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Insults? Defending?

Methinks you're reading an awful lot into my post that wasn't there...

My lack of disrespect, eh? Hmm.. Maybe I need to try harder then.

Tell him to put down his magnifying glass first..

I'm curious how you determined that "nobody wants these things"? Did you hire a reputable polling company to conduct a survey of the player base? Hack into the dev datamining tools? Ask the tooth fairy?

Despite your discrimination disclaimer, your post still comes across that way.

Why ask for Mexicans specifically? What's wrong with Puerto Ricans? Cubans? Guatemalans? Spaniards? Or just anyone who speaks Spanish for that matter, if that's what you're truly looking for.

And you presume that the selection of players running TF's in beta testing is representative of the normal player base?

It certainly doesn't hurt to bring it up though and try to encourage them to look at it.

Maybe Agge's using that 'new' math..

Except they didn't base the current rewards off of in-game datamining. They based them off of player feedback during beta testing, which does not correlate well with actual in-game performance.

I'm not the best player around by far, but I'm a pretty experienced TF speed runner. The rewards for the new Positron are too low and they need to be adjusted. I've run it many times since it came out. I have yet to be on a full team that can complete either one in less than an hour. I will say that I haven't been on teams that specifically tried to 'game' it, but none of the teams I was on were bad teams, generally had experienced players, didn't dawdle around wasting time, yet it still took nearly twice as long to complete as the merit rewards would suggest.

The general attitude I have personally seen in-game, is that Posi is only worth running for the badge now.

This isn't a fair example either. Just because it can be done quickly with a small team doesn't automatically mean a large team can do the same thing. Old Posi was the same way. It was ALWAYS faster with 2 or 3 (or solo) than with 8.

At the level of the Positron TF (10-15) and with the enemies it contains (CoT and Vahz), it scales very poorly for large groups. With 2 or 3 players, you'll run into very few bosses. A team of 8 will be up against stacked Ruin Mages and CoT Spectrals. Totally different experience.

Umm...

That's exactly what Bright Shadow was saying in his post.

!= is commonly used to mean 'not equal to'.

Clearly this is a direct result of the lower carbon emissions in coastal Africa.

We can also conclude that Africa is on the verge of a new ice age!

No, no! You've got it backwards! The increased global temperatures are clearly causing a decline in the number of pirates worldwide, as their ecosystems are rapidly being destroyed. We must all act quickly if we wish to preserve this valuable and unique species for future generations!

Can I haz your stuff? Oh, wait. Nevermind. You don't have any...

But once a mission is selected, everyone is SK'ed to the level of the mission holder, not the team leader. It is only when there is no mission selected or the mission is also the team leader's that the team is set to the team leader's level.

Globals will definitely be a big help on Protector. We have a very active community, and there is nearly always something going on. From regular TF's to GM hunts, to themed TF's (all controller/dominator, all defender, etc.), there is plenty of activity.

Protector TFs and Protector Vigilance are both great places to start.

Protector has been my home since I first started playing, so feel free to look me up at anytime.

I can't agree more. Forming teams myself has never failed me. It doesn't matter what day of the week or what time it is, I can always find other players that want to team up.

For some reason, the majority of players just despise the idea of having the star and running the team. I can sympathize to a certain extent. It can be a bit of a hassle having to juggle playing your own character, keeping the team moving so there is little downtime, and also looking for new team members when others leave. But, it's really not all that difficult.

A few small suggestions when forming teams that pay big dividends:

1: Send tells to other players, not just blind invites.
2: Give them an idea in the tell of what you're doing. Something simple like "Running lvl 25 missions in Sharkhead, would you like to join us?"
3: Have a mission(s) ready to go when players join the team. Few things are worse when joining a team than having no idea what is going on, and getting the impression that the team leader has no idea what is going on either.
4: Welcome new players to the team. Being greeted with silence when joining a team sucks.
5: Be prepared to adjust difficulty up or down on the fly depending on how the team is doing.

Yes, that's it. The floating trays are named tray#. What took me a while to figure out, was that the # is NOT the number of the tray itself, but the # corresponding to the order you opened the floating trays in. So, for example, the first floating tray you open is tray1, even if the tray itself is set to tray 8.

I hope that makes sense.

This is a terrible idea. Ever heard the old saying 'too many cooks spoil the soup'? That's exactly what would happen. If I'm the team leader, I want control over the composition of the team. Turn that over to 7 other players, each with their own idea of what they want? Chaos. Teams would be breaking apart left & right.

What's the source for the above? Where did you hear this?

Who said anything about market tricks or getting around anything? Considering several different PvP IO's go for over a billion, a player could legitimately have several billion in completely valid bids on the market. Bidding on a full set or two of purple recipes could easily exceed the 2 billion cap as well.