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If you're trying to buff 20 different targets on a team, the issue isn't with the buffs themselves, it's how you're using them.

Yep. I had the regen numbers on my brain..

Sounds good to me, as long as the total recovery stays the same.

What makes you think "everyone should have a travel power"? I have a number of characters with no travel power at all, and so do many other players. Conversely, I also have a number of characters who have two travel powers, usually SS & SJ. What would be the purpose behind making it harder for players to have multiple travel powers? It's not a balance issue, and taking options away from players is never a good idea.

The whole point of the initial fee IS to discourage players from pulling and re-listing items freely. Otherwise, a player could reverse bid creep and place an item for a high price, then creep down until they got a sale and avoid any risk of listing an item too cheaply.

Well, you already brought up the influence cap, and that's really the stumbling block here. From my understanding, the 2 billion cap is more of a technical limitation than simply a developer decision. It might not be an easy thing to change.

No. I'm not sure off the top of my head, but it's something like 2000%-3000%.

Let's see... Rest 3 slotted for end mod is over 800% recovery. It boggles my mind that people don't think something like that being available on demand wouldn't be a balance issue or change player's behaviors.

Except reward/time seems to be the metric the devs use as well.

Umm.. I'm pretty sure that statement of mine that you quoted doesn't say anything about "rest every mob". Let me double check. Nope. Doesn't mention it.

ETA: In all seriousness, when I said "always waiting around for Rest to recharge", I meant in the general sense, not the literal. As in it happening quite a bit, which is certainly what several people have been saying in this thread, and in previous ones on the same subject.

No, I don't think it would be "incredibly game breaking". I just don't think it is necessary, and I am not a fan of making unneeded changes to game mechanics when there are many other existing options. It often comes across as players wanting to change the game, rather than take any action on their own part to overcome the perceived issue.

As I said above, between all the existing options in the game, there is no reason at all for a player to be always waiting around for Rest to recharge. The only reason that would ever be the case, is if they choose not to use the tools available to them.

Unfortunately, much of this comes down to perception and our own individual experiences in the game. I've got two accounts close to filled with characters. I usually don't PL my toons, and I play solo alot. So I've been through that lower level range plenty of times. I simply cannot believe, based on my own experience, that Rest not being recharged can be remotely close to the problem that some people claim it is. I don't run into that when I play solo, and I don't see it when I'm teamed with others either, except for those players that bring it upon themselves by leaving Sprint and Ninja Run on all the time or things of that nature.

I can only think of one character I ever found myself wanting to use Rest more than it was available. That was an Electric Armor Brute, and it was in the early 20's before I could get Energize which isn't available until 28 for Brutes. But I see that more as a problem with ELA for Brutes not having its self-heal until such a late level, and has nothing to do with Rest itself.

In the end, if it ever does get changed to always available, I'm certainly not going to be up in arms over it. There's a lot worse changes that could be made to the game.

Working as intended. Can't handle your increased difficulty settings? Turn them back down.

Don't like bosses spawning? Turn them off.

Problem solved.

Why ascribe negative motivations to the people who feel this change is unneeded? Why do we have to be out to "screw over" other players?

Obviously I can only speak for myself, but I'm pretty confident that no one else here wants to "screw over" anybody. Making changes just for the heck of it without considering potential consequences or the necessity of making the change in the first place seems like a poor practice to me.

All I've really seen in this thread is a lot of hyperbole that doesn't match my experiences in-game. People claiming they need to use Rest after every fight, people claiming they go AFK waiting for Rest to recharge, etc.

There are already a number of ways to deal with endurance issues at low levels without having to use Rest as a crutch.

• Slot powers for endurance reduction.
• Use inspirations.
• Temp Power: Recovery Serum.
• Drop a recharge reduction TO or DO in Rest.

Can you seriously say that between all of those things, a player can't manage their endurance at low levels?

If you're at a level that you have a self-rez available, and you're still relying on Rest to keep your endurance or health up, then you're doing something seriously wrong. Your entire statement there, Sam, consists of nothing but hyperbole in an attempt to bolster your argument. Just like most of the other claims people make that they have to use rest after every single fight, and they're "always" waiting around for rest to recharge.

Heck, just now, just before starting this post, I finished an entire mayhem mission on a lvl 18 EM/WP stalker. Guess how many times I used rest? Zero. Zip. Nada. Didn't need it. No Stamina or Quick Recovery. Finished every side mission, fought every ambush & every spawn I came across.

There are options for dealing with endurance & HP management that already exist in the game. Having an always available rest is completely unnecessary. One consequence of having Rest on a recharge timer, is that it gives players some incentive to learn to use the already existing tools to manage their endurance.

With 1 HV merit for 5 random pool C/D rolls, and being able to earn that merit in about 90 minutes (or less) of playtime, it'll definitely put us back in Katie territory. I'm worried we'll still have a lack of mid-level recipes though..

Funny you should mention that.. I was thinking about trying to put one together for next weekend.

I won't say I have trouble, just that I'll occasionally faceplant due to a couple lucky hits in a row getting by the softcap. It's rare, but it happens. Usually when there are 3-4 bosses agro'd at once. Whereas with my Fire/Rad, those bosses just sit there sucking on Choking Cloud while I pound them into the ground with Seismic Smash.

Must be a playstyle thing then. Or maybe I really AM a bad fire/kin player...

I'll give you that. It takes a much more expensive build for sure to keep the end burn under control.

I've got a soft-capped Fire/Kin. I'm not a bad player. It's still way more squishy than my Fire/Rad, especially when bosses are in the mix.

Of course, it couldn't possibly have anything to do with people playing the new 1-20 Praetoria zones instead of running their 50's or farming, could it? Nah. That'd make too much sense.

Shorter (and more correct) answer: No, it's not.

Local_Man has it right. Fulcrum Shifted Hot Feet, along with APP attacks such as Fissure or Fireball provide the damage. When I'm running my F/K I generally forget all about the Imps after the first summon and they end up dead. Doesn't make a noticeable amount of difference in damage output.

I still prefer my Fire/Rad though. Fire/Kin is too squishy (and way too clicky) for my tastes. Fire/Rad is pretty much farming on cruise control, it's so easy.