Sanguinesun

As others have eluded to, due to how we can change colors of powers and much else, there's ways to take even power sets and AT's you'd not normally associate with your goals and turn them into things that would justify your goals. You could even make a thugs/shield MM using psychedelic colors on the shields and say the shrooms helped you make the shields, converted the thugs to you. List is really endless since people here have justified all manner of themes into different power sets.

1. While there may be some who wish to gate and dictate how one should play(ie Architect system should be X not Y) or similar, players have the luxury here to choose how they want to play and level. Most common leveling method for example is through task forces but there are many other methods and of course just playing the game's zone story lines and leveling up that way as well. And yes of course some hit the fire or s/l farms to level in too. You do you in other words. 2. RP server is essentially Everlasting in name and second in general population but there are RPers on the highest population server Excelsior too. However, rp I would say tends to be not as common as you may expect outside of super groups you may opt to join to do such with. Even everlasting has people who dont rp and no server has rp enforced. 3. Pvp is rather thin. 4. Moving between servers is free and can be done with a character up to 5 times a week. Then you have to wait to refresh your xfers. However, given the ease with how to level, especially if you join the higher pop server(s), you may just simply wish to make alts on each you're looking into trying. Keep in mind too that you can mail across toons items and influence to your global handle and it can be received on any server too. 5. Also keep in mind in a few weeks the halloween event will start and there will likely be a ramp up in players then because, as with every year, its also a common time players make new toons to level up fast due to the trick or treat event system and as well it can be a fun social thing too. All in all, you've choices. Best of luck.

Mids has been for years a mess and shouldnt be definitively trusted on its data. Make stuff in it, make notes on what it states but then go test the same on the ptr and invariably numbers will almost always be different(often less). Mind you ptr obviously is for testing changes the team implements and that can have a bearing but often its just because mids is, as said, a mess and shouldnt be trusted. Regarding DO/SO's, there are methods to level to a point to skip any necessities of those(and saves influence) and just using IO's from a certain level range. That said then, something I want to point out in relation to your desires to put top end enhancements in slots that may or may not have relevance: you play goals. Most of the content here is casual. Most of the play goals of most players here is extremely casual. Unless you intend to do pretty specific goals requiring variations of min/maxing (and as well custom to those goals mind you) then you'd likely not need to spend the time/effort or influence to get and slot em. If you're just gen pop playing, joining hami's, lower tfs, MSRs, etc, gen pop IO's will be fine, especially if you get into having lots and lots of archetype builds you just want to level up/try, this will save you alot of influence/time in the long run too(again if that's part of your goals... your goals essentially arrent really specifically mentioned after all).

Indeed.... though one of the, curators, of program was able to benefit from being added to the player council due it. However, you both missed the point. The point was that even ---they--- dont want to have anything to do with taking over the program for the benefit of the player base.... because its that much of a mess.

Mids has been a mess for years now. I've found many issues over the years, even pointed them out on their discord. Would at first get told it was something on my end until I walked them through it showing it wasnt just me but the program and then they'd say they'd look into adding a fix the next update. And it'd still be there past that point. And yes, like you, I've had multiple times over the years the update error issues as well. Basically, the program needs to be done in a different format. Unfortunately, no one, not even the actual dev team here, is willing to bother. Its like South Park's Cable tv episode, really.

Just treating the symptom and not the cause. But as for avoiding bad topics, its pretty much self will only.

Usually the servers with the most concurrencies tend to be the most social as if they werent, they would be typically much less players there. You can also look at schedules of activities hosted by groups on a regular, if not daily basis too in such regards. Thus Excelsior has the most compelling evidence for being the most social. Now, whether or not the types of social activities found their match your wants, may be another story. If you are more focused on say Role playing, then Everlasting may be more apt for you.

Only a driven badger cares about ones like this and usually those so driven do so on their own instead of enlisting tf runners to take time out of their tf's do it, especially on the ones people prefer to do expeditiously. Bit silly really.

We're not Steam. 😛

Your initial post claimed 1 man sg only: However you later responded with this: So from that statement, yes you did have friends etc who joined. My initial response was/is applicable. The only way to 100% guarantee you dont have such things happen if you truly dont want something lost is to have things in on an alt's SG with no access except you. Sorry you got pilfered but hopefully you'll be a wiser for the wear.

Massively Overthinking: Toxic positivity in the land of MMORPGs | Massively Overpowered Article essentially discusses issues of games and toxic positivity seen by different writers on staff of the site regarding different games. A quote from one of the staff from the site: I know members of MassivelyOP have covered HC many times in the past and play so this is an interesting take, and I agree as a whole that toxic positivity across many different games, while its existed in the past, is increasingly becoming more and more common across the board as well. What are others thoughts?

It is. Its due in part to the system the app is build on and also in part to how it is curated. This isn't a case of attempting to shift blame to the game.

If you share an SG with others, be willing to lose anything you put in its storage, this is like MMO 101 stuff. Even people long term you've known and trusted will strip it clean. Cant tell you the number of times this used to happen on Retail CoH, WoW, etc. If you have valuables you dont want taken, always keep them on an alt's SG that you never, ever, invite anyone to.

Mids for a long long while now has been a mess. Dont trust numbers what so ever from it. I've had numerical results change literally constantly from toggling powers in new builds made on the app to the point that I have to just assume the lowest unfortunately. So what ever build you make, --Always-- go test and confirm numbers and abilities with it on on the PTR if you're seeking more accuracy than that app provides. Essentially, its a clunker that just gets enough to keep it on the road but isnt necessarily reliable for when it needs oil, gas, or the time it'll take to get you to your destination. I wish the app was redone and with better curation but for the foreseeable future, that's not going to be the case.

1. Knew you wouldnt stay away. 2. Next time you get a warning from another big ego, use your ego enhancements to put them in their place with a smile instead of feeling slighted.

Living languages change language all the time/every day. And while there are past or present prescriptive rules used in various discourse communities, descriptive rules of discourse actually dictate most of those changes as well as their discourse community norms. In other words, you're over thinking it and the typically accepted pronunciations are fine.

1. If you want more opportunities to encounter people to help you, then you may want to choose higher population servers such as Excelsior. Playing during its peak player concurrency times also helps too. 2. What specifically are you needing help with game with? A certain amount of game play is experiential learning and the game is relatively solo friendly. We also have many guides, subforums and more as well which can help answer questions for you here too. In game when you make a new character you can also choose to designate yourself as someone needing help as a title to your character. Then you can simply ask in game's help channel or its general channel. Additionally, there is a discord channel for assistance. Best of luck.

Excuses will abound by the detractors from people leveling how they wish to; but it boils truly down to elitism. They just dress it up otherwise. As an example, the ones that say that new players pl'ing is "wrong" and then attack such people for not knowing how to play(by their standards) instead of working with folks to learn to play when they denounce, kick, etc those folks from teams etc. They'd just simply prefer play of the game to be some form of an initiation where people either sink or swim and accepting the those who've swam sufficiently in their eyes. Same individuals typically also hate the April Mapserve event and the Halloween one as well. They've been responsible for running off not a small number of people over the years that have not conformed to their play expectations. Its a shame but every few months these sorts of debates on this get dredged up. They may very well win their desires for any form of leveling outside of a specific pace they wish to dictate as acceptable, but it'll likely not have the intended results they expect.

Really you could've consolidated this into your other thread (or vice versa) regarding questioning whether psychic is natural or mutation.

This is a creative choice by the player. Justifications for any origin can be made and debated endlessly.

I'd caution to better think on and treat each build you make with different combinations on their own instead of comparatively when switching secondaries and other choices. Effectivity varies and in some cases widely.

Must every two-bit criminal in the city have prolific lore and back stories in the game? Nope.

In the most dripping Southern Drawl possible: "Oh, bless your heart."

No. System doesnt accomodate that. You're going to have to run afk farm builds through the timed missions (and then reset and do it over) or active builds through the longer farm missions (so that you have less mission transition downtime).

There's always friction when big ego's clash.