Bionic_Flea

But Six, why do you work so hard to disappoint me?

But Six, why do you hide these nuggets of important information from us?

This was such a pleasant and respectful thread yesterday. . . .

But Six, if you would only listen to me everything would be better.

I'm sorry you feel that way, PFlux. I can certainly understand the frustration as I was dying over and over in a 4 star ITF. We finally completed it and got good rewards, but it was a slog and not fun to me. Some of that was me, some of that was my teammates, and a lot of it was the insane damage and gimmicks the new NPCs use. But mostly I think it's the newness and we will all get better with time. If the missions you are talking about is the new Cimeroran missions, those are also designed to be incarnate content and have some of the same critters and powers as the Hardmode ITF. So yeah, they are hard, especially solo and if you're not 50 with full incarnate powers.

Congrats!

10. Two become a bedder spellerer!

The thing I have found about CoH over these last 18 years or so is that there is a lot of different things to do and those things appeal to different people. We have: Speed running Marketing Soloing Badging Costume making Build making Farming Power leveling Giant Monster Hunting Hardmode (ing?) Exploring Lore diving Story telling Role playing Base designing PvPing Did I miss anything? The last few patches were a boon for hardmode lovers, which really didn't exist since The Really Hard Way badge became relatively easy. And this last patch in particular was detrimental to AE farming and PLing. So I can understand that those that like hardmode are more excited than those that like farming. But they still have all those things in my list. I personally dabble in all of them to some extent although I do more of the top of the list than the bottom. If you are feeling burnt out, there is nothing wrong with taking a break. I have done that at times. But other times I have tried to break out of my rut by trying something new or giving myself a challenge. If you do take a break, I hope you come back. I don't think I've ever played with you, Warpact, and we've certainly never met, but I've always enjoyed reading your posts.

What witchcraft is this Shifting chain? I saw it, but my brain isn't processing it. You were constantly switching from Human to Dwarf and seemingly getting multiple attacks off. WITCHCRAFT!!

Sorry to seem like a marketer, but I too love pop-tarts and was sad to have to give them up. And then I found . . . diet pop-tarts!

Yes. Some of the older custom critters used to be 100%, but the formula was changed and now you need more attacks/powers to get to 100% XP.

That may have been the idea. I just don't think it's a well thought out idea. 1) Why do you (generic you, not Vanden) want to encourage only max level characters to play? 2) Incarnates still get the Aether. Giving it to other levels does not disincentivize max levels to get the reward. It just incentivizes everyone to play. 3) Has there ever been an issue or problem with level 50s NOT running the WSF? It seems to me that about half of most WSF teams are level 50 already.

I've mainly soloed just about every defender primary and secondary between live and now, just not every possible combination of the two. I say mainly because I do team up to do the occasional TF or trial. It is definitely possible to do and some combinations are easier than others. I like rad emission a lot. Although it may not be as shiny or fancy as some of the newer favorites, it has a solid toolkit for whatever you need. Rad blast, however, is not one of my favorites. But it is VERY procable, which works very well with defenders due to their lower base damage.

I agree with Ukase. Aether is just for costumes; purely cosmetic. It does not grant or lead to any additional power. It is available as a random drop upon mission completion starting from level 1. There is no good reason that it should have the same restrictions as incarnate rewards. It seems crazy to me that it's OK for me to get one randomly at level one, but my level 50 that doesn't have alpha unlocked or my level 49 is unworthy to get them on the WSF.

Klaatu, barada nikto.

At level 40 with Farsight you could be at or over softcap with proper slotting and power choices. Base defense from Farsight is 9.375 on a controller, so you gave it maybe one slot?

I'm Cell Shady. Yes, I'm the real Shady. All you other Cell Shadys are just a map-serving. So won't the real Cell Shady please stand up?

I know this isn't a feedback thread, but since it has the right title I'd like to lodge a protest that PAPs do not drop in WSTs UNLESS you are level 50. In my opinion they should drop after WSF completion regardless of level. This is not incarnate related, although it does drop mostly in hard mode and I-trials, because it does not add to any incarnate powers, is only for cosmetic purchases (and a few badges), and can be a random drop after any mission completion from level 1 on.

The accolade just makes a clickable icon that allows you to choose any of the costumes you've purchased from a drop-down menu.

Off the top of my head: Stone/Dark melee. Capped resists, softcapped defense, impressive regen, extra -tohit, and a heal (two if you put Power Transfer heal proc in Dark Consumption).

Allow me to break the trend.

The UI says that the name is taken, but if you keep going down the character creation clicks it should let you create the character with the "taken" name. . . . Unless it really is taken.

Ohhhh. It's the generic announcement: "Starting (name) TF, level X+, Y merits, PST." And then add, "It's the weekly so bonus XP, merits, etc. if it's your first one this week"

Yeah, something like that, but I'm not sure what the LFG and LFG WST is about. I know what they stand for, but not what they are representing or adding in your menu.