Wintermutant

I blame you for being the common ground that led to the mobilization of the /b/tards and their emergence into the mainstream.

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Lots of stuff. Have you seen this video yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm61svN4U5g

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Of course I have, I'm the star of it. Yes, I'm that kid's sunglasses. No, you can't have my autograph.

So, there's stuff going on in this thread, I see.

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Kind of like telling people Bruce Willis is dead before taking them to see Sixth Sense. Not quite as dramatic but similar concept.

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SPOILER ALERT, GAWD!

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I do think that the community should make a stand on the fact that NCNC should make some waves about this game to other people. I don't see any ads or any commercials... they are important

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They really have missed some great advertising opportunities in the past. The one that particulary stands out is when Heroes had those Heroes/Villains posters everywhere.

Arc # 45525 - Effrego Quartus Parietis
Levels 1-50,
It shows up as a Long arc but I didn't use any particularly large maps, so it shouldn't be TOO long.

Thanks in advance!

It'd be great if you could take a look at mine; the feedback I have gotten has all been in regards to the technical side, without much advice for the story itself.

Arc # 45525 - Effrego Quartus Parietis
Levels 1-50, but I'd suggest at least lvl 20 or so.
It shows up as a Long arc but I didn't use any particularly large maps, so it shouldn't be TOO long.
Global - @Wintermutant

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You suckers are lining up for Talen to insult you, while I get it for free.

Suckers.

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I'd rather someone tell me the truth bluntly than lie to me sweetly.

I'd like to submit my first arc for consideration:

#45525 - Effrego Quartus Parietis

It shows up as Long, but I used smallish maps, so there isn't really any part you'll get bogged down on. My tanker didn't have any trouble soloing, nor did the controller found it and offered suggestions.

One thing I'd like particular feedback on is the second mission. There was an intermittent bug with one of the goals not completing properly, but I tweaked the objective and haven't run into the problem since, so it should be fixed.

So back to the matter at hand, if anyone would like to take a look at my arc and give me some feedback, I promise not to get butthurt if you don't like it:

Arc #45525: Effrego Quartus Parietis

It shows up as Long, but it's four shortish maps with no defeat alls or anything like that, so shouldn't take too long.

Just a little story about what happens when someone is handed more power than they know what to do with. Thanks in advance.

Like it or not, it's their system and is most likely easier to code a blanket filter rather than a conditional filter, so don't expect that to change.

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Yeah, it basically comes down to the fact that there are certain powersets (coughmartialartscough) that make true "wizard robes" impossible to animate. Jay explained this as much in the Q&A at HeroCon.

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I can't be the only one who thinks it would be funny to see martial arts characters have to hike their robes up to their waist before they can attack.

You know, given how hard some people are to please, I'm surprised no one has complained about potentially diverting development resources into something only a small segment of the population would utilize.

Hmm, the new 9.4 drivers include this little tidbit in the patch notes:

"City of Villains: Display now redraws correctly after changing graphics settings"

It's not much, but possibly a start?

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Plus it FITS the D better than it fits the RWZ, don't ya think?

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Virtual Reality center in a warzone:
Virtual Reality center in a nightclub:

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Not to mention that it's in a raid zone that regularly fills up on raid nights.

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The AC crowd can't keep anyone honest when people just stop listening.

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I may not always agree with AC, but at least he's civil about his opinions. I like the other guys who, together, called us brainwashed chumps for liking the pack.

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I sure hope the problems can be fixed. It would be nice for ATI/AMD but it would be really great for this game. I shudder to think how many customers have been lost because they were crashing and getting weird graphic errors with a high end ATI/AMD card.

Now we need to wait and see. "No timeline" doesn't exactly fill me with excitement, but it's not a message of doom, either.

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In all fairness though, things do seem to have gotten a bit better with ATI compatibility over time. Before I switched to Nvidia, I remember the random crashes, missing textures and alt+tab bugs, but since I switched back to ATI recently, I don't have any of those nagging bugs anymore, just the lingering inability to mix FSAA with high water effects or depth of field.

Given that the rewards seem supplemental more than anything, I think the system seems reasonable.

Of course, I'm not much of a badge hoarder either, though.

Oooh, I haven't done that one in quite awhile, and coincidentally my SO is going to be busy tonight. Count me in for the 7 pm run.

edit: make that the 9pm run.

I wonder what happens if you log off at El Super Mexicano?

Personally, I'm looking forward to it. We get a few things we've been asking for, for awhile now in shields and villain patron respecs.

We get an expansion to what's, in my opinion, the most interesting zone in the game.

The day jobs sound interesting, like an alternate/expanded version of Rested XP some other MMOs have.

And I'm especially interested in the mission creator tools, since the only thing I miss about running my own SG is being base architect.

The merits I'm fairly ambivalent about personally, but alternate means of advancement are never a bad thing.

It may be a tad content-light, but with Spore and Fallout 3 coming soon in addition to my continuing Team Fortress 2 addiction, that's kind of a positive to me.

I don't really have anything to add to the topic at hand, but just wanted to say how much I appreciate the candor our devs show to the community while not stooping to pandering.

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With the new changes being done to game play in the higher lvls you will want to bring 8 people on those av missions after the next update and expect to have about 2-3 deaths per. The end game has been determined to be to "easy" so its being made harder so if ya had a hard time before with a av your gonna love it now

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Woohoo, about time they put some challenge back into this game!

Another suggestion for people wary of putting their credit card online but have trouble finding time cards is to use one of those Netspend Visas.