Full range of inspirations available in base
The idea of having an autodoc was something that was intended for Raiding. Get defeated get healed, get some healing inspirations and at them again. So it works as advertised. Unfortunately not much raiding is taking place and this ad on feature is of not much use right now.
Remove it from Badge all together, I run two Fire/Kins, together they heal about 800HP per use of their heal, there are other healers in the SG who heal in SG mode yet at current rate I won't get first badge until sometime in 2011.
Add an inspiration selling/making item that anyone can buy, leave the autodoc thing for base raids if they ever come back. The simple version powers down when the base is being raided. Simple as.
We've unlocked and placed the Auto-Doc, and are approx. 85% of the way through our second healing badge - so it's certainly doable. I've seen people that have all three SG-badge related Infirmary items - so again, they are obtainable.
The OP was meant to point out that Auto-Docs are good for 'stocking up' ( I can't agree that they are only for raids, sorry ) and that perhaps they should become more well-rounded insp selling locations.
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Again, this is a suggestion that I could not find previous mention of - so if you know of a thread where this is currently being suggested, or has previously been discussed, I'd appreciate a link - otherwise, on with the suggestion:
Currently, via two Super Group achievement badges (the primary one being the 'Auto-Doc') it is possible (in the end) to by Greens, Blues, and Clears from your base's Infirmary. I love this feature, and certainly makes teleporting to base when KO'd even more useful.
However, since the addition of the '3-into-1' inspiration merge, it is now (although in a drawn-out fashion) possible to get whatever type of inspiration you want from your base - you just buy greens/blues, and convert every three you get into a different colour - but what's the point? Isn't that just a drawn out way to acquire other inspirations? I'd happily just pay 150 inf to the Auto-Doc and get the colours that I want (or whatever bog-standard Contact prices are for inspirations).
Could it be a new SG badge? Perhaps tie it to the day job system (just random thought there - trying to keep it current)? I don't think we need a fourth 'healing' badge for SGs, mainly because a) the first three take a LOT of healing and b) these other inspirations aren't all health related and c) variation is the spice of Paragon, and a new SG badge challenge would be nice!
I'd like to see all inspirations available from the Auto-Doc in SG bases (following the above logic that combining them now makes it simple to get all colours), and am just as happy to see a new SG badge that allows this!
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