MrVacant

Exactly right. And I'd also say that even though a casual player who does have that knowledge may not want to spend extra time marketeering when they could be running missions.

In fact, I do know how to make some quick cash when I need it, but choose not to waste a lot of time at a crafting table when I could be smashing things in the face... the game is just simply more enjoyable for me that way.

So, in reality, when you factor in purchasing DOs/SOs as they level up, the casual player's cash reserve usually doesn't even break the 1 million mark until level 30 or later.

Sadly, marketeering just may become common knowledge for all casual players if the game's economy doesn't improve... then where would all you ebil niche flippers be?

^This... anyone remember the enormous base fiasco a few issues back?

After all, what's the point of having new toys if you can't even use them, or worse yet, your base gets corrupted and suddenly disappears completely?

Well there are people out there who will invite you to a team because you're a higher level. Then they'll automatically promote you to leader status because your missions have better xp. Also, they expect you to find more people to fill the team as other members commonly drop after a few missions, since you're the leader now.

Sorry, but I didn't sign up for all of that. If I wanted to start my own team, I would've done so already.

Perhaps this scenario doesn't happen to you, but it does to me way more often than I'd like it to. Thus, I don't really have much heartburn about putting that tag in my search note.

Ya know, I've been wondering why things I list at rock-bottom prices are returning infamy by the thousands lately... silly AE farmers. LOL

Sadly though, good recipes are really drying up at an outrageous rate. If this keeps up, I'll soon be in the 2-billion-club without a single thing worth buying.

I totally agree! Bringing back the 5th Column is kind of a bitter-sweet experience.

Actually, I can relate to this, because it's happened to me more than once.

My favorite is when (about a year ago) a friend of mine and I thought it would be cool to start a Positron TF one night. Got a full team of 8 and set off on our merry way. On the 1st mish one person DCed and never came back. During the 2nd mish, 3 people decided that the CoT were too tough and quit. And about the 6th mish another person just gave up.

Left with a SS/Inv tank, an Ele/EA tank and a Rad/Rad defender, we were determined to finish the TF and plodded through the whole thing until the end. It only took us 7 hrs. and 45 min. to complete and sure got one helluva workout that night. LOL

Absolutely CLASSIC!!!

Wow, never thought of that... pure genius!!!

Wait, wuuuuut??!!

How could you NOT know of Green Arrow's main squeeze? Here, check out THIS LINK and learn about the pure awesomeness that is Black Canary!

Honestly, posting the Lev Gleason 'Daredevil' and being totally clueless about a pivotal golden age character like Black Canary makes no sense to me.

Unfortunately, the only pet bonus recipes listed at the BM are ones within the last 3 to 5 levels of their max level... and on the rare occasion there happens to be a lower level one available, it sells for no less than 5 million (20 mil is about the norm). Thus, the chance of grabbing any of these before you hit level 40 is pretty much impossible (unless you're swimming in infamy).

With that said, there's always the merit route... but like I mentioned before, it would take forever to accumulate enough, since each pet bonus recipe costs at least 240 merits and there are 4 recipes to get... just do the math.

So it's fairly safe to say that if you're a casual player, your MM's pets are going to suffer far more damage than they should until level 40 and more likely even beyond that... making the option for better pet survivability at lower levels a moot point. Having come to this conclusion, I'm going to seriously rethink my build and see if there's any way to get around this problem without sacrificing other powers to do it... any suggestions? Quite honestly, I don't think it can be done, but I'm no expert either. LOL

Yep, I checked it out and you are absolutely correct... I didn't know that, so thanks.

That's a perfectly valid method and the thought did cross my mind, but I'd rather not spend all of my MM's career in AE just to get the few recipes he wants. Other people don't mind AE, but I find it more of a grind than the regular content... especially when solo.