Techbot Alpha

Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler

Wow...are the comments there always so brutal?

I had no idea so much was at stake with Going Rogue, you think someone here would have said something about the future of the entire NCWest division riding on our expansion pack.

I find this comment particularly amusing


If that's from one of you guys, I'm flattered...but really? You trust me, an animator/VFX artist or Castle, a power designer, over a NCSoft exec who actually knows what they're talking about? Why...because we're chatty here on the forums? Posi I could understand, cause theoretically he'd be the most 'in-the-know'. I would have thought that announcing a long overdue, genuine expansion pack for CoH/CoV could only be viewed as a positive thing for our game. How did someone manage to spin it into a sign of impending doom?

So many comments on NCSoft in relations to unsuccesful games. As someone who was working on Auto Assault when it launched, I've never felt that its failure was due to a lack of support from NCSoft. Quite the opposite, they let us push the launch date quite a ways back for a much needed overhaul and polish phase. Post launch, the game did not do well and rather than completely cut and run, NCSoft still supported the game long enough to try and turn things around. Alas, it just wasn't enough. The game simply failed on it's own merits...but it had more than a fair shot, imo.

I'm not trying to blow smoke up anyone's backside here, but we're doing pretty damn good for an MMO that's heading toward's its 6th birthday and we plan to be here for a while. There have been a lot of talented people who've helped shape this game over the years, and while there have been mis-steps here and there, we really are trying to make the right decisions for the overall benefit of the game that we're all so invested in. It's a tough gig, we've got a lot of hard work ahead of us, but I really do think that the best days are still to come and I hope you guys will stick around for the ride.

Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler

Er...I always work with auto-keyframe mode (Auto-Key in Max). All it does is automatically create a key at the current frame for any translation you do on the object. Nothing mysterious about it.

In fact, I've only known one animator who worked by setting keys manually, and his curves were a bloddy mess. Namely because he would just select every bone and blast a key onto everything...whether it needed it or not.

It's essentially the same thing, except one requires at least one extra keystroke and usually generates more keys than you actually need.

Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill

The reason people get irritated over "healer" is that, most of the time, the person advertising themselves as such is... well, a leech and/or not playing their character anywhere NEAR as well as they could.

The example that always comes to mind (from multiple personal experiences with the type) is a year or two ago during the halloween event. Trying to take down Eochai, we picked up a Rad/Rad corruptor. Who, it turns out, was a "healer." AOE heal aura, rez, AM... and that's it. No debuffs. Med pool, IIRC. And utterly useless for what we needed.

Originally Posted by Bright Shadow

Originally Posted by Bright Shadow

Originally Posted by Golden Girl

So, if one or more of the animation team happen to get a little free work time by possibly completing their scheduled work early, what would you suggest they spend that free work time on?
Remember, they do animation - they don't have anything to do with bug fixes, server issues, costume parts, mission design, map creation or finding a way to make Jay less sexy - they do animation.

So maybe they look at a list of low priority/unscheduled requests involving animation, and decide to use this free work time to add the most popular one that's been requested by lots of players for ages?

Originally Posted by FitzSimmons

I know, I know, animation guys were all caught up with their work so they could wrap this up.

How about custom colors for VEATS or custom color options for power pool powers? What about an option for turning off/default colors the player sees? A feature I heard was in the pipeline.

I'm just suggesting that there are probably more important things to do than put in a walk feature.

But if it works for the RPers then cool.

Originally Posted by Lucky666

Just go into that thread about the new walk power and say it was a complete waste of resources oh you'll get some negetive rep lols oh you'll get some.

and -rep like you asked

Originally Posted by Golden Girl

But wouldn't he at least let me finish?

Originally Posted by Chyll

I heard that Silverado suggested underwater vehicles that can travel in space...

Originally Posted by Westley

See the signature Smurch? I never said he was a good guy, I'm just getting tired of GG repeating it over and over and OVER again ad nauseum. So much so that I'm growing tempted to put her on ignore, which I almost never do.

Originally Posted by Smurch

"I must therefore rely on all of you to spread the word of Lord Recluse's vision. A vision of a glorious future, in which man is not encumbered by the desire for truth, peace, or justice. A future where you no longer must obey others. Where you must no longer bow down to those who deem themselves your superiors. A world in which you can finally say "No more!" No longer will you have to listen to those who tell you that you must earn what you wish, that you must work hard to achieve your goals. You will have the strength to take what you desire! ((the crowd cheers))
Through my way--the way of villainy--you can have what you want now. You can leave the weak lying in your wake as you grasp with both hands the glorious future of havoc. The heroes are doomed! ((more applause from the crowd)) Join me now, or you will suffer the same fate that awaits all who defy me. I, Lord Recluse, shall cover this world in darkness! ((crowd cheers until audio feed loops))"

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow

I don't think you meant to say what you ended up saying. And if you did... Ew!

Originally Posted by Bronze Knight

Yea we need more Steampunk stuff like...

SOME FETHING BOOTS MAYBE!





Not that I'm bitter or any thing..............

Originally Posted by Shadowclone

Ok guys we all know that a lot of the ideas that are implemented into the game come from players themselves. So lets get our minds working and pump out some ideas! Criticism is ok as long as its constructive. So dont just say "That is stupid and will never work." Ok, so to get this ball rolling I'll shoot out an idea.


Ok we already have two builds available to us right? Well, lets expand on that. My idea is that when you get to 50 you unlock a new build. But this is a special build. This build will start over at lvl 1 and allow you to choose a new powerset to use. NOTE: This would not be like now where the levels between your builds are the same, the new build would start at lvl1 again. Also, when that build hits 50 you get to choose a new build, and ect. Thus, this would allow you to expand upon your heros current abilities without cheating the system.

Originally Posted by houtex

What, whoa, really!?

Jay can turn down things?

Jay has lost some of his alleged sexiness. I mean, a man who can't handle the *challenge* of making modest female costumes...

/just sayin'.
//if that's even true, the superpower of telling bosses 'No, I won't!' and still having the job...

Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler

Actually, I said it would take the gibbering idiot they replace me with years to do and ultimately look stupid...because gibbering idiots aren't known for the quality of their work as much as their ability to gibber.

Whether or not we ever do an underwater zone or underwater gameplay is not my call to make...I'm simply stating the fact that it's very low on my list of things that I would want to see us do for this game and would be pretty forthright about expressing my opinion as such.

The dig at Aquaman was a joke and sincerely apologize to him and his lovely family; Aquawoman, Aqualad, and the rest of the Aquaclan...you are all special in your own unique and clammy ways.

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow

Enough with this unlockable crap, please. Pardon my word choice, but it's really starting to drive me up the wall. Unless you want to enable costume unlocks to be account-wide, then the LESS unlockable weapons we have, the better.

Now, the "more weapons" sentiment I can very much echo. Please, please give us more weapons. But actually GIVE us the weapons, don't slap them on some level 35+ content or behind a terrible grind.

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow

I mean no offence, but all of these are commonly accepted to be good ideas (aside from origin-specific costume pieces, that one is terrible) and something we've all pretty much agreed we want. What you've essentially made is a list of some of the more common suggestions, and I'm not sure there is much left to say about them. I can't really disagree with most of those, but then I don't really have anything much to say on them, either. Sorry.

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow

Mind you, I didn't say they need Stamina, and I have a level 50 Mercs/Traps Mastermind who runs all three Leadership toggles to prove it He doesn't use Stamina or Inventions, and he still does just fine. It can be done with proper planning and care, and it's not actually all that hard. I'm just saying that they're not an AT which inherently gets a free pass on endurance use. They actually use quite a lot when it comes down to that.

Originally Posted by ObiWan

This. And to the OP, have you read the description for the Hellions (the number one purse snatchers)? They dabble in magic and therefore are more resistant to fire. I understand your want of the non leathal options but the game itself already takes steps to help hand wave the burning bodies.

Originally Posted by je_saist

There are no such things as upgrades in the Windows World. There are only crossgrades. If you want to upgrade, install a Linux and Get a Mac. And no, this isn't for debate, question. This is stated fact.

Obviously, the original poster has upgraded. However, there are caveats with upgrades. Sometimes software built against legacy platforms won't work, and so yes, sometimes it's worth it to have a legacy platform around to continue to use legacy code.

There are also some cases where some programs are better left to a legacy platform. I happen to be of the opinion that tools like MIDS are among them. I don't like MIDS for a variety of reasons. It's one thing to look at a list of numbers and think "that looks good." It's entirely another thing to actually put those numbers into realistic play. MIDS can tell you everything there is to know about the raw numbers, but it won't tell you one lick about how an avatar plays. It won't tell you what the natural strengths or weaknesses are. It won't tell you what enemies you'll face, nor how to switch up your playing style for the needs of a team. It won't tell you how long you'll have to farm or how many TF's you'll have to run to afford the IO sets you want. It won't tell you what's actually available.

For these and many other reasons, I don't use MIDS, and I'd have a hard time justifying anybody spending time to port the underlying code to a better operating system base, much less maintaining the current lists of enhancement sets.

But... that's just me. Obviously some people find value in the tool. I'm not one of those people.