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The name "saga mode" is confusing. "Shortcut" mode sounds more appropriate. I don't see this idea as being workable, or needed if I'm being honest. It reads like yet another suggestion to totally unbalance and break the game. The core experience is based around progression of power and abilities. "Saga mode" would totally break that. This would make low level content even more trivial than it already is by giving players access to powers that the content level is not designed for. Powers and slots are goals to be worked toward, not unlocked right at the start. In the case of something like Headsplitter, that doesn't become available until Level 26 (I think), so if someone can pick that at level 2, what do they pick at level 26 if they already have their best powers? This makes the assumption that people don't like lower level content. There are a lot of people who do, many of whom never play to level 50. For those that don't care for running lower level content, I don't see "saga mode" changing their mind. It's still less time for them to farm up an alt and built it the way they like. There's already a lot of diverse ways to build and slot a character. I don't know what you mean by "narrative diversity". The "measured increase in power" is a core aspect of the game. You can already build a character that "nukes every couple of minutes" or a "super glass cannon" if you want to. This is why you see people with characters like petless MMs and such.

It's not relevant to the thread topic. If you'd like to discuss sharks, please create a new thread. Thank you.

@Techwright @Trike - what's this have to do with Captain America: Brave New World? Please keep on topic. Thank you.

Not going to lie, I've no idea what you're getting at there other than you have friends who "store stuff for their next character", then forget about the stuff they stored. Most people I know store some rarer items only, then sell the rest. Most salvage, IOs (even attuned), recipes and such are dirt cheap on the AH. Saving tons of dirt cheap salvage for a rainy day isn't something we do. I'm sure there are people who do just that, but again, I don't see eliminating the need for a mule toon to have any great impact on it.

Apologies then as I seem to have misunderstood you. It seemed to me your posts on not making it easier to transfer items around would encourage more players to hoard. See below. I agree. Most people value the influence they can get from selling things versus hoarding it where it isn't earning anything.

@GM_GooglyMoogly @Luminara@battlewraith can we get back to the thread topic? Gentle reminder - Thank you.

I'm not sure I understand how allowing coalition members (or anyone for that matter) access to storage bins outside their own SG is going to create "more players hoarding". Sure, they would be able to access storage more storage bins, but so can anyone else within the coalition (or not) so long as they had the correct permissions. Some people may put stuff into storage, others will take it out.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think opening up salvage racks and enhancement tables to everyone is needed either, but if it were implemented, I don't see it having the negative impact you seem to be concerned about.

There's no reason to believe that players would stop putting things into the market. Everyone already has the capability to hoard insane levels of salvage and enhancements, but there's still plenty of stuff available in the market.

There's been a couple of people who've complained that this thread has gone off the original topic, so perhaps we can get back to discussing CA: BNW? What makes a good movie is an interesting topic and deserves its own thread I think.

While true, the market is also seeded. This game doesn't have the population to be relying solely on players putting stuff up for sale on the AH.

I guess my question to you in other posts were removed, so I'll ask again - did you see Captain America: Brave New World? What did you think of it? What did you like about it? What did you not like? What did you think of the characterizations of the Leader and Red Hulk? Comic accurate or too far divergent from the source material?

Something like Martial Arts or Street Justice as a primary and Willpower as a secondary would make a good Kirk-type scrapper. Of course, MA or StrJ doesn't hold a candle to the sheer awesomeness of the Kirk-fu style of combat.

Out of curiosity, where do you think the money Disney makes comes from? Did the money that Disney used to make these movies grow on a tree? All the money MCU fans spent over the years on movie tickets, film related merchandise, streaming services etc. wasn't their money? And since it's not their money, they shouldn't care about the quality of the films being produced? Interesting point of view you have there. I don't see the harm in discussing where the money is going for these movies.

It's still falling under Disney, no matter how many LLCs and shell companies they try to make to hide money.

This proceeds from a false assumption that people want these films to fail. I know I don't and no one I know looks forward to these MCU films being box office flops. I like Anthony Mackie. He was great as Falcon. I've enjoyed most of the MCU films and loved comic book characters as a kid. I really want these movies to be good and make everyone involved a lot of money. There are a lot of people who work really hard on these movies and I don't think they want them to be failures either. Most critics I've read all want these movies to be a success too, but what Disney and Marvel is doing now isn't working for them and hasn't been for years now. I think people aren't wishing these films to fail, it's more they're hoping that the poor performance is a wake up call for Disney and Marvel to right the ship and get back to what worked. From what I've read and what my brother told me, this film ruined the Red Hulk and Leader. Stick with the plots and stories that drew fans to these characters. That'd be a good start.

I'm not sure I'd consider those "meh" numbers either. However, if you compare that to all the other films adjusting for inflation, they aren't that great for the franchise as a whole. https://screenrant.com/star-wars-movies-box-office-adusted-inflation/ Also, it's important to note that your list didn't include Solo. The box office was definitely on the downward trend for the Star Wars franchise with what you have there.

Well no, the word misogyny doesn't have multiple meanings. The word itself has its roots in the Greek words misos (hatred) and gunē (woman). It's not a homonym or homophone like "bear" or "jam" that requires context in order to be understood properly. Again, as it applies to Bond, "misogynist" isn't really the correct word for him. He's more a male chauvinist.

So following your logic here, the accepted definition of misogyny includes words like hatred of, loathing toward and despising women to further explain the meaning and provide context. According to you, that's the accepted meaning, so your entire argument here fails. You're also failing to understand that if Bond were this woman hating man who despised women, that would make characters like Vesper Lynd complete morons. They weren't. What? Of course it does. I can't point to a frog and say that's an elephant and because I said so that makes my word usage correct. I agree and as was said earlier, keeping true to the source material is what endeared people to the character to begin with. I don't hold out any hope that Amazon will do it though. I think we can near guarantee they will try to make Bond "more appealing to modern audiences."

It's been widely reported that the $180 isn't the entire budget of this film, rather it's the original approved budget or the cost of the reshoots. This movie is indeed another MCU flop.

Of all the Marvel stuff of late, this is the one thing I'm looking forward to. I really enjoyed the Netflix series. I'm hoping Disney does it justice.

What "negative effects"? The arrows and plus sign would work same as they do now, only with the suggested change, it would allow for expanding the tray between 1 and 10 rows instead of between 1 to 3. If anyone wants more or less rows, they can add them. If anyone wants to break out and reshape rows, they can. The suggested change just makes adding additional rows a little easier.

If you want to play that way, go for it. No need to waste the time and resources bringing yet another server into the fold for this, especially since it would require a different code base.

My brother took the kids to see it and said it stunk. He said you could tell this movie was re-shot a number of times as the story seemed disjointed in quite a few places, and certain story elements were clearly geared toward not offending certain international audiences. His biggest gripe was what they did with the Red Hulk and Ross. Beyond that, he said it wasn't "The Marvels" bad, but still not great.

If the arrow allowed you to expand up or down to allow between 1 tray or 10, you'd still be able to set up your trays however you like. I don't think the OP or anyone else is suggesting that their layout should be mandatory for everyone.