Ironblade

Yes, but with one major disappointment. When you talk to Prometheus, you can ask him about so many different things . . . . We should have an option to ask, "How's the liver doing?"

<snorts in amusement> I never pull enhancements from old characters. I might want to play them some day. "I could certainly buy them all, but that would be putting my hard earned inf in the hands of those who would seek to fleece me." Because you plan to take it with you when you die? What is it for, if not to spend on the stuff you want IN A GAME?

Firstly, I'd like to bring up 'sphere of control'. You can control some things in life and can't control others. You can't control what other people do in a game so you need to find some way to get over it. The fact that you have a problem with it doesn't help you and doesn't impact what other people do. Anyone can make 200 million per hour with zero flipping. My way actually helps the market and other players. I buy trash recipes that very few people want - proven by the fact that I can but HUNDREDS of the same recipe for less than 10,000 each. I then craft them and use converters until the random rolls give me something valuable. I list them slightly below the 'going price' so they sell fast and I get most of the potential profit. Spending 20-30 minutes will typically have between 100 and 150 million waiting for me next time I play that character. You have some serious misconceptions about the market in CoH. Casual and new players have it stunningly easy to get up to speed. The market is far more useful and far cheaper than back when the game was 'live'. This reminds me of a marvelous discussion between Christopher Bruce (Back Alley Brawler) and a player who said they were a 'casual player' but was talking about "purpling out their warshade". I understand you were talking about WoW but, if your WoW description is accurate, it's not a valid comparison to CoH. Casual and new players don't care about the price of high-end enhancements. Once they get there, they aren't casual or new. And when they do get there, they'll find that high-end enhancements typically cost between 1/10th and 1/100th of what they cost back on 'live'. Seriously, some of the unique IO's sold for TWO BILLION INF back in the day. In reality, flipping does not have a long-term upward effect on prices. Prices spend most of their time in a fairly narrow range and the only people getting 'hurt' are ones who absolutely positively have to have something RIGHT NOW.

It sure does. I did a concept character, Toggle Man. He's a spines/dark armor scrapper. He has damage procs everywhere because when you're running 18 toggles, you don't have a lot of regular attacks.

Clearly, then, the solution is to introduce a new currency/salvage type. 😛 Sorry. I'll show myself out.

I think your memory is playing tricks on you, gilding the 'good old days'. Back on live, some uniques were only obtainable by trading off-market or putting in a bid for 2 billion inf and waiting for it to fill. Now, they're two orders of magnitude cheaper (i.e. about 1/100th of the previous cost).

I'll start by answering your context questions. - I only count the enhancements in my base that are in *MY* enhancement table. Most of the rest are accessible to all. - I do *NOT* consider the value of enhancements on my characters. I view that wealth as 'spent'. - I *DO* count unspent merits. I keep a spreadsheet to track which characters have how many and they number about 70,000 so that's worth a bit. I would quantify 'rich' in two ways. I meet both of these conditions. 1. I can spend as much as I want on each character without worrying about running out or compromising on future characters. 2. I probably have enough inf that I will never run out as long as I continue playing the game. Back on live, by the time of the shutdown, I had amassed about 57 billion inf. This was completely excessive and unnecessary but I was entertained by seeing how much I could accumulate with minimal effort. Nowadays, I have a fraction of that amount and exert even less effort.

Yeah, that's probably out in fantasy land. As we learned with the inactivity warning system, the account system has limited communication with the character system. I'm guessing that same limitation would put the kibosh on this idea. I've seen SG systems in other games where there's basically a checklist the people fill in (if they want to) that gives more information. Aside from a brief description, it could have details like: expected activity, new player friendly, rp heavy/moderate/light/optional, PvP focus, badge focus, etc, etc.

1. We need a 'short form' respec. We need to be able to ONLY move slots around or change ONLY one power. The current system is torture for when you only need minor changes. 2. Not currently. I have so many characters that, if one becomes intolerable due to changes, I'll probably just shelve them.

I just made a new tank with psi armor and electric melee: Turn Down For Watt

I'm really not sure. On the one hand, the game has more complexity. More systems, more things that have to be figured out. On the other hand, we've gotten a lot of 'Quality of Life' improvements that really make a difference. I'm not sure which side wins.

I would say 'No', for two reasons: 1. You can earn enough inf just by playing the game. If you want purples, etc, THEN you have to work at it. 2. The auction house is CONTENT. Just like players, it's content and the game would be lessened by removing it.

Quite simply, there is no benefit. Trust me on this. You may think there are obvious benefits, but there aren't. Regarding the one 'benefit' you mention - "have more players all together" - the players on the less populated servers DON'T WANT TO BE ALL TOGETHER.

Since no one has answered the first part of your question, I would say 'sawdust'.

What the HELL?!? An AE arc where you can DIE??? 😛