ShardWarrior

If someone has a name you wanted and you cannot come up with an alternative, I do not know what to tell you. This door swings both ways. People may have very serious, very legitimate reasons for being away for an extended period of time. Someone mentioned in a prior thread on this subject that their computer died and at present, they are unable to afford a new one due to being unemployed because of the virus situation. I think think people like this deserve some consideration as well as others who may have to be away from the game. Stealing the names like this is not okay.

Except for the people who through no fault of their own are unable to login for a period may lose a name they already had. By all means, release the names on accounts - not characters but accounts - that have not been logged into for more than a year, and after someone from Homecoming has reached out to provide an opportunity for them to come back. If after that, by all means release the names. Just because a policy existed on live does not mean it was a good policy nor should it mean it cannot be improved upon.

Hey, stop trying to use reason. 😉

Being unable to find a different name baffles me. The very same people complaining about names are the very same people complaining about others making homage characters and belittling the players who make them as "not creative enough".

Fine by all of those as well.

Fine by me. I have no issue with that at all personally. I am sure there will be those on here who will villify anyone who agrees.

Does this not fall under account sharing which as I recall is against the rules?

You mean other than risking their lives in service of their country so you are afforded the privilege to sit at home safe and play video games? They are gone for long periods of time and are unable to login.

If easy leveling is what a group of people want and it is keeping them here, then it is helping player retention.

Not sure that was what was being suggested.

I was not accusing you of anything, so apologies if there is a misunderstanding. I completely agree with you - different people like different content. I have never seen a reason to try and force a particular style of play on others. I just found it odd in @Solarverse suggesting that PLing to 50 and repeating level 50 content gets boring, but running lower level content ad nauseam is somehow exempts one from the same "boredom". I can appreciate the passion though and would never begrudge him the ability to express his thoughts and opinions here.

What I am finding curious in all of this is the notion that it is repeating content at 50 that is "boring" and "driving people away", yet somehow repeating the same 1 to 50 content repeatedly is in no way boring. Something does not add up there.

I believe you can use the image, yes. You would just need to know the correct image file name. As for the rest, not entirely sure.

Power leveling existed long before there was a AE. Expecting everyone to level up and play the same game repeatedly on different alts is unreasonable. Some will like that, some will not. Again, this was and is one of the best things about this game - play the way you like. As for the rest, I am in agreement with others who have said lack of content updates are what drive people away and this is a normal part of the MMO world. I did want to add that I believe that the host in the linked video was correct - the game desperately needs more endgame content. There is plenty of pre-50 story content in my opinion. Why the focus is on low level content does not make sense to me. I also believe he is right on the money with regard to the pipe dream of the game becoming legitimate. For me personally, I have run into a lot of people I used to play with religiously on live. Most of them enjoyed the nostalgia of getting to play again for a few months, then moved on. I think this is normal for most and should be expected. It is wishful thinking a game of this age is going to be able to compete with more modern competition on any level.

Hi all, Just a heads for those of you who are not yet aware, there are changes coming with how the enterbasefrompasscode command and macros will work. To summarize, the GM only command will no longer work anywhere and will only work if you are within range of a base portal. There are several options coming. Please visit the official feedback thread to read up on what changes are coming. Thanks!

Hi all, Just a heads for those of you who are not yet aware, there are changes coming with how the enterbasefrompasscode command and macros will work. To summarize, the GM only command will no longer work anywhere and will only work if you are within range of a base portal. There are several options coming. Please visit the official feedback thread to read up on what changes are coming. Thanks!

Hi all, Just a heads for those of you who are not yet aware, there are changes coming with how the enterbasefrompasscode command and macros will work. To summarize, the GM only command will no longer work anywhere and will only work if you are within range of a base portal. There are several options coming. Please visit the official feedback thread to read up on what changes are coming. Thanks!

Why keep the Oro portal then? It is unlocked easily, has a brief cooldown and costs no influence yet provides a shortcut to travel. That runs counter to everything you are saying about the base portals. As I recall, the discussions over the past year, which included people from Homecoming, discussed copying the Oro portal as a replacement for the command. There was never any mention of multiple, overly complicated and expensive items. In fact, I believe it was one of you who first suggested copying the Oro portal, so hopefully you can understand and appreciate the disappointment people will have with regard to the new options. Appreciate the work you all put into this, however please try to understand the disappointment here.

To be fair, I think your comment here is very, very misleading and is completely ignoring valid criticism of what we are being given. I do not think that is fair. At least for me ( and I could be wrong), based on the various posts and discussions over the past year on this topic, I think most were looking for what essentially is a copy of the Oro portal. Something that could not be used in combat with a short animation and a brief recharge. That is all and that solves the issues with the command. The Oro portal itself is a simple unlock, has a brief cooldown, requires no influence and does not need to be recharged by day jobs. What you are giving us is 4 powers to manage that need to be recharged or require a not so insignificant inf cost and have very long recharges. Looking at data is fine and all, but actually playing the game with people to see how and why they are using this stuff probably makes more sense here, at least to me. Personally, I would be happy with a copy of the Oro portal that goes to the base instead.

Bill knows where its at! 😁

Who is suggesting this? Once again, the base command was not an instant teleport from mission door to mission door. Trying to portray it as such is dishonest, disingenuous and spreading misinformation.

Just wanted to let you know, I tried the new launcher again and this issue seems to have resolved itself.

Minor nitpick, even with the existing slash command, we still are traveling the majority of the time.

TT works for you solo.

That is actually not a bad idea at all. Again, they both do the same exact thing, so do we really need both?