SwellGuy

With the exceptions of the valentine pieces they gave out as a reward for getting people to sign up during a specific time frame. And the witch's hat which can only be obtained via Katie Hannon so villains don't have it but I think that is a different issue.

But to the OP, I would love it but I have to agree with Sharker's reasons for being against it.

As an alternative I could support the use of merits to acquire the locked costume pieces on a character by character basis.

Let me try this again since you don't seem to be getting it.

BEFORE THERE WAS AN OPTION OF THE MARKETS WE COULDN'T AFFORD OUR SOs at 22.

They didn't add inventions and markets to fix not being able to afford SOs at 22. That is simply a side benefit. If you won't use it, congratulations you get to enjoy what we had for 3 years before we had inventions and markets when we actually were forced to do without or get someone else of a higher level to bankroll us or do without.

So don't come here talking about being forced to use the optional markets to experience game play that wasn't even an option before the markets and inventions existed and think you'll get much sympathy from anyone who played before May 2007.

Before IOs came out we couldn't afford our SOs at level 22. So you are wrong.

So if you don't use the markets you will not be able to afford your SOs just as it was the first 3 years of the game.

Well khelds debuff with their attacks: -def for the PBs and -rech for the WSs.

Isn't that part of the force multiplier equation?

I could imagine one more powerful. /kin

And it gave me something to do.

No confirmation that I know of but as I often dual box I can tell you I have never gotten 2 of any drop type on my characters from a single kill. Also back in the people looking for level 46s to bridge I think we would have filled up a lot faster if that could happen.

I figure it makes far more sense for the drops to work one of these two ways:
1. Randomly roll for each drop type, randomly drop on a team character (goes to limbo if recipient has no room).
2. Randomly roll for each drop type, select eligible recipients from team and randomly choose one

I lean towards #1.

Not all men. I find it interesting. I totally hate stories where the guy is getting creamed and the gal is hanging back screaming or waiting for the guy to save her. Obviously there are exceptions because there really wasn't anything Pepper could do against Iron Monger but when he was out of that suit she wasn't afraid to go in and do her part for Tony.

People fear the cysts or they think every kheld cowers before Voids/Quants/Cysts.

While this used to be the case before inventions and the markets and AE this is really not true any longer even on the villainside unless you team zerg to 20 and won't use the markets.

I mentioned AE because now that is what I do with all my new characters. Once I get them the Atlas Park mayhem/safeguard raptor pack I hop into AE and generate some tickets (one mission is often enough). Then I can either take my chances on a recipe or some random salvage or work for enough tickets to buy a good rare.

Just an FYI next Wednesday when we get Issue 17 they could email them to you from any server hero side.

No what they do is buy your merits by having you random roll your merits for them. There's a bit of trust on their part you won't lie of course and keep a goodie but have some junk in your inventory ahead of time to say you rolled.

There'd be no way to do anything that would transfer the results of Vanguard merits. Those are the ultimate bind on acquisition item we have in the game. At least with costume and temp power recipes until you craft them you could trade/sell them.

Work I do not believe they will ever do. We would see market caps before they would ever merge them.

But I am terribly excited about I17 next Wednesday so I can roll up my Demon/dark mastermind.

Since my warshade is finally all set with purples I needed something new to do.

It's the saber.

I've used it a couple times but usually later in the character's life. For example I would still take Hasten at 6 or 8 depending on my character but I want him to Fly or I want to take Teleport so I can mix that with Hover and skip Teleport Foe and Recall Friend kind of thing.

But most of my villains are in their 20s before I get them a travel power because the temp powers do a good enough job.

So she's like Galactus, then?

I'd agree with that statement. Desire is not need.

Now that is excellent and I accept. And if I offended it really wasn't intended to be such.

It's just this has been going on since they gave us vet rewards and I hate re-runs.

You should have experienced the joy of the Atlas Park safeguard Raptor Pack (Issue 8)before the Hollows' revamp (Issue 12). Now that was really something.

Exactly. If anything the discrepancy is harder for people like me. Character A I can fly at level 6 but Characters B or C on the other accounts I cannot. Heck C doesn't even have his Nemesis Staff yet.

I have to personally experience different levels of play. The people without the vet rewards yet really don't know what they are missing so their pain is much less than mine.

See, you assume I am comparing you to children. No, I am comparing your request to a childish request by virtue of its inherent impatience. "Why do we have to wait until Christmas to open our Christmas presents?" Same concept. I didn't write that you are whining just that I respond to these things as I respond to the whines of my children.

Then you further infer insults. If I am going to insult someone I will just come out and write it (usually within the allowed boundaries of the forum rules though sometimes not and Niv or Mod08 give me a talking to).

You read into my posts just as you read into the vet rewards things that are simply not there.

What you are writing about that one vet reward has been brought up on many of them: 12 months, 24 months, 33 months, ...

The song remains the same and it wasn't that interesting of a tune any of those other times either.

OR you could play the game until you get to the 60 month vet reward just like everyone else has had to.

However since you seem to have a penchant of taking quotes out of context and constructing strawmen to suit your needs I'm not certain anything else you post is worth my time to read or respond to.

I wouldn't feel cheated either. I'd benefit on 2/3 of my accounts. But I scoff at the people who get their undies in a bunch over any of the vet rewards and think they ought to be able to buy them. Like my children whining about anything I tell them I had to walk to school in snow up to my waist even in the summer uphill both ways.