brophog02

The thread was 'Are Prices Dropping', and to conclude the thread actually established anything remotely near to the statements attributed to it is borderline asinine.

A thread that establishes such statements requires concrete evidence, tests, and figures. That thread was a very sparse collection of observations with biased individuals waving magic wands in an attempt to "convince" someone that these things are true.

They may or may not be true statements, but that is yet to be established in that, or any thread on this board.

If statements such as "all PVPIO prices started to drop" were indeed true then threads such as this one which complain of low or no supply and capped market prices would not need to exist. Then again, if people treated the entire collection of PVPIOs as a source rather than making generalist statements about a very sparse subset threads like this also would not need to exist. The truth is many people are deliberately twisting ideas to fit their own needs, and are being facilitated by those that believe statements do not need to be challenged. People just pass one possibly erroneous statement after another, and people buy into it without the need or desire to question it.

Thankfully, the devs at least try to avoid the magic wand solutions the players would have them enact. The ramifications of some of the short sided, greed inspired suggestions in this and other threads is simply mind boggling.

We are forgetting ancient chinese proverb: those that do not take to market do not see on market.

Posts like this one probably have nothing to do with your 0 for sale problem on the market.........

It never works. Not because of mechanics. Not because of the devs.

Because of the players.

Even in a game as diverse as this one already is, the game suffers substantially by players that attempt to pigeonhole all of the great diversity into 3 roles.

Players are the death of innovation.

Before the change to recharge in LS, the set was able to provide enough dps to really offset a lack of regen. In fact, not long before that change, a troller posted some really spectacular numbers.


The set is fine for a decent team, mind you. When talking AVs in this game, the only reason people flock for something with -regen is to do it as quickly as possible. Unless you have a really odd team combination, you're not going to simply stalemate or anything of the sort.

Just go back in time and prevent the abomination that was AE from ever happening.

Ghost Falcon: "Ever since Hero Epic Archetypes and Villain Epic Archetypes were introduced, we have continued to monitor the number of Epic Archetypes created. We discovered that there are many long-time Veteran players who do not have Level 50s, and were unable to unlock all the Epic Archetypes."


War Witch: "Now that we are going on six years, the majority of our loyal player base is either close to or already has more than one level 50."

I like it, but I think the tanking tactics area can be expanded.

One example: Dealing with mob positioning and knockback:

Tanks have an enormous power in this game in that they can place enemies where they can best utilize the team's strengths. One tactic I see from tanks fairly commonly (particularly in the lower levels or tanks not built for a lot of mitigation) is the corner pull.

Specifically, the inside corner pull. Tanks love this move, and for good reason. Pulling around a corner causes the AI to stay bunched, but it creates a narrower line of enemies. The problem with the inside corner pull is that knockback users often are put in a bit of a bind: the knockback into that interior corner causes the mobs to spread as they bounce around that corner. That often makes teammates angry. Because of this, many knockback powers aren't used in teams.......their users would rather a happy team than to utilize those powers. It is a real shame, but one that can be avoided with good teamwork.

A tanker with positioning in mind can help this in two ways:

1) Pull further around the corner instead of stopping just past the corner. This gives the knockback user a flat wall to shoot against, limiting spreading.

2) Take the mob into the exterior corner. Many tankers don't naturally like this option because it greatly exposes them to enemies......the reason they liked the interior corner pull in the first place was to limit that! However, with a knockback user funneling bodies into that exterior corner, it creates mitigation for the tanker. Bodies on the floor burning in flames makes for happy tankers! It also helps create more mitigation and/or damage for the team, making them happy as well!

I'd much rather not have the empath..........

All of the cries of "this ain't epic enough" will be magnified ten fold.

If you believe in squeaky wheels, maybe that's enough to get a buff, but I personally don't think that will matter much to those that don't like the AT as it stands. Most of their problems aren't a matter of buffing damage (the usual AT "solution" these days), but more so a question of play style and mechanics.

Not exactly "epic" if you get them at 20 with the leveling curve we have now. Why not just open them at the start if it will be that soon?

I think we had a ninja/poison the other day with the same issue.......

Nice topic!

It honestly varies far more for me by powersets than by AT, and I'm not going to list conditions for every powerset.

-It is never really a question of taking more or less from the primary/secondary because I always simply take what I want from there, anyhow. They are my first priority, always. There are rare times where I may take a power I'd rarely ever use, that I may skip during a standard build as outlined by current rules, but those situations are usually trumped by liking a pool or epic power better.

-Would I still take the fitness pool? On toons where regeneration rate is important to me, I would. If I needed even more recovery (such as a set like Storm) then I would take health then as well. On Blasters I would for the added mobility.

-Leadership would be taken on those toons where it was most desirable. This would likely fall by AT, with the classic "support" ATs taking it slightly more often, and the "damage" ATs actually taking it.