Scarlet Shocker

My own feeling is that the GMs and team look at stuff in the round. Given Homecoming's history, absolutely the very last thing they need to be worrying about is a C&D notice from an IP owner. They have every right to protect this environment and should do diligently. I would be guided by the expression "better safe than sorry" and so should everyone else who plays here.

Don't think he'd care enough to revisit us

All you had to do was scream and your life would've been saved Who are you? What do you want?

That's his less famous nephew; Howard the Lich

It occurs to me that this is not a Unicorn build. It is in fact a Narwhal build. Like unicorns, but better, with longer range and actually known to defeat real life terrorists

This is too subjective to be readily answered. That goes doubly if I'm understanding OP right in saying he stops developing his characters at level 19... that's an outlier if I ever heard one, when most are running to 50 To me "properly slotted" means it's working as best as it can while I'm getting to 50, with probably a few glitches that are likely expected (End use and the lack thereof for example.) But if it's playable without needing an urgent respec then it's as properly slotted as it will get as I progress. I get new slots, fit SOs in them and maybe in the mid-40s start to add Invention Set IOs depending. I'm not one for Min/Maxing so much - and there are some useful sets out there that don't cost a fortune and still give quite a good bang for buck Properly slotted? I'll let you know when I understand the question.

Katie certainly does not need a merit boost, it's a fun TF and awards a great temp power too. TFs and trials aren't meant to be speed runs. Their original concept was to be a team event that could potentially last a couple of evenings play together. That produced a few practical issues so their progress has been engineered to be significantly faster over the years. Mostly the merit rewards are fine as they are - you don't just get merits and to spoon feed the player base merits even more readily than they are now available would be game breaking and cheapen the events. There might be a case made for increasing them for Citadel and Synapse, but better to rework both those TFs to be less tedious in their own right. The aphorism "if it ain't broke" applies well here.

once you've got your windows the size and position you like use /wdwsave to save their position. Then if anything breaks or changes you can quickly repair it with /wdwload you can also do this for your chat channels using /chatsave & chatload binds; /bindsave & /bindload and options; (wait for it) /optsave & /optload I find those tools invaluable for setup when creating new characters - I have all those parameters saved, so a quick /...load on each gets my screen looking and feeling the way I need/like it.

I was a bit more flush, I was working and able-bodied so I'd often buy one or two packs a month as well as maintain my sub as a way to support the game (look how that turned out) and I did enjoy them. I'm not naturally one given to gambling but getting a nice juicy purple reward was good. But even now I also have a ton of insps etc in my character items that I'm very unlikely to use in a hurry 🙂

A lot will depend on your AT - and also you have to add Pool powers into the mix alongside APP/PPP; those are powers you get at level 40 (maybe lower?) Then you add slotting into that mix. And the foes you are fighting. Some are more or less vulnerable to different types of damage etc., for example. The game is mature and has many elements that weave together into the cloth of your particular toon. Also, as a rule of thumb, the support ATs tend to have the shields, blasters have very little, given they are a glass cannon, and as you might expect, those ATs that function as tip of the spear have better defences at the cost of damage output.

I never thought to look there. Thanks!

a lot depends on your personal play style. I rarely play melee characters. I have no scrappers or stalkers in my array of characters because I just don't like. Which is odd, because when I play blasters I tend to be an inveterate blapper - I start at range then move to melee. It takes time and practice to learn how a particular power set works, both as a stand alone and in synergy with your secondary. I'd also say there is no shame in playing at the lowest difficulty. Learn the game, enjoy it. I never play at +4x8 unless on a substantial team that I'm not leading because I tend to play squishies and don't enjoy endless trips from the hospital. Find out what works for you and enjoy at that level. Once you're more confident in your own abilities you can ramp up the difficulty and then see how that's working for you.

I was looking in my global email and I realised that I've got a ton of Character Items stored there. I recall that most of those came I think from Superpacks - at least on live they did (not sure about these) and I did enjoy those packs even if they were akin to gambling a bit. It's in my mind that they still exist in some form but I went to the merit vendor in my base and it says no (but I only have a few merits on the toon I was looking on) Where do I find them if they exist and what is available?

I disagree. I'd say it's a great server. It's friendly, there's plenty going on and it's pretty easy to get a team, even on red side. I've moved most of my important toons here and I'm having a lot of fun speaking personally and I enjoy teaming most of all.

It was a power issue. Now solved, thanks lemming, you hit the nail on the proverbial!

oops this is on live, on Indom... I think I've posted in the wrong place, so apologies. Please move to appropriate location if necessary. Thanks

I have a base, and it has mediporters but when I've been defeated it won't let me TP to my base, insisting I TP to hospital. Am I missing something in my base construction? I've never encountered that before. Is it a bug that somehow the game fails to detect I've got a functioning base to revive me at?

Both are outstanding though I think Dark/Poison is the dog's bollocks as I've mentioned elsewhere

That explains why @Snarky is broke then! 🤣

I'm just working with what the flea provides

so max diffuclty goes to +5? makes sense to me 1-5 does make more sense than 0-4

might make for an interesting power pool set. Could be doable with the Temp Costume Powers but may need a lot of back end database work to record. Would probably need an element of confuse added to it - so that the enemies didn't attack you (I don't think they can respond just to costumes)

Top marks for sarcasm. But despite your overt facetiousness I think you might be on to something - there is comfort in consistency - that's one of the reasons MacDonalds and other fast food outlets offer the same product ranges across continents; because when you buy your quarter pounder with cheese you know what you're getting. Similarly you buy Superman or Spider-Man comics, you should know what you're getting. To a large extent you do and that's one reason why new universes and imprints were created to explore other stories featuring those characters in a different setting and background. Hence, for example the Ultimate universe and Marvel Knights. There's space to cater for all tastes and that's a good thing.

best piece of advice I can give you is don't be a gooner

I hate the noise it makes. Does that count?