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Yeah, had drops with even minions. Was trying to hunt down Bosses because it seemed like it was intended for them to have a higher drop rate. With the amount of testing I did so far, it the tips seem to drop more the higher they con to the character ... but random isn't always random.

Checked out base power for flight and leaping. Little weird needing to use the pop-up tray for the double leap, but it is pretty cool. Can tell the change in speed for sure. I always liked how we gradually increased in power, but can see how it is ease of use/travel. I agree that the travel pools should be more powerful/faster than the P2W versions ... though I'll probably still stick with some P2W travel powers on some character (form changes for sure). I use the flight pack from parking for the Day Job in Firebase Zulu on several of my characters. (Related to this I would like to see the Raptor pack as a backpack option where the wings come out when in flight/hover mode) Afterburner gets you a substantial way across a zone enough to make it worthwhile I think.

Steel Canyon two bosses - both dropped tips - just looked for bosses to fight Fought 5 clockwork minions at a badge marker and a tip dropped

Just went looking for bosses. found and fought like 7-8 bosses in Kings Row. Two Travel tip drops. Found like 4-5 grey/green bosses to a level 15. First boss downed gave a tip. Paladin event started/stumbled into event area, so that that gave me several conduits which were bosses. first conduit downed gave a tip.

No bosses in Atlas. I guess I should have guessed. Onward to King's Row! -edit- made a new character and ran around the lake. Took out three minions and tip dropped.

Didn't even know that could happen until last night, Doc? Am I correct in thinking that the Bank Heist doesn't work in this manner and that all have to enter for it to start, or have my teams just been entering closely enough to together or the selection of all the rolls need to be made before that one will start?

You are talking about testing by solo players I'm assuming as nothing you have posted seems to indicate group size, sidekicking/mentoring, group structure/mix, or player skills at teaming. Teams are generally going to be a mix of the categories you listed even in beta. Group tactics, the "gel" state of a group, and the experience and skill level of players goes a long way.

The game sets the Parameters. The Community is always within those Parameters. The Community doesn't set the parameters; the DEVs do through game changes. If parts of the Community want to limit themselves or create little boxes for themselves, then that is their version of game play and their own personally imposed parameters. I am opposed to anyone that is trying to set parameters on others that are not set by the game itself or Code of Conduct.

... less so than team teleport. It would make so much more sense if this was Assemble Team. Heck, when I came back from when the worlds were destroyed, I thought it was Assemble Team. Tried about 4 times and someone said, "how are you teleporting me". They were standing a few feet away. :s

The original game :: https://archive.paragonwiki.com/wiki/Training_Enhancement_Costs Training Enhancements are the least potent of all Enhancements. They are dropped by enemies for characters of level 1-21. TOs only ever dropped to level 20. Training Enhancements (up to level 20) may be bought in Freedom Corps stores located in various zones, from Freedom Corps Superpowered Field Trainers in Atlas Park, Kings Row, and The Hollows You can by level 25 and 30 TOs at Freedom Corp Special Forces stores in Independence Port and on Talos Island. Characters are just more powerful at lower levels than they used to be ... if they want to be. Some players get power leveled to 50 and don't have anything slotted. Play the game the way you like to play it. If you like to put yourself in a position where your suffering, well ... if that's what you enjoy, go for it.

As long as they aren't the team lead, they can get kicked from the team. If it is the team lead, everyone else can quit. The only bad behavior I have seen on Summer Blockbuster IS the guy rushing in and dragging the whole team in before they are ready.

main issue to me is players rushing into the colosseum before the other players are ready to start. it shouldn't start up until all players have entered. The rushers should have to wait for the team and not get dragged in before they are ready (mostly buying insps) it is kind of annoying to be targeted immediately upon entering the colosseum as well. As squishy, I often have to spam heal insp immediately upon spawning into the thing to avoid dying right off the bat. Otherwise, I wish there were more double-feature movies like this as content.

I checked the old wiki. It looks like generally training enhances ever possibly went to level 30, but mostly capped out at 20 before the sunset. I went to test/beta. Leveled to 10. slotted training. leveled to 20. slotted training. used the upgrade function to level up the training enhancements leveled to 30. the quartermaster in the base would only sell me DO's or better. Went to Talos Freedom Corps and they would only sell me SO's. used the upgrade function to level up the training enhancements. leveled up to 50. used the upgrade function to level up enhancements. Training enhancements slotted are now showing as level 50. So : Couldn't buy training past 20. Using the Upgrade function in the Manage window, slotted Trainings can be Upgraded all the way to 50.

I get a lot of useless drops in general. I get drops of types that I wouldn't slot on a particular character. Regardless of origin. It sounds more like an influence issue more than a drop issue. You aren't getting enough return to even slot trainings that you could buy from a base. I can feel you pain in regards to this as back on live, before the market was introduced, I had a defender that didn't have enough influence to fully slot even with training enhancements in the mid upper teens I think. The whole how much influence and xp you gained by fighting was all wonky at that point as well. It was all based on damage dealt and not being on the team. The character was an empathy defender and boy could I keep a team alive, even with the crappy enhances. Everyone was dinging left and right around me all the time. Not my character. Sometimes the other teammates would feed me scraps ... enhance that they couldn't use - because I wasn't getting those much either because I was busy keeping the team alive so they could do damage. Buffing them so they could do more damage. It was frustrating. The market is your way out if you really want one. Of course don't use any xp boosters if you need influence as using them limits or stops your influence gain through defeats. Run on teams and you will gain more than running solo. Don't depend on drops and make a base or access one to use the enhancement vendor ... but once you get to a point, it won't even sell you Trainings any more. I'm not sure if the auto enhance leveling function works on training or not. Maybe I'll go on test and see as I have time.

Okay, confused gain. Why is a bad thing to have a better enhancement drop? I'm assuming it is because you are fighting enemies that are not related to your origin so you are not getting DO and SO's that your character can use, but one shouldn't assume.

Sometimes the game intentionally puts you in situations where completing a mission is a lot easier once you have leveled up. I'm pretty sure I have run into that kind of situation quite a bit. The behavior of gameplay with the Tsoo from when you first encounter them to when you have leveled up to beat them down is a good example. It's a mechanic to make them a real threat to overcome so when you can beat them down ... it's all that much more rewarding.

I think the technology is improving over time. I have a couple of pairs from Costo https://www.costco.com/optical.html#blue-treatment That seem to serve me well at work. They don't get all scratched up, but I don't have a large pack of dogs. I have prescription lenses, so it doesn't look like you are going for that. If so, look at my comment above. I have also started taking Lutien which has helped with my eye strain at work. I haven't tried Zeaxanthin. Honestly, eating more fresh carrots on a regular basis is supposed to help. Suggestion to put your Windows 10 computer in night mode is a good one. I generally don't do that, but I set it to dark mode (default is light mode) - to set this go into options and type dark in the search. Putting lower wattage light bulbs helps me as well, but my eyes are light sensitive.

Got me leveled up zombie/dark mm and put it in Gloom with no issue.

I'm assuming the mastermind version can take both recharge and damage enhancements. That's the only thing that I think should possibly have some reason to stop the slotting. grrrr.... now I have to make a Zombie/Dark Mastermind before I can go to sleep.

I'll tell you a secret that some other players have pointed at and some other stuff that keep the game fun and engaging for me. The game is level 1-50. The end-game is what is tacked on to the end of the game. It isn't the game itself. It is added stuff for players that have finished playing the game. Hence, it is called "the end-game". It's what you do once the game has ended. Play what is fun. Who cares how efficient it is if you have fun playing it? Maybe other players won't want to team with you. When it comes down to it, teams usually more concerned with filling than not. Make your play experience different. Play characters randomly. PUG! Game with random players! Every gaming experience is new. You have to figure out your powers. You have to figure out how to work your powers with random teammates. Join someone else's PUG and who knows what kind of mission you'll be dragged into. No lie. I like to create characters. Sometimes the fun is in trying to make characters based on my character conception. Sometimes I want to use some power sets and I figure out a character conception that makes sense to me for those powers. It looks like you have fun ideas, I say play all of them. Give them all a shot. Stick with one if it's fun. Switch to another one when you feel it's time to take a break. Have some high level, have some low level. When a team starts looking for more, switch to a character that fits the level range. Did I say the most important part is to have fun? Yeah, we game to have fun. Game to have fun.

Are you kidding? I put the thing on autofire and watch the hilarity ensue when I suddenly start running around farting Rikti monkey farts at the enemies. It really doesn't happen that often and it wears off pretty quick. But, I guess if you are the team's tank, I can see where it would be an issue if you just taunted and then turned into a Rikti monkey. Things I learned the hard way? Don't post or buy from the market while your tired.

I can still buy training enhancements. I'm confused. (well, I admit checked my base and not some pusher ... I mean vendor ... on the street.) What level are you at that you are still trying to by training enhancements and they aren't there? Training enhancements don't have an origin. Dual origin and Single origin enhancements are origin related. use https://hcwiki.cityofheroes.dev/wiki/Category:Contacts_By_Level Look at the level ranges. Find your level in a band that is like 4-5 levels wide. It will tell you who is your origin contact This page lists the contacts for Heros, Villians, and ...er.... Praetorians (they are sneaky and end up on your list of possible contacts even if you aren't a Praetorian) Example : https://hcwiki.cityofheroes.dev/wiki/Category:Hero_Contacts_Level_30-34 Magic Mutation Natural Science Technology Allison King Jose Escalante Phillipa Meraux Jenny Firkins Tina Chung Peter Stemitz Merisel Valenzuela Lou Pasterelli Neal Kendrick

... with a Cliff Burton bass solo.

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Players have already asked for things like wands and staffs to be used for power sets to add more mystic flavour to powers. The point is that people do want all kinds of customization. Possibly there needs to be a power customization thread the same way that there is one for costume parts. My point is one customization .... there is never only one. Nothing with it being cool. This among many things are cool. I'm not arguing with bringing it up. I do think changing a set a called "beam rifle" into something that doesn't have a rifle necessarily involved - at the very least - would need to be renamed.