Goliath Bird Eater

Nope. This is a game; why should I waste the energy to get mad at a game?

And besides, I run TFs for badges, costume parts, and merits. Last I checked, difficulty level of said TF wasn't tied to any of those. And barring specifically-mentioned Invincible runs, I can't recall a TF team I've ever been on exclaiming that the difficulty should be turned up. As a matter of fact, most of the time, it's been the opposite: "Sorry guys, I forgot I was running on Invincible. I'll turn the difficulty down after this mission." And if someone actually asks if there's a difficulty preference among the group, the usual answer is "I don't care." And neither do I, really. Certainly not enough to be mad about it.

Now, I'd like it if we could keep our difficulty settings for Ouroboros stuff, but I understand that there are technical issues keeping this from being possible. As such, I'm content to wait for a solution to this. And if it never comes, so be it. Outside of going back for missed content, I use Ouroboros like I use TFs: for badges and merits. So this doesn't affect me that much.

Needs more tentacles.

CTHULHU FHTAGN!

QUIET YOU!

Don't tempt her; she's been good about it so far.

Now my question (to Synapse or anyone else who can answer): Are the numbers listed above consistent with the number of drops a team of 8 players would typically receive while running the same mission at +0 difficulty?

Because this time, it's personal.

The devs aren't against farming; they're against using exploits.

At no point during closed or open beta was there any mention by any dev specifically of drop rates in connection with setting multi-person spawns within missions as part of your difficulty level. And I'd like to think that our devs aren't so stupid as to completely forget to mention something important like drops not scaling with spawn size being intentional, namely because of the sort of outrage we're seeing now.

Actually, it's usually not down that often at all. Maintenance is typically only on Mondays and Fridays. Builds usually get pushed live on Tuesdays, but even that's not something which happens with any regularity. There are sometimes cases of emergency maintenance to correct server issues and whatnot, but for the most part you only miss 2 hours of playtime twice a week.

There have been times my teammates have thought that I either didn't speak English or was some kind of advanced bot program because my fingers were too busy maintaining the SMASH to do trivial things like communicate.

That's not BABs' concern; he doesn't handle rewards and drop rates.

Someone from a Boston-based developer. Dude or dudette didn't know they had it until after PAX when they went and got tested by their doctor. Once they found out that it was h1n1 and not your usual cold, they contacted the Penny Arcade folks, who proceeded to get the message out.

The person that brought h1n1 to PAX was from a Boston-based developer. It wasn't anyone from NCSoft.

Quote:

"If you’ve ever spent a weekend bludgeoning an aluminum box with insults as to why it won’t boot from a SATA drive, then we’d like to talk to you."

I'm in like Flint, baby!

Added: Aw man, Paragon Studios is still looking for an Online Community Manager. If I weren't living in southeastern England, I'd send in an application ASAP. Being an American, I wouldn't have to worry about getting a work visa or anything like that. But I just don't wanna have to sell most of my belongings, pack up and ship what I can't part with, make travel arrangements for my cat, and take an 11 or 12 hour flight to California for the purpose of starting a new chapter in my life just two years after I already did so in moving here.

Whaddya mean broadswords can't be stealthy?

And yes, Ninjitsu for Scrappers, please!