Thirty-Seven

Good point.

The important thing to note is that you have a REASON to change your fire from "normal" fire. My issue is that lots of folks change it for no good reason at all... and since there is no way to make sure each character has a concept of why their darkness powers are now yellow, I favored just to not give the option at all... but I suppose it is wrong to penalize those of us who WOULD have reasoning and DO have creativity for those lacking one or both.

(And yes I know fire can be more than just redish orange, hence why I said "in general.")

Am I the only one who read the above and said, "Hmmm, makes enough sense to me" and moved on? The Devs can pretty much do whatever they want to do.

Then again, I am also the guy who doesn't think that Dark should be customizable because dark is dark, and not white, etc... or Fire for that matter, because, well, in general it is FIRE colored... or... well, you get the idea.

If it makes you feel any better, I thought the same thing when I read it. It can easily be construed negatively by those wishing to do so... I don't personally, but can see how someone would read into it if they did want to.

Psssst... That's the same person. Or did you know that and say it to be funny?

Thank you for presenting a false dichotomy. There are many reasons why people want level 50 characters. Personally, I don't really "want" level 50 characters (Beyond the first one that is, unlocking Kheldians was a goal for me to be sure.)... but I know that if I play any character long enough that it will get there. Now, one could ask why I wouldn't simply turn XP off if that is my attitude. Well, it would get pretty darn repetitive playing the same missions endlessly on the same character in the same level range.

And this is exactly where I stop caring in this argument. Bigger numbers =/= bigger fun. They certainly CAN, but I have plenty of fun without ever having used a purple for anything but a market sale. Sure, many powers can use certain attributes in greater amounts... but isn't part of the fun of the game in being challenged? If endurance and recharge and regen and ToHit and all of the other attributes are not an issue for your character... why bother playing?

Many people argue that you need purples to do certain things, and that they only have fun doing those particular things. Well, I have to ask how they can justify playing a game in which 100% of the content doesn't matter, but doing a few things that they have built out of the content (but technically aren't something the Devs intended to be done) worth their time. It takes time and "effort" to get to 50 and to have the resources available to be able to do the only thing that these folks are here to do.

I think that making your character more powerful for power's sake or to be able to say that X AV got soloed, or I have 837% of X attribute is all about vanity. To me, playing the numbers game is so far removed from an escapist mentality as to be ridiculous. Planning builds, and crunching numbers takes you away from the fun of the game, IMO, that's why I spend so little time dealing with my enhancements, and why I don't sit around trying to build a team of 8 every time. I want to ESCAPE from life for a bit and actually friggin' play a game. NOT do mindless and repetitive amounts of math and jimmy-riggin' to get an extra .5% of something to be able to do something else an extra time so that some ridiculous activity is doable that I shouldn't really be doing in the first place!

Ooooh, the suspense must be killing you.

Was my post ignorant? Hardly. Literal? Yes quite.

Also, I argue that just because numbers change, does not take it out of the realm of vanity.

Might I further argue that some of the crazy things mentioned in the above post(s) are, basically, outside of the realm of normal gameplay and as such are not necessary activities. Purples are totally unneccessary. Period, and I will continue to stand by that point.

My point exactly.

In short: No, it's not.

There really is no reason at all that anyone should want a Purpled Out Build, much less "need" as is so often said. In fact, no one really should have to use Inventions at all... everything in this game is completeable with SOs and/or teammates. In fact, the only thing that necessitates their use in PvP even, is the fact that other people in PvP will surely have them.

It is beyond me why they are so sought after, beyond simple vanity. In fact, one of the only reason I even dip into IOs is out of convenience... I know that I will not need to buy many enhancements after I hit 32 (I keep level 35 common IOs in most all of my characters from 32 onward).

Hmmm, I got this, for the above post:
Request/Suggest about... 11-09-2009 08:48 PM This is rude and not helpful. It is clearly in violation of forum policy and common decency.

While the assessment might be true, it seems that someone is taking forum posts a bit too seriously... and apparently hasn't read too many of them. Comparatively speaking, I can't say I would have given mine a second look... much less passed out a measly 4 pts. of negative rep about it.

See, I don't see a problem with that. Lots of people obviously like WoW. I don't. And I have to admit I cringe a bit when I see that other game brought up, but that doesn't mean someone else can't like both.

It puzzles me why people are so divisive.

Ooooh! This one. It doesn't relate to the powers per se, but I like it. Especially given the tan in the costume. Maybe sub the lime green color for a sky blue?

Just to be a pain in the butt: Technically one can never get to step 7 in your plan there. It's impossible.

Maybe learning to speak the English you sometime before posting the time after the next.

This.

Can we get a translation on this? Apparently it is right according to B-Pup, there, but I don't know what it means.

Don't say "plox," please.

I want the options in the OP if ONLY to see Azure's character's screenies.