Neuronia

I'll run one this Friday at 9:30. Think the repairment are bugged (?) but should be doable. Will put a signup soon.

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Hugs is now 3-3

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Actually, TEAM HUGS! is 5-3. The week before, we beat Chibbles and Bits, and KGB did a no show so we won that match by default.

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Thanks for the correction!
3-3 seemed off to me as well, glad your team is doing well and having fun!

Yeah, sadly Defense isn't that hot anymore...and it looks like you were fighting multiple people. You should be on the short end in that scenario either way.

Since your DM/SR is a Brute (?) I suggest Webnades to pin down a target, then wail on them and run. Elusivity on SR got hit pretty hard and though DR hits ToHit as well, Blasters can still deal out a high amount of damage.

Out of your listed heroes/vills you might get more kills out of the MA/Regen or the Bot/FF...assuming Bodyguard and proper pet usage.

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Nelzy posted this experience in another thread.

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Boy oh boy do I have a treat for you all ...

I was in PI on my lvl 50 Fire/Kin taking out some Rikti Monkies for the Zoo Keeper badge when I got a random tell asking me "Have any room on team for a lvl 49 blaster?"
I was in a pretty good mood and the tell was actually in english as opposed to that damn "1337 5p34k" junk, so I said "Sure " and invited him.

So he joins the team and I say that I'm in PI hunting monkies for the badge. I tell him to make his way over to PI and take out some with me. He replies with "Okay."

So I'm sitting on the docks waiting for him to zone.
Five minutes pass.
Ten minutes pass.

I start to get a tick in my neck and I see he hasn't moved from Atlas, so I decided to ask him if he was coming or not. He replies with, "The mission won't let me in."

O.o

Thinking it was an error in reading, I tell him that I'm in Peregrine Island, not Atlas Park.

Once again he aknowledges and says he's on his way.

Another 10 minutes passes and he still hasn't budged from Atlas. I assume he's AFK or helping a friend or whatever so I ask him again, "Hey, are you coming?"

He then proceeds to go off at me saying that he can't enter the mission and that he'd been trying the entire time. I explain once again that I was in Peregrine Island, not Atlas Park. More of his clueless banter and me trying to explain to him. He doesn't listen so I just tell him good luck and quit team.

I thought it was over.

Wrong.

He abused me via tell for the next 20 minutes calling me a noob and many other racial and insulting names.


If thats not a perfect example of someone who isn't willing to learn, then strap a crayon to my head, dress me in drag and call me Rayne's thrustpuppet.

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Something liked this happened to my namesake a few weeks ago.

Get a tell:

ScrapperDood: Want to team?
Me: Sure, let's head to Peregrine Island and I'll run you through some missions.
ScarpperDood: Where's that?
Me: Take the ferry...marked Peregrine Island?
ScrapperDood: Ok (zones then waits). I'm not getting xp.
Me: Go to the red waypoint...click on the door?
ScrapperDood: This is really hard, bye.



Geez, heaven forbid someone isn't spoon-fed throughout the entire game experience, and I'm the farthest thing from a Kontent Kop too.

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Playing the market is just one small aspect of a larger game. I'm not asking for instant gratification. All I'm saying is the Devs might wanna think about creating some boundries that stop a minority from greatly affecting the majority in a negative way. IMO setting a price cap and adjusting the drop rates is a good place to start.


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I cannot comprehend how a rational person could contemplate price caps being a good idea to increase the availability of items after receiving an explanation of how they work and what would occur. If by price caps you mean "vendors selling at specific prices" then that actually would work. However, if you mean actual price caps on the market then you need to stop and think.

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I cannot comprehend how a rational person could not see that I'm talking about adjusting the drop rate AND using a price cap.

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No. No. No!

You do NOT want a price cap. Surprisingly, I *too* wanted a price cap but I have since changed my mind.
Price caps will remove items from the Markets, period. Instead, if I get my Armageddon: Chance for Negative Damage I'll say so in the BMT channel, ask for the best offer and go from there. I won't sell it at the Market for 10,000,000 or whatever...that 10,000,000 not being nearly enough to get what I need.

What you should be asking for:

i)Increased drop rate of Purples. Unlikely to occur...they are supposed to be high end loot.
ii)Alternate supply of Purples, either through Merits, Ticket or a Store. If "Jane's Purple Paradise" sells each Purple at a flat 30,000,000 (or whatever) this accomplishes two things: increases supply of Purples AND takes inf out of the game.
iii)Make Purples BoP (Bind on Pickup)...this would be a vastly extreme solution. It would mean they couldn't be traded AT ALL and could only be stored in bases, etc. Not going to happen.

TLDR:

Don't ask for price caps, ask for increased supply. The more items there are available, the more diluted the price becomes. The more diluted the price becomes, the lower the price points people can sell at become.

Or...YOU can sell the drops you get gaming AND save up for your purples and other kit. I sold one of my Purples redside and my Therm spend the resulting Infamy IOing out in Numina's, Titanium Coatings, Devastations etc etc and she is powerful!



P.S. Save some of those crafted IOs and list them high during 2xp...wait a while and place bids for your stuff...

Tough high-level content? Sweet.
New lowbie experiences? Awesome.
Praetoria a deep engaging world? Great to hear.

Also, 50-60 employees? Nice.

From my end:

Namesake is the first hero I created, Mind/Bubbles. Gave me a soft spot for Controllers.

My first villain was a Stalker...at CoV live launch. Did the "Sneak to end, AS Boss and guards" so much I missed most of the content. Rushed to 50 to realize there were no VEATs and then played CoH most of the rest of the time.
I recently rolled another Stalker and am enjoying her more than the first one.

Blasters...I have a 35 Ice/EM and a 25 AR/MM. I doubt I will ever level a Blaster to 50. It's not so bad till the 30s, when you fight Freakshow, Devouring Earth, Crey, then Malta Ops and others. Stuns, Sleeps, Holds, all sorts of stuff. Sure I carry Break Frees but I'm also dead a lot, even with the new Defiance. I usually pop 2-3 reds, Aim+Build Up then tear into some mobs and a patrol gets me or I overcommit and die. Just not fun.

I guess Blasters just aren't for 'me'. When I want to Blast I log in my Rad/Therm Corruptor, my Storm/Sonic Defender, my whichever...I like shooting stuff but I also like buffing, debuffing, toggling defenses, choosing which defenses to use, timing my click heals instead of going 'attack attack attack attack attack' all the time.

My favorites:

Corruptor - Damage PLUS debuffs/heals/buffs
Controller - Damage PLUS debuffs/heals/buffs
Defender - Damage PLUS debuffs/heals/buffs
Scrapper - Damage PLUS toggles/heals/aggro management
Peacebringer - Damage PLUS toggles/heals/aggro management/versatility
VEAT - Damage PLUS teamwork toggles/versatility

I also like Dominators a lot. I've always thought of Dominators and Corruptors as 'fixed' Blasters. They can hold and damage, damage and debuff, damage and do other stuff...I get bored only attacking, I like to 'meta' my mobs between heals, debuffs, toggles, attacks...maybe I'm just weird.

They can/could be. When I've seen them they carried 2 VEATs and a Blaster I think, which could be nasty. But I didn't see them use a lot of Inspirations, Arena Temps etc...so hard to tell.

Taking down AVs, go 2xRad/Sonic or 2x Ill/Rad or 2x Fire/Rad.

When Issue 16 rolls around you cna try going Fire/Cold pair or Illusion/Cold.

Since you mentioned Speed...AM will increase your movement, recharge, damage, endurance modification etc etc.

Or you can go "Pinball Wizard" and build paid of Kinetics, once you get Speed Boost you're (literally) off to the races and it's a very aggressive set to play.

Dark Illusion DOminators
Poison COrruptors
EM Scrappers
Demon Controllers

My SG is only me and another BMTers alt. I have TPers to all zones and a medbay and IO storage/Salvage storage.

No application form, no vent, no prestige grinding, just don't steal stuff.

1.Revamp lowbie hero PvE.

Have contacts give you Inspirations immediately, as they do villainside. Cut a lot of the hunts out. Cut a lot of the pizza deliveries out.

2.Interesting end fights

Fight where you need special Inspirations, temp powers, splitting of mobs, stuff like that.

3.Big Red Ball

Set up up via the zone event channel.

"The Big Red Ball has been spotted in Talos Island!"
Put a small marker on the map, like you get for your Siren's Call Bounty. Have the ball immune to caging/phasing/Terrorize effects and give it high resists to holds and immobs. Conversely, make it VERY weak to Knockback/Knockup/Knockdown attacks.

Heck, you can even attach a badge to it, called BRB: You said you'd be right back, until you caught sight of the big red ball.



4. Account-wide storage

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease. I'm so tired of transferring inf between characters so they can buy stuff and I'm only marginally interested in the Market these days. The Market is fun for flipping etc but I have so many items on some servers I'd like handed to another server without server transfers.

5.Moon (Low grav) or Underwater zone

Would be really cool.

Remaining schedule

Week 5

Round 9:

Team Love the Turtles vs. Team That Damn Good

Team OMFGHAX vs. Team KGB

Team WAI vs. Team HUGS!

Team Chibbles N Bits vs. Team C.L.D

Team Facegrape vs. Team YOUR FACE!

Team 3-Way vs. Team h4z-b33|\|z

Bye - Team LOLRPVP

Round 10:

Team LOLRPVP vs. Team KGB

Team Love the Turtles vs. Team HUGS!

Team Chibbles N Bits vs. Team OMFGHAX

Team WAI vs. Team YOUR FACE!

Team 3-Way vs. Team C.L.D

Team Facegrape vs. Team h4z-b33|\|z

Bye - Team That Damn Good

Week 6

Round 11:

Team That Damn Good vs. Team HUGS!

Team Chibbles N Bits vs Team LOLRPVP

Team Love the Turtles vs. Team YOUR FACE!

Team 3-Way vs. Team OMFGHAX

Team WAI vs. Team h4z-b33|\|z

Team Facegrape vs. Team C.L.D

Bye - Team KGB

Week 7

Round 12:

Team Chibbles N Bits vs. Team KGB

Team That Damn Good vs. Team YOUR FACE!

Team 3-Way vs. Team LOLRPVP

Team Love the Turtles vs. Team h4z-b33|\|z

Team Facegrape vs. Team OMFGHAX

Team WAI vs. Team C.L.D

Bye - Team HUGS!

Week 8

Round 13:

Team HUGS! vs. Team YOUR FACE!

Team 3-Way vs. Team KGB

Team That Damn Good vs. Team h4z-b33|\|z

Team Facegrape vs. Team LOLRPVP

Team Love the Turtles vs. Team C.L.D

Team WAI vs. Team OMFGHAX

Bye - Team Chibbles and Bits
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AFAIK, KGB has dropped and I think Has-Beens has dropped too (?). CLD seems to still be around, LOL RPVP is still around and I think OMGHAX is still around as well.

Damn, you devs are on the ball.
Hope all the Beta-zeds get a good amount of work done.

Defenders. Debuffs/Buffs + Power Boost and blasts, yummy.

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So can we get some updates? I signed up for the league forums and have yet to get a confirmation email to access it. Rankings? scores? is this thing on?

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From my math LOL RPVP and Facegrape are 5-0 (could be 6-0), Hugs is now 3-3, 3-way 3-1, Turtles 2-2, Taht Damn Good 2-3, Chibbles & BIts 2-2 and then the rest of the teams, many of them 'afk'.

1. What is your favorite word?

Désir

2. What is your least favorite word?

Disorder

3. What turns you on?

Sense of humour. Tight jeans. Ed Norton. Kindness. Intelligence. Humility.

4. What turns you off?

Arrogance, meanness, selfishness, unkemptness.

5. What sound or noise do you love?

My cat purring, someone when I give them a back rub , laughter, goal horns, the Penguins' colour guy (Make me a milkshake Malkin!!), drum solos.

6. What sound or noise do you hate?

Traffic, crying, screaming, tires squealing.

7. What is your favorite curse word?

Tabarnac.

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

Ninja! >.> Seriously, a forest firefighter sounds incredibly risky and rewarding.

9. What profession would you not like to participate in?

Retail.

10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

Welcome, the Belgian chocolate fountain is to your left and the lifeguards to your right.

The original design intent for these tasks leans towards long tasks requiring a group over an extended period of time, with a badge showing you got it done. Originally, these rewarded a simple Single Origin and a badge, a far cry from the 20-111 Merits they reward now.

I would love TFs to be padded upwards. Here are my concerns:

New player fiddles with difficulty settings, starts a Posi tf and finds themselves overwhelmed. They quit and get cold feet about TFs.

New brand of 'AV/TF Soloer' builds emerge, forcing the developers to re-examine rewards or TF difficulty overall.
Yes, I know Catwhoorg, BillZ and others likely pad their TFs so they can solo. I love to solo and at times I find it hard to get teams (Pinnacle villainside has been quiet tonight ) so I have to solo. I don't think I have many builds outside of my Ill/Rad, Rad/Therm or Storm/Sonic that could solo the end bosses.

If they allow the scaling to affect Task/Strike forces, I would like the following warning on all TFs/SFs:

"This task is meant for a group. While you may be able to complete it alone, be aware the task is long and has difficult foes meant toward group play. Try doing it with friends or a group before you engage it alone."

That way, players ARE warned and the Devs have an out. Soloists familiar with the TF can still breeze it as well.
I really, really want to solo a Respec TF on my Kat/Regen but who knows if I'll be able to on my own/be able to get the ability to do so.

Carnal,

If you are going to do a TF/SF make sure you have time, many of them have 5-10 missions (especially heroside!).
Try to find some vet players or a Super/Villaingroup that is open to new players and ask them about the STrike Forces.

Many VGs breeze through them, but going slowly the first few times is a good way to start out.

Not so sure.

Some issues are 'mechanic/system heavy' while others are not. Issue 15 gave us two TFs with some story, 16 is more about the mechanics. I expect Going Rogue will have a metric ton of story, arcs and systems as well.

While I have no doubt the Devs are enjoying players writing arcs, they aren't under any illusion that a large section of the playerbase enjoys canon stuff.

40-44 Blaze.

I'll see if I can get some folks together for this...I'll have some criteria though. As to wagering, see what I can come up with.

LF at least 3 people with the mission TP and vet TP. Geas of the Kind Ones an asset. Fire/Kins, Fire/Rads, high damage types an asset.

Must be available Friday from about 6 to 7 p.m. to 11 or 12 midnight.
Having Recall friend a huge asset.

Global me @Neuronia ingame if you fit the bill.
PM me on forums works as well.
Let's see if we can get this done.

Happy birthday Ping.

Awesome fun you guys.

Certainly both our matches could have been much closer but XFunk is a beast out there and JD locks very well.
Looking forward to our next opponents.

Happy birthday and yikes Moldy!