Another_Fan

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I know that this is a troll thread, but one thing that piqued my curiosity was when I came to the boilerplate "I don't actually mean any harm, even if I sound like it" disclaimer:

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This isn't a request to keep farming in the game or to nerf RP.

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How the heck does one nerf roleplaying even if one wanted to? It just doesn't make any sense conceptually. Has the meaning of the term changed completely with me being unaware of it?

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Well the game could charge character upkeep for a start. Which would be a nice nerf to RPERS that hang around emoting or that slow down the game with keybound speaches about their high principles or low ambitions.

Its really easy to come up with more, maybe I should put them in the Suggestions and Ideas thread.

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Before AE came out there were at least two warnings not to use it as farm grounds. They were ignored.
When AE came out the patch notes and tutorial said not to farm it. This was ignored.
The Devs went "If you can't be trusted not to throw the ball in the house you don't get any balls."

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to be fair most people didn't actually read any of that

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Yes but the information was there, it is their own fault if they couldn't be bothered to read it.

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Its too bad there isn't a Vogon head for your avatar.

What You couldn't get to alpha centauri to read the plans about blowing up your planet ? Well if you can't be bothered to get to the nearest star system its hardly anybody elses problem.

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I've said this so many times that I should just make a cut and paste for it: A rising tide lifts all boats.

Back in the day when Everquest ruled the waves, new games were coming online every year and the same people were always crying "This new game is where it's at. EQ is dead. Anybody who disagrees is just a blind fanboi."

Lo, all these years later, EQ is still around. Ultima Online is even still around.

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quoted for saying what I was thinking

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EQ is dead so is ultima online. They are still around but in the same way zombies and ghouls are.

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My thoughts on badges generally, are that there should be some easy to get, lots that take a little bit of thought/planning, and a few that are hard.


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Absolutely. The problem is it only looks like they are leaving in easy.

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Not to mention "erodes over time" was similar to the 60 day market policy the devs removed.

I hate rent because I have to travel to Port Oakes and AP/GC to pay. We should be able to pay it in any city zone.

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From the base.

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There are many sorts of people.

Some people say, "Hey, I got X. I'm happy."

Others say, "I have X and you don't. I'm happy."

I personally don't want the latter sort of person to be happy.

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Thats every bit as bad as the person who is happy because you can't have something he has.

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I agree here, and that's one of the reasons I don't like seeing new players powerlevel. If they are just trying to get to Max level as soon as possible and don't get into the arcs or stories then they will likely be dissapionted once they get to 50 or feel that they are done and move on to another game.


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The fix for that is more endgame content

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Competition is always a good thing.

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specially when the compitition fails miserably.

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Well with the way paragon studios seems to be going out of its way to provide CO every advantage imaginable including practically shoving customers their way, I wouldn't be surprised if its a raging success

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if they want to. It's a game. They should do what they want.

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LOL you have missed the point of this thread. Its one more way for the self righteous to tsk tsk people they don't care for. Reason and tolerance not welcome

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I think you'll find that there are actually very few people in this thread taking the position of abolitionist, saying it should never, ever happen. Most of us are saying it's probably not a good idea, but that ultimately there's nothing we can do about it. Moreover, that it's their game and their sub and they can do as they please.

But, quite frankly, we're allowed to think it's not a good idea. We're allowed to talk about it not being a good idea.

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LOL yes you are. Just as I am free to observe that day by day minute by minute that the game and the forums become ever more populated by people who would think it an honor and a privilege to have the developers show up at their homes and slaughter their families. Don't take that as directed at you but there are more than a few that fit that category

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But... but... but..." Argue all you want, it wouldn't matter if you had ten thousand people lined up behind you agreeing with you. The devs and other managers who run this game aren't stupid. They didn't just fall off the MMORPG truck yesterday.

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Mission architect disagrees with you. The games relatively poor results disagrees with you. The events of recent days disagree with you.

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if they want to. It's a game. They should do what they want.

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LOL you have missed the point of this thread. Its one more way for the self righteous to tsk tsk people they don't care for. Reason and tolerance not welcome

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In other words, we may be completely wasting our keystrokes in this thread.

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BINGO

The implications are unpleasant

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Apparently not the only thing you have no idea about.

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What a fantastic answer when it was you who made no sense!

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Lol do a search on my posts for the past 8 months. Have fun there are only a few thousand of them.

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no u

You claim you're psychic or something and not a troll. You prove it.

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I think you have demonstrated that you should be ignored and ridiculed.

"no u"

LOL

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Due to more frequent recharge and no end penalty I'm assuming? Any specifics on how that nuke contrasts with the other at's respective nukes?

Thanks Mr. Brannigan

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You are comparing apples and kumquats.

You cant directly compare dps between crashing and non crashing nukes because of the crash and needed recovery actions.

Blizzard with aim and build up does a ridiculous amount of damage over 15s. 1800 points over the 15s iirc

ROA with aim and build up does 800 points over 6 seconds.

whats important here is to consider what comes next. At 50 an even con minion has 430 hit points so both will kill them all.

LTs however have 855 and may have resistance to your damage type. Blizzard takes them out.

A boss is going to be at about 2500 so he will be annoyed by ROA but seriously hurt by blizzard.

Then there is the issue of secondary effects. ROA and FA have none, Blizzard had knockdown and slow, psychic wail has a stun etc

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So I was thinking now was a good time to sell some more level pacts. Anyone interested in a particular server/side?

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Heck I'll bid I have always believed the time to buy is when there is blood in the streets

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What? If you're exploiting the game, then yeah they're paying attention. If you're not talking about flagrantly breaking the rules then I have no idea what you're talking about

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Apparently not the only thing you have no idea about.

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pics or it didn't happen nostradumbass

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Lol do a search on my posts for the past 8 months. Have fun there are only a few thousand of them.

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Would it be very unbalanced to have an optional lower power nuke at level 32? A good example would be Inferno: lower the damage to around 240 at level 50, reduce the recharge to around 75 seconds, make the endurance cost about 30, give it a new name, and make it and inferno mutually exclusive at level 32. This is not a suggestion. I plan on posting a much larger post in the suggestions forum next week so I thought it might be a good idea to get some insight from veteran blasters.

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You already have Full auto and rain of arrows. They meet your criteria of being lower damage faster recharge and not being able to be taken with the other nukes.

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I was commenting on demonstrated attitude, not the reality of the situation.

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Everytime the devs "nerf X", it's an admission that "X" was at least partly a mistake. Now you may disagree with the devs about "X" being at least partly a mistake, but that does negate their admission.

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That isn't really being forced to admit anything though ?

The great example here is the empathy badge.

Where everyone knew it was a mistake and had a period of years when it could of been fixed. Instead of being fixed in a timely manner, it got fixed when the mood struck.

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My point is not that any of what you describe doesn't occur, but rather that my experience suggests it doesn't occur in as large a quantities as you're implying. Even in the case of PvP missions which awarded even *higher* rewards than radio missions ever did, there was never a mass-exodus towards them, and the risk of forced PvP when running them was extremely low to zeo.


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There seems to be some sort of threshold that has to be overcome. The difference between radios and arcs could just be at a level that isn't noticeable or isn't considered significant.

While I have no idea how this factors into the reward calculation you are speaking of, ARCs offer other rewards besides inf and drops. There are temp powers to be had and badges to gain.

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I'm just... sick of all the drama surrounding MA.

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Then ignore or make fun of the people causing it. Problem solved.

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lol Its pretty hard to ignore the devs

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lol you've proven yourself to be a troll 1000 times over on this subject.

It actually is really easy to ignore them if you think they're part of the problem. Why, I play for months at a time without ever accessing these boards or reading a single word they've said. In fact, I know people who have played for years that don't even know who Positron (the dev) is.

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I am sorry that's like ignoring an earthquake. It really doesn't matter if you are paying attention to it, all that matters is that it's paying attention to you.

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lol you've proven yourself to be a troll 1000 times over on this subject.

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Yanno every time I have been called that on a topic on these boards, I have made predictions that have proven correct over time. I think when people use the word they mean someone who says something they don't want to hear.

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Yet your money gives you absolutely no control over the content. You choose what you like from what's offered. If you don't like it, you can voice your discontent (but complaining about something that isn't even present in the magazine won't get you very far), or you can stop buying it.

Of course, after that, it begins to break down, but it's still not a bad comparison.

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Actually that is pretty good. The first thing I thought of was the New York Times on that one. The comparison is apt. The times has long slanted its reporting and has been losing readership as a result. (Its gotten so bad they are editorializing for a bailout of newspapers). COH has alienated segments of its audience and has put in place policies that tick off broader portions.

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Then again one of the perks of being a game developer seems to be never being wrong no matter how wrong you are.

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This is demonstrably false. MMOs do go out of business if their design or management are bad enough. See: Earth & Beyond, Auto Assault, Tabula Rasa. The market's tolerance for error is simply not as low as you apparently wish.

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I was commenting on demonstrated attitude, not the reality of the situation.

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I'm just... sick of all the drama surrounding MA.

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Then ignore or make fun of the people causing it. Problem solved.

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lol Its pretty hard to ignore the devs

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The GMs are too busy to ban farm arcs or copyright violations that are reported (I know since I've been reporting them).

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Why would you want to be an ill wind ? The developers have taken a position that is so far out of line with reality that the only thing that will get them to open their eyes is a good hard hit between them. Then again one of the perks of being a game developer seems to be never being wrong no matter how wrong you are. Merits or empath badge anyone ?

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but I'd like it a lot better if they lowered the monthly fees

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You got a monthly fee ? My plan has just one big one when I am done playing.