SwellGuy

Originally Posted by Decorum

Are we sure those wouldn't survive a merger?

Originally Posted by Prof_Radburn

I was aware of what they were doing just confused why the decided to do it at this time,I have my answer in one of the other posts so the yanks can get their freebies when they get up

Originally Posted by Fulmens

My luck charms are gonna go away?

... I'll just have to BURN ANOTHER BILLION TO RELIST THEM.

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

I always liked the response, "I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you."

Originally Posted by Megajoule

I honestly don't get all the RP-blaming. I'm an RPer, and I think a market merge is a good thing that's long overdue. I can think of a half-dozen RP justifications or excuses for a combined market, should I choose to acknowledge it in-character at all. The only thing keeping them separate was game design, which has apparently been rethought.

Don't blame players; blame the designers at Cryptic and/or Paragon who made and upheld the decision, and have finally reversed it.

Originally Posted by Emberly

Before this glorious, shining day, I had every intention of moving any redside characters through the shift sneeded to get them out of the red market but keep access to the red content. No longer. Some might go grey but most will stay parked in the red. I am sure I am not alone.

Originally Posted by Zombie Man

2 Billion inf cap is a cap.

A cap.

Getting around that with Market tricks is not a license to exceed the cap. If anything is done by the Devs that causes excess inf beyond to the cap to disappear, then, it's working as intended.

When asked, the Devs have always said using the Markets to get passed the cap is not WAI.

The Devs are being nice with all this warning so that people can get their affairs in order.

Originally Posted by Jet_Boy

Why on Earth would my *opinion* need fixed?

Edit: Wow... so many people trying to *correct* my opinion. One would think there might be something to it. 8D

Originally Posted by Enyalios

What market merger news?

Originally Posted by Jet_Boy

In a logical world, that would be true. However, the Marketeers that are creating the same manipulations in the market today (1,000,000 common salvage, for example) are simply being given a larger playing field.

Like I've said earlier, I don't tend toward playing the market mini-game. As a rule I slot what drops, but occasional I want to use the market to get a specific piece of salvage or something, especially with the intro of the temp combat powers. On blue side, that tended to be difficult at best, but at least on red side it could be done more times than not. This change - and I truly hope to be proven wrong - is going to benefit a specific group of players to the detriment of all the others.

I think the devs have based this idea solely on "ease of maintainability" with little regard towards the player base as a whole.

But that's just me. I guess we'll see when the dust settles in September or Novemeber.

Originally Posted by War Witch

A few of you have made comments about the RP aspects of this merger, so I’d like to discuss that a bit.

Influence and Infamy have always encompassed more than just the “kindness and goodwill of the citizens of Paragon” and the “fear and terror which allows you to extort denizens of the Rogue Isles.” Yes, some if of it is actual resources which can be taken with you. It’s also assumed that if you are leaving one city for another that you would “cash out” and call in every favor you’re due on the way out. This is all handled for you behind the scenes, but from an in-character perspective that’s effectively what’s going on.

If you feel as though some of that “goodwill” and “extortion” earned is something you shouldn’t be able to take with you, stay tuned to Going Rogue information for something in this vein. However, it will not be INF in any fashion.

As for the Market Merge, two recent developments in Primal Earth are responsible for this change:

One is the sudden emergence of a large number of fallen heroes and redeemed villains moving between the spheres of Paragon City and the Rogue Isles, calling neither place home. These powered individuals live in shades of grey, and facilitate the trading of goods and services in secret between the two worlds.

The other is not quite such common knowledge. Out of nowhere, Wentworth’s has gained access to new suppliers, but all suspicions and investigations have been stymied by the immaculate paperwork of their new partners. Likewise, the Black Market has suddenly seen a rise in activity, though no one has looked too closely at the ‘why’ so long as the goods are solid. For now, it remains a mystery.

Hmmm....

War Witch

Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay

I couldn't entirely care less if the reason they were doing it is because they siphon our joy weepings into their grim chalices, mixing with the blood of infants that were born seeing pain and terror before seeing their own mothers.

My markets are getting merged, bizzlenitches.

Originally Posted by ChaosExMachina

Where's the announcement?

Originally Posted by fury flechette

as a member of the ae community, i think you need to realize that not everyone uses ae as a story telling medium. I use it to create missions that are the equivalent of a radio mission. I also use it, when it suits me, to create story arcs.

As to your point about junk creation, that's not something either you or i can control. Not everyone will create well crafted works of art.

The mission above isn't even published. I unpublish it as soon as i'm done since i have no expectations that anyone else other than myself would use it.

Funny, that as soon as i publish something that is universally well known that i get the exploit tag on this thread. There's no super secret on creating a farm mission nor do you have to use a farm mission in order to generate ma tickets. I also resent having to be politically correct in my posts saying that you shouldn't use farms, etc. And that you should only use well crafted story arcs. Bah humbug to that.

I think being transparent and telling the truth is more important than trying to purposely send a message to potential users of ma.

Originally Posted by Darkfaith

We haven't been given any information on the beta since the Friends and Family stage started. That's not to say that it's not in progress, we just haven't been told about it if it is.

Originally Posted by SilentSpy

No? I haven't been around for the past month so not sure if I missed any news or updates about beta.