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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Thunder Knight View Post
    My NRG/NRG Brute on my current account (during the period when I was Premium) and my SS/WP Brute on an alternate totally-free account both ran content at +1 easily on SOs. What are you doing that you can barely handle -1?

    Subscribed vs. Free doesn't matter for Incarnate content, since that's VIP-only and is supposed to be harder than regular missions.
    The map that i am running in AE is the cave map with fire trolls. Its the normal cave map with the mobs walking around and the trolls are fire dmg
  2. Hi me again...

    I have a paid account with incarnate etc... and a f2p old account that has only the use of ios



    there has been a lot of chatter/talk/debate over the years about are ios important is incarnate important or are these necessesary.

    Well i did a test I dont have numbers and if someone here can let me know of a way to get them ill post them. I can only tell you what is see is real.


    Ios and incarnate stuff vs a SO toon


    Dont even bother. The io'd(purpled) incarnate toon is running +4/8 with bosses easily. The non incarnate non iod toon (same build) can barely handle +0 or -1 no bosses. I mean barely i am praying for the right insp to drop in missons.



    its a fire/elec/pyre brute I use to farm purples and pl. I thought i would make one on the freebie and pl myself a little. Its ok its playable but the diference is like a bicycle to a Mclaren F1. They can both get you to a point you want to be at but one is faster sexier and damn more fun.

    now here is the question are all toons like this are any so toons other than random support toons optimal? Is there an SO toon that can hang with a pimped out incarnate toon?

    ANY just one?

    I would love for some information even if anecdotal.
  3. Hey snow globe how much you want for your badger? I need to has badges...
  4. I ran about 40 and got what i wanted and hoarding them


    The end/rech was not dropped for me in 40 runs.
  5. graystar_blaster

    is it just me?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Madadh View Post
    And you quite likely never will see a way to be recompensed for inspirations. It's the single use, disposable nature of them that makes this the case.

    It's roughly analogous to buying a bottle of cola at a store. As you are leaving, you get jostled, or bumped in the parking lot, and drop the cola, spilling it everywhere. You likely won't see recompense there either. You got the product, you cracked it open, and got the first big gulp. From there what happens might well be out of your hands, but is also out of theirs.

    My suggestions, don't buy products that have that sort of risk, or, accept stoically the fact that it may happen.

    And, perhaps still hit the tech section and try to do what you can to minimize that risk. But regardless of what you do, that risk will always be present to some degree with items of that nature.
    That sort of risk is an after the fact discovery. Herein lies my basis of argument/discussion. For you its a thing you would not get into or invest in. "i" as a novice in the world of computer programming and MMORPG had no idea that i was exposed to loss in the capacity of using the things i bought.

    I was unaware that if i used team insp I could in a way loose my money and waste it because the game could DC me. wELL NOT THE GAME BUT THE code or the current incarntion of the game. I dont mean to say that the game itself would cause this. I mean to say that the current bugs allow this to happen or rather creat a place for this occurance.

    i AM NOW HOWEVER AWARE!
  6. graystar_blaster

    is it just me?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Madadh View Post
    And you quite likely never will see a way to be recompensed for inspirations. It's the single use, disposable nature of them that makes this the case.

    It's roughly analogous to buying a bottle of cola at a store. As you are leaving, you get jostled, or bumped in the parking lot, and drop the cola, spilling it everywhere. You likely won't see recompense there either. You got the product, you cracked it open, and got the first big gulp. From there what happens might well be out of your hands, but is also out of theirs.

    My suggestions, don't buy products that have that sort of risk, or, accept stoically the fact that it may happen.

    And, perhaps still hit the tech section and try to do what you can to minimize that risk. But regardless of what you do, that risk will always be present to some degree with items of that nature.
    That sort of risk is an after the fact discovery. Herein lies my basis of argument/discussion. For you its a thing you would not get into or invest in. "i" as a novice in the world of computer programming and MMORPG had no idea that i was exposed to loss in the capacity of using the things i bought.

    I was unaware that if i used team insp I could in a way loose my money and waste it because the game could DC me.

    i AM NO HOWEVER AWARE!
  7. graystar_blaster

    is it just me?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
    If it were the game, everybody would be having the same problem, not just you and a couple other people. Maybe it just doesn't like you (or more accurately, your setup). Have you made any attempt to rule out what might be wrong with your machine (and what the few other people who are also crashing have in common), or are you content to simply rant aimlessly?

    Were your team insps really wasted? I assume the buffs persisted on your allies even though you were no longer online (although I confess I don't know for certain that they work this way). Also you're arguing over $3, get a freakin' grip. Spoiler alert: you're not getting your money back because of bad timing, and your rage is way over the top for the amount of money involved.

    why do I even bother with you
    While certainly understand based upon my history your presumtion. And yes I ranted. And yes i also removed the post and put it in its proper place on the boards. I respectfully disagree.

    I do run this map on a lot of my toons because its a great map for drops and threads that almost any character can run to earn some goodies. The mission i am refering to is the sister solaris map in cimorea from the Dark Astoria arcs. This map i'm sure your aware but ill state it incase anyone reads this and is not aware has 5 heros that assist you in killing large mobs. These assistants are buffable and because my blaster and some tanks etc... have no buffs to give other than some leadership or incarnate(which the character i was playing does not yet have) its a great map to use the team insp buff that last 5 mins. Which you have to pay to use. However the drops are great and i enjoy that map so I choose to use them.

    Now on this map I dc'd which caused the map to become useless to me as i cannot keep the assitants alive through the large boss mobs at the level i was set at. So the insp i used were wasted insofar that i alone would not be able to complete the map at teh difficulty setting i am at, however I had to pay for them in "real money" Hence my frustrations.
    Now i know that the amount is trivial in the big picture of my life. However I would prefer that it didn't happen, and I would prefer to not have this happen so again. Lets say it happens again this month. Now i lost more real money. I feel I am already paying to play this game and now i'm kicking in extra and its going out the window.

    Also how much per month is oko to loose through a dc or mapserve per month?

    Of course i will admit "just dont run that map" i will admit and accept " dont use those buffs on hero NPC's." However isn't that not the point(my rant aside) is it not the point that these things that you pay real money for can be wasted and there is no way, not one way as of yet to recompensate for this?

    What if this was a baf that dc'd or a tpn? Until you are reset and back on the map the buffs ware off. I think you see my point. Also I rant im trying hard not to but sometimes i get frustrated as you can see.

    So please accept my apology for ranting in the wrong way and not presenting it clearly and also posting it in the wrong forum. And I hope that I have explained myself better.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by The Grim Heaper View Post
    Graystar, if you actually want this problem solved, the first reply in this thread told you exactly how to proceed. Should you continue to not heed this advice, the only logical conclusion one can reach is that you are trolling (again).
    thanks again for that link and i posted my rant there. I also sent in a more coherent message about the issue.

    I know nothing will happen this is way down the list of things for the devs to do. However I guess its some time of alert that this happens and maybe you/me should not use these insp in a way that would incase of a dc make the mission objectives unobtainable.
  8. Had a crash today. I had used 4 team insp to finish an arc from DA. Sister Solaris.

    The one with the 5 heros to help. So since i didnt want to lower settings i just buffed up.

    Then i crash. So now my av helpers are no longer buffed. Im +4 and now i have this thing with all these mobs of course the avs die because im not incarnated enough to keep them going. And i am out the insp, one crash, one failed attempt, now i got to go to lower my difficulty settings to -1/ or 0 and rerun the misson.

    Im out maybe an hour for one mission that should have been 10 mins.

    And im out real money because of the insp i used.
  9. graystar_blaster

    is it just me?

    put that one in the correct place.
  10. Thanks a million the devs are all over this. I am so thrilled to see that. I hope it all works out...



    What i did learn is that there are certain people to follow on the boards.


    Thanks for the great info once again.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hopeling View Post
    Uh... we've had not just one, but several redname posts confirming that they are aware of the various Overwhelming Force bugs, that they are bugs, and that they will be fixed.
    Really thats awesome. I didnt not see any links in this thread. Can you show me some. That would be so fantastic.

    I am happy to hear that. I have only read Doom in game and this thread.


    Thanks for the info
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Granite Agent View Post
    forces players to run the event to get a chance of the IO, rather than being able to buy it on the market. devs effectively force players into playing their content.
    I am always on the side of the player.... But how is this trial different from every other thing in the game?

    Do you have any hybrid slots unlocked?
    Are any of your characters +1 yet?
    Do you have any hamios?
    Do you have any super insp at all?
    Do you have any acolaides at all?
    Do you have a badger?

    It does not matter what you said yet to or not.... This is a game a video game that is 8 years old. You have to play it to get a 50 you have to play it to get a badge, a level shift, a merit, whatever...

    This is no different than the winter event or any other event.

    I understand this is not working as intended but it will and it works great on some toons. And on some powers. I think the only real problem that the devs have in this regard besides the "bug"

    And this is my biggest piss off with them.

    Its another lack of communication, Another lack of talking to and pacifying their customers!

    Let us know its broke and that youll fix it.

    let us know there is a Bug here or there, let us know its not state secret. Talk to us. You do anyways.

    I thinkthe problem is the Development team does not have a public realations person in the game and if they do well that person sucks rikti monkey scalp.

    Just let us know what is going on in the game were paying for. Espessially when its been pointed out ad nauseum by the players. You have to know so just say hey we have an issue here and make it a GMOTD done. Thanks problem "not solved" but calmness reinstated.
  13. Does a blaster with devices Targeting drone and tactics need a kismet proc? And more imoprtantly a kismet proc and TD is that enough?

    Meaning can i drop Tactics? and pick a dmg powr?
  14. invun/ titan,fire,SS even elec....



    i like invun....


    unless you want a farm tank so

    fire fire in a fire farm in AE
  15. I solo on my shield.

    NEVER EVER take it the extra power is to important elsewhere.



    If its not for farming solo then take it.


    But i never ever team on mine except the bare minimum to get t3 incarnates which is like one or 2 runs every new power that comes out since i have so many threads from farming and shards from farming too.


    SO DO NOT take it !!!!


    unless you plan on teaming then TAKE it

    so it depends on you does it not?
  16. graystar_blaster

    is it just me?

    Not very techy at all....

    I just did find a video on how to turn my auto updates on... SO i guess that is important.... And i hope it helps


    as far as waiting to long i dont thinki turned my computer off or rebooted since a vaction/work trip i took in January....(a long time it seems hence my update list was so huge i think there were about 20-25 patch for windows.... and 2 on the vid card(and java and flash had a ton too)

    I hope that did it. So if you were like i am and haveind dc/crashes maybe you need to do what i did. Restart your comp from 0 and install restart all yoru programs.

    auto updates was turned off (btw)
  17. graystar_blaster

    is it just me?

    the updates are usually turned off. I only do them when it seems necessary. Which i gather may not be the way to go.
  18. graystar_blaster

    is it just me?

    LoL thanks....



    I guess this is a good place to ask. How often do you turn off your computer all the way?

    I had maybe 10 updates to install.

    in fact the whole process took an hour or so....
  19. graystar_blaster

    is it just me?

    Well i just turned off and turned on my computer after updates of my vid card etc....

    seems ok so far. First playsession in while with no DC/crash
  20. graystar_blaster

    is it just me?

    Or has this game been crashing a lot more for everyone.

    I just had to do a kill all took 20 min and game crashed on last npc. (that is frustrating) was a new toon and not fully iod or incarnate>(my fault i should done it cause i could afford it!

    but the game is crashing about 3-4 times a day... Thats 2 times per play session of an hour or two!


    and 2 months ago the game didnt crash at all for me for weeks on end....


    so here is the question.

    1) is it me?
    2) is it my comp (vid driver) etc...
    3) is it the game? (a buggy update i.e. summer event)
    4) is it you hacking into my comp to steal old movies of the super friends?( or more)
  21. I have had mine work only on click powers from nrg,nrg blaster.

    Ill try my tanks later
  22. this is always fun... gl and ill be watching
  23. Thanks for the great info...

    will help a lot when i respec this proc in
  24. I put into power thrust which is one slotted just to test it out and works great.(dont want to respec yet)

    here is the question.

    the mag is a 16.62 KB on power thrust is that now a 16.62 KD?

    and what does it work out to on a power boosted PT KD?

    It seems to KD lvl 54 bosses nems(warhulks, and fakes)

    every time.

    its not a chance for KB its a straight 16.62 with the io is it now a solely 16.62 or is there an added kb for slotting the io? And PB added whats that work out to now?

    is that a 16.62 x 2?(with power boost)