You don't want to know what I think 
I've already forgotten about most of you
Eh, it was nice from what little I did. The KM set is good IMO. I didn't try the elec control set, but messed around with the powers in the creation screen just to see the animation. The new zone looks good too.
The h/v merits are going to be very interesting since we can buy recipes with them. I think LGTF will be farmed to death (unless they changed the cost of the merits), which is fine with me since it is my favorite TF.
For the record, I think moving the Alpha Slot (Incarnate stuff) to I19 was a good idea. From what I could tell, the system for creating Alpha Enhancements was a horrific grind of TFs/SFs/Trials/Hami-raids. You could unlock it solo by spending merits and whatnot, but still... there was no "content" there... just play the regular stuff and you would eventually have enough to get it.
Agua Man lvl 48 Water/Electric Blaster
"To die hating NCSoft for shutting down City of Heroes, that was Freedom."
If you want the One Thread Description Of Everything check out Zombie Man's insane info-dump on the public GR Forum. As of this post he's not even done yet!
Agua Man lvl 48 Water/Electric Blaster
"To die hating NCSoft for shutting down City of Heroes, that was Freedom."
WAIT! There was a MJ's Billy Jean emote and Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting emote but both got removed?!?!?!?!?! WHY!?
Brute Fury changes and such, Tank hp cap going up, tank tier 1 powers getting new 'bruising' effect, shield charge nerf, trick arrow and archery buffs, martial arts buff, Fire armor buff, base run/fly speed buff, side switched epic power pools ( I haven't kept up to date on who is getting what and what is getting reworked, and I wouldn't be surprised if none of these made it to launch, but if scrappers can take shadow meld and tanks can take gloom and Darkest night, I will die a happy man). SO MANY NEW BADGES, trading insps to opposite faction in co-op zones, market merge, new cool insps.
This is all that I care about.
Dusty Trophies
Reading through the extras stuff. Someone was mentioning some of the changes to Tanks and Martial Arts last night, so I'll have to see if they have actual patch notes somewhere, as I am really interested in those.
Debating how I should get Going Rogue. Finally getting paid tomorrow for my summer work, so I can pre-order. I'm reluctant to pay shipping just to make sure I get it the day of, but there's no guarantee the Gamestop up here will get it on time. Maybe I'll see how much Amazon will charge me for pre-ordering there, as the marginal bonus from those Gamestop enhancements doesn't draw me that much.
Anyone have a link to the stances and auras the complete edition is supposed to give us? I haven't seen anything official, and I've been kind of annoyed about that, as that's part of the reason to wait, supposedly. Ugh.
*added*
Ryxx, is there a post somewhere with all the power change stuff? I love tanks and am trying brutes, so I want to see what is happening there... same for Martial Arts. Did Castle make any tweaks to Fiera Aura?
*added more*
Here's a link to some changes. Wow, he went in and changed Fiery Aura a lot... going to have to fit Burn back in, woohoo!
Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
Grey Pilgrim: Fire/Fire Tanker (50), Victory
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Here's a link to some changes.
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Agua Man lvl 48 Water/Electric Blaster
"To die hating NCSoft for shutting down City of Heroes, that was Freedom."
over this last week, about every other day I was home (5 of 7 days), I would pick a thread in the beta forums, and read everything. KM for one day, FA the next, CoP for another (ignored zones, read a bit on badges). It's a lot of freakin stuff. I feel sorry for the people who will get slammed with all this stuff without any ahead-of-time knowledge :/
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I hate to be the bringer of bad news... but Willpower sucks!!! you're better off rolling a regen
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^Professional Katana/regen build thread
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Thought I was linking to some patch notes (which he linked to from the thread you mentioned). Bit confusing. Rather wish they would put the effort in to have all that stuff up. Crazy that we still don't have an official page or post about what the extras are with the Collector's Edition.|
Originally Posted by Mental_Giant
Yeah... that's the eighth page of the ZM thread I posted above...
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Originally Posted by Elegost
over this last week, about every other day I was home (5 of 7 days), I would pick a thread in the beta forums, and read everything. KM for one day, FA the next, CoP for another (ignored zones, read a bit on badges). It's a lot of freakin stuff. I feel sorry for the people who will get slammed with all this stuff without any ahead-of-time knowledge :/
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Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
Grey Pilgrim: Fire/Fire Tanker (50), Victory
I'm curious to what GR and these new pure merits are going to do to purple prices.
Got a piece of the hold set last night, wondering if I should wait a bit before filling it out and see if the prices are going to drop.
Chief Hamster of the Fist of Justice / Shadows of Victory
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Rock, rock on Hamster.
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I have a feeling the market is going to be a waste land in terms of "selling for profit" for a good while. If the A-merits stay as is, every level 50 (once they go through the tip missions and alignment mission (staying original) will have 50 A-merits; 1 A-merit for most/all IO set pieces. Choice pieces. The ones that can go for anywhere between 20 - 150 mil. 50 of em. For any and all level 50s that go that 2-day route. Now combine that with the cross-faction trading/selling/emailing|
Originally Posted by Satanic_Hamster
I'm curious to what GR and these new pure merits are going to do to purple prices.
Got a piece of the hold set last night, wondering if I should wait a bit before filling it out and see if the prices are going to drop. |
Purples will be a bit different, but I don't see the really sought-after ones going for anywhere near 200 mil anytime soon after GR hits.
*shrug* I don't really have any need to buy once GR hits. For any body. For a long long long time.
I've already forgotten about most of you
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I think you are confuselled my friend, you get 50 reward merits, not a-merits, for your first alignment mission. |
Originally Posted by VoodooCompany
I have a feeling the market is going to be a waste land in terms of "selling for profit" for a good while. If the A-merits stay as is, every level 50 (once they go through the tip missions and alignment mission (staying original) will have 50 A-merits; 1 A-merit for most/all IO set pieces. Choice pieces. The ones that can go for anywhere between 20 - 150 mil. 50 of em. For any and all level 50s that go that 2-day route. Now combine that with the cross-faction trading/selling/emailing
Purples will be a bit different, but I don't see the really sought-after ones going for anywhere near 200 mil anytime soon after GR hits. *shrug* I don't really have any need to buy once GR hits. For any body. For a long long long time. |
To quote ZM's nifty guide:
- How to get A-Merits:
- Do a Morality Mission. A Hero Morality Mission will give you a Hero Merit and a Villain Morality Mission will give you a Villain Merit. The very first time, though, you will get 50 Reward Merits... after that, one A-Merit. Note that it takes 10 morality points to get a Morality Mission and you can only get 5 morality points per day, thus, you can only get an A-Merit reward this way once every other day.
Note: Since Rogues and Vigilantes are not eligible for A-Merits, when they do a Rogue or Vigilante Morality Mission, they get 30 Reward Merits the first time they do a Rogue or Vigilante Morality Mission and then 60 Merits every time after that.
- Buy one. Go to the A-Merit Vendor in the Alignment Club and trade in 20,000,000 INF + 50 Reward Merits and buy one A-Merit. You can only do this once per day.
It is better to ask forgiveness than permission.
It's known to happen. Was going off something else / remixing with a little flava flave.
I recant some of what I said regarding yet-another-merit, but still feel the market will suck for "profit" for awhile. And I will remove one of the "longs" from my market-buying needs.
You are now the hero of the day. Rejoice and celebrate.
I've already forgotten about most of you
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Originally Posted by VoodooCompany
You are now the hero of the day. Rejoice and celebrate.
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w00t KT!
Agua Man lvl 48 Water/Electric Blaster
"To die hating NCSoft for shutting down City of Heroes, that was Freedom."
All hail me, let the mead halls be opened and the rejoicing commence!
Got agree with Voo about the new currency, wouldn't mind see both types of merits and AE tickets replaced with straight Inf. Purples and PvP recipie purchases could still be restricted to lvl 50 heroes and villains by having the new vendors only sell to them.
Also would like to see synthetic HO recipies added to drops and vendors. If the FP can figure out how to make them so can we.
It is better to ask forgiveness than permission.
You did see where GR started off with it's on inf right? Information.
I wasn't going to bother with the beta/GR anymore but they "quickly" came to their senses with that. The market merge followed.
I guess yet-another-merit is slightly less annoying then non-market merger and inf combining.
I've already forgotten about most of you
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Originally Posted by Kobolt_Thunder
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So for 20Minf and 50 merits, I can get a merit that allows me to pick *any* non-purple recipe? I think this will definitely have a impact on the most useful recipe process. I don't see people shelling out 100Minf for a Numina's after this.
Agua Man lvl 48 Water/Electric Blaster
"To die hating NCSoft for shutting down City of Heroes, that was Freedom."
The math/amount was wrong; but that's the exact same sentiment I already laid out.
Jerk.
I've already forgotten about most of you
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Originally Posted by VoodooCompany
The math/amount was wrong;
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Agua Man lvl 48 Water/Electric Blaster
"To die hating NCSoft for shutting down City of Heroes, that was Freedom."
KT, I'm going to punish you for this.
I've already forgotten about most of you
Heh. I kind of wish the old thread rating system was still operating. I'd give it 5 stars for the amusement factor alone.
Yeah. These new merits may put a crimp in some of the recipe marketeering but they won't help the pressure I've been seeing for a while on the salvage market. Hopefully GR will generate a large enough body of returning/new players grinding out salvage to offset the surge in demand I foresee.
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
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Sticks and stones may break my bones but whips and chains excite me.|
Originally Posted by VoodooCompany
KT, I'm going to punish you for this.
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What I'm really looking forward to with GR is being able to respec the namesake out of Mu and into Energy Mastery. He's SS/IN and even with all the IO's Ive put in him he still starts to suck wind for endurance after a few groups. I respeced the test copy with superior conditioning and physical perfection and the end problems are nowhere near as bad. Also laser beams eyes are much cooler than mu lightning (although lightning bolt eyes would be even cooler.)
It is better to ask forgiveness than permission.
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Yep, big time. Thinking my leveling strategy might be: Level up pure to 50, IO the character out, then go rogue/vig. That, or have one character stay pure to be a recipe purchaser.... Hmmm.|
Originally Posted by Mental_Giant
In the euphoria of Voodoo being proven wrong, I almost missed this.
So for 20Minf and 50 merits, I can get a merit that allows me to pick *any* non-purple recipe? I think this will definitely have a impact on the most useful recipe process. I don't see people shelling out 100Minf for a Numina's after this. |
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Originally Posted by Kobolt_Thunder
Sticks and stones may break my bones but whips and chains excite me.
What I'm really looking forward to with GR is being able to respec the namesake out of Mu and into Energy Mastery. He's SS/IN and even with all the IO's Ive put in him he still starts to suck wind for endurance after a few groups. I respeced the test copy with superior conditioning and physical perfection and the end problems are nowhere near as bad. Also laser beams eyes are much cooler than mu lightning (although lightning bolt eyes would be even cooler.) |
Chief Hamster of the Fist of Justice / Shadows of Victory
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Rock, rock on Hamster.
The letters N, D, and A were not used in succession, but it sounds like TheOcho gave us permission to fire at will.
Oh, and the Shadowfax travel power was EPIC!
So, what do you want to know, GP?
Sorry they took the Gandalf power set out early in the Closed Beta. It was pretty awesome... the Tier 9 primary was called "You Shall Not Pass!"
Agua Man lvl 48 Water/Electric Blaster
"To die hating NCSoft for shutting down City of Heroes, that was Freedom."