Power Rankings: Levels Don't Cut It Anymore!


Avani

 

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I have been thinking, and if this has been brought up before, please forgive, but I did look around for it and found nothing.

How do we rank how tough characters are these days?

I like challenging content, when I am plying my 'mature' 50's. I don't bother with purples, but I have 'tight' well-made builds with sets, franken-slotting, judicious hami-o's, and the accolades that I think are best for each toon.

As a result, content that I think is pretty fun stuff clobbers the heck out of less-sturdy 50's. But people with uber-builds (5+ purple sets, ultra-optimized attack chains, maxed defenses) just stroll over my lovingly crafted challenges.

Is there some way we can rank the power of our toons? Because one 50 is not the same as another 50, even if you only look at the sets.

I typically info everyone I team with during group formation. I ignore the powers chosen and instead check their veteran badges, check their accolades, and skim over the list of set bonuses, just to see how long the list is.

This gives me a good 'feel' for the power of a 50.

Is there some way we could boil this down to a simple metric? So we could post arcs saying 'designed for 50's with 5 accolades and 30+ set bonuses"?

How about just putting in a code like:

Diff: L50/5A/35B

What do folks think? Thinking too much?


 

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i like the idea and while I think they could put a metric on it... there is one thing they could not measure... sometimes a person is just a bad player no matter what there build is...


 

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i like the idea and while I think they could put a metric on it... there is one thing they could not measure... sometimes a person is just a bad player no matter what there build is...

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That's true, but the best player in the world who's overwhelmed with +4 bosses is still going to be unhappy.

Does the metric seem reasonable? Should we have categories?

Like, 50, cat1 would be one accolade and twn set bonuses.
50 cat 2 would be 2 and 20
50 cat 3 would be 3 and 30
50 cat 4 would be 4 and 40 (this is where most of my toons fall)
Etc, etc, etc.

Seem reasonable? Even simpler? Too simple?


 

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I don't think there is a way to actually tie in character metrics to arc specific challenges without regards to the bonuses themselves (in case of IO-set bonuses). Judging by the size of the bonus list isn't enough, you have to consider the type of bonus versus the type of in-mission enemies.

Just my two INF.


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Ive seen a GOD AWFUL, number of horrible 50s now, thnx to AE. But like stated before. Ive seen 50s full of purple sets.That cannot play their toon for the life of themselves, they bought influence/infamy from a outside source, and loaded there toon with purple sets not caring what power if set can go in there it was, also Vet badges mean nothing to me also. ive seen 48month vets that are abso horrible, all a vet badge tell u is how long they ahve "paid" for game, not how long they have "played", you have players that pay for the game for 48 months and have played it a hr or 2 a week for that whole time, they arent as knowledgable or experienced as their so called "badge" would ahve you think


 

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It's true that a strong build of IO sets, especially purples, increases the power magnitude of a level 50. In the hands of a skilled player an uber-IOd 50 is awe inspiring, while with an SO build the same character is still incredible.

In the hands of a bad player no amount of IO bonuses will be enough to overcome their negative contributition to a team.

Vet badges aren't always indicative of skill. Some players will never be good, no matter how long they play. And many accounts are sold on E-bay.


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I am more than sure those 50's were/would be horrible not matter what, AE does not make people terrible players, people make themselves a terrible player.

Or AE could be the devil in disguise....


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Amusingly I have seen some creations of mine that didn't bother my Scrapper (who only uses Uncommons and few Rare sets) at the same time curbstomp a friend's purpled-out Brute. There is no metric for this sort of ranking, way to many variables.