ArwenDarkblade

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by SpyderNoir View Post
    Although I remember running one or two of these things with Living Hellfire, when I reflect upon the Golden Age of the Saturday Matinée, I will always be thinking of the events that you organized. Thanks for the Saturdays, Darkbridger.
    Could not agree more, though I do miss Liv a great deal.

    Thank you for so many great memories DB!
  2. Now that I've had a chance to test this, here is my feedback:

    Like others, I'm not so crazy about the "baked in" colors. In particular, all the gold buttons. I know brass/gold are Steampunk stables, but this really limits the versatility of some of these pieces. And not being able to change the color of male characters' hair is just awful. Please fix that before you send this live.

    Secondly, I don't like the muted effect some of the pieces have. For instance, my Arch/Dev Blaster has white hair. When I use the Steampunk hat on her, her hair looks grey. There is also a muted effect with the bra-like chest option, and it makes matching it with other things rather difficult.

    I do not like that the chest pieces clip so horribly with trench coats on female characters. This is another change I'd like to see made before it goes live.

    The gears, clock faces, and winders should all be animated. They look flat and boring as they are. Adding the animated steam, and sound effects, to the back pack is great, but you need to take that a step farther.

    And speaking of taking this a step farther - I really hope this isn't the end to Steampunk additions. I would love to have Steampunk options for Devices and Traps, as well as Steampunk weapons for Claws and Archery. Furthermore, I would love to have Steampunk options for my Robots Mastermind, and we sorely need some Steampunk armour. We have had an incomplete set of Steampunk armour for seven years now, and I'm disappointed that you didn't take the opportunity to correct that. I would also like some Steampunk piston boots that are fully animated, have steam effects, and appropriate sound effects.
  3. Missi, you are super awesome for taking this over! I'm sorry I wasn't able to join you guys yesterday, but I should be there this coming week!
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    With the male hats, I would seriously consider asking the art team to colour lock, say, the goggles and the other one on the bowler-style hat, and let us colour the hair instead. Colour locked hair is a BAD idea. Seriously
    Was just coming here to say that.
  5. I'm really sorry to see this happen. I'd take it over myself, but I'm not in a position right now to commit every Saturday (or Sunday, which is why I stopped doing the Sunday Special).

    Hope all is well Bridger, and take care. Thank you for so many great TFs.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by White Hot Flash View Post
    Note that it kicks off at 30 seconds no matter if you're just hopping around in small jumps or taking one long jump.
    What? Seriously? Why does it kick off at all? Ninja Run and Beast Run don't. If this is a paid for travel power, it should be a toggle like the others. Having a 30 second duration makes it go from "awesome" to "meh" in my eyes.
  7. Can ya'll post more pictures? I'm stuck at school all day today >.<

    Also, are we ever going to be able to customize hair with hats? I love the classic top hats we have, but hate how short it makes my female characters' hair.
  8. ArwenDarkblade

    MoLambda baby

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Quatermain View Post
    It was three times easier to get when it was bugged...
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Sickboyquick View Post
    I agree, the bug was way easier than running it 3 seperate times for the Mo badge.

    Yes and yes. The bug made it so much more tolerable. I ran through it three times tonight to help Merm, and once after to help Ally and Bridger (though that one wasn't successful, sadly), and it's an unfun grindfest. The whole thing is poorly planned, poorly designed, and poorly implemented.

    And don't get me started on how the in-game directions do not match the actual requirements AT ALL.
  9. Arwen Darkblade, level 50 Claws/Invuln Scrapper. I'm a Vigilante, so either is fine. Though the Villain side one is much, much faster. I can also stay for a few runs, as I'm still working on that 50 assists badge. >.<
  10. ArwenDarkblade

    MoLambda baby

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PumBumbler View Post
    I'd even suggest that some players here have been with the game longer than most of the CS reps they are dealing with, and as a paid for game, that isn't something to be taken lightly. Or maybe it is.
    I don't know why this isn't more obvious to the CS people here. I have worked in customer service jobs before, and would have been fired had I talked to a paying customer the way I've been talked to here. I can honestly say, with no sense of exaggeration, that this is the worst customer service I have ever had (and I don't mean just on this issue, but in total).
  11. It was total sarcasm. I'm sorry you took offense.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by flipside View Post
    Posting late but didn't get any turn out for this one, so ended up canceling it as well.
    No one turned out to do a Doc Q on a Tuesday afternoon? This is my shocked face.
  13. ArwenDarkblade

    MoLambda baby

    Same here, Nup. Between this and another (personal) issue I have with CS, I'm fed up. I have never been treated so poorly as a customer.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Texas Justice View Post
    There's a problem with that however. This is the Justice forums. We talk about almost anything in almost any thread.

    As long as it isn't violating the posted Message Forum Rules and Guidelines, there isn't much that can be done.
    In addition, I don't think any one is going to find too many warm fuzzy feelings about the game around here right now. Probably not the best time for a contest, or at least, probably not a good time to bring this to Justice.
  15. ArwenDarkblade

    MoLambda baby

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Abraxxus View Post
    2 cents here. I 've been thinking about our MoLambda run today while brewing over the reward table debacle, and there may have been a way that we actually did fail it.

    One of the spots that Marauder jumps to has an Molecular Acid capsule spawn right next to it. With all the AoE madness that was happening and possible uncontrolled pets (Lore or otherwise) the capsule could have easily been destroyed, giving a random person on the map a temp, which would fail the mission.

    Now if said person wasnt paying attention, they may not have noticed that they got an extra temp power.
    I already discussed this with Brax earlier, but wanted to point out here that if he is right, I'm even more annoyed as that information is also nowhere to be found in game. I know, I know. Shock, gasp, clutch the pearls.
  16. ArwenDarkblade

    Lambda Badges??

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bohmfalk View Post
    Well, if the badges are supposed to be awarded for not using any grenades at any time, I think the best thing would be to hurry up and go for the badge that awards all three before they fix it. Personally, I don't feel like spending all that time and effort going for the same badge three times (which is basically what they are).
    I would normally agree, but right now my will to play is pretty much zero. I have limited play time these days as is, and I'm not in the mood to do what I've already done and should have been rewarded for in the first place.
  17. ArwenDarkblade

    MoLambda baby

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Allyriah View Post
    Anyway, this particular trick on their part may be the beginning of the end of my 7 years as a paying customer. I just don't have the energy to be so frustrated over stuff like this anymore. It does no good since debating valid points with support is similar to arguing with a brick wall.
    Me, too. I'm paid through June, and will (might?) hit my 7 year mark in August. At this point, I'm honestly not sure what I'm going to do. As I stated in my correspondence to CS and Black Scorpion, this is the first time in 7 years that I truly feel unhappy by how I'm being treated as a player and customer. I feel let down, and I feel like the people who should care about this, don't. It's a very funny way to do business.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Shagster View Post
    Well, I'm not going to attribute this to either malice or intentional deception.
    I don't feel that either, and I stated as such to both CS and BS. However, they did make a mistake, and now the ball is in their court to make it right.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by NuprinFeelgood View Post
    Add to that the consistently inconsistent and unfair balance in the reward tables and you get an Issue that should have spent a few more weeks on the drawing table IMHO. They deserve all the customer dissatisfaction they can stomach...
    And then some. Why wasn't this stuff caught in beta testing?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Texas Justice View Post
    Sorry to hear that all of you worked so hard to meet the criteria listed in game only to find that either they are changing the criteria since it was too easy to do before or that the in game information about it was actually wrong. Especially sorry to hear that you appear to have met the requirements for one of the badges and it wasn't awarded.
    The in-game information was actually wrong, as there was nothing easy about the way we went about getting the badges. It took a lot of effort, patience, and communication to pull it off. It was one of the few things I've done in game that was really hard. It was also exciting, because we pulled it off with very little time to spare.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PhantomEnigma View Post
    I've been considering leaving the game for the better part of six months. This may have been the final nail in the proverbial coffin.
    I was going to leave last May when my subscription came to renew. I was encouraged by some good friends to stay, and now those same friends are now talking about leaving. It's sad that when a lot of long-time players leave it'll be chalked up to "burn out." I am not burned out. I like playing this game, and honestly wish I didn't like playing it so much as it would make it easier to walk away. If I am burned out on anything, it's the increasingly poor treatment that players are receiving, the increasingly poor design choices (especially those that mirror the juggernaut of the MMO world that shall not be named here), and the shrinking levels of transparency and communication we have with the dev team.
  18. ArwenDarkblade

    MoLambda baby

    My major points of contention are these:

    1 - We did everything exactly at it is stated in game. This information we are now receiving is nowhere in the game, and is news to us all.

    2 - Since the vast majority of players never visit the forums, a situation acknowledged and discussed on the forums by devs and community team leaders alike, then the in-game descriptions are where that vast majority is going to look for clues, guides and directions to completing objectives. As of a couple of hours ago, post today's hot fix, the badge prompts are still exactly as I posted above.

    3 - Since that in-game information is, apparently, wrong the onus is on the devs/GMs to make right on what happened. You can't tell someone they're "doing it wrong" when you give the wrong directions.
  19. I need to pieces of very rare salvage to craft my final very rare Incarnate powers. I keep trying to vary my participation, and nothing seems to help. I'm stuck on an uncommon loop.
  20. ArwenDarkblade

    MoLambda baby

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Red_Gren View Post
    Just going to shut up now & see what support decides. Probably should have done this from the beginning.

    Saw the conversations from the Badge section that Arwen must have been talking about. I can see her frustration in that some are getting the badge & others aren't for doing the same dang thing. At this point, it seems it doesn't matter what the game says the requirements are, or what the requirements are supposed to be because they don't work anyway!

    And then when I get home, I'm going to go out & smash me some BAF or Lambda or tip baddies. RAWR!!!
    Red, I don't want you to think that my agitation has anything to do with you. I know you're just repeating what you heard in an effort to get as much information together as possible, which is something I am very grateful for and appreciate! I'm just annoyed (among other feelings) by the severe lack of clear communication and the disconnect from the directions players receive in game and what we're hearing now. Like I told you the other night, this isn't a case of shoot the messenger. I appreciate what you're doing.

    And yes, I'm quite frustrated. Our League got cheated. Simple as that.
  21. ArwenDarkblade

    MoLambda baby

    And those of us who did get a response got an impersonal form letter.
  22. ArwenDarkblade

    Lambda Badges??

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lothic View Post
    Yes we know that the acid/pacify badges seem to be incorrectly linked together as in you have to get them all at once during one run or you get none of them.

    But if you had a situation where you should have gotten them all in one run and didn't then you've either stumbled upon another related bug or something else happened in your unique situation to cause the badges to not trigger. Like Ironblade mentioned I was just on a league late last night that earned the MoLambda so apparently it's still possible to get in this current software build.

    I guess if I were in your situation I'd petition it and see what happens. Chances are the GMs won't be able to help you but you never know. Good luck.
    Thanks. Several of us are keeping the petitions going, and so far no luck. We did everything exactly like many others have stated doing who DID receive the badges, so who knows. It's all very screwed up and exasperating.
  23. ArwenDarkblade

    MoLambda baby

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Allyriah View Post
    Red, I definitely appreciate your efforts to post this detail here for us but my argument remains the same on this. We fulfilled the requirements exactly as they were stated in the game. In my opinion, listing extra detail in support article #eleventy billion (that most of the population didn't read) wouldn't really reinforce their position adequately enough to make me accept that decision. So...let's just hope they're taking the time to honestly evaluate our issue here.
    I could not agree more with Ally on this.

    Also, there are people in the badge section of the forums claiming to have received all three badges (and thus the Mo badge) for doing exactly what we did. That, more than anything, reinforces to me that we got screwed.
  24. I'll be out of town on Saturday. Have fun!
  25. ArwenDarkblade

    Lambda Badges??

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master View Post
    yep, so that means the only way to get master of lambda badge right now is to get all 3 badges in 1 go through
    But they're not awarding that way either, as evidenced by my team.