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  1. Yeah, TV was amusing
    Although he taunted me with the glowmaps on armour...he then made up for it by being villainous to GG
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ravenswing View Post
    Um... no...

    The dirtiest fight in recorded history was witnessed by very few and happened between Nitoichi and Columbia. It was a bit of a grudge match and since Columbia is stronger and possibly faster than Ni, Ni pulled out every dirty trick in the book. I enjoyed that so much, but seriously... not exactly PG13.
    Ho boy...
    Chat logs or it didn't happen?
    Pfehehe I kid, I kid sounds nasty though

    And I didn't mean dirty fighting as much as dirty banter, knowing what Leon is like
  3. I believe Posi and the others were wishing the little Techbot would shut up and stop bugging them about re-vamping old content
    And I conspired somewhat with the Television...sorta >_> *shrug*

    The horse was damn cool.
    Someone ask BaBs why 5/7 of the female chair and bench sit emotes are ALL the same!
  4. TV and Posi were bailing as I left, TV going to compel The Servers to get back to work
  5. Techbot Alpha

    Mids' for I17

    Also, an add on for anyone that misses it, because I did at least three times;

    Save it to desktop and then run as admin if you are using Windows 7!

    I got three errors, trying to run it, save then click it and updating via the automatic updates. Then I remembered, for some reason, it HAS to be run as admin to work. And it replaced the old version just fine when it did.
    In case people make the same mistakes I did ^^;
  6. Techbot Alpha

    it's patching

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EU_Damz View Post
    On the plus side, the EU test server has the devs visiting us in the next 50 minutes Hope to get new info out of them
    Why did WW and Doc Aeon, the two I really want to talk to, have to be on from 5-6...the time it takes for my Uni net to unlock and let me on City of? (I cant game until after 6, basically...cos its **** like that)

    Gonna be kinda miffed if I end up missing them...
  7. Hmm...ok, I'll bite; what does it do? And is there much point using it on a 9800 GT? I can get fairly decent UM levels out of it, but with a slight dip in speed from what Live has at the moment.
    Would this doohicky help? And is it potentially harmful, or an actual Nvidia driver?
  8. ...Damn. Now I just picture a fight between Liz and Leon. Dirtiest fight-talk in history? Probably...

    Although it ain't happening until I IO that sucker
  9. Bases had doors at all? Ever? Oo
    Want. Really flipping want now, please.
    /Signed
  10. Techbot Alpha

    The Boot Myth

    Maybe it's a sign that Union is a nice place, when I really only recall a few incidents of kicking / being kicked happening?

    There's been a few times I wish I'd had the start so I could kick certain people...like the Bots/FF fail lord of Union (who if you've met him, you will know him) who seemed to forget to re-upgrade his pets and didn't have a clue how to use FF...on an ITF no less...Ugh. Bad day that was.
  11. Techbot Alpha

    it's patching

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DumpleBerry View Post
    In-before that guy cranks all his graphics setting to max and the inevitable "It's 2010, why does this game lag so much!!"
    Don't you mean 'That girl'?
  12. Rage and one the whole SS work fine as they are. I'd say leave it alone; if it isn't broken, and can't be improved on, leave it alone.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Liz Bathory View Post
    Which remind me... as youre human male... we need to find out a reason why her vampiric charms don't effect you? Same mindboggling madness I gather.
    Because he's loopy?
    And possibly doesn't dig century old dead chicks with deathly pale skin and zombie powers?
  14. I'mma agree with Birdies last post. This is the danger with making characters CP level. So much so that, in light of that post, I wouldnt really consider any of mine that level.

    Examples?

    Alpha; He's as cunning as a robo-fox and commands what ammounts to a six-robot army. And he has an orbital railcannon. But; get him on his own and, while he can beat an average baseline human, he's get the bolts beaten out of him by even a veteran soldier. Reason (the railcannon) is powerful, but very limited use; he saves that for hitting things like large mobs, AV/Heroes and the like (I use warburg missiles as 'ammunition'). He also daren't risk using it too much, in case someone gets a bead on it; it cost a lot of time and money for him to make, something even he couldnt recoup in a hurry.

    Leon DeFeurard; a medieval era Vampire Lord and Sire of the DeFeurard bloodline. He's stupidly hard to keep dead and, even if you blew his head off, he'd just go and stick it back on. He also trained out the weaknesses of crossing water, direct sunlight and holy icons (not to say that he doesn't burn in even dim light, and never tans, and holy icons make his eyes itch.)
    He also has next to no command over the undead, limited if any ranged capability and less magical skill than most other vampires. He relies instead on his high healing factor and his skill with his katana. That and teleporting in and out of fights if needs be.
    Of course, out damage his healing factor and he's looking at a long sleep for the next couple of hundred years.

    I think possibly the nearest to CP I have is Lord Atom, who I wanted to be the typical, insane Archvillain. He's an irradiated, headcase mess, wearing clunky power armour to contain the radiation that both drives him, his powers, keeps him alive and keeps him up loony creek with no paddle.
    He has nearly unlimited radioactive power. But that doesn't mean it's particularly fast. He can make things blow up as well as any other villain with radiation powers. He *could* poison the whole Freedom Phalanx with it...if they, y'know, stood still and twiddled their thumbs while he did so for about...a month or so?
    He just doesn't run out of power, though. And he's so insane he came out the other side and has plans so complicated that people go a little nutty trying to keep up with them.

    If I ever got a character that ended up hitting CP levels, and people said so, I'd either be hitting them with a large nerfbat or deleting them. I know I find super godly powerful characters annoying (Hello, Pocket D) and I hate to think of myself taking their place.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tenzhi View Post
    Very good point. I have noticed the Endurance problems more while playing Defenders, Controllers, and Tankers solo (most especially pre-20) and that's probably why.
    Seconded.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Jbot View Post
    Modern Military:

    Sets:
    SWAT
    Riot Police
    Spec Ops
    Special Forces


    Face:
    Face Mask (Full mask but more room around eyes)

    Half Helmets:
    Military
    Police

    Detail 1:
    Face Guard

    Chest:Body Armor

    Gloves:Body Armor

    Chest:Spec Ops (Stealth+a backpack)

    Legs:Body Armor


    Weapons:

    AR:Assorted Real Rifles

    Pistols:Assorted Real Pistols

    Shield:Modern Riot Shield

    Dual Blades:Combat Knives




    Power:
    Smoke Grenade:Blinds all enemies in an area

    OR

    Tactical Insertion:Teleport to mission entrance.
    Really, really want this. Go have a look at in-game SWAT for the face mask and such, it looks pretty damn snazzy.
    /Signed to that...and most of them tbh. Argh! Overload!
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper View Post
    If you want the flier, you should group up in Grandville, not some other zone and only gather up once you see the message.

    My villain badger got the badge for the flier on a duo, and my badger is a superspeeding Mastermind (really bad combo trying to reach a flying opponent in Grandville).
    Thats not really the point. What are you meant to do if you spot the 'Flier Patrol beginging' message, think "Hey, thats a cool idea, might as well get the badge on this guy. Hey, guys, who's up for bashing the flier?"

    Then you actually get there and it's already left the zone?
    If you're seriously suggesting camping around in GV waiting for it...well, I don't know what to say, really. What IanTheM1 said, probably.
  18. /e Facepalm?
    /Signed. Would be used so often by Alpha and a few of my other chars
  19. A juicy target, a few peeps as back up, and a flash arrow to the face. They won't know what hit 'em
  20. Heh...what a fool. He be givin' us smack talk, what else he expectin'?
    I Pity The Fool!

  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Scythus View Post
    It's smaller than I expected.
    He's larger than I expected.
  22. Interesting posts from both Shadowe, FFM and Birdy.
    Hmm. I think my most powerful characters are probably Alpha and Umbral Nightwalker.

    Alpha possibly could destroy the world...given enough time to build four more orbital rail-cannons and the huge ammount of power needed to punch five impervium lance projectiles into the core. And he wouldn't anyway, because then he'd be stuck, bored out of his cerebral core for frag knows how long.

    Nightwalker, well...mums the word, for now
  23. *Re-works multiple pages*

    New shinies is nice.
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Utopia View Post
    I think that was my problem with the Warshade. There was just so many powers I had never seen before, and I ended up with no clear role in combat. Just me running around like a crazy person shooting purple.
    Yup. This is where patience is key. Warshades are late bloomers, but trust me, they are worth it. Before I levelled mine up, I had tried and given up on Khelds many times.

    Triform or Human form are both valid. I picked Triform for increased utility.
    A few key things for a Warshade;

    -Hasten. Speed is good. Also, Super speed allows you to 1) Travel faster, 2) achive true stealth

    -Sunless Mire. The Damage Lord. Its like build up, only it increases in magnitude and damages a mob. Whats not to like?

    -Stygian Circle. Forget stamina, this is where its at. Kill off two enemies, have it three slotted with 2 end mod and an end red and you are home laughing, back to full bars. It recharges real fast too.

    -Unchain Essence, aka the Corpse Bomb. This thing is great. Pick off the weakest member of the enemy mob, and then turn them into a mini PBAoE of explodiness. That, and it stuns.

    -Dark Extraction. This is where the gravy train begins. You can have two of these 'Fluffies' stack with Hasten on, and my oh my are they destructive. If you took Nova form as well, these two make you a one bada$$ gunship in a sea full of little fish.

    -Eclipse. The pinacle. This turns you into a walking doom machine and, the best bit is, it doesnt crash. Stack this on a mob and, with some IO work, it can be perma. Then you're laughing.

    Warshade are...really unique. I think they are the one AT I would actually class as such. They are a progression from Stalker (Sneak up, Sunless Mire) to Controller (Stuns, Gravity Well and Corpse Bomb) through to the final blaster/tanker stage where everything dies (Dark Extraction, Eclipse, blastblastblast). And then feeding off the bodies of the fallen? Doesn't get much better than that
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kitsune9tails View Post
    I imagine that the Devs would rather have you adapt to fighting a type of critter that drops a certain type of enhancement than have you pick a critter that you have little to no risk in fighting and get whatever enhancements you need from it.

    Granted the difference is negligible now, but it may not have been intended to be when the system was designed.
    Except that doesn't work. At, say, level 35-45, 45+, there aren't 'easier' critters. You're into Rikti, Carny, Malta and Nemesis territory, none of which can really be classed as easy (not in general, anyway). Having origin specific enhancements is all fine and dandy; but things that are meant to drop as rewards that you can't even use? I don't buy that.