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Reminds me of being kicked from a team because I wasn't Empathy, but Kinetics. (Way back on early live) Only recent experience with that was an ITF where I wasn't welcome because I didn't have set bonuses. (I was 50 with generic 50 IOS) Wasn't even a special run I'd just ignore it. It's a rare PUG that gets picky unless it's for a specific TF goal. Maybe you got unlucky and the people running had a bad experience with a FF and they blame the powerset instead of the player? (Hopefully not the reverse)

As someone who started playing on Everlasting a few months ago. There are definitely more RP people. One of my friends is way more into it when he came back, so that's where he wanted to be. For my purposes, Excelsior & Everlasting are interchangeable, I can find the "same" group dynamic on both. From your post description though, Everlasting should do you better. And, I just noted this was a post from August. How are you finding it now that you've had a month to check it out more?

Bah. For a close in blaster, fie/fire/fire. Get the mob distracted, go in, inferno, die, Rise of Phoenix. You're never as dangerous than when you're dead. Be sure o have a teammate with Veng. 😉

Huh, just checked the wiki on Null. Must have been during one of my breaks from the game. https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Null_the_Gull

Ran across this interesting quote from _eeek_ on March 20, 2012 "I don't know about anyone else, but I think this is great news! Jeez, I ran the whole thing just for fun - and it was a lot of fun! Not only do fun new stuff, I get e-merits now, AND there is a Null the... Taskmaster? Uhh, Gabriel the Gull? Well, I don't know. But there is a guy who keeps track of things for me, and I'm very glad to hear that (The more Nulls in this game, the better, I say!). " Was "Null the Gull" wandering around back then? (And apparently, I was Lemming_NA back then...)

Praetorians can do most of the instanced trials. (Cathedral of Pain, iTrials, SBB) Makes Echo Plaza handy. One thing I noted that they can not do is an Orou mission with a Primal. They can't be on a team with a Primal in a base. (Which can cause issues elsewhere) However, they have zero issue teaming with Primals as long as no one pops into their base.

Or they removed Mercy's to match blueside removal since they were also putting in the redside gathering spot.

American, but I like my dates as YYYYMMDD

I have a spreadsheet specifically for DayJob acquisition. I'm glad they dropped the time from 7 days to 100 hours. And out of 110 chars, ten fairly recent characters are still working toward it. 3200 hours or 134 days to get all of them (not counting patrol) Usually it takes me a bit longer since perfect matching up would be a little too CDO and of course, you're not gaining dayjobs while actually playing. (Though just noted one char has only been in existance for 137 days and will complete tomorrow) After they're done, I do what Uun does, collect up the more useful temp powers. The spreadsheet is more than just dayjobs, but I think that's where it all started back on live.

Yea, I've been stuck on a 2012 laptop since May so I didn't get any real testing done and feel I still haven't really felt out all the changes. I don't think I'm the only one that felt this page had a lot more to test than usual. At least I should be coming out of the dark ages in computer hardware soon.

The feedback thread did cover why this wasn't an option (tech reasons, not because it's a bad reason) Blame original DB design decisions from live.

Just means they haven't been noticed or reported. And GMs aren't one monolithic entity. Players shouldn't be pushing it though.

Unless it's a badge run with no defeats needed, it shouldn't be a big deal. Having to run back from the hospital/base is it's own annoyance without having it disallowed.

Have you made sure you can connect to a server not via the hotspot? If so, it's something to do with how your hotspot is configured. I have used my phone as a hotspot (quite some time ago) and it worked, though rather badly.

Good points on the story arcs. (No idea on the Siren's Call thing since it's totally outside my experience. Drop the cool down to 18 hours in line with most other content. Other rewards to choose perhaps: 1 Prismatic 1 Recipe Roll (as from the AE ticket roll. Uncommon & Rare, maybe 75% Unc, 25% Rare)

Those boxes are sometimes very tricky to exit with. I had some issues getting out of the Escape Reichsman portion of the Kahn TF and one other member got smooshed by him due to not getting to zone out. Haven't noted it an issue with specific missions, just occasionally it crops up.

That's a very long post to have this embedded. 😉 The diminishing returns bit is a bit of an annoyance, since one can just cycle thru characters. However, I don't worry too much about it since most of my chars do need something they would get from it. The last thing I'm trying to do is be too efficient, that's a way to make CoX less of a game and more a chore. On Prismatic Aether prices. I'm fine with them dropping in price, though I don't have any skin in the game. I'm collecting them on my own, not selling or buying. If they drop to a million, I might buy a few to get the badge on my badger. Otherwise, I'll just collect them organically, though I do need to get some ITF & Aeon's in.

Maybe they're controlled via Remote?

If you only ran the TPN, you'd get 3. Because of the LAM, you got one from that, so only two more from the TPN. (Basically capped at 3 for 18 hours from iTrails) And ITF & Aeon are on a different schedule? WST as well. I'm not much of a fan either, but I'm addressing it by not pursuing them.

Noted I hadn't done Invulnerability outside of my tank, so wrote up Candygram, a Titan Weapon/Inv Brute with a carnie mallet. So far, so good, but only up to level 13.

Suffer! I just started a Titan Weapon/Inv Brute yesterday. So much pain...

Depends on the concept, probably the longest part is working on the costume since I tend to have the starting powers and name picked out ahead of time. Once I'm past that stage. However long it takes to go thru the tutorial and rearrange my trays. 10 minutes at most.

XP boosts turn off once you hit 50. (just a quick minor correction)

For Loyalists that were more for the Responsibility Arc (ala Marchand) or Resistance Wardens (ala Belladonna), easy. For the more Chaos and Power hungry sort, Cole is in their way. (Mr G & Praetor Duncun) For someone that's still loyal to Cole (ala Manticore), it would be tricky.