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Originally Posted by Jet_Boy

Don't hate on the Devs, hate on the exploiters. They're creating the cheating situations the Devs are then having to react to.

Also, the Devs could care less about farming, they just don't want you to exploit system loopholes using AE as a "hack toolbox" to do it.

There is another solution... GM Approved Posting only. You create and edit at will, however a a GM or Dev has to check the pending published missions (and any subsequent edited versions) out before it's made available to the public. That would stop all the exploit farms from ever being published, without ever needing to patch another thing.

Of course... there would be that pesky wait...

Originally Posted by HelinCarnate

Because with 3 or 4 allies I can get my brute to capped resists and defense numbers. Lower risk = lower rewards.

Originally Posted by Hazygreys

I remember when I first started playing, I had no clue how I was supposed to slot things (though 6 slotting hasten was the norm then too). And abbreviations, especially in this game, can get quite confusing. FS could mean fulcrum shift, foot stomp, fire sword, fire shield, focused senses, ect. And unless someone told you, would you know where to go for a cape, either side? Insp is sort of a given, though if you only called it an inspiration would you know what insp meant? TF, again, abbreviation.

There are noobs out there, but we were all newbs at one point or another.

Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha

In that case you might as well just roll a new character.
I dont think anyone is suggesting have TWO different primary/secondaries on the same character.

In my case, I wish I could change my secondary from Energy to Electric Melee. I dont want Energy melee anymore. At all.
But, meh, I dont really see it happening anytime soon, if ever. So re-roll it is.

Originally Posted by Golden Girl

I think that just adds to the general horror theme of the zone.

Originally Posted by MEdelen

How about the ability to swim underwater. That would open up some new missions and mission styles along with a new water powerset. And I don't mean zoning underwater, just go in the water, and look down, and press w...and poof, your underwater.<<snippage>>

Originally Posted by Nerfherder

Crap, I forgot!

DOOOOOOOOOM!

Originally Posted by Cheetatron

kheldarn hit the nail right on the head.

Originally Posted by Hallowed

If you don't like people voicing their opinions, even if they are counter to yours, get the [WARNING EXPLICIT LYRICS] of the forums. Anyone has as much of a right to express either their support or displeasure with decisions made as you do. While some posts may fall into the whining category, there are several well-written and reasonable objections here.

<<<<<<<snippage>>>>>>>>>
3) Who are you, and why should we care?

Originally Posted by Slax

I'm sure there's a medication that can help you.

Originally Posted by JDub

No. I mean there has been no new zones or real content added in ages. Honestly, after five years I think I'm finally done with this game. I'm just keeping my subscription going in hopes that GR is awesome and gets me excited about this game again.

Originally Posted by Eric Nelson

It's not fake (like some Nemeses we could name). >.>

Originally Posted by BBQ_Pork

If I may interject...

Of course, we will seldom if ever see yellow and red dots on servers like Triumph anymore. Green, Yellow and Red were a measure of percentage of capacity, and while population (judged by quarterly company reports) has been steady, server hardware was improved. With the improved servers (yeah, there have been problems from time to time, like when Sharkhead was unsteady as heck on Virtue, etc.) handling the same raw number of players, it would do so at a much lower percentage of maximum capacity.

Since August of 2004, I have seen a few declines in apparent activity.
*When debt was reduced in missions and mission completion bonuses were raised, I saw a huge decrease in street-sweeping.
*When I-5 and I-6 nerfed the heck out of certain powersets, I saw a decrease in PL beggars in P.I.
*When I-9 introduced IO's as something for L50's to blow thier nest eggs on (and to farm/grind for), I saw a decrease in people standing around AP running Costume Contests.
*When the RMT'ers were bugging us and even more when the /hide feature became granulated, I saw a decrease in the number of players available on /search.
*When the AE farms were introduced, I saw a decrease in the amount of players spamming in P.I. for "PL meh!"
*When the AE farms were nerfed, I saw a decrease in the amount of players spamming in AP for "PL meh!"
I predict that in about a month, I will see a decrease in the amount of players not in Pocket D.

My point? You only see a decrease in population in this game when you only look in one spot.

I am not employed by the company, nor do I believe that any of the posters in this thread are either. (Unless I missed a red-name, since I skimmed through it a bit.) So feel free to skip terms like "Company Hack".

Originally Posted by MPSCAPPY

Even Though I have just replied and fear I will repeat my self. Samuel I can See that you joined in 2004. Certainly YOU can see the hugh reduction in players. Do you truly believe that this "Turbo power leveling" had no effect in the reduction of players? I submit to you that the more available and easier power leveling has become that the number of players has decreased.

Originally Posted by Weatherby Goode

<QR>

What kind of mats do you get for disenchanting a level 50 player?

Originally Posted by Mr. NoPants

Public ban list would be more effective ^_^.

Originally Posted by brophog02

Are you competing in the special olympics? Did I miss the start time to the "fastest without a travel power" event, again?

Originally Posted by Rainbow Avenger

Special characters would be great provided there's a limit on which ones are available. The "other MMO" allows pretty unlimited use of special characters and there are a lot of grotesquely ugly and immersion breaking names because of it. Accented characters commonly used in languages like French or German would be nice.

Originally Posted by Irresponsible

Frankly I'm enjoying this "Ghost Town" where I can get teams whenever I want compared to what it was like prior to this supposed nerf when seemingly all anybody wanted to do was farm AE missions, although it was still possible to get teams together for non MA stuff, just took a little more work. If anything the game seems slightly more crowded than it was prior to the release of MA.

Originally Posted by Bubbawheat

I think your character finds out where those missing people end up... >.> ... <.< ... >.>

Originally Posted by FargonRob

No.

If I get a purple I can't/don't want to use on one alt (it's happened), I want to be able to either move it to an alt who needs it, store it for later, or possibly sell it. Making it non-transferrable essentially makes it junk.

Moreover, think about it. If it's non-transferrable, you can't buy one off the market then. You have to farm your....butt....off in the hopes that you get ONE. There are people who've been playing here YEARS who've only ever dropped one or two purples.

RANDOM ROLL MEANS RANDOM.

Originally Posted by macskull

Being able to select exactly what recipe it should be is like being given a blank piece of money and saying "here, what size bill should this be?" It sounds nice in theory but it just doesn't work in practice.