galadiman

Once again, I have to correct you on proper use of "Teh Internetz." Measured, considered, thoughtful responses have no place here! Wild Speculation is required to Win! Reactionary Panic and DOOOOOMM!! is the only way to go!



Seriously, thanks, recharge was my first thought as well...(Actually, it works for almost every character anyway!). I'll be looking forward to your future comments after things 'simmah down'.

Hey Local Man, on a slightly different subject, what do you think of the new Alpha Slot info, and how will it affect your Ill/Rad builds? And how would you suggest people 'measure' the potential effectiveness of the Alpha Slot enhancements on these powersets? Better to slot for over-cap numbers, or better to slot to reach near currrent ED-caps and diversify abilities/pick up new powers?

"Shablagoo!"

Oh yeah, with that much +rech, One (I repeat ONE!) power from One power pool (hasten) can give you +70% (wait, let me repeat that a moment... 70%!!!!) more recharge, PERMA, ie, ALWAYS UP. How can this not be worth it???????

If you say Rech is paramount, then this is a no brainer. If it is not a no brainer to you, then ... that word "paramount"... I don't think it means what you think it means.

As an avid user of a Dark/Fire brute, I can honestly say, "Why in the world do you feel you NEEEEEED that much recharge?" Having Dark Consumption up often is great, don't get me wrong, but is it a primary part of your attack chain? With that much rech, your Dark primary attacks must all tumble over each other, so yes, they're up often, but if they're al recharged at the same time, there's no real synergy there.

I think you may want to actually consult with some of the Dark/ experts around here, for example, for advice on how to to optimize (note, I used that word in place of Maximize) your build. Having ALL ALL ALL of the shiniest expensive toys is almost never the best way to 'pimp' out a build. And the devs never wanted the 'norm' to be people wanting and easily getting ALL ALL ALL of the shiniest expensive toys. To mangle a phrase, "If everyone is special, no one is special."

For example, when an extra 2B inf gets you 10% more recharge, and that 10% results in a 0.2 second improvement in the actual recharge time of your powers, it may be time to call a plumber.

I think most of this has been said multiple times in this thread, so I'm likely just repeating the wisdom already shared.

Sure, Cash Money is god for adults, and for older kids, but it probably won't score good 'uncle points'. I think... what are you passionate about? (besides CoX, I think...) Do you love to read? Books are awesome. In particular, get each one a very nice hardbound copy of a kids' classic, like A Wrinkle in Time or Narnia, as already suggested, or something similar (LOTR? Might be too mature for them for now...). It may not be the perfect gift, but maybe 1 or 2 of them might latch on to that silly "reading" thing. For the little ones, a nice set of Dr Seuss books that Mom and Dad can read to them, and they can hand down to THEIR kids someday might be a good idea... Come to think of it, a BOOK copy of The Princess Bride - maybe Mom and Dad can read it to them before they see the movie, they could make it a family tradition...

Another related thought: a journal (for the 9-year old) - for that 'writing' thing.

Do you love football? Helmets and pads! Wait, that might not be a good idea.

Also, asking their parents what they're currently 'into' is a good idea. It's what I generally do/did with my brothers' kids - they weren't always helpful, but sometimes they were.

Most young ladies love the dolls, but that may or may not be the direction you want to go.

Here's a few sites:
http://quazen.com/shopping/50-gift-i...-10-years-old/

http://www.superchristmasgifts.com/c...sforgirls.html

Um, I would never think zone PvP was for 'fun' unless I was doing the traditional, Stalker jerk hide spike-kill unsuspecting lowbie, or wait until some guy has an opponent down to 2% health and Kill-steal on him (I can't think of an occasion where I was in zone PvP where this did not happen to me, and thus, I no longer participate in this kind of silliness.). Those would not be 'fun' in my book.

Fun PvP, to me, would be challenging someone on an even playing field to see who could win the round. The Arenas are the only place this is available.

Remember, Truthiness is believing what FEELS right, irrelevant of the facts. Truth and Truthiness are only related in the sense that the first 5 letters in each are the same.

I think the OP is more on the side of Truthiness than Truth.

If you have an incomplete understanding of something, how can you claim it to be 'unfair'?

Please read the copious market-related forum posts that explain its workings if you want to learn more; if not, please STOP posting misinformed screeds claiming 'facts' that are not true. "Open your mind, open your eyes, open your ears, and close your mouth," as one teacher repeatedly said to me.

If you believe it is impossible for you to have fun in this game without immediately having the best, most expensive IO in each IO slot, (regardlss of your protestations, this is exactly what you seem to want) then I guess your definition of fun is unique among all the other players in the game, seems unreasonable to nearly everyone, and I would suggest makes no earthly sense whatever.

You're funny, OP. Funny because the truth here is really the same truth as the truth in the other forum in which you posted the same issue. And until you come around to the idea that you are uninformed and not knowledgable about this subject, this will not end well. Either heed the useful (yup!) advice in the other thread, or stop posting.

BTW, this thread breaks at least 2 forum rules, and a large number of rules of logic and etiquette.

Serves you right, you eeeebil marketeer!


I keed, I keed!
You'l get it all, ... eventually... well, maybe most of it, probably...
In any case, Good luck. And grats for pwning the market!

When you click on a piece of salvage, and the window for that salvage expands to show price history, used in/etc, I'd like to see it show above that window,

"You Have: xx"
"Your recipes use: xx"