JKCarrier

Got all of those already, except the Perf Shifter EndMod...I slotted a second IO EndMod instead. I had like 7 different toggles running, which was just overkill. This character just hit 50, so I'm ready to retire him, but I'll try the extra Perf Shifter on the next one. Thanks for the answers, everyone! Just one of those odd things you see in game that was bugging me. Now I know...

I've been having some Endurance issues on my current Scrapper (my own fault for taking all those Fighting and Leadership pool powers, I guess). And it reminded me of something I always wondered about. Every so often, I'll be in a situation where I'm not paying enough attention to my blue bar, and I'll hear that dreaded alert sound that means you've run out of Endurance. Followed by the even-more-dreaded sound of toggles de-toggling. But I notice that it's not consistent; sometimes all my toggles will drop, sometimes it'll just be one of them, and sometimes it's some number in-between. So I was just curious: Is there some factor that determines how many toggles shut off, or is it random?

I generally don't care for raids either, but I'll do the Mothership because it's fairly straightforward, and I can just brute force my way through it. A lot of the trials and task forces involve some kind of special strategy you have to follow, and I just find them too confusing and nerve-wracking. I remember the one time I did a Hamidon Raid back on Live...that thing was like a freaking square dance: go to this corner, go to that corner, promenade and do-si-do. I finally just set the team leader to "follow", hovering along and not doing much, because I kept hearing dire warnings that one wrong move could screw the whole thing up. I don't need that kind of stress in my life.

I wouldn't be surprised if, in some early draft of the script, he just wrapped the bad guys up in his cape (a maneuver he used to do all the time back in the '70s). But someone decided that was either too mundane, or too hard to stage, or whatever, so we ended up with the Decal of DoomTM instead. I remember comic book writer Denny O'Neil joked about how the screenwriters for multi-million-dollar movies could pull random nonsense that his editor would never let him get away with in a 25-cent comic book. 😄

I had no horse in this race (There weren't any particular names I was looking to grab, and I was in no danger of losing any). But I am frankly surprised at how many folks are managing to get the exact names they wanted. I'm happy for them, but it also makes me kinda sad, because it implies that there were a bunch of folks who signed up early on, snagged good names, and then just quit playing for whatever reason.

I don't believe either of those characters are in the public domain. The copyrights on some of the old novels have lapsed, but that only applies to the actual text of the stories. The names and likenesses of Tarzan and Doc are still trademarked.

If nothing else, it displays your excellent taste in music. 😉 Hmm..."Werewolf of London" is probably already taken, but you might be able to snag "Excitable Boy" or "Mr. Bad Example"...

It would be cool, but you know some pranksters would deliberately put in the silliest costumes they could come up with, just for the lulz. Maybe it could be used as a prize in costume contests? Winner gets added to the cell block randomizer...

Just a quick "Thank you!" to everyone involved in this impressive display of creativity. I can't even imagine how many man-hours went into putting this together. Well done!

Nothing wrong with taking a break, if you need one. I dropped out for almost a year -- I'd been grinding my way through the Incarnate system, got Tier 4s in every slot, and it burned me out big time. Hearing the news of the NCSoft license deal made me nostalgic, so I popped back in, and now I'm having fun just trying out builds and running normal story arcs again.

Yes, but WHY? What is the problem you are trying to solve? You already have the option of selling salvage to the auction house, so what would this arbitrary restriction add to the game? I wouldn't mind being able to do that too, actually... Wait, THAT'S the reason? Kinda burying the lede, there. Sorry, my dude, sounds like a skill issue.

I'm not sure I follow your reasoning here. What are you trying to accomplish? Personally, anything that can be sold at a vendor, I do, just to get rid of it quickly. Why shouldn't I be able to?

I try to keep a couple of Wakies and Breakfrees handy, in case of emergency. Reds, Yellows, Oranges, and Purples tend to get used as soon as they drop. I might hang onto a few if I know a tough Boss is coming up. Mostly, I just let the tray fill up with Blues and Greens, because when I need those...I tend to need a lot of them in a hurry. 😄