Is AE Farming Out of Hand?


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While I do agree that AE has an impact on player quality at high levels, I don't feel that it's ruining the game. Games are supposed to be fun, and if people are having fun endlessly farming in AE, who are we to tell them they're doing it wrong?

Have fun playing the game the way you want to enjoy it. I'm certain you have people you can team up with if you're in the mood to group for the "real" content. Meanwhile, let the AE'ers have fun playing the game they want to play it. If you run into one in a team of yours that is a truly terrible player, simply kick them from the team. Or if the team is being led by one of the terrible players, move on and find a better team.

Bottom line: If someone is having fun in the game, they're doing it right.


 

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No I have AE farming well under control.

>.> what?

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Still manage a TF or 2 every night I'm on and not PvPing all night. I guess more 50s without a clue might influence me if I ever PUG'd. I do agree with the blind invites being annoying and the inviter was acting like a jerk. This is probably why I tend to hide from "server friends" and "searches."


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*hands Slax a hoe*


 

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*hands Slax a hoe*
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uhm can i have some popcorn too??

Okay I have been reading this thread and for people who "complains" about the AE, its all fine and dandy but to "complain or even voice a concern" and has no valid solution as to resolve the "no i cant find a team but I am sick of AE" what can i do to make it better well I think those people should step back and try to understand how hard it is now to find a team.

<grabs some of DJ's popcorn and run off>


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I've posted on many threads like this "AE: someone needs to do something about it" and I've been largely ignored.

If you want my opinion, please look at the other threads I've posted in. I'm too frustrated to repost it right now.

Oh, be careful of the last one I posted prior to this. I knew I was gonna snap at someone one day, but that was something else....


 

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<grabs some of DJ's popcorn and run off>


 

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...I messaged him and told him to stop inviting me and that he should go play the actual game. He then proceded to say "lmao noob go away."

... For awhile, sure there were people who probably tryed to start a mission team, but gave up due to everyone AE farming....

...Which of course leads me to my question, is the AE system being abused? ...

Just another reason to switch to Champions Online I guess.

I play on all the servers. I can't say that I've run into much problems with the AE on Infinity lately, at least, not as much as I have run into on Farmdumb or Virtues - which I will not game on until the AE farming/pl'ing has been stopped or died down.
I ran several non-farming/pl'ing AE teams on actual "real" story AE missions on Infinity a while back and people seemed to enjoy it.

You seem to have about 4 statements here.

  1. It sounds like they are the noob, and they are the ones that need to go away as they were bothering you with repeated replies. Obviously there is no reason to pay any attention to what this player had to say. Set your options to show stars. Use the "add notes" feature to rate them with one star; now one star will show up over their head whenever you see them. Lastly, put them on ignore. Now it is pretty easy to avoid any more interaction with this character until your ignore list over-flows completely. Also, if you run into a 1 star, you know not to team with them.
  2. I still do run mission teams. I suggest that if you have a 50 and you like the game, that you start running teams as well. I also suggest that you make new characters and play with new players. This will give he new players something to do rather than being roped-into an AE farming/pl'ing team.
  3. The AE system is being highly abused. There is so much abuse going on that it can be hard to find the "real" story AE content. If you only have a level 50, try this arc 232506. It is a non-farming/pl'ing arc. The worst part of the AE abuse is the fact that some players think it is their right to abuse the system - and, by that, I mean cheating. By not following the rules, they are cheating, and they insist that they have the right to cheat by using exploits. That part is pretty out of hand. The system has real potential if we can get rid of the cheaters' missions and spotlight the story missions. Of course, the farm/pl'rs are quite vocal about not wanting to run other players "cruddy story" missions (or however you want to phrase it in a derogatory fashion for this what some like to do.); too bad Mr. AE Farmer/PL'R - the stories are the whole purpose of the AE.
  4. I have no reason to switch to Champions Online and many reasons not to do so. As a fan of Champions the RPG, Champions Online is a travesty; it does not use the game mechanics that made Champions the RPG so popular and revolutionary in RPGs. There will be a micro-transaction system build into the game; though you apparently can earn "coin" in game, you can pay for it as well, so it looks like the more you pay the more powerful you can be - what fun for the rich?! Apparently, there are only 8 character slots - not per server, just 8 - or, at least, that is the rumor. What you will get is an archetype system like City of Heroes. Oh, I even hear that they are selling life memberships even before the game is release (and maybe only before he game is released) - this seems like a come-and-get-it-sucker move to me. If you feel you need to leave CoX, I'm sorry to hear that; I won't even be checking out Champions Online if I get a free trial offer.

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I find the ease/difficulty of finding a regular mission teams about the same as it was before AE... they just removed the feeling of disappointment I used to get when someone invited me to a farm team an I accepted because my "lft, no farms" broadcast was evidently not clear enough for people to understand. That however was replaced with invites to AE teams that I'm not wanting. But at least it's a different kind of disappointment.

I do wish they'd implemented the AE system differently... but it's not the end of the game.


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I find the ease/difficulty of finding a regular mission teams about the same as it was before AE... they just removed the feeling of disappointment I used to get when someone invited me to a farm team an I accepted because my "lft, no farms" broadcast was evidently not clear enough for people to understand. That however was replaced with invites to AE teams that I'm not wanting. But at least it's a different kind of disappointment.

I do wish they'd implemented the AE system differently... but it's not the end of the game.
Blue Lantern says "All will be well."


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dUmb, etc.
lolz PvP anymore, Market PvP for fun and profit

 

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Uhm, I dunno about you guys, but I've not had problems getting a team. Just announce on a global channel that you're X level and you're doing X arc or X TF and ask if people want to come along. Usually I get a full team pretty quick in channels like Infinity Badge Seeker and Infinity Farmers Union.

However, while I could care less about the actual farmers, it's the AE babies that worry me. I understand that Powerleveling is a method to 50, as it was advertised to be, but seriously, I'm not sure that the dev's intended people to reach that point and know little to nothing about their characters, or the game itself.



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However, while I could care less about the actual farmers, it's the AE babies that worry me. I understand that Powerleveling is a method to 50, as it was advertised to be, but seriously, I'm not sure that the dev's intended people to reach that point and know little to nothing about their characters, or the game itself.
People knew nothing about the game prior to AE...in fact the percentage of people who actually knows how this game works is in the minority and always has been that way.


 

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However, while I could care less about the actual farmers, it's the AE babies that worry me. I understand that Powerleveling is a method to 50, as it was advertised to be, but seriously, I'm not sure that the dev's intended people to reach that point and know little to nothing about their characters, or the game itself.
People knew nothing about the game prior to AE...in fact the percentage of people who actually knows how this game works is in the minority and always has been that way.
This is kinda true. I still make horrifying builds sometimes...mostly because I just can't care enough to make it "good".

...I also know my friends will make fun of me until my build is actually decent. I still stand by taking gratuitous Jump Kick and then using it excessively though.


 

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I still stand by taking gratuitous Jump Kick and then using it excessively though.
only acceptable on a stone tank in granite form


 

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only acceptable on a stone tank in granite form
I have [Jump Kick] on my Huntsman owing mainly to the fact that he will have double Leadership toggles and really didn't need yet another toggle. Of course, I may just respec him at some point.



 

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I still stand by taking gratuitous Jump Kick and then using it excessively though.
only acceptable on a stone tank in granite form
Quite possibly the only reason I would consider rolling a stone tank, right there.


 

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*grins*

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in the future...Spines/Stone and MA/Stone


 

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If I wasn't working on Duck, I would definitely roll that come i16.


 

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What's AE? : P What's life without a little grind? I think AE has maybe ruined the Black Market for sure, but doesn't everyone wear overalls at one point or another? I seem to play the game in equal parts, AE, then reg mish's then some tf's, ae, reg mish's then more tf's.

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