Techwright

Seems to me Back Ally Brawler would make a good head of FBSA going forward. He's already well-connected, by age he's approaching the end of his physical contributions to the good fight, but not his mental ones, and the role would certainly beat playing second-hand trainer in Atlas Park. Of course he's also apparently more comfortable in blue-collar situations, and would have to adapt to wearing more business attire.

What are the mechanical limitations, out of curiosity? Can we submit 100, 200, more quips and have them all delivered randomly by Chad the Bartender? Or will the system forever limit him to under a dozen? I suppose that would have implications for other NCPs as well.

That's "801C" as in "Celsius"? 😉

Hmm, perhaps you just need to change it up a bit. I'm told if you add pineapple it makes pizzas magical. So I'm told. I've yet to see my garbage can sparkle.

Speak for yourself. All "doom" means is that there are fewer pesky competitors towards my winning the day on the forums. 😁

In the last 60 days I've: 1. Respec'ed to a power that I'd abandoned years ago, removing all enhancements from it to focus on others. I've now spent some resources to slot "charcoal drawing" with a trainer-level accuracy, and a proc for recovery. While its nowhere near what I ultimately want, I am noticing an immediate improvement. 2. added the "Monk's Mound" exploration badge, which I found at the top of the UNESCO world heritage site Cahokia Mounds. Gave me a bonus of +1 to my perception. Still got to work on my defenses though. My arch-nemesis "Work" has been hitting me with Confuse, Stun, and Fear with an endurance drain that finishes off with an unwanted Sleep effect. I've had to use a lot of green inspirations to stay upright. How about you? Any interesting advancements to share this year?

Is a job in the Italian food biz the origin of the name "Spaghetti Betty" as opposed to the "Betty Spaghetti" kids doll?

Hmm, never considered making my own. That sounds like a nice skill to have.

Haven't done AE in seemingly forever, but with a lot of 50's I'm now interested, so I'm happy to see such a compilation. Thanks @TerroirNoir! One question: is this a good list for solo play?

I've not followed all the "doom" and "recruitment" threads closely (I've too short a lifespan for that) but I'd be willing to guess there's a fair sized population that's like me, cooling our jets for a bit, then returning to play. I just finished a 2-month mostly away period to deal with some real life issues, and to try out a few solo player games. Time away helps keep the game fresh. There's also the matter that the northern hemisphere is approaching summer, with more daylight hours, and fewer COVID-restricted places, so people will be getting out of the house more. I suspect several will saunter back into the game when darkness and winter return to the hemisphere. Just look at the southern hemisphere heading towards their cold season. I'm pretty sure you'll find that our Aussie population has increased by...uh... 3 already. Progress.

Soft corn or crispy? For me, first and foremost, it's to retain the integrity of the wrapper as I eat. I don't want taco guts spilling all over. I might as well have nachos at that point. Though I like the taste and texture of hard taco shells, they shatter all too easily, and that takes them off my list. I prefer the taste of soft corn shells, but many are made too thin and again, don't have integrity. If I can get a thicker soft corn tortilla, that's ideal. Otherwise, I'll go towards a keto-mocking flour tortilla. If I can get one of the admittedly rare whole-grain flour ones, that's almost as nice as the thick, soft corn tortillas. (Great, I'm 30 minutes out from lunch and now I'm trying to decide which of a dozen nearby Tex-Mex establishments will satisfy this sudden craving. Thanks for that! 😛)

I tend to wolf down any yellows or reds to make room for precise columns of green, lavender, orange, blue, and purple. This sometimes means I've got a lot of yellows and reds deployed because, for reasons I've never investigated, the "randomized" drops tend to harp on a theme. For example, in one extended fighting session a few days ago, it probably gave me about 7 or 8 reds before delivering any other color. I also tend to prize the larger inspirations, so I hoard those and keep on using the smallest ones. I say "hoard" because I have a tendency to not want to crack open a large one as long as I've space, and therefore potential, for a small one to drop. But eventually and reluctantly I'll use the big one. As mention early by others, I also move all rez inspirations to the email. No sense in them hogging a spot in the inspiration slots if I can access the email when down for the count.

I could see that. Though the corrugated metal behind him makes me think "dock worker" or "ship breaker" like Cal Kestus. Still it is only one location, and briefly. If he is playing a Jedi, this seems to add some weight to a discussion I read today stating that they may be taking cues from a now non-canon book where Kenobi left Tatooine for a time to help another Jedi. Speaking of discussion...hmm, better switch to spoiler mode, just in case...

The LTP is supposed to work only if you've unlocked an exploration badge in the zone you want to go to. If you can at least see the LTP within the Fast Travel button's menu, then look to the bottom of the menu for the "Long Range TP Zone Check". Follow the arrow and it should show you which zones have been earned and which haven't.

It is worth noting that Homecoming changed the minimum level to access Ouroboros from 14 down to 1 (or is it 2? 1 goes by so fast) So if you happen to be in Atlas Park, just do a broadcast asking for someone to toss down an O-portal. Usually one or two will be happy to help. You also no longer have to acquire the badge at the top of the sundial once in Ouroboros in order to fully unlock it. It should do it automatically upon your arrival. Someone mentioned the TUNNEL system. Don't know if you'd recall that or not. It's the big swirly, galaxy-looking disk between two guards found next to some transportation hubs like the Train Station in Atlas Park, Talos Island, and Founders Falls. Zones without the train have it in other locations, like next to ferry boats. One other form of transportation to consider: shard bases. I believe every one of the server/shards has a base that kind folk have assembled to allow anyone to travel regardless of whether they have a supergroup with a base or not. Simply ask for some good soul to share the macro with you which should drop a shortcut into your powers trays. Then move close to a base entry portal and click that shortcut. The one in Excelsior, for example, has most everything you need except the auction house and supergroup storage (It does have the personal vaults, though). And, of course, it has portals to most locations in the game. And these macros work with the Supergroup Portal power purchasable with INF from the P2W vendors, as well as charges of the Rapid Response portal earnable from the Rapid Response day jobs badge. No need to join a supergroup to earn it. Just stand on or very close to a base portal when you log out, and you'll earn it over time.

The newest one just dropped. Looks pretty good, but I still have a problem with... There seem to be 4 Inquisitors, at least, that are shown. The black human I gather will be the focused hunter for this work. Second Brother is present, and then another humanoid female. I cannot tell species. Has this one been named?

The very poster-child example of "Sugar is a killer" Got anything in a marshmallow Peep?

Which is very interesting because we've seen this theme before in the symphony that is MCU...

A hypothetical: Tackling one of the zone Nemesis invasion events today, I killed vigorously arrested my umpteenth Colonel of the Nemesis Army when it suddenly struck me: colonels should be rare. Amazing revelation, yes, I know. 🙄 I'm not from a military background but I stayed at a Holiday Inn have many friends who are, and as I understand it from them, colonels would be over bases or an equivalently important force, yes? Yet apparently Nemesis hands out the rank like participation awards for a kids' county soccer league. (I had a very nice one.) To my points: First (and again just hypothetical, it is a game after all) what specialist or other ground unit of a lower rank might be missing that might be interpreted through current game mechanics? Some units that would allow a colonel to become a less frequent, greater opponent. And how might that interpretation go? Second : One thing the Nemesis army seems to lack is an aerial element like other groups such as the Sky Raiders have. True, the exceptional shooting range of Nemesis soldiers compensates for that. But Nemesis is the master of automatons and amazing clockwork. Would it not be a natural step therefore to introduce some form of clockwork combat drone? Not a formal suggestion, just wonder what folks thoughts would be on that. Third and final discussion point: Would a new water-based event featuring the Nemesis army be of interest? IP, Talos, and PI all have large bodies of water that could work blue side (possibly Kahlisti Warf, too), and red side is all surrounded by water. The event could randomize location. What I'm pitching is something new: either a single large warship of Nemesis design sailing into IP harbor or sailing 'round PI, bristling with troops and weaponry, or a small flotilla of smaller vessels, still heavily armed and manned. For the badge: stop the vessel(s), failure, like the Unusual Clockwork Activity in KR results if the other side completes its action, say reaching a specific docking point and unloading. You'd still have to clean up the ground units off-ship and might earn Nemesis badges that way, but you'd miss out on whatever badge(s) the ships would have created. Alternatively: really go steampunk and make it an aerial warship, with Nemesis units trying to repel to key points. Then the event could appear in most zones. I'm guessing a water event could build off the mechanics of the current ghost ship, and the aerial version might build off the mechanics for the Rikti drop ships.

I'm pretty sure I've had NPCs comment on action I did on a previous session even if I've been logged out for days, so if there's a timer, it's probably an in-game timer. The NPCs always seem to comment on a fairly recent in-game action/event. I don't have Talos NPCs for example commenting on my 50 when he passes through for actions taken in his 20s when he worked Talos. Though saying that, I can't recall if it happens because I temporarily reduced rank to help out a level 20's team.

You know xXSunkissXx is still available. Just sayin'. 😉

That can't possibly be an Arachnos base. You can see more than 2 meters in any direction. 😉

Waiting for New Rockstars' breakdown predicting a Mephisto appearance. 😉 As to some of the names you brought up:

Gorilla my Dreams is a hilarious name! Me, personally, for character screen and other shots, I use a free tool called Greenshot. It's easy to install, and the default usage button is my keyboard's prnt scr button. Greenshot lets me freeze-frame the screen, then do a cutout of any part I'd prefer to save. It then gives me a menu of options where to put the image. My only irritant on Greenshot is that, for reasons I don't fully understand, it sometimes doesn't load, but I just go over to the Windows Start menu and find it under "G".

Does the whale sport a red jacket with big shoulders? 😉 Nice references!