Archie Gremlin

In the spirit of science, I though of some stuff that I know is expensive and checked current prices. I only checked crafted enhancements and I averaged the last 5 items. I didn't look at any PvP stuff. For Numina's etc I checked the highest and the lowest level items.

In the vast majority of cases, prices are higher red side.

Only two were higher blue side. The only one where you could make a profit buying red side was Hecatomb Dam/Rech/Acc and that was something of an illusion caused by one very expensive purchase.

The results were:-

Luck of the Gambler +Rech
Blue Side 91M, 79M
Red Side 110M, 120M

Numina's +Regen +Recovery
Blue Side 46M, 69M
Red Side 64M, 100M

Miracle +Recovery
Blue Side 73M, 100M
Red Side 150M, 100M

Hecatomb Dam/Rech/Acc
Blue Side 217M, Red Side 180M

Hecatomb Dam
Blue Side 110M, Red Side 147M

Apocalypse Dam/Rech
Blue Side 110M, Red Side 161M

Apocalypse Dam
Blue side 125M, Red Side 117M

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Doesn't work, because you could still use "going rogue" to smuggle enhancements and recipes from red side to blue side and make a killing that way.

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If you did that then you'd go bust. Stuff is almost always more expensive Red side. (All the stuff I trade anyway.) There's less to buy Red side as well. This is not a coincidence of course. It's rarity that drives up prices. :~)

I really can't see how a market merger would hurt Red side.

Paragon wiki has a page on damage proc scaling.

There's another page on effects of exemplaring on enhancements.

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Also, a {headdesk} emote to go with it.

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No. That should be reserved for the player not their toon.

In fact, we should be able to combine the two. Buy yourself one of those head motion detector thingies. Then when you {headdesk} at home your toon /em facepalms.

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let's see if it's you, is this SS dark?

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That looks spot on to me.

My screenshots generally come out like the ones Omega_MCX put in his photobucket. This shot looks far too dark to me. I can't make out much detail on the toons.

Maybe it's got more to do with when and where you take them. Is the game really this dingy most of the time? It doesn't seem so when I'm playing.

Thumbs up.

I'll sign anything that improves lag hill.

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There should be a bightness button on your monitor which allows you to adjust (perhaps surprisingly) the brightness of the screen.

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I hope you missed a smiley off the end of that. Otherwise, you've just advised me to make everything else too bright just so my screenshots aren't too dark.

I'm an old Diablo fan too! I think the graphics are fine in game, they just seem too dark in screen shots.

Maybe it's just me or my system. No worries.

Assuming that we're talking about Behemoths' here then yeah, I always feel a bit sorry for them as well. They just stand there waving their arms in the air and flinging their ineffectual fire bolts in a rather pathetic fashion while we just mow them down.

The Behemoth Overlords are even worse. They look really hard but they're basically wusses. On some maps they cause more trouble by blocking your view of the dangerous stuff than by actually attacking.

Poor behemoths. They really need a buff.

Ok. But I really meant to ask what happens when we kick off the Titans. For example, do all the baits leave PD together? Do the Titans spawn at the exit to PD? Do we need to lure the Titans someplace?

I appreciate that you'll probably explain this to the baits in PD but I like to be prepared!

For some reason that I don't understand, screenshots from the game always seem to be too dark.

It would be nice if the dev's could tweak the screenshot code to brighten them automatically.

I'll bait a Titan with my Stone tank.

What exactly happens once the baiters are all ready to go?

I think I've seen that error once or twice myself. It didn't repeat and nothing seemed to be wrong. I'm not sure that I remember correctly though!

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I've been playing games like Mirror's Edge and Assassins Creed with no problem....

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That suggests that it's not a hardware problem then.

It's possible (but not likely) that your CoH installation is corrupt. If you haven't done so already, you can check and fix your installation by clicking on "Verify All Files" in the updater. It only takes a couple of minutes.

Try updating your drivers if you haven't done so already. In particular, look for the latest video, sound and mother board drivers.

I recommend ditching the ASUS drivers and any related software. The last time I tried them, the drivers were out of date and the additional tools were useless. Download the latest driver direct from AMD instead.

I recommend using Driver Sweeper to clean up any old drivers. Use it after you uninstall your old drivers and before you install the new ones.

Can you run any other recent 3-D games on this PC successfully?

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My position is 'potentially redundant' within the Brighton office, and at the current time I intend to accept voluntary redundancy. I'm not interested in living in the US.

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I'm sorry to hear this GR. Thanks for all you've done and good luck in the future.

The same goes for everyone else that's just lost their jobs. Thanks and good luck.

Has CoH ever worked on this PC?

What happens if you tick "Safe Mode" before pressing "I Agree"?

I'm in. I've been wanting to try Hami.

Archie Gremlin - psy/mental blaster.

I'm not a 100% sure about this but ...

The task force scales spawns etc to the number of people who were in the team when you started it. You can re-set the scaling by getting the remaining team members to log out and then log back in again.

Be warned that some TF's are reputed to be impossible or extremely difficult for small teams because the end bosses are just too tough.

To answer your original question though, I think the real reason that certain TFs require big teams is that it provides a reason for regular players to create large teams. In an odd way, this makes it easy for people who normally solo or duo to join big teams. There's usually someone around trying to fill out a TF team. Occasional players who aren't members of an active SG benefit for the same reason.

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and in most cases forces a disconnect.

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That's definitely not good.

Just out of curiosity, how much RAM do you have in your PC?

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I monitored once clicking a ww employee and i got a massive memory spike, went from 352 meg to 700. Same problem with firefox before they fixed the memory leak.

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FWIW, a sudden increase in memory usage when the user does something is perfectly normal behaviour for software. Memory leaks cause memory usage to climb every time the user repeats a particular action.

I'm sure you've all run into the problem of mobs and pets that get stuck in walls, ceilings etc.

We have slash command that can be used to unstick players. Please can we have an equivalent that would unstick mobs and pets.

(I apologise if this is a frequent suggestion.)

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I'm currently on the defiant server and at times I can count the number of players across all maps on my fingers.

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If you're using the "Find" window to search for players then the numbers can be misleading because hidden players aren't listed.

Have you subscribed to the Defiant Events channel? It's a good way to find task forces etc.

Having said all that, the server does quieten down after 10. I guess people have to go to bed!

Packet loss explains some out of sync events but not others. I can't see how it explains the situation where some toons belonging to a player are affected and others aren't. It also doesn't explain OOS problems on good connections. (Which is why I asked the OP what the network monitor graph looks like.)

Perhaps the out of sync problem has multiple causes. e.g. packet loss, a bug with some toons, a zoning bug etc

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Time dilation (Faster): By altering the flow of time you increase speed and recharge and healing: Similar to AM but +regen instead of damage

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This could be followed by a time contraction which is necessary in order to match yourself back to real time. (i.e. a crash during which these attributes are de-buffed)