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I don’t have mids because I use a Mac (instead I have a pretty elaborate Excel spreadsheet where I crunch all these numbers manually and it’s a pretty sad sight), but I’ll screenshot my build for ya later!

Just wanted to jump in here and +1 any posts pointing out that some people take powers as IO set mules and don’t even keep said powers in their tray. Don’t pick on such people 🙂. This is ofc predominantly applicable to any power that can slot def/res/heal/endmod sets.

If Afterburner was usable in battle, it would need to have it's defense dramatically reduced to make any sense relative to other pool powers. 10% defense would make it twice as strong as tanker weave, which does nothing else. That wouldn't make much sense. That being said, I'm not convinced it needs a change very badly. Being an LotG mule alone makes it substantially better than the majority of pool powers as is.

I recently made an alternative fire farmer (alternative to my rad/fire brute) in the form of an ice/fire brute who is a lot of fun if you’re looking for something different. I highly doubt she’s realistically any slower than your average rad/fire or spines/fire thanks to >1 bil inf builds.

Yeah if someone told me they could have both 2113 playable level 50’s AND a meaningful, fruitful life, I would unfortunately have to call bullshit. For that reason, it’s a hard no from me. Don’t destroy your life for a video game please.

I find that my brute does 5 minute runs without inspirations just fine unless I’m afk’ing. 3-4 minutes with inspirations.

Thank you for the helpful response. I did not know this.

As someone who has put in effort and is still unable to run Mids on Mac, PvP’ers unwillingness to just post build text like everyone else is pretty frustrating.

Congrats, no one that responded to my post actually comprehended the thing I was critiquing and made straw man arguments that I don't disagree with in the first place. I know the difference between creating and amassing lol. Jesus. Have a good day everyone.

Yeah, the devs can do whatever they want, but I just want them to get this through their heads: this change expands economic inequality instead of reducing it. The idea that this change reduces economic inequality was based on the lie that farmers were the upper class in this game. In reality, they were the middle class, and market manipulators were the ultra-rich upper class. This is a middle class nerf not an upper class nerf. So please don't repeat the economic equity rationale anymore because it's a lie and I don't want to see that lie propagated again. Thanks 🙂 That all being said, I don't believe equity is necessarily an essential goal or anything like that; I just believe in not lying to people.

The influence change simply expands the vast gap between those who flip and those who don't. Poor little farmers never had a shot. So by all means, change what you will, but don't say it was for the purpose of addressing some kind of economic inequality.

Do whatever you want as long as the main functions of Force Bolt and Detention Field (high mag KB and targeted intangibility) aren't changed. Those powers are set-defining for Force Fields in PvP and the cottage rule simply must be invoked here (sorry thread title that tried to head off this inconvenient truth).

Agree poison doesn’t need buffs. One of the stronger debuff sets without a doubt. 3 of my 20 50’s are OP poisons :D.

I would like to propose that we name this powerset after the electric lettuce.

I promise not to initiate again. My right to self defense from fresh attacks is another matter you'd best take away from me via banning 🙂

Actually you never stopped once. You immediately began accusing people of illiteracy moments after the GM posted.

You have attacked and belittled people as much in this thread as anyone. I wouldn’t be talking.

I, for one, learned something today. Excited to tell people that boomers and millennials can be the same age. With that, good day everybody. This has been taxing and emotional and I must hibernate for awhile.

Didn’t mind people having opinions one bit. The clear implicit threats were my issue.

That’s really the one post that set me off in the old thread, for what it’s worth. I didn’t mind much else. Admittedly the fraction of ECT candidates that aren’t old folks is tiny, but I had it done at age 20.

Thread is less than a week old, for the record. And what on earth makes you think I’m a boomer?

Direct quote from old thread: “be prepared for press reachouts on this topic really, really soon.” I think it’s pretty clear that the devs can’t just eject anyone they like when facing thinly veiled threats like this in a raging cancel culture.

That’s one way to say they were successfully bullied into it. I don’t care one bit about the name. I do care about how the name change came about.

Not just that. One user in the old thread was threatening media attention. You know, the kind of thing that routinely ruins lives. The devs are absolute saints for putting up with such cowardice.

As one of what must be, statistically speaking, a very tiny number of people in this game that have actually gone through a regimen of electroconvulsive therapy, I’m disappointed that you bowed to threatening posters and that you apparently agree that I need to be coddled. That being said, I, unlike them, will get over it. So I understand how the move was necessary.