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Why is not running content until you are maxed out important? Do you feel the content is too difficult at level? Or do you prefer things to be easy? Your powers sit their grayed (or is it greyed) out, so I am genuinely curious as to the appeal. Me, I run content from 1-50, then after I’ve maxed out, I go back and run it again because I love playing.

Instead of chat filling up with “LF AE Farm. Please please please”, it will be filled with “Need 1mill infl. Please please please. IMO, we should be working on ways to get more people to play. Not even faster ways to max out their toons. You mentioned that you like doing content with people - so why not do it? Why the need to get to 50 so fast? Take the time to smell the roses. You might find that they smell good.

I never like something that very few people ask for, being forced on everyone.

One of my alts is a thermal defender. For anything affecting the look of myself, or other players, I use the dark color option. My teammates can tell they are covered in flame, but it doesn’t change their appearance. Now if someone asked me not to use it on them, I would. No big deal. Ive had players ask me not to use SB before. The rest of the team told them to hang way back so they wouldn’t accidentally be hit with it, but I did my best not to boost them.

be careful of any SG that would allow Snarky through the front door 🙂

Would you be good with them allowing you to skip the T1, if you weren’t allowed to pick the T2 until at a higher level ?

GM is out of control! 🙂 🙂

I sorry 😞

Any minute now….

Still not sure how debt would equate to a rating system. if someone sits on a farm and has no debt because they never die, are you trying to tell me they are more valuable then someone who has earned a lot of debt through playing the game?

I certainly didn’t expect to start an argument with my suggestion. Just thought it would be fun, and a way to encourage players to be a little more careful. As for ways to curb hospital visits. Make it a chore to return from the hospital - perhaps have them awaken in a hospital located in another zone.

I’d actually like for debt to not be worked off. Continue accumulating it, and have it listed as a stat viewable by everyone.

It has been lately with this forum. if I recruit a non speed TF, and a player is consistently running off and completing sections - should I ignore it? If the others on the team are expecting a casual run and it’s being ruined by one individual, am I the one in the wrong? If I have to ask several times for someone not to ruin it for others, eventually something has to be done. funny it would be you who griped at me. The person who constantly has bad PUG experience. Shame on me for trying to maintain the experience that I promise at the start of the TF. Maybe you wouldn’t have so much to complain about, if your team leaders cared about what was going on.

Why is advertising for needing more TF participants a bad thing? Why does it automatically mean it’s a speed run? I put together PUG TFs all the time, and have never run a speed TF in my life. In fact, I have removed players who joined, and decided they were going to speed through it after being asked not to. I have also left TFs when I found them to be unadvertised speed runs. Some of the elitist, holier than thou attitudes around here, are simply confusing.

If Stark is not a hero because of Ultron, why do you consider Batman to be a hero? Is he not ultimately responsible for OMACs? Most heroes are flawed. They make mistakes. Sometimes ego gets in the way. That's what makes them human. What makes them a hero is that they willingly charge into battle, and do what is needed in order to insure the safety of everyone else.

You guys win. I give up. You are correct Seed22 - I did smart off in my first post, out of frustration. I shouldn't have done that. Unfortunately, I tried to correct the course I was on, and like typically happens with these threads, it wasn't allowed. Good luck with your endeavors to increase red side population. My suggestion is to try and engage in a meaningful discussion with both former red players, and those who have never tried it. A discussion in which people actually listen to one another, instead of everyone getting defensive and ending up attacking each other. I'm out.

You’ve obviously read only bits and pieces of this thread.

Of course you do. Why actually come up with solutions for red side populations, when we can argue about my take on incentives. Ok, Ill rephrase what I said. Incentives are not a long term solution for a problem. Are you looking for players, or a once a month bump in the numbers? If players are only doing something for an incentive, they will only do it for that incentive Are there any weeklies on red side? Of course there are. Every week, and they do nothing to raise population. Any red side exclusives like badges or patron powers? Yes. Players quickly jump over and spend roughly one hour a month getting what they want, and then returning to blue. I tried red. I didn't bash it. I didn't say it sucked. I offered up one solution, that I think would help. What have you done?

AE Farms are a means to an end - want super quick levels/influence, you farm. Most are sitters - meaning they are not playing, but sitting and doing other things. Once you achieve what you want, you either play the game, make a new character or get bored and quit. Offer something to entice players to a side they aren't interested in playing (obviously, or they already would be). Once they get the reward, they will go back to blue. Is that what you're looking for? A one day surge in numbers, followed by a complete drop off? What's the benefit of that? You want people to play redside? Be available for them!!! When you see someone broadcast that they are looking for a team - drop whatever you are doing and join them. Pick a day or two a week, where most villains agree to be on standby to help/play with anyone looking for a team on redside - commit to it. Advertise it. Sure you may delay whatever you were working on - but what's more important to you? Growing redside, or getting badge number 1312? How many people would have stuck with red if they had someone to play with from the beginning? Why do you think players leave other shards and go to Excelsior? They want to play with other people. Instead, red side players sit in the corner trying to figure out ways to lure players over to the dark side, while completely ignoring those that actually wander over there. How many of the new players you entice over with rewards will stick around when they find themselves standing alone with no teammates? Day after day. I played villain for one month. I gave it a shot. Found exactly one team, and then spent the rest of the time running around solo - something I hate doing. Would I have stayed had any of the higher levels invited me, of joined me? Probably not - I don't enjoy being the bad girl/guy. But I'm positive others would have stayed. Stop looking for the quick fix to low villain count, and work on actually growing the community - one lonely player at a time!

Thanks - Im a little slow

😞 didnt think it came across as a targeted insult - just an observation. Hopefully I cleaned it up enough

No AE and figure out a way to stop farming

Yeah, or maybe point a giant arrow at it

The problem is the way you went about disagreeing with him. You came across as petty. You attacked a sentence, not necessarily his argument Maybe you didn't mean to, but that's how it came across. Things are phrased in misleading ways all the time - ever look at movie posters or movie advertisements? With the way you took offense to the way he phrased something, I'm guessing you don't watch movies or TV shows. Guess you also don't watch sports, read books/comics or buy any type of products. Heck, why are you even on the internet? Because EVERYTHING is phrased in a misleading way in order to sell you.

Not as difficult to put together as you might think I very stupidly, and very easily put together a 4 person, +4x8 Posi 1 late at night. It was a disaster, but surprisingly no one left. Ended up lowering the difficulty so we could finish it, and promised to never put one together again 🙂