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Quote:Hogwash. If the old junky monstrous heads can get the comparitive size mostly right (and not suffer from 'sinking into the neck' like the wolf head does), then why couldn't they get it right on these? Did someone lose their scaling reference or something?Originally Posted by Test_Rat
I could do a point for point response, but it's not worth to do so.
Basically all your complaints are the result of:
Engine limitations,
Time limitations
Cost/Benefit limitations.
Sorry dude there is just not enough time in the world to have made a pack that would clear that list of yours. -
Quote:...Originally Posted by Dr_Mechano
Also Techbot sadly none of the Judgement power slots look like Orbital rail cannon strike.
Though I can quite easily imagine Alpha upgrading into having Star Wars Emperor style Finger lightning ala the Ion slot...or an inbuilt flamethrower ala the Pyronic slot.
Fffffffffffffuuu-
KHHAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNN!!!!!
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My main gripes are the aforementioned problems with the heads and the fact the new feet are too spindly unless using a bulked up huge model. Which then makes the rest of the body look rediculous. Sadly.
It's good, don't get me wrong. I'd just like a few tweaks is all =/ -
Quote:True. Before then, you had to wait until 35 and do the Cimerora arc.Originally Posted by Blue_Mourning
But for a long long long long time that was the only way you could get SO's at that level. Actually, scratch that, because I signed up in I9 and didn't have someone who could get into the RWZ until 3 or 4 weeks after issue 10 hit, so I might be totally wrong on that. But I'm guessing that there wasn't a vendor that wasn't mission locked. I could be totally wrong.
But the fact that the vendors exist there and the Red side ones are totally non-locked speaks volumes.
And, more importantly, I'm reffering more to the way things are now. With those options there, do people ever use the old 'needs unlocking' stores? I'd be interested to know. -
Quote:I was going to snip this down, but it's actually worth quoting it all, really.Originally Posted by Blue_Mourning
Not everyone can agree on what good writing is. For instance, I've seen you many times say that the writing has really taken a hit in this game, yet the new Posi makes a whole lot more sense than the old posi, the FSBA arc is pretty cool, Ray Cooling's arc is a great vehicle to have form equal function, I enjoyed Apex and Tin Mage and thought that the quality of the writing on these far far surpasses a lot of the writing when you look at the older content - especially the content of the original Task Forces. They do a much better job explaining what is going on to the whole team instead of just the team leader. Yet this is the self same content that you seem to hate. Seriously, you can tell me with a straight face that the original Posi was better written than the current one? We just had Sister P as the WST which was juxtaposed to the LGTF. Which of those was better written? And better than that - the Apex and the Tin Mage are far more transparent in terms of story telling than even the LGTF is, mostly because some of the new Tech they're using.
I don't like all of it - the origin of power stuff isn't nonsense and tying it into the well is necessarily vague - but here's the thing: all that stuff is necessarily vague because they're trying not to impinge too much on a person's character concept - something that you're saying they're doing anyway! There are a lot of things you give up to play a cooperative game in terms of personal storytelling.
The new content does a lot of stuff very well, not the least of which is a greater attention to concise and targeted storytelling instead of simply throwing a lot of filler at us. The old stuff felt more like filler. The newer stuff - starting with the arcs we find redside - feel far less like filler and far more like we're accomplishing something each mission.
I don't agree with making the Lore pets Praetorian, but only because I think that needlessly limits our own effect on our incarnate power. It's not "inherently bad writing" because you don't like it. We even disagree on whether or not Marcus Cole is a Mary Sue. I don't think he's a particularly interesting villain but that has more to do with the fact that they've taken away some of the moral gray areas at the high levels. But if we can't even agree on why we don't like someone as a villain, how can the devs ever hope to satisfy everyone with anything other than vague amorphous storytelling, which won't please anyone.
Sure, some might not like some of the new story stuff (And yes, the VEAT arcs and the Well Marketting Tie-in both suck) But you cannot argue that it's better delivered than the old junk. Most of which didn't actually have a story, more like strung together one off missions that had little to no point.
I still dislike the direction that their veering in, though. Praetoria from 1-20 is so much fun it's unbelievable and, a few dodgy mechanics aside (ambushes...) it's far and away the best content in the game to date. But the high level stuff does remove all that lovely grey morality and 'lesser of two evils' stuff, replacing it with dirt dull boring moustache twirling.
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Quote:Yeah, and how many players these days do you honestly think still play those horrible fillers? I'd love to see the datamining for that, because I'd happily wager a few bob at very, very few people every playing them anymore. Why? Because Only blueside has gated Stores like that. And why on earth would you do a horrible meta-game mission that is too close to 'Go fetch me ten manky wolf pelts' when you can go to RWZ or Cimerora instead?Originally Posted by Blue_Mourning
- and by the way - they do make you go through an arc to buy SO enhacements over lvl 30 blueside (save for in the RWZ, and Cim).
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Alpha's 'Incarnatehood' is very, very simple.
Alpha slot - Upgraded weapons systems for the team and overall tweaks
Interface, Destiny - More new sytems (Dispari's list seems to have vanished)
Judgement - Reason, the Dark-Side of the Moon Railcannon platform. Hopefully I can have a targetted AoE that will manage to pass off... -
I shall make this as clear as I can...
*Ahem*
/FREAKING SIGNED!!
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Quote:Better tell the PPD Hardsuit pilots they have to stop using their wrist-cannons, then.Originally Posted by Blue_Mourning
This is at least a little bit like asking "Why do you need a gun to fire off a full auto?". Why? Because it matches the lore of the powerset and the game.
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Poison Trap should be the same as the one in Traps. Now that is a worthy power.
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Quote:This, pretty much.Originally Posted by Anti_Proton
Well if the monster is split into "targeting zones", he could be divided into five virtual parts without using separate models.
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Quote:Sadly. I know when talking to Positron last year on EU test during one Dev QnA, they seemed to think that New Shinies were better than revamps. Something along the lines of 'revamps taking as much time as new shinies'.Originally Posted by Jetpack
I think a lot of people would love quest clean up to be done.
I don't think the devs see a lot of value in fixing old, as opposed to making new, unfortunately.
Which totally ignores the fact that revamping something effectively makes it new and shiny again. The Posi TFs are complete overhauls of the old one, and are so, so much better for it.
Why should that not be extended to the other old content? -
Quote:1) Positron isn't Lead Dev anymore. WarWitch is. Posi is head of the End Game content team.Originally Posted by Rial_Vestro
Oh course things have changed A LOT sense Positron took over as the lead designer in place of Statesman who actually sold his share of the rights to this game before he went off to make Champions Online.
2) Jack Emmert worked for Cryptic. Cryptic sold the rights to NCSoft. Jack went with them when they went on to Champions.
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Gods, please, Yes! /Signed! /InverseRanger!
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Quote:Such as?Originally Posted by Xzero45
Let's not focus on animals for awhile. There are already a multitude of things that need more coverage than them.
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*snirk*
I'll try and get online before 10 to have Von Schaden face off with Beets char. Or, if I can get a little extension then that'd help. But ya =] -
Ahh, still featured on the statistics/league table is all.
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Quote:Not going to happen, just going off Dev comments. Also, WTFs benefit other characters, not just 50s (double exp and inf boost, remember)Originally Posted by Katten
I guess you could say that... there are actually a couple of things I would want.
1.) No more WTF's.
So, hopefully it will settle out as more people get there shinies. But I wouldn't hold your breath on that one. -
So, effectively;
Quote:Originally Posted by Ruff_Tuff_n_Buff
What reason do you have to want the terms presented when they have not changed since the last time?
Do you need your contract presented to you each day you go to into work, even though you signed it when you were hired and it has not changed since?
Does Paypal need to present you with its terms and conditions every single time you wish to make a transfer?
Maybe if you provided a rational explanation, it would sway people to your point of view where ridicule and sarcasm do not.-you just answered your own questions as to why they are necessary, and why people have to click it.Quote:Originally Posted by Ruff_Tuff_n_Buff
No. Already covered in this thread.
If you are quickly clicking past the Terms of Service, you are in violation of them. You are expected to read the terms whenever they have changed. Since they are presented to you even if they have not changed, you have no way of knowing when to read them for new changes.
Sure, they should put up some red or something to say when they have changed.
But can you honestly say you read the ToS everytime? I doubt anyone does. So, people should be glad that it's not enforced a little more strictly. -
Quote:O, I c what u did tharOriginally Posted by Tenzhi
How about: It was silly before, and the increasing amount of time it's been left silly with no real change save to the aesthetics of it pushes it past silly into ridiculous?
Could be that there is a ridiculous legal reason for it to be there, but surely you wouldn't be sarcastic based on pure supposition? Not *you* of all people.
But, seriously, if it has to be there (which it seems to) then it has to be there. Compared to all the things, both little and small, that are currently in need of fixing in-game, one measly little click seems kind of like turning a pebble into a mountain. There are countless things in game that are frustrating, awkward, annoying and sometimes jsut downright broken.
This honestly isn't one of them, unless people are seriously that intolerant over a genuinely minor thing. -
Quote:I...really take issue with this, I have to say. So, people who have more points, in a 'competition' with no official judges, can get ever more of a lead on those doing not so well?Originally Posted by Bubbawheat
10. Uses for points: These may be adjusted slightly before June:
15 points: Head Start - find out the next month's theme in advance.
25 points: A Little More Time - Allows an entry to be submitted and/or modified up to 2 days after the deadline. No adjustments will be made for any votes already cast if applicable.
30 points: Overruled! - If your piece is judged as not being within theme, you can overrule the judgement and have your piece placed in the voting thread anyway (This cannot overrule rules #1 or #2)
40 points: Immunity - Grants you immunity from elimination for that month - must be declared before voting begins, and can be declared in private. The top 3 based on votes cannot be eliminated due to a large number of immunity buys.
70 points: Saved - Also grants you immunity from elimination for that month but can be declared after voting is over. You can also declare it before voting begins to avoid elimination due to non-entry.
Sorry, but that just sits really ill with me. I don't recall the Art Battle last year having this, so why suddenly make the exception now?
As it is, I'm struggling with RL and Uni work, meaning my submissions might not be up to the standard I'd ideally like. If I'm then getting penalised more by lack of points to make use of 'the shinies', then I might as well just back out all together. -
Quote:Whats not to ridicule and be sarcastic about? You fail to point out whats so utterly terrible about this current setup when, previously, that one click was still present, just in a different place (namely the launcher).Originally Posted by Ruff_Tuff_n_Buff
What reason do you have to want the terms presented when they have not changed since the last time?
Do you need your contract presented to you each day you go to into work, even though you signed it when you were hired and it has not changed since?
Does Paypal need to present you with its terms and conditions every single time you wish to make a transfer?
Maybe if you provided a rational explanation, it would sway people to your point of view where ridicule and sarcasm do not.
Afaik, pretty much every other MMO out there has something similar in it. It's very likely for legal reasons or something outside of the Devs direct control, not to mention the change to the NC Launcher, which removes the old updater and thus the Agreement that was present there.
It's one click. If it's honestly that painful for people, I'd hate to see what happened when something genuinely taxing cropped up for them. -
Oh god, the pain! The suffering! The humanity! One more click to torment us! Whyfore art thou so cruel, Devs? Whyfore, NCSoft? A single click moved into a new place! Doooom and the worlds endi-
Oh, yeah, right. Sorry. Of course, some people must find it so excrutiatingly painful to move their mouse a few inches to click on one button. -
Well, that means fighting Beets char, then. Which should be ok.
BlackKnight seems to have dropped off the face of the earth...aaaand Pious likely still has me on ignore. And hasn't been in-game. *shrug* -
Quote:Angua, you typo-spewing plebOriginally Posted by CactusBrawler
Agnua?
And no. Although possibly mildy inspired by. It's hard not to get passive inspiration vibes off everything these days.