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There as a big thread about combo-hate a while back. Enjoy it the way you like it. I basically have two trays set-up on my main dual blade that have two combos built into them by activating the powers in slightly different orders. Set up a debuff effect combo and then running a damage combo seems to work pretty good.

Badges? Badges?! Give them stinking badges!

Oh, really. Sounds more like "Move along, Citizen! Nothing to see here!"

It does seem like several people are expressing it is a burden. There are other expressing that it isn't that much of a burden if you really care about the character names you picked. I'm at 128 characters and I do not feel that it will be an undue burden on me to log my characters ... and future characters because of this. Easier if I didn't have to do it, sure. But for the most part, I think I'm pretty much already abiding by this.

I first thought this was an interesting concept, but, then the whole "If most normal people had superpowers, they would be supervillains" thing started creeping in, It just opens the door for people to name camp with alternate accounts and then put them into this state until they decide that they actually want to play that name.

I think the intent is not to make it easy to log all your characters at once. I mean, if you can to that, then you aren't taking time to look at your characters ... because that is part of the issue to some people. It's name camping made easy if you can log all your characters at once and name camping is the reason for this. I don't think name camping is a good thing, but I don't especially like the this mechanic, but, because I am an alt-jumper and the way that live in THE CITY, it really isn't going to affect me that of often. When I see a warning that the countdown has started, I'll be logging them in. It shouldn't take that much effort if you are logging in a character that you really want the name on.

That's two characters. If they are important to you, you should be able to keep with logging them. I would put them on the first page of characters so that you can keep track of them. I have bunch of spooky characters, but they don't just run around during the Halloween event. I have bunch of Winter World characters. They come out during the rest of the year as well ... wait a minute! Where is the Winter Holiday in July event!? I probably 10-15 that are sub 20 that I will have to relog as I'm in no race to level them up. I am keeping them low to lead or join DFBs only but Torchbearer isn't as busy as it used to be. One is on Indomitable, but I can never find a team over there and soloing just isn't anywhere near as fun to me as teaming. Honestly, I'm not a fan of it, but it isn't worth my time to "hate" it. Those that are pushing it are doing it because of players like you camping names instead of playing them. Thanks. This proves my point about it causing power-leveling simply to lock-in names. How much this will happen and how many plan on or will do it is left to be seen after implementation. I had over 150 characters before the sunset (only 128 at this point on Homecoming), when there was a special event I would log them all in. Now I just log them in based on if the badge or whatnot fits the character. I won't have to log all of them in every month. I will have to log in a few every quarter. I usually end up logging in all my characters within a year. I kind of doubt I have ever had a character offline for a year since homecoming is back. Up into the hundred days for sure, but doubt over 200. I have some 10-15 characters that are sub level 20 that have been around for a long time, but I actually log some of them relatively often. It really isn't that painful to keep up with if you keep track of your low level characters and log a several each week in rotation.

The trainers, quartermasters, and inps venders aren't so easy to find. I would suggest adding more of them.

I like this idea better .... ... but, then again, it is pretty much what I posted ... so obviously I'm biased.

I guess I've been leading too many lately or on teams with considerate teammates. I alway have Team Teleporter and mission teleporter, so I tend to be the zone pretty quickly. Since you experienced it, you should post a bug report. I'll keep an eye out and see if it happens to me next time I run on or I am on a Posi 2 team. Is it possible that moving into a hazard zone is disrupting things somehow?

I think the combos are fun, but the combos break it for some people

It is per Shard.

Yes. There are. Not me really, but to some it is VERY important.

If it isn't worth the time to log into the character, can you really justify wanting to keep the name? I mean how often would you need to do it? Do you have a level sub 5 parked with a name that you want to keep that you are going to have to keep logging in every 30 days to keep? I'm going to have a good handful that I'm going to log in every 90 days to keep the name, but, I feel like, it is worth logging them in order to keep the name ... if I really feel that it is important to me.

A light sabre definitely doesn't match the damage type of Katana. It might cut through something, but it is most definitely an energy weapon.

I could figure it would be a bass for the battle axe, but apparently I had hear the term "axe" used to mean bass in the past when that wasn't the proper historical reference. El Kabong uses it like a club which I would figure would be more mace than axe. I mean that is more smashing then lethal damage! But, honestly, I have been looking for it more as a backpack cosmetic then a weapon really. But I couldn't resist the El Kabong ..

I always assume that as long as it isn't a personal attack. I understood that as well, but some people are hunting for names and may be trying that name everyday once this goes into effect because they feel that that name is their name. The ones most likely to do this will most probably immediately power-level that character to 50 so that they never lose it. I'm sure that some are worried about this. I'm not one of them, but that means to be made clear :: Warning: Your character is now tagged for possible renaming. Login prevent others from taking this character's name or something like that will fit in the warning message area on the character list. The Renaming thing has been a contentious thing all along. The percentage of the player base that is for causing the renaming of other player's characters so that they can take them is very small from what I can tell. I would think that this would be better targeted at inactive accounts and would "unlock" the names of all characters including level 50's. I, however, know that this has already proceeded too far in development and that going that route might not have been possible at any rate. The Renaming Policy won't affect me. I basically go through all my character list pages on all servers usually at least once per week, so really this is going to have no impact on me other than needing to log into a character when I see the warning. I'm just trying to look out for other players. Do I actually play all my characters (more than simply logging in or doing some marketing standing in the same spot) every year? No. Honestly, I don't think that I do, but I do try to cycle through my characters, because that's what give the game longevity to me. I'm at 128 characters at this point.

Well, if it has a SG portal, shouldn't it be on the list when you blue-hand a sg portal? I'm mean... I figure that is where most people would go to access a base and, if Fort Trident is a base for people that don't have a supergroup, ...

Perhaps when the actual effect goes live, it would be good if you could get the warning say 5, 15, and 30 days before the character's name would lapse?

There aren't any that I know of. It was a joke at any rate. But I kinda would like a guitar that I could wear on my back.

Now if I could get that mace customization ....

So if I understand this correctly, if you power-level to level 50 and park it, then you don't have to have your name taken away ... ever. But if you play a character for for 100 hours and you park it long enough, the name can be taken away? Is the intent to promote people to power-leveling characters to 50? It seems that plenty of people are doing that already.