Captain Fabulous

Of the roughly a dozen times I've actually reached out to someone about getting a name not a single one has ever responded.

Except that's not what I said. Not even once. I'm advocating for ALL players, not just myself. That's the difference between us. You think "me me me mine mine mine!" and I think "hey, wouldn't it be great if everyone had access to names people are hoarding?" Check yourself. 1.) Wrong. The problem has repeatedly been documented to exist. And the devs have told us how many names are estimated to be released. Are you claiming you know better than they do? 2.) It absolutely does, except for the sociopaths who powerlevel all their camped names to 50. And that's easily solved by also including 50s in the policy. 3.) Irrelevant. There is nothing in the TOS that says you get to own names. Pick a new one. I mean, it's easy and simple, right? Just open a thesaurus. Or get Force Redux to help you. Problem solved. I should be surprised you don't see your own hypocrisy, but honestly I'm not. You can't argue that names are so important that you should be able to hold onto them forever but also so irrelevant that it doesn't matter if you can't get the name you want.

See, they're not yours or anyone else's names. Thinking they are is why we have this problem. You don't own them, you are simply being permitted to use them. And if you're not actively using them there is no reason, other than narcissism and selfishness, that anyone would feel like they are entitled to them.

I literally have spent more than an hour on more than one occasion trying to come up with a name because everything I try is taken. It's not hyperbolic at all. And I highly doubt I'm the only one. Some people actually want names that make sense. I'm sorry your standards are so low you're willing to settle for whatever random combination of letters isn't yet taken. I'm all in favor of allowing multiple people to have the same name, no matter how they implement it. But that doesn't seem likely to happen at this point. No one is entitled to a name. If you don't actively use it you should lose it if someone else wants it. It's that simple. One workaround that might be easily implemented would be to allow the use of extended character sets. But I'm sure someone would complain, just because.

It's a very real problem, as evidenced by all the people who have been begging HC to push the release policy. And this scenario you just described is exactly why the policy must also include level 50s. No developer intends for people to camp on hundreds of names and then engage in compulsive psychopathic behavior to hold onto them and openly brag about it. If people didn't do this then there wouldn't be an issue. If people freely gave up names they weren't using there wouldn't be an issue. It's weird you place importance on an existing player sitting on hundreds of names, who can't possibly play them all, who may not have even logged in in years, over a new player coming to the game for the first time who is frustrated that every conceivable permutation of the name they want is already taken. Not to mention existing players who are getting increasingly frustrated at trying to make new characters because they don't want to spend an hour or more trying to find a viable name. Why is it OK to piss off everyone BUT the name-hoarders? Hint: it's not. Something needs to be done because the current situation is not tenable. Until such a time when names can be used by more than one person they should go to the person that's going to actually use them. And that very well could mean a name frequently gets bounced around from one person to another. And that's OK. The level of entitlement and hubris and the unwillingness of HC to do anything about it is really grinding my nerves.

Singularity now has a slow -repel effect. I can't think of any additional ones off the top of my head. 3 recharge reduction enhancements will cut the recharge time just about in half. Hasten also helps. Just remember, recharge reduction is a divisive stat, so it has diminishing returns the more you add.

The donations are filled with hours. This game is in no danger of going under, even if a few whiny babies leave because they lost some names on characters they never play. Allowing people to sit and camp on prime names they don't use also just doesn't cut it. People can't argue that names don't matter and then throw hissy fits about a name release policy. Or that new players not sticking around because they can't get any good names isn't also an issue.

IIRC flight poses don't work with Shield powers toggled on either.

I'm not aware of any way to do what you're looking to do.

YEEEESSSSS! Finally!

Boyband and Clown MM sets.

Outbreak and Breakout are far more instructive and new-player friendly than Galaxy City. Not sure I agree, not for a new player. Sure, you're not going to get thru it in 5 mins, but it's a far better starting experience for someone who has never played the game before.

Name hoarder: "Sorry you can't get the name you want, just get creative and pick something else. It's just a name, it doesn't matter that much." :devs institute name release policy: Name hoarder: "HOW DARE YOU TAKE MY NAMES AWAY! DON'T YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I HAVE INVESTED IN THE HUNDREDS OF CHARACTERS I MADE IN 2019 AND HAVEN'T PLAYED SINCE????" Yes, fire up the name release policy and have it also affect level 50s. Or figure out a way to tack an identifier on characters that allows multiple people have the same name. If people are so upset over losing their name that they leave the game, well too damned bad. Byeeeeee.

Now I never said that. And honestly I'm like you. I don't do a lot of grinding. I play a lot of alts, drop in some IOs here and there as I can. I'm just saying that if you are into fully kitting out your characters you have to grind, there is no other option. Hell, the majority of players use SOs and/or common IOs. The grinding really is a small but vocal niche group.

OK, I'm just gonna ask, what the hell is Changeling?

I'm going by memory of what we were told the chance was back on live along with the memory of AVs showing up fairly often, which they do not currently. Unfortunately there is no way for me to back up my claim. It's entirely possible I'm dead wrong.

Yes, absolutely. When fully kitting out a single character costs 500+ million INF you need to maximize your time and effort. There's a reason it's called grinding. Hell, even a partial IO build (LoTGs, Steadfast and Gladiator +3% def, some procs, Numina/Miracle/Panacea/etc, Power Shifter) will cost over 100 million. How else do you generate that much INF in a timely manner? You're either going to grind TFs, grind farms, grind scanner missions, or grind out the same story arcs you've done 10000x before. Now if kitting out with IOs is of no interest to you then you don't have to worry about any of this. And that's OK too.

No one is criticizing speed teams. Lighten up, Francis. The complaint is about that one guy who decides to speed run when THE REST OF THE TEAM ISN'T. Because not all content is created equal. Some TFs are pretty fun. Others are a slog. But seeing as they're the only consistent way to earn merits we're stuck doing them, even the less-enjoyable ones.

I know what it does. I'm still not going to waste a power slot on it. But if others do, hey, whatever works for you. I'm only speaking for myself.

I won't ever waste a power slot on Taunt. It should be an inherent. If a bunch of critters wander off I target any bosses with a ranged attack and that usually gets them back to me.

It would be nice to make them at least worth taking. 🤷‍♂️

Look at me going around detoggling Sorcerers one in every 5 hits over 15 seconds of using nothing other than Flurry. Provided I don't miss. To hell with IOs! This is the way to be godly! 🙄 Mind you the chances of anything changing are many orders of magnitude lower than your current chance to detoggle Sorcerers with Flurry, so it's all a moot point anyway and not worth arguing about. /powercreep

Unfortunately they're a bit busy right now, so don't get your hopes up.

There are a few Day Job indicators that are wonky. Pocket D is one of them. As long as you're in PD and not showing a different Day Job (bank, architect) you're getting it, even if you don't see the icon.