Tripp Hazzard

Heh. Nothing's ever simple with computers.

Glad you're back up and running!

That nice new vid card can probably drive a larger monitor . . . .

I shudder to think of the ideas you may be giving the Devs.

And another "GROAN!" for "John Troll-volta".

Given that she's in Pocket D, I assume it'd be another Co-Op TF, and that strikes me as a Good Thing.

Auuuggghhh!!! Will someone spill the beans?! Who is it?

rattin' frattin' drattin' varmints what won't tell a man what the frizzin' rattin' secret is when he's at work 'n' can't drattin' rattin' logon and find out fer hisself!

Have they changed the ITF? I've never seen more than three Nicti in the final mission, and we only had to defeat Rom four times.

If it was already covered, I missed it. I'd like an option to NOT go talk to [whoever] -- the ones that introduce you to other areas, like the Hollows, Bloody Bay, etc.

When a contact says "Go talk to [whoever]", give us both an accept and a decline option. If we choose decline, then flag it as already done, same as if we'd actually gone and done it, and let us move on. Hanging that on the existing "talk about what else is going on" would be VERY logical.

Yes, I know all the workarounds. Yes, I know it doesn't take very long. Yes, I know it's valuable info for new players (which is why I don't advocate eliminating them completely).

But none of that makes it any less annoying the 20th, 30th, 40th time I have to go do it. I can't even imagine how annoying it must be the 100th, 200th, 300th time.

Please, just give us the option, okay?

Interesting. The part that got me was the "everyone else gets booted out of the SG, the Superleaders gets transferred over, and then reinvites all the members."

OMG, can you imagine the nightmare that would be? SL has to be online at the same time as each and every member to reinvite them? What if it's a large group? Who has a list of everyone in the group. And how many of the members will have new names due to conflicts?

And what if the SL is an "absent" one, that the members are waiting for the automatic demotion to replace?

I find it mind-boggling that that was even suggested.

"EXIT ONLY" on the exit side.

I like the idea of civilians boarding the tram, but ONLY if the number is kept low. I wouldn't want them to pile up enough when the doors are closed that I couldn't reach it to bring up the menu.

I've done this. Mine is a private base, for my characters only, and I'm not in any coalitions. I happen to have a second account, which made getting my characters into the group even easier, but if you have a friend you can trust, that works fine, too.

Don't bother buying prestige, it's a waste of inf. Just be patient, decide what minimalist stuff you want in your starting base, then just play the game and let the prestige collect.


Base construction tips:

At first you won't be able to put in much. I chose to go with a crafting table and an enhancement storage table, then loaded it with level 10 IOs for my lowbies. (Be sure to set the permissions so all your characters can access the storage.)

Then I just played for a while and let the prestige collect.

The next thing I added was a teleport pad. I put in ONE pad, got all the beacons I wanted, and use Base Edit as needed to change them out. (Make sure all your characters have edit privileges.)

Recently I realized I had enough prestige to expand some more. I've added a level 1 Empowerment station and some salvage racks. One is for the salvage for the Empowerments I use most often, the others are for Holiday Salvage (Halloween stuff and candy canes).

It's not a big, fancy, über-powerful base, but it provides what I want: travel to zones I can't get to easily any other way, a crafting table accessible from anywhere, and an empowerment station.

I'm not sure exactly how long this took, I'd say 6-8 months. Certainly less than a year.


Rent Tip: if you're not already aware of it, you can pay rent in Galaxy City, too (Heroside). You also don't HAVE to pay rent until they actually shut off the power. That will let you go as much as six weeks between payments. (I try not to go quite to that point, because a Galaxy City beacon doesn't do me much good when the power's off!)

Good luck, and have fun!

I was involved in that conversation. I'll confirm every word White Hot Flash said, and add this:

Someone (I don't remember who) asked who was doing what. I said, in humor, that I was watching the Dr. Who Marathon.

A couple of other people mentioned other marathons, VS asked what channel it was on, I said it was on BBC America.

About then, Cobalt asked us to keep TV stuff out of the channel.

I took responsibility for it, because I didn't know it was verboten.

Then was VS's question (which I answered via tell) that got him silenced.

And your bit.

You left out how just a couple of lines later, Cobalt UNsilenced VS.



You really should tell the WHOLE story.

Possible alternative that might be a little simpler to implement:

Team members who disconnect/log off don't drop from the team window. Their name just changes to indicate they are offline.

Leader can then still kick them if desired/needed.

Seconded. Anything that smooths things out is a good thing.

I say don't hesitate to join PUGs, too. The quality can vary from disastrous multiple full-team wipes to steam-rolling juggernauts that mow down mission after mission, but I tend to have lots of fun on PUGs. Don't expect them to be perfect, just enjoy them as they are. And if you're not having fun, then just wait for a good opportunity, tell 'em something like "Okay, I'm going to go do other things now. Have fun, y'all!" and quit. You don't have to make up excuses, or tell 'em they suck, or anything else. Just pick a good time to leave, and do so.

If you put "PST" or "Please Send Tell" in your search comment (open your team window when you're not on a team), then most people will send you a tell with at least a brief description of what they're doing before they send an invite. You'll still get the occasional blind invite, but the comment really cuts down on those.

OTOH, I occasionally accept even a blind invite that turns into a great time!

Welcome to the game!

As others said, no. You make blasters tougher, you're going to have to reduce the damage.

Stay out of melee. Reduce your difficulty. Slot for defense and/or recharge.

And carry a wakie.