Lemur Lad

Yes.

Thing is, you're assuming none of this has occured to anyone before. When invasions were in testing, we were very vocal about all kinds of changes and QoL adjustments and most of them got implemented. In this case, this one wasn't. It could have been missed by oversight, but it's unlikely. Chances are they've just determined the gains aren't enough to worry over.

However that doesn't mean you need to get bothered and turn it into 'big forum meanies are mean' when people point that out to you.

Now, if you want to come up with a more compelling argument than "lowbies suffer" feel free. If there's a real necessity, I'm sure the devs will listen.

Not really any difference. One kind adds to survivability by killing stuff, the others increase your survivability by well, increasing survivability.

You may not think it's an exploit if your character can do it, but what about if they allow people to do it your way and someone dual boxes? Robo Tank sits there taunting and firing off click powers that keep him alive against large groups, and a Blaster sits next to him Autofiring Hasten and his Nuke.

There's lots of ways to make things seriously broken with a little effort. Having auto for one power is a nice convenience. Having it for more leads to troubles a lot like what happens in games with extensive macro systems that lead to long strings of repeating actions.

Before CoV and Stalkers that could (and did) gain extensive levels just by clicking glowies for the xp they gave, or even free inf, Glowies used to be a nice little bonus. I'm not saying it's the Stalker's fault, just that an existing problem became far more prevalent with their advent.

Since then we've seen a series of changes to the mechanic to essentially nerf the glowie into oblivion.

- Removal of almost all rewards (there are a few times they still give some inf in some missions, and Safeguard/Mayhems still have their reward glowies)
- Stealth Suppression
- Changing the standard mission goals so that defeating the foes in the room is required in addition.

Could they revisit things and put some rewards back in now that we have different goals and suppression? I'd think so, but then again it's hard to come up with an equitable system that would prevent glowie envy (because that was I'm sure one background reason they nerfed them as well. People used to get uptight about "losing" things they felt belonged to them when on a team).

Random Thought- I think they could code each type of glowie object to award a Common Salvage to everyone on the team, based on a choice list for the mission creator. Common Salvage wouldn't break the bank I should think, especially if they use the Invisible Clue system that locks out completed side missions from being reset (to prevent someone from running a mission ad nauseum just for the glowies).

If such were the case, we wouldn't have to deal with:

"EBs won't spawn with your Stealth power on noob!"
"Don't click the glowies they make the reactor harder (said in a serious way)"
"TFs used to spawn at the level of the team, I hate that they changed them to the TF cap"
"the New Hami Raid takes too long, and is boring"
etc etc

Social Inertia isn't so easy to overcome as you think.

You weren't. My girlfriend plays, and she lived there until May. She moved to Maine for a better job and to live with me though, so you lost one. My gain though.

Point of clarification, you only see those changes when you're both members of the same global channel(s) and online at the same time.

It's one reason, not the only one.

Not always the best option depending on how the banners are set up.

You forgot to invite yourself to your SG :P

I load the files as Cat described, then I use /cleartray after claiming vet powers. From there, I open my powers window and set up my powers as I like. I find it smoother for me than move this, delete that, find the other powers I claimed, etc.

To clarify, you need to fight defenders at all banners at once to make them vulnerable. After they are vulnerable, if people remain distributed, that means lowering your chances to get all badges in one run. It's far better to get everyone to one banner then the next, then the next, etc. When the vulnerability bar is almost full, the teams should use broadcast to agree on where to gather.

It's very frustrating when teams show up and kill a banner they "need" without consideration for any other teams in the zone. That's the one good way to grief the event.

Not really.

She got better

That's exactly why it was done that way. Castle has said so himself. As it stands, MMs often don't have a lot of things to do in the midst of combat, and END isn't much of a problem. Having an end hog upgrade power changes that, and means you have to make a strategic choice about whether to upgrade or not.

It may bother you, but it's working the way it's supposed to, and its less annoying than the alternative.

It's not about money. It's about playing and being part of the community. They can't control how often and how you play, but they can reward you after the time you've been active on the assumption that you did play.

Disagree strongly. You use the word 'activity' but I think you mean 'anonymity' Sure you can pick a more populated server and get all the easy PuGs you like. Does that count as better? Only if you don't care about who you're playing with. However there are plenty of people playing on Pinnacle if you make a teeny tiny bit of effort to get connected to them. Join Global channels, use your friendlist, get in a supergroup. You'll have all the activity you can handle. Don't diss a server just because it doesn't have the kind of brain dead gaming you prefer.

There's still a lot to do with a 50, never fear. The xp curve smoothing generally means there's still a lot of things you never got a chance to do while leveling. While you could choose to do them on a new alt, you can just as easily choose to use your 50.

My advice to you is to "do what you want" The new rules for being an exemplar make it even easier to level down and still feel powerful, and have a good time even without the entire array of your powers. While you're doing that you can still earn drops and cash to use to improve your character.

I spend a mix of my time on characters of all levels. Some nights I take a lowbie, some nights I take a 50. The beauty of it is, you get choices. Don't think for a moment having your 50 will somehow limit your options.