Roderick

Before anyone tells me to "Take it to the Suggestions Forum," this is not a suggestion. I think the change is too drastic to make to an already-implemented system, but I'm interested in what others think.

As things stand in the game right now, there are two types of IOs: Commons and Set IOs. Common IOs exist from level 10 to 50, but only at multiples of 5. Set IOs each have a different range, but exist at every level from the minimum to the maximum.

If the original design had made all IOs exist only at the levels that are multiples of 5, how would that impact the game, both in terms of gameplay, and the markets?

These are the impacts I see:

-With less level variation, it would be easier to get a piece you wanted, since three bids would cover the same level range as 11 do now.
-Likewise, it would be easier to sell, since you are less likely to get that odd-levelled recipe nobody wants; it would round up or down like Commons do now.
-Slotting choices for exemplaring would change. Right now, if you plan on exemplaring to 30, you can slot as high as 33 and retain your set bonus. Under this system, You could only slot up to 30; level 35 would be too high to retain the bonuses. This would most likely have its largest impact on Zone PVPers, who want to eke every point they can out of their builds.

If this were changed now, the vast majority of existing IOs would have to be rounded up or down. Inevitably, you would end up with people who would want their slotted IOs to round the opposite way that they end up changing, and get upset because they now have to re-buy their entire build. I don't think this would be a well-received change, even if the consensus was that it was an improvement.

What do the market gurus think? What other pros and cons are there to this system? Is this how it should have been in the first place? If it were changed now, would it be an improvement, or a detriment?

At Hero Con, Posi said that they weren't merging the markets, but you'd be able to take items with you as you switched sides, basically acting as a "Gun Runner".

I think that they're going to add a third market to the game. For those of you familiar with WoW, it has two Auction Houses, Horde and Alliance, and they're segregated. In the neutral town of Bloody Bay, there's a third Auction House. Both sides can use it, but the market fees are higher. This is basically what I expect the market in Praetoria will be.

Both of my accounts are under the same master account. I used the Invite a Friend code. I got a free month.

The "Friend" has to get the code, upgrade to a retail account, AND pay for a month of game time before you get your free month.

Which packs should be greyed out?

The Valkyrie, Magic, Cyborg and Martial Arts, because I have them on both my accounts?

The Wedding, and Science, becaue I have them, even if it's not on both accounts?

None of them, because I have an unused trial accound on my master account, so I don't have any boosters that are on "all"my accounts?

I agree to having the multiple "Perks" renamed to something more useful.

It doesn say on the page to buy each Booster that they are non-refundable. It's up to you to make sure that you can use it. It is possible to check, even if you have to go infgame to do so.

For Signature TFs (Posi, Synapse, etc; I'm not sure which ones redside, but there are some), the enemies will always spawn at the highest level for their range, ie Posi will always be 15-16, except in the a couple frontloaded missions, where it ranges from 12-16.

Have a level-locked level 10 as the team leader, and the whole team gets +5s for the TF. Adjust the leader's level as necessary for the difficulty you want.

Blind is an AoE, but not the whole power.

It's a 5' radius, 5 target max AoE sleep. The rest of its effects are single target, and apply only to the enemy you had targeted when it is cast.

It was brought up MANY times when AE first came out. The first time I saw it happen was someone who wanted to place a Boss Fight objective with a Cimeroran Cyclops as the boss. He didn't want to give it a special name, but that objective type forced him to. So he tried to give it the default name. Bam! Error.

At this point, I think most people have resigned themselves to "It's stupid, but it's not going to change."

Also, regardless of what they con, Underlings, Pets, and enemies that don't normally drop recipes (like Gun Drones and Shield Generators) won't drop purples.