ClawsandEffect

I can agree with this. I suspect the disagreement stemmed from the fact that I don't necessarily consider treating someone with courtesy and consideration to be the same thing as respect. To me, it is simply treating someone how I would like to be treated.

This is more what I meant by stating that respect must be earned.

I've already explained my stance on it. It's only a grind if it isn't fun.

And since I get most of my enjoyment out of the game by logging in and shredding stuff or blowing it up, I'm probably going to have fun with it.

And if I get tired of the trials......there is other stuff I can do until I feel like doing it again. I have other characters I can play, I don't have to keep doing the trials over and over when I get tired of them.

That seems to be where the disconnect is occurring. The people who don't like the repetition are approaching it from the viewpoint that the trials are the ONLY thing you can do once you start doing them.

Sure, if you do them over and over and over, with nothing else in between, you're going to get burned out on them quickly. But why do you have to do that? The only reason I can think of is impatience. I know the end game isn't going anywhere, I can do it when I feel like doing it and be just fine with it.

Sounds very much like different definitions of what exactly entails "respect".

Take, for example, the CEO of a corporation. I'm not automatically going to respect that person simply because of the position they hold.

They could be a pathetic excuse for a human being that takes advantage of their position to make life hell for others, and thus not worthy of being respected.

On the other side, they could use their position to help people in need of it, in which case they will have earned my respect.

I respect others based on their actions, not the position they hold relative to me. If I have not witnessed any of their actions, then I have no basis to know whether I respect them or not, and they are a blank slate until such time as their actions merit a decision as to whether I respect them.

But, if they have taken no positive or negative action, I have no reason to not be polite and courteous. I do not consider respect and politeness to be the same thing.

Also: When you disagree with someone, it is bad form to come out and say "your belief is wrong". If you disagree with me, that's fine. But disagreeing does not automatically make you right, and stating that I am wrong simply because you disagree with me is displaying a distinct lack of respect on your own part.

So, in a war you would attack a target ONE time, and then leave it alone after they rebuild it?

That makes even less sense than it being attacked repeatedly.

No, I know EXACTLY what he was saying, which is what I was addressing.

The game presents the task force as never having happened before every time you do it.

Because it has to.

If 7 people on the team have never done that TF, but the 8th one has, the 8th one even mentioning that he has done this before breaks the story right then and there, because it's not supposed to have happened yet.

In a single player game, once you have done something, it stays done and that works because there is no one else in existence to do it. In an MMO, something can't just stay done, so they treat it as though it hasn't happened yet when you run it again.

My respect does have to be earned, and will not be automatically given to someone I have never met before. But, I don't automatically expect people to respect me either, because it wouldn't be fair to expect something from someone I haven't given in return yet.

Being courteous and polite to people costs me nothing, though, and is a good place to start when interacting with strangers.

Sorry, OP, but YOU were the one being the jerk in your example. Yes, you put the team together, and yes you had the star next to your name. That doesn't give you the right to bark orders at people and get pissed when they didn't jump when you told them to.

Personally, I would have added a player note to you reminding me never to join a team you are leading. Since you have given no indication of your behavior when you are not the leader of a team, I would still give you the benefit of the doubt if you happened to show up on a team I joined.

Yes, it does. And that is completely intentional.

No other set in existence gives you as much of a defense bonus for only six slots.

You get: 2.5% defense to melee, ranged and AoE defense, AND 1.25% to EVERY typed defense (except Psi)

Look at other similar bonuses. Titanium coating gives you 2.5% as well, but only to one position and 2 types. Red Fortune gives you 2.5%, but only to ranged defense. The smallest number of slots you can get 2.5% AoE defense from is 4, and that's only if you happen to have a defense debuffing power, if you don't you'll need to slot 6 there as well

So....Gaussian's gives you the same amount of defense for only 6 slots that THREE sets gives you for a minimum of SIXTEEN slots.

That's why it's a one time bonus, the devs don't want people stacking a bunch of them and getting a crap ton of cheap defense. They already nerfed Blessing of the Zephyr for that exact reason, if we could slot more than one full set of Gaussian's you can BET we'd see a drastic change to the amount of defense it offers.

It could, if it weren't so obvious that the OP is more interested in stacking bonuses that we currently get only once than he is in giving people options. That is the only real purpose adding another enhancement to a set with a unique could really serve: It would let you get that 6 slot bonus more than once.

And before you say "No, I just want better enhancement in the power!", If you are only interested in better enhancement and not that powerful set bonus, you can frankenslot the power with the piece you need from a different set and achieve the same result.

Well, not to be mean about it, but you can count, right?

One dot is light load, two dots is medium load, and 3 dots is heavy load.

The colors do not vary, 1 is always green, 2 is always yellow, 3 is always red.

You may not have been aware of this, and had been assuming there were different shades used. The number of dots visible is just as accurate an indicator as the color, so it doesn't really matter much what color it is.

And how many variations of the dialog would you need to satisfy you?

Task Forces in general are presented each time as though this is the first time this event has ever happened, because they HAVE to present them that way.

They can't make each and every task force a one time event because A) It would be an insane amount f work to have a new task force ready every time someone finished the previous one, and B) If a TF is a one time event, no one else in the game will ever get to experience it.

It's not so much suspension of disbelief as it is practicality. You can't make a game that has this many people playing it a completely unique experience for each and every person, it's just not possible. It is the nature of an MMO, you have to keep it somewhat static so people that play at different times and different days all get to experience it equally.

You know you'd be pissed if you didn't get to do something because someone else already did, and now that thing is closed to you.

Only in a video game can this be said with a straight face, and be intended as totally serious.

I have NEVER met a new player who said "Oh, I heard about all these cool veteran rewards" when I asked what got him interested in the game.

New players usually don't even realize there ARE veteran rewards until their 3rd month when they get their 1st one.

An Aett is right. If a player is not interested in sticking around for the game itself, do you really think a couple baubles are going to convince them to stay in a game they aren't enjoying? Unlikely.

Fire/Fire blasters are known for 2 things:

A) Being squishy, even for a blaster. Unsurprisingly, no one likes being set on fire, and they will get VERY mad at you for it. Think about it, what would you do if someone set YOU on fire? Probably make a very serious attempt at causing some severe bodily harm to them, if I had to guess.

B) Being absolute juggernauts of pure, unadulterated damage. There are very few things in the game capable of outdamaging a Fire/Fire blaster that is running on all cylinders.

With that said, there are a few tips I have for you on your particular combination that I had to learn the hard way.

First, I'm guessing here that as of level 6 you have one of the first 2 powers, Fireball, and you probably just picked up Rain of Fire. Or you may have all 4 of the first powers in Fire Blast.

This is an important point here, so remember it: When you are soloing, do NOT begin a fight with your AoEs unless you are sure you can kill all or most of the spawn in one or two shots. When you hit a spawn with Fireball and don't kill them, you'll have an entire group mad at you, and you can't kill all of them fast enough with single target attacks.

Especially do not open the fight with Rain of Fire. They will scatter to the 4 winds and start shooting you the second they are out of the radius, and since they scattered, now they can't be hit by Fireball anymore.

Pulling is good when you are outnumbered (which will be frequently). To pull, use one of your long range single target attacks while at the outside edge of your range. Now the next part is what a lot of people don't understand about pulling: Once you've hit your target, immediately break line of sight with them. If you can see them, they can see you too, and if your target's buddies see him attacking you, they are going to join right in. You'd be amazed how many times I've seen someone say "I'll pull" and proceed to hit one with an attack and......just stand there. If you do that, you are going to pull the whole spawn. Oh, and it should be obvious, but I'll say it anyway: Don't pull with Fireball.

Basically, a Fire/Fire blaster will be squishier than most characters while solo, but they really shine on a decent team where there are other people to soak some of the agro they generate.

Yes, because the villains out to take over and destroy the world are going to set up shop in locations that are convenient to the heroes trying to stop them.

If I were a villain in this game, I would make sure my base was in Crey's Folly, Dark Astoria, or Boomtown, just so I don't have heroes running past my secret entrance all day.

I could be reading this wrong, but it seems like you are saying buffing and debuffing powersets need to be nerfed into the ground so they can't overpower the NPCs.

Is that correct?

The usefulness of buffs and debuffs is one of the best parts of this game, not a problem in need of fixing.

If you want to be forced into the tank-healer-DPS trinity because it's the only thing that works at all, there are plenty of games for you to play.

Honestly, with as much as you seem to hate the game (based on things I've seen you say), I'm wondering why you haven't moved on to something else yet. I don't think I've seen you say anything positive about the game in well over a year. It's possible that you have and I just didn't see it, but I'm not thinking that's very likely.

The Incarnate system is still optional though. You can play as much or as little as you choose, or ignore it completely, and you still have all the other options that were available to you before it's existence.

If you feel like you must do it or the game isn't "complete", I can understand that. But that mentality is self-imposed and not something you are required to do to enjoy the game.

Previously, you were being asked to either repeat the same tasks over and over again, or quit playing that character.

The difference between them is we had 7 years worth of tasks to repeat, so it didn't feel so repetitive. They just can't give us as much variety in the new stuff all at once. It is the same two tasks because that's all they have finished thus far.

Personally, I'm willing to be patient and see what happens in the future. If it goes like I'm anticipating and they add a significant amount of stuff to do with Incarnate characters, I'll be happy with it. If we end up with 4 trials and never get anything else, I may start looking at it more like you are.

Ummm, leveling that character works the same way. Unless you know of a way you can play one character and transfer that XP to another that I am unaware of?

You're progressing your character again, and while you're not actually gaining real levels, it works the same way: You have to actually play the character you want to progress. From a storyline perspective it makes sense. The Well is not going to make Super Awesome Guy an Incarnate because Ultra Mega Dude did something impressive. If Super Awesome Guy wants to be an Incarnate, he has to do it himself.

I'm sorry if you got used to being able to farm with one character and send the stuff you got to another, but the game was never intended to work like that. The fact that we could was a side effect of other things. And unless you have 2 accounts, you couldn't level one character while playing another before either.

Yes, but it's not the ONLY thing that = fun.

If it were I'd never be able to play any character other than my BS/DA scrapper.

Not enough slots to go around.

I put my single target chain as my priority, followed by my PBAoE chain, and between the two of them I don't have enough slots to actually take Shockwave and slot it like it deserves.

If i can figure out a way to keep all the things I want and still slot Shockwave it will be going right back in my build. The way my Claws scrapper is built, something had to go, and Shockwave is what got the axe. I know very well how good of a power it is and I wish I had room for it.

Okay, the only ones available FOR SALE that don't involve merits you may not have, or playing for an indeterminate amount of time until it drops for you.

I was specifically talking about the market supply. I am very well aware that we can do tip missions or use reward merits to get something. But, when you have enough cash that you could have afforded one before a price cap was implemented and there are none for sale at any level it is bound to be damn frustrating.

If they implement a price cap, they might as well remove the market altogether and make it a store that buys and sells everything for the same price.

And the people who have more than you.....will still have more than you, so it doesn't solve the OPs problem at all.

Did it?

Let's look at it, shall we?

i10 had:

4 story arcs, 1 repeatable contact, 1 TF, 1 zone raid. random zone invasions.

i20 has (last we've heard): 2 TFs, 2 Trial/Raids, 4 more pieces of a brand new method of advancement. It also has the addition of a method of starting said trial/raids without having to organize them a week in advance (which seems like it would be nice fro more casual players)

I don't think it's at all accurate to say i10 had more content. Maybe it had content you liked better, but it didn't have more of it.