StratoNexus

If you right click on the tier 4 of each pet in the Incarnate window, you can get info. Click on the 2nd tab and scroll down. Each pet has their powers listed and you can check the numbers for any of them you want.

I love the new system, that kind of delay should have always existed. Three things could be done to improve the system.

1) A visual countdown timer should pop up for anyone in the queued league. Five minutes is not a long time, but feels much longer when it is an unknown quantity, especially when we feel tied to our computers for fear of missing the green button.

2) The leader of a league who enters the queue should in some way be able signify they want to keep the league star. If multiple leagues enter the queue with a leader desiring to keep the star AND they are small enough to join into one league, the larger league leader keeps the star. If both leagues are the same size, the one who entered the queue first keeps the star. In the event of the inevitable possible tie, it would have to be random.

3) Some type of server wide event notification should be made if the league size minimum is reached (which would be usually for a preformed that stays open, most people do not queue up until they know they can actually start the trial). That way, as soon as you queue up, the whole server is notified that there is a trial they can also queue up to join. Bonus points if the event notification includes the league leaders name.

I think it should be changed. Especially since one could use these task forces to unlock the Alpha.

Please let any 50 run Tin Mage and Apex and let them run it as a 50.

This does not seem likely to change.

I kind of rambled a bit more than I expected, but I had fun thinking back, so I kept at it.

StratoNexus is a Grav/Storm controller and my first character as well as my first 50 (he has been through 3 APPs, Primal then Ice and is currently Psi). I don't play him a lot anymore, I get my stormy fix from my Demon MM nowadays.

My first scrapper (and 2nd character) is Celeste Cat, Kat/Inv/Body. I normally play her a lot, although she hasn't seen much activity the past month. I play her mostly for a tanking thrill, although her damage is not terrible.

My first blaster is Betty Sizzle, my Fire/Fire/Flame blaster. If I have a main, this is it. She was very fun to play up until about level 25. From 25-30 I was really displeased with her. The Issue 5 blaster changes breathed new life into her for me. Extra HPs and Defiance were a joy for me. She has been through several builds, although her current one has been pretty static since Issue 9 (for inherent fitness, I just added Hover, Fly and Weave back into the build, all of which had been part of her original concept, but I had to lose at various times due to build constraints). She has 3 travel pools, Leaping, TP, and Fly. She has had Fighting since her conception (and once I got high enough level to take it). I only have 4 powers from the primary. She lives in melee, having both damage auras, even though I always recommend skipping Blazing Aura for its many flaws. She is my go to toon for new high level content.

My first character on a different server (I logged in one day to the horror of Guardian being down) was a DM/Inv scrapper. It sat at level 6 for many, many years, but 2 years ago it got some playtime and made it into the 20s. Name - Serv Down

My first Tanker is a Fire/Ice/Earth tanker I made to try out the herd and burn playstyle popular in Issue 3. I made it into the 20s mostly street hunting with friends, herding in Boom and then TV. Sadly, I found I much preferred mission team tanking to that playstyle (although I guess it turned out to be good, since the aggro cap killed that style). I mixed my leveling after that mostly teaming and occasionally dropping into TV, then Bricks and Creys for some herd and burn (trying to stay true to his reason for creation). Ultima Fiero is still with inherent fitness, because I can't decide what I want to do with his build. He is still great fun and my only tanker on Guardian.

My first defender was a Kin/Elec I made on Protector to join a friend who was new to the game (early 2005). He switched to Guardian once he found out where we were all playing. That defender sat at level 5 for years, but about 2 years ago saw some playtime and is now in the 20s. However, I did remake him on Guardian in spring 2005 and he was my first 50 defender. Silveron is a Kin/Elec/Mace and one of my favorite characters.

Sarah Caste is my Dark/Dark/Mu corruptor. I like her, but she only gets rare playtime as I prefer my other buff/debuff characters. She was my 1st villain made, but my 2nd lvl 50 villain.

My 2nd villain made and first 50 is Teh Gank, an Nrg/Regen/Mace stalker. I made him to street hunt and PvP. I leveled primarily hunting to 15 (with a few scanners for the temps) then running missions in PvP zones and hunting in PvP zones. 40-50 I ran Grandville, since I liked the look of a lot of those contacts. I don't get to play him much; I prefer to team with him, but always feel guilty bringing him, because he is a less than stellar contributor (I shouldn't feel that way, since the game is not that hard, but I do).

My 3rd villain was my first Brute, SS/EA/Soul, Maximum Pain. I used to joke that was his name because that is what he received. He languished over the years, getting rare playtime. Brutes are not my cup of tea, I'd rather make a scrapper or tanker. However, over the last year I managed to get him to 50 and IO him out (Issue 19 breathed new life into him). Now he sees more playtime than my Fire/Ice tanker. I was late to adapting him to the I13 IO changes and the EA buffs, but he is very fun.

Captain Cassie, my first MM, is Mercs/Poison. I originally made her on Liberty and ran in a duo with a Bots/Traps. It was pretty fun and we were a good combination. We made it into the mid-20s when I lost interest. I eventually got her into the late 20s some months later. During the first free transfers, I moved her to Guardian, hoping that would revive her, but I had real issues with playing redside (mostly the anemic market). She saw some playtime late I19 and as a break from trials after I20. She is 39 and I will slowly play her to 50.

My first HEAT is a human form Warshade, Cranky Carl. I hated him until level 22. The first time I ate corpses I giggled maniacally. Ever since then, I love him. I still level him kind of slowly, he usually gets played in spurts. I have his tricked out 50 build made in mids and even have many of the IOs for the build in storage. He is level 47, no rush but will make 50 someday.

My first Dominator was a Grav/Fire, PyroNexus. He made it to level 8. I eventually deleted him to make room on Pinnacle for something I'd actually play.

My first VEAT is a male widow. I really like these powers, but I wish I could choose visuals other than claws attacks. He is level 30 and I have a story path to follow with him, so he will be a slow leveler.

One last first: my first Praetorian is a Fire/Earth/Ice Dominator. The Praetorian version of my Fire/Rad/Earth controller, I kept the same name, Fire Puddles. She is everything I expected her to be. I'd play her more, but generally when I want a Hot Feet fix, Betty wins.

I support this if it is a global setting where people can choose to turn off all the secondary effects for all their characters or leave them all on.

I love the 5 minutes, but it absolutely needs a visual timer. 5 minutes is not a long time, but it feels MUCH longer when I have no idea how much has passed.

Ran it again on my Emp, still can't see a way to reliably find the disintegrate target. We failed mostly because we had a lot of people get killed while being disintegrated (I only saw myself save two, granted people could have been more proactive with greens, but I still felt bad I couldn't find the target). We stayed together decently well, but just couldn't move AMs HPs much because he kept healing.

The floating text that states who is being disintegrated, is that in one of the chat channels? Maybe I could create a tab to monitor it then.