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http://youtube.com/watch?v=JSTkKRcfVgE


There's the Rikti Beta invasion video.

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Someone needs to teach this guy how to edit video. Like I really need to see him get disconnected from the mapserver? Talk about breaking dramatic tension by violating suspension of disbelief...

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But what's the secret?

...learn one of the darkest secrets of Paragon City...

The intrigue begins!

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The secret is that Paragon City is not really real.

It's all just a complex computer program. And we're trapped within it.

The server has you.

Actually, I'd be happy to just be able to ACCESS Wentworth's once again. Since the 05/09 patch, I get mapserved each and every time I try.

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say you are selling "Progenitor Goo Mk XII" for 800 Quatlu's and I have one I want to sell.

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LOLOLOLOL!!! n00b! It's "Quatloos"!!! lrn2spell!!

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By the way, he's just here for laughs. Don't take him too seriously. He might respond to you with long posts about irrelevant things that have nothing to do with the topic of the post.

Watch...

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No, he's exactly right.

I'm mostly a PvE'er and a badge hunter. But on several occasions I've ventured into PvP zones and enjoyed them... for awhile. I actually got very good indeed in RV. But inevitably along comes some poo-monkeys who really ruin it for me and I leave the zone for a few months. Then I'll come back to PvP, because it really can be fun... only until another jackass ruins it once again.

The so-called PvP community in this game pisses and moans and complains that the PvP zones are empty, while at the same time behaving in ways that insure they stay that way.

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Im glad folks are finally starting to come around and see the truth of the matter.

Ive been preaching this for years amidst a sea of carebears

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Right there is something I hate about PvP. PvPers called PvEers carebears. I don't know why but I just hate when PvPers say that like its a bad thing that some people don't like PvP.

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The term "carebear" is nothing more than a crude ad hominem. And anyone who studies rhetoric will tell you that name-calling is primairly used by those who either do not have a valid arguement, or are simply unable to articulate it. Generally, the former is far more common.

In other words, only losers feel the need to name-call.

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And I never understood the reasons for badge hunting after I got tired of it. Badges do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for you. At least in games with loot, the loot does something for you obviously. But the only "loot" or collectible things in this game are badges atm, until I9, and they do nothing for you. The only badges that actually benefit you are gladiators, but gladiator PvP is a joke. I can never understand why people badge hunt unless they are getting the accolades. The obvious is of course obsession, but do these hardcore badgers really ever step back and look at the uselessness of these badges?

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Let me ask you this: What, exactly, does one more zone PvP kill get for you? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Just because you personally are tired of something, that doesn’t make it useless. That does not mean it does absolutely nothing for someone else. If someone else enjoys getting the badges, then that enjoyment does something for them. Indeed, if you look at your life in general, this entire game, start to finish, does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for you. So why do you play it? Enjoyment? Good answer. And some of us enjoy badges. Fortunately, my enjoyment of badges does not require you to understand it.

For me, badge hunting is my end-game content. Zone PvP has the potential to interest me, but every time I try it for any length of time along comes some poo-monkey and it’s back to farming for the influence badges for me.

One thing your guide might mention is how to unlock the supercomputer. This is an SG badge that is obtained by mentoring others. Unfortunately, I don't have any information on how many hours of cumulative mentoring are need to earn this badge. I was kinda looking for that when I stumbled into your guide. Some of those unlockable SG badges have OUTRAGEOUS requirements, so this is not a trivial concern.

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PvP rewards

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Only if I get to deck you with a brick every five seconds for the rest of your life.

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PvP rewards are very easy to farm. One recipe chance per PvP point? "You stab my back and I'll stab yours." 100 point rep badge? Meh. Takes an hour or so. Much shorter than a CoH story arc. ANY sort of PvP reward that I can think of would either be very easy to farm or else it would be so difficult to farm (1000 point rep anyone?) that it would become nigh impossible to obtain without farming it.

On the plus side... it would virtually eliminate PvP zone whining...
"HEY!! You ganked me!! WOOOOOT!!"

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The trouble with that is there's a limited amount of recipes you can carry. You can have an unlimited amount of badges, but if you suddenly received a recipe for every story arc souvenir you had, they wouldn't all fit into your inventory.

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Really?

So I can carry around 30 metric tonnes of titanium, alien artifacts, arcane books, jars of steaming entrails, trinkets, chotchkies, techno-doodads, and something like 1200 pieces of refined components (enough to create scores of gigantic power generators, machine guns, robotic surgeons, and many other types of massive equipment)...

... but I'm limited in the number of bits of paper carrying recipe instructions I can have on my person?

errr....

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They have been heard. Just don't expect to see a Flashback system this year, whether or not they delay I9 to implement one...

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and just think, the flashback idea was suggested over a year ago if not two years ago seems they could have and should have implemented it during that time.

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As I understand it, the Flashback System, as it was originally conceived, contained several bits of functionality. Over the past several issues most of it was actually implimented. The auto-exempt for Task Forces is one example. It just wasn't called "The Flashback System."

The only part not implemented was the ability to go back and do story arcs that were outleveled. Of course, this is the part I'd really, really like to see. Why the devs decided to not implement all of it is a mystery to me. The "Flashback Story" or "Flashback Issue" is such a staple in the comic book genre, it always seemed like such a no-brainer to me.

But then again, I'm baffled as to why the devs thought stalkers were such a good idea.

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Read the thread, people:

1. Flashback -- Not happening. Drop it.

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Not quite true. Brainstorm said, "a Flashback system is simply not something we can implement in a timeframe you would all be happy with." This does not mean that it will never be implemented, just that it will not be done for I9. Perhaps never, but if enough of us ask for it, perhaps eventually.

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Positron is twiddling at the workbench now.

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that just sounds RUDE.

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Well... he's been locked up in that armor for almost three years now...

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OK people, we need to breath in and breath out. Missing out of the story arc recipes is not that big of a deal if only a small ammount of exclusives are in there.

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It is a big deal if the best loot requires parts from the story arcs.

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We still have no idea how things are distributed.

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And we don't want to wait until the last minute, when it's too late to do anything about it, to learn that our favorite 50's are getting screwed.

I'm not crying "DOOOOOOM!" I'm saying that this is a very legitimate concern. One obviously shared by a great many of the longest-playing customers.

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Please keep in mind this section of the Original Post:

Now again, I must stress, the majority of sets, including entire complete sets come from simply defeating enemies. All the costume piece and temp power recipes come from defeating enemies. There are Rare recipes (ones that have a worse chance to drop than others) in Pool A (the defeating enemies pool) as well.

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I think that most of us are assuming that the most rare recipes will also be the most useful or powerful recipes as well.

I think that most of us expressing concerns about our 50's not having access to story arcs are thinking about how to best min/max our favorite characters using the new IO system. But not allowing us access to the most rare parts, and therefore the most powerful complet sets, is a non-starter for most of us.

At least this is what I feel. And I'm guessing/assuming/reading between the lines that others feel the same way.

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Remember, Task/Strike Forces and Trials are infinitly repeatable. Story Arcs are not. There is a difference between choosing not to do Task/Strike Forces and Trials and not being allowed to do story arcs because you have already outleved every single one of them.

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It's... it's like... it's like the ISOLATOR BADGE!!!

How about if a random story arc appeared in the tram station in RV every 45 minutes or so...??

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That's great. No, really, I'm not being sarcastic. It's just that toddlers don't stick to a schedule very well and it's hard to target stuff when they keep trying to make my character jump.

Without sounding anti-men, I really think it's a guy thing. Buttons, that is. Guys like buttons. Little ones like toys with buttons, older ones like bigger toys with buttons... like cars and boats... The little ones like cars and boats too, just Hot Wheels instead of Dodge.


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Lady A,

Thanks to the Elite Boss change to missions, it's now fairly easy to solo a TF. First, gather a minimum-size team for the TF you want to do. Start the TF. Have everyone quit the team except for you and one other character. Have that one character other than you log off. Now you can run the TF solo with appropriate difficulty spawns. As long as one other character remains on the team (even logged off) the TF can be completed.

If you're in a SG, you'll probably find someone with an alt they'd be willing to keep logged off for a day or two or however long it takes for you to finish the TF solo.

Just an idea. Give the kids a hug for me.

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* Some of the sets (the rarer ones), have parts of them that are only attainable by completing a Story Arc.

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And this little bit is why so many of us who have been here the longest are having problems. As has already been stated. My main hero, my lvl 50 who I have continued to play almost two years after he reached 50, cannot get any of these parts. Unless I (A) just buy them, or (B) roll an alt to farm Story Arcs for them.

May I suggest an alternative?

Why not just allow 50’s (who exempt down to the proper level) to have access to those old story arcs they have outleveled? True, my main has completed most of the arcs that were in existence when he was “growing up,” but there are several others that were created after he reached 50. I personally would be quite happy to get the chance to do these arcs for their souvenirs, and for the Inventions System parts as well. I believe that this solution would make most of us long-timers quite happy. It would also quell the predictable-and-currently-rising outcry that we’re hearing now.

Another alternative:

Data mine. If I have completed 20 story arcs on a character, then the next time I log him on, he gets 20 Invention System “parts” appropriate to those arcs. Since arc completion = souvenir, this might not be too difficult to do. (Hopefully not, anyway.)

But given a choice, I personally would prefer the first alternative.

EDIT: Of course, this all has been addressed. But I'd STILL like a flashback system to come out in I10 or I11!

/bump

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Do it with Care Bears and My Little Pony.

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Attach razor blades to their paws & hooves first. Now THAT'S quality Family Entertainment!!

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I look at it this way, my kids are growing up in a gamer's home, bar none. They both like playing games now as well and their usual standard fare is something like GH2 or Pokemon or any of my superhero games. When I play something that's rated T+, I usually play alone and out of their sight in another room.

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Ahh... good times. Good times.

My little 9-year-old daughter is learning to play games with me, and this child is a [censored] SHARK! She regularly racks up more wins at HeroScape and Fluxx than her Mommy and Daddy combined.

*sniff*.... i'm soo proud...

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We should bad punching bags because they teach you how to hit things. We should ban paintball, waterguns, and penises, because they teach you how to "aim".

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Shoot, I'll sig it.

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Too late, BillZ... Lacuna got to the pen1s first...

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We should bad punching bags because they teach you how to hit things. We should ban paintball, waterguns, and penises, because they teach you how to "aim".

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I am SO tempted to sig this.

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err... you want to put Biostem's pen1s into your sig?

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Don't write this off just yet.

Yes, it's framing a battle on gaming violence, but it seems some game developers and scholars that are GAME ADVOCATES appear to have participated in this.

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"Participated" =/= "Agree with what the filmmakers are saying."

Anyone can get an interview with a game designer, sit there for an hour or so, and get them to say all sorts of things in response to specific leading questions. Then you can use clever editing to take comments out of context and throw in dramatic sounding music to make it appear that the person interviewed is saying something very different from what they actually believe.

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15-20 Steel Canyon
20-25 Skyway City


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Are you sure these are correct? The first safeguard mission I did was with my 24 tank and I was sent to Steel Canyon. Contact was in Talos.

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You're correct! I wrote them down backwards. My bad. That should be:

15-20 Skyway City
20-25 Steel Canyon

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Which, of course, is bass-ackwards of the way a character would actually go through these zones when leveling up.