Snarky

I've been on crawls with Cosmic Council for months and months at a time. All it takes is getting up to grab a coffee between missions. Missing the talk to "X" and you are one mission behind and the team is moving on. It seems simple, but it quickly goes to not getting merits.

I think its just two more flights up. Maybe three. Just keep going.

Everyone assumed you meant invention salvage. You probably did there are many types of “salvage” in game. Incarnates, event, and the various horrendously expensive “special”

Lol no seismic smash! It is a very small AoE and I really play him ranged. He is at 45 right now. I ran a ton o TFs yesterday but today could not get a team going for TV1. I led a Nimi and finished TF comm. but i had job stuff and a workout so…. I got like 2 levels I am running him VERY tactically. I watch the mobs and the team like a hawk. He is not a speed build. I have no stealth except a stealth proc in sprint. That and eating a couple purples will get me through a map in an emergency. I prefer to let the speed runners go. I stay behind and do fire support for the casual crowd. I tool bonfire and six slotted Overwhelming Force. That gives great control and keeps them in the pain. Useful for protecting myself and others or for slapping under an AV. I use Meteor sparingly. It is a finicky nuke. I love the range. I have almost dialed in the delay. Very similar to learning Knockout Blow. You want to use it but not waste it. The two lesser AoE Seismic has do a great job. Ranged 😎

There is NO issue with making an homage to any deity. Having said that there are a ton of issues. Making a God/god/demigod character brings a ton of baggage. You could anger people. But to your specific deity question; you are fine unless you recreate the Marvel version. Hey I get it, some depictions are cool. I just happened to choose one in the public domain. Marvel characters are not. Making the HC team take time to parse out if you crossed the line is not cool or funny. Grow up.

I recruit for a lot of TFs. The lesser known or unpopular ones...it is not easy. I have not tried to recruit for a no rewards story arc (no one but leader gets merits) with usually no badge. Nor am I going to start.

I meant for teaming. As in a Task Force. I actually know how to solo the game. Joining someone PI radio missions and being 5 levels down as they bomb 50+4 is not great on a 40 either.

I have heard it said it is roughly the same time to get 1-40 as it is 40-50. Now I do a lot of alting with various "plans" for leveling. My latest binge is a Seismic Earth Blaster. I chose not to farm myself at all. Planning to do every Task Force, Strike Force, and Trial in roughly level order. I did DFB 4 times for the buffs to low 20s. I did DiB once for damage buff to 30 and badges. I used the double exp booster. I did every TF except TV 1 Treespec 1 and Ice Mistral that cap out pre 40 or 40. That left me at level 43. Folks....there is shit to do 40-49. Not news I am sure. But someone planned poorly. Most (all?) of the 45-50 TF/SF/Trials are run at 50. Many times at speed for crap exp, if you can get on a team that really wants 50s. Never fear, Snarky always has suggestions! What content is dreaded and ran rarely. That's right. Shadow Shard TFs. I suggest giving a FAT experience reward above and beyond all current reards. (and I mean BIG) to encourage teams in the 40-49 levels to run these. No big rewrites, no huge programming. Problem. Solution. Duct tape.

The tragedy of MMORPGs No one wants to lead. Even when it is their idea.

The only controller I have is Dark Dark. I love many things about it. But I am so impatient with some teams I need a Blaster lol My Ice Ice Blaster feels like a Controller that found the cheat code to do damage

Yeah, the PB sleep may get cut too. Most of my Blaster secondaries are 4-5 picks. Then I go into leadership travel stealth. This guy I have decided to go "theme" and take fighting pool. Gets me to Ranged defense and some RP cred for being a little stone creature. I havent started the "final 50 build" still running through all the TF/SF/Trials. Experimenting. Beryl Crystals says in the description it has +To Hit. Evidently another lie from marketing, it has 33% accuracy and some resists to TO Hit debuffs. It says res Confuse to but I do not see it in the details. Keeper though. 1 power pick no slots added that gets to my goal.

Earth. That thing we stand on. And,… a. Ery idd Blaster secondary Nice sustain. I should look this up…the mud pots do something besides bubble right? Slows people? Hmmm. Sure. But a toggle sustain that just works. Yes please. Beryl crystals. Okay, I have dome three double takes on this. This is like finding a hundred pound gold bar and when you lift it up there is a sack of diamonds under it. I do not take melee on Blasters. So stone prison. I have seen worse. Might make a mule but just glancing at the good power choices. Might just get an accuracy. I tried Tremor on a low level build. Small AoE and crap results. Dropped no melee. The T9 looks nice. No melee Salt Crystals and Fracture. I. Am going to try for both those. Hopefully with good sets Seismic. Going for all. Seismic has a weird internal build up of Seismic pressure. Having quick attacks to pump it up rewards with a one two of Stalagmite and Tombstone. Flame Mastery for theme. Bonfire, Rise Pheonix. going to try to squeeze on a Jump travel and Fighting pool Armors. Should be a hoot

There is only one level. The one you currently are. Deep right? Deeeeeeep

I ran this Seismic Temporal Flame through every Task Force in order Then as I was poking around I looked at the beautiful sustain on Earth. Now redoing as Seismic Earth. The guy moved to Paragon for the cheap rent. Went to Pocket D and asked to be more powerful. Then he was turned into a 4 feet tall rock creature with Seismic Earth powers. Null says “No returns allowed, whatever that means.”

I know right?

Heh, my builds are odd but I do maximize for in game benefits. As mentioned my Dark Dark BRUTE stepped in to Tank Rom on a two star, and can (and has) Tanked Recluse on a Master Ms Liberty. (I build different, but effective) But while I am not pokey I am not a speed player. I cannot do sub ten minute ITFs. I cannot finish each Aeon mission in under 3-4 minutes. It takes me 30 seconds to refill my inspirations and with my slow travel powers (often mystic flight) another minute to get to the door.

According to my admittedly shoddy memory ITF was popular in both speed and kill most right from the beginning. If I were to make another comparison Aeon is closer to Barracuda SF. Overly complicated and not enjoyed except by a select group.

Well said. I tried to leave my personal politics out of my posts. Yet if you look with a discerning eye it would not be difficult to ascertain. Others....

I never run on Beta. Because if I started that is where I would always be, as I experiment. I would get NO rewards to accumulate on Beta. So, i experiment on Live. In the chaos of "reality"

What? What did you say? Madman!

This is my opinion. The Aeon Strike Force is beautiful. If graded as a school computing project or artwork it would get an A and probably extra credit. I cannot comment on the writing, per se. I still have not run it in a fashion where I can understand the full story. Again, this is beautiful. Why? The cutscenes are great. The mechanics are detailed and intricate. So many cool maps. New badges! New rewards! Geek out. So why do I say it is a tragic failure? Well, let us contrast with the ITF: 1) The ITF is popular among speed runners for reward and quick mad fun. I have participated in regular 10-15 min runs. I have known people who parsed it down to a few minutes. I do not remember the exact number. The record may have been broken. It is very short. 2) Kill most +4 ITF: This is a very popular run. I myself use it to open incarnate slots past Alpha. I also LOVE to test new 50 projects on it. This is the gold standard of mass destruction. Rewards of all types drop in this lovely grind. Everyone enjoys. 3) starred ITF: I have only joined a couple. I do it for the badges mostly. If I am going to do starred content ITF is by far my choice to run. I understand it, I know it, and I can handle it. Favorite memory: was on a 2 star on my Dark Dark Brute. We had a Tank. Things were going pretty good until we got to Rom. The Tank folded. A few times. I was asked to step up. I was able to (propped up by a Corr, thank you!) and we got it done. I did not understand what I was doing, because it was my first two star. But I just kited Rom as the team leader asked. Compare with Aeon 1 Speed) joined a speed yesterday on my Blaster. I did not die (has phase shift, vampire!) and I mostly know the maps. I was so little help I felt like a carry. I might as well have been trying to keep up with the Cosmic Counciul speedrunners. i exit mission, open AH to restock insp, travel with slow mystic flight to next door, get there team is at end room. I trudge there and maybe get one shot in. Other maps I was useless. 2) Starred. Just impossible for me. I am a carry. I will prob pay a good team for the badges on a toon if I ever want them. 3) Hey, the best rewards (Prismatic Aethers) are gated behind being able to run Aeon. Suck it Newbish player base!

I am starting (another) little Blaster project. I rarely use Energy secondary and the main reason why is the click sustain. But, it was time. I slammed a full set of Numina in the thing. It cycles about every 25 seconds. It is the only auto cast I have. The only other time I do it is when I run Doms, and Dom is auto once I perma it. Since Numina is a proc 120 does this work? does it proc everytime? when it does proc does it over write the last one and refresh the 120 timer?

I have followed politics for years. I do not like it brought up because 1) terms we agree to. 2) It fosters great disharmony. Is my view "off" Probably to about 40% or more of America. yes. I have (and I had no idea how hard this would be...) just started studying German. As part of that I am perusing the culture. Learning a few things. Do you know how much education Germans have on pre WW2 and WW2 history? A lot. By the time they get to high school they're like "here we go again" I knew that they banned certain symbols and pro Nazi things. I had no idea they educated every citizen on the evils of it for twelve years. Zwolf is twelve in Deutsch. Such a fun word. I do not want to educate (and bore) those in this community on any of the topics you brought up. IRL I (lazily) stand against all of them. The bottom line is Politics should not be brought up in game or on the forums due to the near immediate (and, in game, unresolvable) disagreements it brings up. I am sure this is why nearly every (every?) MMORPG has rules against topics such as there.

Isn't there a gas station / garage out there somewhere?

Thank you!