Recipe drops do appear to be borked. 
I haven't seen any confirmation from the Devs yet, but there are a few threads about this on the forums. I think there's a theory that they're only borked on certain farming maps, but it's hard to say. I need to experiment a bit with this.
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I've felt they've been kind of skewed since I15 to be honest. The little teaming I've done since I16 had a decent drop rate though, but nothing "good".
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Someone on my lowbie hero team last night got a Steadfast KB Protection Recipe, level 11.
You should have made allegations of his relationship with his parents and then kicked him from the team.
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You should have made allegations of his relationship with his parents and then kicked him from the team.
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Standard procedure in these circumstances.
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You should have made allegations of his relationship with his parents and then kicked him from the team.
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I don't remember seeing anything this skewed, though. I've run some outdoor Carnie missions. Similar maps usually would yield, on average, 5 or 6 recipes and 1 or 2 rare salvage (and for some reason I keep getting Essence of the Furies and nothing else). It would also not be too uncommon to get 10+ recipes out of this map.|
Originally Posted by VoodooCompany
I've felt they've been kind of skewed since I15 to be honest. The little teaming I've done since I16 had a decent drop rate though, but nothing "good".
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Since I16 I've run this map 3 times. The result? 3 recipes -- a Fly 50, an Endurance Reduction 50, and a Mocking Beratement -- and 3 rare salvage (all Essence of the Furies).
I've received more SOs as loot than I have recipes.
Drops on normal teams are theoretically currently in line with what one would expect. The problems seem to occur when you boost your difficulty up. I ran this map again on the "standard" difficulty (+0 levels and fighting as one hero). I got 3 recipes (including a Thunderstrike), Piston boots (LOL), and a Hamdion Goo. Of course, it was dead boring to snooze through this map.
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I am MASSIVELY digging how my fire/rad controller and fire/thermal corruptor are now looking. Funny how something like changing the colors can make a character so much enjoyable.
I really hope they continue with this. I'd love to be able to turn off the glowing on MA/SS attacks, practice brawler, unstoppable, power pools, etc.
All the new animations for ss are very well done. And I'd freaking KILL for new animations for the eye and mouth based attacks; especially for rad, fire, and ice.
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And what the heck is with the -1 setting?
What is this, just so people can cheese/rush TF's easier? Why do I have the feeling that this is going to lead to a merit nerf.
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Can you use the -1 setting to get the "Master Of" badges? That would defeat the purpose of being a Master Of anything, wouldn't it?
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And what the heck is with the -1 setting?
What is this, just so people can cheese/rush TF's easier? Why do I have the feeling that this is going to lead to a merit nerf. |
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Originally Posted by Defenestrator
Can you use the -1 setting to get the "Master Of" badges? That would defeat the purpose of being a Master Of anything, wouldn't it?
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The "main" AVs tend to be at the max level, but some within the TF can be the -1 level. Not sure if it affects Recluse/Statesman main AVs, but I have a feeling it can.
I mentioned a probable merit nerf while in beta, mainly for the +5 level power useage while exemp'd. I was far far far more useful on a Mantis TF because of that alone than I would have been at the previous level-useage. It might not happen, but I'm not that optimistic. I wouldn't trade in the exemp changes at all though.
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An obvious fix/change would be to make an automatic merit deduction if you do any mission at -1, as well as a non-master available. Even ignoring the STF/LRSF/masters, running TF's at all -1 is going to have a big affect on the times of the runs, which will have an eventually affect on the merits.
Really confused with wtf they were thinking on including this setting.
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If it makes you feel better. I purposefully ran a PUG MoITF last night at +0.
But I can see some of the unwashed masses running masters at -1.
on the flip side I can see the power gamers running speed runs and +1, +2.
I ran my MITF and MKTF at -1. Worked well for the most part. Allowed us to blaze through the riff raff and concentrate on the tougher parts.
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I ran my MITF and MKTF at -1. Worked well for the most part. Allowed us to blaze through the riff raff and concentrate on the tougher parts.
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I never said I wasn't. :P
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Wimp
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I am unfamiliar with bleeding Maise and Blue?
perhaps you link you image to something.
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That's what it means. I'm a Michigan fan.
With the new difficulty levels, if you run a TF, do the AVs scale to EBs? Like if I soloed the ITF or something, the end AV, will it still be an AV or an EB?
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An obvious fix/change would be to make an automatic merit deduction if you do any mission at -1, as well as a non-master available. Even ignoring the STF/LRSF/masters, running TF's at all -1 is going to have a big affect on the times of the runs, which will have an eventually affect on the merits.
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Well, it would mean (for a lot of people who still don't have it) a much lesser worry for the MoLRSF. That is about the only Taskforce i find very unforgiving to non-pros these days.
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They are still hardcoded for AVs....but their levels can change, at least some of them.
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Originally Posted by ir0x0r
With the new difficulty levels, if you run a TF, do the AVs scale to EBs? Like if I soloed the ITF or something, the end AV, will it still be an AV or an EB?
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Well, the big one is being able to run the Positron TF with Stamina now. I've heard reports of teams chugging through that one in 60 - 90 minutes with the -1 setting. Yep, that one's going to be nerfed so enjoy it while you can.
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Originally Posted by VoodooCompany
Yep, doesn't count against it.
The "main" AVs tend to be at the max level, but some within the TF can be the -1 level. Not sure if it affects Recluse/Statesman main AVs, but I have a feeling it can. I mentioned a probable merit nerf while in beta, mainly for the +5 level power useage while exemp'd. I was far far far more useful on a Mantis TF because of that alone than I would have been at the previous level-useage. It might not happen, but I'm not that optimistic. I wouldn't trade in the exemp changes at all though. |
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On the other hand, I've never heard anybody use the word "enjoy" with "Positron's TF" before, so maybe this isn't so bad.
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lol I guess it's easier than revamping the TF
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On the other hand, I've never heard anybody use the word "enjoy" with "Positron's TF" before, so maybe this isn't so bad.
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Who do I have to *&^% around here to get more Targeted AoE recipes added?
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Never saw a problem with fire and rad going together....though I did make mine a Martian with greenish skin. With colorizing, the imps will be turned greenish now to better match.
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