NuclearToast

It'd be nice if we could access these on a new character in the costume creator. Right now, I have to create the character, then log in, then Claim All in my email, wait for the message spam to complete, then switch characters and email myself some influence, then switch back and go to Ms Liberty to change my costume to what I wanted using the components I already "own".

--NT

You are the 1%! Occupy SLI!

--NT

YES YES YES. I've tried several times just to join things on my own, and the window says how many minutes I can expect to wait, but I have NEVER gotten into a LFG-window-event without already being on a team/league. The thing is STUPID.

Then there's the whole confusion over locking leagues and teams. We had someone get DCed last night while loading, and then couldn't rejoin. AT ALL. The mechanics of the LFG window need some help.

--NT

One reason I've not bothered to get the Ascendent armor pieces. Moar tights!

--NT

Yes, I add both these tabs to all my characters. Then I can see what I missed during the event/mission pandemonium.


I LOLed. Running from patches like an Incarnate.

--NT

Fair enough. Once they were unique and indicated you'd been to a con/meet (or could buy them from someone who had), now they're common.


Interesting. I originally typed here that all my temp costume powers showed weapons, but I decided to log on quickly and check. My characters' weapons show on 2 of the 6 male temps: IDF Ranger, Clockwork, but not PPD Hardsuit, Praetorian Police, Rikti, or Freakshow Tank. Weird. (I don't have the female temps on my male characters, and was too lazy to do an exhaustive comparison.)


I don't have a stalker. All I know is, turning on Stealth, Steamy Mist, Shadow Fall, Superior Invisibility all cause the temp costume power to shut off and the character's power to come on. If you try to turn on the temp costumer power while one of those is running, you get a message in chat that you can shape shift while stealthed.

--NT

Yes, it would be nice to fix that, since Steel Canyon is a lot less deathy than Croatoa at that level.

--NT

Want SO badly!


So I completed my first successful Underground Trial last night. And you know what sucked? With 24 versions of AT and Incarnate powers firing off, I could barely see this beautiful map, often having to trail behind the mob to sightsee. And we were more than halfway through the iTrial before I realized the Greater Devoureds I'd been targeting were different from the ones I'm use to in standard DE missions. Then, the Avatar went down so fast (seriously, less than a minute) that the only look at it was from the cutscene.

One reason the Halloween trial is so fun is that you can see the set pieces. (And I love Sparky McAV's "pound pound pound" attack.)

I agree with Smerch. Smaller trials.

--NT

It's ironical. The more powerful we get, the weaker we seem to be...

--NT

Capslock is cruise control for SHEEP.

--NT

Weapons are NOT invisible. As I own all the costume codes, I've used them many times over the years on all my characters, especially those that don't use Stealth-type powers (which cancel out the costumes and turn them off).


These are actually "temp" powers that you keep forever and can use on every character in your account.

The Rikti's blue accents light up in the dark.

The PPD Hardsuit is great if you have the Flight pool, as his rocket boots fire thrust in both Hover and Fly. Also, the yellow accents light up in the dark.

The Harlequin is kinda meh, but I got it at HeroCon, so who was I to say no?

--NT

I want to call out this little gem. This idea is crack that I think could really divide the player base.

Did I grind BAF and Lambda? Yes, because I wanted the costume bits. Did I stop once I'd earned enough Empyreans to buy them? Yes. I've run dozens and dozens. And in all that time, I have one +1 Alpha character, and my badger is +3 (Tier 3 enough for level shift).

Why might this divide the players? With the requirement for higher-tier iPowers in the higher-tier iTrials, and the requirement to grind incessantly to GET those iPowers, is it any wonder that many people like myself are throwing up their hands? Especially when we can just go run an ITF or Katie Hannon and have fun?

I won't try to justify the Incarnate Trials or process; to each there own, and I know lots of people love to trick out their characters. More power to you. But don't expect us all to follow you. And if the league requirements continue as they have, I don't envy you trying to get them together. You KNOW what a pain it is to get people now.

--NT

You keep using that word. /Inigo


Does that mean these people won't be able to post on the forums any more?


That's me. I only ran iTrials for the costume bits (emotes, pieces, auras) that were available only with E-merits. After I got those, I stopped running the trials.


I'm quoting this because (and for people that know me, their jaws have dropped), when =I= stop running content on my badger because it's just too hard or unfun, that's saying something. But it's to the point now that I don't need the badge that badly any more. No more Keyes, and one failed Underground and I'm done.

To each their own.

--NT

Bingo.

--NT

I say, Mimsy, the commoners are rabble rousing again. <sip>

--NT

From this point on, when someone questions Arcanaville flippantly (without actually discussing her actual post/points), I will see the "you... my point" graph she linked to.

--NT