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LadyZ · Thingummyjig Fairy

This is cut and paste from TTC, sorry to be so lazy! Wink

I run two toons often in regular battles with no problem (a little slow sometimes in the mint, and I run into walls a lot ) I know some people can and do take two into a boss battle, and I don't have a problem with that if you are with friends who agree.

I do have a big problem with it in CCG runs (and randoms). The way I see it, while the extra toon does help in the cog round, they do not contribute during the boss round. Most of the time this is not a problem - the last few CFO's I have done have been so ridiculously easy they were boring! You never know, though. I went sad in a run last night where we were overcome by goons. It was a hairy run by all accounts. We did have 8 toons present in that case, but consider if we did not.

I can see two possible scenarios here, there may be more I haven't thought of:

** one toon is left standing off in the corner. His owner doesn't care if that toon goes sad so he puts his all into whatever the other toon is up to. The team is short a player, though, which seems unfair since they loaded a full elevator and may not have wanted to had they known.

** The toons' owner splits his attention between the two toons. I think the drawback to this is obvious. The team is still one player short and maybe worse since the operator is not concentrating on any one thing.

** I do have friends who run both in the cog round, then their spouse or child helps in the boss round. I have no problem with this at all, it's not the same thing.

In my run last night, I was not upset to go sad. I believe goon swarms are a fluke, luck of the draw for the most part, and add extra challenge which I was enjoying at the time. It WOULD have upset me to see a toon just standing there, though, Who knows what difference could have been made if that extra toon had been participating.

I think it is unfair to the team, at least in a CCG run, along the same lines as using glitches. If it's the last load and you need an extra for the cog round, I say go for it, why not? I am personally a huge fan of light loads, and prefer to go with fewer players -- that is not the issue.

In the early loads when there are plenty of toons looking for full elevators, I think it is selfish to do it.
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