Yomo Kimyata

I used to think the random thing was right as well, but I was disproved in this thread:

Well, it's a real drag for defeat all missions, let me tell you!

I want to amend my answer. As many as it takes. I am super impressed with everyone who is able to Mids out their build and stick with it. I can't. Most of my characters get played to 50, get a few incarnates, and get retired. There are a few exceptions. My "main" is a broadsword/invulnerability scrapper, which is not a terrible end-game build, but it's far from the best. I strive to do absolutely everything I can with him, and I *constantly* find myself trying to squeeze out a little more performance. Do I have enough accuracy? Do I have too much accuracy? When I run a TF solo (I'm on Faathim this week, and boy that's a great test!) are there powers I never use? Do I have enough oh shit powers? Do I have too many oh shit powers? And so on. And then I try a new incarnate power and it all starts again. I've probably respecced at least 5 or 6 times and I am already planning out my next one. Do NOT feel bad or inferior if you don't "get it right" the first time. "Right" changes when you are low level, or medium level, or high level. "Right" changes if you are zerging Council, or treading carefully with Rularuu, at +4/x8 or at -1/x1. "Right" changes when you are solo versus on teams. "Right" changes ALL THE FREAKING TIME! So I, for one, am INCREDIBLY glad that respecs are so cheap and easy to get!

I'm getting all kinds of mobs stuck in the ceiling with KU powers from melee sets. This is definitely post patch.

I'm not going to begrudge anyone their opinion, but mine is that regeneration doesn't require a rework. If you want a regen-like experience that may be easier for your playstyle, I'd suggest trying bio armor or willpower.

This is indeed true, but my intention was to prevent giving people the incentive to load up a build with super expensive HOs. A top-notch build should cost well under 500mm, at least the way Papa TightWad buys it, but lvl 53 HOs throw everything off! I am *really* hoping that the eventual winner chooses the 1bn option, because sending 90+ emails each with an IO attached will be a total drag! Keep 'em coming folks!

I think that HC needs a hug emoji.

I do this with many of my Defenders -- solo build v. team build. In that case, it's whether or not I take the team buffs and if so how much I slot them.

Your global handle is usually the name of the first character you made. You can check this on any character by choosing Menu > Chat Handle. To send yourself an email, address it to your global, with a @ at the beginning, make sure you have a title and you have to have some text in the message as well. You should be able to transfer up to 999,999,999 inf to your global mail box and can claim that from any character on that account.

How about making a command /null that opens up the dialogue in any non-instanced place?

Sometimes it's a great use of resources. I've given this example in my universally acclaimed thread Let's say you need an Eradication proc, but they are trading at ! 5mm ! There are five other members of the set, and they are each trading at 2mm. Converters are trading at 66,666. Starting with any non-proc, you have a 1 in 5 chance of getting what you want in one roll or 20%. You have a 4 in 5 chance of not getting what you want in the first roll, and a 1 in 5 chance of getting what you want in the second roll, or 36%. After 3 rolls: 49%; 5 rolls: 67%; 10 rolls: 89%. The average number it will take will be 5 rolls (this is a geometric distribution, so it has an (infinitely) long tail). If you are converting one, it may take one conversion, but it may take a billion. If you are converting ten, it will probably take around fifty conversions. Five rolls costs 15 converters which costs 1mm inf. My shortcut rule, taking into account the bid-offer spread, is that if one member of a 6-element set costs over 2mm less than I can easily sell another member, and I can do it in bulk, I will do that trade all day and night. In fact, I do.

Thanks in particular to the knowledge that @UberGuy shared in the markets forum, it would be difficult to easily change the system away from equally weighted random system we've got now. I've done a few case study experiments on the RNG, and there is no reason for me to suspect that any vagaries in the RNG have been programmed in. So far, my personal record for converting in-set to a specific IO is 56 rolls, or 168 converters. I think my next closest is 42.

oh $!&@.

I have not noticed any difference since the patch. What are you converting? It sounds like a combination of out of set and in set?

A blaster. Everyone to the blaster forum and sign up for my contest!

Great stuff so far, thanks! I’m at least passing familiar with all the primaries but the secondaries are unfamiliar and the epic/patron pools are brand new territory to me, so any advice given is welcomed!

Well, obviously you would go Agility: Core Paragon for your alpha for that 22% that ignores ED.

I assume that these are equal weighted, both in terms of selecting a new set and then within the set? And thanks again @UberGuy you're my patron saint!

I like to think of it in terms of opportunity costs, either in terms of currency or in terms of time. Five minutes spent something you enjoy beats the pants off something that exceeds your tolerance for tedium. Tedolerance? Anyway, thanks in part to this discussion, I've abandoned my ideas of making a "Marketing Guide for Farmers" as a way to goose returns. As for me, the five minutes I spend crafting drops, etc., could be five minutes spent goosing my returns elsewhere more efficiently. Or maybe, *gasp*, getting offline and goosing my returns there. Heh heh heh, goosing.

I'm guessing that this was just an easier programming job, but boy, it smarts at the thought that someone else can come in after you at the same price and buy or sell first. Almost makes you want to spend time on developing pricing strategy...

(looks to the left), Well, as long as your approval rating is higher than your post count, you are sound as a pound!

No costume, or even backstory needed. I just want to be able to mentally justify a powerset combination!

I have a paucity of blasters on my squad, and none are anywhere near level 50. I have defenders, I have corruptors, but I've thus far failed to generate any love for the clan of the blaster. I need your help to accomplish this, and in order to give some proper incentive I will sponsor a contest. I request that you submit builds that you think I would like to play (things I like to follow), preferably in Mids form, but a description would be ok as well. I will select a build on or by May 4th, and I will give an award to the winner! Prize: EITHER I will PL you an identical blaster to 50 (any server) and fully equip the build (the @Bionic_Flea reward!) OR I will give you 1bn inf. Your choice. No Hami-Os greater than level 50 in the build (too expensive for me!) or of marginal use (no Microfilament in Prestige Sprint!). What I like: -- I want something I can play solo (not averse to teaming, but I need to be self-sufficient) at decent to hard difficulties regardless of enemy type. I normally start an alt at +1/x1 move up from there as early and often as I like. I plan on playing this at regular speed and organically. I don't know if I will play red/blue/gold side yet for this one. I don't mind eating floor at all, but I don't want a glass cannon build. Most of my builds can run at +4/x8 at 50 without incarnates, some better than others! I'd like to be able to solo all the TF Commander TFs or the equivalent (not necessarily at level, but before I hit 50). -- I *do* like close fighting, but maybe I need to expand my horizons. The vast majority of my current alts are melee based. -- The body type has to be female or huge. I just can't stand watching the male run. -- I like debuffs and I cannot lie. To hit, defense, res damage in particular. -- I do not want a build that only shines with incarnates, so plan a build without any. -- No fire melee or ice melee need apply. I cannot stand the elemental swords. This is an irrational distaste and yet a complete deal breaker. -- Most importantly, I need a valid theme or background that I can get behind. If you show me a Beam Rifle/Electricity Manipulation blaster for example, give me a story or a rationale behind it. I can come up with a name. I currently have two blasters that interest me, and if the winner is one of those builds, then I double the prize. Have at it, and happy hunting!