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<blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 5342634" data-attributes="member: 57112">In addition to LostSoul's excellent points and would like to add two of my own:Anyone who thinks that Instant Friends is game-breaking is ascribing FAR too much power to it. I keep spelling this out and it keeps getting completely ignored, probably because I write too god damned much. Will work on this in the future.And just to nip this in the bud in case anyone tries this argument at a later date, but the &quot;what does a level 26 Instant Friends look like&quot; could only be more literally a strawman argument if the correct answer was &quot;well, it looks like a scarecrow.&quot; Let's blow this up in two easy steps.1: We aren't talking about a level 26 Instant Friends, we're talking about a level 2 Instant Friends, which is useful though fairly benign, like any good level 2 utility.2: Stretching many low-level powers towards high levels makes them seem ludicrous by comparison, especially if we're talking about utility powers, because level 26 contains the suitably ludicrous epic destiny utilities, but it works either way. What do we call a level 26 Shield? Nobody Hits Me Ever? How about a level 29 Lead The Attack? Your Solo Is Now Dead?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gradine, post: 5342634, member: 57112"] In addition to LostSoul's excellent points and would like to add two of my own: Anyone who thinks that Instant Friends is game-breaking is ascribing FAR too much power to it. I keep spelling this out and it keeps getting completely ignored, probably because I write too god damned much. Will work on this in the future. And just to nip this in the bud in case anyone tries this argument at a later date, but the "what does a level 26 Instant Friends look like" could only be more literally a strawman argument if the correct answer was "well, it looks like a scarecrow." Let's blow this up in two easy steps. 1: We aren't talking about a level 26 Instant Friends, we're talking about a level 2 Instant Friends, which is useful though fairly benign, like any good level 2 utility. 2: Stretching [I]many [/I]low-level powers towards high levels makes them seem ludicrous by comparison, especially if we're talking about utility powers, because level 26 contains the suitably ludicrous epic destiny utilities, but it works either way. What do we call a level 26 Shield? Nobody Hits Me Ever? How about a level 29 Lead The Attack? Your Solo Is Now Dead? [/QUOTE]

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