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Quote:Pretty sure thats the Victorian 01 female corset with the chest set all the way up to the 'Woh-oh 11!' setting, and with a top down view.Originally Posted by Heavensrun
I believe it is, and judging by the costume items available on test, I'm afraid to say that I'm pretty sure that it's the result of a mod on the part of the person who posted the shot, and doesn't reflect what's actually in the pack. Love to be corrected if I'm wrong. -
Where the semi-luchador mask?
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Quote:Do they hell....*sigh* Still think that lock is pointless. VEATs have guns. ANY guncan do what they do.Originally Posted by FredrikSvanberg
I haven't been on test so I figured I would just ask here, for the benefit of someone who can't access the forums right now:
Do VEATs get to use any of the new weapons?
I want to use a rifle with a freaking bayonet please!
It'd also let me re-roll my AR/Pain Corr as a SoA and be far more effective. -
Right, here we go. My soon-to-be-rolled-on-live toon;
Steamknight
And a new dress setup for one of my alts, Kayla Drake;
I'm loving this pack
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Quote:Excuse me? Have you tried taking a Bots/Traps IO'd to the gills through Lambda recently?Originally Posted by BrandX
Don't grind. Nothing in game has you needing those Tier 4s right away except for you wanting all the shinies now.
I habitualy get utterly gutted, shot down, gunned up, stomped, mauled, maimed, burned, lasered and missiles into itty-tiny bits because, hey, Defences don't count versus Praetorians! Especially not Praetorians that have a higher base accuracy than anything else in the game, spam AoEs like they are going out of fashion, and do enough damage to one shot my poor MM with ALL his pets up, IN Bodyguard mode.
'Need'? If I want to play this 'super shiny awesome content' without getting immensely frustrated, then yes, I need at the lest the T3 stuff. And how do I get that? Oh, yes, thats right; grind the two trials for it.
There is no way out of this. Its circular, self eating logic and it fails so hard it makes my brain ache. To make the trials suck less, you need the loot. Whats the only REALISTIC way to get the loot? Do the trials! -
So far, the only nukes that I've found actually worth it are on my Warshade, provided I have full Eclipse and Mire saturation, and that takes some leveraging to get....and Inferno with BU and Aim. And then everything that isn't +3/+4 burns.
I used it recently in RWZ teaming to a stunned silence, followed only by 'Holy HELL Al!'
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What Sam said. A second version of the pack, or a drop-down option that allowed 'Original' or 'Tintable' would be ideal. Maybe even the options Zombie suggested.
Mens Hats
I would say colour lock the goggles on the Victorian Hat and allow players to colour the hair, and similar on the Classic Hat. Being unable to colour hair is a very limiting option. -
Quote:Originally Posted by BrandX
And thusly why you just runt he trials and get the components that way, instead of using the influence sink.
And the drop rates are the same for everyone according to everything I've read here on the boards. Don't sit around int he trials, and you get a chance at R/VR Components.
Random Number Generator is likely what you hate if you're not getting what you want.Not quite true, V, but I did get the ten threads when I'd been trying as damn hard as I DO every trial (thank YOU cheating Praetorians and your hax accuracy...)Quote:Originally Posted by Vanden
If you read Techbot's other posts you'll see that he has the amazing ability to be best friends with the 10 thread consolation prize.
This is the thing. I am always lobbing myself into fights in the trials, using every damn power I can get away with.
And I have NEVER got a drop above uncommon. And the uncommons are literally just that. While other people gaff on about having to craft every single common (boo freaking hoo) the only reason I have two T3's is because of a MoBAF badge and 8 hoarded Emp Merits.
I'm sick to death of the bloody ITrials. I would be happy to kick Marauders ugly face in and throw him through a portal to god cares where and never see him again. Ditto Siege and Nightstar. At least with the Alpha slot I could choose a whole plethora of things to do and skip those I didn't facy?
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What Bill said.
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Ultimately, this pack really highlights some much needed upgrades to the CC, such as a third colour option and more parsity between pieces. And a 'textured' and 'non-textured' version so that people can avoid the browns etc of various pieces.
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Quote:Yup. And the general consensus is that 'It wouldn't be, because it shouldn't be.'Originally Posted by Tormentoso
Um... wasn't the point of this thread NOT to debate the topic of F2P, but play around on how it could be done?
None of this will ever convert people to seeing some mystical golden glory of going F2P. Because such a thing doesn't even exist. -
Except for the fact the new faces seem to use reflections. I'm assuming it's a bug, because it makes the new faces kinda moot in that they look way more artificial than the old ones. Hoping that gets fixed and isnt fudged as 'WAI' when any animation student who knows what reflections vs normals looks like can tell something is up.
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Will post the screenies I took tonight tommorow. Too late right now and I do need sleep.
However, I AM making room for another AR toon on list. God DAMN I love me some steam-wings!
And backpacks ald,agmsngetgwmhgsdv dgdhaaaarrgghh- *breaks* -
With the male hats, I would seriously consider asking the art team to colour lock, say, the goggles and the other one on the bowler-style hat, and let us colour the hair instead. Colour locked hair is a BAD idea. Seriously
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Quote:Oh good, I wasn't the first to spot thatOriginally Posted by Zwillinger
Added the following:
Known Issues
The muzzle flash does not line up properly on the Remarkable Reliable Rifle.
Also, Zwill, the new faces look waxy, shiny and very very disturbing.
Wanna know why?
I think they are using reflections. I was twisting and turning them in the CC, and there was some sort of ripple effect that looked very like the reflection you get in metal. Might want to let the art team know before this goes life. It's very uncanny valley right now
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Quote:I.....it....well, wow. Something was actually done about that. I'm...impressed.Originally Posted by Freitag
Incarnate Components
- Added direct conversion recipes for the following:
- Notice of the Well converts into 40 Incarnate Threads
- Favor of the Well converts into 100 Incarnate Threads
City of Heroes- The Woodsman Task Force (aka the Eden Trial) "Prisoners of Eden" will now properly start if the leader of the team is above level 41.
- Members of the TF team above level 41 will be auto-exemplared to 41 for the duration as per standard Task Force mechanics.
Now if only you'd remove the arbitrary and terrible influence costs from the shard upgrades and thread->Rare/V.Rare conversions and, well, it'd be golden. - Added direct conversion recipes for the following:
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Ok, thanks to Necotron for helping me get access to US test, its downloading now.
However, still an issue;
Why are the EU servers not on the Live-Training Room transfer list?
Seriously, people, we still exist! This is getting really damn rediculous right about now when the communities are supposed to be 'coming together' and stuff keeps getting screwed up! Eesh. -
Influence sinks should not be put on stuff like this. I, for one, don't have the influence to sink in the first place. 400million, for me, is all bar about 8mil on my main. I do have more kicking about, but it's also split over all my remaining toons.
Given the drop rates of Rares and Very Rares, especially on an MM, I would like to have a valid second option other than Emp Merits, which takes a LONG time to get a V.rare on, since I simply don't have the time to grind.
But no, apparently I'm meant to have millions to blow.
BS, I say. Inf sinks should be on optional things, not arbitrary gates to end game content when no other stage has such a gate, nor should it. -
Quote:Ditto Kall, but Diggis on the current last page of the Test Server thread mentioned a way that we can use the US one, which we should be able to access now. Thats the one we need, which I'll test when I get homeOriginally Posted by Kallandra
Hmm.. I just logged in to the EU Test and it doesn't seem to be available to me There's only one other server in that list I can log in to, and that also doesn't seem to have the pack on it.
Maybe I'm just doing something wrong
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Still not got a chance to test yet, but what Sam mentions does sound like a bad idea. having an 'Original' option for a peice with the current settings, and a 'Altered' option where you can colour the metal sounds like a better idea. And would also work on MANY other pieces than the pack parts.
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Quote:What have Cryptic got to do with anything? Paragon is run by NCSoft since years agoOriginally Posted by erall
It really is starting to feel like Cryptic want it both ways- a pay-to-play model PLUS an F2P megashop for anything but the bare bones. For those who don't mind that, cool, enjoy it in good health; for a long time I felt the same, and was guilty of feeding the milking machine. Now, it's starting to grate.
Have we gotten new stuff for free, in terms of systems and powers? Yes. But I fear for the future of the game with all the endless MTs.
That said, yeah, I would like to see old sets (and NPCs) get the love they really badly need six years on. I would also like to see more added outside of Packs.
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Or just let us convert shards to threads for 1:1. Given how rarely shards drop in comparison to threads, I hardly see how this could be considered broken...
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If it works, I'll be posting in Bass' thread in the screenies section
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Will test this when I get home. Thanks man