TribalArtist

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I'm not saying I am in favor of you getting your account banned. I'm only saying that from what I've seen you had to be going pedal to the metal to get a character deleted, so I can only infer you had to be in full-frenzy mass PL mode to get your account banned. If you weren't farming that map heavily then I'd say you have good grounds to appeal the punishment and get it overturned.

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So, if someone created a character and sped their way to 50 through normal content, say Task Forces, and got from 1 to 50 in say 12 hours, wouldn't that be pedal to the metal? Should those characters also get deleted?

This is the underlying problem with that rationale.

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Exactly. If your SOLE metric is time... then you're simply trying to cover bad game design. You create something that specifically allows your players to do things you don't want them to, (level quicly) and instead of making changes to your product, you put some threat to those that might use your product to it's fullest and retroactively ban accounts for doing just that.

dombegone_:

They don't give "bonus xp" that I know of. They do give good xp... because, as you said, they're rediculously difficult. AV's give even better xp, because they're even more difficlut. A team of 6 properly built Fire/Rads can decimate an AV in about 5 seconds. Literally.

Of course, characters level quickly in that situation. That, in my mind, was besides the point. The point was, in my mind, that "I'm not using any 'exploits'. I'm doing something challenging". I'm left to assume (since no one at the company will get back with me) that even though there were no exploits and it was difficult, challenging, and fun for me and mine, that I'd "cheated".

And as a side point... I did not get a 50 in 1 or 2 hours like those using actual exploits. It WAS quickly, but again, in my mind that was besides the point since I wasn't using "exploits". The two 50's I got over the 2-4 weeks that it was up, was for PvP. I've been here years and have enough PvE 50s. I play my 50's almost exclusively at this point. But none of that info should even be pertinent.

The point is that I wasn't using any "game exploits". I used the tools provided, made a very difficult mission, and came up with a way to overcome that challenge using a lot of skill with friends, only for them to come back and without further clarification, tell me, you were cheating... banned!

I know some of you, like a poster back a bit, that think there is "another shoe"... but there isn't.




Back on subject though... G'luck with your endevour Smurpy. It's been fun teaming with you and your's when I did.

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I'm pretty interested actually if it's okay to talk about anything in The Market forum as long as an exchange of goods or services goes down.

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From the discription of the market thread in the "Main Index"
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This forum is to discuss the Consignment Market system. Come here to make suggestions, bid or sell items, and discuss all features of the game economy.

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So to answer your question... YES. As long as it has to do with in game economy (read influence/infamy) This IS the place. If inf is being exchanged.... this is an acceptable place to post about it.

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I did not have easy mobs that gave higher than normal xp. I did not have any NPC allies in the mission, much less ones that simply followed and buffed. I did not have object that blew up and killed everything while giving me xp. I did not use "the easiest mobs I could find. I didn't use any of the "PL'ers tricks". I made a map with the toughest bosses I could find.

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Did you make it using Bosses exclusively? A map filled with multiples of exactly one custom Boss enemy can afford less challenge than one with a mix of Minions and Lieutenants possessing varying attack and support powers, while at the same time providing greater payoff due to the MA's totally-inflexible-and-often-wrong one-size-fits-all XP/ticket reward scheme. Someone may have believed you arranged your mission the way you did for precisely this reason.

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No custom bosses. I used Fake Nems. I challenge you to take on a spawn of 8 fake nems. Heck, synapse made just such a challenge mission in beta!

As soon as you engage them... they bubble each other AND put up dispersion bubble effectively capping their defense. Someone earlier said luet might be harder (due to vengance) but capped defense is capped defense. It doesn't matter where they get it. Add to it, that once they're low on health (and they all have lots of health) they go into PFF and can't be touched. Add to it some more that they have a HARD hitting AOE ranged attack.

Seriously... try it. A spawn of all (8) Fake Nemesis bosses is about as hard as you can get short of AV/EB spawns.

Again, these are mobs you find in game, and Synapse even made a challenge mission using these guys.

That's it... there were NO other factors. Nothing to help us out... nothing exploitive. Just spawns of litterally the hardest non-AV/EB mobs in the game (maybe all Master Illusionists would compare)... and because we were able to do it quickly... BAM! Accounts banned!

Add to it one final thing... that NO ONE will respond to me as to HOW this is exploitive, and perhaps you'll begin to realize why my accounts have been cancelled and I'll be leaving the game when the time runs out on them and several of my friends in game have also cancelled in the wake of this.

I have three 50 /psi doms. Fire/ Earth/ and Plant/.

I'd hate to see any change to /psi. It's THE dominator set.

As DarkCurrent said... I can't see ANY change to the rest of the set that would make nerfing PSW anything but a nerf to the set as a whole.

Changes to Doms in general, I can live with. Specifically targetting /Psi... I'd HATE to see.

Of course, they've never cared when people said stuff like this on the boards before. They've always just went ahead and nerf the stuff. Guess I'll be gutting some doms. On the bright side... gutting my doms, I'll have a spare 4 billion or so worth of IO's to use elsewhere.

Yes... having known TopDoc in game for quite a while now... he was very generous and gave me a deal, since it was for personal (as opposed to profitable) use.

Considering the last couple shot up to 500 red side... I was very grateful.

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Isn't it +Def not +Res?

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Yes. I meant +Def, but didn't notice it until it was too late, and TopDoc had known what I meant anyway.

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There is a 63.4% chance you will have had at least one recipe drip

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Man... I've yet to have one drip! Had a couple drop... but never drip!


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And the 1% chance sounds about right with my testing.

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Remember last summer when they would only release tid bits about Issue 13 and it stretched out to I think like 5 or 6 months? That wasn't fun and it made a lot of players angry. Here it comes again. I can't imagine this big of an issue coming out any time soon. Maybe a year of stringing us along.

I hate when they do this. Issue 13/14 all over again.

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As for the fire side....

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I've been steering away from it just because a villain shooting fire is kinda cliche, but if it's that good I'll give it a whirl.

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It's that good.

Take at least fire blast, fire ball, aim (especially if you're pairing with /kin) and blaze.

MANY if not all of the other powers are great... but those are the minimum "must have"

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What are the "must have" powers in each set?

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Whoa... asking what the "must have" powers are for /kin is a VERY loaded question. I'm sure you don't mean it as one... just letting you know that it is.

IF you are MAINLY "teaming" ... it's pretty straight forward.
Transfusion (have to take)
Siphon Speed
Speed Boost (there's the loaded part)
Transference
Fulcrum Shift

Everything else in the set is very optional.

On speed boost:

Before others chime in on it, I'll quantify my statement of it being a must have power.

If you're going to team, most teams expect you to have it and use it. Here's why... it's the single best buff power in the game bar none. One might try saying Adrenal Boost or Painbringer is better... but I challenge them to keep those powers on more than one teammate at a time, much less the whole team. Because of this, most people when they think of a kin joining, think of speed boost. If you don't mind buffing, you'll never want for a team. If you don't like buffing, you'll often find yourself annoyed on teams.

If you're the type that doesn't like buffing teammates with speed boost... your experience teaming as a kin will be affected.

Wow... I expected this thing to be expensive... but it's a little higher than even I thought it'd be.

Last 5 sales vary from 300 mil to 350 mil. I went to buy the ONE that is available... and stop bidding at 400.

Someone posted one for HIGHER than 400?! They're gutsy'er than I am! I'm curious to know what it's set at if any of you were the ones who posted it.

On a side note: I'm looking to buy one! LOL

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Fire/Rad isn't a tight build at all especially when you compare it to a Fire/Storm.

Not sure if Fire/Storm are FoTM but they kill just as fast if not faster then a Fire/Rad, Freeze rain + Rain of Fire+ Fire Ball is just awsome. Just make sure to pick up the AoE web nade from the epic pool will make that combo even better.

Like the other suggest, Fire/Rad, Fire/Storm, or Fire/Kin.

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Okay, sell me on Fire/Kin. I'm a big fan of kinetics, but unless things have changed:

1. End Drain is still nerfed such that sapping is only vaguely possible with either really odd slotting on things like siphon power and/or with Transference.

2. Unsuppressed movement by Inertial Reduction, Siphon Speed, and Speed Boost is a distant memory.

So in what environment is Fire/Kin working well? Maybe things have changed but people rarely had the grace to cluster up and stand still so I could fulcrum off them, and doing so off of NPC's these days is a death sentence what with the eternal mezzes they dish out.

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Hold the phone... you said
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I'm looking at trying out a corrupter for grouping

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The issues you're listing are PvP issues.

If you wanted it for PvP... that should definately have been in the OP. If you're trying to say those are PvE issues... then you just need to familiarize yourself with Kin more.

lol

Fire/Storm is no where NEAR fotm.

Fire/Rad is a fotm... but it's going to be even more tight than /storm.

If you want a FOTM with a fairly loose build... just go fire/kin.

Take one power (SB) and use it and you'll have all the teaming you can handle.

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Sorry kids I dont have a 50 lvl Ice Blaster, but am working on it.

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I have one that I replaced with Sonic/. You want my Ice/ :P

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Again my argument is threefold, Slow, Immobilize, and alot of both.

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Hmmmmmmmmm... is it just me or is that "a lot of twofold" instead of threefold? LOL

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So you come to tell us you found an exploit but you aren't going to tell us what it is.

Why create this thread then? Just to brag that you turn in exploiters?

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Venting steam to a certain extent.

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Let me get this straight...

You're breaking one rule... to tell everyone that others are breaking a different rule?

Forum Rules

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5. Non-Constructive posts are prohibited.
Below is a list of examples of non-constructive posts. As a rule, non-constructive posting is not permitted.
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A rant is a post which is long-winded, redundant and filled with angry, non-constructive comments. A free exchange of ideas is essential to building a strong sense of community and helpful in the development of the game, but rants are disruptive and incite flaming and trolling.

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You're original post is a rant about how you hate farm missions and that you found an exploit.

Report it and move along. No need to start a flame war about farm maps. Let the Dev's sort it out.

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No it said 6 to 11am central.... almost positive on that one.

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It did in fact say 6-11 central. Important to note: it said "CST" a.k.a. Central standard time. For most of the US on daylight savings, that's 7-12 central.

Bummer for me, just got off a graveyard shift, rarin' to go... and I gotta wait another hour. Darn you, daylight savings!!!

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If that's true.... why would they say "we expect it to last the whole 5 hours" instead of the 6?

I think it's just taking longer than expected.

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...ending approx. on Sunday the 25th

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That's the "official" end time. It actually ends Monday morning when the servers go down.

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Holy NecroPosting Batman!

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Guess you can't please everyone. Some people want you to search for older posts as opposed to making a new one about the same thing, others don't want you to bring posts back from the dead. This comment is the reason why we have like 15 posts about fire/psy permadoms.

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Holy OverreactionPosting Batman!

LOL

I didn't chastice anyone. You read that into what I said.

I was simply amazed that this thread was still around and that someone had found it.

Holy NecroPosting Batman!

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I'm curious which "Holiday" this is in reference to. Or is there a new holiday called Holiday?

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Obvously it's Winter-een-mas!

This thread just went from joking around to real inf!

Post removed. - Everything I said had been said in the last couple of posts (that I hadn't read yet) before mine.

Great job guys! Wish I coulda been there!

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And on top of that, you've given up a power slot for a snipe!

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One COULD say that you gave up that power slot... and enhancement slots... for set bonuses that are just about best inf/bonus in the game.