Greycat

They merged them when Going Rogue was in beta, since they were going to end up with *three* currencies that did the exact same thing, and trying to figure out a conversion for the exact same thing was getting ridiculous - as was trying to deal with the markets. I mean, it was a headache *reading* about it while that was going on. (Also, yay, got 10m on a level 12 alt earlier today that it really needed. Thanks Yomo.)

No, no, don't you recall? It was an "expansalone." ;) (I'm so glad they never used that term again...)

(To which can be added, in some cases, we're missing tools, and/or some NPC pieces "do weird things" on characters.) And yes, I *do* feel the need to reiterate that. The team here looks through suggestions. They don't necessarily (and shouldn't be expected to) give feedback on anything there, and *certainly* aren't going to make promises that might not work out. If a dev likes it, can do it, and thinks it's worth their time - since they're the only ones making that determination, not anyone here, no matter how many forumites might say "it's not worth their time," - then, well, you'll see it added in a patch note. But don't take *lack* of feedback from the team as being unheard or "unworthy of time."

Not just -tohit but +def. Run a posi, get stuck with attacks doing -tohit, auras from the demon lords doing -tohit, and Ruin mages (if you can stand up - hit a breakfree) giving +def... not fun. (Though a nice sleep breaks that bubble, from a distance...)

I've got to say I'm more annoyed with when you first hit Mu. Low level end drain *sucks.*

You said it yourself, the team is small. The team is also volunteer. This isn't anyone's job. They're not being evil or gunshy. They do what they can, when they can, as they can. That's all there is to it.

So, in short, what you're saying is... *sings* Everybody was phalanx fightiiing... *Ha!*

Honestly I don't think the game could handle even trying this, potential brokenness aside. (I *want* to say they tried some experiment with slots on a live beta and things went... more than sideways, but that could be faulty memory on my part.)

There's not a lot of room in cim, and there's not really reason to force a confrontation between the two there.

... which, frankly, I think was a bad idea. Having those beacons didn't hurt anything, and railroads or invalidates plenty of base and SG concepts. I don't agree to having the Ouro portal have Cim because that *is* listed in lore as being the midnighters working around (and against) Ouroboros and Silos. But other than that...

Athletic run. Or buy a jetpack. Or just realize you don't typically see "go go public transport" in movies/comics and take whatever travel power you want as "what happens between panels to shorten the boring parts."

Well, we know what happened here....

See, half the OP's list, to me, is fine as just "an item." It's completely about *how* the player plays it. Some of the rest is just cringy, yes. No, you do not get to know every thought my character has. Emotion, to a point, I can deal with - there are social and chemical components to it, after all, and I can even deal with "unless you're actively working to hide it, there's a surface-skimming psychic component - me not picking it up is like you shouting two feet away and telling me I can't hear it." You *certainly* don't just get to dictate it or insert yourself into my life or hijack bits of it. Even little things like a costume can have much more meaning than a set of clothes. "Knows every spell and can get out of every trap" is just ... boring, and while I'd find playing with that person likely dull, I'd probably feel sorry for them after a while, too. Heck, some sound bad at first, but could have some really good hooks. "Utter immortality?" Why? Did you make a deal with something when you were younger that sounded good at the time and now you've seen your family and friends die many times over? How is this affecting your "humanity" or morality? You're immune to everything? Are you a villain because that's what your ever-increasing thrill seeking is labeled? SO, yeah... and the OP touches on this a bit, but I'd say a good bit of that list isn't flat out bad because "it's that way," but because of how the player uses it.

Yeah, that was some time ago on live.

No. Never. Ever. You don't like it, deal with it on your own by slotting to remove it. I shouldn't have to slot to return to current, very useful functionality. Honestly, the OP's list sounds more like "powers I don't understand."

.... put it in your bio then? I've got 100+ alts. If I'm not on my CU alt (because yes, I am in there,) why would someone want to complain to CU about me? I'm not representing them if I'm on another character. If I want them associated with CU, I'll toss alts into one of the secondary SGs. Honestly, the more it's described, the more limited in scope it sounds like it's getting.

Just ran around RWZ trying to find a specific configuration. Level 32 PB, trying to find a level 35 comm officer. Comm officer cons purple. Poked with a blast, let him summon - his (l35 minion) summons also con purple instead of red. So, yeah, that's probably what you're seeing.

Honestly, the character select screen could use an overhaul with far more information and more sorting options. I wouldn't be against this being on it. (Wouldn't care about it on my own alts, but it certainly wouldn't bother me to have it there, either.)

I'm not exactly sure how a title would help with this. If you're curious who's in an SG, you can always click on them and see it. Not everyone's going to use some custom title - and certainly everyone won't want one forced on them. And that title won't affect alts - I *certainly* wouldn't put the same title on all 100+ alts I have, and if this were implemented (or I were told "As a member of this group/coalition, you must use X title," which, given they change by origin, couldn't happen anyway,) I'd leave the SG with a one-finger explanation. If there are certain people you like playing with, use the player notes feature, then give them 3-5 stars so you can see who they are. You can add a note of your own, or right click and pick "edit note" and you'll see the other alts they're on.

Well, given in said group we *regularly* asked if people had things they wanted to run, offered to help learn (or even just flat out write) AE to create those missions... that wasn't the case. I agree room needs to be made. But when the offer's out there, standing... it's really discouraging to have people gripe but not offer anything even as basic as an "Eh, I think I'd like to see..." idea.

But would they? I've mentioned the Praetorian lab maps. While not "realistic," the individual rooms I don't think really affect pacing and gameplay when you hit the larger, open rooms with desks and devices (liquid tubes, computers, etc.) in them. This is the same sort of thing that would happen in the sort of "realistic" maps I'm talking about. Obstacles wouldn't be "was he drunk driving down a twisty mountain road when he designed this" hallways - they'd be the more natural feeling walls, cubes, dividers, file cabinets, server racks or what have you. They can still get somewhat mazelike (let's not get into when I worked at lockheed martin...) after all. (And again. Not really looking at "*should* the devs do this," but "would your experience improve/not/get worse" with this sort of thing... which is why I only quoted this section.)

Before getting started on this - yes, this would require new maps, creating spawn points, testing, etc. I'm not asking about the feasibility of that. Yes, it would be a lot of work if the dev team chose to do this. So let's skip that part of the argument - it's really not related to what I'm asking. I think everyone's talked/joked/griped about the "insane architect" when going through city building maps. Giant, oddly sprawled out floors, going up to a tiny "S" hallway between two elevators, to another floor in a totally different orientation and so forth. Or warehouses that would be utterly *impractical* as warehouses. What if one (or more) devs got a wild hair and said "Guess what, we're going to make these more realistic inside!" Would it be more or less fun? More or less interesting? I mean, I have two "first reactions." One is that it would be fun to have the new maps. Things would *not* be where you expect. You'd have to learn everything again. The other, possibly a first reaction, would be "so... big, rectangular maps with some shelves or cubicles? Meh." However, thinking about it... they wouldn't be. Office buildings and warehouses both get split up in unique ways. Yes, some are "open" with just desks everywhere (and we get a taste of that in some Praetorian lab rooms, actually.) Others get split up in some fairly interesting (and, sometimes, mazelike in their own right) ways. With offices, shared floors between companies, more- and less-secure areas, different departments having different needs, transitioning from a cube farm to the C-level office suites - heck, some could even have public "first floors" with areas for lunch and shopping (all with their *own* layouts, hiding spots and the like.) Warehouses, despite maybe being the more boring sounding of the two, could be even more diverse. Warehouses, after all, get rented and used for all sorts of things, from the obvious (storage/inventory) to office space of their own (some youtubers, for instance, convert warehouse space into studios.) A "warehouse" could even be a hangar (shown in game,) and some of those even have homes built in. We even have one in Talos with a portal in it. Given our tech (and magic) groups, a warehouse could be even more of a blank canvas. Having "realistic" maps - which would, I would think, be constrained more to size and consistency (and things like elevator placement...) - could be more fun, in the sense of letting you get drawn just that little bit more into the world. Granted, the crazy architect would be out of work, but I hear he wanted to design roundabouts and hedge mazes anyway... Would you find these "more realistic" maps more or less fun? What would you do with them? ( ... secondary thought, here. Having "warehouse" be a default base type and letting you work inside constraints could kick off some base building - both in terms of an easy start for those who don't want to do as much work, and a challenge for those who want to see how far they can go with it.)

OK, yes. I find having "honorary Peacebringer" on my Peacebringers kind of amusing. (Moreso on the Warshades.) But could this possibly be renamed *specifically* if a PB has it? Even a simple shift from "honorary" to "honored" or something similar.

I felt the need to point something out, given the mention of the "threat" of Quantums. As mentioned, the unresistable Nictus damage is gone. As I type this, I'm on a level 29 triform. I have no sets boosting resistance - three pieces of each Kheld set, beginnings of Thunderstrike in some of my ST attacks (which does nothing for resists, adds a smidge of ranged defense.) I'm in humanform. I have a KB resist IO and a single lvl 30 resist in Absorption, a single -end and resist in Shining and a single resist in Quantum shield. I'm not "built" to resist much of anything. Facing even con Family. Which, of course, has quantums. I faced a set of four and *let the quantum keep shooting me.* 9 hits, one miss, on top of combat with the others... and I still had a hair under 400 HP left. Max HP with Essence boost... 1189. If I can just stand there and take hits like that and still have a comfortable amount of HP left... *they're not a threat.*

This is ... almost purely a roleplaying thing. However - I'd *love* to be able to place/summon groups of enemies, preferrably both "native" to the game and AE-created, in a base for SG events. It would open up a *lot* of options - from having a single COT mage in your own crystal prison for interrogation (or demon summoned in a circle) to having your base under attack from custom enemies your group's been fighting for a while. Or even just "training" versus "holographic targets." Options would be, say, single/small group/large group/random, hostile/friendly/neutral, static/mobile. There would be no XP for these, no rewards, just to avoid the inevitable "I can PL/farm in my own base all day now!" arguments. Like I said, this is purely RP-based. And no, they don't count towards badges, for the same reason. They would despawn either after a set time (another option) or when everyone left the base. The main issue with these, I think, would be the lack of pathing in a base - which can be seen when MM pets just sort of stand around scratching their pixels. But if one of the options is, say, a placeable point that taunts NPCs across the map (and you can place one or several, like another mob,) they should be drawn to it. They'd possibly require a SG permission item (and, honestly, permissions and ranks in a SG need to be overhauled anyway.) An SG leader knowing an event was coming up could remove the permission from everyone to avoid someone deciding to grief it. It could be a fun little addition. *shrug*