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Respectfully, and not restricting... you realize that shield defence is fully INTENDED to hit it's shine by being teamed? I'm not in the least suggesting it's functionality is limited to teams, but that the ...weaknesses youre runnin up against are intended to be reinforced via teamplay.

I'm grateful to see youre also working with grant cover... WAY too many shielders fail/refuse to take that power using the argument 'it don't help me'... a toggle on with great defense to encourage your teammates to run near you...?? No brainer! - ...I was one of the no brainers with my 1st shield... but fixed that idiocy when working final slottings.

BS/SD, SD/Axe, Elec/SD and Axe/SD...

mixed feelings on active defence being a click vs toggle... as click can stack, but.. I WANT my taunt on auto, Not active defence....

Not bad at all... /signed at the 5%s

But, if I may, Get rid of that freakin' debt prot!!!
MOST ESPECIALLY from level 50 sets! I mean, COME ON?!

Ruins some sets, utterly RUINS

W O W

I am SO GLAD this won't get ANYWHERE. At least not in the goofy direction youre proposing... You want it..err.. 'fixed', already is - as fixed as it's gonna get. Problems with salvage? Do a bit of AE and buy the salvage with tickets. Don't want to do AE?, fine, set some standing purchases and walk away. You have market slots, store it. As 'right up your nose' as things currently are.. methinks your proposed 'fix' would fly up many more noses. At least NOW, we've more options for getting the salvage, the recipes we're looking for. You can 'buy' specific recipes via merits, stockpile 'rolls' and take chances for more recipes, even to the point of getting some of those supposedly 'uncommon' recipes that actually appear rarer then some 'rares'.

You're angry about flippers... you don't have to play their game, you can hop around the flip wall with little effort, wether for salvage or recipes.

The beginning of this thread had me smacking my head at the apparent blinding lack of reasoning ability and capacity for game understanding, while arbitrarily dismissing data without a moments glimmer of thought to the 'whys'. Pages after that first page show a lot more 'thought capable players' who aren't about to ignorantly dismiss data without trying to work through reasoning . Refreshing.

I guess I'm utterly unaware as to how the game economy wasnt broken BEFORE AE. The cracks have shifted, but it's what's going to be had with a player driven economy.

I relish how rare salvage seem stable at 1 mill each. Patience can nab you different things at 500k, impatience around 1.5mill, otherwise rare salvage is at last the most stable I've ever seen it. Prior to AE, good luck. 8-10 million plus for various rare salvages, etc. Some 2million, some 4 million - whatever, depending on the weekday and people's apparent moods.

Uncommon salvages are a kiddy coaster ride. Many uncommons used to be dirt cheap, now they seem to average around 100k. I invite you to argue how some are 50k, some 200k, etc... but when you really watch it, they're around 100k or so. I bit of a bumpy ride, but otherwise, not too bad. Impatience, as always, will have you seeing higher prices of course.

Common salvage, ahhhh, common salvage. AKA The Steel Venom'd Wild Thing of the salvages. You can get commons from 5inf to 500k.. to 1mill or more at times. Use them tickets on common rolls, VERY FAIRLY priced too, and THAT problem solved. -

May we get a ticket vender IN/RIGHT NEXT TO the markets? TY.
No? ok fine, then, I guess I'll have to head to a nearby AE, do the rolls, and there I go.
But I dont want to do AE, I'm boycotting tickets...! Ok, then do as before, do tf/sfs, do missions JUST AS BEFORE and get your salvage that way. Wait... you don't like current prices? Set up standing purchases at a rate you find less distasteful. Wanting patience Now just doesnt work. You choose to pay more for what OTHER players have put on the market.

I swear too at prices sometimes... but realize, NOW all salvage is fairly accessable. How YOU CHOOSE to obtain it is up to you. Ticket buy, market buy - immediate or patient, earned drop.

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Ok then... recipes... an example. I have ONLY EVER ONCE looted a Steadfast Res/Def. ONCE - for an 'uncommon' it seems more rare then many rares - ps - WTF is with all the sniper sets and WHY TF do they feel like the absolute most common drops of all?!?!???!!!?? - oops, off topic.
With saved tickets and opting for rolls <30lvl, I ACTUALLY manage a reasonable rate of Steadfasts... NOT great, but reasonable. Imperivum Armors seem to be a poor roll rate... but all that aside, with tickets you can roll for those lower level recipes you might be after. Pile em up and then have a roll session, WOW... recipes are now available to the public! NOT just to focused farming type peeps (I am one MAYBE 15-20% of the time - tops), but to Everyone.

Darkgob, I suggest that the only POSSIBLE 'fix' to the game economy (which was already 'broken' BEFORE AE) - is to establish fixed prices for EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING has but one sell to market, buy from the market price. I suspect a great many players would utterly freak out... would be funny to watch... should that happen, I would adapt. Just as I've adapted to AE's influence of the market.

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Earth/storm/stone. It makes you truly feel like a GOD of natural disasters! Very damaging and powerful once you hit the 30s. Plus it has more than enough control for any team. I will say that mine has made soloing seem trivial unless I'm soloing a spawn set for at least 3-4 people. It may not be my most powerful character, but it feels more powerful than any other. very fun.

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make sure you get superspeed pool so you can nab whirlwind. I've not found it to be as windly functional/ useful, however... it SO fits!

level 9 brute lackied to a 47 thug/ pain getting healed in a paper mission vs maltas - tactical operations officer (orange to him)(yellow to the mm)... something like that. 5mill dam overnight and heal credit accumulation for the vg.

With respect, make it easier on all'ya selves... 1 July 2009. Generally reduces errors and misunderstandings ie Euro/non Euro style, etc. Ah realize, probably aint gonna happen... fair suggestion though.

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Being smart enough to ask a question while ingame is not restricted to being a "metagamer". There are plenty of people willing to answer questions.

Having the common sense to read the manual that is provided for free on the City of Heroes website is not restricted to "metagamers". You can even find the CoH manual by using Google.

Paying attention when creating your account and taking the time to set up their forum account and reading the section clearly marked Player Guides is not restricted to "metegamers".

Reading the instructions provided by contacts in the tutorial and at places like the University, the Consignment House, the Arena, the AE building, etc. is not restricted to "metagamers".

The person that jumps blindly into a game uninformed and then flounders about has no one to blame but themselves for their predicament

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You making an assumption that a player will do this all by level 10 the first time around ... this is ignorant post about the player base at best. The game manual that many boxes have out there are quite useless as the game has changed so much. The majority of players are not on the forums, the majority of players will be only introduced to content as the game instructs them too. If you are willing to discuss this "off topic" further you are welcome to PM myself and the devs on how they arranged content. Advice: Sit in Atlas Park and Mercy Island and see what is actually going on and stop using the "veteran blinders"

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It's all a part of learning. I had 7 50s (4vill, 3 do-gooders)before I even TOUCHED the forums. 2 into their 30s before I even took a 2nd look at the market. I sold my salvage and recipes to quartermasters thinking nothing of it. Its a learning process, some may hit forums right off the bat, others as they go. My first mm was 43 before another player told me of bodyguard mode - THAT was an eyeopener! Veteran blinders being what they are... its all about learning. If you maximize your info intake and experience, you increase your potential learning. If you omit forums, manuals... you're likely to learn at a different pace

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If they have the intelligence to formulate a looking for team request then they are smart enough to ask what missions drop the best salvage.

If you are going to claim they can simply hit the hotkey to make a LFT request, then that means they have demonstrated that they can RTFM and have no excuse for not reading the rest of the games instructions.

The only "poor" players in this game are the ones that choose to be "poor".

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I'm also confused about how much salvage we can store. I mean why is it that my character can hold 52 salvage but a salvage rack can only hold 30? and the vault can hold 50?

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The devs don't want us to hoard salvage. The method they have chosen to prevent hoarding is by limiting how much we can store.

It really is that simple.

Note: I'm not saying I agree with it.

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That's not... what was asked. The question concerned a reasonable viewing of the logistics. How much can be carried about vs how much in a vault vs why can I hold more then can be shelved. Most if not all here are in understanding of the anti-horde policy implimented, wether in agreement or disagreement of it to varying degrees. Salvage racks went from 999 (aye, a LOT) smack to 30.

At point, since vaults hold 50 at lvl50, and toons 52 items? (you ought to be doing 70-80: recipe badges 25/30, all 9 of em are worth getting, the vanguard salvage bag of +10 takes a touch longer for some)... I argue salvage racks could be retweaked to a logistically reasonable say 100 or AT LEAST match a vault's capacity, and declare it closed. As pointed, we're going to try to maximize whatever we're alotted, there's limited reason not to take this into consideration.

Recipe storage problem: Allow enhancement tables to store recipes AND enhancements without changing their capacity. There ya go. If someone wishes to craft their recipe and storage, they should be content. If a player prefers to store Just the recipe, those interests are also served. Both sides of the discussion are taken care of, in full. It's just that simple. I'm only too happy to give up credit and any devs are invited to take that solution as credit it for themselves.

The markets are cross server? Is this suspect or confirmed? Guess I may have to test it for myself... but has the feel of suspect

EDIT - nevermind.. I cross checked... this changes my perceptions and activities more'n a little.... mouahaha hahaha hahahaha

I'm lookin... so far... the direction to check forums is poorly done...

I respect mids for the great tool/ aid it is. However, without citing specifics, I've learned to confirm actualities rather then credit it at face value. In case of seeker drones, confirmed;
corr seekers: accurate to hit debuff, stuns, to hit debuffs and ranged.
mm seekers: accurate to hit debuff, stuns, to hit debuffs and targeted aoe.

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Back to caltrops, I've only recently started giving them fair play time. So am afraid I can't yet toss ideas excepting, to just take advantage of proc'ing and see if you like it... so far, I am.
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Me Acid Mortar is slotted with acc, recharge and: achilles -def, shield breaker chance for lethal, devastation hold, and lady grey chance for neg energy dam. So far, I have been VERY pleased with the results, haven't yet settled on a final set up, but I have been please with the frequency of their proc'ing.
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Slotted Poison Trap with lockdown +2 mag hold proc, ghost widow psi dam, and 4 slots of basilisk (including -recharge). Plans to change things somewhat when I've nabbed some purples... I've been pleased with it's performance as well, you KNOW when the lockdown activates, and I'm certain it's saved my backside a few times.
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current plans for my seekers are prob just 2 absolute amazements in it and call it done, generally I find sufficient opportunities to stay with or responsibly ahead of the front line, even with faster teams.
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I still am not understanding as to corruptor caltrops lacking the slotting capabilities of mm caltrops. So far I see 2 set permissibility differences in cross AT powers: caltrops and seekers... are there many more? Why??