Tambrielle

My apologies; I was not clear. I don't suggest Merit awards from AE to compare to Merit gain from Flashback. I don't NEED AE for Merits. Gaining 0 Merits over hours of play is what keeps me from exploring the imaginations of others.

Even Twinshot gives up 5 Reward Merits after listening to her "Holier than thou" dribble. ' Wouldn't mind gaining 3 Reward Merits after completing a chain of 5 A.E. Devs' Choice missions. Obtaining Reward Merits is the only thing keeping me out of A.E. If someone did manage to figure a way to abuse the idea (must be Devs' Choice and must be a set of 5 missions) how bad could the abuse be? I farm 120 Reward Merits an hour on a single character through flashback from the Pillar in a Super Group Base (using a second build of lv 17 enhancements on a fire farmer through "The Heart of the Hollows; start flashback, teleport to contact from pillar, bull thru the missions, teleport to base, start it all again immediately). I don't think any abuse of Reward Merits attached to A.E. arcs would compare to what can already be gained.

Tesla Cage from Electrical Blast now dictates other powers build Static which in turn makes Tesla Cage damage AOE. The former single target attack now may draw unwanted attention. I'm good at pulling.. really good. However not so good with Tesla Cage in the chain of attacks I use. No worries, though, when a reversion to the power is not considered 🙂 I can refrain from using the power when pulling a single target. I'll guess at answering the wisecracks to come observing a held target is not a pulled target; occasionally a second of a mob starts charging after a first strike. That is the one that gets held.. but no more with the chance to aggro a third or more with AOE damage. Homecomming fellas.. you're doin' great things with the game. My not caring for the one new effect of one power is of course only a very minor inconvenience.