Avatea strike target of the week? Your kidding...

That took me a minute. Genius.

Originally Posted by Nethergoat it's NEVER too late to pad your /ignore list!

Yeah, same here, I had to burn a few brain cells on that one, but it was well worth it (even though I only have a few remaining).

Or they could use it as an excuse to improve the Shard. That way, everyone really does win.


/vain hope

Off subject: Every time I use an emote from the party pack I remember how I won it from that costume contest.

That means something to me.

Thank you for the good memories Avatea.

Thank you.

No.

Do you realize that this is the first question you've asked in this thread you started in the Player Questions forum? And not only that, it is one that you already knew the answer for? Did you know that?

And did you know that I knew that you knew that? But, did you know that I knew that you knew that I knew that you knew?

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And the actual implementation gives double mission bonus and double merits - two reasons that have nothing to do with Incarnates.


Then you can spend your time that week doing something more efficient. No one is forcing you to run the low level TF's. Personally, I routinely run low level TF's on high level toons. All of my characters are specifically built for exemping as low as level 30.


No, it's not poorly thought out at all. You just happen not to like it. Lots of other people do like it.


No. Unless you're a dev, you don't get to say what the intent is. That's just your opinion. My opinion is that the purpose is to offer something for everyone. Low levels can get extra XP. Incarnates can get the Notice of the Well. And EVERYONE benefits from double merits.

Thanks! It made me chuckle a little bit, glad I could share.

I think the biggest issue we will have with low level WST is people suddenly realizing how broken their respec builds are when they exemplar.

I can see it now, a team of all 50s do the Sister TF and nobody has a travel power of any kind(including ninja run) and most people have two attacks. I hope I get on one like that, just for the lulz.

I seriously doubt it. We had the patch Tuesday for the new stuff, then an emergency fix a day later. I'm confident the devs simplified the process for themselves and us.

I've highlighted an important word for you: a. It means 1. In other words, it's an option when i20 comes out, and a way to progress before i20. As has been mentioned many times before, the WST also involves (and has involved for the same amount of time as the notice) double XP and double merits. Strictly not an incarnate system reason. The idea seems to be to showcase a different TF each week, the incarnate system stuff being just a perk for 50s.

Then PM Avatea. Red names don't often respond in this part of the forums.

Maybe if it were the only way to progress in the incarnate system. But it's not. The very fact that <50 TFs are included suggests the notices are incentive for 50s to do content they normally wouldn't.

For now. Although the new 50 still has to unlock the alpha slot and then earn the mass of shards necessary to use the Notice they can't get until the next week. So it's probably not a big deal.

The system is not exclusively for 50s, and doesn't need to be.

Hmmm... I wonder why that might be.

Why are you so sure you do? Seeing as the devs had to create this system, it might be closer to their purposes than any speculation any of us can come up with.

Maybe so, but it is great incentive for running TFs other than ITF.

What constitutes a good use of YOUR level 50's time and anyone else level 50's time is completely different.

My Incarnate is an actual hero, and thus takes any opportunity to fight against those that would undermine the stability of Paragon City. Sure she might not have a huge stockpile of 'lolzmygodimportantstuffincarnateshardzzzzzzzzzzzz zzz' as another Incarnate, but she also doesn't NEED a titanic stockpile because she knows how to get the components she needs without using them unless it's needed for a conversion.

To get a Very Rare you need 32 shards to fuse two Notice of the Well components into a Favor of the well. This means that an incarnate NEEDS a grand total of 48 shards to get one Very Rare tier alpha boost, that's it. 32 shards for the Favor, and 16 shards to upgrade two common components into Uncommon components for the uncommon boosts needed to upgrade into rares.

48 shards is chump change for someone who's been running all the level 50 TF's for their incarnate component reward option at the end. If said incarnate is intelligent and saves the shards by actually running something other than a LGTF or ITF so they can get something other than the ancient nictus fragment and hero 1 DNA sample reward options.

Run something other than your precious ITF once in a while. Other TFs do exist and do give incarnate rewards. Stygian Variolus got 8 shards or so on an STF last night, in addition to the bonus merits and notice of the well. I even took the doubled merit reward option because I had no use for an Essence of the Incarnate at the time!

Fixed a few typos and cleaned up some easily misread statements to what I think is your original intent...

That being said, your logic is flawed. Our Incarnates are Slow Growers, we will mature into our incarnate abilities slowly because of the way the Well is allowing us to advance. Forcing Incarnates to do a TF that strips their newfound powers from them IS a good idea, as it provides the observant Well with an insight into the character that willingly sacrifices this new toy for a while to help those with less power when they need it.

The developers are far from stupid, and the implementation has roots in mythology for supernatural beings taking note of someone they have marked doing something extraordinary while held back from their usual full power.

If nothing else, think of it as the Well noticing that while you can do an excellent job of stopping crime, your incarnate is still willing to take their time and rescue that stranded kitten or help the old lady cross the street despite the fact that such minor things do not earn you anywhere near the same fame and glory as curbstomping some silly Roman guy for the umpteen-millionth time.

You missed a few

Cavern of Transcendance
Sewer Trial
Eden


What this really highlights is the huge discrepancy in the content available for the two sides - oh and whilst we're on that there being no TF content in Praetoria for lvl 1-20.

I certainly welcome this encompassing the lower level TFs but several of those that could do with players being encouraged to play have no equivalent redside. As it stands there are no shortage of teams running ITF, LGTF, STF, LRSF, Posi 1 & 2, Sister P, Citadel, Cap, Silver Mantis. To a lesser extent Moonfire, Eden, Katie, SSTF3 & 4 but how often do you see a call for a Cavern Trial or Sewer Trial - even SSTF1 gets more interest.

And for those that think this should be 50 only content - just need the contact say something like
"So you think you're all powerful now you have started on the path to becoming an Incarnate - Well let's see how you perform when you don't have that advantage. Go and see <Insert name of lower level TF/SF contact> . They have something to test you with."

Permission granted to use that text or something based on it for any contact NPC in game

Gah...ow...

I can see why the cavern isn't too popular. It takes longer to set up than to run. We did it in 11 mins on the weekend.

There's that -- the farther back you go, the less enjoyable the content is. This peaked somewhere around the Shadow Shard. Back then the devs believed that "lots and lots of missions" made an epic, task force worthy experience. Older task forces lack that distinctive "fun" feeling, when you just do the same exact mission (defeat all Clockwork) 20 times in a row, before maybe an AV fight.

Newer arcs and task forces find ways to chop up the monotony and give us something to be interested in. At the very least, they keep it short and to the point (ITF, Tin, Apex). But even the remake of Posi shows that old can be good if it's just structured the right way.

Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.

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LMAO!! I totally agree. That place just sucks. Did it once like 4 years ago, never step foot in there again since.

I still love the Shard in general but the TF's there do need to be revamped. Just too much running around.

There is so much potential out there.

Let me wipe that egg off my face then.

You know, it's nowhere near as grindy as you think it is. I was on a fantastic ship raid today. Someone announced in Justice United that they'd dropped a pylon, so it might as well be a ship raid. I got into the fourth team, and I'm fairly sure a fifth formed. Lots of crazy fun was had by all, and I came away with five shards and over 600 Vanguard merits, and it was almost entirely spontaneous.

Good thing I needed two more Gr'ai Matter. And who doesn't like a HVAS in your back pocket?