[Old school playing is getting rare]

Do whatever makes you happy.

And maybe keep in mind that before AE there was the TV farm and the demon farm, both of which are still in the game. Nerfing AE won't stop the farming, but it will probably stop a few people from caring to play.

[Drop a name, pick up a name!]

So, I'm looking for names for a geokinesis type of character if anyone has any ideas!

Also I have released: Slidekick, Godslay, and Frighten.

[Another quick question - How many set bonuses from a given source / of a given type?]

What Hopestar said, LotG is an IO you slot granting you bonus recharge, not something acquired from a set of IOs granting a bonus. Think of them being in their own category.

[State of the Project - August 2020]

2 hours ago, MrFireBrand said:

With all due respect and if I can post this here without anyone bringing pitch forks. But is there anyway you can prove that you have been in talks with NCSoft? It's easy these days to just say "trust us!" while continued request for donations are being taken. It would be the same as holding your palm closed and telling others there's gold inside but you can't show them.. and they can only just trust its there, also known as blind faith that's being ran off the honor system. I hope you can see where I'm coming from without bringing the pitch forks. Like I said before, I can tell you I have five top of the line cars, three houses and a unicorn in the back named Gary.

 

If what you're saying is true, then that's fantastic news for the community. But it would be nice to see receipts of said conversations.

I highly doubt that they can legally tell us anything without it blowing up in their faces. That's how these things work. Plus, it is likely that there are many things that are not set in stone so why get people's hopes up by showing us some things only for NCSoft to say no later. They'll tell you what they can, when they can so long as it doesn't jeopardize what they are working towards. NCSoft hasn't shut us down, so obviously they are talking and being cool about these servers. That is enough proof for me, imo.

 

Also, those donations go towards keeping things running around here, something of which they have been transparent on.

[Everlasting Redside low population]

Redside was sparse during live too. Mainly because the design of the Rogue Isles has you spending more time traveling to get to missions than blueside does / blueside leveling just always felt faster in general. Your best bet might be to establish a leveling group that meets up on certain days or join a VG to feel a bit more activity redside.

[Focused Feedback: Electrical Affinity - Name]

I like the new name as it is.

[QoL: Mass send items via "email".]

Yes please.

[How does RP affect your character build?]

On 6/20/2019 at 11:08 AM, merrypessimist said:

RP is RP and gameplay is gameplay.  I don't let RP choices influence my character decisions (powers, slotting, etc.) in any significant fashion.  Optimizing the efficacy of my gameplay experience is not relevant to maximizing the value of my RP experience. 

Same. Sometimes a RP concept comes to me first, but I will try pick powers and make a build that is efficient first and foremost. Me getting frustrated playing a character in a taskforce because of a poor build will make me not want to play them at all let alone RP them.

 

Most of the travel powers don't fit any of my characters. I'm a SJ+SS girl, ICly they don't have these powers. But I will take them every time both for my own convenience of getting around easier and to not waste any teammates time waiting around for me.

[Hard or fuzzy line between origins?]

I normally don't pay much attention to in-game origin. I've retconned characters into completely different concepts at level 50 because the original one just wasn't doing it for me. Made a character go from a mutant to a magic user and paid no mind to the fact that her in-game origin said mutation.

[Which Blaster has the BIGGEST Number, not speaking about...]

I second Fire/Atomic. My friend plays this and it is a beast of a combination. You can't go wrong with fire blast if you want DPS, fire in most sets typically puts out the biggest numbers in my experience.

[The Secret Manifesto of @Jon]

I love them! Can't wait to read more shenanigans!

[Ridiculous Immersion idea: what do you think?]

Back when formspring was a thing, I remember a lot of us had IC formsprings. It was a lot of fun and made things easier to make new connections for your characters when you couldn't be in-game. I'm not sure I'd be game for an instagram (can't even keep my personal one up to date and don't want to fiddle around with pictures to post), but I wouldn't be opposed to an IC twitter.