Zombie Man

Ebil-o FTL June-21 & Feb-22-2010
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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    So...is it possible to use shards to craft a Notice of the Well, then?
    No, it is not possible at this time.

    You will be able to *break down* a Notice of the Well into shards if you happen to have more Notices than you need. But you can't craft a Notice.

    Once the Targeted Strikes start, completing one of those Targets will be the only source for Notices until that changes, if ever. (With a once-a-week limit on collection of Notices.)
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim View Post
    You make fair points, although my question remains unanswered.
    Shards are still obtainable through non-Strask Force methods just as they were to get to Tiers 1 & 2.

    And just like one or two LGTF or ITFs were enough to craft up to Tier 2, then, if you want the upper tiers quickly, than it's 6 Strask Forces to get to Very Rare instead of 4. Otherwise, it will take longer with any other 'normal' level 50 content.

    But, for that sweet, sweet Level Shift, if you already have your Tier 2 and have been playing level 50 content and have a bunch of spare shards; then the first Tuesday the Targeted Strike starts, you will need only do one Strask Force and bam!, you're Level Shifted.

    What happens with the other slots has been responded to by Black Scorpion and has been roundly discussed in the other threads.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by warden_de_dios View Post
    HelloKittyOnline doesn't make me grind like this.
    Oh yeah? What did you have to do unlock the Ruby and Diamond KittyQueen Tiara?
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim View Post
    Because, if so, what the hell is the point of running the WST? JUST the Notice of the Well? This reminds me of another MMO (yet again) where I had to run a specific instance until my eyes bled just to get the (or the ingredients for) ONE THING I wanted.
    To advance your Alpha Slot from 40% of what it can so (Tier 2) to 90% of what it can do (Tier 3), all you need to do is 1 (one) Task/Strike Force.

    If you want to wring out all of what the Alpha Slot can do with 100% of its benefits (Tier 4), you need to do 3 (three) more Task/Strike Forces. Since you can only get the Notice of the Well once per week, and the targeted Strask Force changes each week, that means if you're really going to go for that final 10% of the Alpha Slot, you'll need to do a total of 4 (four) *different* Strask Forces. Then you will be done for that toon's Alpha Slot. The end.

    That is not the breathless "grinding the same content til your eyes bleed" that you make it out to be.

    And to anticipate the usual altaholic's lament: The game is not balanced around 40 alts. If you have that many alts, you need to do that much work 40 times over, just like you have to level up to 50 forty times over.

    One Strask Force for the real meat of the Alpha Slot. Three more *different ones* for a relatively much smaller tweak and completion.

    If that makes your eyes bleed, then there isn't a MMO on the market that will satisfy you.
  5. Zombie Man

    Ski Chalet

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ukaserex View Post
    And what results might that bring? Log back in to Pocket D?
    You sort of stand in empty shard-space for about 3 seconds, then get auto-ported to the D dance floor. Fun.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
    Keep in mind you could work towards Rare, then switch to a new slot eventually (when they open up) while still possibly making some small progress on Very Rare Alpha here and there incidentally. So its possible that while one day working on Rare Omega, say, you find you've accumulated enough resources to craft a Very Rare Alpha. Thinking in terms of Common Alpha -> Uncommon Alpha -> Rare Alpha -> Very Rare Alpha -> Next Slot is thinking more linearly than the system is actually designed to be.
    You mean unlike how, when we level up a toon, we get a new power, then we work to put six slots in it, then we put in a set of six Purple recipes, *THEN* work to open up the next power?

    You're like proposing a system where we gain powers on a regular basis, and before they're maxed with enhancements... we start working on obtaining and enhancing new powers!

    That's crazy talk! No one is capable of such complicated multi-tasking! Madness!


  7. Hey, Mods, can we please get out the scissors and cut out the solo debate from this thread? It's not on topic and you established an official thread for it, and despite that, it's spilling into every other thread related to 'end-game' and 'incarnate system'.
  8. Hah! Fell for the hot dog stand trap on double wiener weekend!
  9. It could be overheating due to dust, but, the best thing to do is... take its temperature to confirm that.

    Speedfan - click on: Speedfan 4.42


    If you do use compress air, use a pencil eraser to keep the fans from spinning. An electromagnet fueled with electricity causes them to spin. If you spin them on their own, they create an electrical charge on the same principle, and then has nowhere to go except maybe to fry your circuits.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Clouded View Post
    Hey gang.

    For some reason I thought there was a shortcut or time saving method when downloading the game client on a PC.

    Am I hallucinating again or can someone tell me a way to save time when downloading the client to a new PC?

    Thanks!
    Usual way.

    Super secret ftp way.

    (They're probably both the same way.)
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by warden_de_dios View Post
    I could easily live with the potato sack man dress, but unless there is a way for the game engine to make our legs 100% transparent, I think MA scrappers and stalkers are going to have crazy clipping issues.
    Thanks for the demos!

    We get invisible body parts on regular basis from bugs.

    If they can enable long skirts for PCs, they might have to limit the texture to solid colors cause it looks like a lot of stretching. Don't know how a plaid texture would fare on those models.

    Hair and capes clip all the time. I can live with the fast-animating, in-passing stretching of long skirts for certain animations just to get long skirts.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Djeannie View Post
    EVERYONE MISSED THE GREATEST CHANGE EVEAH!!!!

    Ninja Run now has a new icon of a sandaled/tabi foot running Looks nice!

    EDIT: This really isn't sarcasm. I like the look of the icon a lot. far better then what we have on live.


    Tip toe, through the tulips...

    Quote:
    Now could we get some spiffy blank icons that we can edit the name and what they do for macros? like the ones used for pets for mm's please :P
    Just as long other players can't see them. Cause, you know, people will just make flying genitalia.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by warden_de_dios View Post
    If I switch builds will it recharge automagically?
    Surprisingly... no!

    First power to exempt itself from that trick.

    The one hour recharge is unenhanceable from any global recharge.



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TameDragon View Post
    84 months badge is making me wish I'd found the game a lot sooner than just before I14 hit
    Well, I keep suggesting a Booster Pack which I call "Super Side Kicked" which would grant all characters access to all Vet Powers, time-locked powers and badges, and out-of-print goodies (like Slide from the CoH Collector's Ed.). Would be nice if it got a groundswell of support from players.



    Anyway, back to 81 Months:
    • There's a Respec attached to it also! Thanks, Devs.
  14. The Television... GIVE ME CROSSFIRE!

    pretty please?
  15. Zombie Man

    Ski Chalet

    Don't forget to convince them to log off in the chalet on the the 31st.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Djeannie View Post
    Artificial gating sucks.

    1 Day for a Rare

    4 weeks to get enough notices then to make a very rare to make one from scratch, 2 weeks (really 3 weeks) if you have all the other stuff to make one normally. City of Sit on Your Butt and Wait to Advance.
    At least, until I20 comes out which may have other options.

    OTOH, on day one, if you're prepared, every alt can be level shifted and have the 3rd Tier ability. After that, you're waiting 3 weeks to get just a few more percentage points of enhancements that get past ED and one more secondary universal enhancement.

    IOW, the jump from tier 3 to 4 ain't that big, unlike the jump from 2 to 3... which you can have on every alt on day one this is implemented.
  17. Zombie Man

    Epic. Fail.

    If you paint a tunnel on a wall and run through, he tries to enter it, too.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Avatea View Post
    COMBINED

    Weekly Strike Target
    • Every week a hero task force and a villain strike force, or one co-op task force may be designated as the “Weekly Strike Target” for that week. Look for announcement of which Weekly Strike Target is active on the Message of the Day and on the official City of Heroes boards every Tuesday.
    So, I'm guessing one will be named on.... Tuesday.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by SteampunkCharlie View Post
    Interesting... No mention of how solo players can get the "Notice of the Well" component.
    Because, for now, there isn't any.

    If one doesn't like that, then put that in a separate feedback thread.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Traska View Post
    The question is, is it necessary to put those restrictions on self-only mail? Outgoing mail would still be completely subject to the above restrictions (I'd even agree to increasing the restrictions... say 50 max per day, with 20-30 seconds between each mail).

    Or do I (thankfully) not know much about gold farming?
    Passing along stuff to oneself quickly so that you can juggle multiple personas to avoid being an obvious RMTer would be useful to RMTers, as well as being able to do it on a level one newly crafted account made free on a Trial or on a paying account opened with a bogus credit card, as well as having unlimited amounts of emails. So, multiple restrictions are put into place.

    I would also imagine these restrictions are to stop legal accounts from quickly and easily emailing oneself unlimited amounts of inspirations to make most encounters danger-free. So, if you want a whole second tray of inspirations at your disposal through email (which you can), it will take a time commitment to set up.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fritzdog View Post
    Zombie Man, that is so full of win!

    I want to know the story of how it got there, maybe an epic fight between Statesman and Recluse where Statesman threw a ferry at Recluse! Or maybe its a ferry from the past that was transported in time to place where the previous landscape has changed drastically. I dunno, lots of ideas to explore Love it!
    Because a Dev was annoyed at all the requests for a Ferry in Northern Nerva.

  22. Both restrictions are in place to put a brake on the things that RMT farmers do. It is unlikely such restrictions would ever be removed.
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by warden_de_dios View Post
    They should give us costume emotes like they did for Halloween. The Sybils and the models from the Ouro Flashback would be cool.


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dark_Respite View Post
    It's easy. You just demorecord a martial arts character, then modify the file to map in Candy LeBeaux, one of the Sibyls, whatever, and then play it back with the command to save each frame as a separate screenshot. Keep the one you want, and voila, done. It's how I make a lot of my vids.
    Could either one of you demorecord experts do the same (high kicks) to the Lich and Tsoo Sorcerer, please? I think it's time we look at the claim that we can't have dresses and long skirts because kick maneuvers wouldn't look right.