golstat2003

If they ever remove DOs or SOs, then COMMON crafted IOs should drop in place.

There also the fact that there is no possible way the devs have the manpower to do anything as complicated as what the OP wants, besides the name issue pointed out earlier. This . . . doesn't seem realistic. Let the devs keep adding optional difficult content while keeping the game easy for everyone else who runs at based difficulty. Yes. Splitting the code base in a way that will make updates and changes take even longer than now with a volunteer dev team. NO!

As long as the player is not on a Regen toon. If they are then I'm going to yell "Nerf Regen" and run 😛

Gahhh why did FFXIV and other games have to issue content patches as the SAME day as HC. Too. much. gaming. content. *headassplodes* XD

I'd rather they spend that time making hard mode available to sub level 50 content, non-TF content, and even paper missions. I'd also like them to spend some time cleaning up some of the poor lower level content on blueside or making more. My preferring they spend time on something else after the time spent on two hard mode tfs, does not mean I think there should no longer be any hard mode content for level 50. They've made two, I hope they focus on other things for a bit.

I never cared about toggles dropping honestly. I just retoggled when it happened.

TY! Amazing to this day folks don't know how the market works. It's been over a decade folks!

People are . . . insanely passionate about their COH. LOL But seriously everyone should try to be nicer. . . . and agree to disagree.

This, so very this. I'm usually always down for Apex/Tin because even regular runs are pretty quick for BOTH TFs combined. lol

Now these I would try more often. I don't have 3 - 4 hours anymore to try Hard mode with a PUG that may end up not finishing the TF or it be a completely unpleasant slog. I'm hoping the Hard Mode options come to MORE bit-size content sooner rather than later. I know the Devs have that planned eventually.

Meh you can team just fine and ignore Hard Mode content. I mostly do it only when it's a farm speed run now. Regular runs with PUGs I've found completely unpleasant.

+1 for instanced or bud counter. 🙂

I do multiple builds, soooo no. And now that we get free level 50 pvp alts, inf is even more needed than Emps. (I especially have motivation to get into pvp again with that upcoming change.) 🙂

Agreed. I would add the label "You might want to bring a team". Just like other missions that are a little bit more difficult have that label, even in a solo story arc as you pointed out. That would keep some consistency here.

Once you stop making alts or are Tier 4'd up the EMPS are pretty much useless. The only value left was converting them into Reward Merits and then those into converters to convert uncommons into rares and sell them on the AH. Doing this has netting me billions over the last year. EDIT: With that said I would rather have this then the loss of vet levels.

Not everyone will agree that every change is for the betterment of the game. That may be the intention, but there will indeed be changes that you don't agree with. Let's keep that in mind.

This sounds like it could be a useful buff for this power and other support powers, as others have said.

Speaking of which. Play STRAY. STRAY is life. STRAY is much MEOWWWWW!!!!!!!!

If they want to have one shard designated with no AE limits to see how many folks actually flock there, then sure. But that should be the ONLY change. Having our volunteer team do anything more than just that for just an experiment cause some folks just don't like AE or farming, is just a complete waste of their limited time IMO. Also not even sure if such a suggestion is even possible. EDIT: Aka does the server code even allow for one AE on one server to have a different ruleset? Also doesn't answer the question of WHICH shard this would on. Excelsoir (large shard) or Torchearer (smaller shard) ? 😉

It would add a ridiculous amount of work in terms of maintaining the AH db also. You'd have to have two based on what folks are suggesting. Agreed that this does not seem realistic at all.

Eh I don't fully buy the headstart idea. All the servers have been pretty popular for a while now. I do buy the idea though that folks stay on HC because they PREFER NOT to instant level to 50 and prefer to play some where WHERE there is an actual population, and the way HC does updates. (I've experienced updates on the other servers that screwed up my characters data and often the solution is "just recreate them". Which instantly turned me off of those other servers.). If the features of Cake were that popular there would be more folks there. I'm looking at this from folks who KNOW that COH is back on private servers, not new players.

For the farmer it's usually just better if they doorsit. Someone that low usually can't contribute to fighting level 54s.

Oh I agree. I don't think it takes that much time. But some folks just DO NOT, AT ALL want to play marketing simulator just like some folks D NOT AT ALL ever want to step anywhere near PVP. I don't get it, but I understand where they are coming from. Keep in mind we have many folks who have said they use merits to ONLY buy recipes. I think that's the worst use for Reward Merits ever, but hey if they hate the market that much, let them do them. (I will say many of the problems with the AH interface may also contribute. It's UI needed to be revamped and fixed 10+ years ago)..

The view of the market is similar to the view of PVP. Some avoid both at all costs for similar reasons. They don't see either as what the point of the game is: play a superhero and arrest bad guys.

/shrug the game is changing. I think in 3 years there won't be a version of COH out there that is at all close to the original. Each server seems to be making radical changes to the old COH formula. I trust HC more than others to make changes that WOULD NOT tank the economy. If it were any other server I would not say the same. So I no longer fear the OP's suggestion or others like it.