Nyx

Ok...So obviously I am confused. I don't mean to be, an I have read through the entire thingy over and over and over and I am not sure what is about to happen to me and my beloved toons.

I may have to jump to premium for 2 months because of possible surgery and recovery times.

I have been looking at the side by side comparison

(Them) It says no forum access
(Me) Thats ok. Im fine with that.

(Them) Character Slots - 2 total, plus slots that were unlocked or directly purchased
(Me) So I get two for sure. I get that. I have only 6 or 7 toons. Are those the "Unlocked ones?" Or will I only have 2, and the top two of my list. Which are 50s an IOed with inventions.

(Them) Invention system is limited
(Me) For my two IOed toons that fit with the above statement, what happens to them. How are they altered?

(Them) Chat Channels. Local, Team, Whispers (Tells)
(Me) So...No Broadcast? I can't actually look for teams? I am the Co leader of an SG and I wont be able to work with my SG? Although I am allowed to join one?

(Them) You can join and SG
(Me) But I can't speak with them?

(Them) No in game customer support
(Me) So if you're game is broken...and it bugs out, I can't have someone fix it, even though it was through no fault of my own?

I have other questions but those are my main issues

I bought the boxes, and going rogue through digital purchase. Those things included certain game mechanics and items for purchase, as well as inventions, SG bases and all of that good stuff.

So...My example.

I bought the Box Set for CoX AE edition. On the box it states that I have purchased the awesomeness of AE (Which I never use but still)
I bought Going Rogue and all it's blissfullness and the things that came with it.

So...I guess, and without sounding too negative here. What exactly did I buy and pay for?

Im having similar issues.

One of my Incarnates has the Storm Elementals. I noticed that one zaps and one stays in my general area running hurricane. So thats something, and I am ok with that.

But my Main has the Ralaaru and I see the big eyeball shooting things and it's impressive. But I also have the brute, and it does nothing. I have even dismissed the eyeball once to test, but I cannot tell what he is doing at all.

Prostatesman from....The Bowels of the Earth

Deflatesman from Flat Earth

Thats all I gots

My Cat Chewbacca would become "Captain Chew-A-Lot"

Mind/Thorns Dominator. 6 Slot confuse which works mainly when he is showing you his tummy. Then when you attempt to touch him....Snickt! Out come the thorns. He would also have combat jumping, super jump, and stealth that only works if he can't see you directly. His brawl would be 6 slotted for 3 accuracy, 1 damage, and 2 recharge.

He is not a perma dom. Hes slow to start, but once he builds up enough domination, he will either use it to unleash his full wrath...or pass out.

I have to leave for 2 months because of other duties/(surgery) that require my attention and therefore I have to go premium...Im assuming since I bought absolutely all of my purchases retail or through the game store.

But since I wont be home, I wont have the ability to sign on...which I also assume means that the things I already have will be stripped...ripped, and broken when I try and sub again.

Which means Im losing my appeal

Im seriously having issues with Redside content. I rarely find players and on top of that something like GW's arc Im completely stuck on Numina.

So Dark Blast/Pain does not seem to get the job done.

I am the healer! I am the only healer in a team full of blasters! Im special! Im taking Damage! I need everything I can get and more! I hit a magic Clicky!

Im not a healer! I am Rikti Monky! I am Monkey hopping in piles of dead blasters!

You want relaxing...Ill give you relaxing.

One of my main is a Mind/Psi (Perma Dom) who is suffering from a sleep disorder where she is 98% of the time asleep.

Her sleep powers are purpled out and on a mega recharge. When things are not sleeping...or held, confused or what ever else she wants to do to them...I use the AFK emote and RP like Im passed out.

You wont get more relaxing than that.

When there is a cat girl on your team you get to make cat girl jokes!

When there is an Electric Dom/Controller on the Team The best opener is always electric fenses!!!!

In my experience people don't like to be led, but they do like to be talked too and included, and if they think you are showboating then they listen even less. Especially in this game.

This is not just random pugs, but even well thought out groups where people play together for a lot of time. The differents is that people in your PuG have probably done something a million times, and with many of the tactics in this game beaing a "Steam Roll Tank and Spank" some people just see some other people as the gloryhound.

I must stress this with all my being....If you are a tank, it does "NOT" make you the leader, nor does being a Tank make you a good leader if you are in that role.

If your concept of leadership, is "I am going to do this, and you all wait, then you are not leading the team, you are just telling them what you are going to do. This is not leadership. However if you tell a controller who it is they are hitting with controlls, telling the Stalker or Scrapper who they need to focus on etc, then you are leading, and also making people feel like you are a leader.

In Bafs and other Trials, the most successfull leaders also need to know when people might not know the trial layouts. As a leader, you need to adapt more than the people you are with, in order ensure they adapt.

Inability to adapt as a leader is the worst kind. It may not go your way, but if you wanna wear the leadership hat, then you need to also understand going into a pug that your team makeup will often times have to influence your leadership style, moreso than what you or they are used too.

I lead things with my dom all the time. But I focus on my teams indivuals (This is not as easy on Bafs and Lambs). So if Im doing the portal quest for Infernal, which works better with some strategy, This will be my instruction.

So if my team is a

~Tank
~Brute
~SoA
~Dom
~Defender x2
~Scrapper x2

(Used because it was my most recent version)

I need the Tank and the Brute to pull Infernal from the portal. I need the Defender (Who was an empath) to focus heals and buffs on our point tank, with secondary or recharging buffs cycling to the Brute. The other Defender was a Rad, so I asked for them to focus debuffs on Infernal.

Asked the scrappers to charge the portal with the SOA (A Crab) While I the Dom held and slept and confused the portal spawns. Once the portal was down we all shift to Infernal focusing on debuffs.

What was different? Probably not much, but we creamed the mission, and everone left. While I did sound a bit bossy, I was also inclusive so I was not "Just doing" something, everyone had a specific goal.

Thats how I like my PuGs, and it's also what I learned from awesome leaders, and probably why I am asked to join TF's a lot.

So...and im not being anything other than a evil red side type at the moment.

If I want to join the fun...I need to send you inf, and every other guess after that I need to send you 10 mill inf to add another.

Is it possible that A) I could hold the pot, just to be sure B) Write you an IOU? C) Perhaps interest you in some Swamp Land In Nerva?

Im not big on Tanks of any type.
Im not big on Stalkers
I do not care for MM's and Khelds
Im also not a big fan of Brutes

Although I have seen all of the AT's above, with the exception of the Stalker perform exceptionaly