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    You know you've spent too long...

    in General Discussion

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    On 2/17/2020 at 2:28 AM, MTeague said:

    I do find though, there is a massive disconnect between what the average person thinks of as "spending a lot of time on a game", and what a long-term gamer thinks of it.

    I mean, I remember people at work being astounded/horrified reading a news article that said some gamers can spend 10 hours a week in a game. 

    I just thought to myself, "you are not ready for this knowledge" and said nothing. 😀

     

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    When to slot IO sets

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    Firstly, I've only been recreating characters I had on live so I already know what kind of +recovery or type of defense they might need.  I had 37 50's so it's probably going to be a while before I create any 'new' characters.  For a powerset I'm not familiar with, there will be some experimentation and respec'ing as they level up.

     

    If a character is going to need +recovery, stealth, -KNB, +3% defense unique or something like those, I'll slot it as early as possible.  After that, I start slotting sets around level 32 (level 35 IO's).  For the overwhelming majority of my characters, these will never get replaced.  I think I only ever had 2 characters that I respec'ed at 50 to fully optimize their builds  - my main, Ironblade, and a dominator.

     

    By the time I get to around level 40, I have *ALL* the IO's I will need for the final build sitting in my trays waiting to be slotted as I level up.  In my experience, this gives me pretty good builds and really doesn't involve much effort or investment.  I only worry about absolutely mix/maxing my main (who is currently vet level 29 - he gets played a lot).

    As for what IO's to slot, don't overlook frankenslotting.  Sometimes it's super effective and super cheap.  For example, +regen is generally the first bonus in a set that offers it.  I had an invuln tank with +360% regen.  That amount of regen on tank hit points with Dull Pain is just brutal.  And it was dirt cheap.  I'm pretty sure that build only cost me 80-100 million back on live - it would be much less now.  My average build back then was 200-300 million.  Ironblade's build cost me around a billion but was worth more like 4 billion at the high point of the market.

     

    My opinion is that you can get about 3/4 of optimum character performance for a pittance and that's really all you need unless it's going to be one of your main characters.

    Lady Gray Hamidon

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    2 hours ago, siolfir said:

    You can bypass the holds with enough DPS, but it's a rather high amount: Lore pets help with this.

    But yes, holds from any source (Seismic Smash, Knockout Blow, tier 3 Crushing Uppercut, Freeze Ray, hold procs, etc) make it easier.

    Yep.  I've been on teams that did it with zero holds and it's a pain.  Even worse than the Kahn TF that was all DPS with no tanks or brutes.

    Wondering a couple things about Incarnate rewards...

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    3 hours ago, Lazarillo said:

    Second, is there a limit on the amount of dropped rewards that can be obtained within a certain time period.  Particularly, is there some mechanic to limit the number of Incarnate Shards?

    I'm pretty sure there is no limit on shards or threads.

    There are definitely limits on incarnate merits as noted in the iTrial summary here: https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Incarnate_Trial

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    Income Inequality In CoX

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    On 2/16/2020 at 8:47 PM, Inheritor said:

    Ideally, I'd like to see this income inequality reduced, perhaps by dramatically increasing the rewards earned from radios and weekly strike targets. Realistically, the top two classes will always earn too much and there's no simple or even desirable way of reigning them in.

    No!  That's socialism!

     

    Seriously, though, your entire post is based on the premise that this income imbalance is a problem.  It isn't.  It's simply a fact of life in pretty much every video game that has some sort of currency.  And the top two classes don't earn "too much" because that's not a thing.

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    The least resisted common damage type?

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    On 2/8/2020 at 5:03 PM, siolfir said:

    There's a thread somewhere that I'm too lazy to search for that ended up taking all the mob resistances (and vulnerabilities) and generating an average that showed that negative was the least resisted in the game.

    Yep.  This was known back on live, also.  That's why I took Void for my Judgement power.

    Will we ever see the new things that Cake is getting?

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    9 minutes ago, jubakumbi said:

    OK.

    So you choose to take me stating my opinion as an attack because I use blunt language.

    It's an opinion, of course it is subjective.

    And there you are doing it again.  You're stating that he CHOOSES to take your language in a certain way.   It's all on him.

    Personally, I usually skip over your posts because IN MY OPINION they come across as abrasive and antagonistic.  It takes two (or more) to engage in effective communication.  If a significant number of people are reacting to your posts in a negative manner, then communication has failed.  Maybe some people are too thin-skinned and maybe you're too blunt.  I can't say that one of those is predominant or what the ratio is, but the job of communicating isn't being accomplished because emotional reactions are getting in the way.

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    Which Clarion for Underground?

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    Posted · Edited by Ironblade

    Hey, I'm buying up my 2nd and 3rd Destiny powers.

    I remember that we need Clarion for the Underground trial - WHICH Clarion power is best for the trial?

     

    P.S.  I have my favorite Lore pets (Seers for psi damage and the Fortitude), but which one is best for pure damage output?  I want to get a good DPS pet also.

    Quick Travel Hub

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    Really nice look.

    I was working on a new character and needed access to a Pillar of Ice and Flame to get a mission so I could get the Ouro badge, etc.

     

    So many of the public transport hub bases have ONLY the teleporters and didn't think about the Pillar, invention table, etc.

    This base has all the key items AND looks awesome.  Bravo.

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    A Call for a little transparency, just a touch.

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Ironblade

    2 hours ago, NNDeepdish said:

    Nah, private servers really can't be stopped at this point. You try to shut one down another one will just pop up.

    Yes, BUT, a thousand servers running in people's basements is not a community.

    If NCSoft decides to take action, there would be no more servers with thousands online.

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    End Game Problems

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    2 hours ago, Snarky said:

    Pit one foot in front of the other. Soon you,ll be walking out that doooor. Put one foot in front of the other....

     

    okay flashback to mr frostmeister over. Whew

    Dude, you need to up your game.

    Firstly, I think you mean Snow Miser.

    But that song is actually from 'Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town' from a scene with Kris Kringle and the Winter Warlock.

     

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    End Game Problems

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    18 hours ago, MasThoven17 said:

    End Game Problems:

     

    1. Money. The only viable way to make money for end game IOs is to create a fire farmer. So you basically have to shelf your toon and play another toon so that you can buy sets for the toon you shelfed.

    You are mistaken.  DRAMATICALLY so.

     

    Back on live, at the time of shutdown, I tracked my money in a spreadsheet.  Not so that I knew which character had money, but so I knew which characters had room to hold more.  I had 57 billion influence at shutdown.  How much was from farming?  I'd estimate about 1-2% at most.  I would clear a Council map with my fire/kin once or twice per month for variety.  Farming bored me.

     

    I had thousands upon thousands of reward merits.  In fact, I tracked how many Ironblade earned in total - 8597.  And he spent a bit over 2500.

     

    And how did I amass this wealth?  By playing the game.  In particular, I enjoy task forces and trials.  Back on live, I ran over 600 TFs or trials in some years.

     

    Your point #2 is of little concern as AE is a niche activity.

    Point #3 circles back to your #1 and is just as wrong.

     

    Point #4 is also wrong.  My "third party app" for figuring out IO's is Microsoft Excel (which I use for every game I play, from EQ2 to Minecraft to CoH).  I love Excel.

    The Incarnate system isn't that complicated.  In a way, it's like IO's - you can get as far into the weeds AS YOU WANT.  If you want to be a key player on iTrials and TF Master runs, then knock yourself out.  If you just want to upgrade your character with a kick-ass build, that's pretty cheap and easy.

     

    Now, I get that you end by saying this is not a rant and I agree, it isn't.  You also say it's your "experience and opinion", but you make many statements of fact, like "The only viable way to make money for end game IOs is to create a fire farmer." which are FACTUALLY INCORRECT.  You're certainly welcome to your opinion.  So perhaps this is the only way YOU have found to buy end-game IO's.  That doesn't make it THE only way.


    I fully recognize that the way I play is not the only way to play.  My girlfriend uses Mids Hero Planner (or Pine? whatever is is now) for her IO planning.  I just made a fire/fire brute for farming because she wanted to farm and felt it would be more fun together.  So I don't have any problem with farming per se - I just find solo farming boring.  So I made more inf than I could ever spend by other methods.

    A Call for a little transparency, just a touch.

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    10 hours ago, DR_Mechano said:

    Ok fair enough, that I understand. I get clearing up technical debt because we don't want the same situation CoH was in when it was live aka the "the person who knew how this worked has since left and nobody has any idea how it works any more so what we trained you on is completely pointless!" Thank you for your honesty Jimmy.

    Not to mention, "the person who knew how this worked has since left and we're afraid to touch it now."

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    Task Force etiquette

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    24 minutes ago, Shred Monkey said:

    But, IMHO, if you join a TF where it isn't clear up front, you're implicitly saying that you'll commit to staying regardless of what type of run it is, within reason.

    This - "within reason".
    Positron at +4 is not within reason.  (Or +3, or +2 or even +1 for Posi.)

    For an ITF, "within reason" can range from skipping the cyst ambushes to killing every living thing on the final map.  I'm up for either.

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    Task Force etiquette

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    Posted · Edited by Ironblade

    19 hours ago, Snarky said:

    i was just informed in another topic thread that if i want “speed” runs it is up to me to advertise for those. If i accept a place on a TF i am bound to whatever the team leader decides, And it is my fault for not communicating i want a speed run. 

     

    i do not consider +0 speed runs. Especially  on Synapse.

    Well, that sounds like someone with control issues or a strong preconception that their way is the only way.

     

    Running the low level TFs at +0 is *NOT* a speed run.

    Stealthing where you can in a tedious, low level slogfest like Synapse or Citadel is *NOT* a speed run.

    And, to directly address that persons comment, accepting a place on a TF doesn't bind me to jack.  If they broadcast for a TF and make no mention of any special conditions, then we start and it's at +4, I am bound to NOTHING.  I retain free will.  If it's a TF below level 30 or so, I'll ask if it's intentional.  If so, I'll see how it goes for a mission or two.  If the team genuinely can't handle it - I'm gone.  I am under no obligation to suffer because someone has delusions of might.

     

     

    P.S.  On a side note, my default assumption when someone is recruiting for one of the Weekly Strike Targets is that we will be trying to get it done quickly.  Maybe not a 'speed run', per se, but sure as hell not killing everything on the map in every Synapse mission.

     

    P.P.S.  I fully recognize that I can get away with some 'assumptions' because I usually lead the TF's I'm on.  I generally run them the way that I think is 'normal' for that TF.  If I plan anything other than a 'normal' run, I announce it as such.

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