Sampoerna

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wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwssssssdddddddd = someone trying to run while stuck in chatmode.

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LOL! I thought I was the only one!

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Always thought the person had a stuttering problem....

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That dang blasted keyboard.... do you know how many times I died because I was trying to run while the chat window was still activated? Well I'm not going to tell you.
...... blasted keyboard.

And, of course - DING! Gratz!


Cuppa said it best.

Take your cape with you, Vyv... I'm sure there's room for it somewhere.

SablePhoenix... just wanted to say that I love your Avatar.

Actually, I'll just say that you guys do deserve our respect, as do other players who mutually treat others with respect. I personally appologize for any post that you may have felt didn't convey this toward Cryptic staff. Unfortunately I can only appologize on my own behalf.

Thanks again.

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I totally agree. As a person who recently wrote a post not too kindly wirtten...( yes I can admit it )... I would like to extend my apologies for any harsh words. I do believe that respect is greatly deserved.

Do I feel bad about venting?

No.

But as an adult, and having re-read some childish, disrespectful things that had come from my own fingertips, I can say shame on me.

I absolutely appreciate the care Cuppa put into wording her post. This game tends to bring out the Hero-loving, comic book reading kid in me. I maybe care a little too much for the Heroes I've created but that could only happen if the game was wonderful to begin with. To kind of mirror what a few other people have expressed, we would not be upset if we did not care. Take away the things we love and the kid in us throws a fit.

I am expecting one of those electric shocks from my keyboard any time now.

Being as good as I can now,

And Cuppa.. Girl... what are you doing posting this late in the a.m.? LOL

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1) When you level, you get x % of your debt forgiven
2) A certain amount of debt forgiven each day
3) If you are rezzed you have 50% less debt from that death, if you use an awaken you have 25% less debt from that death versus going to a hospital. It encourages players to actually stock up on supplies and bring healers on missions.

4) Scrappers should get less debt from dying (they do it a lot they are used to it). Alternatively you can actually have a power that reduces the XP debt from dying.

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Steve... please don't take this wrong, but are you pretty new to the game? The reason I ask is this: I created a scrapper and here was pretty dang tough from the get go. But I enhanced him badly, and didn't plan what the smarter choice for his powers would be -vs- the coolest powers to have. He started getting killed. That and my SG captain kind of took me aside and suggested that I try not to play as if I were a Tanker. Play smart and don't think that you are or should be indestructable. That is just not the case. I did the respec after asking some advice from other players and followed the general consensus of them all. Guess what, it helped immensely.

My advice... enhancing is the key right behind acknowledging that you just have to run once in a while. I know that as a scrapper you may want to do DAMAGE DAMAGE DAMAGE... but you cannot do that if you cannot hit what you swing at. I enhance with accuracy before damage enhancements. The results are far more productive. Also, when on a team... decide what role you want to play. ex.: The team may have a tank, a blaster and two controllers. I let the tank lead and take the damage. The two controllers, who are a lot weaker than yourself are going to need protection should anything get past their holds and the blaster. Protect them. Protect your Defender if there is one with you. Who will heal you or keep your team buffed if things go really bad if the one who heals is down? Save them and you'll be a bigger hero to your team than if you stand next to the tank on the front lines against enemies. And they'll be able to back you up.

And to address your debt issue. I know it just seems like major punishment to place so much debt on you that can accumulate. Think about how you're getting the debt. Is it a bad team situation? Speak up and offer your opinion. If things stay bad, people play poorly or just keep soloing and putting the team at risk then either ask them to change... leave... or you be the one to leave. I think it was mentioned in a previous answer to your post that not everyone knows how to handle their own powers. Remove yourself from a continuously bad situation. Less debt mean you advance faster. If you are always always in debt just ask yourself why. You'll come up with the answer.

Now even though I think this is a very good idea, I kind of think it is a lazy way out of a particular problem with the Hollows. I've gone through quite a few of the submits for this thread and a lot of people admit to doing what I have to also admit doing... I get killed just so I don't have deal with the 5 minute run back to Atlas Gate. Jeez... I would have rather seen some kind of upgrade to show the progression of the Hollows being retaken such as a "SAFE" place in the middle of the Hollows where a trainer is located so that you could train and sell. How many times have you other gamers had to wait and wait and wait some more because your mission is in the back forty of the Hollows and the awesome team you just put together suddenly decides that they need to run back and train. There's no Taxibots working, of course. and THEY won't commit suicide to speed up their trip. ( not that they should - just my twisted thinking =P ) Then one or two gets killed while trying to get to the mission and no one has awakens. The person that got killed is the one with Rez. Arrrggg!!! And what happens? Half the team looses intrest in waiting and decides to quit or join another team that actually made it all the way over.
Don't get me all wrong. I love that you've been kind enough to take it a little easier on us with the debt up to 10th level. I'll admit I've deleted a few controllers I loved because no matter where I went I got spanked with debt so much that it'd take a couple of Frostfire missions to get out of it. -- and for those of you thinking that it is my playing style that sucks, you'd be wrong. I often can only play very early in the morning and believe me a controller is hard pressed to find help between 4 and 6 a.m.. =)
Like I said... though I am ever greatful for the break you're providing, I would trade it for progression in the storyline of the Hollows with either a safe spot in the middle of the map or a teleportation device. Or better yet, don't administer missions of low level so far in the back forty (meaning the Northeast corner of the Hollows). After all, it's not really heroic to commit suicide just to avoid the drudgery of a 5 minute run to a gate and then a few more minutes to get to the trainer in Atlas just to face the same amount of time running back to a mission.
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