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Once you're at T8/T9 however, Vault is all but the same as your personal storage (/vault).

Still questionable use, but it's not as worthless as you it would be before getting /vault.

There is an option to hide unclaimable rewards, if you select that, claim all will work.

Lore pets usually. Some Lore pets have a -regen component, the other aspect is just the Lore pets have that much overpowering damage [especially true of an Musculature slotted build].

Also, it's possible they are using Diamagnetic interface procs, but to be honest, Paralytic and Reactive are better choices still.

Lusca is usually the odd one out because of the multiple targets issue [which the Lore pets have a more difficult time handling before they poof].

No, that method will not work with I21 Beta. The file format changes in I21, so you will have to redownload most of the materials [oinky oinks].

As such, when it does go live, it will most likely be a pretty massive patch going to live as well.

Pretty much he falls victim to a perception issue with many MMOs. That the end-game is all that matters. As such, leveling speed is simply a frustrating hurdle to jump through until you can 'play the real game'.

As such it's more palatable to the consumers since it's really not effecting the game at the points where it matters, and frankly, many of them don't look forward to going through the level grind 'again' and appreciate various options to buy out of that grind.

Not really. I21 uses a different file format to facilitate the streaming client.

I suspect a lot of people are going to need to get 'prepared' for the big patches.

Especially since it's doubtful we're going to see any future discs to 'catch you up' like prior massive patches.

Hehe, difference of perspective I guess . I saw the BPOD remark as a claim that it was difficult . Then again, I'm a compulsive flyer and really really dislike that part of Apex.

Low levels makes for an interesting wrinkle for me.

I am left wondering if the costumes are going to change over the level range, becoming more grandoise as they level up.

The reason I wonder this, is the SDCC screen shot came from Atlas park, so the Energy Mage shown there would be the lowest on the totem in terms of flair. It's an interesting thought, and it will be interesting to see if/how they scale up across the levels.

Not quite, it's a bit more. It looks like radiation toggles though, which I can see causing some folks to perhaps not realize it's Bad Stuff.

Also, in general, playing in first person mode is bad, or really close to it. You want to have a good view of your surroundings. Especially with the beam, since it's going to be a ground-target effect, if you're in first person, there's more than a fair chance you won't even notice it.

They had to use the player rig for the costumes to be usable for players.

So yep, they're going to be buff like players.

I'm not too positive, but I think league chat not being there automagically is a condition of characters that were created before i20 [much like how the 'cutscene' text wasn't on by default for characters created before i18].

I have a character that was created after i19 and they auto-had league chat at least.

Quite possible, my recent post-Keyes runs have been with more squishy characters [that I really kind of wanted the level shifts before jumping into keyes with], so didn't really see the iXP difference. And the only other time I even really saw the iXP rate was with the league share still being broken.

I imagine it's the same sort of deal as people assuming that locking your teams before queuing does anything. Although, I see some of the more vocal opponents of the Keyes trial repeating and reiterating a lot of the same misinformation that they've already seen that was discredited in prior discussions.

I used to hold this view, but now, I think Keyes will typically require the long exposition of explanation. Since it's run so infrequently compared to the other two. There's a good chance that a plurality needs reminder as to how to work it.

I'd like for it to be clockworkable like the other two [ie, the vast majority know the drill, and just going through the steps], but I seriously doubt it'll occur due to the infrequency of the runs.

Now, if they find a way to improve the reward/time ratio for Keyes, it may improve, but I'm also not anticipating that getting improved/fixed.

It just needs to be fixed, but as a matter of clarity. Free players aren't going to be starting in Praetoria for their first run. They have to either go VIP or buy/obtain the going rogue entitlement before making their first character.

Still it needs to be fixed. It really needed to be fixed when it first started to occur many issues ago :/.

More broadly, I'd say it actually showcases the reason why pretty well. That the 'bad side' tends to be better written. Because it has to be better written.

With CoX, I'd suggest the quality is pretty comparable. The problem is, with few exceptions from the player perspective, the writing doesn't pass the higher minimum quality component for a villain story.

I do, however, think that the issue of 'the good guys' being more popular is something more related to it being a super MMO. Most of the fantasy MMOs that I've played I get a real distinct impression of favor towards the evil side of things. Or towards the 'neutral' side of things [of course that was solely because of mechanical benefits in the one example I remember]. Perhaps because in those other games it's far more acceptable to be the Thug towing the line than for a Supervillain to be a thug towing the line.

I dunno, a costume unlock for some Jeters would be awesome.

Wouldn't surprise me at all to be honest. But something to remember, there is more to a story than just the text. The environment and framing also do quite a bit to tell a story. Older content, predominantly uses the mission text to tell its story.

And, at least in single player missions, the dialog boxes do a bit to force the player to read some of the mission text .

But I am a believer in the need to have the story tell itself through more than just the text. It's unfortunate that the heavily recycled mapsets in this game make environmental storytelling more difficult, but there have been real improvements.

I think the problem is the more strict storyline red-side [it's gotten better recently]. The more pro-active nature of villains makes it harder to write for. Mako did a good job with what he had, but it ran up into the problem of having to tell the player what the character's motivation was. And unfortunately, for a lot of content red-side you're resigned to being a gopher. It's gotten better, and I suspect that the changes to Mercy Island will also improve that situation with regards to being Arachnos's Predestination Paradox.

And signature stories should help to provide other story lines that are mostly free of the 'Thug for Hire' syndrome that much of Redside suffers from.

So I'm hopeful.

Well, less numbers, but play style issues. Which can be hard to judge.

For instance, Titan Weapons unique mechanic may really not be to someone's liking, but they have no real way of knowing without actually playing it.