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Originally Posted by Tyger42

And in another 5 minutes, they'll have a new account. Getting them banned hasn't ever solved the problem in any game, CoH isn't any exception. There's no point in "rushing" the report. That's not to say don't "ignore spammer", which files an auto report. But, really, all sending a petition on top of that is doing is clogging up the works for a totally ineffective "solution".

Originally Posted by Rodion

The definition of hoarding is independent of motivation.

In general hoarders do not hoard to keep things away from others. They hoard things because they think they'll need them later. They keep a newspaper because they'll need to wrap a fish tomorrow. Then they keep a week's worth of newspapers because they haven't had time to read the comics. Then they keep a month's worth so they can clip all the coupons. Then they keep a year's worth so they can give it to the Boy Scout's recycling drive. But then they never get around to giving them away, because they need to hang on to them in case they need to refer to the articles about car maintenance, but don't have the time right now to cut them out and file them.

Compulsive hoarders can hoard almost anything: cats, dogs, rabbits, books, newspapers, household items, old tin cans. In the beginning they keep stuff that they need outright, then stuff they'll need next month, then stuff that's just too useful to throw away, then stuff their kids might need, then stuff their grandkids will need (after they're born), then stuff that it just would be damned a shame to see in the trash. It's a real obsessive-compulsive psychological disorder that ruins people's lives.

There's a fine line between hoarders and collectors, but collectors are usually more discriminating and cognizant of practical limits.

In the game people start keeping drops that they don't have enough inf to craft just now. Then they start keeping things that they'll need when they do a respec. Then they start keeping things that their alts will need when they level up. Then they start keeping things that their Titan Weapons scrapper will need, whenever that gets released. Then they start hoarding IOs that they think their friends' alts will need when they finally get around to rolling them. Mostly they justify this by saying it will save inf and time later. And that's true enough.

At first people just hoard purple recipes, then high-demand oranges like Kinetic Combats, then generally useful oranges like Positron's Blast, then high-demand yellows like Reactive Armor, then useful yellows like Thunderstrike, and then ubiquitous yellows like Ruin in case they want to Frankenslot an alt some day.

If you're saving things on a character that you're not going to use in the immediate future, you're hoarding. I'm not criticizing you for doing it, and I'm not saying it's wrong, because I hoard IOs and admit it freely. I'd classify myself as a level 4 (Reactive Armor/Steadfast: +Def) hoarder. But I'll gladly sell off a purple in order to get enough inf to buy a different purple, or give one to a friend who needs it if I've got spares.

If you're keeping large quantities of salvage and IOs in a bin for months and years without using it, you're hoarding. Just admit it.

By placing limits on the number of recipes characters can hold on to, and adding hurdles to make hoarding IOs harder, the devs encourage greater circulation in the market.

Not that long ago rare salvage often went for 2-4 million. Now most pieces are about a million, and often less. If salvage bins could still store thousands of items, most of that rare salvage would be sitting in bins instead of being bought and used. Because, you know, I might need it some day.

Originally Posted by Mezmeara

1) I would think it not impossible/unreasonable to have a limit on the number of recipe books that can be placed in a base.

Originally Posted by Cptn_Courageous

It's not about hoarding. It's about not having enough money to make up good recipes that drop on you.

And yes, some people are more financially challenged than others.

Originally Posted by Oneirohero

I don't see why this would create chronic hoarding that otherwise couldn't be done with salvage, inspirations and the like. Plus with recent base love and base possibilities, more functional items are welcome at this point!

Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan

I am a solo-centric player, but I will fight hard against more content that forces anyone to solo it and leaves no option to team. This game should be inclusive of many playstyle preferences, and in my opinion forved soloing is as bad a design decision as forced teaming. Being able to team up for content does not defeat the point of a solo-possible path at all, in my opinion. I can't understsnd why you would think so.

Eco

Originally Posted by DarkGob

So yeah, red and blue look great. Brown though...not so much.

Originally Posted by Chyll

All true


Leagues of 16-24, or small teams of 2-8. Big difference.

Originally Posted by Kitsune9tails

If there is an Incarnate Path that does not allow teaming, then I hope some interesting tech has been invented that allows you to balance content based on the build (not AT) of the player.

Originally Posted by Agent White

No, if they force teaming it isn't a solo path. If they *allow* teaming, as in optional, then it can be done solo.

You just love nitpicking don't you?

Originally Posted by Bright

I can't speak for anyone else who would like the option, but it's purely a concept/RP thing in my case...

When I created Kestrel and Surruna I just picked the "Magic" origin for them out of pure habit. That's what the rest of my Rularuu bird-things are, and it's the enhancement set whose names I'm most familiar with.

Trouble is, those two aren't really magical creatures. Their back-story gives them a completely different genesis than the rest of their species. They're lab-created artificial hybrids. I *should* have given them both Science origins... and I would have if I'd paused to give it any thought at the time.

But I didn't, and now they're stuck with origins that don't match their basic concept. (And since both are fully-equipped, 50+3 full Incarnates that I've been playing long enough to get attached to, it's much to late to just to scrap them and start over.)

So, while it's a minor detail with no in-game importance at all, I'd still like the option to change it. Having the "wrong" origin attached to them is like having a little splinter that you can't dig out. Not major by any means, not deadly... but still annoying when you notice it's there.

Originally Posted by Impish Kat

The only thing along these lines that I can think of being misconstrued is the note that Freem's ability to use /r is not WAI. ( per Zwill ) Thus, the /r function may disappear, which would hamper communications for Freems.

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Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim

I miss the Weekly World News.

Originally Posted by Cien_Fuegos

Hi long time vet here several thing i have noted continue to perplex me about new issue

number 1: I know lag we usually have lag before and after every new issue,but this one seems extra special . I know devs team working on reducing lag and stabilizing usually team is very good at it. This time it seems like been a month of lag lag outs and not being able to go to atlas park,first ward, do Trials.etc without lagging. Is there a special problem?

Originally Posted by Scene_EU

Working in Intelligence doesn't require any, it seems

Originally Posted by TheJazMan

Where on Earth did ANYONE suggest making it mandatory to take the survey??? I love it when people conveniently add 'facts' to 'support' their position!

Originally Posted by Tenzhi

I'm sure you intended that to have something to do with an item being simultaneously free and paid for...

Originally Posted by Mr. DJ

Just a tad annoying...I would like to believe that they're holding out till the next quarter to make any changes.

Originally Posted by Oneirohero

Then it's sort of official, the RMTers have caught onto the accessibility of a server-wide communication channel and are spamming the hell out of it. Sure you can remove help from your chat tabs but that just means Help gets runned-down and the new players will think less of the game for it, not to mention trick the gullible into a financially painful trap.

I think maybe I should forward this new to Zwilly and see if they could figure out an action plan.

Originally Posted by Frostbiter

The same thing is happening on Freedom help chat too. It strikes me as more desperation than anything else. They must be going through a lot of trouble to create accounts, spam help a few times, and then get banned almost immediately.

Originally Posted by Rylas

Yes, there's a market for people to buy overpriced non-combat pets, but there's a larger market for higher priced useful items, such as a MM pet powerset to help make back your money faster.

Originally Posted by Mr. DJ

Finally got around to doing this, as futile as it may seem...

Tier 2 Bonus: Ability to join/invite to Super Groups

if one has the ability to join and invite people, not to mention convert your own Inf to Prestige, they should be allowed to pay base rent too.

Originally Posted by Tenzhi

When they go out shopping for things they're supposedly getting for free? They're either spending a limited resource on it or they're getting it free - you can't have it both ways.