Myrmidon

Though it may not win him a peace prize, @UltraAlt covers it accurately in this thread:

1. Less farming (particularly AFK exploitation). 2. People playing the rest of the game content. 3. Metrics to see how much the reward rates in the rest of the game could use a boost (we all know they do, however, those pesky Devs like statistics, metrics and whatever other method of witchcraft makes these things happen). Less farming now, better game later. That gets my vote.

I cannot help this one. He is too old. Yes, too old to complete the training. The flip game is the fastest way to earn influence and there are more than a couple of guides in these very forums showing how to do that. Getting rid of the Empyrean-Merit conversion won’t change that.

I’m curious. When the Homecoming team decides to continue making more Incarnate abilities, yet you’ve used all of your Empyrean Merits in conversions to Merits (which can flow like water by simply playing content), what will you do then?

Ah, the $25,000 Pyramid question. The answer is the original Devs never did get to a chance to implement anything like that before the game shuts down. The Homecoming Devs are working on it.😀 While I preferred the previous change, this change is completely acceptable, as now the best way to make those Tier Four Incarnates will be just enjoying the game, which is what this is all about in the first place.

Tell me, how is this not an exploit.

Just tell me that you gave this exploit to the Devs.

Very well. @Powerhouse, grant us a four-second reprise from toggle drops, so that we can deal with the enemy easier. Just tell us what is required for the sacrifice and it will be so.

Get off my lawn, pest.

More offerings tend to appease the gods, so do as you will, my horned headed friend.

Kheldian toggle suppression is what we want more than the rest of this entire patch, however, we are willing to entertain your theories.

Hopefully, you will go to Chicken Heaven.

After some adjustment, I believe that I have this comparison in-hand (since you aren’t going to do it, stat master😁). Stay tuned.

@Powerhouse, we offer prayers and supplications so that these ideas don’t ruin Toggle Suppression/Suspension. If the timer can be decreased, many will rejoice, however, please do not pull this feature for the sake of our poor Kheldians that have suffered without this since Issue Two.

Or, just go with no AE Experience/Rewards for anything except Devs Choice content. Does farming non-AE missions grant the same level of rewards? That might be something that could provide useful testing data.

While @AustinSmith and I were testing Defender Sonic Attack, I took the liberty of also testing Toggle Suspension with Repel (Knockdown). While it worked perfectly, eight seconds is a llllooonnnggg time to wait for that toggle to begin working again. I believe that the Suspension number might have to come down a tad.

That could be a later reward addition, as I’m certain there will be more added over time.

This. If the names really matter to you, then you will make the effort to keep them.

I advocate only a single five-tray of Inspirations, however, I doubt we would ever see that. Fair enough. It was tested as much as could be with the players available, so a wider testing pool will hopefully pick up any more discrepancies.

Don’t forget that everything in the game (except AE in this current test) also grants you Veteran levels, so it’s not like they channeled everyone into Incarnate content and gave people a “too bad, so sad” option. Besides, this isn’t really about farming, it’s about reward/time ratio, which AE eclipses everything else in the game by a wide margin in that respect. Now, if people move out of AE and into the rest of the content, I’m sure there are metrics there that could help change this.

Because the game is balanced around SOs, they were more the priority along with how the lower levels might be impacted by this change. I tested that and there was no difference. As far as the high-end builds go, there’s always that pesky inspiration tray that everyone except @America's Angelforgets about.

I remember that testing, when both Invulnerability and Energy Aura melted like ice cream on a hot summer day while Proc Monster Willpower just laughed. Those mean ole Arachnos.😂 And that player even adapted both of those builds to compensate even before they received the Psi/Toxic buffs, so I really don’t think the sky is falling just yet.😉

You mean, something like Hardmode content? I wonder if we will ever get something like that. Oh, wait…

Now. It truly is accessible by everyone. However, should everyone have access?

I agree wholeheartedly that max level should be a challenge rather than a joke, however, that was a perfect opportunity to use the quiet Batman voice when he first meets Gordon, so I took it.😁