SwellGuy

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There's been bad players since before AE

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Agreed whole heartily...but don't you think there have been many more since the launch of AE?

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Yes there have. Now what does that mean?

Same amount of new players as before but higher percentage getting stupid in AE or more players than before with the same stupid percentages as before?

I knew the trick to getting jackpots was simply to sell more and not at sell it now prices.

I have recently done more of that and been the recipient of many more jackpots than I have ever paid out myself.

Or a dark/dark corruptor.

Nothing I have seen (so far) of CO tempts me. DCUO does tempt me and it is different enough I could play both.

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If Wiki is right (since I forgot to check last night in-game) and Merit Vendors sell Large Inspirations for 1 Merit a piece... add in the 60 month Vet Reward giving you 5 Merits = a nice little chunk of start-up cash

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The wiki is correct but I could not get the merit vendors to sell the large inspirations except to level 7 and higher (with slider at level 10).

I suspect that is (in part) to simply stop someone from rolling up a new character, claim the 5 merits, get 5 large inspirations and dumping them in the base bin.

And you can only sell those large inspirations on the market so you will need inf in order to do that.

They can skip beta. Just launch I16 now and fix the bugs later.

Last year I was on a TF, Citadel's. A tank had none of his shields or possibly one (I put up a note on it in case I ever ran into him again). This was long before AE.

If AE has given us more bad players it may have also simply given us more players and some may be good.

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I have got to admit. I'm surprised by the conviction and varying results regarding what color Sally cons. I personally love Croatoa, and I've seen Sally con every color available. From Grey to Purple, to everything in between (I distinctly remember seeing her con Blue once).

Which is why I am solidly confused by the discrepancy.

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Same.

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This is the first double xp since AE has been introduced. AE has in essence dulled the thrill of double xp's of the past.

There will probably be more people online looking to see if it's worth it, but then realize that AE offers more and faster. So I think there will be a spike in recipes (Non-purples) that will sell cheaper. Crafted common IOs would be a good investment to look into.

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Last night I saw some commons were at 500k or more so I cannot imagine how high they may go next week when the event actually starts.

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I ran 3 accounts in cage. It was set for free for all. I used my mastermind and put 1 group of pets near the spawn of one guy and the other group near the spawn of the other guy. I've only done it about 5 times, but i did score a pvp drop one of the 5 times.

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This is good to know. Thanks!

Run missions for purple recipe drops.

Plus you cannot sell in the markets without startup influence.

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There has to be consequences for failure. HAS TO BE. If I play hockey, they don't call goals back because I don't like being scored on.


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Like debt? LOL.

I am aware of no way to get influence without a gift of influence or enhancement or recipe or salvage to sell to an NPC that does not involve defeating a foe.

Now if turn off exp and let a teammate fight, then you aren't technically fighting but at this point that is just silly.

Turn off xp.

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Patrol XP is awarded at any level, even at 50. When you're 50, you log in, your patrol XP is given to you, pays off any debt you have, then the remainder disappears.

This is how I've been working on my debt badges, and I can confirm that it does work.

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That makes sense. Since I don't logout with debt (heck I rarely have any) I would never see that.

Well now, hello debt badges for my 50s. I'll just get the debt cap before logging them out from now on.

You exemplar to the max level of the arc.

Paragonwiki with Heroes' arcs listed

You can pop around the links to get to the villains and RWZ arcs there too.

Any idea of whether these are client side or server side creations?

Use Ouroboros and practice at various lower levels and you can get the hang of it and work your way back up.

And you can earn merits while you learn.

Actually that is what I use leveling pacts for so it isn't a problem.

Why did you level pact them if you didn't want them to be higher or why didn't you play the other one and alternate them?

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If you want a quick way to build up debt, go to Monster Island in PI and let one of the DE monsters take you out repeatedly. You earn more debt by dieing outside than in a mission. Also if you do it before you hit 50, patrol xp will wipe out the debt while counting toward the badge.

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There's no more Patrol at 50, then? Hmm...I might try going on periodic suicide runs at 49. Of course, I intend to make the final push to 50 on the upcoming 2XP weekend, so I may just do it the hard way.

In fact, I think I will do it the hard way. It will give me more to do in the endgame.

Well, thanks for clearing that up folks.

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Just to reiterate, there IS patrol XP at 50. There is also a debt cap so there is only a certain amount of times you can die before you stop accruing debt.

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What do you mean there is patrol XP at 50?

Do you mean leftover from before 50? Yes but once used up to payoff debt it is gone.

Earned new when you logout? I haven't seen any on my 50s.

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Yes, there is patrol XP on 50, how else could a level 50 get the badge.

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Which badge? The one that specifically states how a 50 earns it differently? Patroller

If so, I suggest you have your facts straight before stating things as facts. In game the badge's progress bar itself states the level 50 exception as listed on Paragonwiki.

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If you want a quick way to build up debt, go to Monster Island in PI and let one of the DE monsters take you out repeatedly. You earn more debt by dieing outside than in a mission. Also if you do it before you hit 50, patrol xp will wipe out the debt while counting toward the badge.

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There's no more Patrol at 50, then? Hmm...I might try going on periodic suicide runs at 49. Of course, I intend to make the final push to 50 on the upcoming 2XP weekend, so I may just do it the hard way.

In fact, I think I will do it the hard way. It will give me more to do in the endgame.

Well, thanks for clearing that up folks.

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Just to reiterate, there IS patrol XP at 50. There is also a debt cap so there is only a certain amount of times you can die before you stop accruing debt.

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What do you mean there is patrol XP at 50?

Do you mean leftover from before 50? Yes but once used up to payoff debt it is gone.

Earned new when you logout? I haven't seen any on my 50s.

I just get myself killed after I finish a mission, port to hospital, run outside and die to max debt cap, go to next mission to work it off. Repeat.

If we kill you, we get the drop.

I found the cage match in the arena worked best for afk work. Small map and fixed respawn points. I never did all 3 accounts, just 2 at a time while I played the third account so I would need to verify its FFA status.