Zekiran_Immortal

If we had way more room for bio info, it'd be something that would be nice as an "optional fill in" area I think. However, when I spoke to Posi as I was trying out the I16 stuff at the con, and asked "why can't we have more space on the bio?"

"You'd have to lose a power or two..." So... the way that the character info is stored is obviously in need of some upgrading. I don't know whether he meant merely on the ID screen, or actually "losing" a power because it won't come up in the program... I have no clue. lol.

Right: the hardcore people. Had lots more non-hardcore people come in and said "hey that's a really good idea! I won't have to figure this out the hard way any more!" it may have been different. As it was, perhaps the content of the suggestions were more akin to "we want to keep winning and keep others from enjoying themselves" and less "let's get lots more people enjoying this event".

At what point is "hardly anyone pvps and wants to" erroneous? I'm taking from *actual example populations* - those who've been here and said so, as well as those who have stated very plainly if it were not here they wouldn't care. You're trying to say I'm making a false course of logic here but frankly your opinion on the matter doesn't make it true: hardly anyone does/wants/requires pvp in this game. Maybe those same people REALLY enjoy playing Team Fortress for their pvp jollies, maybe they - like me and half the other folks here in this very thread - just *don't like pvp*.

In a game which wasn't started with PVP in mind, that's hardly a newsworthy item.

This I agree with. They really did drop the ball on the only kind of PVP that I got into and enjoyed almost every time I participated in. It's frequently been said that the Arena is the best way to keep pvp in the game, and I agree. It has its place. They HAVE spiffed up the arena, though yes - too little too late perhaps.

I'll have to take your word for this, as I participated in a total of two raids, one of which was only for jokes and giggles.

.... These two things are the same. If it's broken, you can't use the feature.

Exactly. Why. I. Don't. Zone. PVP.

They "changed".

Right. Because the few hardcore folks who have stayed are still doing the same crap that they did to prevent other people from enjoying it now, only with slightly different tactics. I see nothing wrong with this picture.

There have been FAR more nerfs and changes in the PVE game than the PVP one. Don't exaggerate please, the game *is about PVE* for the most part, and obviously that's where the devs enjoy putting effort. Yes. They hate pvp. lol.

Better is a highly subjective term here. Better for SOME small number of people, but honestly there are so many more who just wouldn't even NOTICE if PVP completely vanished from this game entirely. You know this to be true.

Let's talk about quality versus quantity, then.

In order to appeal to a pvp-oriented PLAYER, a game really does need to be built from the ground up with PVP in mind. This is not one of those games. It's always been rather a joke in this game, that pvp isn't all that great. I've seen scathing reviews of it, and even the hardcore players who HAVE conquored the methods here, laugh at it at times. If it's such a joke, why defend it so hard when there are other, way more appropriate places to play pvp style? Other games - like Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress and Counterstrike - are ALL about pvp, and leave nothing much to the imagination there. But they have different styles of play too, admittedly in a much more restricted whole game environment.

But they were *designed for player versus player interaction*.

This game *was not*.

I agree that it should be "done right" if at all - but frankly, done at all is really the question. The arena is fun, the zones are... less fun but still functional and could very well be repurposed for coop instead of pvp.

None of the things involving improving pvp, however, would EVER include "letting pvp enter pve zones". (oh ho, SUBJECT LINE HERE, thought you caught me...)

Anyway - enjoy what you get. Because obviously, the devs DO hate you. And villains. And furries. So clearly you should adopt a furry, pvp villain as the mascot of "improve or die" ... >_> /sarcasm

Or, more likely, have an entirely separate system if you WANT to make a raidable base. Perhaps at the supergroup registrar, you can click "I want to make my base raidable" and that would then permanently key that base to ONLY have raidable pathing and such. obviously the code *exists* for it, it's not currently in use.

But I dont' think they'd ever trash what we've been able to make so far without the pathing, they know plenty of us go nuts and make elaborate things. None of those are possible even in the slightest, with that other code. But there's no reason not to have both in this case. Splitting the codes and making them useful at the same time, I suspect, may be a problem - but they've got people working. One thing at a time

So... what you're saying is "there is not a teaming problem". No one "needs" an 8 man team, unless you're trying to start a particular tf/sf. Anything from a duo on up is "a good team" if everyone plays and has fun.


Since there were plenty of guides about how to get teams and lead them *before AE came along* I would say yes, you're the only one. Plenty of people complained that they couldn't find anyone therefore the servers are dying therefore they need a server merge .... blah blah blah. That's all long before AE. And those of us who aren't afraid to figure out how to "do it right" also figure that it's good to pass that knowledge along to those who appear to need it.

This game is incredibly solo friendly. What part of the statement you said at the top of this post, about finding an 8 person team in 15 minutes in Atlas, is difficult? You are contradicting yourself.

So really, I'm not sure WHAT you're trying to get at. And, also... what does this have to do with the subject of the thread?

The success of the booster packs pretty much says that for ten or twenty bucks, more parts will be done this way. I haven't heard about whether they're adding anything to the basic sets, but I imagine that they will, there's almost always something every couple issues, and I was told specifically there is MUCH more to I16 than just custom colors. So... dunno.

This. I would imagine that the entire code for base raids would have to change in order to allow/disallow per room.

Cathedral of Pain and base raids ARE still on the radar. They aren't top priority but they're not off the shelf.

It already is. The way that the game is right now, is the ideal for the playerbase which exists. To disturb that would be disasterous. What you have suggested is exactly that: a disasterous disturbance in the game.

The number of players who actively pvp in this game IS miniscule compared to those who do not, or who only occasionally jump in. If this were not plain and simple truth, the PVP zones should be more or less hoppin, right? They aren't. THEY are the wasteland zones that people doooom about - there's hardly ever anyone in ANY pvp zones, and unless something is organized well in advance, Arena matches are pretty much never done at random.

The idea is not to force anyone to do anything here. The OPTIONS to do so are there, meeting that ideal. Any other method is entirely counter to the whole concept.

"Make PVP more appealing by x, y and z" might be a far better solution to draw people who do not regularly pvp, into the areas designated for it. That has already happened - and the hard-core pvp crowd flipped their collective wig over it. So... why bother trying to bring more people who would require way more 'attention to detail' when those same people are more than content to use the zones as-is, pve dominating pvp, instead of alienating anyone?

Except that now there are several more people working on costume sets, and I was told by one of the devs at the comic con, to not be too surprised with the Natural set... >_>

Dammit I forgot to ask whether there would ever just be a FREEEEEM powerset. Laser eyes, energy blasts... freem all around.

Seriously I think that's one April Fool's gag that got away from them heheh.

Static Carpet Man ATTACK!!

They're actually temporary tattoos which Nakayama got to apply before the con each day. You can buy temp tattoo paper for your printer, the things they have these days

Fixed that for you lol!

You should know better. They're out there, in missions.

Who's "they" exactly? Only a miniscule portion of the population STILL farms. You're talking about the new people who've never really been out of AE, not the folks I know - one group is currently running a marathon of the Shadow Shard tf's. So... that's a group of people who won't be shown in your /search right there.

"ur doin it rong." There are several great guides on how to get yourself on teams in this "terrible wasteland of post-AE depression".

if I am, you gave me a boost up. thanks.

I'm guessing that's supposed to BE sarcasm because it doesn't really make any sense anyway.