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How exactly are you going about looking for teams?
Do you use global chat channels?
Do you use the team search tool to set your LFT flag?
Do you try and form your own teams? If so, how?
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You're going to need about 75% global recharge to get perma-AM and perma-Hasten. You can do that without spending a really large amount of influence, but it's still not going to be 'cheap'.
What's your current build? And what's your budget like for this?
Here's my Fire/Rad build for reference.
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.90
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Click this DataLink to open the build!
Radiant Salamander: Level 50 Mutation Controller
Primary Power Set: Fire Control
Secondary Power Set: Radiation Emission
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Legacy Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Stone Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Char -- BasGaze-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold:30(A), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold:30(3), BasGaze-Acc/Hold:30(9), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg:30(13), Hold-I:50(31), Dmg-I:50(36)
Level 1: Radiant Aura -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg:35(A), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx:35(5), Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg:35(15), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg:35(33), Dct'dW-Heal:50(45)
Level 2: Radiation Infection -- DarkWD-ToHitDeb/EndRdx:35(A), DarkWD-ToHitdeb/Rchg/EndRdx:35(3), DarkWD-ToHitDeb:35(25), DarkWD-Rchg/EndRdx:35(46), Achilles-ResDeb%:10(48)
Level 4: Accelerate Metabolism -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(5), RechRdx-I:50(7), EndMod-I:50(40)
Level 6: Fire Cages -- GravAnch-Immob:50(A), GravAnch-Immob/Rchg:50(7), GravAnch-Acc/Immob/Rchg:50(11), GravAnch-Acc/Rchg:50(25), GravAnch-Immob/EndRdx:50(40)
Level 8: Hasten -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(9), RechRdx-I:50(11)
Level 10: Hurdle -- Jump-I:35(A)
Level 12: Flashfire -- Amaze-Stun:50(A), Amaze-Stun/Rchg:50(13), Amaze-Acc/Stun/Rchg:50(15), Amaze-Acc/Rchg:50(17), Amaze-EndRdx/Stun:50(34)
Level 14: Super Speed -- Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx:50(A)
Level 16: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+:20(A), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+:30(17)
Level 18: Hot Feet -- HO:Nucle(A), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(19), C'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx:50(19), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx:50(23), Erad-%Dam:30(27), Armgdn-Dam%:50(36)
Level 20: Stamina -- EndMod-I:35(A), EndMod-I:35(21), EndMod-I:35(21)
Level 22: Enervating Field -- EndRdx-I:50(A), EndRdx-I:50(23)
Level 24: Cinders -- UbrkCons-Hold:50(A), UbrkCons-Hold/Rchg:50(34), UbrkCons-Acc/Hold/Rchg:50(36), UbrkCons-Acc/Rchg:50(37), UbrkCons-EndRdx/Hold:50(39)
Level 26: Lingering Radiation -- Acc-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(27)
Level 28: Choking Cloud -- G'Wdw-Acc/EndRdx:50(A), G'Wdw-EndRdx/Hold:50(29), EoCur-EndRdx/Hold:50(29), Para-EndRdx/Hold:30(31), G'Wdw-Dam%:50(31), UbrkCons-Dam%:50(37)
Level 30: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+:35(A), Krma-ResKB:20(39), Winter-ResSlow:10(43)
Level 32: Fire Imps -- S'bndAl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(A), S'bndAl-Dmg:50(33), S'bndAl-Acc/Rchg:50(33), S'bndAl-Dmg/EndRdx:50(34), EdctM'r-PetDef:35(37), C'Arms-+Def(Pets):30(43)
Level 35: Assault -- EndRdx-I:50(A)
Level 38: Ring of Fire -- Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:35(A), Decim-Acc/Dmg:35(39), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg:35(40), Decim-Dmg/Rchg:35(42), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx:35(42)
Level 41: Fissure -- Posi-Acc/Dmg:35(A), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:35(42), Posi-Dam%:35(43), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx:35(46), Posi-Dmg/Rchg:35(48)
Level 44: Rock Armor -- EndRdx-I:45(A), DefBuff-I:50(45), DefBuff-I:50(45), LkGmblr-Rchg+:25(46)
Level 47: Earth's Embrace -- RechRdx-I:50(A), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+:30(48)
Level 49: Seismic Smash -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg:35(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx:35(50), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg:35(50), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:35(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Containment
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 0: LEGACY BUILD
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Quote:Which 'predetermined point of view' would that be? The one that reflects in-game reality, rather than hyperbole and exaggeration?Originally Posted by Ironik
Whatever you do, for God's sake don't read every word I write. Only read the ones which fit into your predetermined point of view.
Also,don't forget to put words into my posts in order to spin what I say to your skewed argument.
Put words into your posts? Don't read every word you wrote? What the heck are you smoking? You made two completely unambiguous statements, which I directly quoted:
Quote:Either the IOs are going for tens or hundreds of million of Inf, or they go for zero. Both of those assertions are just as invalid as your earlier claim that the only way to get to the influence cap was to use exploits or buy influence from RMT'ers. And just like before, when you get called out on your silly statements, you start waffling and trying to evade what you said.Quote:Same with salvage. It's either 300 grand a pop or there are 1,426 of them sitting there for sale.
Let's see... Last time, the exploits and RMT comment suddenly morphed to include farming and 'grinding'. This time, we're putting words into your posts...
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Do you have PvP values toggled on?
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Quote:Just like when you claimed earlier that no one could make the influence cap without exploiting or RMT, you're greatly exaggerating the issue here.Originally Posted by Ironik
It goes back to my issue earlier in the thread, namely that IOs and salvage are "either/or" in terms of desirability. Either the IOs are going for tens or hundreds of million of Inf, or they go for zero. There's almost no middle ground. Same with salvage. It's either 300 grand a pop or there are 1,426 of them sitting there for sale.
There are quite a number of desirable recipes that sell for less than "tens or hundreds of millions" influence. Crushing Impact, Doctored Wounds, Thunderstrike, Red Fortune and others. Even among the desirable rare sets like Positron's Blast or Obliteration, several of the pieces can be picked up for less than 10 million easily with a bit of patience. It's not the 'all or nothing' situation you make it out to be.
Same issue with salvage. The only people paying 300K for anything other than rare salvage are impatient players who NEED IT NAO! Granted, the current common salvage market is pretty screwed up from the latest round of AE exploits, and will likely stay undersupplied for some time with everyone playing level 50 content with Issue 19. Even with all of that, a little bit of patience goes a long way, as it always has. -
Quote:How much ya need?Originally Posted by Ironik
Well good for you. Gimme some money, man.
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Quote:Well, your original statement, that I replied to, was "The only way to get there is to farm exploits." You also mentioned RMT. You said nothing about farming in general.Originally Posted by Ironik
"Leveraging the available tools" sounds suspiciously like a euphemism for "farming." Or at least "grinding."
I won't say I've never farmed anything, or that I don't have a farming character, but I will say that I do very little of it. I tend to find it pretty damn boring, and I think it is a suboptimal way to make influence.
'Leveraging the available tools' means nothing more than intelligent use of what's available in the game. Don't read more into it than is there. It would include such things as playing at level 50, running TF's, PvP, using the auction houses, marketeering, alignment missions and a number of other activities. Not necessarily all of them, or any of them exclusively.
Well, let's see... I have terrible altitis. I have two accounts with nearly all character slots on my home server filled. That's something like 50+ toons. Out of those, I think 9 of them are 50's. The rest are mostly in their 20's and 30's. I'm also a badger. My main just broke 1000 badges.Quote:My Influence issues almost certainly stem from my playstyle: multiple alts which I play in round-robin fashion and casual "a few hours per week" play. I also tend to "retire" my toons once they hit 50, rarely bringing them out since there's no advancement beyond getting badges, and I have the badges I want on my first couple 50s. Do you play a single character for more than 15 hours a week? Is he level 50? Are you grinding content over and over again? If so, you are the opposite of me
So, to answer your questions: No, I don't play a single character for 15+ hours a week. No, I don't exclusively run level 50 content. No, I don't 'grind' content over and over again, unless you count running the same TF more than once per character as 'grinding'.
Making lots of influence doesn't require exploits or buying from RMT sellers. It may include some things that you personally don't find enjoyable, but that doesn't mean the players doing those things are 'cheating' or 'exploiting' the game to get where they are. It just means they're doing something different than you.
And you'd be wrong...Quote:Originally Posted by Ironik
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Quote:I don't farm AE exploits for influence, yet I have multiple characters sitting at the influence cap. It doesn't take exploits to get there, only some effort and leveraging the available tools in the game.Originally Posted by Ironik
I still don't see the issue. There are people around talking about raising the influence cap, which is, what?, 2 billion or something? The only way to get there is to farm exploits. Yet those players are still here.
Market Forum is thisaway...Quote:How does a regular person afford stuff that expensive without exploiting something or buying Influence from one of those spammers? Beats me, man. -
Quote:Sorry. The Crazy 88's bought up the entire city's supply of Christmas lights, and lit them on fire while dancing around singing carols...Originally Posted by EverStryke
...for someone put up some Christmas lights in Paragon City!!!
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Quote:That's good. You have taken your first step into a larger world...Originally Posted by Chyll
(note: I'm a buy a recipe and craft it for myself guy. I generally sell unwanted/not currently useful recipes and salvage. I do fine for inf - not great, but by no means poor.)
Finally let many comments in this forum sink in and before selling a current crop of recipes I checked the recipe price, and the crafted enhancement price.
Are you kidding me?
I may have seen the light.
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Quote:"No way'? I guess that's true if you never bother to try.Originally Posted by Ultimo_
20 million is pie in the sky. There's no way I'll ever get that much, let alone 100 million...
You could make 20 million in 5 minutes at Wentworth's, with minimal effort. Heck, you could run tip missions for a few days, get 2 A-merits, then buy a LotG +rech and sell it at WW. There's your 100 million.
Influence falls from the sky in this game. It takes very little effort to make all that you might ever need. -
Quote:And the devs & GM's bear zero responsibility for allowing this current exploit to go on for weeks with no action? They get a clean pass, do they?Originally Posted by TonyV
Once again, I'll try to be as clear as I can. People who initiate and propagate exploits should be banned. People who participate in exploiting should have their stuff taken away. People who try to justify exploiting, whatever idiotic rationale they come up with, do not have the long-term health of the game at heart and their opinions in this arena should be summarily disregarded.
The current popular 3 exploit arcs have been run by thousands of players. I guarantee they have been reported dozens, if not hundreds of times. Yet the GM's allow them to stay. Blaming the players only goes so far. Ultimate responsibility for the current state of affairs rests entirely with NCSoft. Ranting about players being players is wasted effort. -
Quote:Well, there's your problem right there.. You picked a combo that lacks any type of build-up power whatsoever, and has very mediocre single-target damage. Try pairing AR with a secondary like Energy that fills in the AR holes and you'll probably have a lot more fun.Originally Posted by DrunkenNoob
So I have a new AR/Devices blaster
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Quote:Bad_Dog, this is the part where adults admit they were wrong, maybe even laugh about it, and move on.. Not keeping digging a deeper hole.Originally Posted by Bad_Dog
The point of my post remains unchanged. Powers are -25%. Apparently, you all would rather try to convince me there is no -25% than believe that something like this could have been slipped by us.
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Quote:Originally Posted by New Dawn
All this thread needs is some cute doggy pics.
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Quote:You seem to be missing the fact that Mids' does not show the inherent accuracy of a power, but the final to-hit chance against +0 enemies.Originally Posted by Bad_Dog
Look in Mids Knockout Blow has an accuracy of 90% not 120%. It USED to be 120%.
Knockout Blow: 1.2 accuracy * 75% to-hit chance = Mids' showing 90% accuracy.
It's not rocket science....
Yes, it really is.Quote:Originally Posted by Bad_Dog
That's not a misunderstanding of accuracy and tohit
BAD DOG! No biscuit for you! -
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Quote:And then the bank fixes the problem so it doesn't continue to happen over and over again, otherwise it goes out of business due to poor management...Originally Posted by TonyV
Zzzt! This implies that the devs intended to make these exploits available. That's simply not true. It's more like this:
An ATM has a bug that causes the machine to give out $100s instead of $20s. Does the bank:
1. Audit their records to see who discovered this and repeatedly used the ATM to get a crap ton of money and take whatever legal steps are necessary to get it back (oh, they knew, they KNEW they were getting too much! Cheating bastiges!), or...
2. Suck it up and take steps to ensure it doesn't happen again. (He withdrew and re-deposited until he had millions. Oopsie! Well, we don't want to lose him as a customer...) -
Quote:That all sounds well & good, but that would only work in a world where the dev team actually reacted in a timely fashion to exploits like this, rather than allowing them to go on for weeks like this one. Sure, you can blame the players, but that is the simplistic way out, and completely ignores the root of the problem. In the end, ALL responsibility for the continual stream of AE exploits rests with the dev & GM teams. They have repeatedly failed to react to these problems.Originally Posted by TonyV
...And this is why they need to crack down hard on the people who are using--and especially propagating--this exploit. It sure would be nice if all players were mature enough for the devs to be able to post a message that says, "Hey all, we don't like it when you do this, it's obviously broken, so please don't do it." They've actually tried that many times before, and it's been repeatedly proven that some people think that "because I CAN" gives them the divine right to do whatever they want regardless of explicit weigh-in from the people who run the game.
If you accidentally left your front door unlocked one day when you left for work, does that mean that I have the right to come into your house/apartment/igloo/hovel and take all of your stuff? When you get home, would you just shake your head and say, "Well, I can't blame someone for coming in and robbing me, after all, it was my mistake" and go your merry way? Or would you call the police and want your stuff back and the person responsible punished? What if someone broke your car window while it was parked one day, and the glass guy told you that it would be next Tuesday before they could work you in and get it fixed? Does that give anyone who wants to the right to hop in, hotwire it, and take it for a spin just because they can? I mean, come on, you know that plastic isn't going to stop anyone with minimal effort from being able to get in.
It is a dev mistake, but unlike you, I most certainly DO blame people for using it. Those people are immature, they don't have the best interest of the game at heart, and as I've said before, if being able to exploit the game without consequence is a condition for someone to remain a subscriber, it makes good business sense to not have them around.
Don't tell me these arcs haven't been reported dozens of times over the last few weeks. Yet they are still there. It's a very simple question: Why aren't the GM's pulling these arcs and locking the players who publish them out of AE? If they took prompt action against the abuses quickly, we wouldn't have situations like we have now.
It's been like this since day one with AE. Personally, at this point, I've come to the conclusion that the devs really don't care about it. They'll patch it eventually, when they get around to it, but they're simply too apathetic to do more. Which is a terrible mistake, because I can think of few things more harmful to the long term health of an MMO, than to allow it become dominated by a never-ending stream of exploits. -
Quote:Yep. My favorite was the exploit mission filled with "Uncaring NCSoft Employee" NPC's..Originally Posted by Jophiel
I assume it's a combination of the spam but, larger than that, the complete ambivalence shown so far by the devs which makes the spam possible. This has been going on for weeks and it's be pushing a month provided it's actually fixed on Tuesday. No one believes that there'll be any crack down or anyone losing levels or anything like that. People can sit and openly spam for exploit teams because there's no indication that anyone actually cares. That's the part that gets disheartening; the spam itself is just a symptom.
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Quote:Lighten up, Francis.. That was a joke.Originally Posted by TonyV
I'm sorry, I do try to be nice, but that's one of the most brainless things I think I've ever seen posted.
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Quote:If they're explaining company policy to you, I can't see how it would be an issue. If it was a private, back-and-forth conversation, then I would be more cautious, which is why I am not going into any detail about my own PM's with rednames on this topic.Originally Posted by Quinch
I'd chip in on that topic, but to check first - would it be against the rules to copypaste a response from a senior rep regarding policy clarifications?
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Quote:We're both in agreement on that...Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
I think the comments that we both have seen are true. As to the rest, I'm not a programmer nor do I know how the devs assign people to fix exploits so I can't honestly judge how hard it is to fix these exploits but I do think the GM's could do a heck of a lot better job enforcing the rules.
Unfortunately, I've already gone the exact same route you recommend, although not about AE exploits. Without going into any further detail, since it involves several back-and-forth PM's, let's just say it was less than productive...Quote:Originally Posted by TonyV
I suggest this. Pick one of those painfully obvious arcs and report it. A couple of days later, if it's not gone, PM TheOcho and raise it as a concern, that the GMs are not responding to reports of abuse. Personally, I haven't experienced this, someone blatantly abusing the system and not being dealt with at least someone quickly, within a day or two at most. I have seen people who were spamming disappear before my eyes, though.
I'm not saying it doesn't happen, just that if it's the rule and not the exception and the GMs are laying down on the job, there are avenues for escalation. If their bosses become aware that it's a legitimate concern, then it's likely that it will get higher priority. -
I've been having a lot of fun lately with Elec/Psi. The -recovery from Drain Psyche works really well with the -end from Electric Control.