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The problem might be that you didn't give it a chance to reset. If I delete or rename a toon and then make a new toon with the same name, I first delete or rename, and then I log off the game and stay off for 10 or more minutes. Then, I log back on and make the new toon. I've never had a problem with choosing the same name, and one of my toons has a name that is very popular in many MMOs.

Many people have duck themed toons. I would like to see a duck bill.

This is an excellent guide and is well written

This is an excellent guide, and I read it often. Thank you.

Many of my toons have punny names, and I get very happy when someone sends me a compliment on my name or my bio. Likewise, I send compliments when I like someone's name, bio or costume.

I was in Yin. At the end of the first mission, there is a room with several doors. I asked everyone to stay and help destroy them with me, but they all left. If they all stayed, we could have finished them quickly

I like the Energy Aura power but hate its appearance. Even when I choose a color for min appearance (usually dark blue), it still appearance like a large cloud is surrounding my toon. I would really like it if we could have an option to reduce or eliminate its appearance.

This is an excellent guide. I read it often. Thank you for making it.

I'm trying to decide between Ice/Ice Blaster or Ice/Cold Corr. This will be for PVE, and mostly groups. I don't solo often. I've read that Cold is one of the best Corrs, so I might go with that .

He can do that because he doesn't sparkle.

I don't always like to play Vet so if I want a change such as changing a powerset, specific powers, number of slots, appearance or something else, I will liquidate or transfer items, Influence and Merits and then restart the toon. The toon will be richer and better for levelling.

Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, Minimal FX is not available for EA When using Bright, I can't choose black/black. I can only choose gray, which is very visible. I can choose black/black when using Dark, but that is very visible as well. I assuming that changing effects in the graphics settings and the City Modder would change the appearance on my screen, but not on everyone else's. I believe that everyone else would still see the EA cloud. I really want everyone to not see my EA effects, or as little as possible.

I love Energy Aura, but hate its appearance. I try to minimize its appearance by using a mostly blue costume and choosing the darkest blue for the EA color. Does anyone else have any other ways to minimize EA appearance?

This list is very helpful and the comments are helpful as well. Thank you.

Is Placate AOE now?

It appears that recharge affects the start or restart of a toggle. Does it affect the toggle during it? For example, if a toon has a damage shield or Maneuvers, does it make it damage or defend more often? Does it improve damage or defense in this way?

If I put a Recharge Enhancement in a Toggle Power, will it have any affect?

For a long time, I've wanted to make a plant based support. I've wondered if I should make Plant/NA Controller, or NA/Dark Defender. From the comments in this post, it appears that Def is better for a strong team while Contr is better for a weak team. I'll make a Def. Thanks for the comments.

Thanks everyone. All of your advice was appreciated. BR appears the be the best and the most Science Fictiony, so I plan to use BR.

I'm planning to make a Sci Fi themed doctor. I plan to use Emp and either BR or DP. I'm not sure which is better for a Def. I don't think that BR has many good secondary effects, so I wonder if it would be good for a Def. I plan to mostly group for TFs and other group missions. I only PVE. I don't PVP. Which do you think is best?

The duck in a bowl is ok, but I want a duck bill. It would be great for my toon to be a duck.

It appears to be good and is for for people who want an Ice theme, but I'm upset that it doesn't have Hibernate.

That's awesome. I didn't know that we had Ice Mastery for Corr until I saw this post. I wish it had Hibernate, but oh well.

There is a costume pieces request topic and it has a huge number of entries. This should be in that topic. I've made submissions into that topic, and I think that my suggestions are the most important. Someone else thinks that his suggestions are the most important. Also, I don't know if the devs have a graphic designer who can create new appearance items, or if they must come from things already in the game.

We can only get the badge once. I'll admit that I've had many times in which someone ruined the badge, either on accident or on purpose. Once, I took 6 tries to get the badge. Most of the time I get it in one try. When I create a DFB run, I say that it is a badge run, and ask if there is anybody who doesn't know the badge routine. If someone doesn't know, I explain it. I see no reason to change the badge routine. Our devs should spend their time on more important things.