Wicked_Wendy

There are other ways to get threads and advance. As someone already explained any content now will drop shards.. even joining a Sewer team in Atlas Park I suppose (I have no desire to test that to find out ). The thing is those ways are rather expensive since converting 10 shards to 10 threads cost 2.5 Million in influence and can onl;y be accomplished once a day. After that you can spend as much as you like converting 10 shards into 5 thread for the same 2.5 mil.

Keep in mind that a common component costs 20 thread and you need 3 to create a tier one enhancement so you'd need 110 shards and 27.5 million in influence to create 1 common enhancer for one power. You can also use threads to BUY incarnate experience rather than running the trials but I am not sure exactly what the exchange rate is on that. Well I know its 1 thread for X amount of IXP but I have no clue how many threads you'd need to go from 0% on a power to 100%. It is possible but would take a lot longer to accomplish that just running the trials and would cost a considerable amount of influence.

Now there is another trial, Anti-Matter's, going into closed Beta this month and supposedly will be release to play prior to issue 21. So we may have only 2 now but there are more on the way. I agree it does get very repeatative doing those same two trials again and again but fortunately most of my incarnates have $$ so I have combined running trials with converting threads and even bought some IXP on a couple to get them to having all 4 powers open and to at least tier 3.

Hey do what I do.. TAKE a BREAK. I have spent the past week working on lower level characters so the trials aren't the only thing I see. It will get better as we get more options.

Okay I sort of missed the part about not fighting greys. This may take you a LOT longer than you hoped for unless you lower your standards a bit. You will find SOME Fakes in PI but only in the higher levels portions so you limited the number you'll find that way. Aside from Faathim's TF you may as well forget the Shadow Shard.. There are only two zones that are at or close to 50 .. Storm Palace (50 level zone but nothing there except Rularuu) or the Chantry (44-47 level but the only thing there are COT and Rularuu). FBZ probably has the most and it is the easiest to get to sonce you are there as soon as you step through the potral in PI but all the villains there are level 40-44.

I'm assuming you want the Fakes to finsih up working toward the Freedom Phalanx Reserve Accolade badge and that 10% increase in Hit points. You may need to make a decision between INF, recipes, salvage and potential shard drops and just getting the badge quick. I can normally get 100 Fakes soloing in FBZ in around an hour. So its one hour in FBZ or run Faathim's TF like 5 or 6 times.. that's around 10-12 hours. I don't even want to try to guess how long it would take you to find 100 Fifty level Fakes in PI.. that may take days!

Unfortunately regular content just doesn't have a lot of Fake Nemesis in it. Two ways I know of to get some.. The Faathim the Kind TF in the Shadow Shard has a number of missions against Nemesis and I found quite a few Fakes in that. Be prepared for a couple of hours of play time if you do it though. Most people street hunt for them. You can find them in various spots around Peregrine Island and they are also found in many of the Shadow Shard zones.. As long as you are not worried about XP I'd stay in Fire Base Zulu and try out Points Tango and Wiskey I have had good luck finding them there.

Oh and there is one mission in the Dark Watcher's Arc (RWZ) that has some.. get a good sized team together and you can farm them in that as well. Anyone else have any other suggestions for him?

Hope that helps

I am against this idea. Not that I don't enjoy some of the Booster Packs and I have purchased a few but not all. If it has good items I can use I want it and am willing to pay. Examples include Ninja Run.. I now have characters that hit level 14 and get their permanent travel power without using a single second of time on the Raptor Pack they earned. Secondary Mutation comes in handy as an added buff although you never really know what you will get until its applied. on the other hand some I have skipped completely.. I refused to shell out 8 Dollars for the party pack (last I checked cool dance moves and the ability to dribble a basketball didn't help me in game one bit.

Now for the reasons I am against the OPs idea.. First off I agree with Tech... the last thing we need is to get to a point where we are paying for every update like SOME OTHER GAMES. The little boosters packs are fine now and then but let's keep the FREE stuff rolling.

And second while I don't begrudge them a few bucks they make selling Boosters I have often wondered.. Why can't we get something nice like that as a vet reward? I know I am not the only person in this situation..... At this point I have so many FREE RESPECs I could change my characters powers daily for a week or more and still not run out and then add in the ones I have earned running trials for badges plus the ones they give us in game when needed to correct a problem. I DONT NEED ANY MORE PLEASE STOP!

Then there are the free costumes I seem to get constantly.. Okay look It was been so long since any character I own had to PAY for an outfit its silly. I have older characters with 20 or more free tailor sessions that were awarded in game and have barely even touched the Vet Reward ones so those become pretty much useless as well.

And how many times have we been given a reward that was .. Item to decorate your base. Okay .. Unless your the base designer/builder for your SG how many of you are using these? And how many of you don't even belong to an SG to begin with? So they rank right up there as completely useless for MOST people.

So what it really boils down to is this .. after more than 5.5 years I have been given 3 attack temp powers that I can actually use. None can be enhanced and are only so effective at higher levels.. The Nemessi staff does come in handy in pulling or can assist a melee type when there is a need for range and same with the Black Wand! I have on BUFF pet that is pretty neat and does help a little. And I have been around long enough now that I can take a travel power at level 6 and don't need to take any of the other powers in the set to get it. That's about it. So after 63 months of paying my 15 bucks thats about all I get for my dedication. Oh and in case we forget run a BAF or Lambda trial and what happens to EVERY one of those powers? They are unavailable for use. Strangely Ninja Run works.. So I have going on 6 years of paid play under my belt but my Vet reward temp powers are useless but a guy with one month of play time and 10 bucks can use Ninja run? Fact is a guy that joins tomorrow can go to the store and pick up Ninja run, Secondary Mutation, Mystic Fortune, Self Destruct (so does anyone actually still USE that power? lol) etc.

I actually got one vet reward that consisted of 5 reward Merits??? Running out of ideas are we? I think maybe its time to stop selling us everything under the sun and actually GIVE us something nice that we can use as a reward for time invested in game. Again I am NOT say stop selling Booster packs but every once in a while it would be nice to get a Vet reward that actually feels like a reward. Last one I truly enjoyed was the City Traveler that allowed me to take my Travel power at level 6. I can still recall chuckling when I collected my FIVE Merits. First character that opened that was my badger and she was carrying close to 2000 reward merits at the time. "OH WOW 5 whole merits! Now I feel REALLY important." lol

I spoke with War Witch last night in Pocket D.. well okay I was a little drunk at the time but I swear it was her!

She was completely wasted and when I offrered to buy her a drink she leaned in and whispered.

"Not supposed to tell anyone but I LIKES you. New zone izn't going to be what any1 spects hehehehe. Iz a whole new dimension ... EVIL Disneyworld! U wouldn't believe how long it took for our lawyers and theirs to come to an agre .. agre.. to stop hitting each other. Whole place will be run by the Evil Emperor Don OLD Duk and his 6 henchmen Mick e. Mouz, Gooey, Day Z, along with his Nephews Huey, Luey and CARL. Shhhhh don't let anyone else know Its 'pose to be a zurpize!"

So there you have it folks.. straight from the bosses mouth. it's a coop zone and we get to battle evil minons on the Materhorn ride and brave the terrors of "Its a Small World After All" LOL Thought maybe it was time for a lighter moment on this topic hehehe As i mentioned previously here until someone from NC soft makes an official announcement all any of us are doing is voicing an opinion. I'd love a Rikti Homeworld zone or a Moon Base myself but WHO KNOWS? oh Yeah WAR WITCH!

Lets see I am siding with Lothic on this one BIG SUPRISE Frankly I never got into PvP and apparently neither did a good portion of the player base which NEWS FLASH is why the Devs gave up on it. Why waste time and resources on something the majority of your paying customers are ignoring? Then there is the whole idea behind base raids.. I'm sorry but my SG worked hard to earn the prestige that built our base and I really NEVER had a desire to accept a challenge from some other SG and let them come in and Destroy/Steal things that I'd have go go back out and work to replace. Actually the entire concept seems strange to me. Okay I know that in Comic Books, what the entire game is based on, some heroes and even hero groups don't get along with other groups but if we are all on the same side fighting evil what am I doing attacking YOUR base and stealing your stuff? Now Villain side made a bit more sense.. they are Villains! Every man for himself and if I take all of your stuff then MuWAHAHAHAHA I have more stuff than before!!

I think the new COP set up is great. Anyone can join in and everyone that does gets the option to get a week long IOP. I've run successful ones with several good SGs leading and had a lot of fun.

The PvP crowd got a lot smalled after the nerfs and it really isn't a huge issue in game IMO. Heck on Virtue I took my badger into Recluse's Victory to work on Pill boxes and Heavy Badges. On several occasions I had players send tells asking if I wanted to duel and I simply said No thanks working on badges. I never got attacked at all. I even had one guy ask if I'd battle him so he could test his new build but when he explained what he was looking to check it turned out it was an area my character was very vulnerable to so we figured it wouldn't be a good test for him. He found someone else later and I just kept defeating Pill boxes solo That should give you an idea of how HUGE the PvP issue is on Virtue. A few years back on Infinity my old Villain SG decided to do some PvPing and I joined in. I couldn't even get my Mastermind's pets summoned before teams of heroes showed up to send me to the hospital. After about half an hour of this we all just gave up and went back to PvE.

Let's see new zone.. well as mentioned here numerous times the current trend has been CoOp since it provided new content to both COH and COV so despite what you may be hoping for expect that. As to what it will be I am not sure I even want to take a guess at that.

Moon Base? Well they did do a survey YEARS ago and this was what players wanted at the time but that means nothing.

Underwater zone like Atlantis? This has been a rumor since we discovered the one mission where you fell into the water and actually got to swim below the surface. Could be fun but not sure that will ever happen either.

Rikti Home World? Again something that has been rumored to be out there someplace waiting in the wings but what's left of the Omega team have returned to Earth.. Infernia and Galacia along with a Riktified Hero One .. the Honoree. So we aren't headed there to rescue anyone. Maybe to help overthrow the Traditionalists and end the conflict once and for all?

Okay for those that seem to despise it prepare to groan.. My guess would be a 35-50 level coop Praetorian zone. They do mention the Coming Storm in the newsletter but never say its coming with issue 21 or 22. They have said in the past they are NOT done with Praetoria and that eventually there would be content above level 20. Issue 20 gave us Praetorian based content between 20-40 with the Sutter SF and Kal SF .. not actually IN Preatoria but for the first time level 20's to 40's can battle Preatorian and join in defending Primal Earth along with the 50 + levels, Someone else mentioned it Coop seems to be 35-50 as seen with the new RWZ and Cimmerora so it makes sense that the new zone wil be that way as well. There are other factions on Preatoria that could come into play.. Hamidon and the Devouring earth control most of the planet beyond the security systems. The Carnival of Light is out there someplace?? And while none are specifically named its been hinted at that other cities survived the DE wars.

Anyway until someone actually announces what they have planned that works for NC Soft all we are doing is guessing. May as well relax and wait to see what it is before we start complaining about it. "Grumble, grumble, grumble can't believe they gave us another stupid____________ Zone. what did we need THAT for?" hehehe

Okay in no particular order of importance..

1. Super Side Kick - Definately agree with you on this one. This actually opened up so much more content to players and even gave 50 levels something to do pre Incarnate content. LOL Prior to it unless a 49 level was after a particular badge most wouldn't dream of wasting time on a TF that they'd missed. Now they have no problem doing any of them.

2. Time Travel - Before Ouroborus I knew serious badgers that would purposely stay at the debt cap to avoid outleveling a contact with a badge mission and how many times did you see players offering millions to join a lower level that had a particular mission they needed.. now just go run the mission or arc through the portal and POOF your done and earnig added badges and merits for your efforts!

3. Field Hospitals and Combat Nurses - a pretty recent change but anyone that ever joined an ITF can attest to how much better this has made things. Prior to it the last thing a villain would ever think of doing was try to hit his or her base to replenish Inspirations since that resulted in being auto kicked from the team. Not even sure if that was ever fixed since no one has the problem now.. between missions just head to the cave and buy them from Nurse Nancy

4. Going Rogue - fulfilling a desire many of us expressed here on the forums for years. It has opened up so much more content and made it possible to take your Hero (Vig) to the Roque Isles to join friends or your Villain (Rog) to Paragon City to do the same. Badgers love it since it opened up SOOO many new opportunities.

5. The Invention System - without a doubt was a huge change to the game in many ways. It can be as simple or as complex as you want to make it but the end result is your character is more powerful with a full set of IO enhancers. But that is just the tip of the iceberg on this.. Prior to the IO system most characters struggled along to earn INF and I had older characters I revisted that were in their 30s and had a collection of training orgin, dual origin and a couple single origin enhancements because that was all I could afford and I was the same as most. Since we got Wentworths and the Black Market a 6 level can get the right salvage drop and have a couple million on hand to spend.. SEE how big a change it has been? Back then a MILLION in INF was considered a lot.. Now even a billion is just considered so so LOL

6. Email and the increase in transaction limits - Remember when it took forever to give another one of your characters any Influence? You had to find someone to transfer it for you and you could only transfer a million at one time (well 999,999). With the new email system and the new limits(??) I can easily transfer 30 , 40 or whatever million in INF to another character just by attaching it to an email and sending it to myself. No waiting around for a friend to show up on line or paying some stranger to assist you. These days when I create a new character they arrive in Atlas Park or Mercy at level 2 and have a nice little nest egg (usually 10 million to start) waiting for them. Heck I used to never waste inf on 5 or even 10 level TOs but now.. it may only be a small increase but every one helps and since I can always get more cash.. WHY NOT?

7. Radio and Newspaper missions (and the raptor packs they provided) - nothing changed this game more than the addition of these mission along with the Safeguard and Mayhem missions they grant. Every player out there used to have to RUN everywhere until level 14 when you finally got a travel power.. This was also before Vet reward Mission teleporters (only good once every 30 minutes anyway) and back then the Yellow and Blue line, Ferries and Helicopters were not all connected so getting from one zone to another took up a lot more time. I swore there were nights where I spent more time getting to missions and then back to the contact (prior to being FINALLY given a cell phone number) than I did actually in missions earning XP.

Of course this only scratches the surface of changes that have improved the game experience.. from added powers, power customization as you mentioned. and even the new Incarnate System .. it has its critics but take a 50(+1) with 5 powers all at tier 3 or higher and do an STF or ITF and tell me you don't feel more like a demi-god. I did an ITF with a whole team of 50 (+3)s and Romi went down so fast I know he ran home to his mommy to complain about the big bullies that were picking on him. And before the posts hit YES I am very much aware that outside of the new trials those other 2 level shifts don't apply BUT I still get to use the powers SO I referred to a player with all 4 new ones open as a 50(+3). Sue me!

The game has its bugs but one thing I have always told people, here and in game, is it amazes me how much they LISTEN to what we ask for. Most of the major changes we have seen in the game are a direct result of us coming here and saying 'HEY We'd like to see this....." Businesses may say the Customer is Always Right but as long as it is feasible to do .. NC Soft actually tries its best to give us everything we ask for. Scary isn't it?