Bionic_Flea

Which one of you is secretly my baby-daddy (or baby-momma)?

Welcome back Your dreams were your ticket out Welcome back To that same old place that you laughed about Well, the names have all changed Since you hung around But those dreams have remained And they've turned around Who'd have thought they'd lead you (Who'd have thought they'd lead you) Back here where we need you? (Back here where we need you?) * * * And I know what a scene You were learnin' in Was there somethin' that Made you come back again?

The team/league didn’t have enough Fleas. Fleas ruin everything.

To Flea, or not to Flea, that is the question. Meet Poetic Flea, a somewhat Shakespearean Nature/Sonic Defender.

Thanks for your diary. I really enjoyed it. What surprised me the most was the roller-coaster of money coming in and then going out until you were almost completely broke again. I also usually just give my new characters starting cash of 200-300 million to buy all the transports at level one and start bidding on ATOs, etc. I also keep a lot of commonly used stuff stocked in my base. Between my started cash, the base supply, and what I earn just selling my drops, crafting and converting set IO recipes, vendoring generics, and excess salvage, I end up at a 100 million plus inf banked on that at 50 and fully slotted. And that's when I really start making cash as my character can now kill efficiently at high settings and I no longer have double XP/No Inf. I still do sell my drops, crafting and converting as needed. Once I get them to T3 or T4 and consider them "finished," that's when I have them put in lowball bids on recipes and needed salvage. When I visit them again in a few months, they'll have everything needed to craft a bunch of stuff, place those for sale, and renew bids. So that even unplayed characters are making bank.

Oh, dang. I didn't hear about that. RIP, Zartain.

In a highly inappropriate and questionable move, I reciprocate and nominate @Yomo Kimyata for financing hundreds of players with millions of influence and sharing his knowledge on how to play the market.

Hi BaBs/Tic-Toc! Remember that one time, on test server, you were on your Dev character, and the rest of us were trying to figure out the new Hammy raid? We lost focus and starting dying. You said, "RUN!" Someone said, "We are!" And then you said, "RUN . . . FASTER!!" Good times.

Thus was born Fighting Man! Watch him kick, punch, and brawl his way to victory.

Ask Captain PowerHouse or hang out in the Gold Standard Testers Discord, where a lot of the beta testing discussions take place.

I wouldn't complain if all combinations were 100% but, on the other hand, I also don't mind a chance to fail that increases the further apart the levels are. That kind of makes sense to me, maybe because I've seen it done that way for almost 20 years.

Filling up quick! One hour in and already 3/4 filled.

It's like the multiverse! Same characters in different dimensions or parallel universes.

You don't want to make Hot Thoughts? 😄

Vanguard is under the HC umbrella now, but like the other test servers, transfers to and from are not allowed. Sad, but true.

"Fixed" how exactly?

Sometimes I have a name in mind and try to fit powersets to the name. Other times I have a concept and find a name and look that fits that. Some of my prior concept exercises: what's the maximum number of holds you can have (I forget but it was a fire/rad controller with earth mastery, Rularuu lore pets, and Ion Radial)? What would a fear based character be like (dark/dark stalker with presence pool)? Can I make a character just using power pools (no, but I had 2 primary, 6 secondary, and SIXTEEN pool powers! Worked better than I thought it would). And finally, sometimes I want to play with a new powerset or pool and design a character and name around the powers. I have tried to use the random costume generator, but I always find them horrific and only used on throw away characters while testing something on test server.

I'll see your poem and raise you a haiku: A tiny insect reviews request for taunt change. Much disagreement.

Dr Q when it's the weekly, on a team that each has all the TPs. 244 merits in about an hour yielding approximately four merits per minute (MPM). It can be done solo as there is no AV at the end, but that adds a little bit of time as your various TPs will have some cooldowns. General rule of thumb: always run the weekly! In comparison, a very fast TinPex will get you about 2 MPM Aeon, ITF, Recluse, and Ms Liberty can all be sped in 30 minutes or less to average a merit per minute. But you can also get HOs with LRSF and MLTF, and run a one star for Aeon and ITF for extra Aether but adding a little more time. My friend used to solo run The Freakshow War in 10-15 for 57 merits. Eight missions but only one three kill-alls. I think once you learn it anyone can match those times solo and low settings. So that could be 3.8 -5.7 MPM solo. Not too shabby!

Suggestion: I assume you are buying the Kheldian ATOs to convert to your AT and then slot them. While this is a good idea, you could also buy 3 super packs for the amount you are currently bidding. The packs average about 1.2 ATOs per pack, but you will also get possible merits, brainstorms, converters, boosters, catalysts, inspirations, temp powers, etc. -- all of which can be sold or used on your character. I would guess that you would get 3 or 4 ATOs, although it is possible to get zero. And there is also a chance that you could get exactly what you are looking for, saving you the converters to use on something else.

I'm not sure they could, now that they have a license from NCSoft.

Thanks for doing this! I always enjoy reading these kinds of diaries.

A female warrior, you say . . .

If you like small Lore pets, check out the robotic drones. They are great as they fly, stay at range, do energy damage with a side of -regen, and don't have any knockback like the polar lights do. On defenders with the ATO procs, they become extra sturdy with the periodic heals and absorb because they stick right at your side to accept the buffs.

Been there, done that, messed around I'm having fun, don't put me down I'll never let you sweep me off my feet I won't let you in again The messages I've tried to send My information's just not going in I'm burning bridges shore to shore I break away from something more I'm not turned on to love until it's cheap Been there, done that messed around I'm having fun, don't put me down I'll never let you sweep me off my feet This time, baby, I'll be bulletproof This time, baby, I'll be bulletproof