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Just to complicate things further: I love my Shield/War Mace Tanker. He's a ton of fun. So I suggest Mace.



The real lesson from this thread: take whichever one you prefer. They're both good sets.

I could agree to that.


However, just FYI: QoL stands for Quality of Life. 'QoL life,' therefore, is a bit redundant.


But I like the suggestion.

Send a petition in-game. You'll need a GM's help with this. They will reset you, and allow you to pay rent.

Welcome to the game!

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For those who laugh at the Roman analogy I think it is quite appropriate considering recent releases.

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Really? Because I don't think anyone's life is at state due to recent changes. Nor do I think that the game is under any pressure from the Visigoths.

Your analogy was massive hyperbole, and therefore took more away from your argument than strengthened it.

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First and perhaps most important is a revealed and truthful vision for the game going forward. With player numbers somewhere in the 100K-200k(estimated) the game has stable income to keep it going for at least a couple more years without major fauxpauxs curtailing true gaming(as I believe AE does in it's current configuration). I believe a real vision and plan aught to be laid out before the whole CoX community. With 6 years under it's belt, CoX isn't about having to establish itself, it's about continuing to build upon past successes.

Therefore I believe that the lead developers should give us a true vision of where they are leading the game. Ideas on future content and meaning to the game, not just information on the next issue, but REAL VISION. That has really been lost I believe and now what we get from the Developers is snippets here and there but not with a broad vision for the future.

If CoX's current Ceaser got up and said "In the next 3 years we plan to increase the content by 50% and create 4 new ATs and expand to a real PvP servers." and then on a regular basis give the CoX community an update on the progress toward those long term goals, that would be meat we players could sink our teeth into. That is feeling we early CoH players had, that the future was bright and promising, we really had something to look forward to!

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Problem with this: Anything they say they are 'working on' that doesn't pan out, or they can't make work the way they want, becomes something that players will say the Devs "promised us!" The Devs have learned to not announce anything until it's ready. Want to blame somebody for that, blame the players.

The Devs give us a yearly address about what they're doing already. And when something in that doesn't work out, we get complaints that we were promised a feature, and weren't given it. It's nobody's fault but out own that the Devs aren't interested in sharing what they're working on further in advance than they do.

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As we know the AE implementation is extremely flawed because it totally negates the rest of the game content. So what to do?

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Faulty premise: AE implementation doesn't negate the rest of the game's content. I'd challenge you to backup this assertion.

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First and foremost institute a usage limit of AE facilities including the following:

a)Minimum level 20 usage, so it isn't a direct "Farm/PL" methodology, instead players will have to use other means to reach 20 then they may gain access to AE.

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Again, this gets rid of the intended purpose of the AE to be an alternative leveling path from level 1-50 in the game.

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b)Put a counter limit on all AE missions. No AE mission can be run by more than 7 groups in a 24hr period. This would reduce running content for "farming/PL"

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No, it really wouldn't. It would just mean more arcs with the same things in them clogging up the system. Or, it would just mean that people would take down and republish their arcs to reset the counter, since republishing gives it a new arc number.

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c)We already have precedent in the reward limitations for TFs, a similar idea could be used for AE. The same AE rerun in a 24hr time period would gain no tickets. If this is implimented then the rewards could be recalculated upwards.

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Same as above. The TF content remains the same. AE content can be taken down and republished using a new ID number. This suggestion would do little to hurt the farmers, and likely hurt casual players.

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d) Cap the total number of AE missions/arc an account can run in 24hr period. This would dampen the spirits of the AE only crowd who don't explore the rest of the CoX landscape. The idea is to promote CoX gaming not farm/PL playing.

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If I take a day off of work, and want to just run good, intelligent AE missions all day, why should I be limited? At the same time, I could make larger farm missions, to limit the number of missions I need to do to gain levels.

Wouldn't do anything to farmers, would hurt casual players.

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e) Revamp the AE ticket reward structure to provide more specific AE rewards rather than entire gamechanging rewards. With PvP IOs now available, why not AE IOs? AE is supposed to be a total fabrication so allow players to have extra special AE powers, Super Taunt, Super Damage, Super Health, etc.

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No, just no.

Not without allowing players to get regular rewards in addition to tickets in the AE missions. Instead of getting enhancements, recipes, and salvage in these missions, you get tickets instead. If tickets would only allow the purchase of things that benefit you in the AE system, you'd really kill any casual players or farmers from wanting to use it. Instead of modifying the AE system, you've just destroyed it.

Sorry, forgot a word. Double-stack CM won't help you. Multi-stacked CM will.

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let me repeat - mag 100 stun...that is 1 with two 0's after it.

I dont know how many break frees you'd need to handle that, but doing it more than once seems unlikely.

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Yeah, even stacked CMs won't touch that.

I'd say Defense is the way to go. Maybe AoE and Smashing?

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[/ QUOTE ]Which is why the I14 update was delayed, while Steiner learned it

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So the I14 update actually was put out for everyone with mids? do I need to change the path to updating server now to be able to get the updates? Or has it indeed not been released?

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It has not been released yet. We're expecting to see all the changes (up to and including I15 changes) soon.

I hate to say this, but please read the thread or post fully before responding. This had already been answered in the thread.

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This doesn't mean THE MAN THAT MADE IT SHOULD NOT GET CREDIT. NCsoft made a profit off of his work and he should be rewarded. simple as that.

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Trust me, he has gotten credit for it. That doesn't mean he should be offered a job. You can thank him any time, as many of us have.

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It's up. Stop whining.

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Mitts cup. Crop signing.

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doesnt know the complexity of the program

[/ QUOTE ]Which is why the I14 update was delayed, while Steiner learned it

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So the I14 update actually was put out for everyone with mids? do I need to change the path to updating server now to be able to get the updates? Or has it indeed not been released?

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It has not been released yet. We're expecting to see all the changes (up to and including I15 changes) soon.

I hate to say this, but please read the thread or post fully before responding. This had already been answered in the thread.

What?

Steiner is learning the entire program. He has very much learned about the complexity of the program, and is adding to it, because the PvP IOs needed new code to work properly in the program.


Mid's left for reasons other than monetary, if I remember correctly. People do get burned out on games. And who's to say that he'd even want a job at NCSoft?

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I was thinking when a hero or villain draws out his/her sword or gun where does it come from??? I was wondering why dont they have a holster or something to put there weapons into and so its visible. there can be different holster costume parts and ect. if you don't like the holster idea please think about making weapons visible on either the characters back or waist (should have choice based on player).

Think about this!!

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Hammer space.

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Wow, that link kinda sucks. The term Hammerspace was around long before anime-girls were wielding hammers.

Steiner has taken over the Mid's program.

Easier said than done.

Our characters have no real back connection point, which is where a back sheath would go.

To see what I mean by this, if you have the jump jets power (not the jet pack or zero-g pack, but the jump jets that came with the Good vs. Evil box, you can try this out for yourself.

Make a character that is as small as you can make it. Move all of the sliders down to their minimums. Now, go into the game, and activate the jump jets. Where does it attach to your character? Answer: it doesn't. It hovers in mid-air behind them.

Now, do the exact opposite. Make a character with all of the sliders turned up to maximum. Enter the game, and turn on the jump jets. Where do they show up? It's about halfway into your character's back.


The same thin would happen with back sheaths, unless more work was done on the character models. Can it be done? Sure. Is it harder than making a new set of gloves or a new weapon model? Yes.

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Alot seem to think it's issue 15, so lets go with that.

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I heard i16 is going live. Is this true?

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I heard that I16 is going to jive. Is this blue?

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I heard that Nine-sixteen is gonna dive. Is this a grue?

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I heard that pine sex tree is gonna dine. Is this a coup?

I wouldn't mind it, but neither do I feel it is a must.

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Alot seem to think it's issue 15, so lets go with that.

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(telephone game)

I heard i16 is going live. Is this true?

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I heard that I16 is going to jive. Is this blue?

It would just make farming those tasks more profitable, and create an environment where people just did that. The recipes are supposed to be ultra rare, and they are. People only need to run through any normal content at level 47+ to possibly get them. What players are willing to pay for them is rather inconsequential, as it can change over time.

Please don't delete your questions. It leaves the thread here anyways, and somebody might come to the forums and have the same question that you did. Deleting the text in your question might make it harder for them to know if the question was the same or not.

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Unless you have s specific recommendation for what the Devs should do to the AE system to make the players leave the AE and play the other content, I really don't know what this thread is doing here.

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No rewards for AE missions outside of "cool look what I made fun-ness". Problem solved, no more PL-ing or farming to be found there, it becomes what they intended, and we can return to our happy normal lives of dealing with nausiating faming spams in PI and the joy of watching lowbies get sniped as they try and make their way to Portal Corp to beg to be PL'd.

-Berliner

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And it would completely go against the stated mission of the system: to be an alternate leveling path for characters from level 1 to 50.

Did somebody mention CARP MELEE??!?!?!?!!?


Oh, no. I guess nobody did. My bad!

I kinda had high hopes for this thread. It was written clearly, explained where the OP was coming from, and had paragraph breaks. However, it then took a turn into another "AE is ruining the game" thread.

Listen, I'm not a huge fan of the AE in regards to PLing, especially on it's effects on newer players. However, you have offered no solutions to the problem, you just complain about the problem. You pose no questions to the players, except for rhetorical ones.

The AE expansion allowed for players to create truly dynamic content at a pace much faster than that which the Devs have been able to put out content. Before the AE, I say a lot of requests for more content, especially at the higher levels. The AE allowed for that, and gave us the ability to create truly challenging missions for ourselves. It allowed the players to create the stories that might have been running through their heads for a long time.

It also allowed farmers and PLers a nice haven, perfectly tailored for what they wanted. It happened. The Devs have taken steps to try to curtail the most extreme cases, without trying to hurt the casual player using it for the stories.

Unless you have s specific recommendation for what the Devs should do to the AE system to make the players leave the AE and play the other content, I really don't know what this thread is doing here.

No, it probably wasn't. But it also wasn't necessary to create a post simply to mock him, either.

In frustration, I'm sure you'd type just as badly. If he continues to post like that, then he probably should learn how to communicate in a text-based medium. But one post (and his first post on these foums) shouldn't get that kind of mocking.

Okay, just calm down, and we can help you get this figured out.

You bought a U.S. serial code, right? Or did you specifically buy an E.U. one? The only way to get onto the E.U. servers is to have specifically bought an E.U. serial code. Otherwise, you bought a U.S. one.

Or did you buy a game card, but not an actual box code? You cannot use just a game card to upgrade from a trial to a full account. You need to buy the account first.

A Corr/Brute duo is probably one of the better combos, or a MM/Brute combo could also work.


I'd say, if you're looking for a good, but fun, duo, then maybe an Fire/Kin Corruptor and a SS/Stone Brute?