Nethergoat

There's no reason to, the system works great and is more actively engaging than the most popular alternative.

oooooooooor....I can just buy generic IOs which aren't confusing in the first place, don't expire and cost me less thanks to badgers.

=P

But that would be handy for anyone who still messes with expiring enhancements.

What complaints?
On the forum richter scale whining about the price history doesn't even register.

What, you think the buyers are "abusing" the sellers by not bothering to bid creep and giving them too much inf?

Interesting!

I really wish I'd taken a screencap of Statesman's explanation why not having them on the map was "fun".

I prefer activity to passivity.

This system requires meaningful decision-making for both sellers AND buyers as they engage in a dialogue on what Widget X is 'worth'.

Where in Another Game(tm) the input of the buyer is limited to scanning down to the bottom of the list and buying the cheapest Widget X on offer, CoH requires exploration if the buyer wants to get the best deal. Getting the best deal requires effort, which seems to me a better result for a game where the market is as much mini-game as mercantile interface.

It isn't the most efficient system, but it is definitely more engaging than "here's the list, buy the cheapest thing on offer".

this competition already exists if the buyer cares enough to investigate prices.

I don't see requiring a tiny bit of effort from the buyer as a major imposition.
People who want deals can absolutely find them.

this is what alts are for.

=D

My main recipe farmer keeps 5 alts busy with crafted IOs to shlep to the market for him.

once I19 and inherent stamina hits brutes will be golden fresh out of the tutorial.

I didn't have anyone at 50 until a few years back for much the same reason (well, and also it was much slower going back in the day which encouraged my alt-itis).

But if you *want* a 50 for whatever reason, just pick one character and stick with it. As long as you don't actively hate playing them, you'll get there.

If you're looking for efficiency, soloists who can crank out the AoEs are great. My 50s are my kat/regen scrapper, fire/ice blaster, axe/fire tank and fire/dark corrupter. My scrapper was one of my oldest characters or he'd probably have been an AoE powerhouse too.

Pick the character you most enjoy playing.
Stop playing everyone else.
You'll hit 50 in no time.

point of order:

as the people who set the agenda and given their historic reluctance to specify dates they can't really be 'late'.


can they produce content at a rate you personally find unimpressive?
yes.

does that make it 'late'?
no.

Nicely put!

there was a time when everyone I made was Magic, because I'd *mostly* figured out what was what on my first character.

=P

Personally, I'd heckle with great vigor anybody who messed with TR's masterpiece.

=p

No idea.
I thought it was strange when they announced it.

While it is totally out of control on Freedom, I also see 'em on Triumph, which is on the low-ish end of the population spectrum.

I was genuinely shocked they didn't slap it down during the last maintenance.

You must not spend any time in Atlas.

co-sign.

I had to buy a couple a few weeks back- was running Posi II with a PUG and levelled a couple of times. Cook's Electronics was right by the trainer, it was the right origin, so I thought "why not!"


NEVER AGAIN!

I'd almost forgotten the annoyance and frustration of fishing around for what you want then buying the wrong thing anyway and not noticing until you try to slot it. On the plus side, the wasted inf doesn't matter these days...but it still sucked.

I will run EMPTY until I can get to the market next time.

NC's online store reminds me of the exciting pre-Amazon days of ECommerce, when every podunk website had their own wacky store that had been cobbled together by someone's nephew for extra credit in their Comp Sci class.


I've never seen another retail environment that screams GET OUT, WORM, YOU HAVE BOUGHT ENOUGH! when you hit some arbitrary limit.

While I agree with your sentiment, we *are* entitled to periodic free updates that freshen things up for longtime players.


That said, we aren't entitled to have them on our schedule, but rather on the devs schedule.

The kerfuffle this time around nicely illustrates why they very, very rarely mention a specific date for this or that feature. However carefully they modify the statement a few people will FREAK THE #$%*@ OUT about their lying, cheating, lowdown ways if something gets delayed.

I bought it primarily to cheeze off the haters, but ended up getting quite a bit of enjoyment out of it while idling at the market.

=D