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Don't let them get you down MG! I am with you too on gaming schedule.

This is the first week in over a month that I have had time to play a bit more often. Between a new position at work and end of year deadlines and holidays/family visits (add in my kids having more and more stuff to do and starting to stay up later), game time has become a rarity. I am beginning to have a slight worry that I won't be able to enjoy GR that much.

I've said a few times before (example) and PM'd a redname - Rikti O's!

As for the account-wide unlocking and stating only my opinion (so won't re-open the debate), I would prefer that doesn't happen. For my example, I earned the merits on my widow "the old fashion way" via numerous street sweeps, misions, raids, and LGTF. She spent many hours taking down Rikti and is swimming in merits. On the other hand, my dark/therm corr has done the LGTF once and apart from that, has only done the VG intro to get the badge - no other VG content. It is hard for me to answer why my corruptor should get open access to the costumes when she didn't do anything to earn those costumes.

For the OP, I wouldn't mind seeing a reduction in those prices to make them easier.

Well, was going to reply. But after these bits from Lothic, I feels this trumps anything I would have said. Good reply Lothic!

Then go play another AT and stop posting about defenders. Having 3 at 50 and leveling a 4th now and planning a 5th, playing a defender is fun.

Defenders are balanced in what they do for teams. Does my 50 DM/regen scrapper or 50 claws/WP scrapper bring to the same amount of buffing/debuffing as my 50 emp/psi, 50 D3, 50 kin/arch, and soon to be 50 cold/ice defenders?

I will say two things again like I said in some older threads. First, what defenders may not have solo is more than made up in what they do for teams.
And second, in every AT, there is a spectrum of powers. Some synergrize very well, some don't. Take my ice/ice tank compared to a fire, stone, or invul tank. Which solo's better? If I went ice/EM, would my soloing be completely different? Is that a fault of my primary or my secondary? I have 4 50 corr's. My fire/rad blows through mobs as does my ice/cold and son/kin corr's. But my dark/therm corr was hard to solo, but shined greatly on teams. Problem with /therm or that I picked a primary that didn't go with /therm? What would have happened if I went dark/dark instead?

Oh, I know. My DB/nin stalker use to be my "farm" toon until I leveled a Widow. I was commenting more on the perception that stalkers get.

Just FYI, but DR in PVE has been discussed before: link

Sounds like they were thinking of GR back then on certain encounters.

For me, it leads to ATs not being played or avoided by teams.

Why invite that emp def when we can invite an /emp contr?

We don't need that /PD MM when we can get a /PD corr.

There are already enough threads about the death of defenders or tanks or whatever when GR comes out because the other side's AT will be available.

Why get a stone tank when a stone brute gives better damage?

Forget that stalker, we want a scrapper that will live longer or a blaster with AOEs and not be a one-trick toon.

And so on...

Giving an AT something unique in a powerset(s) will continue the incentive for people to keep playing that AT. An MM is a great example since their primaries can't be ported to any other AT. I have 2 at 50 and will consider a 3rd for GR. They being different makes want to come back again for that AT.

Most definitely agreed here. Especially since a lot of these contacts have been given out by earlier contact that completely trust you. The TF contacts should be a little earlier too - a little more urgency here if your TF is saving the city from some great threat.

I would add in a revamp of the LFT window first before a new tutorial.

I have read the thread on the pro's and con's for this, and can say I would be fine with either way the market is. I would prefer to see what GR does to the market first.

Great idea and would love to see. Since a "wishlist" and know it has been suggested many, many times, I would like the ability to merit roll at a specified level. I know levelling up is easier now, but it still frustrating, esp. in the 30's, when there are certain recipes from TFs not for sale. Most times, I just wait to 50 now. A wild and crazy wish would be to standardize to the 5's and 10's for all recipes, like how generics are set up. I see it not happening since some people are set up for certain level bonuses, but what is the real difference between a lvl48 recipe or lvl49 recipe to a lvl50? Would reduce some of the clutter of recipes that don't exist.

Here I flat out disagree on the anniversary badges. I have been playing 5+ years and have those badges. But on one toon I forgot to login for one of the months. I kicked myself for forgetting, but oh well, I got over it. My big issue is for toons that did not exist at that time, say like my Widow. She wasn't there on the 1st anniversay, why would/should she have the badge? I did not log her on that month as it said to do.

Sure, can't see any reason not.

Very interesting thought. Pretty much agree would keep something special on each AT, but could be the minority here.

This and some other NPC's. Would probably need to increase rent to balance out, but would like to see more base changes.

No opinion either way.

Never understood this set up. Yes, please!

The screenshots in the thread don't have the UI, so can't answer the 2nd question. But the "banhammer" was mention...

WAIT! Don't tell Hamster this one!!!

Oh come Techbot Alpha. Didn't you read the post from the future thread in City Life forum? It's fixed in I138.

Quoting Bill and adding my personal emphasis to it.

KB is a powerful support effect and fine as is.

Sadly just missing the list of Top Ten on I139: