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If leader star is implemented on search screen then the star could appear red for a full team rather than gold, if not all members of a full team could appear in grey in the search window, same for those on TF's. Another QoL feature, why not?

I'm very suprised by both community and quoted dev response to this issue. I personally have never lvled anything over 40 as the epic system IMO sucks eggs, if this is the best the devs can do I'm not suprised by the shouts of 'do this and I'll leave'. As far as I see any MMO that caps progress will fail when compared to one that provides open ended progression. As too the fact there would be less players this is probably data even the company don't have, who can say how many have stopped there subs after lvling say 3 chrs to 50 and decided theyve done everything there is to do ingame. As to the suggestion that everyone should purple up b4 moaning well months of farming (if that's your cuppa tea) for a couple of 10% global bonuses really is to me the defenition of a grind.
IMHO the next generation of MMO's will provide as far as possible for infinite progression this seams inevitable, with this in mind is it not a case of keep up or fall by the wayside?

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The only explanation I can think of for this is if Taunt mag decreases over time to zero at durations end which means that mobs would breakfree from your taunt as your mag fell below there threshhold (mag 2 lieut would escape a mag 4 hold in 20 secs based on a 40 sec taunt) if this is the way it works then 3 slotting a 40 sec taunt would net an increase of only 10 secs. Kinda sad when the way it's represented makes you imagine 100% enhancement on a 40 sec taunt = 80 secs.
Well thats my 0.02 inf worth anyway which is probably about what a Taunt SO is worth IMO.
Not sure what the Dmg done element you mentioned is but it would be interestimg to find out

'Hi I'm Jack Nicholson and I have the worst case of scrapper lock ever diagnosed'

other great scrappers of note-

Bruce Lee Ma/SR
Conner Mcloud BS/Regen
Edward Scissorhands- Claws/Dark armour
Jackie Chan-MA/WP
Freddy Kruger-Claws/Fire

Blasters

Kevin Costner- Archery/?
Rambo-AR/Dev

Controllers

David Coperfield - Ill/?
David Blaine - Mind control/Empathy

Defenders

Hannibal Lecture- Dark/Psychic
Robin Williams in Good morning Vietnam- Emp/Sonic
Guy from 'Twister'- Storm/Ice

Tanks

Rocky-WP/SS
Conan-Inv/Battle Axe
Gladiator-WP/Dual Blades

Taunt enhancments state they enhance taunt duration but when slotted enhance taunt mag (according to detailed info) which should be true?

As already said I think it more depends on someones commitment to absorb damage for there team than what powers are chosen that will decide wether a tank is someone who allows you to safely open up and use your charecter to the best of it's abilities or one that causes team wipes because he's stuck in a corner having a 1 on 1 with some worthless lieutent while all hell is breaking loose.

Great idea and if they where easier to sort then why not create two separate items Item Bin (storage access) and Storage Extension so no matter how much storage you had you would only have one access point. And maybe have access restriction by storage point so you could have two storage levels one for members (So's Io's etc) one for the staff ( Those nice little prizes you would like to store) to be honest don't know much about bases and not sure if this is already implemented.

My question would be what is the problem with respecs covering this issue, if you got a alt to 30 say a couple af days of in game work and you found out blah blah secondary was twice as good as blah secondary you chose what is the problem changing sets, some might say it's not realistic but those who want to do it would probably come up with some reason why it would be feasible.

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OMG this nearly split my sides. As an aside I'm supprised the Dev who proposed the prison idea is still alive he must be the single most cursed man in the CoX universe.

Oh other than that one who designed the cave map with like 4 lvls in the last chamber.

What would be your Top 3 Pvp heroe power combos?

After PvPing for the first time so would I mate, I want SS as well now!!

Yes I'd agree a 'loaded enter mission button' would be very helpful.

The EM nurf. Reason IMO PvP spike Dmg. Dev solution Nurf TF mag, er does this actually change anything in PvP and increase timings for ET, not enough to effect it rankings as No 1 single target dmg set though. My solution change the Dmg done by ET to a % of total dmg done so when built up , redded up and IO slotted up it's still gonna hurt ya to use as the power seems to have been designed to do.

Load screens that are unique to each mission. Explaining the story line in a comic book like screen. Great for TF's, I've completed a few and havn't got clue 1 what any of the story was ( which consdidering the time and effort I imagine went into them is a shame ) . Come on I might be a chronic suggestion box poster but I think this one is a doozy. /sign , point many devs in this direction, please please please support this idea.

After some expariments it appears world detail shows a greater quantity of geometry at longer distance though bitmap defenanition remains at 0 at 700 yds approx. making me believe that this is not connected to the atmospheric fog that I am reffering to.

Quote-Paragon City has remarkably clear air compared to London or Manchester. - I live in Liverpool and on a good day you can see the hills in Wales ( and tell what colour they are ) somewhat further than 700 yds infact if what you were true I wouldn't be even to tell what was on the otherside of the river.
Quote- visible clipping - I know what clipping is in reference to music but not graphics can you clue me in plz?
And as a game developer do you know whether making the bitmaps visible once the geometry is already drawn will significantly increase the 'weight' of the process. To my mind it depends on the order in which you process if you process geometry colour first then it shouldn't if however you process the fog amount first removing the need for geometry colour calculations at fog => 100% then it could overtax your graphics card.

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can't agree more

As I say I'm not sure wether the overexagerated distance cueing/fog/haze is because our machines can't handle rendering more and thats the only reasonable way to cover the fact. If it is the tech then it's a shame but I look forward to the day when I can see Paragon in all it's glory.

Fog has now been found to be the major cause of everyone missing some quite fabulous graphical experiences, and I know the painstaking work involved in creating those views which are now unfortunatly obscured behind an excess of haze. Now I know there is a depth of field option in options/graphics/advanced but all this does is remove a white haze and some rather overdone blurring effect, so my first suggestion would be everbody disable that as the bitmap defenition and crispness of colour benefit greatly.
My second suggestions is, if it ain't gonna burn out our poor graphics cards turn down that distance cue haze. It's set about 0 defenition at 6-700 yds IMHO it needs only 1/2 or even possibly a third as strong. From Talos you would be able to see the islands and from the hill in the hollows you could see well the hollows (instead of to the bottom of the hill?). As I say this might not be technically possible at it might stress the rendering engine too much but if it's possible well I think we are missing out on some great imagery.

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To me the OP sounded upset that everyone wasn't listening to his questions

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Pt.1 I'm upset that the OP refuses to listen to people who are in the know. Good advice, ignored on the mere grounds of 'that's not my question'

Pt.2 How about I answer that question:

Res: Capped, on a fire tank, if you're maximising
Def: Don't bother, anything below 20% is hardly noticeable.



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^ Agreed, you cannot put it any simpler than that.

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!Bear with a soar head warning!

Which bit do you agree with just to clarify-

Pt.1 To reply to the idea that someone is upset by saying you are upset rather than enquiring why or apologising doesn't show a lot of emotional maturity IMHO. As too 'that is not my question' maybe if I paraphrased the OP by saying 'this information is too advanced for me and I can't take it all in' or perhaps 'I know all this already and may apply it in my own time' then you might better understand where I think he was coming from.

Pt.2

How about I answer that question:

think it's been done to death already myself but go on give us you're 0.02 inf worth mate.

Res: Capped, on a fire tank, if you're maximising cool all my res capped, no wait that's not right surely. Ok try the next one

Def: Don't bother, anything below 20% is hardly noticeable. Perhaps this is true in PvP with enemies with better to hits and greater debuffing but in PvE as far as I understand the maths it is an effective mitigation tool. Whether or not this is noticable ingame is IMO a mute point as if you are playing the numbers game those small tweaks that provide great benefit in the long term maybe inperceivable in the short term.

So thats pretty much 0/2 in my book. Ah well another 0.02 inf burned.

But then that's just the way I see things

As an aside Shenny I had just looked up your name and was about to PM you saying thanks as you where one of the only people who tried to keep the thread on topic and the OP actually thanked you in person for your advice. Strange how now I find myself writing a post in total disagreemnet to you. My thoughts on this isn't it horrible what anger can do to you Beware the darkside hey

To those who have quoted my previous reply and would like to further discuss this incident with me please feel free to PM to discuss my opinions, I will not enter into this on an open thread as I wouldn't want to further embaress anyone.

To clarify here it's me who is angry about this IMO the OP was just upset and hasn't, if you've noticed posted anything more on this thread also he hasn't picked up a PM I sent him regarding this, I hope this hasn't driven him from the boards, I would be disapointed if it has.
To clarify why I'm upset, I feel in some way responsible for the whole situation as it was me who asked him to post his build to see if I could tweak his def and res. When I returned to the thread some hours later and seen that this what I can only describe as a school yard bullying type incident had occured I dived in taking numbers and kicking a**. I make no apoligies for this but hope I haven't upset anyone unnecaseraly.
In closing I hope I see the OP around again soon, shame I can't say the same for everyone here.

Tara lost hope to see you back soon

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Collectively they all have a valid point however.

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OP:how do you maximise def and resistance?

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This is not what his original question was.

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No it's the the information he seemed to want considering his second and latter posts, I wasn't quoting directly.

Yes I think applying Bitmaps at the skin surface level is a great idea it, it would also help solve a problem I came a cross which was putting an old mans head on a bare chested body the extra mapping on the face changes the apparent skin to and it looked silly. With an old skin option this would be solved (provided you toned down the facial maps themselves). This would require producing a fair bit of extra art but I would definatly put it on the to do list for when the Charecter designer gets an overhaul.

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Collectively they all have a valid point however.

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OP:how do you maximise def and resistance?
Reply:More dmg more healing
Op:But I'm not interested in dmg or healing I want to maximise my defence.
Reply:So, More damg more healing
OP:At the moment I am purely interested in def and resistance
Reply:MORE DMG MORE HEALING

This is an overview of how this thread seems to have gone and personally I don't think it is a valid point considering the question and I certainly don't think those opinions where given with any real thought or consideration to the OP's feelings.

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The choice of response on a public forum (which, be honest, is used more for perfecting builds than general questions), would either have been

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No more than half of post ask build advice IMO so the rest are indeed general questions.

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2) Informing the OP that he should leave that attitude behind,



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To me the OP sounded upset that everyone wasn't listening to his questions and just taking an oppurtunity to tear shreds out of his beloved (and why shouldn't it be beloved no matter how odd ball you might think it is) charecter. The only one here I can see displaying any sort of bad attitude is me and frankly that is because I am disgusted at some of the other posters manners (ignoring OP's opinions, and repeating the same advice again and again, until IMHO you had clearly upset the poor guy. If I hadn't been Ingame all night I would have stepped in with support for the OP earlier)

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and concentrate on Healing Flames/Mitigation on a fire tank.


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Did you just say 'MORE DMG MORE HEALING' man your as bad as the rest of them.

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Look this gift horse in the mouth

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your mistake says it all in my opinion.