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No. You've merely surpassed "old", "really old" and "watched the birth of the universe" and are at the point of "So immortality IS possible".

We should have at least 1-2 50's in our group.

Can you say MONSTER RECHARGE?
End problems? What End problems?

Farming them in either the very early 30's (30-35) or in the at 50 is where you'll see the highest returns. Unfortunately, the intermediate levels of most recipies won't draw as much consideration.

Children [chil-druhn]

1. A distressingly common form of energy vampire that preys on it's progenitor species and literally saps the life from them. Leaving them exhausted, both physically and mentally.

Of course you're not. You've got to "prove" you're "right". Right?

Operational costs for a business are more than simple server hosting costs.
Others have already outlined a lot of costs that take bites out of your $15/month.

Welcome to the wonderful world of micropayments.
You wanted a lot of "Ooh shiny!". Hence you bought the "Ooh shiny!".

Additionally, you got Issue 18 with Going Rogue. Please familiarize yourself with what constitutes Issue 18. That includes new content.

Again, your subscription fee guarantees you nothing more than simple access to the game. The fact that you're not paying for every addition to the game since Issue 0 is a minor miracle.

Gross revenue is not the same thing as "profit" or "net revenue". You have to subtract all those stupid little costs of doing business.

As mentioned above. BIG difference between "gross" and "net". They can't simply say "we're devoting 1/3 of gross revenue to *this*".

Exactly how much MMO programming have you done? This argument usually comes up from people with little to none.

Additionally, you have been playing for what? Nearly 6 years? A player can CONSUME content at a far more ferocious rate than developers can put it out.

Define "all the time". This game has been, more or less regularly, putting out an issue every 3-5 months since inception. That's new content and about as close to "all the time" as a dev staff is going to get.

I'm not. I've been playing for roughly two years. And I haven't by any stretch of the imagination, consumed the entirety of the game's content. I've done most of the events/raids/Trials/TFs at least once. But that's not the whole game.

Moreover, I play the game for other reasons than to blindly plow through content in some sick completionist drive for "been there, done that, sent postcards". Does this lead me into repetition in play? Sure! But, at times, THIS IS WHAT I AM AIMING FOR!

Honestly, you've been playing for what? Six years? You're probably badly burnt out on the game and probably require an extensive absence from the game before you can come back and look at it objectively.

What is NOT going to happen is for them to simply double the content of the existing game every issue (which is likely what you're looking for). Try asking that of any development crew and prepare for raucous laughter.

So what was it like? Y'know. Back before...dirt.

Oh wait! Now I remember! Darn alzheimers!

Welcome to the "Too old to trust" club.

You're not running Ultra Mode with all the bells and whistles at high resolution.

A newer machine would give you this option.

Some people will recommend a GTX 460. Some people may recommend a Radeon 5850. If you're going to spend $1500 on UPGRADES, you're sorta in the "money is no option" category. You could go full-on GTX 480 or Radeon 5970.

You're probably looking at a PSU in the 500-700W range. Coolermaster, Antec, Thermaltake, Seasonic, and Silverstone all make decent power supplies that I've used.

Uhm. No. You run the risk for storage failure with any device you buy. Anyone telling you different is spewing from a nether orifice.

Unfortunately everyone has a different opinion on what brands are reliable. Some people swear by Maxtor. Personally, every Maxtor drive I've owned has failed miserably. However, I've had excellent luck with Western Digital.

You could probably push the system a little further. HOWEVER, get yourself thinking "bang for the buck" for a moment. No matter how much you spend on simple upgrades, you're still better off replacing the machine.

Also, remember this is a Gateway machine. You may or may not be able to put a newer CPU into the machine.

http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Consignm...se_Transporter

You should be able to right-click and select "remove from tray".

Or are you saying you're looking in your powers list and can't figure out how to use it?

If so, click-and-hold on it and drag it to an open spot on your powers tray. You can then use it.

AV: You will all *COUGH*COUGH*COUGH*
*FWOOSH!*
AV: *GACK!*

Fire/Rad Team Leader: Okay we took down the last minion. Now where's the AV?

Honestly, I wouldn't call Choking Cloud skippable. Big PBAoE hold as a toggle?

Honestly? No. Mostly because the rough power outline we provide leaves so much room for customization.

Do not make me hurt you...

Okay, then you've just told me something is wrong.

Atlas Park.
Level 3
Hunting Hellions

I come up on a pair of +2 Hellion minions in the group just outside the wall of that courtyard due west of the AE building.
I hit one of them and both take off like a bat outta hell. One running directly into the AE drones. One hopping the wall and running into the courtyard just north of the wall (running through several other groups of enemies on the way).
They don't attack me, and I've shot someone exactly once.
And at level 3 there's no way in hell I'm softcapped.
No teammate has died.

Note: This doesn't ALWAYS happen. However, I can usually manage to get them to run away with only one attack.

IIRC, for South American players, there's an option built into the game to allow you to directly purchase GR.

Link here.

Okay, just so I'm clear on the point you're talking about, this is the section you have questions for?

Note: This comes from the SR4A book.

Spending Edge
When you spend a point of Edge, you can choose to have one of the following happen:

• You may declare the use of Edge before rolling for any one test (or one interval roll on an Extended Test). You may add a number of extra dice equal to your full Edge attribute to the dice pool. All dice (not just Edge dice) rolled on this test are subject to the Rule of Six (p. 62), meaning that if you roll a 6, you count it as a hit and roll it again.
• You may declare the use of Edge after you have rolled for one test. In this case,you may roll a number of extra dice equal to your full Edge attribute and add their hits to the test’s total. The Rule of Six (p. 62), however, applies only to the additional Edge dice rolled, not the original dice pool.
• You may re-roll all of the dice on a single test that did not score a hit.
• You may make a Long Shot Test (p. 61) even if your dice pool was reduced to 0 or less; roll only your Edge dice for this test (the Rule of Six does not apply).
• You may go first in an Initiative Pass, regardless of your Initiative Score (see Initiative and Edge, p. 145). If multiple characters spend Edge to go first in the same pass, those characters go in order according to their Initiative Scores first, then everyone else goes according to their Initiative Scores.
• You may gain 1 extra Initiative Pass for that Combat Turn only (see Initiativeand Edge, p. 145).
• You may negate the effects of one glitch or critical glitch.

A technical explanation can be found here.

In short, the 460 is using a newer core architecture. It requires significantly less power, so it has fewer heat issuers, therefore the cooling solution paired with the card is correspondingly quieter.

Most of whom I'm on a first-name basis with.

Better yet, I'll just ask Jason to post the stuff there himself.

Hey Spech_K, nothing's stopping you from making another one over on Freedom (except maybe the occasional queue).

Additionally, Liberty has a group that runs Tuesday/Thursday as well.

I know you've already started one. What'll it hurt trying another from scratch? If nothing else, the rapid leveling common to this sort of team will give you ideas for do's and don'ts for your primary build on your home server.

I currently have three Fire/Rads.

Flamin' Trolla (Level-locked for marketing purposes)
Vortex Core (For high-level TFs)
Al A. Magordo (Over on Liberty to help get them started)