NuclearToast

What the FrigginTaserHell is the difference? This new system is so friggin confusing that I don't even know what I'm getting, much less "need" to purchase.

--NT

The Reveal veteran power has done wonders for my Defogger OCD.

--NT

This is my perception, as well. Yes, I know some people really like redside, and I don't have an issue with that. But I don't. My one and only villain, created on day one of release, is only level 41 after all this time.

--NT

This was always my biggest complaint of the "new user experience". Yes, it was prettier, but starting out as GoateeBackstoryMan when you're new to the game was confusing.


Yes, as stated by many posters, the mobs were way more difficult, especially for people new to the game.


This. I ran one character through Praetoria to see it, then reverted to my standard new character process.

While I thought the writing was actually pretty good, and I loved the characters (and Resistance-speak), one item that really gated the team experience was the solo-only morality missions. You'd be cruising along on a team, and then have to break up to run these single-player missions. While the choices were an interesting mechanic, the team-killing aspect of them was a constant annoyance.

I personally have no desire to go back to/through Praetoria again. Which is a shame, after so much effort was put into it. But them's the breaks, I guess.

--NT

This.

Although I admit to thinking about costume ideas while on the wall in the rock-climbing gym.

--NT

If only it were that simple. The internet deigns otherwise.

--NT

Hear, hear... and true.


Not to call shenanigans, but unless you've been on the other side of this, which I am on a regular basis, you have no idea what "should be ample time". Some things cannot be realistically seen in a test environment. And, this might be a shock, but mere humans work at these companies and sometimes make mistakes, which must be corrected.

(Xbox LIVE went down =over the Christmas holidays= a few years ago. For several days. You have no idea what panic looks like until you've been through something like that.)

--NT

Well, I don't know that they =need= to be, but I'm another that would like them to be. On the other hand, my (admittedly ill-suited badger character) is really PROUD to have earned the third-level Healing badge with the frikkin tricorder. Not sure if I'll get any more, but that hasn't stopped me from trying.

--NT

I know it's just anecdotal, but I see a wide desparity in 50's levels for iTrials. Even with the many, many I've run, I only =just= got my (counting) third level shift on my main grinder. The other three iTrial 50s I use don't even have their Alphas slotted yet.

People that run iTrials continuously don't always comprehend that there are newer/returning players just trying out Incarnate content. I still see the BAF cutscene regularly. And yes, they may be new Incarnate characters by experienced players, but that still means characters without level shifts. That can really change the iTrial dynamic.

--NT

LOLed for real. Now we need Sheev Merits.

As far as the thread, I personally find "freeloaders" offensive and counter to the idea of welcoming new players into our community. But maybe that's just me. (It's obviously not warden.)

One thing that might constrain the limited teaming is free players' content limits. Remember in Praetoria when you hit one of your moral choice missions and hit the teaming roadblock? It might be a bit like that.

--NT

Yeah, I'd pay for this too.

--NT

The "^H" is an old-school backspace from modem days, if I understand my internet history. It was a way for people to fix^H^H^Hcorrect mistakes without our fancy lineouts of today.

--NT

Ding ding ding!

--NT

Same here.


Yes to BOTH the power-suppressing AND well-lit rooms. I've often made a costume change, only to see it in the "real" world outside and go, "Oh come on, really?"

--NT