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Quote:Masterminds are ALWAYS winOriginally Posted by Silverado
Roll a Mastermind
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Yup, got that three times this evening.
-Takes out general world anger on the servers and anyone in a ten mile radius-
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Quote:It's not the nth time for new players.Originally Posted by Perfect_Pain
I can not help it. When people even hint that they would rather people go to IP AGAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN for the 90 bajillionth time to travel across that zone 45 gragillion more times it makes me want to vomit.
We need New zones with New stuff to do. Period. I would be happy if some world event happeneds and IP got sucked into a black hole... and then could suck Boomtown into that same hole... and maybe half of the Shard...
And, if it go a revamp so it wasn't all fail, then it WOULD be new for old players anyway.
I haven't done most of the blueside missions, simply cos it's mind numbingly boring trying to get to them.
I remember the one time I managed to do the Striga arcs, and they were actually good fun. Getting to them was what made it nor worth it. -
Just...just...!
-camera zooms out to watch the shockwave of the scream explosion-
WANT!
I'm going to get that new rig if I have to kill someone! Gods DAMN!
Keep it coming, P_P. Gods damn not being able to go to the US. DamndamnDAMN! -
Pick something you like the look of, find a dencent concept, ignore what other people play.
I find it helps more to play things you find fun. Me, for example, I just can't get into controllers or doms. Im a damage person. That said, I still enjoy my old main and tanker, even though I've never made another. Possibly because he's so hard to trump
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Quote:As the others said, sounds like ambush coding.Originally Posted by GibberingLunatic
New issue, on my merc/pain MM on freedom, the Trick mob AI seems to be rather single-minded. Normally mobs go after whoever is beating on them the hardest. Nope. sorry I just stand there while my minions do all the dirty work and yet every mob that pops out of those doors has tunnel vision going directly for me not caring about the 6 other guys with guns blazing. Any other mob thats not a ToT mob usually goes for the minions first unless I aggroed them first. Even then however they switch target to one of my minions instead of me but not ToT mobs, oh no. They are dead-set on removing my head from my shoulders. I could put my minions right on the door and put them on agressive, click the door and run a good 20 meters away.
The ToT mobs will push through my minions (even though they are damaging them like crazy) and head straight for me. This seems like a huge bug with the mob AI.
Just tested 3 times, I went as far as I could while the door was still opening and with 6 minions all firing, the mob was chasing ME down the street.
The sort that, y'know, ignores [Hide] as well?
God I hate that coding...
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Quote:Or on laptops which are only about three years old.Originally Posted by Noyjitat
Id like a graphical update myself mainly for characters and clothing. But you'd have to make it optional because some still play this game on 10 year old computers that would basically blue screen and flip them off the minute they tried to play the game.
Some people just can't afford decent rigs. At least now I can build one with the help of Uni friends that will be decent spec for decent price. -
Quote:Not before GR, certainly.Originally Posted by je_saist
While I could be wrong about this, I do think the developers have talked about the lower zone revamps on a regular basis.
First was Faultline, then Hollows, and those turned out pretty well on the mission progression front. We also know Baumtown is on the list of zones to revamp.
However, revamping missions, and redirecting storylines, takes time and resources. Time that the developers haven't had in the past. As I understand it, Miss Melissa (War Witch) was pretty much solely responsibly for the Hollows rework... and that took how long?
For the most part, the CoH devs simply haven't had the resources to go through and do a comprehensive review and reassignment of low-level missions. We do know that Going Rogue is intended to provide a new introductory zone to get players up to speed on the game basics. We also know that a large portion of the development team is doing nothing but working on Going Rogue.
We've had a steady trickle of new developers showing up on the forums. Arbiter Kim and Dr. Aeon come to mind. We're started to see the studio expansion take shape and produce results.
So yes, this probably is a good time to start poking the developers to schedule for early hero content revamp. However, I don't think we should actually expect anything to be done until after Going Rogue launches and developers are available to review and modify the older content.
But saying people should plan ahead for this?
You shouldn't have to plan ahead in a game unless you want to. I dont mean tactics and stuff, I mean picking up missions. Sure, you can carefully plot which arcs you do, min/max the rewards and all that, get certain temp powers and unlock different contact streams.
That shouldnt be mandatory. Not by a long shot.
And given the Devs have in fact made a new, and better contact system (The window pop-ups for the Cim contacts, Megs Mason, Ashley Mcknight etc) we KNOW that it is possible. Yes, it will take time, but whoever got anything worthwhile without spending time on it?
They should make the Security Chiefs actual, decent contacts. They give you one hunt mission or something piddly. Include more about the zones they are in, the groups you are fighting, stuff to really get your teeth into. The Petrovic Brothers, the Hellions and their obsession with Satanism, The Family and their Supradine ring and stuff. It could be fantastic...but all the old content is lacking in comparison to the new stuff. -
We don't talk: About Scrapyarders...
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Quote:'Immune to Psychic powers' usually, on Union anyway, comes from people being sick of people reading their characters minds without permissions. It just becomes a reflex to come up with a reason after a while, to save yourself the hassle later.Originally Posted by TheSummerEvening
I can understand that, and would be happy to see that, but the American server is full of "dark, mysterious" heroes who "nobody knows anything about" and who are "immune to psychic powers." Which I have been annoyed by, because unless you can't be stunned by the aberrants, you're not immune, and are also full of "unregistered" super groups and heroes.
I'm happy to follow bracketed notes, even.
If I see another half vampire half werewolf half demon with faerie blood and cat ears who's immune to psychic powers with a mysterious past as an assassin, I'm going to puke.
Edit: Oh, and part dragon.
The stupid hybrid characters though, yeah...we have out fair share of them, too. I should make a Hybrid-Hunter character Just for laughs.
Also, on the note of registering, Villains I see as less likely to be registered. The registering and such is a game mechanic. As is the stuns and stuff from Lost and whatnot. You just have to handwave some of it.
Example; Lord Atom is an irradiated mad scientist who wants nothing more than to set the world aflame. Arachnos probably don't like him, not after the third irradiated base and all. I dont really want him registered, but that doesn't mean I should have to kill him off when I happen to lose a mission, does it? That detracts from the fun. So, given hes a something of a mad genius, I figured he could hack into the teleport network for short bursts, just enough to get him out and patched up. If Arachnos send people after him, well, their loss
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Fully agree with ya Sam.
This is why I keep facepalming when Posi goes on about 'New Content over Revamps'...
Has he PLAYED some of the old carp blue side? Its bad. No, its not just bad, it sucks worse than Lusca trying to take someones face off after the big girls been on lemons for a few weeks.
Hunts are BORING. Talking to PvP contacts and Security Chiefs is BORING. This is Emmert Legacy, back when people were expected to street-sweep to level up and suchnot.
Posi, guys, I emplore you. I17, I18, whichever one, someone take out the garbage and give the game a much deserved revamp in the missions department. -
Quote:That shouldn't be happening.Originally Posted by Maniac_Raid
Just a quick reply.
I went into the RWZ a week or so ago on a character that had not done the Welcome to the Vanguard arc yet. I saw there was a Ship Raid starting. Having done one before, and enjoyed it then, I signed up, and got on a team. By the end of it, I'd gotten a couple bars of xp, some decent drops, and 13 Vanguard merits.
I don't remember what level he was, if he was under 35 or not, but just want to remind folks, you don't have to have the badge to start collecting Vanguard Merits.
Also, if you got 13 Merits on a Ship Raid and you were teamed, you should be able to sue for utter fail.
Ship Raid = about 400+ merits, on a mediocre run. A good run can be upwards of 500+.
So, you DO need the badge. Anything else is a bug.
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Quote:Y'know, this always puzzles me.Originally Posted by Prof_Backfire
And even fewer people get it from the radio. I really doubt the Rogue Isles has internet filters (and if they do, damn near everyone would get around them), the news would be all over the place. Shutting down a single radio station would do zilch.
Despite the game being set in a world very similar to our own, in a timeframe identical to our own...
Why are the cellphones bricks? Why is some of the architecture so out of whack? It feels, at times, like we stepped into a comic from the 80s, not the 21st Century.
One of those little things that really, really bugs me. Yeah, its somewhat trifling, but I do hope that the look becomes a bit less 'Retro' at some point in the future. -
Quote:Problems: ListingOriginally Posted by Prof_Backfire
When I first played my Peacebringer, I stood next to Ms Liberty blasting away at aliens, and dinged. So I trained right then and there and immediately started blasting away with my new attack.
I don't see the problem.
Late Addition: Hard to get close
Low level character: Liklihood of dying: Have to run back from hospital
Playing on slower/older computer: Large build up of lag
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Heh, keep it coming Birdy. Intel for Euro-side is much appreciated
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Quote:Because, chap. Because.Originally Posted by Leo_G
Why do these threads always get the attention?
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Quote:I have a serious question. Does anyone actually find Hunts fun? At all?Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
Indeed. Also, any hunt mission that's restricted to a specific neighborhood. Unlike zone-specific hunts, there are no clear delineations between neighborhoods (the popup neighborhood names aren't precise enough for this purpose), and in the course of hunting it's entirely possible to stray out of the one you're supposed to be in, leading to wasted effort and annoyance.
All hunt missions seem like the one step up from 'Talk to the PvP Information person' missions, and suchnot.
Maybe it is just me, and I need to go log a charge-up cycle....but hey. -
Quote:The 'Rude' was more aimed at the people who basically told me to naff off during the invasion. Yes, that paraphrasing.Originally Posted by Doughboy
It's not necessarily a bad idea. Part of the reason people are not agreeing with you is that your post indicated that people who fight Rikti invasions near the Atlas trainer (most of us) are rude. If you really want to campaign for a change, turn your message from negative to positive.
It was late, I was tired. I still retain some niavity in thinking people might think about things for a few moments and how, in future, it might be them finding the same problem.
Current action: Shrug
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Quote:Dingding, we have a winner!Originally Posted by BBhumeBB
[internet deadpan]
Little known fact but fluoxetine is in fact derived from an organic precursor similar to bufotenine, made from dried frogs. So you're both right.
[/internet deadpan]
(Readers are further directed to Pratchett's Discworld novels, specifically those dealing with the wizards of Unseen University, for additional information on the effects of dried frog pills)
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Quote:It's probably you trying to get them to recruit more female members that does that, GG.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I've tried beating up the 5th in any fights I see to even the odds for the Council, but they just turn on me
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"Y'see that? That's what happens if you LOSE! So, whatever else you useless whelps do in your miserable lives, you'd better NOT Lose! Is that clear? It better damn well be clear!"
-Hamidon Raid briefing officer. -
Quote:"Ah, dat was a bad thing t'say, pal. Y'tink trolls are silly, hmm? Dat we're all stoopid? Well now...What's gonna happen is dis. Clarance here..say Hello, Clarance. Nah, don' just grunt, ya schmuck! Clarance here, he IS a bit of a stoopid Troll. But, what he's gonna do, see, is tear off ya right arm. 'Kay? Then he's gonna do the same wit' the left arm, only THIS time, ya don' wanna see where he's gonna shove it. That might learn ya, pal."Originally Posted by Westley
YOU'RE a silly troll idea!
-Ceasar the Troll, to a very former business associate.
What puzzles me is why people see it as a bad idea. Its not harming anyone, and its benefitting some people. Win/win?
-shrug-
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Quote:I can boil it down even simpler;Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
I don't personally have that issue and play my brutes and scrappers the same way at full tilt all the time, but I can understand what they're saying.
If everyone could do a Bill Z...well, we'd end up with a demonic world much like the warwolf world in the PI missions. We'd be more screwed than a screw-cap bottle faced with Chuck Norris
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Quote:No, not really.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Am I a bad person for getting a laugh out of how many times people have said some variation of "go to another zone" as I predicted?
I shouldn't actually be surprised.
I guess this is why people who actaully have small ideas that might actually make a little but nice QoL change give up and stop posting.
It's either so big that it gets labeled as game breaking, or so small that its not worth the time. Or simply a silly/troll idea anyway. -
Customised standard groups end up with their level ranges all out of whack.
So, a mob that is meant to only spawn from 30-34 might end up spawning from 32-54...
Very, very wierd.
At least I fixed up my arc (Heart of Steel, see Sig) so it works fairly well.
Wish they would just let us fully customise standard mobs, but there you go.