Doctor_Gemini

We're proving to the devs that the only chance for survival the game has is the Monkey Enema powerset.

Because the archtypes are not exclusively about powers. They each have their own strengths and weaknesses apart from the powers the AT allows. More importantly, given that this is a comic book super-hero simulation, the lack of super strength scrappers in particular is a major flaw. Not all comic book SS types are meat shields. Characters like Beast, Hourman, Doctor Fate after he was de-magiked in the 40's, Spider-Man, Ms. Marvel, and numerous others are examples of characters whose main combat power is Super Strength but they are not "tanks".

Because eventually those who think the servers are ghost towns will be right, they just have to keep the thread alive for enough years.

Yes, some of us are sad we've never experienced that bloated feeling...

It should be noted that their check was on entries regarding pure science, not on Wikipedia as a whole.

As to the subject of the thread, it's been my experience that 99% of the people on the internet who use nothing but their claimed expertise as 'proof' of what is solely opinion are lying about their credentials. And my statistics are always correct because I work for a statistics gathering company and know lots of statisticians.

Of course there is an open Beta. It's just that in the "Wife" project things are reversed. First you have an open Beta, then one (or more in certain regions) of those beta testers are chosen for the closed Beta.

If enough problems are found during closed Beta then the project goes back into open.

Good thing the Fantastic Four aren't based out of Paragon City, then. They'd be fighting crime from their headquarters in Baxter the Janitor's Closet.

This is also, and primarily, supposed to be a game based on comic book super-heroes. Super groups of more than a dozen members are almost non-existent. You should not need a membership that makes the Legion of Super-Heroes look like a tiny SG in order to make a great base full of non-functional items.

So...these days I play between about midnight and 6 AM PST. The people on my globals list are sleeping, and I don't belong to an SG. I also have never learned to use global channels. Looked at them the other night after reading this thread and had no clue which ones are even being used.

Despite this, if I want a team I always get one. So what, exactly, are the tools available to me as a long-time player that a new player does not have to get teams? To my knowledge, the team search window is not a Vet reward, and that is my sole means, other than random invites which I get a minimum of one an hour from different people.

I have toons on almost all the servers, but play most often on Champion, Justice, and Guardian. Now, Justice seems to be the Aussie server, and I play during their prime time, so I'll give you that one, but how do you explain the fact that these other "dead" servers are not difficult to find teams on in the wee hours of the morning? Are you going to tell me there are less people on during the day?

This is why what you or I observe means absolutely nothing. And dismissing observational data that does not match your own as being the result of special lifer powers does not make your argument any more true.

Rather like this thread

and don't forget the Nazis.

Actually, the Player Questions forum is for players to seek answers from other players, not from the devs.

As for the Training Room, it's pretty quiet lately because the training room has had the DP Closed and Open beta, and they've been posting in the beta threads instead.

I hope you tell people something like this when you invite them. Even on my characters that fit your criteria, I'd rather be able to refuse up front than end up quitting later when I see you start lecturing someone on how the game must be played.

Complete BS. If this statement were true, there would be other MMOs with a subscriber base close to WOWs.

Anyone who has sat in a GMs chair and tried to force their players to play their way when they hate it quickly finds themselves without players. You are correct when you say you can't give them what they want, only what they need, but, if you do not listen to your players and apply your reason to it, which Jack failed to do, then you are not giving them what they need. You're giving them what you want. That was Jack's problem.

This is so unbelievably arrogant that there is no way to respond to it. Are you sure you're not Jack's brother? You seem to have the same flaws.

Most PUGs I've been in have not been very concerned about anything other than levels. I think, as long as you could set a level range in it, there would be a large group of people who would use it.