Xury2

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Finding out my gamertag is not impossible without me posting in the Gamertag Exchange. I know one CoH player who already found it and added me to his friends list.

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. o O (Perhaps... Positron? Naaah, too easy...)

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Positron's gamertag is easily visible on his blog.

(To all those who go, "WAAAA??? Positron has a blog!", it's a very occasionally updated blog. No, I won't tell you how to find it. Finding the blog can be the millstone around your neck if you really have to know.)

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Yeah, I need to post something... maybe you guys can give me ideas for topics of discussion.

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Here you go:

"Issue 12 spoilers"

That was free of charge too.

Loving it, very good work!

Very nice Vori.

Verily. GG inspector.

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My perspective regarding the OAS normalization wasn't an attempt to reward luck over skill, it was an attempt to further the quite obvious goal of OAS in the first place.. protecting the player who just respawned and preventing matches from becoming regular farms of the same one un-saveable player.

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A reference to clarify this point... a simple look in the direction of game theory shows predictability to be the absolute worst possible trait when someone's "out to get you," which is exactly the case in duels and team matches alike.

Viewed in that light, unpredictability seems to be the only "actual" protection OAS can offer... if you take that away, then any time a player dies, they're a guaranteed unbuffed sitting duck 10 seconds (or whatever it's "normalized" to) after their respawn.

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What would you think of changing the OAS 0-20 seconds random luck to anything normalized is better (moving things from luck to skill ftw), but what would you think of switching the current OAS mechanic to the PvP enabled mechanic that happens in zones? This would allow MMs set up time, let people get buffed, and happen at a regular rate so people don't get screwed by a string of bad OAS timers.

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I had thought about putting that down, but decided against it, as this would help mostly masterminds setup... But it would let empaths, buffers and such who only run a few toggles just to turn on the toggle and have a good ammount of un-interupted buff time.

I would be FOR it if the timers were set differently for different classes. Or even just a 10 second global time, not 20 seconds.

Another I don't know offhand is what is the Defense caps?

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well tanks/brutes cap at 90% res, and 3200 hp
squishies cap at 75% res and 1600 hp

Now i'm very tempted to agree that squishies shouldn't cap at 75%, considering scrappers cap there too.

60% res cap for squishies would proly be good imo.

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Wasn't sure on the exact numbers. And yea I know about the HP cap.

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Why do all the damage dealers have such ridiculously-high Status, Defense, and -KB-protection Caps? They're the same as Tankers. ...So why ever take Tankers/MM's or Brutes into PvP then if the Blappers & Stalkers can be buffed INTO tankers??? This is the stupidest thing I've ever seen in a PvP game seriously. Don't nerf the Buffs and Buff-Stacking... just assign more Reasonable and THEMATIC buff-Caps to the Proper AT's so that there will actually be some Diversity in the Arena.

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I agree with this 110%. I always thought it was extremely lopsided that with epics and a buff or two blasters could equal tanker defenses, but a tanker can't get close to blaster damage no matter how many red inspirations he has.

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I actually didn't know about the resist caps being the same. I also agree, that's pretty messed up.

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well one could adjust the OFS mechanic for that purpose, but my point still stands.

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I know. And I really like that idea too.

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how about instead we just normalize the respawn time and add the placate effect to the person who is still in "only affecting self" mode (by placate effect, I mean you can't click on them at all, so no anchoring debuffs on them before they can fight back, and no spawncamp stunning with an auto attack)

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Thing is, Masterminds need to re-setup again, and the 'only effecting self' is limited to self buffing, and no summoning. While this is a great idea, I think for masterminds, summoning should be allowed, but the minions are put in the same mode as the masterminds, similar to how the pvp zone is.

In the zones, if the mastermind is summoning, his pets share the exact same 30 second countdown timer he does. Like if he summons them with 15 seconds still, the pets also have the 15 seconds.

10 seconds is good enough to summon all 3 which is essentially your defenses, but not upgrade everyone.

Mercs for example takes a good long time to buff, due to the animation times of the tier 2 buff.

My only thing is that for some of the masterminds, they need only seconds to get their defenses up, upgrading on-the-go is part of how they play.

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In my opinion PvP participation will not dramatically improve even if every idea on the list is implemented. Don't misunderstand me, the concerns expressed are genuine and the list is important. I am positive that implementing these changes will improve PvP for those who are already doing it. I see nothing here that would bring me into PvP in CoX, and I spent two years playing Lineage II.

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Funny, every item on my list was aimed at bringing new people in PvP. Maybe none of them work for you specifically, but I've been around long enough to have a feel for what the average non-PvP/casual-PvP player is looking for in a system that they'd use more. Now I agree that a lot of the items on the original list aren't going to mean anything outside the current PvP community, but saying that all of them are unimportant to the PvE-only/casual-PvP community is going too far.

Separation of PvP in the manner you describe is, in my opinion, an awful idea. Not only would it further exacerbate the dividing line between those that PvP and those that don't, it would require the developers to divide their time and effort on what would effectively be two completely different games. Not gonna happen, not while this is run by a for-profit business.

Oh, and your opinion isn't unwelcome - everyone's opinion is welcome if stated clearly and politely. You're just not going to get a lot of agreement.

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We are in agreement this time. Heh heh. A nice change of pace.

Putz, this is a great list and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Dear Lighthouse,

To mark this special occasion, I have written for you a graphic novel, celebrating your 1 year anniversary. This MS Paint wonder represents what WOULD happen if we ever met in real life.

-From Xury the II, King of PWNZ.

When Xury met Lighthouse...

Looks like Ex Libris PWNZ too!

A job you say?

Heloooooo Mod9.

10 points if you get this reference.

Don't work too hard now, k?

Xury's got alotta guts!

BUSTED!

It... Talks?!

Xury makes a lasting impression.

Why yes, Lighthouse, I AM enjoying myself.

You and me both, Lighthouse... You and me both...

I'm glad you listen to me, Lighthouse.

Is this the end?! Not for NC Soft it isn't... lol.


From PWNZ with love.

Edit: For those who haven't seen my work, this is a continuation of This thread's MS Paint.

I also would like to give a thank-you to ArmlessDan, and Balorn. Some of my pics got messed up, and they had a few we used here.

Thanks again guys.

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The earth shook, and the heavens cried out. A chill swept across the room, and the lights exploded. Suddenly a circle, etched in infernal runes appeared next to me. In the center of the circle, a demonic began to rise from it, carrying with it the souls of the damned, screaming their terrible song.

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I said excuse me. Dinner plus Guinness does funny things sometimes.




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Oh, I knew you'd get a kick out of that. Your pic turned out so well though, I had to write something good for it.

There used to be a bit more zombies :P

Glad I could help you guys.

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Sooo, how long we gotta wait for the Scoop article? huh, huh??!!?

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Soon (TradeMark!!!!)

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I wanna see ALL the pictures.

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You will in time :P

Your pic is evil lookin'

I'll be there... I'm taking the photos for the City Scoop.

All bribes for getting your pic in are being accepted........

















Now.

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Since the dev's are chained up working, I thought I would show you where we allow them to do on a short term basis each day.

HERE! MUA HA HA HA HA!

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Omg! You guys are so evil!

(From PWNZ with love )

I notice my guide hasn't made the list... I wonder why

Link in sig.

Because I felt like necroposting.

Yup

My condolences. I'll say a prayer for him and his family.

Sounds pretty interesting. I will send you my character's info.