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Mind is blown. How does such a dated game come up with this stuff? Thank you very much - will try it out now!

So...I've read the rules and such, and I completely understand that we're even allowed to triple box, just so long as the shard population doesn't exceed 1500. So, here's my dilemma: while I understand that the person behind the avatars will have varying levels of skill and ability to control both or all three characters, is this acceptable for team play - like running a faathim and the team lead has 2 other accounts as part of the team? That just seems...well, wrong, I guess. Granted, nobody is putting a gun to my head to join. It just seems like this player gets 3x the rewards, while 2 of the characters are likely going to auto-spam a certain power. And I imagine navigation in a place like the shard is probably not too terrible, but likely to slow things down at some point. Is this considered okay? Like - I know there are rules, but there's also "Norms", like don't quit task forces if you can help it. This is the first time I've seen this and I just didn't feel right remaining on this team. Am I just being too judgmental/critical here?

Thank you for sharing your build. I just got 50 and slotted my alpha. I know the conventional wisdom might be for musculature, but I think...what the heck do I know..that given the description of Intuition, Radial side...it doesn't really "cure" anything, but it does give a small amount of improvement in several areas - toHit debuff, defense debuff, range, damage..and slow - as if I needed that. For me - it just fits. If I want more damage, I can chomp on a rage or three. I will play what I have for a while - at least until I get a better sense of where I might shore some areas up. While playing it, it seems as good as I could ever expect, got through a +4 ITF with no troubles at all. Of course, that's not an advanced mode...but there's time for that. I will look over your build in the morning when I'm rested. I have played too much today! Thanks again!

You know - I saw those when I hit 35. The build up was particularly interesting. I wasn't sure about the pet, but I guess it would be handy during something like the MS event, if nothing else. Thanks! So, I looked it over - and I can go with the ice mastery epic, but I have to give something up to get those powers. I thought about giving up Frostwork...because I can use the Hoarfrost to get the buff for me. But I still need to give up 2 other powers. I could cede the fight pool, but that's a fair amount of resist and defense to give up for the max hp & build up. And the pet... I think I might go with two builds one where I give up certain team buffs to grab the pet and the build up, and the other a more team friendly build. I just need about 12 more slots to make everything work! lol. Gonna have to go back to the drawing board, or maybe just stick with the build I've leveled up with, it seems to work pretty well.

I am thinking it may have something to do with some of the ouro portals that seem to get cast nearby, but I dunno. I do know that 3x in the past 48 hours, once in the Grim Vale after we clobbered Eochai and Jack in Irons, once in Echo:Dark Astoria after clobbering Adamastor, and just now after the Abandoned Sewer Trial - I'll cast the temp power, then try to use a macro (not my own sg, this character doesn't have one) and I get the message about only being able to use the macro within an sg base or near an SG portal. I check - and yep, it's now recharging as I just used it to cast the portal.

So, this is the build I have found somewhere, and have completely reworked more than a fair bit. Whomever it belonged to would likely never recognize it. I share that to explain why some powers might be take when..as I think this person probably didn't start to actually play until level 50. I've no idea how they would play it as is, without heatloss. But, since it was suggested, I still have about 40 charges of recovery serum left, so I am optimistic for those times I might exemplar. I know there are some goofs in here. From everything I read, the synergy of ice/cold comes together nicely, but tends to rely on a lot of recharge, as heat loss is the fuel for the engine. By all means, please take a peek and if you can find a way to improve the build, feel free to share that, too! The primary things that may be important to know is I love Super Speed and Combat Jumping. I honestly do not grasp how anyone can do without CJ and the incredible control it offers as one moves about a zone or mission map. For a non-damage power, it's one of my favorites so far. I'm not sold on Dark Embrace. I have thought about (and have on my current character) soul drain, with an expected attack chain of Heat Loss, Soul Drain, Sleet, Blizzard, Ice Storm. For me, Heat Loss is the opener for the -res. Anecdotally, if it's not the opener, there just aren't enough mobs around to make it worth it. Soul Drain is for the extra damage. And it just makes more sense to me to use Soul Drain after I've reduced their resistance. But, if I'm going to be on a team, it seems to make sense for me to pick the various buffs that are available. They make handy mules, too. I kind of feel bad about not dedicating more slots to those teammate buffs, but I think most players, at least in the end game, are already fairly well protected with barrier and other destiny powers going off routinely. Since Arctic Fog takes both resist sets and defensive sets, I just wasn't sure how I wanted to build the character - focus more on defense, or more on resistance. For a non-melee, I think the build is okay, but what the heck do I know? Thanks in advance for any wisdom or insights you might share. Palooza.mbd

Exchanges like this make it worth reading other posts! I have an ice/cold, so I learned a lot more than I did before I checked in to read! I very much appreciate you folks sharing what you've learned.

So, I am not really seeing what some of you are seeing. To be clear, I'm only doing one thing, but if I state it here, others may crowd in, so I won't. But, I'm making an easy 2.5-4 M not counting the opportunity cost of converters. I read the guides here, got a very lengthy, thorough market tutorial from someone who clearly has no problem giving inf away. (I told him I wanted to earn it) Forty-five minutes later, I was armed with a lot of nifty insights. The rule of the market is simple: Supply and Demand. And the issue many face is the supply may be acquired outside of the AH. 1. Drops 2. Merit Vendor 3. SG leaders leaving a fully stocked base for members 4. Recipe Rolls Of these, drops and merit vendor are likely the larger area to compete with. But, even so, there are areas where people are forking over influence just as they always have. Perhaps not as much as you might have seen a couple of years ago, but fairly consistent and stable. Just as an example: Oblit damage procs are still selling for 3m Perf Shifter +end still selling for 3m Power Transfer chance for heal, still selling for 3m The various lower level proc-type IOs...some of them have reduced a bit from the 5m to 3m. But, given the cheaper crafting costs, it's still a decent profit. The key is to recognize whether or not you'd be better off just selling your converters, or using them. I suggest using them still. I was pondering how I was going to slot and choose a power on my corruptor when I saw a message about Kronos being in Talos. So, I went. Snagged not 6, but 12 merits, and then heard Kronos was in Steel, and grabbed another 30 merits and got another 12 in Skyway, and 18 more in Striga Isle. All within maybe 30-40 minutes. That's not the best in game, but it's pretty nice - and it was fun for me. We can't sell the Monstrous Aethers, but we can convert them to Prismatics, which are getting cheaper and cheaper over time. They were 3.1 a couple of days ago, when I looked, and now are 2.7m, but that could have just been a patient buyer, throwing me off. Certainly possible. I guess what I'm saying is there is still a ton of inf being earned in all these km itfs this week. They are going to spend that loot on something, right? I've made 700m in the past 3 days just bidding, crafting, converting and selling for about 15-25 minutes in the morning, and 15-25 minutes later in the day. There are a lot of niches in the market. Just look for one. And, if the prices are really that cheap...then you don't need to market or farm anymore. The inf you earn playing a 50 should be quite enough to subsidize any upcoming alts.

So, I don't know how clever it is, but it amused me. How many times do we see in lfg chat something like "Thanks, Yin is now full!" Or, "Numina is full!" So, inspired by Monty Python, I have made a character, just today, called "Wafer Thin Mint". Unless the recruiter is named Mr. Creosote, I fully intend to ask "I'm sure you're not serious. Everyone has room for a Wafer Thin Mint".

This stuff to the right - I just can't click that arrow to see it, as the buffs that are usually in play on any given league are such that they would stretch all the way across the screen. I am a horrible buffer because even on the team window, I can't stand having that stuff all over the screen, so I never look at it. It's just too obtrusive. I do appreciate the lesson, though!

Okay, my mind is blown. Who even looks at that, other than maybe the health of their pet? Well, I'm glad I asked! Thanks!

My character is an ice/cold corruptor. I really like ice. Cold..parts of it are good, heat loss is...disappointing so far. A bit underwhelming, but it's not got more than the token slot. Anyway, while looking for build ideas, I did a search, and found folks who were looking for info, folks who were giving info. Without necro-ing a thread..is that a word? Necroing? Anyway, the post was from 2019. Some time ago. One of the folks trying to be helpful suggested Musculature over Agility because (paraphrased) Musculature will help your damage, and that of your lore pets. This doesn't make sense to me. Alpha is an extra enhancement, right? for every power that would take that enhancement. Lore pets don't have slots, other than the incarnate slot that IS the lore pet. So how can this be true? Or is the helper needing help? I'm guessing it was just a misunderstanding about alpha, but I could be the one misunderstanding. So, here I am, asking.

So..I read. A lot. Been through these forums a lot. Didn't say much until recently. But man...there's a few of you who play this game for reasons that escape me. You take no joy in the content - at least it seems that way by some of your posts. Look at this: No, nothing special about me beating a few nemesis in some random sewer mission in Bricks. But look at the bugs buzzing around the light! Someone made the effort to try and put some realism in this crazy instance of a world where reality just doesn't really apply. If I knew how to make it one of those fancy gifs where they moved...you'd see these bugs going nuts by the light, just like they do in the real world. Granted, I have to suspend a lot of disbelief when I play, but tiny details like this really help with immersion for me. It's been..20 years? since this game came out...small wonder so many folks missed this game with attention to minor details like this.

Long time player, but essentially forgotten a lot of the details. If this is the wrong place to ask this, apologies. The Auto-Doc inspiration dispenser. For some reason, I thought there was a way to rig it where it would sell large inspirations. Is this my mind playing tricks on me?

I saw Zara the Fey Blade on a Yin I hosted yesterday. It took me a moment to get the reference.