Murphys_Law

I think every trial is different. If the league is blowing through it, and the cutscene-bombers helped their team get the nades/acids, and the other team is not struggling on their end, I don't really care. Still:

1. If you finish getting nades/acids, and the other team still has a ways to go to get theirs, you go and help them. If you end up in a cutscene you should be kicked.

2. If you never help, and spend the whole time waiting for the cutscene to pop, then obviously you should be kicked. This one's a little harder to figure though. When I'm running through getting nades/acids, I'm not usually checking where everyone is at, unless we start making a lot of hosp trips.

3. If the leader says no bombing beforehand, then don't be stupid. Honestly though, I rarely see leaders give out this particular command. Maybe more should.

I think the assumption is cutscene-bombers don't help, but that's not always true. Still, I can understand why people get annoyed, and there are certainly some people who seem more interested in doing that than actually helping the trial. But you note those players and you move on.

I'm a blaster and I have no problem taking point on Acids or Nades. I know where they all are, and I can usually get through at least half of them before my insp runs out, and that's if the team is split. I've done plenty where I've gone all the way through with no trouble. Being a squishy is no excuse. He was a poor player, period.

I'll admit I recently cutscene-bombed maurader, but that's after getting all 10 nades, and the other team had 9 acids, with 8 mins to go, I figured they had it under control, and I thought it would make a good screenshot

I would agree they should be account-wide. The anniversary badges are really just a way of saying "Hey! I was an active player in 20xx!". It makes sense they would apply to the account, and not a specific character.

FYI, I just grabbed the names "Timechaser" & "Time Chaser" for my i21 time manip alt. First name I tried, and it was available, so good names are out there; you just have to find them.

Once I decide which one I like better, I will release the other

Is it possible to buy rename tokens for your characters? You could use one to "free up" the name you want, and then another regive that name to a character with the powerset that you want. Nothing carries over, obviously, but at least you get the name/powerset you want. All of the important stuff can be regained/transferred over via email, minus some of the time-sensitive badges.

It seems like the kind of thing they might add to the store at some point in the future. Maybe they don't want to play all their cards at once. Or maybe they want to see how many subscribers drop to premium status, to see how much of a demand there will be.

Now that everyone will have an active account, whether they pay or not, I doubt they'll ever run the name script again. You're just going to have to suck it up and get creative; the names that are taken are off the table, unless you can get a hold of the owner and they are agreeable.

I get tons of purple rewards on trials, but almost never a purple recipe when running TFs. I guess it's random, but sometimes it feels like characters are randomly dropped into pool tiers where some get better drops, while others worse.

I know for a fact that you get shard drops when running flashback missions, as long as they are even con or higher. I got a fair a amount running a lvl 25 flashback story arc. I don't know about other scenarios though, haven't tested.

Lady Evelyn Raynor

On a couple of servers, I have some cool names names like:

Visigoth (champion)
Homage (guardian)
Rumble (infinity)
Eternal (infinity & pinnacle)
Solar Warrior (liberty)
Arctic (pinnacle)
Supreme (pinnacle)

Most of my characters are on Virtue. Some of my favorites are:

Murphy's Lawyer
Omega Strike
Dark Prophet
Morgue (someone has asked for this one, I'm debating)
Enemy of the State
Battle Gear
Outstanding
Pawn Shop
Northern Comfort
Courageous