PumBumbler

Was it in black and white or colour?

Oops you're right I was thinking of terrify.

8. Compare/Contrast and Off-topic threads.

...Also, please do not compare or contrast City of Heroes to any other game or product, as that is a violation of this rule and is not allowed.

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Just saying it before a redname overzealously mods this thread.

Um...I'm having plenty of fun. I'm just not very much into alts after my 6th 50. Or was that 7th?

The shard award system is contrasted with the purple drop rate, which heavily favours the solo x8 (at -1 or 0) player so I think it all works out in the end. I don't think that one instance where the numbers fall on the side of teaming vs. soloing is a trend.

The devs have always used the philosophy of aggregate balancing instead of individual balancing probably because the game was never balanced to begin with and to microbalance every segment of the game is likely too resource intensive from the publisher's point of view.

I don't think it is perfect but it should be in the realm of workable for 90-95% of the population.

Pretty much. You can use a DST file to recompile a bit, but the EMB file should have more information to use. FWIW I just autotraced a bitmap of the file and put a ring around it so it's really just a quick hackjob.

I think you are taking out your life frustrations on this game and on the other forumites who try to help you. Not that there isn't anything inherently wrong with that, but you do seem quite loquacious for an introvert.

While you do have a voice and are definitely allowed to participate in the discussion, overlaying your discussions about how others have treated you in another game or IRL isn't really germane to this discussion. I know there have been people here who have tried to help you in ways that they can, but your rebuffs to them aren't exactly engendering of a returned warmth.

You also refer to this game as 'yours', and ascribe ownership of this game to people who are casuals only. While it may be scarce in terms of the selection of the games that you desire versus the people who want an escalating challenge, CoX has always had a progression within its development and it has not always/solely catered to the (casual) soloist. The original Task Force design and AVs never were casual or for the soloist, although they softened some of the aspects to make them more casual friendly.

There have been many people who have been here as long as you and have requested content that is more challenging. It isn't 'their game' anymore than it is yours, but I feel that the devs have threaded a fine line in keeping the game and story going. And like any good story, it should come to a climax, lest the story become static and thusly stale.

I think that you brought up some good points about the mechanics of the game in previous posts but I don't really feel that this post is one of your best.

The dearth of challenge in this game has been a long standing hole in CoX and I'm glad that the devs are beginning to address it now. I just hope that they continue to look after the casuals, the soloists and the introverts as well. And I suppose the PvPers, wherever they may be.

Yes you can search chat channels but the way to do it escapes me at the moment (at work right now).

I wouldn't agree that it is held influence but generated influence. There is already an influence cap and yet players find ways to work around it when they feel that a trade is worth doing. Adding stronger caps may limit the top end of trades but will do nothing but aggravate people since most of the inflated items complained about are well below the influence cap anyhow.

If you are trying to limit the total influence wealth people can hold they will switch to an alternate form of currency, like trading LotGs for goods in order to tokenize the highest end items.

Since these methods already exist, it would be a natural assumption that it would have dropped prices on the market because demand has slackened. In a sense it has, because the forward momentum of many expensive items has been blunted somewhat. Miracles and Numinas have dropped from topping 300M but have crept up from 200M to about 230M now, because the amount of incoming influence hasn't slowed down.

Also, when using A-merits to purchase LotG 7.5, they are also competing with even rarer and more expensive goods like PvP IOs (from a purchaser's point of view), so it hasn't really blunted demand for LotGs as much. Just remember that most people who are able to generate 250 merits are usually generating a lot of influence (at level 50) as well, which means they can afford to buy a lot as well.

I would presume that you think LotG 7.5% are overpriced because you refer to their market price as being 'over-bloated', but the price is simply reflective of the incomes of the players.

In order to reduce the amount of influence that is being devoted to LotGs you would have to massively inflate the supply of LotGs in the market or reduce the demand. Neither is an especially palatable option since increasing the supply means that the 'rare' recipes will no longer be rare, and in order to reduce the demand you would have to introduce a new replacement that is substantially better and make it drop as often.
It has been shown many times in the market forum that price capping would basically be the end of the economy. Given the fact that a substantial number of players like the marketing aspect of the game, it would make as much sense to price cap as it would to substantially revise PvP for suppression and decay. >.>

The fair price model would only work if influence liquidity remained substantially the same. That isn't what is going on in this game. Flat rate pricing is pretty much what we had before the market existed. No one cared about influence then because it didn't matter very much.
This is the only reasonable way to play, but just remember that you cannot 'force' prices down. The supposition is that the price is too high, but it is what someone (else) is willing to pay, or a transaction will not occur. If enough people are willing to pay that amount to satisfy the quantities being sold, then the price is not "over-bloated", that is the market rate. This is presuming the markets are fair and open.

Again, the biggest problem with being patient is that a fair price is a moving target against a regular and increasing influx in influence in the system. That is the classic definition of inflation. Too much money chasing too few goods.

The problem I see with all the proposed solutions (excepting Arcana's, I'm still ruminating on it) is that most of the solutions aren't fixing the markets, they are nuking the markets (or other parts of the game). Given that a lot of people are using the markets, and many of them are entertained by the market, nuking the markets probably isn't the best idea.

Changing the supply of goods just to 'fix' the market isn't a great idea because all sorts of other problems arise. Since this is a MMO with loot, scarcity of goods and the desire to accumulate 'nice things' is a big impetus to continue to play this game. Removing scarcity would be a big rewind and may not keep players engaged when it comes to keeping players subscribed.

A larger question to ask would be, "Is using the market entertaining to me?" I know there are more than a few people here who would definitely say "Yes," and more than a few who would vehemently say "No." The question for the devs is what is the proportion of the people on both ends, and how much of the population is in the middle. If it shakes out like a classic bell curve, then I would argue that there isn't much that needs to be done. If it is lopsided one way or the other, then the devs probably need to tweak/fix/nerf things.

Welcome back. On Justice, chat channels Justice United and JFA2010 are the places to get started. Both are active general channels that promote Justice's casual nature for teaming and TFs.

From there you can find out which SGs are still active and which other channels may interest you.

If you need a SG to crash in for the porters I can SG invite you. We're pretty lame now since global channels took over but at least we have pretty much all the amenities.

Hit me up @pumbumbler in game if you're feeling discombobulated, or if you just need to chat.

Wondering if the Clockwork ambushes aggro onto the Malta if you were appropriately placed before getting tp'd out of the building once the glowies are clicked.

Those trolls are probably left overs that haven't despawned and are running around. The day and night cycle in Paragon is very fast so there can be some glowing ravers roaming when the Sun is out.