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Is Tequila still supported as of this patch? Those of us using it are not getting today's version. It updated for me, it just took near an hour - normally after a patch it's updated instantly. Another player said he had good luck be deleting the Tequila manifest to force it to re-acquire it.

Add "Or Inf Would Overflow the Cap" and you've got my vote. :D

On a slightly more serious note, there's a balance of incoming Influence from drops and vendor sales vs the need of newly created characters to be kited out with enhancements, and the resulting influence sinks in vendor buys, market fees, and sequestered hoards belonging to Inf Collectors. If a lot of player's are finishing their builds or if in general, fewer builds are being created, then demand will drop, and prices along with them as sellers compete to get the fewer possible sales. It's complicated by the fixed price items throughout the game economy. It also means that Joe Average Trillionaire's stash could buy more goods today than it could last year, or especially four-five years ago.

Could be so. My personal view is we're seeing long-term deflation, based on a flood of goods and too little Inf in circulation, crazy as that sounds. As if some people have been making piles of goods to sell and hoarding influence by the trillions in giant money bins ... we Ebil Marketeers would have NO IDEA who those people are.

I keep the map up, because certain doors will never be cave missions even if it's a spider/circle/clown mission; and if it's one of the door that might be them, I abandon the mission and RNG the list again.

I don't' see anything wrong. However, I would include a discussion about difficulty and clearing speed. A lot of people think that +4 is always the way to go because drops and xp per mobs are highest. That's true per mob, but a team might struggle to clear them fast, and drops per mobs, and mobs per minute multiplied together is how much time efficiency the team will have. When I run radios, I try to pick the highest difficulty that the team I have can actually clear at a good speed. And now that Council and Circle have had some reworking, I may also shop around for enemy groups that my team is good with. Finding a sweet spot in enemy group and in difficulty makes a big difference.

There's an old adage that says something like: "You can make a lot more money trading wheat than gold."

I profit a billion or two per week, depending on how ambitious I've felt.

I would like to see the number of players who logged on in January-February this year who had not logged on during the previous twelve months of 2023, and as a percentage of all accounts which had logged in during Jan-Feb.

I've had nothing but good experiences with petless MM's in pick-up groups.

You may, on very rare occasions, see people with an extra level shift showing on your HUD if they have used a "Ultimate" inspiration. They're most often seen in the Magisterium trial when players desperately need that extra bit to fight Tyrant, or in other places when people need extra teleport Magnitude, like in the Mothership Raid for Fold Space / Shadow Slip / Wormhole to pull level 54 Rikti bosses into the bowl. And other places if they have money to burn.

Yes. Monitor it, then jump to Ouroboros, then pick a low level Ouro-arc, then drop the arc. Then return to a regular zone. It'll take a second or so, but it will update in near real time as your level-shifts activate and deactivate.

You can also monitor your active levels shift from the Powers -> Combat Attributes panel. Right-click on the entry for Level Shift and it will show in a tiny relocatable window for you.

All this would mean to me is they're level fifty and planning to run it at +3 difficulty. Which honestly, isn't exactly needing all level shifted players, or even all 50's. For the sake of argument, if someone does request specific levels in their advertisement (I usually don't for my high level non-TF/trial teams), then it's on the player to know what their own level is and not send a tell if they're not a match. I usually say something like "All levels welcome" in my advertisements, and I still get people sending me a tell like "Is level 8 okay?" and I just invite them. :) Won't be level 8 for long! ... which is worth another gentle warning I ought to put in my welcome to the team macros -- lowbies will level fast on this team, and if that's not what you want, then at least disable xp earning.

Even people who aren't habitual marketeers are complaining about this this in chats -- it's gone mainstream! :O I hope there's something fixable behind it.

I used to buy prestige for new RP Supergroups by the million, and the 500:1 ratio seems about right.

I have noticed this too.

We had a Crazy-88's chapter on Virtue, too.

You can disable earning XP and join a high level team for a bit, just for the inf and drops and such. No one will mind, and they can be a lot of fun. That way you get all the drop benefits of a high level, fast moving team, but not level out of the stories and missions you'd prefer to do. Unless you do want to level fast, in which case a high level team will be great to earn XP on, too.

They were also a marketing group on Live :D They ended up still wealthy. :D

Student: "Master, what is the greatest lie told about the market?" Master: "That listing for 1 inf benefits poor players."

A mini-carnival strongman?

Since Fulcrum Shift does not accept sets, you have limited but still very powerful options for slotting it. Two 50+5 accuracies and two 50+5 recharge IO's will get you far enough. You could also mix in, or entirely use D-Sync Provocation special enhancements, but bring your (in-game) wallet. Those individually buff Accuracy, Recharge, and Threat. Threat won't do anything for Fulcrum Shift, but Accuracy and Recharge sure do.

(Verse 1) In a small town, where the winters are cold, There's a person, with a story yet untold, Lost in a whirlwind, their world turned upside down, Oh, this tragedy, it's a country song renowned. (Chorus) Lost 25 full winter sets, memories now just a ghost, 25 sets of frozen blast, ragnarok, and apocalypse, A thousand aethers, gone like a fleeting dream, But the biggest loss of all, their loyal dog by the stream. (Verse 2) Influence slipping through their fingers like sand, Twenty-five trillion gone, slipping through their hand, Yet amidst the chaos, they found a silver lining, Cause losing their ex, well, that's a blessing in disguise. (Chorus) Lost 25 full winter sets, memories now just a ghost, 25 sets of frozen blast, ragnarok, and apocalypse, A thousand aethers, gone like a fleeting dream, But the biggest loss of all, their loyal dog by the stream. (Bridge) Through heartbreak and sorrow, they rise above, Finding strength in the simple things they still love, The beauty of a sunset, the comfort of a friend, In the depths of despair, they'll find a way to mend. (Chorus) Lost 25 full winter sets, memories now just a ghost, 25 sets of frozen blast, ragnarok, and apocalypse, A thousand aethers, gone like a fleeting dream, But the biggest loss of all, their loyal dog by the stream. (Outro) In this country song, we find hope, we find grace, For even in the darkest times, there's a smile on their face, They'll rebuild what's lost, with a heart that won't break, And with every verse sung, their spirit will awake. Who says AI's aren't good for anything.

We've all been there and did that too! :D And, in the big scheme of things, it's s tiny bump on a very wide, long road.