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By
7thCynic,
Posted on: 2009-07-16 11:58 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Just as long as PUGs don't switch over to 'WE MUST FIGHT INVINCIBLE +6S. AGH WE DIED NEED MORE HEALXX0RZ!!!'
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That WILL happen. It happens now. It will be worse with this change.
However, this is also a learning experience for many now and will also be later.
Me? I'll be cranking everything to 11 and hiding for the first month. Or three.
Be well, people of CoH.
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EDIT: BTW, this was Posi's idea, not mine -- I was just in the meeting it came up in. So, HE'S the bestest dev evah!
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I've been informed that my memory is awful and that it was Pohsyb's idea...So, um, yeah. He's the bestest dev evah!
My apologies for the mistake! (Is that enough? Back into your box now! Go!) 
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Yeah Posi might Ban your account.
Farming AE Missions and Lvling to fast will get us banded. Now we can map for 8 and run solo or farm 2nd account. He just gave us another option to increase farming and another reason to ban accounts.
Before you release this and Posi gives us the stupid speech again you better test and see how fast you will hit 50 now.
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EDIT: BTW, this was Posi's idea, not mine -- I was just in the meeting it came up in. So, HE'S the bestest dev evah!
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I've been informed that my memory is awful and that it was Pohsyb's idea...So, um, yeah. He's the bestest dev evah!
My apologies for the mistake! (Is that enough? Back into your box now! Go!)
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Yeah Posi might Ban your account.
Farming AE Missions and Lvling to fast will get us banded. Now we can map for 8 and run solo or farm 2nd account. He just gave us another option to increase farming and another reason to ban accounts.
Before you release this and Posi gives us the stupid speech again you better test and see how fast you will hit 50 now.
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Please go QQ in some other thread. This thread is for happiness 
Dont exploit the game... NO PROBLEM.
Martial Arts 
Ooooo, colors!
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Dont exploit the game... NO PROBLEM.
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This^^^. The dev's may not be "fans" of farming, but what they actually dislike is people reaping rewards (whether that be XP or items or whatever) with no risk. If someone can solo missions set to the maximum difficulty and size possible, they deserve all the swag they earn.
There are no words for what this community, and the friends I have made here mean to me. Please know that I care for all of you, yes, even you. If you Twitter, I'm MrThan. If you're Unleashed, I'm dumps. I'll try and get registered on the Titan Forums as well. Peace, and thanks for the best nine years anyone could ever ask for.
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That is an awesome option. No more fill requests. I probably can get even level AVs without going Invincible from what it sounds like. That feature may be my favorite.
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If they let us solo TFs/Trials the smileys will go into overload!
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Let's not get crazy now!
Seriously, though, to the best of my knowledge we won't be changing minimum sizes of TF's/SF's. The minimum sizes stand as "warning labels" to newer players that these missions are more difficult/time consuming/whatever than other missions. It's a small, but important function.
EDIT: By the way, in the meeting where this feature was proposed I specifically mentioned that "Perfect Pain is going to love this change." Glad to see, at least on first glance, I was right!
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Despite my constant flaming and caustic criticism of the development team, this is an excellent idea and I too am very excited!
Please take your time with this issue. Consider every possible perturbation.
There's so much potential for this game and I have a feeling we'll be seeing a great deal of that potential come to fore with issue 16 and Rogue.
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Dont exploit the game... NO PROBLEM.
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This^^^. The dev's may not be "fans" of farming, but what they actually dislike is people reaping rewards (whether that be XP or items or whatever) with no risk. If someone can solo missions set to the maximum difficulty and size possible, they deserve all the swag they earn.
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How is it an exploit when the give it to you? Im happy about it, im all for for mobs, just dont ban an account because they lvl fast.
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Yeah Posi might Ban your account.
Farming AE Missions and Lvling to fast will get us banded. Now we can map for 8 and run solo or farm 2nd account. He just gave us another option to increase farming and another reason to ban accounts.
Before you release this and Posi gives us the stupid speech again you better test and see how fast you will hit 50 now.
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There's a big difference between the imp/comm officer/hami farms and soloing a map of regular enemies set for 8.
Anyone who can clear an 8 man map at level 1 probably deserves to hit 50 in a day
No to taskforces/Strikeforces
JJ
I delete more 50s, then you'll ever have.
http://www.pandora.com/people/jjdemon
Yes to taskforces/Strikeforces 
-Because I want to experience the content and reading the story. No rush
-Because I dont want to go through the process of finding enough people for the team.
-Because as a familly man I dont want the familly to suffer with me forced to finish the TF in one go. I want to do it when the RL situation allows it.
BR Anders
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Yes to taskforces/Strikeforces
-Because I want to experience the content and reading the story. No rush
-Because I dont want to go through the process of finding enough people for the team.
-Because as a familly man I dont want the familly to suffer with me forced to finish the TF in one go. I want to do it when the RL situation allows it.
BR Anders
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This^^^, but I don't expect it to happen. Would be nice, though.
There are no words for what this community, and the friends I have made here mean to me. Please know that I care for all of you, yes, even you. If you Twitter, I'm MrThan. If you're Unleashed, I'm dumps. I'll try and get registered on the Titan Forums as well. Peace, and thanks for the best nine years anyone could ever ask for.
All this talk of TFs (which I'd be hugely in favour of opening up to soloists/smaller groups) makes me wonder... how far will you be able to bump the difficulty up in terms of team size before you're encountering AVs instead of EBs?
Edit: in regular mission arcs. I know AVs always spawn as such in TFs, though I'd love to see them spawn as EBs for soloists - Orobouros style.
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Yes to taskforces/Strikeforces
-Because I want to experience the content and reading the story. No rush
-Because I dont want to go through the process of finding enough people for the team.
-Because as a familly man I dont want the familly to suffer with me forced to finish the TF in one go. I want to do it when the RL situation allows it.
BR Anders
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All excellent reasons.
When we are forced to team with others, we are placing ourselves into a position where we feel obligated to see it through at the team's pace.
Real life can interfere with this and sometimes that places stress upon the team. Sometimes it causes the team to fail.
Being able to start TFs by one's self brings far more good to the game than bad.
Will it make it harder for those that only wish to team for SF/TFs? Yes, I accept the truth in that. But that's why we have supergroups. Join groups of like minded individuals and your wish to always team will be granted.
To deny the pleasure of these TFs to those with hectic lives and/or those that don't wish to team is unnecessary.
Be well, people of CoH.
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All this talk of TFs (which I'd be hugely in favour of opening up to soloists/smaller groups) makes me wonder... how far will you be able to bump the difficulty up in terms of team size before you're encountering AVs instead of EBs?
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If you are solo and run on the 5th diff, you get AVs instead of EBs now.
In TFs, it doesn't matter how you're set up. An AV will spawn as an AV if the devs have coded it to do so.
Someone please correct me if these statements are incorrect.
Be well, people of CoH.
That's correct. Also, a team of 6 or more on Difficulty 1 will get AV's. Hopefully, with the new system, a player set to diff 1 and team of 6 will get AV's.
Paragon City Search And Rescue
The Mentor Project
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3) Directed specifically at "Teh Sexy Jay" Super long gloves that go almost all the way up the arm...
Like this -> PLEASE!
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Why does that woman have 3 arms? 
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Look again. Those are all right arms. She actually has 6.
Paragon City Search And Rescue
The Mentor Project
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Let's not get crazy now!
Seriously, though, to the best of my knowledge we won't be changing minimum sizes of TF's/SF's. The minimum sizes stand as "warning labels" to newer players that these missions are more difficult/time consuming/whatever than other missions. It's a small, but important function.
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Please reconsider this. There are other options to warn players about the recommended size for TF's. Removing the minimum start requirements would be awesome for those who like to duo or run smaller dedicated teams. It would allow smaller teams that actually want to experience the content the ability to work through at their own pace, rather than deal with the normal rush-through that most TF teams end up being. There would actually be some use of the ability to log off and stay on the TF now too.
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This please.
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This is great and all but are you devs smoking crack?
If you hate farming then what on earth do you think this is going to do?
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First, they gave the farmers the ability to turn off XP and make perma-bridges.
Then, they gave the ability to create your own farms.
Now, they'll be able to pad the team without actually getting padders.
Three separate changes that made farmers squeal with delight. I would tentatively conclude that they don't actually hate farmers and that is just a myth put forward by those that do hate farmers.
Paragon City Search And Rescue
The Mentor Project
Dear Devs,
Please consider allowing TFs to be started by small teams or soloists. I'm getting really tired of being left standing at the gates like a door sitter by speed teams.
Sincerely,
Imperious.
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Enhanced Difficulty Options - Players can now fine-tune their difficulty levels by telling the game exactly how they want to be treated. They can choose to be regarded as a specific size team (even if they are soloing), and even have control over the level they are detected to be when it comes to the dynamic spawn system. So if you ever wanted to see if your Scrapper could take on a map that is populated for an 8 person team, four levels higher than your own, now you can! The difficulty settings of the mission owner dictate how the mission is handled, just as before, and you can change your difficulty settings at any Hero Corp.'s Representative in Paragon City or Fateweaver in the Rogue Isles.
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DO NOT CHANGE THIS I WILL RESUB FOR LIFE. 3 accounts.
Seriously. I LOVE THIS.
I WILL NEVER ASK PEOPLE TO FILL EVER EVER AGAIN.
PI will be the Nicest place for all you people who want to team up, you wont see SPAM. THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER.
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Yep. its official. I am never playing on teams again
>.> I team when I am in the mood...
Why would you never team again?
I am really excited that they are opening the game up to all styles of play without dwelling on one single style of play like other MMOs do.
Nah, Im just kidding, I will still team . Just not often. I will still need a couple people to start TFs and such, but I'd say 90% or so of my in game time will be spent solo farming - just like now, but without need for padders, and with full team drop rewards.
Basically I am saying im greedy, and now I dont need to share!
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Dear Devs,
Please consider allowing TFs to be started by small teams or soloists. I'm getting really tired of being left standing at the gates like a door sitter by speed teams.
Sincerely,
Imperious.
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It'd be wonderful to have it as an option. Ala the Ouro-TFs "We don't recommend soloing this...but if you want to try, good luck!"
There are no words for what this community, and the friends I have made here mean to me. Please know that I care for all of you, yes, even you. If you Twitter, I'm MrThan. If you're Unleashed, I'm dumps. I'll try and get registered on the Titan Forums as well. Peace, and thanks for the best nine years anyone could ever ask for.
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Yes to taskforces/Strikeforces
-Because I want to experience the content and reading the story. No rush
-Because I dont want to go through the process of finding enough people for the team.
-Because as a familly man I dont want the familly to suffer with me forced to finish the TF in one go. I want to do it when the RL situation allows it.
BR Anders
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All excellent reasons.
When we are forced to team with others, we are placing ourselves into a position where we feel obligated to see it through at the team's pace.
Real life can interfere with this and sometimes that places stress upon the team. Sometimes it causes the team to fail.
Being able to start TFs by one's self brings far more good to the game than bad.
Will it make it harder for those that only wish to team for SF/TFs? Yes, I accept the truth in that. But that's why we have supergroups. Join groups of like minded individuals and your wish to always team will be granted.
To deny the pleasure of these TFs to those with hectic lives and/or those that don't wish to team is unnecessary.
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I understand that we are not supposed to "petition" for things here on the forum, but there seems to be an awful lot of players that love the idea of dropping the TF requirements. Hopefully the devs will see that, whether by reading the various thread or through PM's, and at least consider including this.
You mean my characters can now spawn more than about three enemies per group solo?
Holy [censored]. I'll actually be able to tolerate soloing.
ISSUE 16: Things Kel Didn't Think Were Possible
Just as long as PUGs don't switch over to 'WE MUST FIGHT INVINCIBLE +6S. AGH WE DIED NEED MORE HEALXX0RZ!!!'
Having Vengeance and Fallout slotted for recharge means never having to say you're sorry.