I16: Super-Sidekicking Explained

oh ok, so they used excel... thats a different story! but now that there is MA... cant they just modify the way they make arcs to match the MA?

Note I'm not picking on you here, I agree with the spirit of what you're saying, but there are other factors to consider:

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Originally Posted by The_Alt_oholic Exemplaring I'm against Exemplared characters keeping all their powers. I think the Exemplar system works in a fine and fair manner now.

The basic idea is this:

Team Leader: Hey, wanna join us for a team? I'm level 31, and I've got a mission.
Level 33 Tanker: Sure, sounds like fun. Oh, wait, you said you were level 31, right?
Team Leader: Yeah.
Level 33 Tanker: No way. I'll lose Unstoppable.
Team Leader: But it's just two levels. You'll get XP...
Level 33 Tanker: I'll lose Unstoppable. Sorry, not interested.

Under the current system, you could at least team unexemplared and use Unstoppable. With Super Sidekicking you have to either accept the exemplar, or quit the team and not share the XP with your teammates.

Hopefully we'll be able to keep a couple of level's worth of powers, but won't have Nova at level 1.

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Rush to 20 I'm against increasing the rewards for the first 40% of the game.

It's actually not 40% of the game. It takes 126,619 XP to get to 20, and 39,149,119 XP to get to 50, so by that reckoning it's 0.32% of the game. Of course, you're making higher XP at higher levels, but you get my point.

I'm not sure we really need 20% more XP to get to 20, but it doesn't really take that long to get to 20 anyway. I would be more concerned about getting the jet packs and so on that how much time it takes me.

So it looks like 791 people are "For" Issue 16...
and 4.5 people are against it.

Ok, my apologies if this been talked about or answered already (waah 40 pages).

But is this a _always on_ feature? I often get requests if i can help out the patron quests, as 50 i breeze through rather fast and easy so he/she can get the patron powers. But will i now always be set back to his/her level?

Also, in TF's, someone popping out of the exemp (lets say TF 40-45, we all 40/41 including exemped down folks) is only possible by quiting (lets say a 'ooooooh foook' moment, in that case 4 lvls make a difference), but he basicly quits the TF.


I do like the feature for TF's, being 38 and going for manticore (30-35 afaik?) leaves you only with inf but now also exp. Good good Also i hope you retain some powers, my perma granite nothing is worse then going exemped below 32. (although i have rock/crystal armor, i not really much of a tank then).

Well lets say SS's, positron, respec trial, several missions we made it when someone dropped the SK. Sometimes you choose to be at the lowerside of the gap, so you have an escape incase it goes wrong. Its not always the 'final boss' or the mission goal, but groups in between.

Oh well, time to get more 50s, as that will be the place for PL'ing then (just spawn 54 mobs, you got gap 5 again).

Why not just make the Sidekick level selected at an NPC, just like the Difficulty setting? If you don't want everyone having access to PL'ing, then make the NPC accessible via a veteran's badge, like say at the 36 month mark have the NPC open up to set your SK level. That way only experienced players earn the right to PL.

example:

Yes, I would like to change my Sidekick level to:

-1 Normal
-2 Rough
-3 Difficult
-4 Nearly Impossible
-5 Power Level

*gasp* did I seriously just suggest that "Power Level" be a choice?!?! Why yes I did.

I fail to see why there is such an outcry against this practice. Why does it matter to player A that player B power leveled? One of the more common reasons I have heard is the so-called "PL Noob". I guess my characters lack the super vision required to tell the difference between a PL'd player without a clue, and someone who is just plain STUPID. Honestly, I fear Stupidity is far more rampant than PL'ing, and a whole lot less manageable.

I pay my money too, I should be able to have the gameplay that I want just like everyone else. You're against power leveling? Fine, DON"T DO IT. Leave it to the experts... I have played many characters up on my two accounts. I have done every story arc, every mission, every TF/SF/Trial. I really don't like playing a lowbie, nor am I alone in this. The mechanic currently exists that let's me avoid this. Let me play MY game, and you can play YOUR game.

Then there are the people who say, "With this, maybe the AE missions will be more story oriented, instead of all these farm missions". Well, I briefly waded into the pool of AE missions just to see... maybe 1 in 50 was actually worth my time... maybe. Yes, I know they are "rated" to help better arcs rise to the top... but you're idea of "good" does not always coincide with mine.... obviously... In actuality, I have seen very few missions in the AE that I would consider "PL Missions", mostly what I found were... well... dull, crappy stories lacking in originality and creativity.

Oh and for those of you that say, well just raise the mob levels to 54, then you get your 5 level gap... the 5 level gap was between the players, not the players and the mobs. It was in this that maximum xp can be gained with maximum speed. Making the mobs 4 levels above the person doing the killing... excuse me, "arresting with extreme force", makes it WAY more difficult to clear a mission and significantly slows down the XP per hour... and just to clue you in, that would be the "power" part of "power leveling"....

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Sorry for not reading all forty pages. I have taken a break beta testing a game. I do not want to talk about it in the forums because I am afraid it may be against the rules. I need to ask some questions.

Let's say you have the following. Unless things have changed a well built Fire/Kin controller could easily defeat enemies spawned for a large team. A level 50 Fire/Kin controller, also the Fire/Kin can handle the mission for a team of eight. Next the level 50 gets 7 level 1 sk'ds them. Since they can be anywhere they could stay at Atlas Park and gain xp.

Now when the Fire/Kin defeats the enemies does the level one get xp equal to being a level 49? Or do they get xp equal to defeating level one enemies? If the first question anwer is yes then pro power leveling companies will love this new feature. I mean a pro powerleveler will be able to get 7 players to cap quickly intead of only one.