WST -- Ill-conceived.

Already did. Heck, you even replied to the post where I did.

You are level 50 + 1 level = 51st level.
If you don't understand that the incarnate process is a new level cap process then you're probably willfully not wanting to acknowldge it, and there's no point dicussing it.

Yea, I know. Still just set bonuses.

I know, I solo/small team almost exclusively. Except for TF/SFs of course.
I notice the boost to my endurance usage (and range!) on my corruptor or recharge on my brute a lot harder than the level shift.

Yea, I see that there's little point in discussion with you.

Can't find where I said that there was something other than an opinion in any post where I replied to you

I might be off my rocker, but I can still read

I took my medication today. Maybe that's why I'm not quite that full of it

Perfect. Now try thinking as well. I know it can be hard to do simultaneously.

Post #441. Your opinion -- that is, what you think about what Arcanaville said -- is not backed by the facts -- that is, what Arcanaville actually wrote. Your opinion has no grounding upon which to stand. It was dead on arrival. It shuffled off this mortal coil as soon as it arrived. It has joined the choir invisible. It is, in fact, an ex-opinion.

Excuse me, but I did write about what she wrote. It just wasn't in a way that you approved of. I even summarized her post after you accused me of not reading it. What do you want? Direct quoting of every statement?

Shenanigans

I'm just going to let this stand on its own. It is a beautiful punchline in its own right. I leave it to the reader to decide what the joke is.

Everyone who disagrees with you must be defective? Good

This is .. wow, dude.

No, man, we don't need you to quote everything, we just .. want what you say to have a BASIS in what other people are saying, and the facts surrounding the matter in THIS reality, not .. whatever version of things you're reading from in your private reality.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Softcapping an Invuln is fantastic. Softcapping a Willpower is amazing. Softcapping SR is kissing your sister.

What was it that was said about projecting, earlier?

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Softcapping an Invuln is fantastic. Softcapping a Willpower is amazing. Softcapping SR is kissing your sister.

Certainly not!

At present it appears to be just you.

Please, show me where I said something regarding the fitness of the poster in question?

That does not make it the 51st level. Going from 49 to 50 is not the same as going from 50 to 50 with a level shift.

If you don't understand that, then you're probably willfully not wanting to acknowledge it, and there's no point discussing it.

I used hyperbole because I was genuinely angry with the dismissive tone of this discussion. Show me where I missed reality? Was there an offramp somewhere?

Done it twice.

It's close enough for me, and I'm not the only one that thinks so.

Seriously, this attempt to paint "I fight as if I were level 51" as something other than an "increase in level" baffles me. It really, truly baffles me. I honestly have no remote conception of how anyone actually convinces themselves it is true (other than maybe Arcanaville, who would probably admit she views the game through a vastly different lens from the majority of players - and I could probably still find the post where she said it's arguably better than a level, which really does not make the case any stronger.)

The level shift makes me level 51. It just does. No matter how many times you repeat "no it doesn't", it's still going to make me level 51. And not being able to be level 51 because I don't want to run a TF or some raid is unacceptable to me.

Compliance.


Wherein BigFish disregards facts and dismisses someone categorically:
Wherein BigFish disregards facts and throws a correctly used word back in someone's face:

There might be more, either here or elsewhere, but I think two examples suffices.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Softcapping an Invuln is fantastic. Softcapping a Willpower is amazing. Softcapping SR is kissing your sister.

An important distinction here is that it is not "I fight as if I were level 51". This is a fundamental truth, and repeating "Yes, it is" doesn't make it so. A level shift leverages the Purple Patch rules, causing the penalties and benefits of conning higher or lower to change in magnitude.

If you were fighting as if level 51, you would have: More health, higher base duration of mez effects, higher base damage in attacks, and other benefits. And then ON TOP of these things, you would have the difference in level comparison, for the purple patch code.

Since we're ONLY getting the purple patch effects, it should pretty clear that it's not the same thing as going up a level.

I mean, seriously. "Being one level above your enemies has effects A through G. A level shift gives you effect D." How hard is this?

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Softcapping an Invuln is fantastic. Softcapping a Willpower is amazing. Softcapping SR is kissing your sister.

It does not make you level 51. It gives you some properties of a new level, but not all of them, and content can still be overcome without it.

"It's a new level" and "it's just set bonuses" are redefinitions designed to paint each side in the best possible light. It's something new, set in a different context from merely leveling up.

Those purple patch effects are a very close approximation to the effects of increasing in level. I don't get more health, but enemies do less damage. My base damage doesn't increase, but my effective damage does. My base mez duration doesn't increase, but my effective duration does.

The only real difference? I don't have to move on to harder enemies to get the same rewards. Which is a big part of how it is "better" than a level.

Once again; simply because I disagree with someone, dismiss a personal attack with a milder personal attack or point out hypocrisy (none of which have to do with calling someone a mental deficient or word usage) have zero bearing upon whether something is a fact or an opinion.

When you're fighting battles on three different fronts, it's best not to get them confused.