ClawsandEffect

Little confused Dechs. Were you talking to ME? Or agreeing with my point?

Kinda hard to tell there.

I was just making the point that in the particular instance outlined in the OP, the behavior isn't especially strange.

Yes, one or more enemies will sometimes flee. The level of the enemies themselves doesn't really matter. But when you are level 37 fighting level 33s, you should expect more of them to run.

Would be a great place to add some more 20-30 content, especially if it revolves around the Banished Pantheon, which is an enemy group that is (IMO) underutilized in the game.

I think Dark Astoria is an awesome zone, I just wish there was something to DO in it.

8 Mind/Emps would SHRED Ghost Widow.

Everyone on the team Forted at least twice? Check.
Constant double RA's? Check.
Adrenaline Boost on everyone? Check.
+120% damage from 8 Assaults? Check.
Ranged damage/mez powers that deal all their damage at once instead of DoT? Check.

Ghost Widow would be TOAST against that team.

You were 4 levels above them, what did you expect?

Ever smack a level 1 Hellion at level 5? He runs for the hills too.

Not a case of them behaving strangely. Wouldn't you run from a guy that there is absolutely no chance of you ever injuring?

I mean, seriously, a WP tank fighting -4's? I'm surprised anything stayed on the map after you squashed the first one.

No more than you did.

It will be brutes or stalkers (coin flip as to which), or possibly even new versions of each patron pool for all blueside ATs (and vice versa for Epic pools for redside ATs)

Oh yeah, you'll have plenty of "I can't BELIEVE I just did that!" moments over your heroic (or villainous) career.

Shyness will pass.....I used to be shy too

This.

Okay, you didn't find it funny. You are under no obligation to laugh.

Didja really have to make a thread about it?

I'm not anti-healer at all. I just get annoyed with people who think any other kind of defender is useless.

If you have a Dark Miasma defender (or corruptor even) on the team, chances are a healer would be completely redundant.

The worst case I ran across: Empathy defender who took the Medicine pool, so he could have TWO rezzes. He didn't even HEAL people, he just let them die and rezzed them. I kicked that guy off the team, and I'm usually pretty patient with other people's playstyles. If all you're going to do is stand around until someone dies.....sorry, but you're useless.

Right...because that healer clear on the other side of the map is going to keep the blaster that just agroed an 8 man spawn alive.

My wife won't even play her Empath anymore, largely because of people like the leader of that team seems to be. She got tired of blasters running 4 rooms ahead of the team, then faceplanting and blaming her because he died. And she also tired of tanks thinking that her job was to use her powers on no one but them.

Me? I don't even HAVE an Empath, for all the same reasons.

The first part of that has been answered by others. Ultra Mode was never intended to be part of Going Rogue, it is just a graphics upgrade available to anyone with a powerful enough computer to run it. You don't need to buy Going Rogue to have access to it, and they never implied that you did. It was also mentioned that if they could release it before Going Rogue, they would do so.

The second part (about the bait and switch) I'm going to address:

The Incarnate system wasn't announced until this past week, WELL after pre-orders were made available. You can't complain about having to wait for something that you didn't even know about when you plunked down your pre-order money.

Not even close to a bait and switch. A bait and switch would be promising you something for your money, and then replacing it with something else after you've paid. They are giving you EXACTLY what they promised you for your money: Going Rogue in July, and access to parts of it NOW. The Incarnate system was not promised to anyone for their pre-order money, and it is just ludicrous to complain that you have to wait for something that was never promised to you.

Just wanted to make a point about this.

People who complain that some of the servers are "dead", and then switch to Freedom because of it, are only making the problem worse.

The game isn't dead at all. But the fact that everyone and their grandmother is moving to Freedom for "easier teaming" is contributing to that perception.

Global channels are basically channels that are cross server. They don't let you team with people on other servers, but they can help you find teams no matter where you are.

Example: You're playing on Triumph and you see in PinnBadges that a Statesman Task Force is forming on Pinnacle. You can then switch to a character on Pinnacle to run the TF, which you wouldn't have known about if not for the channel.

What are your usual playtimes? I play almost exclusively on Pinnacle and I'd be happy to team with your 50's and give you a chance to learn how to play them again. (I have several nearly indestructible characters, so if you slip up becaause you forgot something, it won't get me killed )

My global is @Claws and Effect.

It's exactly the same as any other pre-order of something. But better in this case, because we get to play with some of the stuff in it a little earlier.

When you pre-order a console-based video game, you plunk down a portion of the money, and you still don't get to play it until it releases. This way, the parts of what you pre-ordered that are READY are accessible right away.


If you don't feel like they deserve your money now....don't give it to them. Those of us that did feel they deserved it will get to play with the stuff YOU will have to wait another 9 months to play with.

Seems pretty simple to me.

I'd finish the Hollows arc first, since you're already that far through it. If you run the Hollows arc at a low level you end up with 31 reward merits by level 15-ish. They'll come in handy later.

(you get 31 merits for the ENTIRE Hollows arc, that is: Wincott, Flux, Julius, Talshak)

You could also gain a couple more levels and head to Faultline. There's a new series of arcs there that is pretty cool if you haven't done it yet.

And even with Perma Drain Psyche there's no guarantee there will be enough mobs around to fuel it all the time.

That was never the idea.

The idea was to draw PvEers into PvP zones in the hope that they might try and enjoy PvP. The fact that it didn't work out like that doesn't change the fact that it was the original intention.

There are curently FOUR zones in the game that you are subject to attack by another player in.

The idea that players are being "lured" or "forced" into PvP zones is ludicrous. There is nothing in any of those zones that you need to have. Badges and temp powers are not required, they are things that players WANT to acquire.

If there was a badge that you needed to have to unlock high level content, and it was located in a PvP zone, I'd call foul myself. But the simple fact is, the only thing there is to do in a PvP zone besides PvP is increase your badge total and get some temp powers.


Why do people act like being attacked by another player is such a huge crime? Does the idea that you can actually lose bother you THAT much?

You can ask a player not to attack you all you want. There is no rule written anywhere that says they are obligated to listen.

If you enter a PvP zone, you are acknowledging that you might be attacked by another player.

Okay, analogy time:

You walk into a canyon. At the entrance of the canyon you see a sign that says: "Danger: Falling Rocks".

Now, you have been warned that the possibility of being struck by a falling rock exists in this canyon. If you choose to enter the canyon anyway, you are acknowledging and accepting that risk. Now, of course you're not agreeing to be hit by a falling rock, who in their right mind would? But you are accepting that you MIGHT be hit. Complaining about it later is kind of silly.

PvP zones have a countdown before anyone can attack you, and when you enter the zone you are out of range of anyone anyway. You have to CHOOSE to enter the zone before you are eligible to be attacked.

Once you enter the zone, you have accepted the risk of being attacked.

WHY is that so hard to understand?