Roderick

If you want people to read it, you should probably provide a link so that people can. And if it's print only.... Don't expect a whole bunch of people to run out and buy a magazine to read an article about a game that a lot of us have no interest in at best, or actively hate at worst.

Also, from Christmas to New Years, the devs are on holidays. BABs, who is the most prolific dev poster, hasn't logged in since Dec 20, last I checked. Casle has posted twice since their holiday started. None of the other devs have. Don't expect any of them to se this before the forum monster eats it.

Something I've wanted since Power Customization came out, that I can't recall ever having seen suggested:

Would it be possible to add either a check box or a radio button beside each toggle in the Power Customization screen, so that the toggle (if radio buttons are used) or toggles (if check boxes) stay on while testing other powers?

This accomplishes two things:
1- It lets us see what we look like activating click powers with our toggles on, which is especially important for Shields and Shapechangers (like Granite).
2- It lets us actually see what the toggle looks like while it's running. Most toggles just do the activation animation, and then the instant you catch on fire, are shrouded in darkness, etc, you go back to the default position and the aura disappears.

Standard code rant applies, of course, but since we can activate clicks while toggles are active in-game, hopefully it's not too hard to do it in the tailor screen.

I don't have the numbers handy, so I can't tell you, but I can tell you how to figure it out.

Take the Duration and divide by the base Recharge Time. This will give you the TOTAL recharge needed to make the power become available just as it wears off. Subtract 100% from the result you got to get the Recharge bonus needed.
Example: If the Duration is 300s and the Recharge is 100s, you need (300/100)-1=2.00 or +200% Recharge bonus.
Note: Recharge slotted in the power counts towards the Recharge needed. If you have 95% Recharge slotted, you only need +105% from other sources in this example.
Also, when calculated this way, the power is "down" during the animation time. Replace Duration in the formula with (Duration+Activation Time). This makes it so that, if you activate the power the instant it's ready, the animation ends and the power restarts just as the first application wears off. (Actually, not exactly in most cases; search for "Arcanatime" to find out why)

Of course, slows will create gaps. Some people like to go over the minimum needed t buffer against this.

Also remember that there is a hard cap of +400% on recharge time. If Duration is more than 5x Recharge, it is never going to be possible to perma the power.

I've spent so long typing this, and been interrupted so many times (Darn customers think I'm actually here for their benefit! The nerve!) someone's probably already answered your original question. But now, you know how to figure it out for any power!

Why is Mantid's website.... what?

Wherefore = Why, not Where. :P

The recipe is at the level of the player you defeat. I've heard that you have to be +/- 3 levels from the person you're fighting to have a chance for a drop, but I don't know it that's still true with the most recent changes.

Red, blue or both?

I just posted the following, all at level 30 on the red market:

Kinetic Combat: Dam/End/Rech - Sold
Mako's Bite: Acc/End/Rech (x2)
Touch of Death: Dam/End/Rech
Gift of the Ancients: Def/+7.5% Runspeed
Expedient Reinforcement: End/Dam/Rech
Devastation: Acc/Dam/Rech
Ghost Widow's Embrace: Chance for Psi damage
Touch of Lady Grey: Recharge/Endurance Reduction

All are listed at or below the current going rates.

EDIT - Those are all recipes.

18 hours from the completion of the first TF completion.

ie, If you do an ITF at noon, then one at 3pm, you get half merits, then one at midnight, you get 1/3 merits. Then you do another at 6am and get full merits.

How does this work in Arctic Air?

Does it just fire once every 10 seconds, then spread normally?
Does it function like a proc in a pet, and only try to fire on enemies when they're confused by AA?
Does it do something different?

I assume that it's the first, but I'd like confirmation.

Correct.

Shouldn't this be in the suggestions forums, along with the eleventy billion identical suggestions?

Invulnerability is one of the armor sets that got a No FX option. It also has Bright (original Hero mode) and Dark (original villain mode) options.

EDIT: OK, I misread the question. After going in to the character creator, I can confirm that Grim is right - for hero versions of Invincibility. Villain Invince still has Visual FX in Original, Bright and Dark modes. It's definitely a bug that it's missing on hero versions.

The solution to the spawn timer is simple:

The first spawn happens when you open the door, same as it does now. Instead of the second and subsequent being triggered by a timer (current method), the second is spawned when the first is defeated, the third is spawned when the second is defeated, and so on. This way, gimpy teams that fail because they get swarmed, don't see the next spawn before they're ready, and good teams that wipe everything then wait 5 minutes, have the next wave ready for them right away.

As to the difficulty setting, I assume that once they figure out how to adjust it so it plays nicely with the problem TFs, it will be reactivated for ALL TFs, including Trials.

I wonder how many of those 197 bidding are under 2 bil, thinking they might be lucky enough to score one for a bargain?