Ukaserex

I must be nobody. I run paralytic on all my toons.

Sorry, Dr. Gemini - I'm certainly not trying to "attack" you, but the idea you show here - that there is some preconceived idea as to what role a tank should play. That role should be, and is, left to the players imagination.

If in fact a tanker "should" have taunt, then it should be inherent. (And, in a sense, given punchvoke, it is.) That's not to say that I think tanks should feel free to not have taunt - I play squishies, too. I notice a difference in the damage I take when I don't hear a tank taunt.

For me, a tank without taunt is like an ice blaster without freeze ray. It's not necessarily critical to have, but it makes the job easier.

Sorry. Anytime I see a name like Arbiter <name>, I immediately think of someone completely lacking in imagination. I would be hard pressed to think any player came up with Arbiter before CoV was released to Beta.
(though it is possible, of course)

I think Arbiter Cheese Sandwich would be a far better name. Or, even better than that, Toasted Cheese Sandwich. Leave the arbiter off completely.

But that's just me.

You either want the name, or you do not. If you don't, delete the character. If you do, keep it.

Those who try to sell names in game for fake money are not doing anyone any favors in my book.

I just wanted some insights into why the female heroines are dressed in outfits that I don't think many women would choose to fight in.

It has been said by other players on my server that I am a comedic genius. Mind you, the people that say this have also been known to crack a joke.

This, I did not know. Thanks.

Howdy. This really hits home with me. I often recruit and lead for various iTrials, but particularly MoM and UGT. I don't dsicriminate based on level shifts or powersets. I take a peak at the league overall and let the league know that I think someone should switch if we're missing a key criteria like a taunter, or a buffer.

On my server, there is a player who also forms leagues, and as a player may be competent, but as a leader is clearly not - giving no direction, accepting no feedback from the league, has no clear understanding of team balance - will let a team of 3 remain as is with two full teams of 8 instead of evening things out, will even go so far as to recruit for one trial, but queue up for another. (mistake? who knows)

I have told this player that I don't trust them with my time. When I form a league for a given trial, I ask the rest of the league before inviting this player if any have a problem with him. Many are ignoring that player and that can impact how well the league communicates. Mind you - they do not ignore this person because the person is mean spirited or a poor player - they ignore this person because they are just annoying. It's not just me.

I credit them for actually trying to form leagues, as on my server, more are inclined to join, than to form. But, I do not credit them with knowing what to do should something unexpected happen - like we get overwhelmed with adds, during a Lambda or BAF, for example. They seem to expect the other players on a trial to already know what to do. But, to not be able to look at a league and notice that there are no buffers on it, I don't think it's a good idea to queue for a MoM at that point. That's a leader that is just plain short-sighted.

So, if you are annoying and have a reputation for being....well...stupid, then yes, it's possible and even likely you're being overlooked in favor of people who don't annoy others.

Mind you, someone who would come to the forums and ask the question the OP asks, is likely not being ignored - but overlooked. There are dozens of tells coming in very close intervals when recruiting. It's very easy to miss someone. I'd say it happens more often than not. It happened to me, once. In fact, that's why I now form iTrials, so that I can make sure I'm on the league.

Just speculation here, based on my experience.

The global name is the name of the first character you create. In my case, that name was Ukase Rex.
After some time went by, I'd deleted that toon, and had made a couple more, leveled them up - and noticed that I'd played one more than the other. I changed it to @Perfidy using the global name change "token".

Eventually, I changed it back to Ukase Rex, and recently, due to the onslaught of Tex Rex, Mex Rex and Flex Rex, and every sort of Rex, I dropped it to plain Ukase.
So, that's 3 global name changes.

I suspect that these name changes they are talking about are character name changes, not global name changes.

Depending on when you started, you should have 3 global changes total.

Just my two inf.

If you just have someone superspeed through the bombs to detonate then
45-50 minutes is good enough. But, yeah, you definitely need either an experienced league or leader to take you through it.

Clarions are nice - but not essential. Three Escapes will last 4.5 minutes - and if the whole league has them is probably enough time to finish the avatar. It would depend on team composition.

I think this would be far more useful in the shard tfs than any other place. A team assemble every 2 minutes? Yeah, I like.

I wouldn't mind the gun -- but what I really want is a gun holster. I cannot fathom why we don't have the option in the tailor. I would have thought that would be the first thing any dual pistols toon would want.
(aside from less spastic animations)

But, I'd only heard a rumor/whisper about some gun being accessed via tpn success. I'll have to take my main to the tailor and see what's what.