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Originally Posted by pixelforge

1. Would you buy Base Expansion Packs?

Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill

Eh. I don't know. Unless I'm misunderstanding you. But going in and playing with (but not being able to apply the changes from) the costume creator from "anywhere" just seems like a bit more hassle. (And no, it's not like slotting IOs over SOs, etc. - unless you routinely "slot" IOs but have to go somewhere else for them to take effect.)

The one specific issue I'd have with it, of course, is that the costume creator interface takes up the entire screen. In the tailor, you're in a safe zone (barring someone doing something stupid to grief people.) If you just stop somewhere you "think" is safe, you can still get killed - and you won't see what's going on until you exit.

Now, if you're just looking for more tailor access? Throw a "Tailor terminal" in the SG base. That, I'd go for - along with a WW terminal and the like.

Originally Posted by LISAR

I just love the fact he has a hard time admitting he's wrong.

Over a week wrong but he's going to yell about how it's not what he said despite it being exactly what he said.

Originally Posted by Leo_G

Lol, in what context?

I used to tutor english comp. when I was in community college. There's a difference between terrible writing and writing you just don't care for.

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow

Well, I don't get accused of hating everything for nothing, after all. I've had people overestimate my age by a factor of three from just Internet communication. I'm told it's because I sound like an angry old man.

Really, though, what I hate here is how forced the comedy is here. A friend of mine once said there's a difference between humour and comedy, and the Duray joke is so deep into comedy it crosses over into parody. Self-parody, in fact, which is just demeaning to the game.

Fusion and Jane Temblor are strong enough characters on their own to carry both the narrative and the humour without help. Yes, their slacker attitudes do go some ways towards diminishing the tragedy, but that's kind of the point. We are seeing people's lives being destroyed, refugees hiding in the sewers, an entire city destroyed, and these two jerks are making fun of it and bickering like children. It adds insult to injury, and makes defeating them that much more satisfying.

It has the potential to be a very strong story, but we just couldn't resist spoiling it with corny in-jokes, because hot-diggity-dog! City of Heroes is just a silly goofy little game. It cannot possibly be taken seriously, so why bother trying when we can take the piss out of own game? It's cheap humour, it's not funny and it's insulting to what is otherwise a very solid story, and one of the few left in the game which are both well-written and well-enacted.

We don't need this parody, and all it does is detract from the experience.

Originally Posted by Bad_Influence

I hate that BAF cutscene so much that it probably raises my blood pressure 10 points every time I see it. It is one of the most annoying things in this game. Usually we can't even all get loaded in the front door when someone triggers what feels like ten minutes of cutscene featuring a close-up of Mayhem's rack. Big whoop-de-do, nor do I care about two robots lecturing me on some boneheaded strategy that a three-year-old could see through. This close-up of Mayhem's goods may be great with male players, but does nary a thing for me.

Please move this abomination somewheres later in the trial, such as was done with the Lambda one.

Originally Posted by Dr_Mechano

I will point out that on Union, Pocket D starts at around 8pm in the evening. Pocket D is used as 'down time'. Basically a place where heroes and villains go after a days work of doing heroic or villainous things to just relax.

It's also uses for other social purposes, like Mercenaries/Rogues looking to see if anyone needs any work done. Heroes looking to get information out of a villain whose had just that little bit too much to drink on what their next big plan is. New heroes looking to find their place in the hero scene.

While it is just drinking and socialising, there's a lot that can be had through just that via 'networking' as some Business executives like to call it.

Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill

How about you and everyone else telling him his friend's wrong go pretend you're superman and take a flying leap.

Originally Posted by Edana

If smoke grenade did that much damage we'd be back to City of /Devices Blasters.

Originally Posted by dave_p

Maybe he wants a natural based theme? I wouldn't mind a wall/storm of swords like effect for my sword-themed toons, even if it's stacking more lethal on.

Originally Posted by Venture

Nonsense. Eventually, all succumb to the will of Venture.

Originally Posted by Eva Destruction

Just like end-game.

Baaaa-zing