Ironblade

Too late, slacker.

I have, but only once, I think.
Maybe she hates Infinity.
Or maybe she hates New Yorkers.

Obviously neither of us has any evidence or statistics here, but I don't believe that most of the players have 'addictive personalities'. This game has an unusually broad and older playerbase compared to most online games.

(shrug) Then stop doing it.

<snort> And we're supposed to take your concerns seriously after a paranoid comment like that?

And? The best way to make money off us is to keep us entertained and happy. What's insulting about it?

Betterment? You mean "to make money". Having the game appeal to the widest possible variety of playstyles works toward that goal.

Exactly. This character is generally believed to be the test of new holster technology.

I don't need a vote. I have nothing but contempt for Microsoft. Their entire concept of security is pathetic and they constantly think they know what the end user wants/needs better than the users themselves, even when it has nothing to do with security concerns.

If this creeps you out, then fine, don't play the game. But it doesn't concern me in the slightest. I have a third-party firewall on my system to keep MICROSOFT in check. I don't rely on them for my computer security. I maintain tight security DESPITE Microsoft's 'best efforts'.

I saw you there.
I would have created a guy with Ironblade in the name, except I already had toons on Freedom so I brought my highest one (level 21), Doc Volcanic.

Interesting. What you're stating here is the exact opposite of many, many other people. Lots of people really dislike the early levels since they have access to so few powers and they are limited by inferior enhancements. Some people ROUTINELY power level new characters to level 20 just to avoid the early levels. Not sure if this is significant, but it strikes me as unusual.


I think you're on the right track here. In order for you to be 'invested' in the character, it has to be more than a bag of numbers and statistics.

I have a tank in a powered armor suit. It started with the name, Alloy. Once I got over my shock that the name was available, I wrote his bio. The suit power source taps into an alternate dimension. Well, then he 'obviously' should use Teleport for his travel power. What secondary powerset? Well, if we have excess power, we channel it through this gauntlets so he uses Energy Melee. Yes, Electrical Melee might make more sense NOW, but there was no Electrical Melee back then. I'll often take powers that most people hate because they fit a concept. I have two characters with Group Fly and two with Whirlwind.

I can tell you the general background story for every single one of my characters from memory. For a lot of them, I can tell you precise bio details, like their real names. I spent TIME on every single one. If I hadn't, I wouldn't have kept playing them, since I wouldn't have cared.

Try starting one character and sticking with it. When you hit your 'plateau' and start thinking about another character, stop and think about WHY the character is no longer interesting to you. ADDRESS THAT REASON. It may mean respec'ing into different powers. It may mean a bio rewrite or new costume. It may mean deleting and starting over the SAME CHARACTER but with a different powerset that 'fits' better.

Yet that would be a distinct improvement since, at the moment, a solo option does not even EXIST.

Not that long. The Keyes Island trial will take care of that.

Get a clue. If they COULD do both during the same time, they WOULD. Once again, they're not having extra downtime just to mess with you.

No, but there are three good reasons to use /chatsave anyway.
1) Loading the settings to other existing toons.
2) Loading the settings on new toons.
3) Re-loading the settings if you misclick and bork your chat window (sadly, this happens a lot).

It happens. I know someone that happened to. Every character was gone and there was one new one, named Scorned Wife.

Be bold. Work out a way to send your message directly to our brains. That way you cut out all the work of creating language.

Firstly, it's not ridiculous that you have downtime. It is normal and expected AND you agreed to it in the User Agreement.
Secondly, who says it's not necessary? Are you seriously suggesting that they're having gratuitous downtimes just to mess you over? Grow up. They have downtimes exactly as much as is required to keep everything running.

Ah, the info appears multiple times on the same page and I didn't catch them all.
Fixed now.

And that has exactly WHAT to do with how HARD it is? At least come up with REAL reasons.
BTW, we'll be skipping the cut scene soon. If everyone on the trial has seen it already (i.e. run the trial at least once) it will auto-skip the cut scene.

<snort> "supposedly"
Some of the other Mo badges are harder. Unoptimized teams can EASILY get MoApex in a single run. MoTin is a bit harder, but it's also easy if you're willing to do two runs. (Getting Hacker and Midnight Dodger on the same run makes it harder.)

Oh, and I'm talking about when they first came out - prior to all these funky Incarnate powers.

Back in the old days, we had maintenance every day. (Uphill in the snow, etc)
When they're not messing with stuff, they've gotten it down to about 2 hours per week.

It's an inherently bad idea at any time. You're paying real world money for a badge.