Zybron1
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Quote:I don't see any historical evidence to suggest that we can be non-viral. Every significant advance in technology has resulted in a corresponding increase in our population, life-span, and resource consumption. This, in turn, has led us to develop more efficient, better technologies that, in turn, leads to population growth, etc. It's not necessarily a bad thing, since I believe it will eventually lead us off of this planet and onto others, but it's definitely virus-like.Originally Posted by Durakken
Neither do I, but you are assuming that to become a non-viral species we'd have to. That is flawed.
Unless as a species we decide to control population levels and manage consumption levels in that manner, we'll continue to be viral in nature. I think it more likely we'll alleviate our over-population issues by expanding to other planets than to legislate our drive to procreate. -
I'd say it is much more likely for us to expand to the stars based on the need for further resources that we have depleted on this planet (virus-like) than it would be for us to decide to stop over utilizing available resources and live more in balance. The former would offer the opportunity for us to sustain our lifestyles at current levels of waste while the latter would require us to alter our lifestyles to reduce waste levels.
I don't see us, as a whole, deciding to live without many of the luxuries we have grown accustomed to even if the alternative might be extinction. Instead, like our ancestors before us, we'll migrate to another plentiful resource and overuse it until it is depleted as well. -
Hmmm....maybe it's just me, but I don't usually see much celebrity news in the Technical Issues & Bugs forum.
Maybe if you post your CoHHelper log we can figure out how to keep you from following celebrity gossip?
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I think the wild fluctuations in timing of the flashbacks are another clue as to the origin of the 'human aliens'. It seems an awful lot like foreshadowing time-travelers to me.
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Send money to friends/family in the States, have them buy an NCSoft game time card and email you the code? That should work, I think.
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Quote:Really, the SO enhancement stores are much closer to a Wal-mart analogy than WW. WW is closer to ...well, an auction house, like Lloyd's of London. Having the expectation that Lloyd's will always have the merchandise you are looking for at the price you expect to pay is rather presumptuous, I think. Even though, in this case, there is only one 'type' of auction house and everyone in the world uses it to sell items...it's closer to eBay, really, but there is no brick-and-mortar version. Still, would you expect to find whatever you are looking for at the price you want to pay on eBay?Originally Posted by Pitho
There's also the old plain SOs that are ALWAYS buyable, no matter what.
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Quote:I actually meant closed economy by that statement. It's certainly not a closed system.Originally Posted by Fulmens
In a totally unrelated point, Zybron1: I agree with your most of your post, but I'm really getting grated on by the phrase "It's a closed system." That term means something specific and it's almost the exact opposite of what you said. In a closed system, nothing comes in and nothing goes out.
[/thermodynamic rant]
... also, I estimate that H/V merits have destroyed trillions of inf. The new inf sink is pretty good, but it's got a lot of catching up to do. It started six years behind the competition.
I wonder about that as an INF sink, though, since any activity that generates merits will also generate INF. I imagine it's less than 20M in most cases to generate 50 merits, but I've not really checked. -
It's a closed system. One with a multitude generating INF through missions and mob kills and relatively low opportunity for removing that INF from the system. The best INF sink, Wentworth's and the Black Market, can only destroy 10% of the INF of any transaction. It's a runaway inflationary system with the INF cap being the only limiting factor. I would expect it to only be a matter of time without any decent INF sinks in the game to control the inflation before any item that is actually deemed valuable to be worth exactly 2 billion INF.
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Quote:It definitely wouldn't. Take a look at the powers the Protector Bots have. None of them are melee attacks of any sort. They still happily charge into melee range to fire their lasers.Originally Posted by Ang_Rui_Shen
Ok, that sounds like removing Brawl from other problematic ranged pets probably wouldn't work.
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This came from another thread about how to fix AE XP/rewards. One of the suggestions was to have AE missions charge INF on a sliding scale based on the level of the mission. This would collect together and be given to the mission creator. I added that the AE should charge a 50% fee on the collected INF. So part wealth redistribution with a hefty tax as INF sink.
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I regularly play tanks on blueside. I've often noticed how frustrating it can be to tank Nemesis because they refuse to move in from range and fight in melee. Even after taunting several times - which should force them to come into melee range, many Nemesis mobs still refuse to budge and happily plink away.
I often play masterminds on redside. In particular, I have a high level Bots MM and the overwhelming compulsion for the bots to run into melee to attack is highly frustrating. I can see the possibility of the Assault Bot or the Battle Bots running into melee to use their Smash power - though really, this should only happen on the rarest of occasions since they have several other ranged attacks to use, but the Protector Bots run into melee, too. The Protector Bots have no melee attack. They have absolutely no reason to engage at melee distance.
So, perhaps someone could take a look at the Nemesis AI scripts and compare them with the Robotics AI scripts so we can get Bots that will fire their ranged attacks at range? It's fairly ridiculous when a Force Bubble is keeping every mob at range and even the Protector Bots decide to run right into a large spawn to fire their laser guns.
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Since you are running Windows 7, you will likely experience this same issue in the future while updating unless you install the game under the Users/Public directory. Since running the updater as Administrator allowed all the files to download correctly, the issue was most likely one of permissions in the Program Files folder.
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Quote:I would possibly pursue this, except I'm fairly regularly logged out when clicking any link on the forums. I probably log in about 30-40 times a day or more just browsing new posts. Somehow, I don't think it would be very useful to pm about every possible link causing an issue. It's obviously not related to a specific link or activity, but something more universal - at least in my case.Originally Posted by Chaos Creator
When it happens forward any relevant info about what you were doing/time etc to theOcho and he'll forward it to the forum techs.
I know this because I was ranting about it in a global yesterday and he said to do that.
[Ocho feel free to delete this if you get too many PMs
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Using Firefox 3.6.10 if that helps, but I've encountered the same behavior in IE as well.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Aquila_NA
... CHARGE INF each time a character enters an MA mission. Put the charge on a scale based on the mission level and difficulty setting. Level 1 missions are free, level 2 missions are almost free. Level 50 missions are cheap for a 50 or even a 30 but they are prohibitively expensive for the brand new toon unless it is funded by an alt or friend.This. Except the AE keeps 50% of the INF. Then make sure that AE experience is equivalent to normal missions - I wouldn't even mind end of mission bonus xp at that point. Make it as attractive as possible to maximize the INF sink. There's too much INF being generated and not nearly enough outlets to remove it from the system. This could certainly help accomplish that.Quote:Originally Posted by American_Angel
...the influence charged goes to a global bank account for the creator of the mission.
Actually, now that I think it through, let the creator designate whether he earns Influence of Prrestige through his arcs when people play them. That would allow all these solo SGs to build things up a little faster. -
I'd suggest Bots/FF. Force Bubble and all the AoE Bots generate on a cave map is full of win. Force Bubble 'herd' a couple of spawns into a corner and AoE melt them away. Not to mention, all of the bubbles makes for some very safe farming.
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I'd be more than happy if they got rid of the run AI logic completely. Yes, it's more realistic, but I have never had any mob run away from me and thought, "Gee, see how much more fun it is to chase this mob down instead of it fighting me straight up?"
Sometimes more realistic <> more fun. Especially when it seems to be rather broken, anyway. -
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It would be super cool if there was an option to add a note/rating to the team leader in that dialog box, too. -
With Swift and Sprint running at the same time, Ninja Run is a viable alternative to a movement power, especially if you slot run speed in Swift and Sprint. In fact, your run speed will be almost as high as unenhanced Super Speed at that point.
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I haven't tried it myself, but I've got to imagine that 8x Electric control could be rather difficult. Even with enough break free's to cancel out the sleep, 8-stacked Static Field and Conductive Aura should probably floor your endurance in about 3 seconds or less.
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Part of the confusion could be because the server status page seems to be broken. I'm showing that the server status was last updated on 9/7 at 17:30 UTC. No amount of refreshing or clearing of cache updates the page.
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Quote:Ross keeps all of his anger in his 'stashe, thus the 'stashe is where all of the mass of Red Hulk comes from and why you only see it in Ross form.Originally Posted by Zikar
Where does his 'stash go when he's Red Hulk?
And why does it return when he reverts?
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I'd say it's probably working as intended. It gives a small regen (5%) and recovery (3.13%) bonus per mob in the area of effect up to 8 mobs for a total of 40% regen and 25% recovery bonus if maxed (all unenhanced values, which can both be enhanced). In addition to this buff, it also does end drain to enemies.
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Quote:Slightly OT, but every time I see Fixadine, I think of geriatric trolls.Originally Posted by Eislor
Destroyers (think Trolls, they use Fixadine)
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Access to PPP offers some interesting possibilities for FF Def now, namely Scorpion Shield in Mu Mastery. Here's a FF/Energy Blast I've been playing with for a while.
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.803
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Click this DataLink to open the build!
Miserable Mime: Level 50 Natural Defender
Primary Power Set: Force Field
Secondary Power Set: Energy Blast
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Deflection Shield -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(3), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(3), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(5), RedFtn-Def(5), RedFtn-EndRdx(7)
Level 1: Power Bolt -- Ruin-Acc/Dmg(A), Ruin-Dmg/EndRdx(7), Ruin-Dmg/Rchg(9), Ruin-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(9), Ruin-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(11)
Level 2: Power Blast -- Ruin-Acc/Dmg(A), Ruin-Dmg/EndRdx(11), Ruin-Dmg/Rchg(17), Ruin-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(19), Ruin-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(19)
Level 4: Energy Torrent -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(21), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(21), Posi-Dmg/Rng(33), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(33)
Level 6: Swift -- Flight-I(A)
Level 8: Hover -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 10: Boxing -- Acc-I(A)
Level 12: Dispersion Bubble -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(13), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(13), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(15), RedFtn-Def(15), RedFtn-EndRdx(17)
Level 14: Fly -- Flight-I(A)
Level 16: Health -- Heal-I(A)
Level 18: Tough -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), S'fstPrt-ResKB(33)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(36), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(36), P'Shift-Acc/Rchg(37), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(37), P'Shift-End%(37)
Level 22: Weave -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(23), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(23), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(25), RedFtn-Def(25), RedFtn-EndRdx(27)
Level 24: Sniper Blast -- ExtrmM-Dmg/EndRdx(A), ExtrmM-Acc/ActRdx/Rng(34), ExtrmM-Dmg/ActRdx/Rchg(34), ExtrmM-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), ExtrmM-Acc/Rng/Rchg(36)
Level 26: Maneuvers -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), EndRdx-I(27)
Level 28: Insulation Shield -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(29), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(29), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(31), RedFtn-Def(31), RedFtn-EndRdx(31)
Level 30: Power Push -- Ruin-Acc/Dmg(A), Ruin-Dmg/EndRdx(39), Ruin-Dmg/Rchg(39), Ruin-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(39), Ruin-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(40)
Level 32: Force Bubble -- EndRdx-I(A), EndRdx-I(46)
Level 35: Explosive Blast -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(48), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(50), Posi-Dmg/Rng(50), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(50)
Level 38: Nova -- Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(A), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(40), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg(40), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg(43), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(45)
Level 41: Scorpion Shield -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(42), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(42), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(42), RedFtn-Def(43), RedFtn-EndRdx(43)
Level 44: Power Burst -- Ruin-Acc/Dmg(A), Ruin-Dmg/EndRdx(45), Ruin-Dmg/Rchg(45), Ruin-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(46), Ruin-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(46)
Level 47: Aim -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(48), RechRdx-I(48)
Level 49: Personal Force Field -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Vigilance
Level 4: Ninja Run
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Set Bonus Totals:- 12.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
- 12.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
- 12.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
- 12.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
- 12.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
- 12.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
- 12.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
- 12.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
- 3% Defense(Smashing)
- 3% Defense(Lethal)
- 11.1% Defense(Fire)
- 11.1% Defense(Cold)
- 9.25% Defense(Energy)
- 9.25% Defense(Negative)
- 3% Defense(Psionic)
- 3% Defense(Melee)
- 15.5% Defense(Ranged)
- 19.3% Defense(AoE)
- 27% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 60% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
- 5% FlySpeed
- 80.1 HP (7.88%) HitPoints
- 5% JumpHeight
- 5% JumpSpeed
- Knockback (Mag -4)
- Knockup (Mag -4)
- MezResist(Immobilize) 11%
- MezResist(Terrorized) 6.6%
- 10.5% (0.18 End/sec) Recovery
- 10% (0.42 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 9.45% Resistance(Fire)
- 9.45% Resistance(Cold)
- 3.13% Resistance(Negative)
- 5% RunSpeed
- 4% XPDebtProtection
Defense is soft-capped in Ranged, AOE, and a few damage types. Some of the damage types are well over soft-cap, but since there is no defense debuff resistance this might help mitigate some cascade failure. I didn't bother much with Melee (though it is still over 30%) since the KB and Force Bubble should keep most things at range anyway.
I'm only in my 20s with this toon, so this is more of a goal than anything. I'm not positive there is enough recovery in this build and if it sucks too much wind some of the defense may be exchanged for more recovery. Still, seems like it should play very "tankish" with all that defense. -
I'm in the minority, apparently, but I actually like the electricity control sounds.
I usually play with my sounds very low, since I often am on a headset at the same time, but after cranking it up enough to hear it I've decided I may keep it up.