gameboy1234

The way you're "supposed" to do it is use the LFG dialog. Open that (it's next to Team and League on your chat menu) and add yourself to the queue. Theoretically, that should add you to a BAF within three minutes.

Realistically, everyone is making pre-formed Leagues and then joining the queue, which kills the chances of a single person getting on the team. So what you want to do is get on your server global channels so you can learn when folks are forming up, and then head to RWZ or Pocket D as appropriate to join the team.

*mumble* thirty.

Actually I've been having odd problems too.

1. Keymappings don't stay put. Go to Menu->Options->Key Mapping. Change a few things around, but they might not stay put after I log. Really odd.

2. In keymappings, my \ (backslash) key no longer corresponds to \. If I try to set the Menu to \, I see ] displayed instead. It works: in game, it displays the menu when I press \, but if I go to key mappings it still shows ]. ] maps to [, and [ doesn't map to anything at all, it's ignored. Weird, weird.

Hmm, let's see if I understand:

1. Scrappers too easy.

2. Want something more challenging.

3. Not too hard though.

As for "care about the character," I think that's up to you. I went through several power sets when I first started until I found a combination of powers and character concept that worked for me.

Personally, I think a controller or a dominator would be good. Not too much "I win", but strong enough win with effort. The new power set Electricity Controll would be fun to try out, it seems debilitating in the right hands.

A mastermind would also be a good choice. Masterminds can be played on easy mode (let the pets do all the work). But they work best when you're actively healing, debuffing, and controlling your pets. The new Demon Summoning, with a Dark Miasma or Thermal secondary (both new or improved recently) seems like a good choice.

Do you need to be level 50 for the new incarnate trials?

And do you suffer a -4 level debuf if you are not 50 or not an incarnate?

1. Blue text is hard to read. Please remove your formatting and use the forum default. Thanks.

2. I'm not sure what you are saying. I hope you are not messing up because you are role-playing your character "has amnesia."

3. I found the rooms in the Lambda TF also hard to navigate. I spent most of my time dead because the team split up to search for boxes and I have basically no defense and no stealth solo. Being dead on a "fast" TF is normal for a squishy, don't worry about it, just keep playing.

4. Suck it up, try again, don't give up. The only way to learn is to run the mish until you do get it. Ask other players too while waiting to start, see if they have advice for you. Try to leave the role-play terminology out of it, I find it confusing. Just say "I get lost" ask for assistance.

Good luck.

Well, I don't like the idea of being forced to team with folks in the queue either, but maybe some compromises could be reached. For example:


1. Show us who is in the queue. Folks have been asking for this.

2. Anyone in the queue for more than X (10?) minutes gets "priority" and a red dot next to their names. These folks are going to get on any next event.

3. Folks who are close to getting priority (been in the queue for X-1 minutes) get a yellow dot.

4. Let us form up a league and join the queue. Add the "Start Event" button. This is used by the League leader to start the event. Events no longer start automatically, the League leader needs to kick them off (even for full teams).


So at this point you've got your league, plus any people with priorty from the queue folks can see what they're getting into, what the composition of the league is, and move people around or wait for more folks, as they please. And you knew who was going to bump your friends because you saw all the folks with red dots next to their names when you opened up the queue dialog to join it. So you knew how many "slots" you had to fill with friends before hand.


So that's a compromise idea, and maybe more acceptable to folks than forced, blind teaming. I also think that:

A. The LFG queue works OK for now. No immediate changes are needed.

B. Therefore, I'd like to see the Devs experiment with some ideas on the test server and see what works out. Players can try stuff out and give feedback.

C. I'd also like to see smarter criteria for the queue itself when starting a League on it's own. As mentioned, the "minimum" doesn't see to be enough, so a parameter should be added to tweak the "minimum" to some higher number. Maybe not "full" but I'd think we need at least 6/8 or 7/8 on each team.

D. Also the queue should be smart enough to divide ATs into broad classes of Tank, DPS, Control, Support and try to get at least one of each on each team.



Lastly, on PUGs formed by the queue, picking the leader as the "first in queue" seems dumb. Again, some criteria should be developed. For example:

a. Most number of Incarnate enhancements.

b. If a. is tied, use most number of vet badges as tie breaker.

c. If b. is tied, use character level.

d. After c., just choose randomly from any remaining characters for League Leader.

This way, recent, experienced players will be considered first, followed by just experienced players. Not perfect, but probably better than "first in queue."

First you need a new special Tip mission. They're easy to get, and drop regularily, even on a level 50.

Then you go to the guy in Sharkhead. He's way back by the water, between the AE and the Ferry. Closest to the AE though.

3rd Person camera view? Sometimes an object that you can't really see but is "there" just behind the camera seems to prevent the reticule from moving or accepting a click.

Not sure, but maybe one of the "other" recipes in a costly set. I.e., Luck of the Gambler Defense or Miracle Healing. Once someone slots the really expensive IO from those sets, they tend to want a couple of bonuses and slot a few others from the same set.

The AE can mess with your level. Any mish might be set for a minumum of 24 or a maximum of level 20, for example. You might be getting Exemplared/Side Kicked in those missions.

Ditto outside the AE. Depending on who is the leader and what mish you're doing, you might be effectively higher or lower level. That will affect how many (and what level) demons and demonlings you get.

Glance at your level indicator on the main screen. (The one with a up arrow when you level.) That will tell you your effective level, so you know what to expect.

Aaaaaaaannnnnnnd: it's back to the 13th.

Yeah, the full story is that Posi 1/Tarikoss WST are not working. Notices (almost?) never drop. So the WST will be changed to something that is/was believed to be working, namel Sister/Mantis.

Z-Dog just posted that the change will happen on Thurs, 4/14. The 4/13 date was a mistake.

Same on villain side with the WST -- Taragon in Cap or whatever his name it. Double merit bonus, no Notice. Ah well, at least I'm learning how the petition system works. Got my new login for extra security at NC Soft working too.

Maybe your friend was assuming the Fort was running both Aim and Follow Up? They can do that, although trying to keep both running kind of messes up your attack chain and damage output...

Also, when calculating the Fort AoEs, don't forget crits from Mask Presence and Spin.