Sigium

/Jranger on the sharks.

I'm sure the community disagrees, but I'm galeophobic, and the image of sharks is enough to make me cringe. You'll have to forgive me if I disagree.

Because you have the option to make enemies with 1-2 powers thanks to the new 'Custom' option under Critter Powersets.

You go on, and on, and on about how all of these things are extremely powerful, but you're clearly talking out of your ***. They're more powerful if you're looking for a challenging arc, but more often than not, they're no stronger than regular mobs, and more often than not, they're weaker.

Would you like me to take a picture of my original game box back when Defenders had Fold Space, Katana WAS Broadsword, and the like?
But thank you for so kindly showing me that you're not going to put effort into things; arguing bia 'I'm a veteran and you're not' always works out well, doesn't it?

I see plenty of people; farmer and regular players alike. And if I don't see many? I'm inclined to either think they're IN doing missions, or that people are taking a break. And if nothing else, I'll form my own team and populate it myself.

Because apparently, you link your fun to rewards in terms of exp. Your sole argument stands on:
"I don't have fun with AE because it doesn't offer enough exp."
You can have your own definition of 'fun', just as someone can who runs the Behemoth farm 478 times and smiles with glee, but in the heart of things, you're STILL earning exp, you're STILL engaging in ALL of the Architect's features, and nothing but personal gain was reduced.

Because you can also fight weaker enemies for that amount of exp.
Oh, and guess what? There's content OUTSIDE of AE, and with the new Super-Sidekicking and Exemplars receiving exp? Oh, man, you can essentially level 1-50 on Hellions.

Now you're just projecting yourself onto me. A big no-no. You're STILL progressing; at a slower rate, but if that slower progression automatically kills all of the 'fun' you were having, then I sincerely doubt the validity to begin with.

Can you show me numbers on these 'vast majority'? Because from the AE terminals, a LOT of arcs have a LOT of ratings as it is. There are people exploring further new content, some people working on their badging, some people are STILL using AE, and so forth. I fail to see any 'vast majority', aside from the ones that now crank spawns up to +8 and go nuts elsewhere.

And do you know WHY it was launched so early? Because they set a deadline, but had to make such drastic changes (Critter Creator) that it was pushed back into it's own entire issue. It was a correction in progress, and it was already discouraged. People were surprised when they actually had to face consequences for breaking the rules they knew existed! Oh no!

I actually have no words for this. This paragraph isn't a response but a giant wall that might as well read 'TROLL BAIT' ad nauseum.
But if you'd like to know? If you'd REALLY like to know why there's only 3 years of vet rewards?
It involves a lot of situations: my father passing away, my mother having to undergo extensive surgery, my friend needing help to deal with her unplanned pregnancy, and a whole list of different things that made me look at my subscription and say 'I haven't been playing for awhile, and I'm gonna be busy for awhile' so I cancel it for a period of time.

And you have a good idea screaming at the devs that they did a bad job on their game that you still continue to play and pay for.

And if you REALLY feel that the lack of xp is so very limiting on you? You will ALWAYS have the option to, and follow me here, step back from AE and do developer-made content. Did you know that it gives bonus xp? Like... DOUBLE the experience! And sometimes there's some weird stuff that gives you double THAT!

But seriously? AE can never be equivalent. Do you know why? Because even before the huge exp nerf, it wasn't equivalent; it was SUPERIOR. It gave you rewards that had little to no risk attached to them. If the devs had to make the choice again, I'd hope they do it all again.

And I think we might have a new winner for the 'Snide Self-Importance' Award.

I read this far before I stopped and thought to myself;
"Why would a farmer care so much about what the devs-- Oohhhh, they stopped him from doing it!"
You see, I play a level 50 character. He's got a decent number of IOs, and the only ones I'm interested in are FAR out of my price range. What reason do I have for playing this toon if I'm not offering rewards?
Oh, that's right: FUN
You see, chum, back when you looked at the AE nerfs as 'OMG THE DEVS SCREWED UP!' I looked at it and said 'Alright, anyone who's using the system for not-exploitative play should have absolutely no problem'. Lo and behold, we have people clamoring that this is unfair, the devs dropped the ball, it's a PR nightmare, and SO much more that I don't care to get into.
You see, people don't ALWAYS play for the Reward. I've done the ITF about 7 times, haven't even attempted the MoITF, either. Why?

Because it's... Can ya' guess? FUN

Imagine that? People can have fun without gaining XP?