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This is a great guide. My new reference for rad/rad.

If people are offended by PLers because it causes lag or they steal kills I have a surprise for you.
Look around the zones! They are not near as crowded as they once were!
I have been on several times where I was just about the only one in Kings Row. Six months ago the zones were packed.
If you think the arena is going to bring a ton of people back then you are sadly mistaken. The arena will be popular for about three months then they will die down too.
For crying out loud, 3 out of every 5 pick-up groups I get into have at least 1 or more PLers on them. If you do everything possible to stop PLers then they will leave and the zones will be even more empty.
But maybe that is what all the whiners who are complaining about PLing want. To be Burgess from that Twilight Zone episode that just wanted to be the last man on Earth and read his books.
When that does happen you will miss the PLers because with out their subscription fees the game goes down and you are left sitting in front of your computer asking "Why?"
I play the game because I like it, and no amount of PLers will ruin my fun.
Now it is up to those who run the game to figure that out as well.

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I think all this effort into curbing powerlevelers is a waste of resources. Plvlers will find out how to do whatever they want with the tools at hand. This hampers a few plvling techniques, but exacts a tangible cost to players in terms of freedom to play how they want. Overall, I don't think this will have any real effect on plvling. They'll go do their outdoor mission maps, and players doing content will have to do their "Kill 150 Crey" hunt missions in a big group because you wanted to fix a problem that doesn't exist.

I don't buy the plvling hurts the game argument because what it really comes down to is "Is the content interesting enough to curb Plvling?" For a lot of players it is. For some players, it doesn't matter, they'll always plvl. For some, they have half a dozen toons over lvl 40, and they've done every mission, badge, story arc, TF, trial, etc. 3-4 times, and they just want to play with a new AT/build.

You're trying to tell people how to play the game, even though they're playing well within the confines of your world. If its not griefing, and doesn't violate the CoC/ToS, either leave it alone, or make it an exploit. To me, tram plvlers are like RP'ers in Galaxy. Its not how I chose to play the game, but it doesn't bother me one bit. Some people are going to do only missions for their xp (until mid 30's when you start running out) because it makes them feel heroic. Some are gonna roll up a Taxi Bot and recall people all day. Some will host a play in Perez Park, and some will sit all day while getting plvled by a friend or 2nd account.

Lastly, a quick question: How does this effect badge credit? I NEVER do hunt badges within 300 yds of my teammates, often a mile or more away. Like many players, I've put a lot of time into collecting my hunt badges, solo and in teams. I currently have all of them (except for isolator, which I did not have the option of getting). If I had to stay close to teamates to get badge credit however, I definitely wouldn't have bothered with many of them.

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I totally agree

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Yeah, it's not like we need a skills system or anything.

I see this change as being bad for the game.
If you do not take into consideration all of the different types of players that you have, you will loose subscribers.
Despite what ever visions Cryptic may have for the game, the bottom line is to make a profit.
If someone wants to power level, who cares. They are only robbing themselves of the content that they are missing.
I have not read a single story arc in 9 months or longer. I just run from mission to mission to try and get to 50.
This is my problem and no one else is hurt by it.
Not sure how many subscribers there are now, but I am sure it is a lot less then 9 months ago.
Continue to tweak the way people can play, and it will get even lower.
That is just my opinion and you may or may not agree with it, but there it is.