SwellGuy

Originally Posted by NuclearToast

Halloween tip? Do you get to choose between Jack Skellington and The Headless Horseman options?

--NT

Originally Posted by Grouchybeast

I think I'd value them a bit more highly than that. By direct purchase, 20 A-merits = 1000 merits + 400 million inf. And an A-merit recipe purchase is up to a 5 fold discount over regular merits (1-2 A-merits v. up to 250 regular merits). So, hmm...

Some big number of merits :-)

Originally Posted by BlackArachnia

Thanks Swellguy. I won't be back on until after 7 tonight. Not an auspicious start to Halloween ToTing.

Originally Posted by EarthWyrm

Maybe. People who didn't play their 50s much made that decision for a variety of reasons. Given that there's not *that* much new content at 50, and given that the alpha slot might be the kind of "grind" that kept them from being interested in playing their 50s in the same content over and over prior to I19, the idea that people who weren't motivated to purple their 50s will suddenly want to do so isn't something I'm sure I agree with.

But I also stink at long term predictions on the market, so I guess we'll see what happens. =)

Originally Posted by Eric Nelson

I had 14 purples drop while I read this thread -- true story!!!!

Originally Posted by EU_Damz

Well you never know, might be more If memory serves correct, havent the last few weekend/week long events lasted an extra day or two due to whatever?

Originally Posted by EU_Damz

lol now theres an exact figure from someone wanting to play it NOW

Originally Posted by BlackArachnia

I was leveling up a WS and PB, and for my other ATs, the staff usually takes half to 2/3 of their life. For my khelds, it took 1/3 to barely half. I know my blasters can use the staff to two shot most minions. That just was not working for my khelds.

Antecdotal evidence is not enough to sway my case, of course, so if I really want to know, I will have to stop playing long enough to actually test it out.

Thanks for the stats though Sam.

Originally Posted by Reverend

And apparently, not always night, the Haloween event must not be turned on yet

Originally Posted by Lothic

I've always thought linking a gladiator to an anniversary badge (or any combination of anniversary badges) was a bad idea, even if it was supposed to be a "sneak peek" at the time. We've had a number of badges over the years which have had their requirements changed to reflect the changing nature of the game. The most notable one lately was the Power Liberator / Master Thief badge.

With that said I believe the fairest way to deal with the 5th column Gladiator is to reassign it as some kind of "defeat" badge as Matt_King suggested. With the 5th Column now re-established as a permanent group in the game there's no longer any reason to treat its associated gladiator as exclusively as it is now.

Originally Posted by CarlaHaust

Most of you "Old timers" have really only played for half the time you've subscribed for, so please don't toss that out there... I've come across way too many people who try to throw around the age of their account but left after ED hit and came back only recently but kept their account active.

Vet's should get special rewards but nothing that's better as a boost pack or TF reward, things like the targeting pet are great, nice little bonus that isn't a costume piece or so on. I think this XP thing is sort of useful but for a 78th month account? What a rip off, the team assemble power is one of the most widely used powers I've seen, something that helps the player but isn't useless. Maybe they could add something closer to the existing vet powers instead of something boring and pretty much useless to a level 50.

Originally Posted by Grouchybeast

And given that it was originally stated that purples wouldn't be buyable with merits because purples should cost more than the merit cap, we're getting them stupendously cheaply with A-merits.

Although of course I'm confidently expecting to purple my warshade purely with the drops I'll be getting in the next few weeks. Anecdotes don't lie.

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

In a perfect world it would be great, but how often does that happen in a corporation. The website guys probably don't even start work until 9 am pacific time.

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

Your assuming that the people that are doing the update to the servers also maintain the website.

Originally Posted by TheUndertaker_NA

Yes Forbin - we know that - from time to time surely doesn't mean every Tuesday does it?

Originally Posted by Quasadu

I see that happening. I know that my usual Sunday group will probably be spending a lot of time playing 50's.

I think more purples will be in demand, but I also think more purples will be generated as people play those 50's at 50, since we'll now have more reason to.

Originally Posted by Demobot

Yes.


Non-smart *** answer: I19 is coming up, which provides gameplay incentives for players to play their level 50 characters. If the mechanics of Alpha enhancement (not slot) acquisition remain unchanged from what was seen during the Going Rogue closed beta, then I imagine purple prices will decline following I19's release.

Originally Posted by Slazenger

that way nobody can gripe either way.

Originally Posted by Captain_Karate

I've gotten 3 purples in the last two days. First was an Armageddon : Dam/Rech/Acc with my fire/kin on the "Save warrior clan's village" mission. Second was a Hecatomb: Damage, on the same mission, but on the second day with that toon. The third one was with my spines/dark scrapper soloing the "Defeat Battle Maiden and Guards" mission - a Ragnarok : Dam/End

I was like waaaaaaaaah?! lol. All together it was about 5 farming runs. My fire/kin got his on the first run each day, and my spines/dark was on his first run too. I did two more runs afterwards to see if I could get lucky again, but no such luck. I guess now I won't get any more for a year! heh

Originally Posted by Moderator12

Gomez Addams. Who lets their kids play with explosives and corpses!

Originally Posted by Dark_Respite

I forget the names, but the mother AND the grandmother from VC Andrews' "Flowers in the Attic."

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Originally Posted by Grouchybeast

Since I18, I've had the following drops:

Apocalypse: Damage
Coercive Persuasion: Contagious Confusion
Soulbound Allegiance: Dam/End
Soulbound Allegiance: Rech/Acc
Fortunata Hypnosis: Rech/Acc
Ragnarok: Rech/Acc

Now, considering the time I've spent in Praetoria, the time I've spent badging in low-level flashbacks, and the time I've spent stealthing paper missions to get Mayhem badges, it's absolutely clear that the devs must have stealth buffed purple drop rates and fixed the biased drop ratios. If it wasn't for evil flippers controlling the market, then purple prices would have crashed to Trap of the Hunter levels by now.

p.s. This is clearly a buff. I don't want to hear any of your crazy theories about 'selective reporting' and so-called 'randomness', or any feeble yammering about 'statistics'. I SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES AND IT IS TRUFAX.