Catwhoorg

10-14 isn't really a good spot to roll, unless you are level 10-15 or so.

The value there is in the procs, and requires a good low level.

35-39 is a good spot if you can roll that high.

For a lowbie rare salvage isn't that bad a choice, I apologise for missing that snippet before.

http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/User:Catwhoorg#30-34_3

give a breakdown of over 400 rolls I made at the 30-34 level.

Taking a step out of genre and into Babylon 5.

How about the character, who was unelected, came into his position through dubious means, and acted without accountability to anyone. Had a secret organization who did his bidding, and were completely willing to die for him.

The launched a war against an alien race, and smuggled weapons of mass destruction for use against a civilian target (a city) under the guise of peace negotiations.

That is Captain John Sheridan...

There is a huge space of story to be opened up by having the Preatorians be ambiguous rather than the Goatee versions. I am looking forward to it.

Merged markets: easy example
New villains sell luck charms from those snake missions for more (heck sell any low tier salvage for more than the BM average)

New villains benefit from a merge which demonstrates nicely that villains are not cut and dried harmed by a merger.

A rich villain would be less locked out of the market than a level 1 hero.

You do know a level 1 hero recently became a millionaire without defeating a single mob, right ?

Even discounting extreme marketing like that, Level 1 heros build wealth from a lot lower base and a lot lower rate than an established villain.

(SCR applies equally to saying a merger is a one way deal)

The 'damage' done by a merger ?

The markets go through massive changes caused by Deve events and new issues regularly. A merger would lead to a rapid establishment of a new equlibrium (2-4 weeks IMHO) and go forward from there. There is no damage there. A change yes. Damage ? No.

The result would be a villain is not disadvantaged by a slow poor market. Equal earnings via the market, and any per character disparity will not be larger than that already in existance. (slow soloer versus fire/kin trolelr or choice of redsider farm build).

There are teams who specifically look to 'speed' through the LGTF.

This involves getting Miss Yin killed in the 1st mission, getting Infernia and Glacia killed in the 3rd, as well as stealth/recalling to objectives and defeating the minimum possible mobs.

Its certainly not how I like to run the TF, and I think if the team were plannign to run in that manner, they should have been better at communicating this ideally before it started and certainly during it.

For a 'general'/non-speed run through it sounds like you were going just fine.

Runngin through a few dimensional variations of the Whoorg interdimensional genepool

Catwhoorg - (claws/regen scrapper) Whiter than white, a real old school paladin type believer and staunch knight, with an absolute moral code. Hero staying hero, will not shift one Iota.

ShadowCatwhoorg - (claws/regen stalker) Insane. Bent, twisted loves to torture people. Evil incarnate for most of the time, then he gets really nasty. Killed several times by his VG leader for plotting against him, but still he tries. Villain staying villain

CatwhoorgShade - (dark/dark brute) He is already a very unwilling villain. Forced to act against his free will through magcial means. His story has alwasy been one with the hope of redemption. Will go to rogue, then hero. (must finish up the associated AE story sometime, it ties in with one of my wifes characters)

Commander Voorg - (Crab Spider) A recruit from Axis Amerika, he believes 100% in the growth through struggle and survival of the fittest. He could get along REALLY well with Emperor Cole. Not quite sure where his story will take him.

The Next generation
Lil Fluffy (claws/dark scrapper) lives an ambiguous existance already. She is driven by the desire to rescue her kidnapped and brainwashed sister (cf Catwhoorgshade comment). Its going to be interesting to see just how far would she be willing to go along the path. Maybe for one to be redeemed another must fall.

One other.
Mister England - (Ice/NRG blaster). The centerpiece for one of my AE arcs already. A vigilante who went too far too often.

I have the great joy of having my wife play alongside me.

Outside of that, one of my companies former sales guys (he moved on companies a couple fo years ago) was fairly active, but eventually he defected to WOW.

(Hmm theres a good chance I'll see him in a couple of weeks, I'll have to make sure he is aware of the recent changes, and knows GR is coming down the pipeline)

I have come accross a few folks travelling round to customers.

Had one guy come up to me at an airport, after he spotted the forums.

So we are out there.

Its the age old concept isn't it.

People have craved 'strong leadership' who will 'do what is necessary' throughout history.

Dont forget 'Primal Earth' 'Statesman' is a war criminal who led an unjustified and illegal invasion of a sovereign nation just a few years ago. Since the 80's he has been invading and interfering in the internal affairs of other dimensions without cause.

Don't buy into his propoganda.

Bronze recipe roll 60-75 tickets

Rare Salvage 540 tickets (or 7-9 bronze rolls)

Over any sort of reasonable timeframe for averaging to occur, bronze rolls will consistently outperform the rare salvage.

Using on uncommon salvage (80) you could see a niche for when crafting during the height of the AE farming as uncommon prices were higher and very unstable. These days It is much better to just buy the salvage. Heck even at buy it NAO prices, I don't think I have spent more than 5001 inf on a uncommon. In most cases for a recipe I have placed on the market since the last issue, the uncommon component has been cheaper than the commons.

The Silos 'TF' was a good way of getting progress for me. the 2nd mission especially.

That is impressive.

I'm going to run a low end build like Squez did, probably my emp/elec just not sure when.