Emberly

Hey, they are on a roll here! Who knows what the next two months could bring us

I'm not sure if you're serious. The problem with the red market isn't a lack of cash on the part of villains, it's a lack of supply. The reason my WP brute isn't kitted out with Kinetic Combats isn't because I can't afford the five sets I want, it's because they just aren't there to buy.

(If you're being tongue-in-cheek as suggests, please forgive my SRS BSNS post!)

If you're not in them already, get into the VirtueUnited, Virtue LFG Alpha, Virtuebadges09 and Virtue TFs 2010 global channels. You'll have more access to people who are interested in joining you.

Same here. I'd rather join a dozen unannounced MO attempts than a single speed anything.

What makes you think Ultimo_ can learn?

Where did you learn that the way to solicit help is to post backhanded, passive-aggressive sniping at the community trying to help you?

edit: To echo some other posters, just play the game and use the market wisely. You'll make plenty of money and be able to afford what you want.

I laughed at this because it's so true. Freedom's just another server, except it's got a lot more people. This means that yes, there are more twits, but there is also a lot more opportunity to do stuff. There's nothing wrong at all with Freedom as a first or only server! Virtue is also nice ((once you get used to the strange accent of the natives)) and has plenty of folks.

Joining some global channels will make the game much more active and fun for you, regardless of what server you join. It will also expose you to more people and increase your odds of finding a good SG to join.

Hope you enjoy your stay!

Feel free to ignore the quoted part of this post. Freedom has a high population, so there are more people who like to do anything, be it farm, TF, whatever. Freedom's a fine server. Virtue is great too; it's my own home server. The others are quieter and have smaller communities, but they are not dead at all. Ask folks for global channels and whatnot to get you involved in the community of your chosen server; you will find there is a lot going on that you would never see if you just ran around and went by the population visible in the overworld.

If you come to Virtue, PM me on the forums and I will send you a list of global channels to join to improve your experience.

I'd sooner skip Unstoppable than the auto resists. There's some good stuff in those powers that will help you out.

Been playing on 64 bit systems for the last three years, myself and my spouse. No worries at all, you're gonna be fine.

Since when are posters not allowed to speculate on things in closed beta? Should we all just stop posting about GR at all? Heaven forbid people talk about an upcoming exciting new addition to the game!

Oh wait. You just like to go out of your way to get offended and uptight. Carry on.

All the time, likely every night that I play. Folks get busy and my spouse has long hours. Like I said above, my SG mates and global channel co-members are still PUG members. They're no different than someone I get from /search and vary at least as much in skill as what most people would call PUG members.
Anytime I need more than one person in the team, so SFs/TFs/whatnot.
Well they all use their powers and we never fail a TF so I would say 100% of the time. Then again I am not a control freak who thinks they know better than everyone else how to play the game or their characters. Those people are terrible to team with and do more to ruin a team experience than the fire/kin who AFKs every third spawn or the tank who forgets to turn on his status protection.
Unless it's to smooth out social issues, never. If someone sucks then things go slower; who knows why they are not playing at what I think is their best. Maybe they are disabled or they got kids distracting them or they have a slower PC or whatever, I can't tell them how to play because I don't know the reason why their playstyle is what it is. Besides which I am not gonna tell someone how to play their game; people rarely if ever respond well to some anonymous twit telling them they need to pull up their socks in a videogame. If they are disruptive or obviously there to be a pain in the ***, I kick them.
Well I add people based on if they are cool. People can be lousy players and still be cool, fun, or funny, so I guess I do this when it warrants.
Not more than once per jerk! I'd say I get a real tool who makes things hard maybe once a month if that.

Not directed at the OP but this game would go a lot smoother if people would try to keep in mind that on any PUG team everyone is a PUG member, not just the people who aren't in their SG or a common global channel. When I join a team that is half ABC Supergroup and half random folks, everyone on it is a PUG to me and the other random folks. Acting like this is an official ABC Supergroup event and the rest are lucky to be there makes things awkward at best, and doubly so when it's the ABC Supergroup members who are lowering the mean performance of the team. I see this all the time, which serves to remind me that membership in any social group doesn't convey any sort of superiority.

I have the reverse: the animation plays but not the particle effect.

edit: i was incorrect, the animation AND the particle effect repeat endlessly. My mistake. The animation does not play if I have another animation occurring; it doesn't interrupt any other animation.

Same issue for "Mutation: Tough Hide". "Mutation: Pain Reduction" does the same, but on a much faster frequency; as soon as the animation is done playing it repeats.

edit: "Mutation: Heightened Speed" does not show up in combat attributes and does not appear to actually modify my movement speed. "Mutation: Pain Reduction" and "Mutation: Tough Hide" both appear in combat attributes.

I take Tough and Weave on my SR characters, but I only use Tough for a place to slot a certain +3% Def IO. Running it seems a waste to me, given that I rarely get hit and when I do Tough is only a ~15% (is it even that much?) damage reduction on S/L damage. Not that it isn't helpful, I just have a hard time justifying it to myself. Then again, if my characters weren't all Dark Melee with Siphon Life, my feelings might be different.

edit: on Invulnerability, I took and run both. I only have one Inv character but Tough and Weave seemed to really help.

Being rooted doesn't bother me and I don't consider it when picking powers. Lots of great powers root, and it would be utterly ridiculous to skip a strong power just because it roots you for a brief period. On the other hand, I have read good posts about, for example, Shadow Maul and how its root gets you killed. Not an issue for me but I can see how the perception might be there.
I don't see these restrictions. I have ranged scrappers, tanking defenders, ranged damage controllers, and that's not even starting on the red ATs. The idea that there are fixed roles in this game exists only in the minds of some players. I cringed a little at the word healer, there's no powerset, let alone AT, that is mainly healing-focused. Well, except maybe Regen, but I don't think you meant scrappers as healers
We've had XP smoothing, radio missions, patrol XP, and the addition of IOs to make characters even more effective at earning XP. I don't think we need anything more. Why rush to 50 anyway, most of the content is on the way, not at the cap.
Now you're talking! I'd pay every time they released a decent pack of costume parts. I would love to see bimonthly releases of just costume packs.
Thanks for posting!