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I'll agree with this, at least in my case, but with a slight distinction. I will avoid games not where I can't guarantee that my skills will let me win, but where I suspect my skills would preclude me from winning.

If I think I have a fighting chance, I'll fight. If I don't, I see no point at all in bothering.

This actually reminds me - anyone know if the clones able to be teleported? I haven't tried on my Merc/Poison, but I was wondering if porting the clones to my henchman rather than seeking them out would be viable.

I fought him once and got him to stop, after which he beat me down. I figured at that point I wasn't overcoming his resistance/regen and WANTED him to run...and by that point he wouldn't.

(I believe I reset the mission and let him walk)

Ahh, that stinks if the pet is explicitly Praetorian. I was thinking this might be a good way to implement the long-sought after sidekicks, especially if there is progression built in there.

Considering that leagues can take up to 48 characters (and for raids it might be a good idea to have that many?) and there have been worries from some that it might be hard to fill them on some servers at some times, it really would make some sense to make the raids cross-server. If the technology now exists and will be part of I20, that probably would warrant the NDA.

I've spawned it in Talos before too by porting to my SG base then using the teleporter to Talos. Probably wasn't the smartest thing to do, but luckily nobody else was around so no collateral damage done.

Oh, now *that* is a nice vet reward. I'll have to wait 12 months to get it, but it's nice.

I have much better luck with RoTP on my blaster than I do with Revive on my regen scrapper.

Inspirations I never bother to even carry (solo).

I'm inclined to agree with this.

Based off of time, I can't really be considered a "casual" player. I've Been subscribed for over five years and have logged a few thousand hours. I have over a dozen 50s, and have planned builds in Mids for all of them. I have two accounts (financially I can't be considered casual either...).

But I do consider myself a low-impact player. I'll craft and sell on the market, but I don't seek out niches on the market or attempt to flip (but probably have 5B spread among characters anyway). I'm not part of an active SG. I don't obsess over badges. I can't run at +4x8 (or even 0x8). I can't solo pylons, or AVs, or TFs. I don't stealth objectives or run arcs/tips for speed. I have Incarnates, but have only participated in two WST (and no other TF that drop components).

I get a kick out of them as well.

I'm the same way with them, fwiw. If I can't come up with a name/power combo that I like, I won't bother with it.

Not with the Going Rogue box, at least not until the second character. For trial purposes I advised looking for GvE or Architect editions, which of course wouldn't even give Praetoria as an option.

I also gave my opinion to him that story-wise Praetoria really wouldn't be appropriate either. The storylines are just too weighty for kids.

I had a friend mention to me that his sons got wind of CoH's existence, and in his words had the reaction of: "OMG DAD OMG OMG OMG WHEN CAN WE PLAY HOW CAN WE PLAY CAN WE PLAY WHERE IS IT WHERE DO WE GO HOW DO WE PLAY CAN WE PLAY????!!!!!!" He wanted to know if I felt it was safe for them to play what is labeled a teen/adult game.

I told him it was (I let my son play, but with some definite restrictions on teaming and communication). But I also warned him that should they play, they should definitely *not* start in Praetoria, and likely not in the Rogue Isles either.

I used to turn difficulty settings up, but I seldom do now. In my mind the relative rewards for doing so have changed, and don't really make it worthwhile.

Pre-inventions, the main reward to be had was XP. So the goal of course was to get XP faster/more efficiently. Especially if a toon was suited for ST damage or could lock down a +2 just as easily as a +0. This helped speed things up in a time where there weren't radio missions and there were more gaps in the content (and before leveling was smoothed out).

Post-inventions, taking out higher targets didn't make as much sense. More mobs equal more drop opportunities, or rather more drop opportunities per level.

A-Merits made this even worse; there wasn't only a reason to get through more mobs per level, there was also a reason to get through more missions. Why go through 600 mobs to complete 10 tip missions when you could defeat 300 (or, defeat 600 on two characters, completing 20 tips)? Why earn one A-Merit per level when you could earn two?

If you get strong enough where defeating 5 or 10 foes really doesn't take any longer than 3...then yeah, no reason not to up team size at least. But before then, not really.

In his own words:

Would fit in great in some recent threads dealing with soloists, or how Kahn can be run in 15 minutes.

Well...such is why I figured I'd ask on the forums first.

Some vets don't run with the same people every week (or, well, ANY week); some vets haveen't focused on the team-oriented content.

Yeah, I just came back to post about her, as I just attempted the Freakshow Educator mission on my AR/Dev. Not only did I have to deal with three Tanks (two of which rezzed - so much for trip mine!), I have to deal with a Shock Treatment ambush. Even if I stay out of melee she pops power surge and completely drains me. Not worth dealing with (and enough to get me to switch bosses back off; maybe in another 8 levels at 40).