*gets popcorn ready*
This simply will not happen.
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*Grabs popcorn from Emmi*
Why wouldnt it happen? If AE is causing people to leave the game, won't they remove it seeming that they want people to stay?
Such a pretty little snowflake.
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Why wouldnt it happen? If AE is causing people to leave the game, won't they remove it seeming that they want people to stay?
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They'd have to institute a recall on the box version plugging AE as a sell point.
Also, sure people are abusing the system, and the devs are trying to make it stop, and even though they never will be able to stop it completely, they can continue to try and curtail it.
Leaving it only to 50s, almost no one would use it.
The only thing I can think of is a little marker that comes up next to a lvl 50 chars name that says if they spent most of their time in the AE building, or running dev content.
how about you say: sorry for not searching first and posting in any of the other umpteen thousand threads just like this before you made this post.
enough of these posts already. there is absolutely no problem finding teams to do tf/sf's and other things. use global chat channels, coalition chat and sg chat. use the section for your server here on the forums to organize things. here's another idea for you to ponder, how about actually taking time to explain to the new people how to use their toon. after 4 yr's you must know a thing or 2 to teach them.
Brand new registration date: Check.
Ultra-low post count: Check.
AE is ruining the game thread: Check.
Conclusion:?
Poster Child, i completely forgot about the Box Version. I agree with you're idea about the little Marker. I guess it's just a waiting game, i just hope we dont have long to wait! :P Heh.
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and i have other snacks as well: ribs, s'mores, snow cones, ice cream sandwiches and peanuts.
i also have soda. 
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Poster Child, i completely forgot about the Box Version. I agree with you're idea about the little Marker. I guess it's just a waiting game, i just hope we dont have long to wait! :P Heh.
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Yeah, it's honestly I think the best they can do at this point. But I also have no idea if it'd be possible on the current game engine,I know a precious little about it 
they already have something like that in place. it's called check their info. if all you see is AE badges and no vet badges or only up to the 3 month vet badge then that should be your first clue.
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they already have something like that in place. it's called check their info. if all you see is AE badges and no vet badges or only up to the 3 month vet badge then that should be your first clue.
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Well, that works to a point...I've met people with no vet badges that work the game better than 18 month vets.
I can't guess second accounts vs. stupid people
yeah that is about the only draw back to it is you don't know if it is a second account or not but if you pay attention to how they play the toon you can guess. and like i said up thread, give help where help is needed. it will make a world of difference.
Not just the vet badges. Look for badges toward Accolades, or the Accolades themselves.
Second accounts without vet badges will still likely have at least several of the badges toward Accolades, if they don't have the accolades.
Also, don't just judge someone by what badges they have, judge them on their playing ability.
Someone could be a 5 year vet of the game and have soloed almost the entire time, so not be aware of how to work in a team, or how best to use their powers to mesh with the current team.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
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Not just the vet badges. Look for badges toward Accolades, or the Accolades themselves.
Second accounts without vet badges will still likely have at least several of the badges toward Accolades, if they don't have the accolades.
Also, don't just judge someone by what badges they have, judge them on their playing ability.
Someone could be a 5 year vet of the game and have soloed almost the entire time, so not be aware of how to work in a team, or how best to use their powers to mesh with the current team.
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That also works, but, as usual, my laziness makes me want the devs to do it for me
Hmm... 3 posts.... just registered today. Me thinks this is someone who just dinged their 3rd level 50 in AP today and now that THEY have the 50's they want it's all "Down with AE it's ruining the game!". A sight I have seen way way WAY too many times now.
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They keep forgetting about the spawn slider coming. >
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They keep forgetting about the spawn slider coming. >
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You do realize that the spawn slider, unless enabled for AE missions, is meant as a tool to attract people to farm the normal game content, where the Devs actually have much better control over exploits and Risk vs Reward concepts, right?
I believe that a Kheldian Gold Standard should be based on SO's, and for anything above that... there's Platinum!
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They keep forgetting about the spawn slider coming. >
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You do realize that the spawn slider, unless enabled for AE missions, is meant as a tool to attract people to farm the normal game content, where the Devs actually have much better control over exploits and Risk vs Reward concepts, right?
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Which is bril, because the market prices for Purples and such are fantastically high. Getting one or two people to run a demon farm set to 8 without begging for fillers will be great for all parties; no "fill?" followed by invite, more drops to go in the market, more balanced risk:reward ratio, and it will make people actually LEARN how to play their build.
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I don't quite get where this notion of the difficulty slider not applying to the AE is coming from. The current difficulty slider applies to the AE, why wouldn't the new one?
And for a while things were cold,
They were scared down in their holes
The forest that once was green
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I don't quite get where this notion of the difficulty slider not applying to the AE is coming from. The current difficulty slider applies to the AE, why wouldn't the new one?
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Because a) they can prevent it; b) it would actually nudge people back into farming normal game content and decrease AE farming; c) it's an assumption, and I may be wrong in assuming it, but IIRC, I'm not the only one who assumes it.
I believe that a Kheldian Gold Standard should be based on SO's, and for anything above that... there's Platinum!
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You don't like it don't participate. Heck, you can even go as far as not even playing with anyone that plays AE.
IBTD
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I don't quite get where this notion of the difficulty slider not applying to the AE is coming from. The current difficulty slider applies to the AE, why wouldn't the new one?
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Because a) they can prevent it
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Just because they can do something doesn't mean it's a good idea.
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b) it would actually nudge people back into farming normal game content and decrease AE farming;
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I believe it would also dramatically decrease AE participation overall. Providing such a huge feature to the PvE game but not to AE would kill it for me, and I believe for many others as well.
EDIT: Let me elaborate a little. Right now, it's very difficult to create an AE mission that expresses the full range of difficulties players might want to experience. The tricks you use to make AE missions more difficult - all-lieutenant or all-boss factions, extreme critters, etc - make them more difficult for everyone.
With the improved difficulty settings this problem goes away. You basically only have to balance the difficulty around what you think the minimum should be for the level ranges you're targeting; if players want more challenging - and more rewarding - content, they just bump up the sliders. Viola, problem solved!
To me, giving the new difficulty slider to the AE would be the best way of ensuring that the SFMAs get the attention they deserve, because people wouldn't have to choose between farm-oriented high-challenge/high-reward missions and story content - they can get both.
No, I think giving the new difficulty settings to the AE is far and away the better option. It's also much simpler conceptually (and presumably therefore easier to implement) because it only requires one difficulty setting system and not two.
And for a while things were cold,
They were scared down in their holes
The forest that once was green
Was colored black by those killing machines
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No, I think giving the new difficulty settings to the AE is far and away the better option. It's also much simpler conceptually (and presumably therefore easier to implement) because it only requires one difficulty setting system and not two.
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I disagree, both because I sense that it would cause more exploits to surface and also because I know for a fact that conceptualization (game-wise) often has little to do with implementation (software-wise), especially again, when you're trying to prevent exploitation.
Of course, I may be completely wrong on this.
I believe that a Kheldian Gold Standard should be based on SO's, and for anything above that... there's Platinum!
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As of most people playing City of Heroes. They are getting sick and tired of constant farming in Atlas. Level 1-50 in a matter of days and people not knowing how to play there class. My idea is changing AE so all groups can only be level 50, no Auto SK and 1 boss per group. If this dosent work, i suggest removing AE. AE is ruining this game, i've been playing nearly 4 years and i want to be able to do Task Forces and Raids. Sure there are still Task Forces and Raids but not as many and the people who are level 50 and in the Task Force that have used AE to get to 50 have no idea what they are doing, please sort it out Dev's.
Sorry for any mispellings :P