Novamaiden

Ok first one i guess it's someone who doesn't like losing powers from exemplaring ,and if they're level 50 there's not much gain.

Not interested in teaming- Probably sick of all the people who don't notice/ignore the fact their flag is not set looking for team. I know the feeling.

SG only- i use this one on a few of my characters. Because sometimes i want to play the game with people i know and who i can count on to play their part. Not have to explain the finer points of tactics to some kid or gibbering fool who has no idea what he's doing. Also avoids the people who think i have nothing better to do then borrow my level 50 tank to carry their brand new toon around. Or i'm just feeling anti social and i don't want to spend time getting to know you, no matter how awesome you are. I Have some more creative forms of this too. MY main tank is something along the lines of "I am a warrior not a pack mule. I will not carry your butt."

^This^ A level 50 anything should have at least a couple of 100mil to spend. I spend a couple of mil crafting or at the tailor changing my costumes without a 2nd thought. Once the games back up i'm gonna log in and collect my 100mil from the market from selling stuff while i was asleep/working. See, with the market you can literally get rich in your sleep.

I have currently 11 50's, and a few other characters of varuious levels. The higher the level generally the more io pieces or sets. Every character relys and runs off generic ios at least ,with other enhancements a stop gap until i get the salvage i require. It's just as easy for me now to swing buy a university or crafting center and hit buy, craft, slot as it is to search out a specific origin store and scroll through a list of enhancements. Plus just looking for damage and level in a menu is easier than whatever unusual names this group of enhancements uses. MY main 50 has handful of purple sets and all the other best A+ i could get. The cost would be in the billions easily. My other 50's would all have io sets but stopping short of all the greatest sets unless i happen to score them as a random roll or some such. In fact i had a streak of luck so i have at least half a dozen toons running with numinas +regens and LOTG's + recovery and a lucky level 38 alt with miracle. Io sets for me are something extra to do after i make 50 and carry on a character after investing time in it.

I thought most people were coming in explaining their use of inventions and justifications. Presenting both sides of the argument, not calling you stupid Samuel. But you're the only one who seems to keep appearing and insisting on decrying io sets. You've explained why they're not to your taste and why noones going to change your mind. Fair enough. Many players, myself included, like to see a hard built character get better, improve a little. Even if it's just a funny little number. If noones going to convince you to like them then their arguments aren't directed at you, they're more for the other players like the OP. You don't need to keep dragging your soap box in and screaming the evilness of the invention system to the heavens. It's been nobodys choice but yours to ignore all of it, not just the bits requireing major effort. I don't like PVP. I don't get it at all so you know what, i avoid any discussions about it because i have nothing to contribute. No ones going to convince me to get involved in it but i'm not going to but a dampener on other peoples enjoyment by saying it's terrible. i wouldn't spend 20 posts having a discussion with someone about how thier view point is wrong and getting riled about a perception of being called stupid but at the same time calling THEM stupid for trying to change my point of view.

Not true. 38 mil might not get you a full builds worth of generic io's but it will get plenty. Depending if he buys from workbenches, or bids on them. Or he could just run a few missions and let some drop. Or instead of 50 generics buy 45's. Half the cost and nearly the same bonuses, still better than SO's at max level. And the cost of most of the salvage will be nothing because only commons are required for generic sets and the game is flooded with that stuff from all the farming lvl 50's. You probably have a pack full of salvage to turn into invention pieces right now. Set io's wouldn't be anymore expensive to craft, as long as you start with sets that don't require anything ultra rare for now.

I know we're unlikely to convince you otherwise, you have your way that works. I can't go as far as Goat, figuring out everything i might need, filling all my purchase slots with bids for things i may need in 5 levels. But crafting inventions you need can be as quick and easy as visitng the market or a vendor to sell that stack of recipes and salvage you have. Take a few minutes between missions whenever it's convenient for you to stop by a university and see what you can craft. Don't waste time at the market if you don't want, i rarely do. Just craft from what you have on hand. If you're doing tasks around your level and fighting a mix of foes you'll have all the parts you need for enhancements of your level. And a few extra minutes at a uni saves you more time and trouble with expireing enhancements later. Then if you still end up with some empty slots or not getting what you need then buy regular enhancements to complete things. Don't bother wasting your time replacing every invention every time you can use the next level. The whole point is you don't have to, freeing you up to keep playing. Taking hours is an extreme method, you can still utilise inventions without going that far. This is more directed at people that don't use them than you specifically Samuel, but your post happened to stick out at me at the time. In summary, inventions doesn't have to be work if you don't want it to be.

Heh no of course not, but don't always exist wel ltogether. See Freedom server. That line was more i nreply to scooters comment tha tthe reason rp is dead on victory supposedly is because we're the powergamer server. I rp extensively as do many of my friends and sg. If you're with a decent crowd it might catch on if you start rping a bit, i've seen that all people need is some encouragement sometimes.