MindRipper

I wish I had been paying more attention. This is a great event idea, I will try to be there tonight.

I also would like to put forth an arc of my own.

Name: Blood Diamonds
Faction: Villainous
Length: 4 Missions
Arc #: 305214
Description: Help Arbiter Krieger set up an illicit gemstone smuggling ring and open an important Arachnos base in the heart of Africa.

Note: This arc has custom enemies and ends with a fight with an increased difficulty Elite Boss (Not an AV). This arc is easily Soloable if you bring insperations for that last fight.



~MR

My biggest in game pet peeve is the speeding of TFs/SFs. I understand why its being done but sometimes I find it more enjoyable to move at a slower pace. Granted there are TFs that are eye gougingly long (Doc QF I'm looking at you.) but over all I don't mind it if we get done with a TF a half hour to an hour later than the speed versions.

My second biggest pet peeve is the Stalker that thinks that they need to go ahead to scout the map or get the glowies when the team is fighting through the mobs. It also seems that they also want to bail on the mission when it gets completed instead of clearing the mobs. I just don't understand this mentality. The more mobs you defeat the more potentially good drops you get.


~MR

Ping just gave all the market rookies the blueprint to get influence or infamy whenever you want and pretty much how much you want.

You can follow these same principles with various other recipes and walk away from the market with billions and the ability to slot any of your characters with whatever enhancements you want.


~MR

We plan on finishing up the rest of the TFs that we haven't done yet, and then running the Praetorian arc.

We will most likely run a Villain static team after that with the same crew.


~MR

That's a big Twinkie.





`MR

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I guess I have to farm the hell out my toon then :P

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Wrong answer, wrongboy!

You have to find something where the recipe is 55K or less, the salvage is under 100K, and the crafting cost is 450K, and the crafted item goes for 5 million or more.

That's 4 million profit each. You have close to 20 slots. Throw up ten, get ingredients for ten more, and THEN go farm.

I'm going to give you a number of hints:
1) There were at least three different recipes like that last night.
2) They were Level 50.
3) They were Yellow.
4) One was ranged, one was melee, and one was a heal.

[/ QUOTE ]Ssssh .... of I'll start a thread called "Fulmens smacked my niche up!"

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Heh,

Even if you lowball your listings you can make mad inf just by pushing the enhancements out in volume.

It doesn't really take much effort to leverage uncommon recipes into purples. Its so easy a caveman can do it.


~MR

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Only 5 missions in length for our own Story Arcs??? That stinks!

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If your story arc needs to be longer, make a part 1 and a part 2 they said you would be able to "publish" 3 arcs.

~MR

Base Repricing

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1) How will the repricing of bases affect you personally?

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It will allow my Hero and Villain groups to have more space in the base, without worrying about the old rent prices.

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2) Will you dismantle your base to gain the additional prestige from the repricing?

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Yes, and I'm looking forward to doing it, with both bases.

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3) How long would this process take you if you were to engage in this practice?

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I'm not sure, I have 2 that I will be doing. To be honest I haven't decided how I was going to do that. We are going to be getting more space so we can put more thought into how we want it.

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4) What are the positive and negative concerns regarding repricing?

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I am happy with most of the changes as they are. I think the Salvage limit of 30 needs to be rethought. Its just not enough. We won't be able to put even a fraction of our halloween salvage in new bins.

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5) How will this feature affect you long term and short term?

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I believe that its a positive as our base will improve dramatically after we sell back certian items.


Base Salvage Exchange to Invention Salvage

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1) What is the negative effect on your base for this feature implementation?

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I don't see any negative effect from this. I can get anything I want from the market and in such a manner that other players will buy it for me.

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2) What is the positive effect on your base for this feature implementation?

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I don't see any real positive effect from this either. Maybe the brainstorm system is a positive.

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3) How long will it take you to adjust to learning this new system?

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Not very long at all.

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4) What side effects to this system do you currently see from transitioning the old to new system?

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In the short term the brainstorm system will propably depress the current salvage prices for a while then they will bounce back up.

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5) What security concerns do you have regarding this change?

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I trust my SG members not to loot the base, not a concern for me.

Additional Notes:

I would urge you to increase the space available in the salvage storage racks.

I would also urge you to increase the number of storage items that can be placed into a base as well.


~MR

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Following our discussion during wednesday nights villian static, I contacted Mindripper and he has okayed us using the old Unleashed SG and Base (that we used for the old wed hero static) for the sunday hero static team.
This base has ALL the TP stations and full medical. I will get everyone into the SG sunday evening.
He has just one rule for us, if we take anything from the storage bins, make sure you are using it on THAT toon. They are not for sale or trade.

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Have to thank mindripper and I do agree no looting the storage to sell.

Goal this week is:
Get started on the Hollow story arcs
get jet pack - I have the mission lined up.
Have fun
not get owned my Councel

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My pleasure. I hope you guys have fun. Othe members of the SG are doing a Wed night Static team we started in outbreak together and are at 27 currently.


~MR

My Necro/DM Mastermind is crazy, I was soloing missions set for 4 people on the highest difficulty agianst Longbow and Carnies. It was pretty fun. It works great in a team setting too.



~MR

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Uh BA, we've been playing wednesday nights, not thursday nights. I can't make many thursday nights

cim

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I was just going to point that out.

and congrats to all of you guys for grabbing 50 finally. Unleashed has a Villian side SG (Unchained) with a base with a similiar set up, that you all are welcome to use. I just can't commit to the usual timeframe you all play or I would join you. I hope you find some more teammates.



~MR

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Who cares....what are these future IP plans? How do these changes affect the IP, and how does the IP affect the combining of the games? What does this all mean? Any ideas?

[/ QUOTE ]We are getting CoX vs Marvel.

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We already had that the only people that won anything were the Attorneys.



If the new projects they are alludeing to is a boxed expansion I will be happy.


~MR

I got my Necromancy/Dark Miasma Master Mind to 50 last weekend. That will be Villain number two at lv 50.




~MR

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That's so devastating clever that my mind struggles in its attempt to form a sentence that adequately describes it.
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Humor me for but a moment. Let's take a look at the rules:

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4. Know the search function. Use the search function.

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Now that, my friend, is a nice piece of advice. I know your idea is so original, but... it wouldn't hurt to check to see if someone beat you to the punch.
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"But Ostrakon, that's too hard! Clearly, its difficulty absolves me from having to follow the rules, allowing me to post the fourth thread about power customization today!"

Yeah, you would say that. Well, kiddo, I'm not letting you off the hook. But it's okay, I learned the Navajo so you won't have to.
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Yeah, that's right. You can use Google to search the CoX boards. You know how to use Google, right?
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Wanna take your chances and submit without searching? I wouldn't. The new mods, Koschej and Niviene, have actually been enforcing rules lately. Constantly regurgitated idea threads will likely be next.
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Let's put it this way. Take a d20. (That's a twenty-sided die, in case you didn't know.) Roll it. Did it spontaneously combust in a blaze of white fire?

I'm guessing not. The odds that your idea is actually original are roughly the same as rolling a d20 and having it come up "deific flames." Which is pretty low, to say the least.

Know the search function.

Use the search function.

'Cause you don't have an excuse anymore.

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This post, while encouraging of an important posting practice, has quite a negative, condescending tone to it. In its current form, it's simply too offending to actually be persuasive to the reader, let alone be worth a sticky. Remember, you attract more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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Heh,

My favorite is that the wouldbe forum police didn't even follow his own advice.

There already is a thread that is about this very topic.

There is a fancy word starting with H, that fits the OP like a glove.


~MR

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Penny Arcade Expo, Seattle, WA
August 29th to August 31st


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I will there, I am looking forward to seeing who will be there this year. I am glad I had the oppurtunity to chat with Positron and Lighthouse last year.



~MR

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As I read it, you get anywhere from 2 to 6 free slots when it goes live. It's not 2 per server, it's 2 free (but still 2 more than you had before). So if you get all 6, you can add one slot each to six different servers, or can add three each to two servers, or any combination you want.

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Sorry, but Posi said this:

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Thus, existing players will be eligible for up to 4 additional character slots at the launch of Issue 12.

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Zub Posi was refering to the Vet rewards in that quote. because you can only be a 4 year vet by the time I12 will be launched.

If you are a 4 year Vet you will get 4 vet slots + the 2 freebie I12 slots.

I will be getting a total of 5 when it launches with another coming really soon thereafter. Thats if they go live by at the time I hope they will.


~MR

Here I am home from work feeling like crap. I was happy about the leak yesterday.

I am very HAPPY today. This announcement has made me feel a little less crappy. Ok where is that dang cold medicine.

Good Job guys.


~MR

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Ya know each AT has it's own section in these forums. Would it of been such a bad idea to put a sticky poll in each one to see what people wanted? Can we do that now to decide what the next round of shared powers will be?

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There's the rub. No matter what the players want, it comes down to what resources the developers can muster to port and balance the sets in a timely fashion.

I can't see it being effective for the players either, as someone might not want something that another player wants.

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It's simple majority rules man. Of course you can't please everyone, but you can aim to plz the most players possible. I garantee a simple poll would have clearly shown that Dark/Dark was not what the majority would have chose for tanks....or elec/elec for stalkers and so on.

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Case in point. I would have prefered Elec/Elec Tank and an Ice/Ice Stalker. Both sets I am going to play when they finally get Proliferated.

The difference is that I am willing to wait. I was a bit disappointed but not terribly so.


~MR

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Somehow I don't think the Devs are going to make the Patron Pools optional.

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I already view them as Optional. I don't have to take a PPP if I don't want to.

Shrugs.

As much as I like the PPP that I have for my Ice/Ice Dom (Mako), I would prefer an Ice themed APP.

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If they follow your idea (which would be a lot easier than my idea), then it might be nice to have Hero Patrons. That would be something to look forward to.

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I agree. I might not choose to use those PPPs, but I would like the option, and of course the story that would get added.



I wouldn't mind the Idea you presented either. The reason I put forth what I did was because it could accomplish whats being asked for for potentially the least work.



~MR

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As the the patron's, if they add APP's, or change or tweak anything even a single power they would have to grant a one-time patron respec to everyone that has done it.


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They don't need to change the Patron Power Pools at all. What they need to do is just give the Ancillary Power Pools that heroes have as is (barring and FX/Coloring changes) to the Villain ATs that they make sense for. Then as a player you can then choose wether to use either your Patron Pool or one of the Ancillery Pools. This would Eliminate the need to make Patron Pools Respecable. While makeing many Villain PvP Players happy.

Then at a later date add 4 Patrons for Heroes along with thier corresponding powers.

I would be fine with this solution. Hopefully when Castle gets his new power guys up to speed. He has a chance to look at this issue.



~MR

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Which Villain ATs should get Devices ported over as is with no changes?

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Stalkers (well... Cloaking device replaced with Practiced Brawler for obvious reasons)

Just trust me on this one... I've spent well over 200 hours PvP'ing on a Traps Corruptor and it's basically just a really weak "Devices stalker" with 1 really powerful PbAoE based effect that might as well be an assassin's strike once it takes effect...

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Thats the point I was going to make when/if I got an answer to my question. Devices/Traps are basically the same set with a few powers that were changed out.




I do feel some sympathy for the plight of the Villain PvPer.

However as far as I'm concerned with PvE, I like the list. There are a few things I would have done differently.

Ice/Ice for Stalkers
Empathy for MMs as a second proliferated Secondary.
Elec/Elec for Tanks
Cold for Controllers

Also knowing that this is just the 1st round of proliferation helps ease my want of an Elec/Elec Tank.


~MR

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Devices is a Blaster secondary, which was supposed to be excluded from this list. Arguably, also, Ninja Blade and Katana are near clones of each other.

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Why exclude devices? It is a set that villains do not get.

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SOTO,
Wich Villain ATs should get Devices ported over as is with no changes?


~MR