Darth_Khasei
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This was by far the most frustrating and unfun trial of the lot.
If the devs are going to make every new trial a heavily scripted gimmickfest then I will just stick to running the less gimmick infested trials like the BAF and LAM. -
Quote:This.Originally Posted by BunnyAnomaly
Generally I take it as a sign that the group is going to likely be bad and it isn't a loss at all for me to do other things. -
LOL at anyone that says why KM.
To the OP, try KM/EA and I think you will enjoy it. Nice synergy between them. -
This is a good thing you are doing to get attention to a quality arc.
Clearly you took a lot of time putting this together and it shows. I have to say I really enjoyed how you did the cutscenes for this arc.
Nice job on the customs.
Very well done and a fun arc to play. Cheers. -
I hate having to do it but I understand why they have it the way it is.
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I love IO's,Set IO's, HO's, Purples, Incarnate powers etc...
If this game did not have these items I would not be playing. -
I think Selina has outlined the real objection, I think Raven just needs to understand what was written and stop trying to be right. People want to pay a certain amount for a certain item and not have the only way to get said item to be a gambling with real money for a chance.
The good thing about this is based on the specific change the devs made to ATIO's it is VERY clear that they get this concept and frankly that is all that matters to me. Cheers Raven. -
Quote:Translation please.Originally Posted by RavenSoul
Oh, I see, it's the gambling aspect of it you don't like. Well, that's too bad your alive, then. Why? Because everything in life - EVERYTHING - is a gamble, with greater or lesser odds that something will go wrong. Up to and including breathing, or getting out of bed.
You know this, too, even if you refuse to admit it. Everyone here has had a day where they bemoan having gotten out of bed that morning.
So the gambling thing? Still a copout. Still hypocrisy. And frankly, it's also dissapointing to see some otherwise reasonable people acting like 5 year olds turning their noses up at a dinner dish that's not even finished cooking.
Where's the open minds, eh? Just think you can turn that virtue off and not get caught? Um, no, not with me around. And to be absolutely honest, I don't really care if you hate the super packs, or me for pointing this out. What I care about is the mentality that you people can act like this, when the reality is that it's a really narrow close-minded view and some of those here acting like this have been vocal in the past against this very sort of behavior.
So admit that you're being hypocrites and I'll drop this. After that I'll be able to actually respect that you dislike this offering, because at least then you'll be visibly honest about it.
My name is Raven Lord, and I disapprove this hypocrisy. -
If you want to be able to kill stronger foes solo like AV's, I would look into a perma phantom army Ill/Rad troller.
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Quote:Thank you.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
[*]ATOs (Archetype Enhancements) will be purchasable from the Reward Merit Vendor, for a combination of Reward Merits and Inf, and from Astral Christy, for a combination of Astral Merits and Inf. There will be a cooldown timer on the purchase of these items. The amount of Inf and duration of the cooldown are still being discussed and will be evaluated once all of this hits beta. This is in addition to their availability in Super Packs. [*]Enhancement Catalysts will be added to the game as rare drops from enemies defeated during Incarnate Trials and in the upcoming newly Incarnated Dark Astoria. Like ATOs, this is in addition to their availability through Super Packs.[/LIST]I'll keep everyone updated as more decisions are made. Please be sure to check these out when they hit beta.
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To me the main benefit of grabbing the LOTG proc is its value as you level scales up.
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Quote:I don't mind filling up the cosmic xp bar to "unlock" the slot. I think it would suck hard if they make new salvage, new threads, new AM's and new EM's.Originally Posted by Lothic
I realize many people hate the idea of yet -another- currency and to be honest I'm hoping that doesn't happen either.
But there are people out there right now sitting on hundreds (if not thousands) of astral and empyrean merits already. If the Devs based the next batch of Incarnate powers on the same types of merits/XP we have now then there will be people who'll be able to unlock everything almost instantaneously and it's fairly clear the Devs have never wanted us being able to do that kind of thing. That's the whole reason they dreamt up things like Threads and Prestige as "replacements" for Shards and Influence.
My guess (like DumpleBerry said) is that we'll get something new to prevent the people who've been hording from insta-unlock everything. Not sure exactly what that form of control will be, but it's pretty safe to assume there will be one. -
If they add yet another currency after acknowledging we already have too many or certainly enough, it would need some serious explaining.
They need to just add the proper xp for those slots to the existing trials and the new trials and be done.
No need to make this more complicated than it has to be. You would think they would have learned this lesson from the absurd 15 EM merit unlock the new powers deal they just changed back before it hit live. -
Quote:Is the bold part really fair? I mean they did allow for people to fight +4X8 solo with Bosses and AV's without pads. Maybe not enough granted but they have tried to do "something".Originally Posted by DreadShinobi
IOs added so much to this game, and so much customization to your characters. As others have said I would have quit long ago if we were still running on SOs/HOs.
However with that said, I really wish the game would have kept pace with the power that IOs gave you. With IOs the game became disgustingly easier (than it already was) and the developers basically did nothing to increase the difficulty of the game to match a fully IO'd character's capabilities.
What would like to see in the game in terms of more difficult content? -
KM/EA here and LOVING it.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
Honestly I find that Keyes works reasonably well for MMs. On the first and third reactors I mostly ignore the glowies, get my pets up onto the rector and start clearing out the warworks around the terminals. The second reactor I'm less useful (no need to clear warworks) but I can still help out with the goliaths and occasionally provide covering fire to people working on the terminals. Keyes does require a bit of running around but unlike Lambda you don't need everyone running around. Unless the league is entirely MMs it's pretty easy for a MM to provide a solid contribution while letting the more mobile ATs handle the running.
I am going to re-think those and change my strategy based on what you said here. -
Quote:It does not take much to recognize that the method this is being introduced(ie. no way to "earn" in game and only purchased via real life money)is what the 60 page thread is about.Originally Posted by Bosstone
Actually, it rather is. You can have a lively and fulfilling game experience without ever purchasing a Super Pack. It is not, therefore, being shoved down your throat.
Honestly, I understand all the issues folks have with the packs, but the rhetoric is insane, it really is.
This once again is not about the option to use it or not, its about the paradigm shift with stuff you cannot earn in the game and are only for pay and that for pay is random (ie. gambling).
Random games of chance for real life money is gambling and it is something the COX world DOES NOT "NEED" and looking at the 60 page thread does not WANT either. YMMV of course. -
Quote:Yes it is as are most things in the game, which is not the point and does NOTHING to change the gambling with real life money issue that is the problem here.Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
Uh, you know that the in-game TCG is optional, right?
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Years ago when AE first came out I got a few requests for my bad guys in my Shard of Destiny Task Force. I was glad to share them with the guys directly, but a repository like in other games would ROCK THE HOUSE.
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Thugs/Time, Bots/Traps totally OWN the escapee phase of the BAF. Since they can also solo AV's the AV fights are not a problem either. UG is fine as long as you have tactics or clarion.
LAM warehouse and lab are just a pain if you try to follow the normal path. I have learned the pattern so I go the opposite direction of the team and usually end up soloing 2-3 arms crates/lab containers myself.
Keyes requires a bit of re-summoning and running around and is not "ideal" for MM's no. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Santorican
I lol at the fact of people buying enhancements with real money. I might play once every three days and yet I still have enough influence to purchase about 50 of these at buy it now price. If you're smart and spend 10mins a day you can laugh at purchasing these in store and buy them in game.
Actually, if a person is smart, they would realize there is a difference in attuned I/O's since they scale up as you level up and regular set I/O's do not. Case specific of course, but the attuned I/O's have some benefits low level that regular set I/O's do not and never will.
This of course is a YMMV deal. -
They need to listen and act upon the outrage for their new Super Gambling with real life money system that they are shoving down our throats.
THAT IS NOT HOW F2P should be done, NOT EVEN CLOSE. Listen and act upon that devs...I dare you. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Frostbiter
As far as I'm aware they are going to be sellable/buyable off of the market when people get ones they can't use. Whether the supply is there or not remains to be seen.
This does nothing but compound an already HORRIFICALLY BAD DECISION.
The devs need to take their "this is a cool idea" hat off and recognize this gambling deal is not the way to go on this or any other things in the future. -
I use it for double gang war/chrono shift. It works very very very well.
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Its almost like you want people to view entertainment and fun the way you do. There are a lot of "I"'s in your posts and I think we get your perspective. However, with entirely subjective things like this as stated its "ALL" in the eye of the beholder.