claim," as you put it, for your preferences goes solely by what you've been posting, in which you seem to link a player's "value" to a supergroup to that Prestige amount.

I'm also rather - I'm not sure if it's baffled or amused by your post count comment. I invite you to search my posting history and look at the number of times I've referred to my post count. (I believe you'll find me refer to it positively once, due to someone mentioning being nearly at some interesting number, and negatively a few times - where I'm specifically saying I don't care about it, because it is meaningless.) Another strawman you decided to set up, that has nothing to do with your suggestion. And yes, if it went away, I wouldn't care.

Last, you were kicked from your supergroup for inactivity. At that point, your contributing "life" ended. Much like if I went back to one of my old jobs I'd have to start back at "day 1" of seniority, your "contributing life" to the SG has started over. If you know you're going to leave and be beyond, potentially well beyond, the SG's kick limit, you're consciously making that choice - and any "penalties" that go with it. If you want to preserve your prestige count (knowing that Prestige is not lost, or yours to begin with, belonging to the SG) then do the following:
1. Open a Photobucket account, or other site - or use the personal web hosting your ISP may provide.
2. Go into game.
3. Type "Screenshotui 1"
4. Open the SG window, locate your name.
5. Press "PrtScr" to take a screenshot.
6. Type "Screenshotui 0" to turn off UI capture.
7. Save that screenshot and give a link to refer to it later.

*comforts Michelle*

And yeah... Numina/Positron? Where did that come from? Honestly - ignore it. She's a longstanding colleague and friend. Leave it at that and go on with the story.

(Have I mentioned my various gripes with the devs and lore lately?)

Wondering if this is just a quirk or not -

Just (as in seconds ago) finished running Darrin Wade's arc - you know the one, get relics, infiltrate the midnighters, steal more from there.

As I started to escape, it struck me that something was missing... namely, nothing striking me from the Living Armor normally camped around the place. It just wasn't THERE.

Really takes some of the fun out of things not having it around to dodge. And the rest of the midnighters, while "hostile," never aggroed.

Recent change, bug, or just a quirk with my run of that mission?