Night_Hornet

Woot!

Likes base pictures.

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They will be aiming for GR to launch around or just after the time that CO goes live.

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In which case that would mean that i16 will be here soon™, as they said it would arrive before GR and CO has a release date of 4/09?

Any good game should have a sense of challenge, there's virtually no challenge in the game already without having defenseless enemies.

I'm sure the dev's don't dislike 50's but there's no end game and therefore what does that do the overall player population if 50s can be attained at a whim.I wouldn't judge the dev's to be on somekind of witch-hunt for farmers, their only concern in this matter is to keep or expand the player-base to ensure the game makes money.

Might consider having - The Ugly - in their sig

Simple but brilliant!

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Once danced in Atlas Plaza wearing only a bra

Well Avatea did say that this about the superbooster "we should be able to make it available to all this week!"

Took notice even when Michael Fish said there wont be a hurricane.

Get a life Virt or at the very least a decent bar with wireless

The thing is that the devs did make clear that they considered PLing from 1- 50 in a few hours as an exploit. Yes they threatened potential action and made “some” changes to MA.

I can’t help but feel that the devs have put themselves in a catch 22 here. They wanted to give us something creative with unlimited content, but it’s turned out to be a levelling tool for most. Of course they should have seen it coming. Now, this has given some experienced players a “short cut” which may help keep them around longer without so much grind, however no one could argue that it could be a really bad tool for retaining new players.

So long as MA allows it people will PL, however perhaps the devs need to make a decision one way or the other, make a stand and implement it, otherwise this will continue to split the community.

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And join Defaint Events channel

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Or Defiant Events, as we like to call it

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I prefer Defaint, it makes it sound like you'll pass out due to deheat

..starts unusual threads in these forums

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Give us our tails! Extra options are always welcome and I like the idea of kneepads...just imagine an accident prone superhero

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Well, it's messed up the tailor and avatar selection screens - but apart from that, it's ok

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Considering it worked fine the first time it was on test, it'd be interesting to see who caused it and why...

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I blame GG for trying to get moving hair out of it

I'm interested as Sunday nights are not great for me either. I'm sure I could enlist a few also.

A giant creature only known as Soon™ attacks the city meaning potential DOOOOOOOOOM! for all players.

Failure to defeat it will mean that 80% of the playerbase will move onto another similiar mmo, resulting in a sever merge meaning players will have to take new names like Girl Golden, all powers will be nerfed and all existing badges will be deleted by accident


Yeah I'm bored at work

Sorry to see you go Assailant, good luck.

Is in a hurry?

How about - the ultimate sacrifice!

A giant entity appears in Paragon making its way slowly towards atlas plaza (or redside equivalent) it spells the ultimate destruction of the city. The entity cannot be damaged only slowed, its hit points are lowered very slightly every time it defeats a hero/villian (hence - ultimate sacrifice)the ammount of damage will be equal to the amount of damage the hero/villian made before their defeat, self destruction will not count. Once it's hit points reach zero the entity splits into 4 powerfull AV's - Conquest, War, Famine, and Death, who can be defeated using the normal methods, defeating these AV's will grant rewards.

Special badges should be awarded for those who make the the ultimate sacrifice.

I've never understood while you can select it as an option but as you say it's not really that visible in game.

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In order to combat PLing and farming further, how about a mandatory arc?

Of course there are already tailor/cape/aura missions, but these are not mandatory. But I was thinking more along the lines of an arc or mission that must be completed in order to attain a certain level. This would ensure that players have to experience some of the game outside of MA.

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The best ways to combat any perceived PLing/farming within MA are:
[*] Run your own non-MA teams.
If the game is still good outside MA then you'll gain converts by showing them the good time and fun that's to be had.
[*] New and absorbing/exciting/unusual dev-content at a variety of levels.
If there's much more fun/exciting things to do outside MA then even the long-timers who just want to blitz a few levels may be more inclined to play the dev-content than any MA farm.

Any limits/penalties/mandatory arcs imposed upon players aren't going to make someone who wants to play MA farms stop playing them - they'll just annoy them and act as an irritant that could help drive them from the game.

Fine if that's your objective - but if it's to get more players experiencing non-MA content you're better running teams doing non-MA content. Or if it's just to avoid players doing nothing but MA farms run your own MA teams that don't do farms.

Enough people object to this perceived problem that I'm fairly sure you'd have a succesful team going before long. Invite a few newbies and have a fun time and that'll do more good than any amount of upset and suggestions on the forums.

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Indeed I do run teams outside MA a fair bit.

I feel I didn't communicate the purpose of the suggestion very well (yes, it's only a suggestion).

I have nothing against MA farms or even noob 50s, it's the new players that I've seen come and go over the past few weeks, it concerns me regarding the future of the game.

New players who just PL several toons to 50 without experiencing the game outside are fairly likely to get bored quickly and move on, I have seen this happen, my point I guess was to try to think of something to temper this kind of thing happening. With experienced players it's fine and I have no issue with that, after all they know what the game has to offer. But the game population and our community needs to try and retain new players and I guess I was viewing MA as a risk to that end, agreed there are better suggestions than mine in this thread.

Not sure if it will work but you could perhaps email support@ncsoft.com with a complaint. Perhaps a red name will read this and help out as it seems to just be a "common sense" issue.

Carnifax is right the main reason for my post was to make a suggestion which would ensure that players (yes, I guess it was mostly aimed at new players) experience the game beyond MA, in no way did I want to open up another farming debate and whether I farm or not has nothing to do with the suggestion.

However I really do not see the need for such an agressive reply to the thread and I will say no more on the matter and I will ask for this thread to be closed.

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they are not mandatory

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And so they should remain! The moment you start deciding for people what they should be doing, is the very same moment they tell said game where to stick it

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Yes I understand your point, I wasn't suggestion using existing content, I perhaps meant something like a mini-trial to prove your worth as a hero/villian with perhaps an unlockable, this should be new and entertaining to promote the city rather than MA. It could add perhaps a bit of challenge (would be nice)and maybe the story will reflect your growing rep. I don't feel that being bored repeating stuff is a valid point as 95% will always do the cape/aura missions anyway.