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I'm not sure what this translates to in Mountain or Pacific Time (where I've lived since before I started playing) but, due to various job schedules, I've been in-game at all hours of the day. On Justice, get on the JFA2010 channel (if you haven't already). I've never had trouble getting a team there.
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Originally Posted by ABC123
I'm in Australia, generally the Justice server but I flip around freedom, justice, victory and virtue. Unless I want to play at 3 in the morning (which I don't ) there isn't much happening between 7:30pm and 10:00pm local time during the week, weekends are better but then I do have a life :-)
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The Secret World - Arcadia - Shinzo
Rift - Faeblight - Bloodspeaker
LotRO - Gladden - Aranelion
STO - Holodeck - @Captain_Thiraas
Obviously, I don't care about NCSoft's forum rules, now.
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You wrote how I feel. The RNG hates me. I rarely see purples. I rarely see good random rolls with merits. And now I rarely see shards.|
Originally Posted by Arilou
Here's some food for thought:
I loathe randomness. I loathe random drops. I have no issues with grinding for hours (ah, carding T-Rexaurs in the Training Facility in FFVIII...) as long as there's some tangible progress (even if slow) Random drops are annoying because they're well, random. I love the new alignment merit syste for that reason, it means you can still get your purples if you feel like it, and you're not reliant on drops. I DO think Ahat an option of purchasing INcarnate Shards for A-merits would be nice (doesen't have to be much, a 1-1 ratio would suffice) simply to avoid the randomness issue. I have no problem with random drops in ADDITION to progress-based rewards, but there should *always* be a progress-based path as well. AS for difficulty... As you reach te end-game, expect it o get harder. This is almost univerally true. |
I would love a steady even if incredibly slow way to earn shards when there is no time for a TF in the same way Ouroboros provides me access to rewards merits when I cannot run TFs.
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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Thirded.|
Originally Posted by SwellGuy
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I would love a steady even if incredibly slow way to earn shards when there is no time for a TF in the same way Ouroboros provides me access to rewards merits when I cannot run TFs. |
I've had one shard drop so far (although admittedly with not a *ton* of time playing my 50s, maybe 10-12 hours total) and 4-5 purples since they were added. I *never*, as in not a single time, got any of the costume drops when those were added. I didn't get one until after they increased the drop rate and by that time I'd missed out on all the yummy 100- and 200-million paydays for wings and such.
I've always hated massive raids in other games for that exact reason: a 1% drop of uberloot across all the dozens of players there is a waste of my time. A game should be fun and that's just not fun. If you're 14 and have nothing else going on in your life, then sure, grind away with all your high school sophomore energy. Me, I have a job to go to and a mortgage to pay, so I want something for my time. Otherwise I'm not giving you any more of my hard-earned money.
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Then go do a Task Force when you have time and don't rely on the Random Number Generator.|
Originally Posted by Ironik
Thirded.
I've had one shard drop so far (although admittedly with not a *ton* of time playing my 50s, maybe 10-12 hours total) and 4-5 purples since they were added. I *never*, as in not a single time, got any of the costume drops when those were added. I didn't get one until after they increased the drop rate and by that time I'd missed out on all the yummy 100- and 200-million paydays for wings and such. I've always hated massive raids in other games for that exact reason: a 1% drop of uberloot across all the dozens of players there is a waste of my time. A game should be fun and that's just not fun. If you're 14 and have nothing else going on in your life, then sure, grind away with all your high school sophomore energy. Me, I have a job to go to and a mortgage to pay, so I want something for my time. Otherwise I'm not giving you any more of my hard-earned money. |
Really. Not that hard.
This is not, contrary to what some people are making it out to be, rocket science.
Im baffled. On my day off I did an ITF, a Khan and a LGTF. I got 18 shards and enough to craft my uncommon.
Also I have found that STARTING a team works better than LOOKING for team.
The hard things I can do--- The impossible just take a little bit longer.
If numbers are so much more important than a teammate who is fun to play with, forget about the game altogether and go play with a calculator instead. -Claws and Effect-
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I don't get it, but some people have a phobia when it comes to starting their own teams. I guess it's got something to do with the whole leadership role thing.
Originally Posted by Airhammer
Also I have found that STARTING a team works better than LOOKING for team.
The ONLY valid point from the "Shards should be available from not just TFs and RNG!" crowd that I see is the fact that some people play at odd hours. And for them, it may be incredibly difficult to form task forces, or they play in low-populated servers. I used to play in Pinnacle for a while. In the morning by Eastern Time.
I not only could not find a team, but I couldn't start one either! There was virtually no one online to play with!!!
So I understand that point, and I respect it, and I wish the developers consider it at some point.
I don't have an issue with doing TFs at all. Provided I have the time. (Which is also what Swell Guy said, if you'd actually read his post.) I do disconnect quite a lot because they stress my connection so I often miss half a mission -- usually the end of it with the drops because that's generally where the game locks up due to the increased demands. What I *do* have an issue with are raids -- which is what I said, if you'd bothered to read my post.
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If the reticle switched to blue... if you were at reange you needed to move closer, click on him, and he will talk to you and the dialogue will complete the mission.|
Originally Posted by ABC123
clicking, tabbing no difference, I could select him and watch his heath but I couldn't attack.
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It sounds to me like you won, and then quit.
City of Heroes was my first MMO, & my favorite computer game.
R.I.P.
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Horryd - Myriam - Dysquiet - Ghyr
Vanysh - Eldrytch
Inflyct - Mysron - Orphyn - Dysmay - Reapyr - - Wyldeman - Hydeous
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It is gaining popularity in the US again. There are informal leagues popping up in communities. Our town is on the verge of building a pitch for the community|
Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
Nice find - I've bookmarked that to show other American friends - cricket used to be as popular in the US as baseball til the turn of the 20th Century and there are big moves afoot to reintroduce it to the USA. It'll inevitably become globally much more popular very quickly because this year China stated its intention to become a Test playing nation within 10 years which will put cricket up there with soccer as global sports
Which means we could get a cricket bat as a club in game!  |
All the Indian immigration/workers has been raising its visibility, and some US troops are bringing back more awareness from Afghanistan.
I watched some on business travel in India a few times, and on vacation in Jamaica some years ago. Seems a fun game.
City of Heroes was my first MMO, & my favorite computer game.
R.I.P.
Chyll - Bydand - Violynce - Enyrgos - Rylle - Nephryte - Solyd - Fettyr - Hyposhock - Styrling - Beryllos - Rosyc
Horryd - Myriam - Dysquiet - Ghyr
Vanysh - Eldrytch
Inflyct - Mysron - Orphyn - Dysmay - Reapyr - - Wyldeman - Hydeous
If Scrappers can do these two new TFs with Temporary Powers disabled, just about anybody can! 
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=246342
You don't "need" debuffs on your team for Apex & Tin Mage TF.
You don't "need" heals on your team for Apex & Tin Mage TF.
You don't "need" buffs on your team for Apex & Tin Mage TF.
You don't "need" ranged on your team for Apex & Tin Mage TF.
Melee ATs aren't at a disadvantage when fighting Battle Maiden.
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I think the developers think you could just as easily play on multiple servers.|
Originally Posted by Bright Shadow
I don't get it, but some people have a phobia when it comes to starting their own teams. I guess it's got something to do with the whole leadership role thing. The ONLY valid point from the "Shards should be available from not just TFs and RNG!" crowd that I see is the fact that some people play at odd hours. And for them, it may be incredibly difficult to form task forces, or they play in low-populated servers. I used to play in Pinnacle for a while. In the morning by Eastern Time. I not only could not find a team, but I couldn't start one either! There was virtually no one online to play with!!! So I understand that point, and I respect it, and I wish the developers consider it at some point. |
Character on your prefered server for the peak times. Character on the more populated server when your favorite server isn't quite busy.
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NO, NO, NO! Every TF team must have a tank, a healer, a kin, and 5 DPS. Otherwise they are doomed to fail..
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Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
If Scrappers can do these two new TFs with Temporary Powers disabled, just about anybody can!
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=246342 You don't "need" debuffs on your team for Apex & Tin Mage TF. You don't "need" heals on your team for Apex & Tin Mage TF. You don't "need" buffs on your team for Apex & Tin Mage TF. You don't "need" ranged on your team for Apex & Tin Mage TF. Melee ATs aren't at a disadvantage when fighting Battle Maiden. |
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Originally Posted by Panzerwaffen
NO, NO, NO! Every TF team must have a tank, a healer, a kin, and 5 DPS. Otherwise they are doomed to fail..
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You had 8 very competent forum-going scrappers on your organized team. If we're talking about a random PuG running this TF, you know that the story would be A LOT different.
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Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
If Scrappers can do these two new TFs with Temporary Powers disabled, just about anybody can!
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=246342 You don't "need" debuffs on your team for Apex & Tin Mage TF. You don't "need" heals on your team for Apex & Tin Mage TF. You don't "need" buffs on your team for Apex & Tin Mage TF. You don't "need" ranged on your team for Apex & Tin Mage TF. Melee ATs aren't at a disadvantage when fighting Battle Maiden. |
Currently on Virtue:
Jinrazuo - Crab Spider
RWZ All-Pylon Solo Run
"Melee ATs aren't at a disadvantage when fighting Battle Maiden."
This I disagree with. Sure, it's perfectly doable (not even that hard) with an all-melee team, but they're certainly at a disadvantage compared to different team.
"Men strunt �r strunt och snus �r snus
om ock i gyllne dosor.
Och rosor i ett sprucket krus
�r st�ndigt alltid rosor."
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Melee is at a disadvantage, there's no denying this. Bass just wanted to gloat about his successful Scrapper Apex TF, hence the link to the forum thread. Regardless, it is a noteworthy feat because of the fact that melee is at a disadvantage on the BM fight so it's cool to see that him and his team pulled it off.|
Originally Posted by Arilou
"Melee ATs aren't at a disadvantage when fighting Battle Maiden."
This I disagree with. Sure, it's perfectly doable (not even that hard) with an all-melee team, but they're certainly at a disadvantage compared to different team. |
Ranged hovering characters would have the easiest time with this as they can fire off their attack chains without worrying about the swords. Hover not suffering from movement suppression makes escaping from death patches very easy also.
Currently on Virtue:
Jinrazuo - Crab Spider
RWZ All-Pylon Solo Run
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Wouldn't that be true of a team with a 8 players who don't know what they're doing, but consisted of a 1 Tank, 1 Blaster, 2 Scrappers, 1 Rad Cor, 1 Cold Defender, 1 Dominator and 1 Fire/Kin Troller?|
Originally Posted by blueruckus
You had 8 very competent forum-going scrappers on your organized team. If we're talking about a random PuG running this TF, you know that the story would be A LOT different.
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BrandX Future Staff Fighter
The BrandX Collection
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As stated before, I've been running these and have done so with pick up groups. My failure rate for both of these TFs is 0% on the live servers, PuG or otherwise. They aren't catastrophically hard, you just have to have some situational awareness and willingness to try out some different tactics instead of tank and spank/charging in with reckless abandon. |
Originally Posted by blueruckus
You had 8 very competent forum-going scrappers on your organized team. If we're talking about a random PuG running this TF, you know that the story would be A LOT different.
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Perhaps I should've expanded. Melee ATs aren't as disadvantaged as others have said them to be if you simply keep Battle Maiden moving. It hasn't been hard for me to do thus far, and I don't even have Confront. |
Originally Posted by Arilou
"Melee ATs aren't at a disadvantage when fighting Battle Maiden."
This I disagree with. Sure, it's perfectly doable (not even that hard) with an all-melee team, but they're certainly at a disadvantage compared to different team. |
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In our run our main issue was actually that we kept accidentally mezzing BM, which made it really annoying to get her out of the patches.
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Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
Perhaps I should've expanded. Melee ATs aren't as disadvantaged as others have said them to be if you simply keep Battle Maiden moving. It hasn't been hard for me to do thus far, and I don't even have Confront.
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"Men strunt �r strunt och snus �r snus
om ock i gyllne dosor.
Och rosor i ett sprucket krus
�r st�ndigt alltid rosor."
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Okay. Sorry to hear how aggravating it has been for you.|
Originally Posted by ABC123
*Multi-Snip*
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Oddly enough, had an aggravating incident on my Fire/Fire blaster as well. Most of the runs I've taken through the Trapdoor mission, I've been able to get him into the lava and keep him there.
With my blaster, for some reason, he'd stand there for a couple seconds, take some damage, then turn and run like a jackrabbit. Pulling him to the hall was no help because I was a squishy blaster and even with 4 purples he'd two-shot me. Was the damnedest thing. After over a dozen runs into the mission, I was spitting and cursing like a sailor.
Finally fed up, I had a friend come in-mish with me and we spanked him in about a minute.
Now this is not saying teaming is required. It isn't. Just that, sometimes, teaming just makes it easier or more straightforward.
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If you're going to play on Pinnacle and want to team in the middle of the night, you need to join PinnBadges and/or Cozmic's Playground. There are a significant number of late-night players on Pinnacle, but your odds of running across them in a random zone are slim.
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Originally Posted by Bright Shadow
And for them, it may be incredibly difficult to form task forces, or they play in low-populated servers. I used to play in Pinnacle for a while. In the morning by Eastern Time. I not only could not find a team, but I couldn't start one either! There was virtually no one online to play with!!! |
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately. |
PinnBadges for the win.
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Think a little. It helps.
But yes, giving up after 30 min of trying the same frontal assault... try something different. And keep the notion in mind for the mission from Lady Grey, as well.
As for him being unclickable after being defeated, that's happened once with Trapdoor, in much the same way that many caves wind up "absorbing" KBed enemies into the walls, making them largely un-hittable.
Where to find me after the end:
The Secret World - Arcadia - Shinzo
Rift - Faeblight - Bloodspeaker
LotRO - Gladden - Aranelion
STO - Holodeck - @Captain_Thiraas
Obviously, I don't care about NCSoft's forum rules, now.