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I really wish they'd just remove the AE building from Atlas and put one in Peregrine so things could go back to normal. They say they are against farming, but they turn Atlas into the farming capitol of CoH?

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1. I don't think the devs intend to full remove farming from the game. Just the type that uses exploits.
2. Removing the AE from Atlas would be counter to their being able to level from 1-50 plan unless they made the one in Steel Canyon closer to the entrance or something similar.

What they need to do is simply add an AE option to the current lfg interface and make sure players know how to use it.

Really, the game needs a way to encourage teamwork at lower levels (but not force someone into a team either,) so they learn how the lfg system works.

I wish the spam button did more than just ignore them.

Maybe after a global is reported through the button so many times it loses email capability?

It was pointed out during the i14 beta that the MA would be heaven for PLing and farming and all the devs said was "don't do it." They never fixed the known Comm Officers exploit before it went live either.

Personally, all I want to see is another option added to the lfg interface (looking for AE mission team.) That alone would cut down on the spam once the community learns how to use it.

I've got an arc with a good 15 diff custom enemies and still had enough room for a 3 mission arc (though barely.)

I do agree there's a lot more variety in the appearance of the built in mobs, though.

Random faces and hair colours alone would help.

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I think there is a stealth suppression aura on either yourself or the NPC when you are "escorting" any hostage around. Well I know theres the suppression, I just don't know who it is centered around.

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It's on the hostage, but if you use stealth they tend to become stranded.

Wandering, RPing, fashion designer and definitely Commander (though within my own global chat group mostly.)

Currently, though, I am definitely a leveller, but only until I unlock those Khelds and VEAts. I have quite a few alts but I only use them when other channel members want to team up, preferring to focus on a 42 claw/dark scrapper and a 33 bots/storm mm.

It's insanely useful on a MM without self healing pets.

I use it all the time on my ninja/pain mm. It makes ninjas quite dangerous.

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Forcing a custom group to be comprised of a minion, a lieutenant, and a boss is perhaps the least problematic aspect of your suggestion (if I understand it correctly). But it still would create issues.

Custom critters take up a lot of file space. Forcing people to add critters they don't need will negatively impact the story content of MA.

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What if the MA was smart enough to spawn minion, lt or boss versions of a single creature based on difficulty if the required positions did not already have creatures? So no masses of boss level enemies unless the challenge level requires it.

It would help fight the farm issues and save file space.

Use the grouping flags. The only ones who don't are the AE newbies. Also try messaging in broadcast for a non-AE team.

I've been lucky in that I'm part of a large global channel group (don't ask for an invite, we're pretty exclusive) and we almost always have a few teams running.

We mostly do radio and AE story arcs, with the odd high end mission or RWZ team. For fun, we often have "baby" hero or villain groups on fresh/lowbie characters.

I actually have to fix this in one of my arcs. One side always slaughters the other before the player sees it.

I think I might just make the non-map side some rogue patrols.

There were a lot less players on beta and a heck of a lot less arcs.

Most, if not all, of the DCs are transfers over from beta. The AE lists move too fast for DC arcs to really occur except by luck. The odds of even a quality arc being noticed by the devs is miniscule, even without the voting cartel nonsense.

And yours is one of the few DC arcs that deserve the place. Most of them are pretty terrible.

No, the pet uniques MUST go into a pet summon power and all into the same power for the set bonus.

The problem is that a lot of those badges were partially based on luck more than anything.

The only way you could've got a dev choice badge was to be part of the voting cartels so your arc stayed near the top all the time. Same with the ratings. Face it, if you weren't in a cartel or part of a large group manipulating the system, your arc was buried.

And I don't think the devs want people spamming arc advertisements on the forums or in game.

You don't need numpad key support for masterminds. I've done fine without it.

Yeah, I should have mentioned that. Sub level 20 /dark (pre-regeneration) is pretty difficult.

Of course that's what I started with....

My favourite's claws/dark

It's probably not the most efficient build but man is it deadly if you know how to use it.

spines are great as well. Really the only primary power set I don't like for scrappers is dual blades.

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/dark is nearly as strong but has large endurance issues.

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That seems to be mostly fixed. I haven't had end issues at 41 after getting stamina.

Dark regeneration and soul transfer can make you unkillable if you use them right.

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Awesome. Way to go devs, lets make any authoring badges even more worthless.

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As Ian has said, the voting cartels were the ones who ruined it. Basically arcs were being voted on based on how popular the author was (or how many people they could get to vote) rather than quality.

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Catgirl Genocide or How I Loved Crossing Dimensions.

The first 3 missions should be okay for a low level (maybe not 1 but I did solo them on a level 10 dom and level 6 mm.)

Please leave feedback if you try it.

How exactly does it work? Is it total stars rated or 100 ratings?

I ask because I currently have an arc (ID 188672, if you're wondering and it is a work in progress) that has a 4 star rating at 22 votes, yet no idea how close I actually am to getting the badge.

Talk to the person that appears outside the portal once you select the mission on the computer.

The chat bug was patched fairly quickly so I'm hoping this one's stealth patched as well.

To be honest, I did expect the requirement to be cut down a bit considering the changes to other badges.

Ah, objectives are probably it. I use small-medium maps in all but one mission, but they're packed with optional objectives (patrols, collection that add story clues, ambushes, etc.) to add some flavour.

Yeah, corruptor sounds like a good start.

And pick radiation emission for your secondary (but not radiation blast for primary.) It's a nice balanced set and will make people really want you in groups.