I am aware that some of these suggestions have been considered and deliberately excluded by the Devs. I am still putting them in to let the Devs know that there is one additional player who disagrees with them.
End-of-Game
Once a toon hits lvl 50 most players 'lose the love' and move onto a new toon. The reason is because there are no more 'fun pellets' for pressing the buttons in the skinner box. So lets introduce some. Up to level 50 the 'fun pellet' was a new level, and rather than simply extending the level limit (again) can we think of something new.
New missions and zones only work for a short time, they are like changing the colour of the 'lights' in the skinner box, but no new 'pellets'.
There already are 'fun pellets' - set recipies, but they come so infrequently that there is not enough reward to justify continuing to press the button. So lets increase the reward frequency (a little). If level 50's could directly purchase Reward Merits for Influence (at a reasonable rate) then it would be worthwhile playing a level 50 toon. It would also lead to mis-use as each player used their lvl 50 to equip all their other toons with full sets. So maybe a lvl 50 could directly purchase lvl 50 (or 53) set recipies from the Merit Vendor for influence. Or create yet a new 'Reward' point system just for lvl 50s which could be used to purchase lvl 50 (53) set recipies.
Bases
Please bring back the free minimum size base. Some players like their 'Fortress of Solitude'
Also you have had 'Basic Teleporters' for years now. Are you going to release 'Advanced Teleporters' which allow three (or more) teleport locations?
In a base I can store Enhancements (reasonable), Salvage (reasonable), and Inspirations (!!). Let me repeat that, I can store an 'inspiration' in a device and another toon in the supergroup can get it out and use it even if they have never met me. However I cannot store a recipie. Shouldn't a recipie be easier to store than an inspiration? Please allow recipie storage devices. And on the same lines, please increase the maximum number of storage devices for a base. We hit the base limit way before we hit the limit for each room. Since I am ranting ... umm 'talking' about base storage if you allow 'inspiration' storage why not allow 'influence' storage. It makes as much sense and then people in the same supergroup can easily transfer influence around without having to make sure they are both online at the same time.
This is also a back-door approach to allowing a player to transfer influence between each of their toons. Obviously many players want this and so obviously the devs have decided not to give it to them. They have a variety of reasons and explanations, but they probably come back to the same root belief of maintaining game balance.
Also We can throe a person out of a supergroup when they are offline, but cannot promote or demote them when they are offline. Please allow offline Promotes, Demotes, and invitations to a supegroup.
E-Mail
This is another tool which could be used to allow players to transfer tradable things in the game between two toons without having to physically meet-up or even be online at the same time. However it would also allow players to transfer influence between each of their toons. Maybe a cost could be assigned based on the value of the things transferred. Maybe this wouldn't really stop people using the email tool in way the Devs currently are opposed to.
please, Please, PLEASE put in the same spam tools which exist in Outlook Express (TM). I get so many emails for 'buy your influence here' Websites that I never actually read email, I just automatically delete it. My ignore list has been full for months and every person I click as Spam just frees another address from my ignore list. If I could just have a tool whihc scans the email for 'Specific Word' and automatically deletes it, then I could use the Email tool confortable in the knowledge that when I have email I probably want to read it.
Names
Most good names have been taken by now. If I want to use the name 'Pointy Eared Natural Scrapper' I have to misspell it or add special characters so I end up with something like 'Piontii-Eared.NaturalScrapper' Nothing wrong with players who got the good names continuing to use them, but... I am sure that not all of the players are still playing. Would it be possible to send an email to players whose account has been inactive for more than two years letting them know their toons are being renamed to "Toon#####" in order to free up the names and if they have a problem please send you are 'do not rename' email? Even in comics old names are re-used by new superheroes if the old one is retired (e.g. When Dick Grayson stopped being Robin and became Nightwing).
That ends my rant.
If no-one disagrees with this you can call me 'The Chose One', but since we are not clones I am positive that if you are reading this you disagree with some or all of it. I would welcome suggestions on how to also meet the issues I see in the game. But since none of them stop me from playing the game I will continue to 'live with them' and 'Don't worry - be Happy'.
