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In my Defense, even in my rant(s) I was suggesting items I want to see in the game. A schedule of what is in the works or is being planned would help a lot. I say that knowing why you can't though.

I would like to see the elemental mask moved to the half helmet category please. As well as all of the mecha helmet items. Half helmets are pretty awesome.

I actually agreed with all of that for the most part. It was not till the CoL set and the sash that I got upset.

I still want a sash for my male and huge toons.

I have a wife, an 18 year old Daughter, 15yo son, 7yo daughter, and 4yo daughter. I know all about how females can wear male clothing. I know ALL about it. Often I say "Hey honey, have you seen my .....Shirt?" only to hear "Oh, it is dirty, I borrowed it."

I ordered a Twins Special Hoodie (they make Muay Thai gear) from Thai Land a few years back. Only for it to disappear a few months after I got it. Later I found it in the possession of my 18yo daughter "It makes me feel close to you daddy." Yeah right, she just wanted my hoodie. My son has he same kinds of problems. Shoot, the girls even wear some of his old hand-me-downs.

So I get the concept. I just want a sash for my Martial Arts characters, and I don't want it to be on the back burner because there is already one in the game. That really was my whole gripe, I just wish my head was more clear and I could have made the argument better.

Any way, back on topic.

I was thinking. If we got the Black Knight Armor Set, including the Knights, Templar, Guardsman, and Archer outfits, would we still need a fantasy pack? It seems to me between that pack, and the rest of the CoT pack (which I still hope we get) that Fantasy would be well covered.

I am not sure how it is derailing. The whole point is to request what we would like to see. Past aesthetics, there is nothing in this game that can't be done in a MUD or a table top game. That is why how this game looks is so important to so many of us. ALL of the game play mechanics can be done in a less aesthetically pleasing way, however we want to see it done in this game. We want it to look awesome in this game.

I agree with you so much. In fact one of my suggestions was for more bulky gloves in this game. We keep seeing them on NPCs but they never get ported to us. The Praetorian Pilice, and Circle of Thorns are two good example. I don't know why I think big bulky gloves are cool, I just know that I do, and I would like more of them. The gloves are one of the things really cool about the black knight set also.

Here again i agree 100%. Also yet again the Black Knight set comes to mind. The art team gets that these themes are cool, because they are putting them on NPCs. I just don't understad why they are not also putting them on us.

Argh man! We are on the hive mind today! Over the weekend I started reading Ex-Patriots the sequel to Ex-Heroes best Zombie apocalypse books ever. Because they also have superheroes (done well) in them. In the books there is a power armor hero called Cerberus. Between that, and Avengers, I REALLY wanted to make a power armor character. So I decided to do it on test. This is where I discovered there are really only 4 maybe 5 good boot sets for bulky power armor. One of those is only attainable at level 50. Also one of those 5 are not on the live servers yet. I did however take the weekend to make costumes for my one day Rad/Rad scrapper using those parts. I subbed in EM/Invul brute for the time being.

Any way the point is, Sam is right and we also need more bulky boots. In a bad way.

There are days you drive me nuts, and days I really love you. I am highly medicated this morning, so I love you man. I really do. The Black Knight Lobster tail helmet is perfect, really perfect. Not that we couldn't use more. That one however is amazing. I prefer fantasy styles to true medieval styles, but in the case of that Black Knight help in is perfect.

I am sure many wonder why we would want options like this. Well, the hero out of time is a very appealing concept. Also Angelic, Demonic, Elven, extra dimensional and the power armor created by the D&D geek are all viable concepts in a game like this.

I would like to note that any option made for full helm, should also be made for half helm, and hat. This is very apparent with the Mecha set. Truth be told there are a lot of items that are in the Hat category that I can't figure out why they are not in the half helm category. Vanguard, Cyborg, Enforcer, Elemental Order all seem like they becong more in half helm than in Hats.

The Elemental order Mast option is the most blatant offender in my opinion. That would be so perfect for the front of so many helmets, second would be the Ascension head detail. That would great on helmets!

Jay did a new round of hair a few years back, and that is all I use now. The old hair is really that bad. It was great for its time, but that time has passed and it needs an upgrade, or just a replacement.

There were the Omega, and the Organic Armor that were both horn like, Again I agree though, it is another category that could use some love. LARPs are a great place to look for inspiration on horns. Nero has the Mystical Wood Elfe and they all have some sort of horn. One of two other races also, they just are not coming to mind. There tends to be a vendor or 4 at Dragon Con (tm) selling them.

I don't use them, but I love seeing them in game. This means more is better. I am kinda shocked with Black Scorpion running around there is not a blast set that comes from the tail, unless that is a copyright infringement, and I could see where it would be.

Really? I actually like those two boots. When worn with jeans they look like some of the sneakers/cross trainer/ tennis shoes on the market today. Which is what I mostly use them for. The Sport Boot under the cammo pants makes the best combat boot you could ask for (if used w/t laces). Past that I use work boots for combat boots. Booth look more like combat boots than the boot called combat boots.

That is a complain/question I would like to voice. Do all boots have to go to the knee? I have several pairs of combat boots, and work boots, and tactical boots irl that are only an inch or so above the ankle. Is there any way to cut those down a bit and put some bare leg there?

This goes back to the one pair of tenni shoes (which look like low top converses) having socks that go all the way to the knee. Some low cut or no show socks would be cool. The 70's are gone, and I know some still wear their socks pulled up like that (I see it on multiple kids at every wrestling match) the majority of us do not wear our sucks pulled up to our knees. Even if we did it would require glue to keep them there. or those sock garters you see in British shows and movies.

Going through the female costumes with my daughter this weekend made me realize how many glove options women have that I would love to see on the male and huge models. Prime amongst them was the bracers. Those are really nice, I openly admit feeling a pang of envy when I say them. It was the same way with the Small padded gloved., those were the perfect mma/ufc gloves. those things are at the top of my list oft things I would like to see ported over.

Any way despite my two rants this weekend. Which I would like to apologize for. I was in a lot of pain physically, and the post topics just exacerbated things. My pain meds have been adjusted again, and while it takes me much longer to write a post, it is much more rational.

I would say I am openly sorry to any I may have offended with my rants this weekend. I meant what I said, it just should have been much more tactful. I have always said that the two things I am most passionate over in this game are Scrappers and Costumes.

Dink, you are doing a great job, and looking at Night Ward your team is making some beautiful stuff. I hope we are privileged and get to see some of that in the creator in the near future. Shoot, I hope we get to see ALL of it in the creator in the near future. Although I would love to see a snake person do a storm kick...

Sam, thanks for putting into words something's I was having trouble lining up in my mind to post. I have turned your post of text into an even greater wall!

To Rainforest Drake, you were right to call me to carpet for it. Thanks, some times even the best (of which Ia m not one of) need our poor behavior pointed out.

You explained perfectly what I have been trying to say about Quivers for a while now. They are not a weapon carrier, but an ammo carrier. Also, Arrows all look the same on the back end. Basically it is a quiver of endless arrows or quiver of returning if you like. We just need different styles of like a tech version (I just saw the Avengers), Natural version, and like a magic version or just a version to match each arch type.

With Gun holsters I disagree a bit. Most guns like arrows look abut the same on the back end and may could be covered with a few versions. A lot of modern tactical holsters have a flap over version and the gun can't be seen at all. Bit more of a problem with a western version

On the issue with melee weapons, I agree completely. I just need a static version of the weapon. I am tired of pulling it out of thin air. I also would not want a static version. If I am using rularuu swords, I want to see rularuu swords in my scabbards.

I agree with the stance the devs have take on this issue, all except the stance on quivers.




I like Racing games, and building my own cars in these games. The solution they use is one I wish we could use. They have multiple color pallet types. So rather than the part being metallic and reflective in nature, I would just choose a high gloss paint to put on my car. It is a shame we can't do this in CoX.

With a reflective, metallic, iridescent, or matte color pallet I could decide how my costume looks.

Is what it is though, and I just wanted to throw it out there.

Yeah, I played a loyal responsibility. I cared about the people, and not a wit about Cole's desires. Which I told him when I got to Primal Earth. Which is why I argue that not ALL Loyalist are evil.

However, Primal earth are not perfect angels. As Kitsune said, Primal earth has invaded several other dimensions.

What movie... I saw a short film with Brandon Ruth where he played Superman, and saved a plane that almost crashed into a Baseball stadium, but it ended there. I would hardly call that a movie...

Cool, I am not losing my mind then. IT would be cool if we could get a set of chops.

Also hats with long and braided hair for females AND males would be cool. I would love to have the Conical Hat with a braid hanging down in the back. That would be Kung Fu movie cool.

I think you are thinking of Frank Miller. A roboot is going to be really hard. Batman Begins was a near perfect movie.

The best way to do this is to start at a point where Batman has been at it a while. It is not like we need to be reintroduced to Batman. Also, go ahead and have the boy wonder in it, go with Dick Grayson, that way doors are opened for spin off movies.

I would really like to see Robin outside of a movie that is intentionally hokey.

I did not know this, and it is very cool. I am surprised (pleasantly) that stalkers have not overtaken them both.

I could have sworn there was a mutton chops option under beards at one point in time. If not, I agree it would be a cool part to have, and it would help greatly any Elvis impersonators out there.

I agree. I am done for now, if it comes up again I will just make a separate thread.

QFT

No matter what it is.

I would like to see zone wide phasing used on PP based on level. If you are 1-39 you zone in and the park is as it has always been. If you zone in 40-50 the park is clean, children are playing, dogs are running around. There would even be plays in the amphitheater and boats fishing on the lake again.

In the alleys and in the woods where the maze is there would still be crime, for the hero to choose to stop. A place where the heroes have pretty much won. Logging out there would give the "well rested" day job badge.

What you don't know... Is that the Kraken is still sleeping under the lake, and there is a red side SF to wake him up so that he attacks the park. Why wake him up? because the Kraken is a hoarder, and his layer is full of shards and threads.

Funny how that worked out. Those threads were more focused on the loss of the long robes, and that the CoT were changing at all. That is a fair statement though. However now they know how well they will sell.

There are pages of posts requesting the Black Knight armor. I hope they take those requests as serious. I hope that it doesn't roll out like the CoT pack missing the most requested items.

The CoT are some of the best looking mobs in the game. The CoT mages look epic, and I want those epic parts for my characters.

I am there with you. Let me ask you a question GG, do you want the game to stop making unique parts for males? Like facial hair styles, or unique faces? Do you want females to get more, or do you just think it is cool that it is working out that way?

Do you see at all where the CoL set was unfair? Because I do see where the Gun Slinger set was sexist, and unfair. I am just trying to get a base line for you when it comes to this issue. Sort of like I have when it comes to your view of loyalist. They are all evil no matter what path they took.

So I am trying to find out what you think is fair. I know equal is hard perhaps near impossible. My question is what you think is be fair.

At least it was a mature response. It could have been done. Several people suggested that there only be unisex parts made, and that male/huge/female all get the same parts in every pack from now on. It would have been equal, and it would have been boring.

I have never really disagreed with you about exclusive parts. You are right anything a man can wear, a woman can also wear...in most of the world any way, and in this part which is the important part. That however does not invalidate anything I said above. It is still unfair that the CoL sash was not converted for males and huge. It will be unfair if males start getting lower quality items than females.

Suggestion:The thing to do is when a new pack is release that has extra costumes for females in it (like the Retro Sci fi pack) is to take and convert some of those female unisex items to male and huge to make up the difference.
So if women are getting the space suit, and the retro dress, then convert the Barbarian Tiara, and the various bracers, and ect... over to huge and male to make up the difference.

Ok, that was a tongue in cheek suggestion. The point is that with the CoL pack paragon showed a line they were willing to step over. Why not step over it for males and release the CoT mage set for males. Port wands for everyone else. This would make the CoT Mage Pack exactly like the CoL pack.

Seriously, how would you feel about that? Me? Most of those items I want for a toon that is a huge model. But I would still buy it, and would still find uses for those parts.

That was a long time ago, at a different game studio, and with much different devs. Comparing now to then is like comparing apples and oranges.

What is really starting to bother me is that I think this is why we were shorted on the CoT parts. All of the mages are male, so the parts had not been made for female or huge.

At some point they need to look in advance and just grasp that we want the NPC parts and do all the work at once. Instead we are left wondering if we will ever get the most desired parts from that set.

Perhaps they were waiting to see if it would sell before they put the time into convert the mage costume parts to female and huge. It was at the beginning of Freedom and no one was sure how it was going to work out. Sure we had said we wanted those/all NPC costume parts, and were willing to buy them, but no one was sure if we were really going to do so. Guess what? We did, the CoT costume pack was on the top ten list of items bought in the market. So, please convert the rest, and sell us pack 2.

Even better tell us you are converting and plan to release those items, and we will stop b******g about it.


The only reason I have not put you on ignore at this point is that on occasion you do have useful information. It is obvious that some of us are really bothered by this, and yet you still choose to make condescending remarks. It makes you look childish, and is really uncalled for.

People who responded with such things in the original gender equality thread were flamed so bad that there were not even ashes left. I didn't act this way in that thread because I felt it was disrespectful, and that it was a fair complaint. My complaining in this case is also a fair one. I would ask that you show some respect to my concerns, but you have no reason to have respect for me personally. So, instead I would ask that you show at least some maturity.

I agreed with the original topic. It was something worth fighting for. I also don't recall anyone in those threads calling for there to never be new pats for male/huge either. There were some that said there should be no unique parts a all for male, female, or huge. That it should all be the same and equal. I am still torn on that issue.

However it seems with the CoL set that the pendulum has swung the other way. All this over a sash. This is an issue that could have been avoided by converting the LONG REQUESTED item (the sash) to male/huge then instead of waiting. It is not like they didn't KNOW that it was one of the most desired parts ever.

To be clear I don't blame Dink for this. I blame the producer who seems to have had his/her head up their.... Well you get the point. Dink makes what she is told to make. I know who sets this priority, but I would rather not get banned so I am not going to point any fingers. Let's just say I think that person is stupid at this point.

Honestly, you guys (Paragon) want to make money. The best way to do that is to sell us what we want to buy. How do you know we really want to buy it? We have been telling you for YEARS. It is not like the request for a sash is something new.

Hey, you guys also knew what parts were most wanted in the CoT pack, how did you know? We told you. Please if need be use more polls.

Zwill made the statement that you can't include us in the development of every costume part. I agree with that, it would take forever. You can however use polls to prioritize what should get made, after all we are the ones buying it. It is our money you hope to get.

I didn't want to rant over this stuff, and it is not all about the gender thing. The CoT parts have been like a popcorn kernel stuck in my teeth for months now. With Jay gone I am scared we are never going to get them. Because who is going to want to go back to something they didn't make and convert it to the other models? This sucks, it really sucks. I mean are the CoT items going to be part of that stuff that should be ignored because the game needs to move forward?

On that note, I agree with the others. Revisiting that old stuff is moving forward. Shoot at least the CoT stuff you can call a new pack and charge us for it. See I don't care if it is a money grab. It is a business, you are supposed to try to make money. I am here telling you to take my money!

I have to stop now, because I may could write a small book on these issues. Zwill, I am sorry if I am making your life harder.

Producer in charge of costumes, get a clue, take a hint, figure it out. Phrase of your choice.

Dink, if you have not put me on ignore at this point (I would not blame you if you had), I really don't blame this on you. I know you do what the producer(s) tells you to do, I also know that the conversion of the jackets to females was charity on your part. Well, I am asking you, no begging you to find some charity for the guys and convert the CoL sash for us in your free time. Please.

I couldn't agree more. I often wonder if the original devs made powers like that because they knew we had to skip something. So they figured they would throw some poo into every set so the decision of what to skip was not too hard. It is like confront on scrappers, I am sure someone will argue how awesome it is. Let's be honest though, most serious scrappers skip it.


Over the years I have felt that defense was too good in this game. Not long ago I brought this up to Synapse. He assured me that he has plans to make resistance better, I trust him. Which is weird, but I really do trust him to make melee ATs better and more fun to play.

I also see where you are coming from about stepping into DA. Where you look at 45% def and it all of a sudden is not up to snuff. This bothers me none at all, and I am gonna tell you why. (I wanted that to sound like a sales pitch )

For years players on the Scrapper boards have been arguing/stating that the only good way to build a scrapper was to go for the soft cap in +def. I have argued against this on multiple occasions because in many cases it gimps a toon. When you have to use 3 sets of KC's (that max out at lvl 35) to do this, then you are making a sacrifice. A sacrifice you don't have to make if you build for what the set is designed for (regen or resist).

Now all of a sudden there are /DA toons getting beat to death in DA (funny that) because instead of going for damage and resistance, they went for the def soft cap of 45%, and all of a sudden 45% is not enough.

I have EA and SR toons that have defense in the 60's and sacrificed nothing to get it. They do fine in DA. My KM/ElA scrapper has 60+ resistance to everything except psi and toxic. He does fine in DA. My toons are doing fine because I stuck to what they were designed for.

I blame this on the original devs for not making resistance and defense equal in design, and on players for taking advantage of +def. What needs to happen is Resistance needs to be made just as valuable (and easy) to build for as +def.

I also remember the really crappy dev team we had back then... Currently this game has the best Powers team it has ever had. Because all of them played the game before they worked on the game.

They also all still enjoy playing the game.

To be clear I am not trying to start a debate with this. I however would love to see the official stats of what the most popular melee AT is right now. I figured it would be Stalkers. The new Stalker is very very nice, and I have seen more of them as of late than ever before.

This is why AEG had such a better d10 system. There were no botches, in 7th sea. Really I could go on for days about how the 7th sea system was better than WoD and AEG's own L5R system. Things like exploding dice (roll a 10 and roll it again, and sometimes again, till you stop rolling 10's), for every D10 you had in your dice pool over 10 was not rolled, but became an automatic success (a 10 that is).

AEG really had/has some great table top systems. We ended up converting the 7th sea system to several different themes. The last being a Weird West setting.