Ironblade

You should be able to get full details on any power by dragging the power from your power tray to the chat bar and dropping it, then hitting enter. This puts the text in brackets in the chat window and you can click it and pull up the power info window. The 2nd tab has the power details.

FYI, you can also look up powers that you don't have. Just type something like [Dry Heave] in chat. You do need the square brackets and, yes, that's a real power in the game.

More accurately, you can say "It seems hot (or cold) TO ME."

Firstly, I'll start with the blindingly obvious statement that the drops are random. In a population this size, it's not just possible, but LIKELY that someone get garbage or nothing while someone else gets a treasure trove in the same period of time.

With all due respect, there is nothing in your description that suggests there is a problem with the game. Sure, your drops suck. And someone got 3 purples in one TF last night.

Having said that, it certainly is possible that there is something broken and it's affecting your drops. It's not likely, but it's certainly possible. Do you focus on any one particular type of content? It may be ONE type of content/mission/etc that has a problem and other people aren't noticing it because they don't do the same stuff you do.

Of course, he could have just typed the recipe names in the chat window. That works too. Same for powers and inspirations. Try typing [Enrage] in the chat window, or [Dry Heave] (yes, that's a real power).

If you admit you already know this indicator doesn't indicate server population, why do you even bring it up?

Several went yellow during Double XP, whereas last Double XP event, some went red. However, there was a server upgrade in the interim. So, what comparisons and conclusions can we draw? NONE. Because we don't know how much the server capacity was increased.

I'm not going to address your personal perception of population, but please don't throw in useless information to try to support your position.

I started a thread about this when planning a shield tanker. The consensus was that Mace is *SLIGHTLY* (very slightly) better. Given that it wasn't a big difference, I ended up going with Axe due to concept and costume reasons (Ironblade uses an edged weapon - broadsword; and I think the axes look cooler than the maces).

P.S. Shield/Axe was a fun combo. I was very happy with the character. I IO'ed him and got all his defenses in the range of 49-51%. Got him to 50 in short order and started a new one. My current tank is dark/dark and is level 38.

I actually recall reading an official statement where this is spelled out very plainly but can't recall where it was. As others have said, six. The phrasing of the explanation is that the two numbers (virtual team size and actual team size) are not additive. You simply use the larger of the two.

They're not 'Huge' set bonuses? (I don't have any slotted.) Keep in mind that the purple bonuses are 'Ultimate'.

"Worthless" is a value judgment. The other rooms have no UTILITY. This is why they are called DECORATIVE rooms. Considering how many bases use decorative rooms, I believe the majority of base builders feel they do indeed have WORTH.

It's not different. It's still based on one person's personal observations which are notoriously unreliable.

You're still not listening. You can get 2 purples on the same farm with one character. Having 2 or 3 characters does not improve your chances IN THE SLIGHTEST.

Oh, I think there was a better time. I recall spending approximately 200 million for a full set of 6 Hecatombs.

And how many threads have we seen from people who were absolutely certain the devs nerfed accuracy?

"Awesome" just doesn't seem expansive enough.
The devs positively REEK OF AWESOMENESS!!!

No, because you're looking at it WRONG again.
The 1 per 1,000 check is NOT PER ACCOUNT/CHARACTER. It is PER ENEMY DEFEATED.

If you put one character set for x8 in a mission and the mission spawns 140 enemies, you have 140 chances for a drop.
If you put 8 characters in that same mission, it will spawn 140 enemies and you have 140 chances for a drop.

For each defeat, the server decides if you get a drop or not. If you do, it picks someone to give it to. If there is only one person, he gets them all. If there are eight people, it hands each one out randomly. The total number of drops is unchanged. Having all 3 of your accounts in the mission does *NOT* increase your drops. Not even a little.

The part underlined and bold is where you are wrong. Purple drops (all drops) are based on NUMBER OF ENEMIES DEFEATED. The number of characters present is completely irrelevant. Ten thousand enemies will drop the same number of items whether they were defeated by one character or eight.

Of course, that proves nothing. We have no way of knowing whether the previously existing spawn points were moved, removed or added to when they implemented the banner spawn points.

No, you're thinking right. But he did say *CAN'T* get now.

Are you sure? Here's a line that someone had in their sig.
"Playing two different kinds of scrappers is like the difference between playing tennis and playing racquetball. Playing two different kinds of defenders is like the difference between playing hockey and playing piano."

Playing two different power sets within the same archetype can be dramatically different. And you have FOURTEEN archetypes to pick from.

Damn straight. That huge inspiration tray was a real boon for my scrapper on the Positron TF before SSK'ing (no status protection at level 15 previously).

It's all subjective. I think the top, bottom and most of the other items (especially the helmet) are beautiful. I think the gloves and boots are hideous. Also, I think the wings (even without the armor) are different enough from the feathered ones that they are good. I changed one guy to those wings because they look a bit more sinister.