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  1. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    Knowing for some time that this merger was coming, I have been steadily reducing the number of items I have up for sale. I think I'm down to 4 high value items right now.

    I will have everything off the market and out of emails by next Tuesday.
    Same, if I can. The markets, AE and globals have been down 2 or 3 times since the hardware upgrade.
  2. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by heffroncm View Post
    Well, it has been said that the devs aren't happy with some items going for over 2B. I think making them this kind of available will handle that issue without any need for policy changes or large system overhauls.
    I agree but based upon my time to reward ratio I don't see anyone spending almost 2 months to deterministically get a PvP recipe cutting that price much. And a person would have to be crazy to use them to get a Purple recipe as long as those PvP recipes are 2B+.

    I think all they are doing is undercutting the rare recipe market prices since you can crank those out so fast.
  3. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Grouchybeast View Post
    Now with the added fun of conversion rates between merit types. Simplification FTW!
    Setting aside the purple and PVP recipes for a moment, this is how I compare them:

    1 alignment merit -> 5 random rare recipes
    100 reward merits -> 5 random rare recipes

    1 alignment merit takes me 60-90 minutes to earn over 2 days (we get stopped at 5 each day)

    I don't earn 100 reward reward merits in 60-90 minutes but more like 3-4 hours so aligment merits win.

    I am lucky to see 1 purple in about 500 hours of playing so I compare that to the 20-25 alignment merits. I will take the higher one (25). The will take me 50 real days and 25-37 hours of playing.

    But when you compare the 2B+ PvP recipes to even the most valuable purple it seems to me you would want to keep on playing towards getting the PVP recipe. Especially when we consider we get to pick them, not random roll them.
  4. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hyperstrike View Post
    Excellent shot composition here GG!
    All that shot needs is a follow up shot showing a hoarde of ghouls closing in on her.

    Heck, I bet Dark_Respite can make an awesome movie short involving that.
  5. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ronin Oni View Post
    When I reactivate my acct I think I have some villians on Virtue actually...

    I know I had a couple on Pinnacle (didn't play em much)
    been a while so I really don't remember where they are.


    I think I'm gonna keep with villains though... I've been tinkering with builds and I just like Villain AT's... everyone is a damage dealer.
    FYI with Going Rogue next week you can play Villain ATs 1-20 in Rogue Isles or Praetoria and at 20+ you can play them blueside as rogues or heroes.
  6. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nethergoat View Post
    Thank goodness they ditched that confusing, redundtant base salvage, otherwise my tiny brain wouldn't have room to hold yet another confusing, redundant currency.
    I assume we will get Incarnate Merits in Issue 19.
  7. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nethergoat View Post
    you can already copy anything you want from the DVDs they ship physically.

    and what's the point of making a physical copy of something you can watch on demand whenever you want?

    I know buying my Roku has absolutely KILLED my desire to buy DVDs. They're more of an annoyance than anything else now- I sold off 80% of my collection and I'm actively annoyed when I have to get up and put on a DVD instead of just surfing my instant queue on the teevee.
    Agree 100%.

    I also appreciate the convience of not having to keep physical copies of movies around I may only watch once per year but want handy. I've been wanting everything available this way for almost 10 years now so this cannot happen soon enough.

    I just hope they stay on subscription models and don't go to pay per view models only.

    The easier they make it for us to watch TV/movies or listen to music the less bootlegging will occur.
  8. SwellGuy
    From Zombie Man's guide in beta:
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    'Going Rogue' - The Alignment System



    Patch Notes 7/9

    Alignment system
    • Hero and Villain Lounges:
      • Players who maintain either a Hero or Villain alignment will now find they are welcome to enter Fort Trident (Hero) or The Crucible (Villain). Located in Atlas Park and Cap au Diable, these zones allow the Hero or Villain to relax, meet well known signature characters, teleport to their Task Force/Strike Forces, and also purchase enhancements from special vendors.

    Info on the Alignment Clubs and Merits
    • Finding the Clubs: Go to Trident Base in Atlas Park or The Crucible in Cap au Diable. Check your mini-map -- they're marked as a green dot (gate icon).
    • Admittance: This is the reward for remaining (or becoming) a true Hero or Villain. The only toons excluded are those currently Vigilante or Rogue.
    • Alignment Merits (A-Merits)
    • Do not confuse them. They are a new type of Merits not to be confused with Reward Merits (completing arcs, Task Forces, Raids, killing Giant Monsters) or Vanguard Merits (killing Rikti once you've been initiated into the Vanguard).
    • How to get A-Merits:
    • Do a Morality Mission. A Hero Morality Mission will give you a Hero Merit and a Villain Morality Mission will give you a Villain Merit. The very first time, though, you will get 50 Reward Merits... after that, one A-Merit. Note that it takes 10 morality points to get a Morality Mission and you can only get 5 morality points per day, thus, you can only get an A-Merit reward this way once every other day.
    Note: Since Rogues and Vigilantes are not eligible for A-Merits, when they do a Rogue or Vigilante Morality Mission, they get 30 Reward Merits the first time they do a Rogue or Vigilante Morality Mission and then 60 Merits every time after that.
    • Buy one. Go to the A-Merit Vendor in the Alignment Club and trade in 20,000,000 INF + 50 Reward Merits and buy one A-Merit. You can only do this once per day.
    • A-Merit Vendors:
    • Trident: See B.O.T.L.E.R. and click on the box next to him.
    • Crucible: See the Trashman and click on the trash can next to him.
    • What do Alignment Merits Buy?
    • All IO Sets
    • Most common to rare recipes are 1 A-Merit each recipe within the Set
    • Unique and Special rare recipes are 2 A-Merits each
    • Purple Ultra Rare recipes are 20 A-Merits each
    • PvP Recipes: 25-35 A-Merits each
    • Costume Pieces: 1 A-Merit (almost always more efficient to buy these on the Market)
    • Respec Recipe: 10 A-Merits
    • Reward Rolls
    • Random Salvage Roll: Divided by Arcane v. Tech and two level ranges (10-25 v. 26-40). You get 8 pieces for 1 A-Merit
    • Random Rare Recipe Roll: Divided into tiers of 5 levels (10-14; 15-19; etc...). You get 5 recipes for 1 A-Merit
    • NPCs and Teleporters: The NPCs in the clubs have a portal that take you the Task/Strike force they or their sidekick gives out.
    • Trident: The Freedom Phalanx take you to their respective TFs: Positron, Synapse, Sister Psyche, Citadel, Manticore, Numina, Statesman.
    • Crucible: Recluse's Lieutenants don't have their own Strike Force, but they teleport you to their sidekick's or related NPC's Strike Force:
    • Arbiter Rein -> Operative Renault (Sharkhead SF)
    • Mako -> Barracuda
    • Ghost Widow -> Lord Recluse
    • Sirocco -> Ice Mistral
    • Black Scorpion -> Silver Mantis
    I have bugged that Steadfast Protection is missing 2 of the 3 recipes, Res/Def and KB Protection but found all the others I looked for.
  9. SwellGuy
    They just lifted the NDA.

    I will be posting a copy from Zombie Man's guide on the new merits here in a moment.
  10. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba View Post
    Now it gets funny.
    On the plus side it's nice to be free of the NDA.
  11. SwellGuy
    NDA lifted? Really?

    Oh my.
  12. SwellGuy
    Well in anticipation of the merger which will start with a clean history slate and the cancellation of bids and listings next Tuesday here is what I am doing:

    1. Getting out of the markets by next Monday. Sure it might be a smooth transition but since the listings/bids will be cancelled why risk it?

    2. Diversifying. I am rolling tickets on some characters and saving them for rolling next week on others. I am rolling merits on some characters and saving them for rolling next week on others.

    3. Planning. I have an extensive list of what I will be selling and what I will be buying next week as well as what I will be playing.

    It will be glorious.
  13. SwellGuy
    Will someone please hit me over the head and wake me next Tuesday?

    thanks.
  14. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lord_of_Time View Post
    Well the Burton film doesn't exactly ring my bells. But the John Carter does sound interesting and I did enjoy the books. Let's just hope the Martian chicks are hot in the film. Course I can't exactly jump for joy since the film is 2 YEARS away from being released lol
    A few weeks ago I stumbled across a total stinker of a John Carter. Then it aired on Syfy. I lamented there was no good one made.

    Last week I had stumbled across the IMDB entry on the 2012 one and based upon its casting I am optimistic it will at least cleanse my brain of the horrible one.

    If you stumble across "Princess of Mars" starring Traci Lords as Dejah Thoris and Antonio Sabato Jr. as John Carter do whatever it takes to get away.

    In the 2012 one we will have Taylor Kitsch ("Gambit") as John Carter and Lynn Collins ("Kayla Silverfox"). I hope it is good.
  15. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nethergoat View Post
    merits are a great way to make inf.
    story arcs don't tend to award enough of them to live off, but if you supplemented them with a Task Force now and then you could definitely gather a tidy pile together and make some good inf.
    And if you are really insane, you turn off exp to get all the merits from arcs at certain levels then crank up tickets and roll, baby, roll.

    But having done this many times, the bronze rolls have always done better by me than the merit rolls.
  16. SwellGuy

    I feel so dirty...

    POST-ACTION

    I've never deleted anyone over 24. Unless I had filled all possible slots I cannot see deleting a 50. That's too much time spent to just throw it all away.
  17. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TrueGentleman View Post
    I've certainly made my point, but you don't get it.

    Practically every thread you posted this afternoon has this blatant problem. Cutting and pasting entire articles without including - carelessly or otherwise - the one detail that notes where the original, in many cases exclusive, information really comes from is a repeated pattern. (The citation's in a smaller font at the bottom of this one. At least this site links back, unlike some of the others you lifted.) Your efforts to provide news, however well intentioned, fall short of acknowledging those actually responsible for gathering it. That does a disservice to both readers, who get only sound bites of the full interviews, garnished with a tiny bit of commentary, and the originating web sites, who don't receive the page hits and advertising revenue they deserve. Instead, the forums get pumped with the equivalent of your RSS feed of a few aggregate fan sites that skim their betters and skirt fair use to hover only one level above content farms. Even Gawker Media and Wikipedia have higher standards.

    Even though the mods have had to implement new forum rules to govern past egregiousness, giving credit where credit is due is simply fair and ought not to have to be pointed out.
    Well I can only say this is what I get:

    LoT posts an online link to a story.

    You ****** are dissatisfied he doesn't do a dissertation level of acknowledgments.
  18. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by BafflingBeerMan View Post
    People have the same low opinion of "Brainless" actiom movies (see: people's response to the Transformers movies)

    The superhero genre, one that can have multiple hits, is still a fledgling subset. I think it will stick around, but that doesn't mean there won't be bumps. Soon.
    Well I think you made a key distinction in the action movies genre. Brainless ones and super hero ones would simply be specfic subsets. Meanwhile back in the days Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, etc. were widely liked.

    I also think some people don't want to admit to liking superhero movies. Iron Man, Spider-Man and the Nolan Batman movies may be helping to thwart that though.

    I personally hope they keep on making them. There're a lot of superheroes I want to see on the big screen yet to do.
  19. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nethergoat View Post
    wait, I thought you said you weren't going to repost this stuff! >:
    Check the timestamps, he didn't. TheOcho must have.
  20. SwellGuy

    Kismet +Accuracy

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by kendo View Post
    the only issue I could think of is if you exemp down low enough that you cannot use the power that it's slotted in. so just make sure to add an extra slot to one of your early defense powers or take something like combat jumping at an early level.

    as long as the power it is in is active, I have never had any issues with it firing off or remaining active as a constant buff.
    Well then in that case I am glad I never sell them when I get them at level 10 and 15 because I never felt enough was being paid for them.
  21. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by BafflingBeerMan View Post
    Yes, repeatedly, by me.

    But, to be fair, Planet of the Apes had many sequels.

    And I don't like telling people what they can't do.
    Do you like telling people what they can do?
  22. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nethergoat View Post
    which thread?
    were we posting in the same one, that would be creepy!

    I bet I can milk a villain origin out of this whole drama...
    I know I had replied in the end of superhero movies thread but there was also one other one that is escaping me at the moment. If I could remember which one it was then I could remember which of the two I was in when it happened.

    Both were LoT threads. I think he had 3 or 4 out when things went poof!

    I enjoy things going "poof!" but not when I am in them.
  23. SwellGuy

    Kismet +Accuracy

    POST-ACTION

    It seems to me there was some downside to this proc that makes it less appealing than if it were something like LotG or Miracle or Numina's.

    I think it had something to do with how long it lasts or fires off even in an inherent or toggle power.
  24. SwellGuy
    I liked and disliked District 9.

    I was surprised by and really enjoyed the first half. It was pretty funny in many ways and I felt like I was watching something in the style of "The Office".

    The second half was jarring since it moved out of that mode into action movie mode. I enjoyed it for that once I had adjusted to it.

    The bottom line was I enjoyed it but not enough that I would buy it.
  25. SwellGuy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Obscure Blade View Post
    I agree. They aren't really "gimp", because they are Masterminds after all. But they are noticeably inferior to the other sets.
    And they completely lack style. They are so boring in appearance I can barely play them more than an hour or so. At least the other sets look cool. But generic soldiers that could just as well be Council weenies? Pass.