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I like this idea but it needs to be in the Suggestions forum.

There's a lot in this that I don't understand but sounds awful.

That's how the rest of the game runs and it's doing remarkably well for a zombie game. We are community led, so anything lacking is fundamentally on all of us as a collective. We are our own magic wand.

I've never played Diablo - is that a genuine thing? I would never play a game where Permadeath was non-consensual. If I know what I'm getting into and know I have a good chance to survive and a worthwhile reward, sure on some of my characters. Otherwise, no way!

I may be overthinking but I sense a degree of snark here that is unnecessary. If the people in this thread understand the game generally, and PVE in the main and know what they are wishing to achieve from the game and how to get there, then if your statement is correct, that is the fault of PVP and of previous development decisions, rather than of the players themselves. That is in fact one of the big issues with PVP in this game - the mechanics do feel remarkably different to PVE and that in itself can be daunting to many other than perhaps those who focus on PVP. Perhaps this is exactly why PVP is only embraced by such a small percentage of the player base. It's not their understanding at fault it's the convoluted roles and rules in PVP itself I'd argue.

Quick update on this: We're still going strong with a core of 4 regulars and a number of pug members. Still redside, mid-20s, we're doing Paper missions, and the banks, plus the odd SF and related content. Not doing much in the way of events but if anyone else wishes to join us we will be reconvening on Sunday at around 2:30pm Eastern, 7:30pm BST Usual play time is around 2.5 hours give or take. Everyone welcome, sign here or when we shout in game

trouble with that is imfine.exe only runs once then it downloads and installs itoldyouimfuckingfinealready.exe and then blows your PC to bits

Personally I'm a big fan of PVP - when I want to PVP - and that's a very important caveat. I enjoy a lot of the content in the PVP zones, especially Shivans, and Warburg but when I'm there to achieve a specific objective, I don't wanna get ganked by some randos, so I totally get why some would never ever set foot into a PVP zone. PVP has always been the red-headed stepchild in this game. It can be great but it's got some really odd rules and regulations that in many ways turn it upside down - like lower level is often more interesting than fun despite lack of powers etc. My solution would be along the following lines: Make all PVP zones PVE Coop zones - so that players can run and explore missions and environments together without fear of getting ganked or set upon by players who may well be highly OP compared to them. Retain PVP copies of those zones in the Arenas, accessible from them, so that players who wish to PVP can enjoy it without upsetting anyone who doesn't want to be involved. The "rules of engagement" are difficult to fathom; they largely seem to be based around the principle that Defenders are better than anything else and nothing else matters. Blasters in PVP are effectively as useful as a chocolate teapot, which is sad because once they were super good but that's another story. I would like to see the whole damage and debuff scales revisited but I doubt that will happen because it's a) difficult and b) the pushback from players who are unhappy that their favourite PVP toon is a bit less effective will be quite vocal despite it being a minority exercise. But one of the biggest issues with a lack of PVP is that there's very little organized around it. On live I ran the Friday Night Fight Club which was often very well attended and continued long after I ceased to be involved with it but that proved to be a good amount of fun and got engagement. Get more events, and people will learn how much fun PVP can actually be and that isn't going to change until the player base makes it happen.

If you're feeling really brave just try and debug it!

I'm kinda surprised nobody went here:

I'll gladly stand corrected but I think you have to get the contact mission to collect the meteor samples so it looks and feels like a mission even if it actually isn't But good to know! 🙂

I don't believe you can do a different mission whilst in a FB mish. I think they are considered the same way as Task Forces, so you're effectively locked into that task. Best thing to do is get your Shivans before you lock in

Choose the "Phi Ting" option That'll be alright

Fuck @Snarky He broke the servers

How you gonna spend yours now?

Much of the answer that works for you is going to depend on your own goals and personal playstyle If you're soloing, XP boots "take the edge off" the levelling process. If you team, they do the same but you typically get more XP simply by dint of being able to knock down more enemies in a given time frame. As others have pointed out, Inf gain is negligible (I don't usually start filling slots until close to 20 unless something useful actually drops) just vending everything that comes my way. My own preference is to not use an XP boost, or at least only use a little one (25% or 50% max) but sometimes I do use 100%ers, for example when I am already familiar with the powers and style of a particular alt and I just need to get to Level X. Some of the lower level content is outstanding and well worth playing through as intended and an XP Boost can break that experience. The main reason for not using XP boosts is because you might get to 50 very quickly and then discover you don't know anything about the game.

Overpriced, huge marketing budget, no real talent behind the skilz, but a lot of social media Basically BrewDog for zombies.

... life is just too much to bear sometimes

now, Who would that be?

That's fair enough but I kind of feel that Action Jackson is more... blaxploitation kinda thing... much more punchy than I see with the toon you've posted. That is not to say you're wrong, in any way. It's how we are both seeing a thing with different lenses. I think the outfit is really great but for me personally it doesn't fit the name. Somehow, I'm feeling there's a discordant element there but hey, that's me, and this is your character so I hope you find something that fits.

I've never played one, but I looked at the images and see "melee support" so I'm thinking somebody who is 2nd line, gets in there to biff the enemy behind the tink, but also lays down some solid controls and some handy buffdebuffs. I'm thinking Dominator with Energy Assault component and a primary powerset that doesn't have too many obvious "power FX" - so not ice, or fire etc. Maybe Arsenal/EnA or Mind/EnA... something like that. One thing I'm not clear on from the OP's original is what is his name? I am working on the presumption it's not the OP's forum handle but knowing that might give insight into his raison d'etre

Regeneration only works if you have a Doctor.

That's their Away strip

Don't limit yourself. Play all the things

Experiment: ATs, Powers, Pools, APPs, PPs, Blue, Red, Gold, Marketing, AE, creating, playing, vending, flipping, defeating, killing, switching, EATS, VEATs, zones, arcs, SFs, TFs, content, PLing and all the rest of it. You'll find something you like