Talon_Arsenal

I was about 15 minutes late. It's been a couple days since I had logged in and I didn't think about the possibility that there would be a patch I'd have to wait for before getting online.

9CST/7PST as far as I can recall.

Team Two is a bit behind Team One it looks like, but we've been kinda inconsistent so far for playing. Last week we eventually switched to higher level toons to deal with the halloween events going on. I think my toon is at 14 still because of that.

Unless I get really into my writing, I'll be on tomorrow night for team (I may need a break by then.)

Congrats on the anniversary!

I'm sorry for being all flaky tonight. Trust me when I say that being subjected to an hour or more of my presence would be worse than me not joining up- hungry, tired, stressed over my paper (which is due in nine days and is half the grade for the semester), and still crying about my missing kitty on a daily basis.

I'm going to be gone next week too- going home to MN to unwind for a few days with my other cat (and my family as well I suppose.) If you decide to do Positron next week don't worry about me missing- can always catch it after hitting 50 and I don't want to have anyone hold back when you can still get xp for it.

I already know that I will be around this weekend, but won't be around at all Halloween weekend.

Happy Birthday!

While I personally agree with the people objecting (that the group "hosting" should not be participating as competitors), I think Felecia made a good point.

This was announced with plenty of time, the mission id name and number given, to allow anyone who wanted to participate the chance to practice, and objective criteria was used as the means to decide the winners. I looked back at the first post and it was all there. AOW took advantage of that fact and used the info to actually practice. Maybe some others did too, but if other groups did not practice or set-up teams in anticipation of participation that isn't actually the fault of Felecia or AOW. Isn't there an old saying- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink? Perhaps now anyone deciding to participate in the December event will actually use the practice information given and organize appropriately.

That makes it slightly different than a costume contest or an event where only the group leading it has the information until the start of the event.

PHIRE and his HoJ team did great- I was in Vent with him (and Bullet) while they were starting and running the mission and it sounded like they were having fun with it.

For the Sunday 10/25 TF, I will host. For now. >:-)
I would like the start time at 5 pm EST (2 pm Pacific) as best option. Thanks.
1) @Witty Librarian - Gonna see about leveling Psychotro Paul to 50.
2) @Talon Arsenal - Amdis (lvl 46 ar/eng blaster)
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Just don't confuse that squirrel with this recipe or things might get ugly fast.

It seems like there are a lot of ways to play out there; and as long as what you are doing works for what goals you have everything is good to go.

Personally, I have too many alts to be thinking about purple io sets and though I like planning my builds to suit my play-style, I don't run around giving specifics. Even above I only said that I use both builds and each has a focus that works for me (and hopefully the teams they are invited to play with.) I am completely clueless about a lot of things in this game, sometimes deliberately so, but if it makes someone else happy to discuss how powerful they are and what numbers, etc. they get in benefits from enh I'll be happy for them, nod and smile and have no clue what they are talking about.

I'm sure that if people looked at some of my builds as I gather stuff at WW, etc. they might cross their eyes trying to figure out why I don't have certain powers on certain AT/power-sets. However, if they teamed with that toon later they might be surprised to find that I have those powers after all.

Being primarily a solo-player, I love having the option for two builds and I've been designing my toons around that feature. I like to have a solo build designed specifically for my toon's survival. I don't need to take buffs or shields which don't affect my troller and defs, and can take more attacks and self-interested powers. But I also have team builds that are specifically designed to add the most benefit to any teams they are on so I can buff, shield, heal, debuff, and/or get any extras like recall friend. As they gain levels the team build becomes more balanced but the primary focus is on the team for the development of the entire build.

I wish some of the people who have "concept" builds might consider doing something similar. Adapting to fit into different circumstances in the game isn't such a bad thing when it makes things smoother for the people you are relying on for teams, and to help in achieving a goal.

Wow, Neuronia is gonna be busy if this is in addition to the event she posted. Sounds like fun.