ShardWarrior

Definitely not Regen. That is a set that needs to be nerfed into oblivion for sure.

I second this. My main is a StrJ/Nin scrapper and I personally find her very fun to play. All around good combination.

Sorry, but you are totally wrong. There is quite a lot more to it than just adding the AH NPC to the base editor. There are substantial technical limitations to how the AH works with regard to instanced maps, such as bases or missions and why the AH is not accessible within them. Please do your due diligence and research this topic as it has been discussed many times. There are posts from the HC staff as to why this is technically not feasible.

Love this idea! I vote for Back Alley Brawler to take on this role in Atlas.

Absolutely 100% this! Would love to see more African, Asian and Latino themed costumes. Having seen what Rebirth has done with the costume editor, there certainly is so much more that can be added.

I absolutely loved John Byrne's run on She-Hulk back in the day. Looks like D+ is drawing on the humor from that series for this. Looks like it will be a lot of fun! High hopes for this. Hope it does not stink like Moon Knight.

I have accounts on Rebirth and New Dawn and I can tell you, not having any supply in the AH at all, needing prestige for base items are huge deterrents for me personally. Not to mention New Dawn does not have what I would consider a user friendly, secure way to create an account. They are also intentionally keeping the player population low which is understandable given that there is no player donation system there. Shame really as both servers have some interesting and unique things on them. Getting to roll a character with Signature Hero or Villain power sets is fun.

These are not technically feasible. There are many posts on the forums here as to why.

Well sure, no question that is what happened. I was talking more about the here and now. It all depends on what the individual player is looking for. It is not a bad thing at all that there are options out there.

I am not so sure of that. I believe this has more to do with what each individual server is doing. Rebirth and New Dawn (aka Cake) have done and continue to do different things and approach their vision of the game differently. Other servers have certain things that blow HC out of the water and vice versa. Just my personal observation here, HC has done more to offer a variety of options for a player in what they want to do and how they want to play.

Personally, I would not want to see it removed from any of the shards. Farming teams are very easily avoided.

As far as suggestions go I do not think it a horrible idea. However with that said, I also do not see it necessary. All we need to do is look at other servers like Rebirth that are more geared to how the game was at the time. P2W is not in the starter zones and AE is a ghost town like the rest of the server. Not to mention the market there is essentially useless as there is no supply of materials or recipes. As much as some may not want to admit it, farming goes a long way to having a thriving market. Of course I doubt HC will maintain two separate code bases to remove AE from one shard.

Quite a lot of us actually. Are you honestly suggesting you never see level 50s running lower level TFs/SFs for the WST or any of the story arcs for badges and such? If so, that strains credibility.

What server do you play on? Reason I ask is, there is a DFB or SBB being advertised every few minutes on Excelsior. At least during the hours that I am usually playing.

No thank you. Locking costume pieces is something the Homecoming folk have said they are not going to do.

Well no, no one is forcing anyone to join a farm nor is anyone running a farm telling anyone how to play the game. Players who ask for or accept an invite to a farm are doing so of their own free will. There is plenty of non farm related activity being advertised daily on the LFG channel - at least on Excelsior and Torchbearer. Once again, you are blinded by your own personal view here and simply cannot or will not accept that others may hold a different opinion. Your view is not "more right" than theirs and vice versa. I am still here and the large group of people in the channels I belong to are all still here and we use farming to level up alts. None of us are the "flash in the pan" players you are describing and none of us are any different than any newcomers to the game. New people coming on board are going to find something that holds their interest or they will not, whether that be slow play or power leveling. The beauty of this server is the options that are available for both to exist and enjoy the game. I can only speak for myself here, but I enjoy having a fully slotted, fully built character that I can go back and run any content with. I really do not care for struggling through low levels waiting for endurance and for powers to recharge and using low level, essentially useless enhancements. That fun does not come until I am 50+.

Yes, I was suggesting some sort of in game zone events coupled with player run events that can be advertised as a recruitment event to help attract new players to come and check out the game. I was not suggesting any complex programming for unique sets of rewards and/or various account wide unlocks such as what Star Trek Online offers in their recruitment events. I said that the latest recruitment event in STO got me to thinking about a recruitment event here. As to your earlier reply, players already will have options to allow them to play as they like. They can slow level and run all the story content or they can purchase double XP boosters and speed through whatever they like. There is no need for programming anything new. This game already has quite a lot to offer and as many have said here, all the content is going to be new to a brand new player.

This is what the double XP boosters and other P2W perks are for.

I am very familiar with how the Recruitment Events work in STO having played the game since BETA and participated in every recruitment event they have run over the years. I was not suggesting coding a whole slew of new rewards to be unlocked by various activities, rather just some kind of fun events that can be run as a way to attract new players. Rewards/perks like STO have in their recruitment events would be nice to haves, not requirements.

I have been telling a few people about it. The kids have told their friends about it and they are checking it out. In my experience, getting people to try it is the easy part. Those same people finding something in an 18 year old game that holds their interest is another.

This absolutely without question is not true. First, claiming level 50s are not taking the time to play lower level content is demonstrably false. Any given time of day there are groups being formed by level 50s to run lower level TFs/SFs or story arcs. Second, if a new player would like to be powerleveled and then experience the content they may be interested in via Oro or exemplaring down, that is unquestionably their decision to make. Forcing those new players into a style of play they do not like or enjoy is not going to keep them here. You truly have no idea what the majority of new players may or may not want to experience here. I do not mean this to be an insult, you are blinded by your own perspective.

For some content yes. Not for the entirety of the game.

Star Trek Online is currently running their Delta Recruitment Event, which got me to thinking - why not hold a recruitment event here to generate some interest? Come up with some fun activities for new players to experience while diving into the game. Might be fun to hold a mass Giant Monster event where there are dozens of Kronos Titans and Babbages invading Atlas Park or Mercy Island. The story can be that the villains are banding together into a new Axis of Evil Doers and the current heroes are not enough to fight them. Some kind of event that can be advertised on social media and MMORPG sites to entice some new players. This can be combined with player run events. We used to hold regular Supergroup Faires on Triumph back in the day. SGs would run costume contests, sewer runs, badge tours etc.

I am not sure how feasible it is to use what other servers have done (if at all) since the code is going to be different. With that said, I totally agree and would love to see more costume additions here. The options and choices Rebirth has added to their costume editor is vastly superior to what we have here.

That is very true. With that said, "could be" are the keys words here. Trying to lay blame squarely on farming as the sole reason the game has a low population or is not attracting new players is problematically subjective. Again, people are different. New players may be interested in PvP and have no interest in grinding repetitive story content ad nauseam or they may want to experience the content with fully decked out characters. Or they may want to experience every bit of story content they can get their hands on and level up that way. As others have already pointed out, there is something for everyone here to enjoy. What specifically is preventing you from forming a team and running it? I have seen people advertising respec trials outside of them being the WST. Granted, they are rare to see in LFG, however people are running them. People run them for the badges and they can be a nice diversion from the usual TFs being run. The very same thing can be said about DFB, DiB, SBB or any other content that can be sped through for high rewards with little to no risk involved.