IanTheM1

Also, they don't require badges, technically.

Newer thinking like ancilliary pools you can't respec out of?

All I'd ditch is the LRSF requirement, though.

Whenever someone sends out an overly-specific request, I send a tell asking to join on the most opposite to their wanted character I can come up with. Too bad most of them never bother to play along past a simple "sry no".

Like I said, a single texture piece (we're not even talking a cool armored bit, literally JUST pants) costs twice as much as a weapon with an aura effect. Even conservative scale-backs would appease me, just to clean up some of the outliers. I used to have a suggested list, but I'm not sure I still have it.

And mind, that was on Malicious, so theoretically I was getting even more chances for merits. Ultimately, I'm trying to approach this from the casual player side.

Both of those buys are gameplay perks, and therefore are perfectly deserving of their higher prices. In fact, one of the reasons why I feel the costume pieces are overpriced is because they're over twice the cost of the salvage bag.

People have already complained about this, so I'd hardly call it a concern. If it means opening up some rather nice costume bits to more players, good.

Characters will dive/rise, but it's controlled by the mouse/camera and not jump/descend.

Also just getting another contact in the same range up to the first level of trust will usually get them to give up any contacts you don't already have.

Though it definitely sounds like Buck is the answer here.

And that's why. The merit gain you get from Ship Raids is massive compared to what you get normally. I ran through all of the RWZ arcs and got about 200 merits total. You can get that many in one ship raid, if not more.

Also keep in mind that we still have absurd things like the Vanguard pants, that cost 200 merits - a simple hip texture piece and at double the cost of any of the Talsorian weapons!

Especially since the new difficulty slider does in fact include the option to spawn your missions as -1.

Yes, this please. Lightning Rod should be brought in line with Shield Charge.

How they would reconcile Patron Pools is what prevents me from believing it's a possibility.

Also, Re: No Bosses option - I read that to mean "Bosses spawn as Lieutenants" similar to the option to spawn AVs as EBs, but I could very well be wrong. I also wouldn't at all be surprised if it was nullified by the team size slider.

Don't get too excited. Until otherwise clarified, it was most likely a flub by the writer of the article, since the previous article by Castle only mentioned Pyre Mastery for Scrappers.

Spy Mastery.

And actually, those are all great ideas. Just need a fourth to round them out.

While I do like the core idea, it has the unfortunate potential for a lot of overlap. Leviathan Mastery would apply to both Mako and Barracuda, so I'm not sure what you could really do there. And Ice Mistral's pool would overlap slightly with Leviathan due to its handful of ice powers.