jprewitt73

You should be ashamed Yomo... I tend to just kind of assume my character is doing those things anyway. It's not a perfect system, but I'm happy with it. The dialogue may not always line up with what my particular character would say at that moment, but in my mind it makes more sense anyway.

https://archive.paragonwiki.com/wiki/Patron_Power_Pools You have to do Arbiter Rein's missions in Grandville as a villain, or run them with a friend who is a villain. Once you get to a certain point in those missions you will receive a message saying "Patron Pools Unlocked" or something like that. You get a badge for running the mission as you select a Patron to become your mentor(ish). Once you get the patron pools unlocked you can pick any of the patrons to choose from and select their powers.

I have resigned myself to the fact that there are just some missions I won't be able to do on my own. In those rare moments, I do tend to ask for help if possible. If I'm running a solo Oro arc I tend to load up on Signature Summons and every P2W buff I can get my hands on.

Ice Armor is awesome. Great set from start to finish. Fairly easy to get to the soft cap for defense and you will never have end problems once you get to level 22 with Energy Absorption. I have a 50 Ice/Psy Tank that is a lot of fun and can stand toe to toe with pretty much anything.

Yeah, don't take anything I say/suggest as the gospel truth. I'm not sure what could be considered a worthwhile reward without muddying the waters and wasting time. Just a thought I had. Then again, I only play around 2 hours a week on a good week at this point due to scheduling issues so I'm probably not someone who should be suggesting any changes.

Oh, neat. I can honestly say I had no idea. That's really cool.

Not saying that the team should do anything differently, but many of us have very limited time to play. Between life, work, and kids it's hard to justify jumping onto a low pop beta server to test things without reward. Yes, I know that the reward is doing the right thing, but maybe if there was a way to incentivize those who do play, test, and submit feedback there would be more people willing to do so. No clue what that would even look like, but it's something to think about. I know a lot of people who would give up some of their time for a possible badge on their main account/character.

Yes please.

Honestly, just about anything can solo TFs and SFs. It just depends on how much you want to spend on a build and what outside sources you allow yourself to use (vendor pets, external buffs, etc.). Illusion is a great choice due to Phanton Army being able to tank for you while you dish out control and damage. I think it would be a fun build, and you could easily use it to solo most content. I currently run a Dark/Martial Dominator and I've solo'd a ton of content without issue. So, you have to ask yourself some questions: 1. What level do you want to solo at? 2. What difficulty do you want to do the solo content at? 3. How much do you want to spend?

When I first came back I remade several of my old characters and blitzed through content with the 2XP mod on so I could "get my characters back." I did everything I could as fast as possible to try to relive my old glory days. Now, all of those characters sit on the shelf collecting dust. All of those characters (4) were level 50 within a month. After doing all that I got bored and decided to take my sweet time. I make a character, fall in love, solo a ton of content, run TFs and SFs, and Incarnate like crazy. I have several new 50s that I play every once in a while. Those characters by themselves took around 1 - 2 months each. Now, I solely play one character just to experience all of the content through Oro and teams and that one took me about 3 months to get to 50.

I always love your stuff @Dark Current. Excited to see all these come through!

I think it's also important to realize that many of us have very limited play time. This is not a game populated by young adults and teenagers anymore. This is a game that us older folks enjoy. So, when I jump on sometimes I want to just steamroll while piling on the XP so I can play a character concept in my head at full strength. Recently I've been only playing my Dominator who is already at 50 and has nothing left to gain. I just enjoy the character. So, I've happily joined a few teams here and there that are going slower and just enjoying the scenery. It just depends on what's going on during the day/evening.

This reminds me of the PWNZ forum back on Live. I made it my mission to regularly boost my post count when I was bored at work some days with nothing to do. I think I counted to 1000 one day with each post increasing by one until I was done. Good lord, why do I remember that?

I spent 25 minutes going in circles and always ended up in the park in the middle or back at the entrance. I am not well equipped for a maze. If I ever get trapped by King Minos I will just lay down and accept my fate.

Lore reason? Superpowered individuals are just built differently in Paragon. Game logic reason? If fire cause that much commotion then Fire Blasters would never die because everything is constantly running.

@Mr. Apocalypse I love the color of your UI!

I think I've seen some changes, but that's mostly because the population seems to be increasing. Higher population = more people willing to lead.