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Not FACT. I'm leveling an alt, I don't spend any time at all in AP and I get bombarded at all times.
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Might be time to leave Freedom...
<sigh> Viv says its no longer "all me".
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and to answer the earlier question about what a meow farm is. Its a comm officer farm.
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Like the Rikti doll ones? I thought those got nerfed (or was that a different Rikti?). If it hasn't, I'd be certain they'll get to it.
Dec out.
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while a very erratic topic, i do agree that maybe the AE building should be removed from AP. this will give the new to the game players a chance of actually seeing what the game is about. everyone else who has been around a while knows how to navigate the higher lv zones without getting killed. red side has actually taken this into consideration( if you look at it that way) as to put the AE building on the opposite side of mercy from where you start vs the blue side which has the AE building right there as soon as you zone in. bad idea. and i know kind of a lame argument for it but maybe this will spark somemore usefull ideas or actually get people thinking about taking their 50's to another zone with their friends of all different lv ranges and leave the "new to the game" palyers to experience part of the game before getting to lv 50 and not knowing what to do.
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Seems to me to be a bit like killing flies with a sledgehammer. I'm not sure what's unfunctionable about "report exploits, let the Powers That Be take care of it".
Dec out.
becasue it's not an exploit. the whole idea behind that thread was to show what a reasonable argument would be for removing the AE building from AP. of course i guess to stop all the whinners from commimng here to whine about it, we could just remove the MA from freedumb entirely.(not really that was just a funny suggestion.)
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Its a comm officer farm.
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Didn't they fix those? Thought they reduced the extra XP they had been providing.
Bizarre and dramatic price increase in common salvage due to lack of normal missions being done is sort of hilarious. Whites sell for more than yellows and oranges.
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and to answer the earlier question about what a meow farm is. Its a comm officer farm.
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Like the Rikti doll ones? I thought those got nerfed (or was that a different Rikti?). If it hasn't, I'd be certain they'll get to it.
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they nerfed dolls. but they didnt do much about regular comm officers that naturally give lieutenant exp because of the portal summoning thing.
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Ok, honestly...what difference is there between this:
Lvl 5 troller lfsewers
and
Lvl 5 troller lf AE
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Because youre Forgetting:
[Broadcast]Generic Name: Leve 44 Tank LFF
[Broadcast]Generic Name:level 2 scrapper LFF
[Broadcast]Generic Name:level 2 scrapper LFF
[Broadcast]Generic Name:levee 1 blster LFF
[Broadcast]Generic Name:loking 4 AE Furm
[Broadcast]Generic Name:AE FARM LOOKING FOR LEVEL 45+ PEOPLE FOR BOSS FARM ONLY
[Broadcast]Generic Name:Healer looking for AE farm
[Broadcast]Generic Spammer: Plz Invite to AE Farm
[Broadcast]Generic Spammer: Plz Invite to AE Farm
[Broadcast]Generic Spammer: Plz Invite to AE Farm
[Broadcast]Generic Spammer: Plz Invite to AE Farm
[Broadcast]Generic Spammer: Plz Invite to AE Farm
I think theres a difference there, dont you?
I also think its funny that all these people are defending the farming Spam when its obviously not something the Devs are okay with and are just like 'Ignore it and go play your game, its not affecting you!'
[censored]. It is affecting me. Im having difficulty getting PuGs Together, TFs together, or anything thats not a Fracking AE Farm. I dont mind running the missions but Id like to not kill level 54 Bosses for the rest of my time in CoH.
Anyone who says it HASNT affected their PuGing is Lying.
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The solution is simple: Report the farms, and let the GMs sort them out. Since farms are against the rules of MA, the farms will be taken down. Repeated offenses can get the author in hot water.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
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Ok, honestly...what difference is there between this:
Lvl 5 troller lfsewers
and
Lvl 5 troller lf AE
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Because youre Forgetting:
[Broadcast]Generic Name: Leve 44 Tank LFF
[Broadcast]Generic Name:level 2 scrapper LFF
[Broadcast]Generic Name:level 2 scrapper LFF
[Broadcast]Generic Name:levee 1 blster LFF
[Broadcast]Generic Name:loking 4 AE Furm
[Broadcast]Generic Name:AE FARM LOOKING FOR LEVEL 45+ PEOPLE FOR BOSS FARM ONLY
[Broadcast]Generic Name:Healer looking for AE farm
[Broadcast]Generic Spammer: Plz Invite to AE Farm
[Broadcast]Generic Spammer: Plz Invite to AE Farm
[Broadcast]Generic Spammer: Plz Invite to AE Farm
[Broadcast]Generic Spammer: Plz Invite to AE Farm
[Broadcast]Generic Spammer: Plz Invite to AE Farm
I think theres a difference there, dont you?
I also think its funny that all these people are defending the farming Spam when its obviously not something the Devs are okay with and are just like 'Ignore it and go play your game, its not affecting you!'
[censored]. It is affecting me. Im having difficulty getting PuGs Together, TFs together, or anything thats not a Fracking AE Farm. I dont mind running the missions but Id like to not kill level 54 Bosses for the rest of my time in CoH.
Anyone who says it HASNT affected their PuGing is Lying.
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It hasnt affected my game at all.
Because I don't pug.
PuGs are for idiots.
I've never once been in a PuG where things didnt go horribly wrong due to the incompetence of a teammate
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Anyone who says it HASNT affected their PuGing is Lying.
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I'm not lying. I haven't PuG'd in this game in about four years.
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I haven't PUGed in years, but that doesn't mean that it should be destroyed as a viable option for folks looking to do the other 98% of content in the game (including NORMAL AE missions). As is, it's a useless avenue until the exploits are closed or people get bored with it and move on.
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I haven't PUGed in years, but that doesn't mean that it should be destroyed as a viable option for folks looking to do the other 98% of content in the game (including NORMAL AE missions). As is, it's a useless avenue until the exploits are closed or people get bored with it and move on.
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true. but I do think the devs are working on that, albeit slowly. yesterday there were multiple 4starred farms with 500-600 votes. Theyre gone now.
and just the other day i rolled a new char on virtue, joined a low lvl pug for the heck of it adnd they were running lowbie arcs.
The demand is there, you just have to be proactive.
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I haven't PUGed in years, but that doesn't mean that it should be destroyed as a viable option for folks looking to do the other 98% of content in the game (including NORMAL AE missions). As is, it's a useless avenue until the exploits are closed or people get bored with it and move on.
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true. but I do think the devs are working on that, albeit slowly. yesterday there were multiple 4starred farms with 500-600 votes. Theyre gone now.
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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
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The self righteousness of this thread goes over the top even for these boards.
The solution if you have "City of Farming Angst" is to realize the problem lies with you and get over it.
I don't know about all you special people, but I've been PuG'ing since I first signed on to CoH a few years back, and that represents the bulk of my teams. I rarely solo.
I'm really torn on the AE farming business. A part of me likes leveling quickly. It's a lot more enjoyable to get to 20, grab stamina, and move on to the cool powers. Another part of me hates the fact I can't get a team together to run arcs, whether the normal ones or AE missions.
The farming fad SHOULD wind down. Mowing down walls of Rikti Comm officers or whatever the muppet-of-the-month is going to get old, and once a character hits 26, I can't stand farming them much longer. I just hope other people feel similarly, and that once they get their 50/their third pet and second pet upgrade/their 15th 50 they lose interest in farming without losing interest in CoX as well.
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I don't know about all you special people, but I've been PuG'ing since I first signed on to CoH a few years back, and that represents the bulk of my teams. I rarely solo.
I'm really torn on the AE farming business. A part of me likes leveling quickly. It's a lot more enjoyable to get to 20, grab stamina, and move on to the cool powers. Another part of me hates the fact I can't get a team together to run arcs, whether the normal ones or AE missions.
The farming fad SHOULD wind down. Mowing down walls of Rikti Comm officers or whatever the muppet-of-the-month is going to get old, and once a character hits 26, I can't stand farming them much longer. I just hope other people feel similarly, and that once they get their 50/their third pet and second pet upgrade/their 15th 50 they lose interest in farming without losing interest in CoX as well.
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well, for me. I gave up on pugs years ago when i realized that either soloing or teaming with SGmates was far less likely to fill my bar with debt.
So I've been running lots of story arcs teamed. even the occasional farm when we just feel like making some quick prestige for the SG
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The self righteousness of this thread goes over the top even for these boards.
The solution if you have "City of Farming Angst" is to realize the problem lies with you and get over it.
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It's not often that I agree with Another_Fan, as we don't really see eye-to-eye on much.
But this is a quote I'd get tattooed on my [censored] because of its truth. That should REALLY say something.
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I wonder what would happen if the devs made it so custom enemy groups required a minimum of 1 minion, 1 lieut, and 1 boss. I'm sure there would still be farming, but it might die down somewhat.
It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
-- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World
I've got to personally agree with the "Remove AE from Atlas" group, here.
I just started a new toon. I went to Atlas. And found it crowded as all heck. Calls for Farms blaring across Broadcast, when people weren't getting into arguments, or laughing at the poor sod asking if there were any Sewer Teams forming.
The traffic was so bad that I was rubberbanding so much it took me more than three minutes to move 200 feet.
And this is on Victory. Not one of the major populated servers.
Atlas is simply too central too the game. Characters from all levels were always heading back to Atlas for one reason or another. With the AE showcase there... I'm getting bogged way down.
I don't care about the farmers. I don't do it myself, but hey, to each his (or her) own. But when the farmers are so prevelant that I can barely move my character?! That's a problem. And the only solution I can see to this is to shut down AE in the normaly heavy-traffic zones.
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I wonder what would happen if the devs made it so custom enemy groups required a minimum of 1 minion, 1 lieut, and 1 boss. I'm sure there would still be farming, but it might die down somewhat.
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It would drive a stake right through the heart of farming missions, that's for sure.
It would also result in an entirely new explosion of anger from people who want to be able to populate "challenge" missions entirely with bosses or arch-villains, which would no longer be possible. That's not my cup of tea at all, but I'd sure hate to see that go just because of the farmers.
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and once a character hits 26, I can't stand farming them much longer.
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Luckily, getting to 26 only takes about an hour now.
ok really that is a dumb idea doesn't get rid of Farming at all ... people wont be in atlas or talos cause of the farming being else were this isn't a solution to the problem at all.
Your worried that you can't do the costume contests or talking in Atlas. Well one solution you can do is get rid of xp in AE all together. No Farming no Problems. Now with no xp your looking at people on doing AE for the couple reason NCsoft wanted too.
1. Badges - collectors will go there to get them
2. Tickets - Recipes and enhancements
3. Creativity - the reason AE was meant to be
See 3 very good reasons why people will still use AE without xp.
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I've got to personally agree with the "Remove AE from Atlas" group, here.
I just started a new toon. I went to Atlas. And found it crowded as all heck. Calls for Farms blaring across Broadcast, when people weren't getting into arguments, or laughing at the poor sod asking if there were any Sewer Teams forming.
The traffic was so bad that I was rubberbanding so much it took me more than three minutes to move 200 feet.
And this is on Victory. Not one of the major populated servers.
Atlas is simply too central too the game. Characters from all levels were always heading back to Atlas for one reason or another. With the AE showcase there... I'm getting bogged way down.
I don't care about the farmers. I don't do it myself, but hey, to each his (or her) own. But when the farmers are so prevelant that I can barely move my character?! That's a problem. And the only solution I can see to this is to shut down AE in the normaly heavy-traffic zones.
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heres an idea. roll new toons in galaxy.
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Everytime I see a post like that I realize just how out of touch with reality and the direction this game has been going for almost three years some players actually are.
The development team and this community deserved better than this from NC Soft. Best wishes on your search.