Regular DXP Weekends

[arcane]

18 hours ago, Ukase said:

The cons however are sometimes really negative. Like - I'm sorry, bringing a level 1 to an MSR? Sure, I saw you whipping your nem staff around. At least you weren't afk. But some folks want as many vg merits as they can get, and players like this are not good for that effort. Same with Rikti and Nemesis invasion league. But it's still a negative when you have over half the league bringing a character that is low in level, and in many cases, not even slotted. Like, not at all. And they die routinely, essentially contributing nothing but vengeance bait. It is fair to say that some folks do this even with standard XP. (which is still quite good compared to retail) 

I have been trying to be accepting of the noobs, but last night I ran the slowest KM ITF in living memory because my Dom and my friend’s Controller were the only 50+1’s on the whole team. My friend has informed me that I am to say “50’s only” in LFG next time. I guess you could call that a consequence.

[Ghost]

1 hour ago, arcane said:

I have been trying to be accepting of the noobs, but last night I ran the slowest KM ITF in living memory because my Dom and my friend’s Controller were the only 50+1’s on the whole team. My friend has informed me that I am to say “50’s only” in LFG next time. I guess you could call that a consequence.

Dammit.

 

What can I do to get on Arcanes KM ITF with my brand new power set that I have no idea how to play…..

 

oh yeah….Sitter looking for farm, please and thank you!

 

 

[srmalloy]

2 hours ago, Ghost said:

with my brand new power set that I have no idea how to play…..

This has been a 'risk' since about the second day after AE was introduced to the game, with fresh level 50s stepping back into Paragon City after having entered the AE building at level 1, and having no idea how to slot, much less play, their powersets, and the calls of "How do you get to [zone]?" The people who came to CoH from other MMOs, and 'knew' that they should rush their way to level cap as fast as possible so they could join the end game where all the content was, without understanding that in CoH the leveling experience was the content, and they'd just skipped past it all. 

[Greycat]

22 hours ago, Ukase said:

The folks that like to create new alts eat this 2xp up. They love it. 
 

 

Not all of us. 

[Skyhawke]

4 hours ago, arcane said:

I have been trying to be accepting of the noobs, but last night I ran the slowest KM ITF in living memory because my Dom and my friend’s Controller were the only 50+1’s on the whole team. My friend has informed me that I am to say “50’s only” in LFG next time. I guess you could call that a consequence.

 

That also goes for the MSRs. If someone puts out a "all levels welcome" MSR in the LFG chat, then someone like @Ukase knows to steer clear. On the flip side, if you join an "all levels welcome" or "35+ welcome" team it's on you if you get miffed at how things are going. Upfront communication is key as well as understanding what said communication entails. 

[Ukase]

5 hours ago, Skyhawke said:

 

That also goes for the MSRs. If someone puts out a "all levels welcome" MSR in the LFG chat, then someone like @Ukase knows to steer clear. On the flip side, if you join an "all levels welcome" or "35+ welcome" team it's on you if you get miffed at how things are going. Upfront communication is key as well as understanding what said communication entails. 

I feel I should add this tidbit. I tend to join the MSR at 2pm Central; it's run well. Typically Goddess Laucianna, but lately Queen Maya. The amount of merits I get on their msrs is consistently more than I have gotten on anyone else's MSR. And those other folks are also doing instanced. And GL and Queen open it to any level. And I seriously did have a level 1 on my team, and made a note: "This player feels no shame in bringing a lowbie to an event that is best for characters 35 and over." But ultimately, it's not my MSR, and I keep my trap shut about it. (except here, obviously) It's just that during that weekend, led by someone else, there were about half the team under level 20 instead of 1-2. I still had my own fun, I just didn't get the 1200 vg merits I typically get on their MSRs. Closer to 850. Now, that may have nothing to do with lowbies, and all that. It could have more to do with the number of tanks and such pulling the rikti into the bowl. They're just easier to blame. A bit of perception bias, I guess. 

[srmalloy]

21 minutes ago, Ukase said:

It's just that during that weekend, led by someone else, there were about half the team under level 20 instead of 1-2.

I don't know how other people do it, but I won't join an MSR until I'm at least 22; earlier than that I don't feel as if I have enough in the character to carry themselves, and at 22 I can slot level-25 IOs so I won't have to wonder mid-raid why I'm missing all the time and doing crap damage because all my SOs turned red on me.

[Ukase]

8 hours ago, srmalloy said:

I don't know how other people do it, but I won't join an MSR until I'm at least 22; earlier than that I don't feel as if I have enough in the character to carry themselves, and at 22 I can slot level-25 IOs so I won't have to wonder mid-raid why I'm missing all the time and doing crap damage because all my SOs turned red on me.

As much as I love the auto-upgrade feature, it is a sad fact that when a newer player uses it, all of their SOs go bad at the same time, and sometimes...they often lack the funds to upgrade all of them. And they are probably oblivious to this because of the chaos in the "bowl" of the MSR. 

[Shin Magmus]

  No nice things, ever.  In fact, I'm taking the double xp back that you guys just got.  I have altered the deal; pray I do not alter it further.