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Quote:You just won an internetOriginally Posted by Dechs Kaison
"Finish him. Finish him, your way."
"Oh good, my way. Thank you Vizzini... what's my way?"
"Pick up one of those rocks, get behind a boulder, in a few minutes the man in black will come running around the bend, the minute his head is in view, hit it with the rock."
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Quote:You missed;Originally Posted by Obsidius
The four types of CoH Personalities:
A) This CoH is half full!
B) This CoH is half empty!
C) Half full! No, half empty! Half... wait, what was the question?
D) Hey! I ordered a cheesburger!
Ah, good old Gary Larson
E) Hey! Excuse me? Excuse me! This is my glass? I dont THINK so. My glass was full. AND it was a bigger glass!
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Quote:Vanguard are meant to be fighting Rikti, with their state of the art armour and weakness to magic. Ergo, the weapons they use cut up armour like it's tinfoil (-res) and they use magic. It fits thematically, and makes for a change of pace gamewise.Originally Posted by PumBumbler
If you look at the end game additions to CoX, it was pretty much the malta and rularuu and rikti that were mez happy, making it a pain to deal with if you didn't have mez protection. Of course you can counter that with break frees and acrobatics, but it is still a pain to deal with. Vanguard, well, I think they're overpowered for a group that is supposed to be attached to the UN (Oddly enough, I think controllers are the best AT in general to solo Vanguard).
Cimerorans, on the other frakking hand...! I mean, come on, these are people with standard swords and shields and spears. They are HORRIBLE to fight solo, I tellya. I still remember the nasty shock I got the first time I stunned the medic first, cut up the healer, was moving onto the last standard guy and the healer REZZED the damn engineer...I know they are meant to be mid-end game mobs, but I find them worse than Rikti. At least you expect high-tech aliens to pack a punch...
/rant
And Pum, Ouch. I know how much of a pain multiple respecs can be (My invul tank, and first character. Most bodged build ever, until recently) -
Quote:Bwhehe, I approve ^^Originally Posted by Seldom
Defender: Tricky, as there are so many way to go at it. I'd have to go Empathy/Psi, with a FULL empathy build (Not just heals) Looking out for the team, and using attacks to weaken your foes in many ways.
Hmm, hmm, lemme see...
The only Iconic ones I can think of are;
Invul/SS Tanker
MA/SR Scrapper
Bots/Traps MM (Like me! Mwuahah )
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Quote:^ So gets my /signedOriginally Posted by IanTheM1
I should start saving this list:
Things they need to do with/for Vanguard Merits:
1) Up the drop rate. Not everyone ship raids.
2) Give merit bonuses for the RWZ story arcs.
3) Give a merit bonus to the Lady Grey TF.
4) Severely reduce the price of the Vanguard costume parts. (IT COSTS 200 FOR PANTS PEOPLE, 100 FOR A GUN)
5) Allow characters of any level to earn merits.
6) Find some way to allow players to use unlockable costume parts at creation. Account-wide unlocks, redeemable tokens (sort of like Vet rewards), or make the unlocks recipe-based.
The Costume piece prices are ludicrous. Seriously, when the drop rates are that low...
I was lucky enough to equip my Colonel after a few well-run ship raids. But its still a heck of an annoying grind... -
Yeah, I just read up on the wiki...
Gods DAMN! Do want! I wish I coulda been there... -
Quote:Whaaaa?!Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
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Quote:It is, afaik. The base runs through a re-draw.Originally Posted by FredrikSvanberg
It's always looked to me like the base is updating itself, checking every item in the base to find out if they have been moved or deleted or comparing their position with some kind of list. Something of that nature. During this process it's quite possible that each item is deleted and immediately replaced, which would cause that "flash". That is what it looks like to me, anyway.
Why this procedure is necessary every time we add or remove something from an enhancement storage bin or inspiration bin or salvage rack I can't understand.
Although why this is necessary for salvage? Noooo idea.
I really hate havinf the redraw during base edit too, although that at least has a reason. Id prefer to have an option for the game to ONLY render the room you are in FOR YOU at any time during editing. Given that on slower computers (laptop...) it makes base editing, at certain points, incredibyl incredibly slow.
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I chuckled ^^ Nicely done
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Quote:^ ThisOriginally Posted by Socorro
Funny. Aside, I do want Palin's 'Updo' hairstyle added to CoH as an option - heck, call it 'Palin'
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Sword/Shield scrapper can kick out some impressive AoE damage, Charge, Whirling sword and then the cone. All boosted by the +dam aura (god I fail at names today)
Fire/Fire is also a destructive piece of kit, I have to say. At range or melee. -
Quote:Yup. Exactly the sort of thing =POriginally Posted by Westley
OT, Teams have been easier to find, or at least I have found. This is on both sides, Union EU side. Although not as much red side, but then again I mostly team with friends and SG on redside anyway, so thats nothing new. Blueside has been much more fun, what with taking people down to the Hollows to resume wailing on Frostfire that sucka had it comin!
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Quote:I concur =POriginally Posted by SwellGuy
I thought it was funny but I am not surprised you got -rep for it. Too many -reppers don't have a sense of humor or any ability to think. Some of the ones I have gotten have made no sense at all.
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Quote:The feeling: UnderstoodOriginally Posted by Ironblade
I particularly enjoy when I get a really venomous comment accompanying INTENDED -rep, but the persons rep is so pathetic they ding me for ZERO.
Satisfaction: Guarenteed
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Quote:That...might well be possible. Given I tend to not be focussed too much on mezzes when on my tank, and more about aggroing everything in range, while chuckling at all the 'dodge, dodge, miss' ticking by from the angry mob ^^Originally Posted by StratoNexus
That is not true. Some immobs (Grav and Ice, off the top of my head) have the slow effect. This is an added benefit of those power sets, which is why adding the effect to all immobs is mildly problematic, it takes away something special from sets which have it as an added feature.
Im fairly sure that Immobs, when used on stuff with Mez protection, do nevertheless give slow. Maybe if stacked.
Although Grav for sure does -speed, I remember that f***er Kadabara Kill with great hatred and gnashing of teeth...him and his accursed Singularity. -
Quote:5? Seriously, which character and AT was that? OoOriginally Posted by PumBumbler
I'm going to jump into the fire with both feet here.
I think that some kind of mez protection would be good for the squishies, but also that mez protection itself is kind of broken.
It is too binary in many ways. Either you are held, or you are free, there is nothing in between. There should be a finer gradation in the mez system that would make mezzing and being mezzed more sensible.
For instance, immobs should have an irresistible movement slow component built in such that stacking them can actually do something to the mobs and individuals who have mez protection. The only thing that could counter the effect stacking should be slow resistance.
Holds should factor in a attack rate slow and movement slow stacking factor before being held completely.
Stuns should have a slight movement and turning rate penalty as well as an attack rate and slight recov and regen penalty before being fully stunned.
This would mean that granting mez protection for squishies would still give a penalty to being mezzed, it just wouldn't be so binary in form. Also, non squishies would have to worry about mezzes piling up versus shrugging them off completely.
As well, the whole knockdown, knockback and knockup system is borked to begin with. It should be separated so that extreme knockdown shouldn't be turned into knockback, and powers like ice patch and ice slick could actually make a difference against foes, even ones with knockback resistance etc.
Slows are about the only thing that I can see as having a graded system that stacks sensibly.
Of course, the other side to this type of equation is that when was the last time you saw the devs give something away for free? I'd rather they left well enough alone, since it's not THAT broken. The last time my favorite AT got 'looked at', I needed 5 respecs just to pull my toon apart to reconfigure everything.
And, actually, your not quite right. Immobs DO have a universal slow element. When playing a tanker, in fact any AT that has resistance/protection from mez, Immobs STILL cause slow and, in some cases, -jump and -fly effects.
I do agree, however, that the Knock-trio should be looked at. NOT changed stupidly, I LIKE Knockback and the other two. But seperate Knockdown from Knockback. While it can be humourous punching my enemies a mile when they are grey con on my SS Brute, it's less fun when you run into slightly less resilient/conning mobs and send them scattering with each hit, making your job/hitting a lot harder.
Also, it seems I now get -repped for even mentioning rep. If my opinion is that offensive, you could actually comment on it, rather than random and still anonymous -repping. -eyeroll- -
Take a man, take away everything that makes him a man, and what are you left with?
Mankind is what it is. We don't KNOW if there is a God, or Gods, or spirits or some pre-ordaned purpose. We can't prove it, no matter what anyone might say.
Is there right? Is there wrong?
I'd say no. The universe doesn't care what we do. Right and wrong are ideals made by men, good and bad are man-made ideals. And the 'Bad' will always be the ones who are on the other side of the argument, on both sides.
Morality is man-made, possibly even sanity.
A bit of a depressing thought, maybe. But it helps to remember that, whatever else, it is what we do that defines us.
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I love how people use -rep with all the safety that comes from being anonymous.
-golf clap- I know which AT these people play. The Unique Coward AT.
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Thats just what we let the Council think.
He's actually a sleep agent, who now has vast samples of all their security codes...the trusting little fools!
FUR DIE COLUMN!
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Quote:Correct: I didn'tOriginally Posted by Diggis
I didn't think you used to talk like that, but it's generally amusing and never annoying.
One Post: Was all it took
Now: Flicks on and off
All the quotes: Are belong to me
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2 slots with Res IO in all of them, def in Tough hide. If you have slots to spare, triple 'em for a few bonuses, or for slotting Impervium armour +Psi res.
I also find that the Res/Def IO from Steadfast goes great in Resist Physical Damage. Stacks nicely on with Tough Hiden and Invincibility. -
Quote:Assessment: IncorrectOriginally Posted by Westley
Techbot... are you a Rikti bot?
Partly built: With Rikti Components
Useful as: Forum trademark
Disabling: ...
I actually did it for one post, and found it was fun to type, and that people found it amusing. Sure, some people -rep me for it (anonymously, as normal) but I find that more people get a smirk out of it then go 'OMG lrn 3 speek!!1'
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Quote:PFTGOriginally Posted by Forbin_Project
I'm confused. People object to Eisregens story but enjoy playing a game where they throw fireballs and lightning at npc's, riddle them with bullets and slice them into bloody little pieces with swords all the while dressed up like costumed vigilantes.
O.o
E.g.: Pretendy Fun Time Games
Its the same reason people play any computer game, or usually do (As usual, you get the odd exception) Its Not Real.
In essence, a game like this is where y'can explore things you dont agree with in real life, you can be the 'good guy', the 'bad guy' or anything inbetween. And yes, you can fly, throw fireballs and generally look and act cooler than possible in real life
In game =/= Real life
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Quote:-Rep: Also earnedOriginally Posted by Lakanna
This mainly. i even got +repped from someone who's on the other side, saying I was fun to argue with. When the arguments actually get nasty, I tend to lose interest, but actually holding a discussion is a lot of fun.
Of course, I also got -rep from anonymous twice. I'm an idiot who should shut up because I have no idea how to play.
Again: No name
Cannot: Face the use of Rikti language
Urge to use it more: Rising
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"So it's fine for Eisregen to crow about his attack on another person, but criticizing that attack and suddenly we're wildly careening off-topic?"
No. Im saying the whole thread seems to have gone off topic.
At least the comment was cohegent and made a point.
Since we are discussing this sort of thing, I'll add my tuppence worth. There's a difference between violence for violence sake (The sort a number of Brit kids in cities seem to break onto the new with fairly frequently) and violence for a reason.
Now, people since time immemorial have used 'for a reason' to their own ends. 'Because I can' fits into violence for violence sake. The two big ones are causing a war in the middle and further-East to this day, which Im going to leave alone but niether of which I agree with.
It's extreme, but the 'Batman' style justice, which Bill Z mentions, is the point where the system is broken, theres not a snowballs chance in hell of things going right unless you fight for them. If the bike rider, using an example that has gone before, had run down my fiance, for example, they'd be looking at GBH for free. The same if someone tried to rob my flat while I was in it.
I could go on, but this is really a philisophical debate, and there really is no right and wrong. It's also immensely thin ice, which I'd rather not walk on while still intact.
So, apologies if I did offend anyone with the 'Offtopic' post, it wasnt aimed at one person. I shoulda put QR to show in general -shrug-
