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I am not aware of anything in the past that has come close to the AE exploits, and certainly not on such a frequent and widespread scale. My issue is not that there are exploits, it's that the exploits are so large and continual and all seem to be centered around the AE system.

That doesn't address all the time, effort and money spent during development and implementation of AE. Is Dr. Aeon a programmer? Is he the only person involved in making changes to game mechanics, like the recent XP nerf in AE? Further, I assume Dr. Aeon requires a salary & benefits, therefore continues to siphon off potential resources that could be redirected to other projects.

What about the GM team responding to petitions about farm missions in the AE? (If they even bother anymore, which is a completely separate issue.) This takes time away from responding to other player problems.

ITF wasn't taking players from zero influence to the influence cap in a weekend either. And, yes, I'm aware that there are many other factors that affect the market, and that the rampant inflation is not only related to AE. However, AE is one of the largest contributing factors, in my opinion.

Again, it's a matter of degrees. There has always been some conflict between farmers, powergamers, RP'ers, and the mythical casual player. None of it has reached the level of divisiveness that the AE system engendered between players. Go back and read some of the old threads from around issue 14. At least those that didn't get deleted by the forum mods.

Oh, I've played plenty of arcs that were quite enjoyable. Unfortunately, that enjoyment pales in significance to all the negative effects AE has had on the game overall.

Close, but not quite accurate. It's actually 3 levels below the level of the enhancements, not 5.

And welcome back, Malagent!

That's what happens when buying from the RMT spammers.

I suspect that is more because other developers realized the huge problems inherent in allowing players to create custom content with rewards attached, and thought better about the idea.

I don't think Karl Marx had anything to do with the Bible..

This is absolutely true. Protector has a very active and tight-knit community. And to be honest, outside of Freedom & Virtue, the population difference between the rest of the servers is negligible. They are all about the same. The difference really comes down to what kind of community each server has.

Every time I read a post on the forum by someone complaining about 'dead' servers, I always shake my head. I can't recall a time where I wasn't able to find something to do on Protector.

Maybe it's time for RO to branch out to Protector...

Probably because that would be more effort than just mashing buttons.

You know what they say about assuming..

Yes, they can. As has been REPEATEDLY pointed out to you in this thread. The fact that you continue to ignore what other people say doesn't make your belief true.

No, it doesn't make your point for you. You're just making yourself look silly now. Inspirations are designed to be used by players to overcome difficult situations. Other options have been pointed out to you as well, that you conveniently choose to ignore. Apparently, anything that involves more effort than blindly charging into a fight and mashing the same buttons over and over is just too complex for you, and therefore 'broken'.

There are none so blind as those who will not see.

I'm done here. All I can say at this point, is I'm glad you're not on my server. I wouldn't want a player like you on any TF or SF I was involved with.

Devs hate villains.

Then you're not paying any attention to the responses in this thread. Several valid suggestions have been pointed out for scrappers specific to the GW encounter.

*Your least favorite: Scrapper attacks from range. Depending on powerset, vet powers, temp powers, and APP's, Scrappers can have a number of ranged attacks at their disposal.
*GW is immobilized, tanker taunts from range keeping agro, scrappers attack from behind GW.
*Buff the scrapper's defense for that encounter, either by popping inspirations, or team buffs (Maneuvers, Forcefields, Cold Domination, etc.)

None of those involve standing there, twiddling your thumbs and not contributing to the team, as you like to portray.

There's not any reason to get overly concerned about this one encounter, unless it's a MoSTF run. In that case, a bit more caution might be in order.

Not this poor tired & most extremely dead horse again...

Good point.. Thanks for bringing that up.

Add me to the list of those who agree with the above!

This. Especially solo, scrappers and tanks are easy mode. I actually love it when I find something that really does present a challenge to my scrappers. The first time I was defeated by 2 Carnie Master Illusionists and a DRM after jumping into a x8 spawn on my Fire/Shield scrapper, I thought it was freakin' awesome.

Unpossible!

You're hallucinating again..