Ironblade

No.
The object thrown at the enemy is rendered locally and is completely random. I *HAVE* seen it be the same item for two people on occasion, which is to be expected for a random selection. But over 90% of the time, each person sees something different. And this is the way it has always worked.

<pictures Ells gnawing on a hard drive and making yummy noises>

Just don't forget that your Alpha Slot needs to be unlocked *AND* slotted. Even just tier 1 is enough. If you don't have it slotted, you get a debuff of -4 LEVELS during the task force.

OMG, ignore this completely.
You can do a build by 'frankenslotting' for less than 50 million inf (maybe A LOT LESS, depending on your patience) that will utterly blow away the results you can get with SO's. Of course, to be fair, there are multi-billion inf builds out there (I have a couple) that will utterly blow away what you can do with frankenslotting.

Frankenslotting means picking pieces from different (and cheap) sets in order to get the enhancement effect you want, while ignoring the set bonuses. Getting the 'good set bonuses' is where the real cost is in 'high end' builds.


The biggest issue in the incarnate content is that the enemies are multiple levels higher than you. The best solution to this is getting 'level shifts', which have nothing to do with IO's. The next best solution is improving your performance, like getting more accuracy, and IO's will help with that.


Then just go for the first level shift when you resubscribe. It gives you the most 'bang for the buck' since it also works in regular (non-incarnate) content and doesn't require grinding incarnate content to get it.


True, you don't need IO's but, since you have access, you might as well get your feet wet. When my toons get to about level 35, that's when I IO them. One of the big benefits is that those enhancements will never expire and I generally don't replace them. I redo maybe 1 toon out of 10 when they hit 50. IO'ing them ONCE in the 30's is a big time-saver in the long run. Doing it again at 50 is, *to me*, a big waste of time.



Additional advice:
- See the link in my sig for the Mentor Project. It's a group of people who want to help other players and we have a cross-server help channel.
- Post in your server section to find an SG with one or more people willing to spend time helping/answering questions/etc. You can contact me if you're on Infinity.
- umm.... well, if you resubscribe, there's a forum section specifically about the Market and Inventions (but you can't post there unless you are VIP).

Incorrect.
In fact, you can use the Echo of Galaxy City as a workaround to OBTAIN the Oro Portal. Go to a base, use the teleporter to the Echo, exit to Ouroboros, get the exploration badge.

You can't use the train station to get into Ouro if you are NOT ELIGIBLE (i.e. too low in level) to enter Ourooboros.

I think you probably have the last two steps reversed. You're losing internet connection and that causes the loss of connection to the map server.

So you get an audio glitch, then your computer loses internet access, while someone else sharing the same internet connection is unaffected. That sounds like some weirdness going on with your motherboard. Are either your sound or network separate cards, or are they both (or one of them) on the mobo?

Also, someone will no doubt ask for more information about your system. You might want to check the steps in this thread to get a jump on that.

Right. They tore their way out of the tent and ran off in various directions. Happens all the time.

Actually ironic?

Or mere happenstance?

Variety.
I've taken every armor set to 50, except SR (currently lvl 38). I've taken invuln to 50 twice and am working on taking another fire armor to 50.

My SECOND tank was ice/SS and he was terrific fun to play. I still play him occasionally and also use him to get A-Merits by running the 1st SSA. He works great exemped down to 20. Actually, I would say that ice and WP are the best of my tanks for that arc (out of the ones available - two of my tanks are Vigilante so can't earn A-Merits).

Get over it.
Maybe the goal was to have VARIETY. Someone had a great line in their sig years ago. Something like:
Playing two different scrapper sets is like the difference between playing squash and playing tennis.
Playing two different defender sets is like the difference between playing hockey and playing piano.

hmm....

Not really phrased like an opinion, is it?
"otherwise you will spend the entirety of the trial doing nothing"
Yeah.... aside from posing as a fact, quite a bit of hyperbole there.

Well, that's usually the first thing anyone says when someone is having a video problem.
Unfortunately, every so often, a driver version is really bad.

That pop-up is interesting. It suggests you don't just have packet loss, but that somehow packets are getting horribly mangled so the game thinks it's receiving some sort of completely unexpected instructions from the server.

BTW, I PM'ed Zwillinger a link to this thread so someone with technical knowledge of the game can check out those screenshots. They are REALLY bizarre.

If you truly believe that, then this is hopeless. Your computer is changing constantly. Drives become fragmented, hardware degrades, your "proper maintenance" involves updating security software, etc. Change is CONSTANT.


Why, yes, it's possible that your connection is slow enough that the game can not compensate. That doesn't mean there is anything wrong with the game.


Ah, sorry if I was unclear. When I said "problem at your end", I include the internet in that category. It's something beyond the control of NCSoft.


Again, I never said it couldn't be the internet messing up. I consider the internet to be a problem at "your end".


Well, no, it doesn't make it that. Let's say the game would run great on a T1 connection and fail completely if you were using two tin cups and a string. Somewhere between those extremes is a point where a connection just isn't good enough. You might be on the wrong side of the point.


Yes, I understand that: "The game is losing necessary information over my connection"


Because all the evidence suggests that the problem is with something at your end (including the internet) and not the game. The evidence being the fact that some of the problems you report are unique to you and your system.


My connection is pretty bad but I don't have any of these problems. So, CLEARLY, the game correctly compensates for bad connections UP TO A POINT. Your connection may simply be bad enough that this game will never work correctly. I can't say for sure. Neither can you.


I freely admit to having less experience (i.e. none) with your specific problem.


Back to making up 'facts' again?

I said it's probably something about your computer. If it is, then I obviously can't make any suggestions about what to do.


And that makes zero sense. It's exactly because it's NOT a common problem, that I think it's at your end. Some of the problems you describe seem to be unique. No one else has seen these problems. That strongly suggests that it *IS* a problem at your end.

No, that makes no sense at all. It would not be doing the calculations on both ends and comparing them. It just isn't done that way. The redundant computer systems on the Space Shuttle do that. This is a GAME.


"Why" is irrelevant. As long as we're both agreed that the servers do the calculations, it doesn't matter why.


No, it does NOT make sense. And we can't "consider the fact" because it isn't a fact. It's a made-up 'fact'.


That's correct, but there is no comparison involved. The server routinely sends updates saying "You are here". It doesn't ask your computer if it agrees. It sends the update and your client complies.

I've seen it. I knew in advance that Tim Curry was in it. So I'm watching... then I stare at the screen.... Holy cow! That's LEE VING!
(I'd link to a Fear video, but I don't think there are any with lyrics it would be allowable to link from here. )

Do not try to cure the disease.
Simply address the symptoms.
By creating more alts.

I like this one.
Apparently, at some point in the past, I temporarily went insane and gimped a large number of toons. What I was thinking, I may never know.....

Well, let's qualify this a bit. It's manipulation FOR PROFIT that is difficult. If you just want to manipulate the market to screw with people, and you have lots of inf, it's easy to do so. I don't think there's much malicious manipulation going on, but there could be some.

Say what? I don't recall that, and I had a lot of unassigned slots (10, I think) when Freedom went live.

Not exactly true. If you're not near when the person activates it, you just need to get back next to it and wait for the prompt to appear. It sits there for a bit and 'pulses' the prompt repeatedly.

My point was that level shifts have no bearing on the matter. If a teammate is 50 and hits an enemy, they do X damage. If they are 50+1 and hit the same enemy, they do more damage - but the calculation is handled on the servers. It's just sending one damage number to your system, whether your teammate is level-shifted or not.


Frankly, I'm skeptical of this. Level shifts are now used by players, enemies and there are even inspirations that can boost you a level. It's a widely used system. Maybe it was a "dirty hack" once upon a time, but not any more.


No. There is no separate packet. It doesn't send a packet saying your mentor is this level, then a separate one saying ignore the level shift. It's all calculated on the servers, based on communication between the servers and your mentors computer. All it sends is ONE packet to you saying what level you get SK'ed to.


I'm not saying it isn't true. But, as someone else pointed out, no one else is having these peculiar problems. That really suggests the problem is at your end, and not with the game.

Or it could just be Yetis.