Laevateinn

...You'd be surprised.

What's your source for this? I'm not aware there was any change in droprates caused by the event. The TF bug, however, probably did cause a hit in the number of recipes produced at level 50 and I've noticed a strong surge in demand lately, probably from level 50 characters produced by ToT powerlevelling.

Not a valid comparison because most of the game is relatively flat terrain, with the occasional obstruction too high to hurdle over. A high jump power with a 2m (not 5m) recharge is of practical use; a moderately faster sprint with a 2m recharge... is not.

The endurance cost is 0.49/s. (For reference, Sprint = 0.29/s and SS = 0.46/s) It can't be slotted for EndRdx, though.

I've not tested this, but it suppresses in PvE, so I would expect it to.

No different than the sort of elitism that looks down on others for caring for performance or investing a lot into their characters.

The funny thing is, there is no "My purples are better than yours" game unless you want there to be. If you don't care about purples and minmaxing, why do you feel threatened that someone else does and trumpets the fact? I can't help but suspect that accusations like these are ultimately rooted in your own insecurity.

What's the problem? IOs are still optional. They still make your character more unique (personally, I think one great success of the IO system is that no two builds are exactly identical, even if they have the same build goals). If people are pathetic enough to be jealous of the fact that someone else has more videogame monopoly money and digital loot, then they should take a serious look at their own priorities in life. What does poor in-game documentation have anything to do with "those who love to play with numbers"?

It never ceases to amaze me how so-called "casual" gamers find a way to pin the blame for anything and everything on others who enjoy the same game they do.

Well, not really. Disco bottoms are too long, as you can see below.



Thigh high boots are the right length but force you to have stiletto heels and the leather texture of the boots doesn't work right for all costumes. And it means you can't get a sexy stockings + boots or legwarmers look.



Disco bottoms on their own are actually a good hotpants + stockings version, however it's still not the coveted miniskirt + thighhighs look.



So far the closest I've managed is to use Athletic pattern tights and set the secondary color to match the skin color of the character, as in this example (the same trick that people use to get "naked" characters). Unfortunately, this gives you a very limited selection of skin tones (I used white, which is why my elf here looks a little pale) and has the disconcerting effect of making the character look like she's not wearing panties.



So yeah. We need thighhighs.

This picture confirms my belief that nature belongs in parks and National Geographic, not anywhere near me.

Now I need a drink...

Arctic Fog and Steamy Mist are basically clones of each other, although IIRC Steamy Mist offers typed defense while Arctic Fog only offers positional, however Arctic Fog grants Slow resistance (which I consider more useful) rather than Confuse protection. You are spot on regarding the -Rech though.

This is a common misconception. SR is pretty average with 3 toggles and a click, and in any case Heat Loss is like Consume: not reliably up frequently enough to fix persistent endurance problems.

Some of us optimize the performance of our characters.

People like that optimize their altitude on their high horse.

Which proves... diddly squat. Going from "my character did about as well, and sometimes better than a purpled-out one" to "purples are completely useless, they are just vanity!" is not a valid leap of logic.

It constantly amuses me how people who are supposedly all about "escapism" and "having fun" and "just playing the game" nevertheless feel the urge to come here and loudly deride people who enjoy different aspects about the game. I don't like number-crunching! Number-crunching is pathetic! I don't do mindless and repetitive amounts of math and jimmy-riggin' to get an extra .5% of something to be able to do something else an extra time so that some ridiculous activity is doable that I shouldn't really be doing in the first place!

Once you get past all the wild exaggerations and strawman arguments and outright lies, what these people really enjoy is putting down others for the benefit of puffing up their own ego.