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okay, here's a graphic example of why I like bronze rolls.
I capped the tickets on one MA map and rolled them all bronze, netting me this haul:
The specific recipes change, but this is fairly typical of my usual MA haul- a couple of REALLY good recipes (LotG, Reactive Armor, Positron) and a handful of good ones (Efficacy Adaptor, Thunderstrike) with the rest ranging from 'eh' to 'junk'. I'm lazy, so I delete everything that won't get me at least a million in profit.
If I'd rolled that load of tickets on Silver, I'd have gotten two rolls.
Would I have gotten a recipe better than that LotG?
Unlikely.
Bronze rolls deliver better odds of getting good stuff. The payoff for silver would have to VASTLY outperform bronze before it would be worth blowing 500+ tickets per roll.
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this is also a demonstration of how much more efficient MA is at generating monetary rewards- it took me less than 30 minutes to net that haul on my non-optimized ar/dev blaster.
How many hours would I have to play to net that many set IO drops in the 'real' game? -
As a lover of all things Dark Astorian, I'll check it out the next time I can log some game time.
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Quote:you're trying REALLY hard to take offense at a fundamentally innocuous statement.Originally Posted by milehigh77
I don't have any advice with respect to Thermal but I will give you advice with respect to how you should conduct yourself. -
Silver is the 'mission complete' pool, right?
*checks*
Quote:So I was almost right.The table from which Silver Class Ticket Recipes are drawn, is comprised of all Pool A rare recipes and all Pool B Mission Complete. For each roll, the likelihood of receiving a Pool A rare recipe is 50% greater than that of a Pool B Mission Complete recipe.
Glancing at the list I see a lot of junk and not enough good stuff to justify the exorbitant cost in tickets.
35-39 costs 555 tickets, which would get me nearly 8 bronze rolls at that level. In my experience rolling 8 bronzes will get you at least one pretty darn good recipe.
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Quote:turn off sprint.Originally Posted by Lucian Revalde
My main character is a Blaster and I have huge problems with endurance conservation even with a 6-slotted Stamina.
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Quote:not that long.Originally Posted by Xapphyre
1. How long does it (on average) take to get to level 50? Say I play a little more often than casual (i'd say 2-3 hours a day, maybe more)
patrol xp + xp smoothing = fast leveling, even if you don't try and optimize things.
Wait for GR to hit.Quote:2. What is there to do at 50?
everyone is always complaining about it, but I have no firsthand experience to share.Quote:3. How good is PvP?
all servers have their strengths and weaknesses.Quote:4. Are there any servers I should avoid?
I'm on Triumph, Freedom & Virtue and enjoy them all. -
somewhere in the options is a 'disable camera shake' toggle.
poke around, you'll find it. -
Yah, bronze- IMHO they're by far the most efficient use of tickets if your goal is making inf.
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it isn't (usually) a tactic that results in a quick sale, but impatient buyers have yet to let me down over the long haul.
I've got the screens for my next installment, just need to edit them together and post 'em.
It sprang from buying a Miracle +rech NAO only to discover I had one in base storage (kids, this is why you shouldn't work on two builds simultaneously...well, unless you're a lot more organized than I am.) -
I like 35-39, has some super valuable stuff and a comparative lack of total junk.
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found 'em, thanks all!
everyone would probably move many, many more crafted generics if they weren't buried like that. -
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.707
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Level 50 Natural Blaster
Primary Power Set: Assault Rifle
Secondary Power Set: Devices
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Munitions Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Burst- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (3) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (7) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (9) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (27) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (29) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Trap of the Hunter - Accuracy/Recharge
- (3) Trap of the Hunter - Immobilize/Accuracy
- (48) Trap of the Hunter - Accuracy/Endurance
- (48) Trap of the Hunter - Endurance/Immobilize
- (50) Trap of the Hunter - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
- (50) Trap of the Hunter - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (5) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
- (5) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (7) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (29) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (31) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (9) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
- (11) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
- (31) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (31) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
- (46) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge
- (A) Jumping IO
- (A) Pacing of the Turtle - Endurance/Recharge/Slow
- (11) Pacing of the Turtle - Chance of -Recharge
- (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
- (13) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
- (13) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
- (15) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
- (15) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
- (17) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
- (A) Absolute Amazement - Accuracy/Stun/Recharge
- (17) Absolute Amazement - Stun
- (19) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Recharge
- (19) Absolute Amazement - Accuracy/Recharge
- (21) Absolute Amazement - Endurance/Stun
- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
- (21) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
- (23) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (A) Miracle - +Recovery
- (23) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
- (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
- (25) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
- (25) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
- (27) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
- (43) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (A) Endurance Modification IO
- (33) Endurance Modification IO
- (33) Endurance Modification IO
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (33) Recharge Reduction IO
- (34) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
- (34) Red Fortune - Defense
- (34) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (36) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
- (36) Red Fortune - Endurance
- (39) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
- (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
- (36) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
- (A) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Damage
- (37) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Interrupt/Range
- (37) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (37) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance
- (39) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Interrupt/Recharge
- (A) Ragnarok - Damage
- (A) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (39) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge
- (40) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge
- (40) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance
- (40) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown
- (A) Accuracy IO
- (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Recharge
- (42) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage
- (42) Expedient Reinforcement - Damage/Endurance
- (42) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (43) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge
- (43) Expedient Reinforcement - Resist Bonus Aura for Pets
- (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
- (A) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold
- (45) Lockdown - Accuracy/Recharge
- (45) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold
- (45) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (46) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
- (46) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
- (A) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Defense Debuff
- (48) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff
- (A) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge
- (50) Dark Watcher's Despair - Chance for Recharge Slow
Here's my rough draft, incorporating ideas from builds posted in this thread while sticking with powers I didn't want to lose (snipe) and slotting some procs I love (chance for recharge slow) and adding as much recharge as I could stuff in (and I have one leftover LotG recharge I couldn't figure out where to put..bah!)
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forget scrimping and saving on your build, just make so much inf price is irrelevant.
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Quote:Stupid colors and font choices are internet danger signs, the forum equivalent of someone who doesn't bath, change their clothes or cut their nails.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Is there a script that strips/overwrites font size/face/color formatting from posts? Preferably one that I can turn on and off easily, since guides and such often include legitimate changing of font style.
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okay I give up- where the heck are the crafted generic IOs in this stupid thing?
I was looking to gratuitously overpay for some level 50 recharges last night but could not find them anywhere. I ended up saving myself a couple of million inf by wasting valuable gaming time buying stacks of salvage and hitting the base to make my own.
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Been busy respec'ing the Goat (finally!), but will return to drop more infernal market know-how soon.
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Quote:as a soloer who doesn't generally have the time to run TFs, I have to take exception here. Merits greatly reduced my access to pool C by drying up the supply available on the market.Originally Posted by FredrikSvanberg
......helping soloers who don't do TFs.
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Quote:if by "abuse" you mean "run it more than once", I agree.Originally Posted by EmperorSteele
And THAT's the issue, it seems. The rewards aren't "too low". They're "too low to bother abusing the TF".
I don't think that's what the devs were hoping for when they put so much effort into it, but that's what's going to happen unless they bump the rewards to match the time investment. -
Quote:when you're being sarcastic you gotta not sound like the dozens of people we get in here running that same shtick with a straight face.Originally Posted by Ashlocke
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Quote:Originally Posted by Ashlocke
Get with the program, you must spread the wealth, don't you know that the lazy must be given that which the diligent and hardworking earn?
The thing is the market is so simple even the lazy and shiftless (like me) can make gigantic fortunes. -
Quote:Haw!Originally Posted by McCharraigin
Grin. I remember the very first time I tried to find the building to pay rent for the Villain SG I play in.
I finally had to ask in Broadcast, and I still had problems finding it
Then I found out that the Base Teleporter drops you off right in front of it
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Quote:Since I view a merger as an inevitability once all their half-measures fail miserably, I'll disagree....just because there are viable alternatives to forced rolls.Originally Posted by Aura_Familia
EDIT: To be serious I think the likelyhood of forced rolls is as likely as a merged market.
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Quote:You're saying if a bunch of players think something is a nerf the devs would NEVER do it?Originally Posted by Aura_Familia
the PERCEPTION that such a change to forced rolls now would be a nerf, is enough that the devs will NEVER make such a change.
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Quote:the old debunked wives' tales are always the best, aren't they?Originally Posted by Captain_Freak
and with the way the Pool c's are currently wieghted, it would be 7 slow recipes which might as well not exist....
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Quote:Originally Posted by Aura_Familia
Completely irrelevant.
The point is if the devs forced the random roll NOW, it WOULD be seen as a nerf.
I noted that the introduction of merits, which was a gigantic supply nerf, was greeted with hosannas and open arms by the general public, to illuminate the reality that ignorant people who don't understand their environment often hold opinions that are not true.
People who don't know a birthday present from a brain tumor can think whatever they want, it doesn't affect reality.