DumpleBerry
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Quote:I could get behind this. Lack of regular merits is pretty much the limiting factor on burning my inf. into purple merits. And since purple merits are so much more valuable, I finally have a chance of getting all my wealth on a single character...if I had a lot of regular merits. :/Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Quote:I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that there was some sort of restriction on walking into a Went's/BM and clicking on an NPC.Originally Posted by Moly
But is that because they don't want the best IOs for their toons, or because the barriers to entry into that market are too high? I know for me it is the latter.
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Quote:Correct. Once you get your patron's badge you should be set. Make sure the arc is good and done--I've seen some reports of old story arcs from one side blocking on the other side.Originally Posted by Chrome_Family
Okay so if you want VEAT epics its prolly best to stay on redside till you complete your patron arc other wise you won't get an option for epics when you turn 41 as a hero completely? (unless you switch back to redside later)
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Simple convenience, which is partially derived from the stigma of the market in general.
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I've seen people in the past say that converting inf. to prestige is "cheating." I don't see how, but considering the earlier sentiment that it was a perma-bannable offense in the CoX-verse--it would appear that a wide gulf of perspective exists.
When they introduced SGs and prestige to the game, everyone I know was converting inf. to get a headstart. Later, it became a common practice to obtain just enough funds to get that big SG piece of equipment, or quickly pass ahead of someone in the SG listings.
How did it become cheating now?
Or does that only apply to us?
LONG EDIT:
Also, since we've been talking about missioning and running some TFs with each other (things no REAL SG would EVER DO!) I wonder if some strange third party would consider THAT cheating as well? Frankly speaking, there are multitudes of SG/VGs out there with their own focus. RP SGs, PvP SGs, RPvP SGs, badgers, M/ERP, TFs only, etc. Somehow we're less viable as a SG just because our focus is playing with ephemeral and flowing in-game currency? -
Quote:Thanks for posting this, Loth. I was going to comment on how easy it was to make inf. in the game, but it turns out that I've earned the enmity of some forum-goers for talking about how easy it is to make inf. so often. Now that I'm outright deleting it for fun, some folks are really upset.Originally Posted by Lothic
I had never really been interested in "playing the market" to gain enough INF to buy top priced items.
But the new Alignment merit system changed all that for me.
With what I consider to be a minimum of effort (like 15-30 minutes a day) I've earned somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.5 billion INF since the beginning of I18/GR by selling crafted recipes I get from buying random recipes with Alignment Merits. I figure I could've earned maybe twice that much if I'd been super-serious about it. There's no real need to change the drop rates of recipes when you can earn enough INF to buy pretty much any recipe you want in a few days' time.
Good luck to you regardless...
It is ridiculously easy to make inf. in this game. I've probably earned nearly ten or so purples in just a few short evenings of play since they were introduced--not too shabby if I may say so! But the inf. earnings I also generated in that time allowed me to purchase dozens of them off the market. YMMV, but it's not that hard. -
Quote:I love reading your stuff.Originally Posted by Terror1
I RP as Mr Mike George a super powered Nigerian banker/prince for full immersion while i am on virtue
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Curses! I gave it the ole' Dumples low-ball and grounded out! Thanks for a fun thread, and congrats Savos!
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Quote:Originally Posted by runt9
I thought that buying Prestige was completely and totally illegal and against all rules in City of Heroes... Not to mention, you ARE spitting in the faces of people out there who are playing the game to see the numbers accumulate the fun way, and I'd honestly be pretty disheartened to find out you are cracking up the list on Virtue without actually playing the game the normal way, instead paying for all of your prestige. I mean, are you really doing this JUST to piss off people? If so, you're going to achieve it quite easily. And I'm sure you don't care because this game doesn't mean the same thing to you as it does to most of the players in the top SGs. But hey, nothing I can say will do anything to change your mind, and I'm sure you're actually going to be feeding off of this...Nothing you're saying makes any sense to me. Also, I'm a full-time roleplayer on Virtue. It's my home server. I have six years of RP invested in it.Quote:Originally Posted by runt9
I did read it. I read all 5 pages of it. I did that AFTER reading this one. I understand the logic behind all of this now. I also had another large wall of text written, but it decided not to post.
To sum it up... I don't like it. It's being done specifically to prove that INF doesn't mean anything and you want to burn it away. I just don't like it. It makes me wonder why I even play this game if there are people out there that are specifically trying to piss people off. I realize that people don't like Unknown Heroes. I realize people don't like EverStryke. I realize that the marketeers don't like RPers. But why? WHY must you do this? It just makes me feel bad. I play the game to have fun, and I like seeing the numbers go up just for playing the game. I am going to be quite disheartened to see you at #1... But like I said, nothing a 5 month veteran with 40-some-odd posts can say will change anything on your mind. I just figure I need to put my thoughts out here... You won't hear anyone else in my SG say anything because they're not a part of the forums... I guess it's stupid for me to even care, but whatever... I don't want this to seem like a rant, so much as just opening my thoughts. A rant would be me getting angry. I'm just a little... upset. I wish you guys the best though, and I hope you enjoy your newfound way to burn off extra INF. I just wish it wasn't Virtue... I guess...
Let me quickly dissect this:
I'm not doing anything illegal, I'm not spitting in anyone's face, I'm not doing it to "piss people off," I DO care what people think, I'm not deriving lulz from your post, I think I'm entitled to spend my in-game rewards how I please, again not trying to piss people off, I see you are pulling the Veteran card--are my opinions more or less viable than yours because of my higher post count but earlier reg date--or isn't that irrelevant, and yes you're entitled to your own opinion.
Did I get them all?
Maybe I'm being blind about it, but I'm still just playing the game and having fun. I'm not deliberately griefing anyone, any SG has a right to exist and generate as much prestige as they want--no one is stopping them. -
Quote:On the plus side, you can spend all 58 minutes dead on the floor with all your chums admiring the scenery...Originally Posted by Panzerwaffen
That sounds amazingly familiar...
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Dar. Not looking good for attendance tonight.
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Quote:Hello yes.Originally Posted by Panzerwaffen
Well, if by 'awesome' you mean having to wait for 30 to 45 minutes to get 24 different people assembled & coordinated so you can even start the trial, then taking another 5 (or 50) minutes to complete the first part of the trial, then starting the final mission and getting the broken storm AV and realizing there is no way for the teams to defeat it, and you have to wait around for the remainder of the 60 minute trial timer to run down before you can restart it, then yeah, it is like totally 'awesome'!
Now imagine repeating that process 3 times in a row, before finally getting the less broken AV, and being able to defeat it, and get your reward of 6 (or 10) merits, and you'll have seen a totally new level of 'awesome'...
Organizing teams: Two hours.
Stage One of the Trial: Two minutes.
Stage Two of the Trial: Oh hey, it's the purple boss who can't be damaged. No choice but to enter Stage Three...
Stage Three: Wait 58 minutes for the timer to run out. -
Quote:Ell-oh-ell. All of my prestige is generated through honest, hardworking means. Whether I killed a bunch of guys, or crafted and sold stuff and converted the inf. to prestige--it's still stuff that came from killing doodz. Even if I earned the inf. solely from investing in the market, it would still be inf. I earned from playing the game.Originally Posted by Organica
I'm curious if the SG is running missions or TFs or doing anything together, and if so, do you turn SG mode off so that you don't taint your prestige pool with prestige earned through "honest, hardworking" means?
With respect, (and not at all directed at you, O) we have just as much of a right to have a SG, base, and shiny prestige total as any group of players playing the game. -
Quote:Gurk! <3 William Carlos Williams...Originally Posted by Fulmens
This is just to say
I have spent
the prestige
that was in
the SG kitty
and which
you were probably
saving to crush RP'ers
Forgive me
It was delicious
It was so money
and so cold.
... actually, as far as prestige, I'm virtually certain that the ranking is based on total, not available.
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Win.
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So...this will be announced and implemented fairly soon?
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Quote:I would pay eight bucks to laugh that hard again. Wow.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
And they said the Party Pack was overpriced....balderdash!
So is there some other way that I can contribute with Lucre? I could always level-lock him or something.Quote:I'm going to be doing a little experiment with Capitalist- seeing how much prestige he can generate with an absolute minimum of leveling. -
Seeing as it's smallville, he's going to be a plucky blond surfer dude who works at the coffee shop, right?
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Sorry peeps, I'll take my wife and kids over CoX any day.
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Quote:I still found scoring 10,000 easier by making enhancements than deleting stupid buffs. Enhancements will also make you money. Buying salvage to basically delete it only burns it.Originally Posted by Grouchybeast
As well as the chance of their being more than one person badging at a time, Master-Craftsman and Fabricator need 1000 and 2000 IOs crafted. (Before I16, Fabricator was 10,000.) That's more than you'll make getting all the other crafting badges. The easiest way to get the badges is by crafting empowerments buffs in a base, and at three ingredients per buff that chews through a fair amount of salvage in a short space of time.
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Congrats on the Loyal Opposition, also--thanks for giving birth to the 88s.
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Quote:Stabilizing and lowering prices for the lulz, my good man.Originally Posted by heffroncm
The point of Inf destruction is to attempt, in some small way, to fight inflation. Removing money from the system should eventually cause more stable, lower prices if we can remove enough of it.
Though, most marketeers do it just for teh lulz.
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Warning, do not look directly at the Vulture Capitalist while it is break dancing and/or grabbing its crotch. Some side effects, including pants wetting and muscle pulls, may occur.
Lucre needs a new costume. I think I will up my contributions again tonight. So fun talking to everyone.
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Quote:Leadlicious or Leaderlucious, take your pick.Originally Posted by Fulmens
I started a new thread for operations & maintenance, and edited the original post in this thread to reflect that. I'm so leaderly!