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All T9s should break mezz. But FupDup, that would be good design with deep foundational grounding. Inaccurate. FYI - MoG lasts just over 12 seconds (15s - 1.72s cast). That's very different compared to the proposed 30 or 40 second T9s.

Folks just don't factor in potential trade offs when they push for/demand/suggest changes. It is irksome. "We want 'X' change" which will result in many changes throughout a set requiring taking more of a set's powers to get the same effectiveness while reducing power selections outside of the set as well as the variety of slotting opportunities in a race toward same-same vanilla-ness as the sets are tuned to one specific predetermined play style that results in self-gimping if that design is not followed. Broken existing characters. Forced respecifications. Potentially marginal improvement for the impact on existing characters. It is not terrible design but it is design with blinders on. It is also not respectful of the game OR the player base as a whole. The process favors a select few. Hey look at that, y'all might actually be catching on to what's been happening to existing power sets for sometime now.

(PvE only) If you have to type it that many times, maybe there are bigger issues.

More deviations without justification. Screw players who happen into any of the PvP zones for a temp power, badging, or participating in zone events. +1 Are devs handing out t-shirts? "More same-same and less uniqueness" "Homogenization for the win!" "Let's fix it even though no one complains while we ignore other things"

Many interesting development choices. Quite a few that simply lack justification. Good luck.

Just running missions/story arcs, earning reward merits, and converting those reward merits into the infamy/influence you need is a pretty solid plan. If you're not aware (likely you are) Reward Merits can be earned, among other things, by doing Task Forces, Strike Forces, Trials, Exploration Accolades, Zone Events, Special Events, and helping defeat Giant Monsters. (Hamidon is 80 reward merits) Weekly Strike Targets can earn double reward merits. See schedule. For example: Completing the Lady Grey Task Force normally awards 37 reward merits. The LGTF as a weekly strike target awards 74 reward merits.

Correct. Test Server and Temporal Warriors are what I referred to.

Choices = Consequences As long as you are aware - Use it as little or as much as you like. Me: I do use it while trying to level. I don't use it when just playing. (we level too fast and can miss out on content) Example: I might grab a couple double experiences and run an initial story arc as well as a couple Death from Below (DFBs). A little jump start for a new character as I have created 100s of other characters. For a new player - They may miss a lot of education about the game as well as most of the game content. Did you know you can start a new character at level 50 and skip the whole game content and leveling up experience?

You mean you thought this thread moved from elsewhere in the forums? If so, I can see that. I am open to suggestions.

ack that font! Awesome seeing solution oriented stuff and player created menus and mods. Good stuff!! Disclaimer: I do not use or endorse this product

America is ~14,000 km from north to south. The indigenous peoples have upwards of a 1,000 different languages. - facts Create characters. Have fun. Don't be disrespectful. (distasteful or disrespectful characters and/or costumes could violate agreements players have acknowledged and may be reported {arguing with other players not required})

There appears to be a disconnect between the actual changes and your wants. (just fyi - maybe reread @macskull's reply) I do love seeing some dunning-kruger in the wild.

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..level/difficulty the player selected. I'm totally okay with ±1

Look at Ukase throwing down. Discord = Lazy (I'm not judging, I get that it's easier for some) Having to convert Discord to Forum takes effort. Trusting Discord itself.. well that's another conversation. "Discord is a popular social media platform for kids and teens but parents should be aware of the risks Discord users face, from malware to cyber bullying." "most reviewers were let down by their experience overall." "need to verify by phone number too." "hot mess" "leaky security" "Cybercriminals claim access to 1.8 billion Discord messages through paid scraping service, exposing 35M users to harassment and privacy risks." "Discord Data Breach Leaks An Unknown Number Of Scanned Photo IDs And More"

Suddenly can't find where to change difficulty? It's not just you. If you didn't catch it. The difficulty settings have moved from the chat area to the navigation area. This has been a Public Services Announcement. Carry on.

Confirmed with caveats. The raised difficulty does now cap experience for mobs that were previously awarding less than. Meaning less power selections = capped experience. Does that outweigh defeat time? Not in my opinion.

I didn't have a problem seeing level 55s in Arc ID: 64871 & 60772 (Summer's Over Halloweenie AE Fires) Whether the optimum settings are +5/8 -vs- other options I can't say. I'm going hold until the team finishes cleaning up this release. Fair warning, these are, at +5, full exp missions and harder than many can tackle.

Player should have some control setting +1, 0, -1, etc. The effort to remove the occasional +1 spawn group likely lead to the bug you are seeing. The expectation that every critter will con even or lower is likely unreasonable. What ever change was made should be reversed.

Oh.. @Widower FREE the RESPEC generater !!

Way to push this out team! Kudos to all involved!! Sure it's may need some polish but we can crowd source the community to get it where it needs to be. (Seriously, if folks see something they should say something to let the team know)

Supposedly it has to do with increasing difficulty levels. You should see all the whining for MORE!! in the fourteen pages of Open Beta MM focused feedback:

Ooof forced respecs.. ..the ole playerbase favorite. For? Just to do again later.. Is there not a better way to go about this?

Show up to the meeting and 'donate' one capped infamy to the group to be 'disposed of'.

"Ebil" Come on!! fyi - The Council of Ebil meets on the fifth Thursday of the month with updates as to the bestest method of infamy acquisition.