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Originally Posted by StarGeek

Just as an example, here's the listing I use. The basic things I monitor on every character, plus space to add a couple more depending upon the individual character.

/monitorattribute Acc$$monitorattribute To hit bonus$$monitorattribute Last Hit$$monitorattribute damage bonus$$monitorattribute Regeneration Rate$$monitorattribute Recovery rate$$monitorattribute Recharge time bonus$$monitorattribute stealth radius (pve)

Originally Posted by MadHobbit

well as now they can charge real cash for respecs ,I suppose that no more freeones.

Originally Posted by Goliath Bird Eater

Kinda.

There was a limited-time Halloween costume bundle. One of the pieces was a "brain-in-a-jar" head, and one of the sub-options available was an empty jar. That, combined with a well-selected fire aura, is responsible for the look.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville

The degree to which the tasks can be optimized is an issue, but not the most important issue. The more important issue is to look at the thing that can't really be optimized: shards. Shards were unreasonable, and then somehow became not just reasonable but ideal. That's not a trivial change in perspective. The shards didn't change, so it was the definition of "reasonable" that did. But so long as everyone is asking for the "reasonable" but that word has a very slippery definition, there's no role for the numbers.

I read all the testing threads and posts, and while I appreciate the work done in quantifying *what* is happening, where I had an issue is in the surrounding discussion about what *should* happen. Completely different people were using the exact same numbers to demonstrate that the rate was fine and not fine. And while that always happens to some degree, here it was actually the case that there was no way to refute either side, because what was defined to be "reasonable" was so vast in range it could describe anything.

As to the question of whether an objective frame of reference is possible, I believe it is possible. I don't believe everyone will agree its objective, but that's never actually ever one of my concerns. However, there's only two reasons to change it: its unbalanced, and its unpalatable. It hasn't existed long enough for us to know if its unbalanced, and if so to what degree. And if people will not agree on even what direction to head in much less how far, no change at the moment can address the issue of the system being unpalatable. This is almost certainly a case where regardless of what the system does now, we'll have to live with it for a while before the devs contemplate changing it for the simple reason that any change as a greater chance of succeeding on both fronts later rather than now.

Where I think you'll have the greatest problem achieving any sort of unanimity is in balancing the opportunity limits of running trials against the always-available nature of the solo path, even with the time gates. On some trials, trials are run continuously and quickly and with a high success rate. On other servers they are run less frequently and/or with lower success rates. Balancing for the case where the player can run a trial whenever they wish with a high success rate is itself potentially a skewed assumption. These things are subjective value judgments, but play a critical role in balancing the solo path against the trial path.

Originally Posted by TopDoc

I'm a power gamer. ...

(snip)

So I'll never need to farm or marketeer again.

Originally Posted by GuyPerfect

What's the best build? Could someone post it here? Also, could you finance it for me so I can make one myself without actually knowing how to play?



Any help would be appreciated!

Originally Posted by ricohdah

I think the sure way to know is if you have the Countdown to Call to Justice symbol in your active power display or if you have the Call to Justice power itself means you can earn A-merits. Frenzy symbol for villains.

Originally Posted by InfamousBrad

Here's how you could be clearer:

Before telling us to file a /petition if it's not working correctly, you could tell us how it's supposed to be working.

Originally Posted by Hopeling

. You get the GR features by applying the relevant code to your account, not by installing from the disk.

How do I do that?

Originally Posted by Plasma

Obviously I posted a big rant before, but this is exactly my point - you do not want customers to think this. You want them to always feel safe buying from you.

Originally Posted by UberGuy

I've posted before about how "hard" in CoH is mostly about not knowing the script, and having to figure it out, with a dash of character attribute comparison to the enemies.

You're coming into these trials long after they have been introduced. Pretty much everyone else knows the "script" by now, and can execute the counter steps by rote. Moreover, lots of players have characters with stats now elevated by previous successes at the trials.

So you have (probably lots of) people on league who are much stronger in the stats contest who mostly know what to do by rote. Of course that's easy. All CoH content is easy in that scenario. Yes, even the MoM trial.

I know TPN was mentioned, but TPN is very much about knowing the script. Once you know its script, TPN isn't hard at all, IMO. Some individuals may get creamed by the AV while moving from building to building, but the league overall rarely suffers much because of that. (That's one reason I find that mechanic annoying - it's no fun for the people getting killed, and it really adds nothing to the league's overall experience of challenge.)

UGT and MoM are "harder" than the others because (a) their stats challenges can be rather severe, and (b) parts of their scripts are harder to learn from replay than most others.

Originally Posted by DumpleBerry

Sorry, playing catch up on this thread. So did we decide the best way to handle this? Just tell them to read the petition and ignore the GM? That sounds like trouble.

Originally Posted by Quasadu

I still think they are passing up a fantastic opportunity with this trial by making it +3 instead of +0.

At +0 and with BAF-like rewards, its simplicity and small league size would make it the perfect gateway trial to bring new Incarnates from the solo and small team content into the trial scene.

At +3 with amped up rewards, it's just going to be an Emp farm for the folks who already have their T4's.

The latter is something we need FAR less than the former.

Huge mistake, in my opinion.

Originally Posted by Ghost Falcon

I guess it wasn't enough to just give away the Going Rogue Expansion features away as a benefit for VIP subscription and allow just any subscriber to change their alignment for free.

I guess we're also morally bankrupt to give away free server transfers a month for free to VIP subscribers, too.

And for anyone that never purchased the Going Rogue expansion or let their subscription lapse, we're apparently lower than dirt to charge a $10 "service" fee to change a character's alignment that a non-paying customer spent time on....

C'mon folks. *This is not profiteering on the backs of VIPs.

ALL VIP subscribers and any customer that purchased the Going Rogue expansion have a FREE option to EASILY and FREELY change their character's alignment.

Come at me with the pitchforks, but really? *Are you not seeing the reasons for introducing this service?

Non VIP customers can now change their character's alignment to try the content on the other side without deleting thir character and grinding up to a power level where they were before (if they got up to level 20). * VIP customers get 400 points every month that they can apply to this 800 point service...., or as I pointed out earlier, VIP customers can change their alignment for FREE using the in-game system.

If you want to provide more constructive feedback like "this is a great feature that i would rather get free per month as part of my VIP membership than server transfers or 400 points per month" then we're all ears.