Eric Nelson

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Takashen View Post
    so when i become a member.I can get all my extra influnce ?? about 50k more..
    No. Anything you WOULD HAVE earned if you hadn't had a trial account is NOT given to you.

    Don't worry -- that amount of influence is very negligible and you will earn much more, very quickly.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Takashen View Post
    wow so the game took all the rest from me??Will i get it when i join?I plan to
    It did not "take it from you" -- you are simply no longer eligible to earn more on your trial account.

    If you upgrade, you will be able to earn and store up to 2 billion inf on your toon. You can view your inf totals at any time by checking your ID screen (Options > I.D.)
  3. Eric Nelson

    GM difficulty.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mylia View Post
    No afaik you need to take out all the tentacles first before attacking the head.
    That is correct.

    From the wiki: To defeat Lusca, you must first defeat all eight tentacles before you can take down the head. After each successful defeat of a tentacle, Lusca will submerge and surface nearby.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kiken View Post
    At the moment. By next summer, prices will be 10 times that. So, if you expect to make a lot of alts in future, who will be wanting that extra slot, it might pay to plan ahead and stock up now. I've been Trick or Treating purely to set myself up.
    I don't think this event salvage will be quite as expensive later on this time around, due to the much higher amount available because of the changes in the event this year.

    That said, however, it IS a good idea to stock up on as many sets as possible during the Halloween Event, because no matter how expensive they are later on, they're available totally FREE right now (simply by defeating ToT enemies).
  5. Eric Nelson

    New Player

    Welcome to the game, both you and your granddaughter, HappyPanda! :-)

    I think you'll quickly find that this community is extremely helpful, so feel free to ask whenever you have a question! The game has a bit of a learning curve, but between the people here and your new best friend www.paragonwiki.com, you'll find it's not so bad at all!
  6. Eric Nelson

    The 600 Club!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by St_Angelius View Post
    finally done it, hit 601 after a hess TF with the TF badge and gladiator badge! :-) and when i log in in the morning it'll be 603 thanx to shop keeper and...er... i forgot the name of the accolade, but the shops and WW's one! :-)
    Congrats on that, St_Angelius!
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Forsaken_Empire_EU View Post
    small promblem with that thoguh they could add more day job, as a new one came out when MA came out
    I don't see that as a big deal. You work with what you have at the time you have it. (They could also just make it for having "X" number of the DJ badges/accolades, representing 90%+ of them.)
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by SunGryphon View Post
    And when the game first came out, they were even shorter! PeregrineFalcon had to go without his space for years!
    True dat. My main had to go without not only spaces, but a host of vowels also -- and even now, since it's 3 words and 21 characters (including spaces), I still have to lose the spaces entirely.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dispari View Post
    I got one too. For me, the "karma" is that their downvote was only worth -2 rep while the following one I got was worth about +30.
    Heh, yeah, same here -- the wag doing those doesn't have a hefty enough rep yet to effect much change in others' ratings, apparently. Witty, though.
  10. Okay, whoever gave me negative rep after all the positives and simply commented, "karma" -- that cracked me up! Hahahahaha!
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper View Post
    (Vengeance is another story...)
    Speaking of which, you CAN stack Vengeance if you know how (in my experience, not everyone realizes that it's possible) and have the requisite powers on teammates. If two or more Vengeance casters "queue" up the power by selecting an out-of-range (and defeated) teammate, and then the target is subsequently teleported into range of multiple casters, the powers will fire off simultaneously, stacking Vengeance on everyone on the team within range (and applicable pets, too).

    We use this on particularly tough battles such as the Jade Spider and the final battle of the LRSF. Seven players with two- or three-stacked Vengeance, plus a boatload of Shivans, really serves to cut stuff down in record time.

    Of course, Vengeance can be stacked "manually" also (by two or more players firing it off in concert), but it's very difficult to rely on. I've had it happen a handful of times by sheer accident, but the above is the method I use to do it reliably for those rare occasions where it's worth coordinating.
  12. Eric Nelson

    Endgame Advice

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood View Post
    ...I'm fed up with the claims that there is nothing to do as a level 50.
    Same here. All I do is play my stable of 50s, and I dig the hell out of it.

    Everyone plays differently, and that's great, but I'm so sick of people saying that there's nothing to do once you hit 50 (in fact, there are whole threads here devoted to the subject if I'm not mistaken).
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by BalleRyan View Post
    Just to let you know, whenever I log in, it says that I have 1 Unclaimed Respec available. I typed in '/respec' but it said I didn't have any available and to go see Jack Wolfe.Thanks!
    Yes, you have to go see Jack Wolfe, in Galaxy City. He's in the Hero Corps building, just on your right as you enter the main lobby.

    Click on him to begin your respec.

    More info regarding respecs from the wiki here: http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Power_Respecification.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Moderator 08 View Post
    Enjoyed reading this, sad that it is ending. I've experienced some market related malaise lately, and discussions like this always serve to further energize me in my participation in this portion of the game. Too bad I did not exert undue influence to get in on this, however the true return is the enjoyment related to observing how this has gone.
    Indeed, I'm keeping a close eye on this thread and hoping that at some point Laevateinn decides to do it again, and if so, I'm jumping on that train with both feet, baby!
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dispari View Post
    Well sure, that's the nature of all IOs. I figured if you're springing for Numina, Miracle, and Regen Tissue (which I don't even do, most of the time), you could spare a little for Performance Shifters.
    I suppose as much as the price, it's the effort. I'm not too lazy to sock away or purchase the Numina's, Miracle and Regen Tissues as I level a toon up, but taking that extra step to get 3 more Performance Shifters is just too much trouble.

    (Also, by the time I purchase the "big 3" procs, I'm usually pretty broke, so... )
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dispari View Post
    If you're going for 4-slot in Stamina, there's a better way:

    3x level 50 IO + proc = +49.8% recov + proc
    4x Performance Shifter (including proc) = +50.4% recov + proc

    EndMod + EndMod/Recharge + EndMod/Accuracy + Proc will give you slightly more recovery than what you have now thanks to the 4-piece +2.5% recov bonus. On top of that, you also get +5% move speed and +1.88% HP.
    Indeed, and I USED to do exactly that -- however, the cost of the 3 additional Performance Shifter IOs (either crafted or bought pre-crafted) generally is far higher than the cost of 3 level 50 END Mod IOs (especially since I have that recipe memorized on multiple toons), so the cost/reward trade-off isn't currently worth it in my opinion.

    Thanks for the advice on the option, though!
  17. Eric Nelson

    All Defender ITF

    If I can be on whenever you guys do this (not sure of my exact availability for Saturday yet), I'd love to come along. I think "all-AT" TFs/SFs are a really nifty novelty to experience.

    I have the following Defenders, all level 50:

    -Dark/Dark
    -Force Field/Psychic Blast
    -Cold Domination/Ice Blast
    -Sonic/Sonic
    -Empathy/Dark Blast
    -Empathy/Electrical Blast
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Catharctic View Post
    So the moral of the story?

    If you have enough room to do it, slot the Miracle +Recovery -AND- the Performance Shifter +End.

    Is that a fair estimation?

    (I ask because I try to do that with all of my builds . . . except Willpower, of course.)
    Same here. On nearly every toon I have, I 3-slot Health and 4-slot Stamina. In Health I put the "big 3" procs (Numina's, Miracle, Regenerative Tissue), and in Stamina I put 3 End Modification IOs and 1 Performance Shifter +End proc.

    Expensive, yes, but (to me) well worth it in terms of playability of toons. I found out early in my career playing this game that running out of END is one of the most frustrating things I encounter.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Xalaqia View Post
    Although, I have little trouble getting a TF/SF team together on Victory.
    I have to echo this sentiment -- I see teams, events and TFs/SFs being organized regularly, and at all hours, on Victory (via the global channels mostly). The "emptiness" that people are complaining about on some servers doesn't exist as far as I'm concerned on Victory (I play exclusively on that server). And our SG is 200+ people (mostly casual players), so we never have issues with a "SG ghost town" or anything.

    Best of luck in your server move, wherever you end up! (And don't forget, this is traditionally a time of year when people go back to school after summer break, have family travel obligations, etc., causing the game populations to downturn a bit. It's likely your server's activity level will perk up down the line a bit.)
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by UberGuy View Post
    I really don't see the issue. Instead of having to be logged out "for over a year", it means you have to play the game "for over 1.2 years".
    Exactly this. If you play your "main" it slows down the progress, but unless you are on 24 hours a day, anything you get is a bonus over NOT having DJ badges.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DumpleBerry View Post
    Dear god, now I'm getting -rep for this:
    And I got negative rep for giving you positive rep -- for which I now guess I should expect further negative rep.

    Hahaha, this is actually kinda fun in a perverse completely nonsensical way!
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by The Grim Heaper View Post
    The best you can do is disable your rep, but you're still in the positive, so...
    Note that by "disabling" you are only actually disabling the display -- you can still be given rep either way, and it shows within your User CP.
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lemur Lad View Post
    I've gotten more positive rep for changing my avatar than anything I've said or contributed otherwise.
    *negative reps LL for his disturbing 'faux lemur' movie avatar*






    I kid, I kid!!!!
  24. Eric Nelson

    what if...

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nethergoat View Post
    Mostly, I think high level stuff is pricier because that's where the action is.
    I'd have to agree with that (velocity is something that's not always easy to gauge when viewing only the 5 most recent sales, even though dates are included).
  25. Eric Nelson

    what if...

    Check the realized prices vs. level for any Celerity or Unbounded Leap +Stealth IO to see what I'm referring to.

    And yes, I agree that max-level is where the massive supply is, but I contend that I consistently see evidence of significant minimum-level demand on procs that are much in use such as the +Stealth and others.