Yomo Kimyata

Muahahahah I recently bought every Trap of the Hunter proc from the AH (highest price I paid was 9mm). I don't remember exactly how many, but it was somewhere between 500 and 700 of them. I reposted 10 of them, and have been converting the remainder and selling them. Today I broke even on my expenditure, and I've got about 350 more to convert and sell.

One thing I've gotten out of these challenges is that I try to push my difficulty. Usually I start out at +1/x1, but then again I'm generally pimping out my ride right out of the gates. Right now for, say, an iron alt, I'll start at +0/x1 with bosses. At 10 I up to +1, at 20 I up to +2, etc. Now, I haven't gotten anyone in their 30s or above yet, and I'm going to let my conscience be my guide as to when/if I move up to x3, x5, or x8. On some of my characters, the clear answer is *nevah!*

It depends on the level. From levels 10-19, Air Burst is the only Ranged AoE there is.

Why yes, I *did* just make a SoA named "Poisonous Ray" on Excelsior.

Wait a second, people are complaining because they aren't getting lvl 50+ presents from lvl 49 foes?

It sounds like you are pretty new to the game, so welcome! If you are not new, sorry, welcome! If you are looking for SOs (single-origin enhancements), every vendor should have a infinite number for sale. If you are looking for IOs (invention set enhancements), you can make them yourself or buy them on the /AH.

I'm going to suggest you start your own groups, and mention what you're looking for in LFG chat. There are lots of people like you who just want to have fun. There are lots of other people who just want to get as much reward as possible in as little time as possible, and that's their kind of fun. It won't be easy and you'll be using more time forming teams than you want, but you may meet like minded people that way, form a SG or alliance, make friends, and play the way you enjoy.

What I've been doing is to start at +0/x1 then bump up to +1 at 10, +2 at 20, etc. Then I figure I let my conscience decide the x number.

Actually I’d think that would make it easier. If you stop xp, then it’s status quo and you keep picking up drops that make you better. But if you keep leveling then you’re facing stronger enemies and your (fixed) enhancements get weaker until you upgrade them.

This is the best part of these challenges. You get a recipe drop and it’s fist pump city! Yes!!!

I figured I should probably give some more concrete information, so I took him out for a spin. Throttlebottom is an evil leprechaun who hits hard from stealth. I currently play him at +3/x5, which might just be a bit higher than his true fighting weight at lvl 35. Currently running at about 45% melee def and 35% ranged. I'm far more knowledgeable with war mace than ninjitsu, but some of my takeaways from my play so far (and this is far from ideally slotted right now): - I don't like having Hasten with an armor set that requires a click for mez defense. So in my build I'm getting recharge from lots of FF +recharge, amongst other places. - I need to do a better job of slotting my heal and my endurance clickie, but I still need some help with the blue bar, so I'm going with Body Mastery for now for my epic. - Totally agree with putting Critical Strikes in Shatter. - I would much rather put a different proc in the 6th slot of Crowd Control. FF +recharge would be my top choice, but Fury of the Glad -res is also in the running.

Now that I think about it, I do recall having heard that if you don't use it, it grows back. But I always thought that was an urban legend.

I, for one, use KB as mitigation on some of my alts, so no vote. Right now, KB sets are at the top of the list with useful procs (looking at you Force Feedback). It's more than reasonable that if an individual chooses to give up a slot in order to get rid of an effect they don't like, well, we're already there!

I've got a War Mace/Ninjitsu scrapper in his 30s. My intention was to create a Stalker that could use a War Mace. Mission accomplished.

I mostly solo. I usually optimize my alt for solo play, which by level 50 means I try (and generally succeed) in soft- or hard- capping various attributes. I assume some/many/all of you do the same. When I team on high end content (any TF that goes to 50, incarnates, hami, MSR, etc.) there are generally all kinds of buffs. I’m going to pick defense . So my character that normally has 45% or so has 60% or higher. Often way higher. Cool. Two questions: 1. Is there any reason I shouldn’t have a team build on an endgame character that “team caps” its build at say 30% defense and relies on the gamble that 7-47 league mates will be directly or indirectly be providing the defense I want for the content. 2. If I’m running a buffer in endgame (specifically defense oriented but the premise works for other buffs), why slot for a 30% buff when 5% will take most of my teammates over the limit? Then slot for damage or recharge or control or whatever. Just thinking aloud. It’s not a new issue. It seems there’s a way to repurpose powers and slots more efficiently.

Recipes are your lifeblood, so don’t forget to get the Ouroboros day job ASAP.

I've noticed that sometimes fog of war on outdoor maps gets reset, and since I always use the same computer and game folder, that's not it. I assumed it had something to do with switching alignments, or possibly just an ineffable bug.

If only there were some name, some catch phrase we could give to such a solo-oriented challenge...

Can you save salvage and inspirations for yourself in your base under your rules? Especially inspirations that drop in the first few levels before you really need them?

Anything that’s not a Dominator ATO on a Dominator.

My only bubblers are selfish soloers. I would only focus on defense enhancement for my alpha if I knew I’d be teaming with people who needed my boosts to hit defense caps. At 50, those people seem few and far between nowadays.

Wait, you want the *consumer* to win?!?!

Heh. I had a lot of holding bids in lvl 53 HOs. When I saw the patch notes, I took down all my bids and just in case someone was monitoring numbers I replaced them with the same number of bids at really low prices but well above 1 inf. I didn’t think anyone would be foolish enough to spend 50+mm on lvl 50 nucs, combine them up, and offer it at 1 inf. But there were plenty who offered at 1mm…. I’ve made a bunch of 100mm+ profit flips.

As much as I’d like to eat popcorn and poke the bear, let me tell you what’s happening. Someone is apparently (I’m away from the game, but I’m going off what I see in the last few posts) bidding on a lot of rares at 500,000. I don’t know how many; I can’t see the # bidding. @Ukase offered rares at 6, which means that they will trade to the highest outstanding bid >= 6, which is 500,000. There appear to be a lot of bids there. @Hedgefund has offered some above 500,000, let’s call it 550,000. They haven’t traded so either no one has bid at or above that level or (more likely) someone is offering rares at a lower price, like 525,000 and those are trading. Just because someone pays 1mm for a rare doesn’t mean that you have to pay 1mm for the next one. tl;dr either wait for the person who is buying at 500k to buy all they want or need and then your lower bids may fill, or bid higher than 500k to get higher in the queue than them. You may not be able to buy them tonight, but rares will trade below 500k again at some point. I guarantee* it. * not a legal guarantee.