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Issue 4 revolves around the Arenas (now under construction)....

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What a freaking joke.

It's not too late. Scrap the idiotic arenas and put in some actual content for superheroes.

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There is also the issue of things like the respec trial, which was even before the change considered very difficult for the average group.

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Before the change, there was a success rate of just under 80%.

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And of those 80% how many are first attempts versus 2nd, 3rd or 4th?

Have you considered the possibility that a large chunk of that 80% is from experienced teams specifically balanced for completing the TF?

How many of the 20% go back and do it again successfully? How many of them just say screw it and delete their sporked characters?

Without answers to those questions knowing that 80% of the Respec Trials that are started complete successfully is meaningless.

Your examples are way past stretching common usage.

You can save your sympathy as I am much happier knowing what it is that he actually meant with the clumsy description. I love the updates to the old missions whereas I find the concept of a mission difficulty control in a MMORPG ridiculous.

Illiteracy is curable. Go back to school and graduate this time.

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Sigh. That isn't at all what I meant. Mission Customization means, well, a mission has been customized. It's where we go back over old missions and add new art & functionality.

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Maybe if you used customization in a way consistent with its definition people would have known what you were talking about.

Then you wouldn't have post the heavy sighs.

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The difference between you and I is that I would never consider posting something like "It is depressing that in each update the best things are the bug-fixes and UI improvements."

If I wanted to make a sweeping generalization of opinion like that, I'd at least label it as such.

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Well apparently you don't actually have anything at all to post. Just attacks on others posts.

It isn't a sweeping generalization as that is how I feel about the updates. This is the official game forum. A place where I can express my opinions about the game and direction it is going. It doesn't matter if my opinion is that of the majority or not. I also don't have to qualify every post with a disclaimer that it is my opinion. I can express my likes and dislikes and intelligent readers will know that they are my opinions. The developers can take them into account or not. Entirely up to them. My praise to them comes in the form of my monthly subscription fee. As long as I continue to pay to play they can safely assume that I am content with it to that degree. Here on the forum however I will continue to post what I like and don't like as long as I do continue paying.

That cuts both ways. I can no more presume that my opinion reflects that of the majority than you can presume it does not.

Or do you normally assume that every post is supposed to represent you as well? This may comes as a shock but they aren't all about you.

Statesman I hope that's not your list of the best features of Update 3. Here's my ratiings on them.

Auxiliary Power Pools - * - Another step away from a MMORPG and towards an online FPS game.

Kheldians - * - Oh boy. I get to play new characters that are aliens after playing another character for 50 levels. Pass.

Council - ** - Not very interesting actually.

Striga Isle - *** - More places to have missions is good I guess.

Mission Customization - * - A toggle between normal and higher difficulty doesn't qualify as content. It barely qualifies as a feature and is another step away from MMORPG to FPS.

Global Chat - * - What a complete waste of developer resources and what will undoubtably be the source of inummerable bugs and other problems in the future.

The most important changes, for me, that I see in the next update are:

• You can now hit an opponent with a melee attack while chasing after them.

• Some columns in supergroup, search, email, and friend windows can now be resized

• The Supergroup window has been revamped. Unnecessary fields were removed and it now displays level and map. The window is also 2-stage collapsible, the header can be hidden, and then the bottom buttons can be hidden as well.

It is depressing that in each update the best things are the bug-fixes and UI improvements.