Chaos Creator

1) Got the Isolator badge.

2) Visited every zone in their half of the game.

3) Charged Lusca, solo.

4) Got lost in Perez Park.

5) Used /em batsmash in the last mission of "A Hero's Hero".

6) Popped a few purples and a few reds before charging Sally.

7) Get lost in your SG base at least once. (even if you're the base designer)

8) Had their picture taken on top of the Atlas Globe

9) Led their team into a complete team wipe

10) Led countless sewer teams from AP all the way to KR.

11) Asked someone to drop an Ouro portal for you.

12) By any means, hit the ceiling of a zone and fall all the way down

13) Been asked to fill in a space for bigger mob spawns, and flat out rejected due to rage.

14) Gone on a Mothership Raid and get confused about what numbers the pylons are.

15) Become enraged at the Tagteam of Death: Sapper and Gunslinger.

16) Made a joke about Nemesis Plots.

17) Pants Lord Recluse

18) Have contacts that have absolutely no missions for you because you already outleveled them.

19) Asked how to get a jetpack.

20) Been flattened by a purple minion.

21) Had his/her picture taken standing on top of City Hall in AP by the flag.

22) Volunteered for the Positron TF without really knowing better.

23) Attempted to solo a Rikti dropship.

24) Tried to kill Fusionette with Arbiter Sands' drones.

25) Fallen OFF the globe in Atlas Park.

26) Wondered why, when doing a cape mission, the Omega Team time capsule is in an abandoned lab somewhere under a cave in Perez Park.

27) Done laps around the Argo Highway in Talos hunting for Banished Pantheon masks.

28) Deliberately stood on the tram tracks and tried to get hit by a passing train.

29) Landed on the Blimp and Promptly fall off.

30) Hung out in AP under Atlas and his globe.

31) Entered a Costume Contest.

32) Called a contact just to check in some 10-15 levels later.

33) Went into The Hive alone and promptly exited five seconds later.

34) Changed their costume at least three times before they got a second costume slot.

35) Actually tried to do enough Meg Mason missions to get to a story arc.

36) Held a costume contest.

37) Hit some minion off a building with a knockback power.

38) Grabbed the Atlas Medallion.

39) Became Old-Fashioned in Faultline.

40) Added more slots to Brawl, Sprint, and/or Rest

41) Gone through every emote on the emote list in rapid succession

42) Get lost in Striga (where's the entrance of this *ù%$£µ Council tunnel)

43) Cursed when you found the map you were on was the cake-layer room.

44) Mapserved RIGHT WHEN YOU WERE FINISHING THAT MISH THAT TOOK FOREVER.

45) Yelled at a trainer for just standing there during a Rikti or zombie invasion.

46) Droned a Paladin in Kings Row.

47) Went to Bloody Bay for some Shivans and prayed no villains/heroes were there.

48) Prayed the villain/hero didn't want to fight when they spotted you in Bloody Bay.

49) Tried to land on a car and ride it

50) Visited Recluse's Victory

51) Accidentally hit the auto-run while fighting/typing

52) MT'ed into a global/supergroup chat channel

53) Visited every detective/broker whenever they entered a new zone.

54) Sold a highly coveted recipe to a NPC vendor.

55) Had an argument in broadcast.

56) Been knocked off a building by a foe with a Knockback attack.

57) Got a Scientist stolen off them while going for nukes.

58) Attempted to solo an Arch-Villain.

59) Complained about how slow the Heavy Robots are in Recluse's Victory.

60) Met Sally. (darn it! now I HAVE to make a char named Harry,lol)

61) Attempted to press CTRL-3, pressed WINDOWS-3, and accidentally end up launching Firefox (wait for Windows 7 those who haven't).

62) Started a shadow shard TF at 10pm.

63) Won influence off a newbie using the /em dice7 command.

64) Cursed yourself for not starting the toon early enough for the 1-year anniversary badge.

65) Stumbled across a couple ERPing in local on a rooftop.

66) Ducked behind an AC unit so you could spy on 65).

67) Bound the "slap" and "smack" emotes to 2 keys so you could have a slap fight with your friends under Atlas.

68) Sniped a level 12 boss from two blocks away.

69) Found a "real" mission door outside of the AE.

70) Rolled a Luck of the Gambler and gave a "woot", only to notice it was an Endurance/Recharge.

71) Spammed a Spammer

72) Joined a global channel

Because blaster's tier 1 and 2 attacks are all standarized

1) Got the Isolator badge.

2) Visited every zone in their half of the game.

3) Charged Lusca, solo.

4) Got lost in Perez Park.

5) Used /em batsmash in the last mission of "A Hero's Hero".

6) Popped a few purples and a few reds before charging Sally.

7) Get lost in your SG base at least once. (even if you're the base designer)

8) Had their picture taken on top of the Atlas Globe

9) Led their team into a complete team wipe

10) Led countless sewer teams from AP all the way to KR.

11) Asked someone to drop an Ouro portal for you.

12) By any means, hit the ceiling of a zone and fall all the way down

13) Been asked to fill in a space for bigger mob spawns, and flat out rejected due to rage.

14) Gone on a Mothership Raid and get confused about what numbers the pylons are.

15) Become enraged at the Tagteam of Death: Sapper and Gunslinger.

16) Made a joke about Nemesis Plots.

17) Pants Lord Recluse

18) Have contacts that have absolutely no missions for you because you already outleveled them.

19) Asked how to get a jetpack.

20) Been flattened by a purple minion.

21) Had his/her picture taken standing on top of City Hall in AP by the flag.

22) Volunteered for the Positron TF without really knowing better.

23) Attempted to solo a Rikti dropship.

24) Tried to kill Fusionette with Arbiter Sands' drones.

25) Fallen OFF the globe in Atlas Park.

26) Wondered why, when doing a cape mission, the Omega Team time capsule is in an abandoned lab somewhere under a cave in Perez Park.

27) Done laps around the Argo Highway in Talos hunting for Banished Pantheon masks.

28) Deliberately stood on the tram tracks and tried to get hit by a passing train.

29) Landed on the Blimp and Promptly fall off.

30) Hung out in AP under Atlas and his globe.

31) Entered a Costume Contest.

32) Called a contact just to check in some 10-15 levels later.

33) Went into The Hive alone and promptly exited five seconds later.

34) Changed their costume at least three times before they got a second costume slot.

35) Actually tried to do enough Meg Mason missions to get to a story arc.

36) Held a costume contest.

37) Hit some minion off a building with a knockback power.

38) Grabbed the Atlas Medallion.

39) Became Old-Fashioned in Faultline.

40) Added more slots to Brawl, Sprint, and/or Rest

41) Gone through every emote on the emote list in rapid succession

42) Get lost in Striga (where's the entrance of this *ù%$£µ Council tunnel)

43) Cursed when you found the map you were on was the cake-layer room.

44) Mapserved RIGHT WHEN YOU WERE FINISHING THAT MISH THAT TOOK FOREVER.

45) Yelled at a trainer for just standing there during a Rikti or zombie invasion.

46) Droned a Paladin in Kings Row.

47) Went to Bloody Bay for some Shivans and prayed no villains/heroes were there.

48) Prayed the villain/hero didn't want to fight when they spotted you in Bloody Bay.

49) Tried to land on a car and ride it

50) Visited Recluse's Victory

51) Accidentally hit the auto-run while fighting/typing

52) MT'ed into a global/supergroup chat channel

53) Visited every detective/broker whenever they entered a new zone.

54) Sold a highly coveted recipe to a NPC vendor.

55) Had an argument in broadcast.

The solution

Restrict the re-selling of items on the markets. Having a ‘cap’ per type of item or something else isn’t something I’ve devised yet (mere detail, at this point in time).

In order to identify an item as being ‘re-sold’ as opposed to just ‘sold’ is the detail I think I can help with. Give all toons the following new capabilities:-

Rename the current salvage type ‘Invention’ to ‘Dropped Invention Salvage’ (a crud name I know – but again ‘detail’ – focus please!)
Create a new salvage type ‘Traded Invention Salvage’
Do something similar with both Enhancements and Recipes.

Meaning that your ‘storable’ items can, in general terms, be stored in 6 places rather than the current 3.

TBC - in next post
Now – every time you’re fighting a bad guy and you send him/her/it to the hospital/jail/morgue any ‘drops’ you get will be deposited in one of the 3 new ‘Dropped’ repositories, the characteristics of these new storages is that only dropped items can be placed in them. (hold that thought).

On the other hand there are 3 similar repositories to hold ‘second hand’ enhancements/salvage/recipes. Players can place items here from ‘the markets’, personal trades, base storage, vaults, respecs etc.

‘But what will this achieve?’ I hear you cry…..

TBC - this multiple posting is getting on my "£$%^$£ now.
Well maybe the result will go something along these lines:-

Items placed onto the markets from any of the ‘dropped’ repositories will be identified with some sort of ‘marker’ (or different graphic) and may be traded in the same way we do today.
Items placed onto the markets from any of the ‘traded’ repositories will be marked differently from the rest and may only be traded within a predetermined set of rules.

TBC - *cries*
In short terms, any items coming out of the markets (except for storage only purposes) can only be stored in the ‘traded’ repositories. Thus restricting their future trading potential (as yet undefined).

I don’t honestly expect an abundance of love for this suggestion by market haters and flippers but with all the great implementations from the devs over the last couple of years the markets are one thing that they consider either ‘not broke’ or ‘beyond repair’. If it’s the latter (and I’m not convinced it is) then this suggestion might, in it’s own complicated way, attempt to offer a solution.


THE END - Remind me not to post again, that was too painful.
Depending on how re-traded items were restricted (ie. by a 'listing price cap') you wouldn't have to bid for the same thing in 2 seperate places, maybe the current history functionality would need to be improved to aid this.

I totally agree with the merging of markets that you suggest although ultimately wouldn't effect the actions of 'flippers' in the long run.

If someone could explain how I could get the text from the original 5 posts into one I'd be greatful. It seems there is a restriction on how long your posts can be, I had to break it up into smaller ones. But thanks for the sarcasm all, I really appreciate it. ;-)

Something like this.

Lovely! I love to grease my monkeys.

Also I suggest adding this: "http://boards.cityofheroes.com/search.php?searchid=*" to the script's included pages. that way when you click new posts it works