BayBlast

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Reelo878 View Post
    Seriously, this worries me. I went through about fifty names (or thereabouts, because honestly I lost count) before I could get one that wasn't taken. And it sucked. I'm not about to intentionally misspell my toon's name, and I don't want to (although I accept that it's inevitable that I have to) put g r a t u i t o u s spaces or periods. after said name. NOR DO I WISH TO DO IT IN ALL CAPS, BUT LIKE I SAID EARILER, I PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO.

    Has anyone else got this problem? Anyone know a way around it?
    Be more creative.

    Be more patient.

    Be less prone to drama when things don't go exactly as you had originally planned.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by St0n3y View Post
    Take this from someone that knows first hand, if it is outside TWC's network there is nothing they can do. No ammount of calling and complaining will change that...
    Time Warner and other ISPs purchase their access to the parts of the backbone that they do not own. Your statement seems more akin to saying that a landlord doesn't have to fix a leaky roof that effects only a handful of tenants out of many?

    If you have direct knowledge of why TW will not act like maybe because of internal polices or contractual restrictions, then please offer that instead of your deliberately cryptic and unhelpful statement of "Take this from someone that knows first hand..".
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by St0n3y View Post
    This is not an issue with TWC.
    Well we've pretty much established that already.


    Quote:
    ...calling TWC to get support is going to do you no good as there is nothing they can do about it.
    Just because that part of the backbone is not directly under TW does not mean the TW won't do anything about it. If they pay to use a part of the backbone that then starts having consistent problems, you'd better believe they will be contacting whoever does own it.

    I think the main problem here is what kind of documentation of the problem would be enough for TW to act on, and does there have to be a certain number of complaining customers before they will take action with other said company. Getting the answers to those kinds of questions is why I was hoping Soul Train would chime in.
  4. Then it's looking like a problem with the hops beyond Time Warner.. which rather sucks.

    If you can show where the hiccup in your traffic to CoH is occuring, you might be able to get Time Warner to inquire with whoever owns that part of the backbone.

    Hopefully Soul Train will chime in. You might want to send a request for ST to comment here?
  5. BayBlast

    NSIS erroe??

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by HardyHarHar View Post
    I wanted to try out city of heroes today but now im getting some NSIS error
    I tried most of things on this website
    http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Why_do_I_get_NSIS_Error
    but they ddint work and the last resort im supposed to drag the installer file into cmd but you cant even do that o_o. All I want to do is play city of heroes its stupid problems like these that make things difficult =_=.....
    oh and NSIS error is like something wrong with the installer
    I WANNA MAKE MY HERO
    Note: The quality of the support you receive typically depends on the quality of the information that you provide.

    Saying the you have "some NSIS error" is not very helpful. Post the exact error message. Also, post your CohHelper and HijackThis reports (links in my signature).
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by NiteSaber View Post
    I already reinstalled before, and the video driver thing, like i said, isnt working.
    Don't do anything else until you install Vista Service Pack 2 as Texas Justice recommended.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by CuppaManga View Post
    For the past few months I've had extreme packet loss/lag/rubberbanding on Triumph, and I'm a Time Warner/Roadrunner customer.

    I've been through several troubleshooting steps from NC Support and Time Warner, replaced the cable modem, had replaced or checked all the cabling to the pole, and have gone all the way to Level 3 support.

    This issue does not happen on west coast servers or the training room, or on Zoomtown DSL.

    So far, Time Warner won't help as long as the "neighborhood loop" is ok, and NC Support is out of ideas...
    From your post, I get the feeling that you have only gotten phone support from Time Warner and not in-home support? If that's the case, you really need to have a tech come out to see if line noise is the issue.

    Aside from that though, have you tried just replacing your Ethernet cable(s)? They are actually not very sturdy, and overbending them (or even stepping on them) can permanently impair them. Btw, do you have a hub connected after the modem?
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by GrinningSpade View Post
    We got walk now? I was under the impression that making walking work and not look silly was near impossible? SO what changed? Did the near impossible got possible or do we have a silly walk and van we join the Ministry?
    NPC's have had the walk animation all along, so I have no idea why it took five years to finally give it to players. Nonetheless, I'm happy to see this addition!
  9. BayBlast

    Text unreadable

    At one point I had similar issues with font display. After a lot of testing, my issue turned out to be related to both my in-game font display size of 11 and my window scaling to 90%. When I reset those to their starting values, the font corruption corrected. At some point later I was able to go back to my previous values with no further corruption.

    Your issue may not be related to mine, but it can't hurt to tweak those setting and see what happens.
  10. I hadn't been playing CoX as much in the past month, but I had been on enough with my fire/ff controller to love the new pet zoning feature.. even if it is still a little buggy.

    So tonight I log onto my ice/storm controller for the first time in at least 2 months to go trick or treating. A little bit into battles I start getting the feeling that Jack isn't doing much damage. I start letting him take all the aggro to watch and this is what I see.

    attack with Ice Sword
    attack with Ice Sword
    attack with Ice Sword
    attack with Ice Sword
    attack with Ice Sword

    ... at that point I finished off the target. I was so annoyed that I then just logged off.

    I finally logged back on just hoping that it was a fluke. I knew I had seen him use other attacks so I wanted to test him again to get a better feel for what was happening. This is what the pattern seems to be.

    When engaging enemies for the first time he will open with Ice Bolt, Freezing Touch and Greater Ice Sword for the first 'round' normally. However when he gets melee, and sort of forgets all his other powers and tends to only use Ice Sword.

    While testing, in one particular battle I watched him use only Ice Sword, EIGHT times in a row. He wouldn't even use Ice Bolt when the enemy was running away from him. After running around like an idiot, he finally did use Ice Bolt and then Greater Ice Sword when he closed to melee for the last time.

    I have no idea if this has been going on since i16 first went live or not. I wouldn't notice a difference on my fire controller because Imps only have one attack. Regardless the idea of having this bug back royally p*sses me off, especially since Pet Recharge Inheritance was supposed to be the reason for wonky pet attacks.

    Castle, I invoke thee.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Captain_Photon View Post
    Personally, I think there's already too much fiddly-*** math in this game nowadays...

    ...I see no benefit in making building a character even more like doing your taxes. If I wanted to play an MMO that was like doing my taxes, I'd play EVE Online.
    Considering that using the Combat Attributes and Show Detailed Info is purely optional, your objections make absolutely no sense to me. We can even turn off tooltips so that enhancement information doesn't show.

    Your post seems to have the tone that this is all somehow being forced upon you? If you want to remain oblivious to the extra in-game numbers, then there is nothing stopping you from doing so.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Gehnen View Post
    Always a pleasure to mutually peak
    *smirk*

    *NOD*

  13. BayBlast

    The Big Zig

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Xalaqia View Post
    I have no problems with moat monsters being added.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
    What is the story behind them being there?

    Chemicals dumped by Crey Industries turned the 'moat' into the Dead Marshes.
  14. I fully endorse this set on the condition that they get a pale horse.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Eisregen_NA View Post
    Pssst. I am a bully. I just prefer to pick on other bullies because, well, it's more fun.
    Well.. I had the following definition in mind when I posted.

    bully
    A blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.


    From your posting history, I just don't get that kind of vibe from you. Now if you meant the following definition then I could see that, since I myself can get that way at times.

    To be loudly arrogant and overbearing.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nethergoat View Post
    this thread has taken an odd turn.

    Maybe the mods should sticky an official misogyny thread for y'all to wallow around in?
    Or you could start your own male chauvinist thread.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Eisregen_NA View Post
    So do I, mind you, but the idiocy seems to slowly spread out eastward from the land of Political Correctness...

    Through this mass of people, a young woman comes riding her bicycle, not racing but not exactly slowing down either. There's a reason adults are not supposed to ride their bicycles across the sidewalk or through improvised bus stops. People are having to dodge and dart left and right to actually get out of the way of the ***** on her bike. Until she gets to me, of course. Me, I stare her down until it's obvious she won't actually stop, then I just sidestep a little and elbow the ***** in the chest. Not hard enough, unfortunately, as she kept on going for a few more feet, then she comes to a halt and the resulting exchange went like this:
    Bravo!

    I always enjoy hearing stories from people that stand up to bullies.


    (I likely would have 'accidentally' swung my backpack into said cyclist's path.)
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by marc100 View Post
    DxDiag gathered at September 27, 2009 13:30 (-04:00)

    System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
    System Model: Studio 1555

    Video Device Name: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
    Considering that this is a laptop and with that kind of Video Device, I think overheating is a safe bet as Zombie Man indicated.

    When playing demanding games like CoH, you may have to resort to a laptop cooling pad such as this or this.
  19. Quote:
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Westley View Post
    Namely: "If you don't like what you're doing, then go do something else."
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nethergoat View Post
    Some players enjoy PL'ing and farming.
    Given the number of times this has been pointed out your inability to grasp the fact is an ongoing mystery.
    If someone enjoys PL'ing / farming then they obviously don't fit the type of player that Westly is addressing with his quote.

    Try grasping that you failed at reading comprehension in this case and move on.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by VoodooGirl View Post
    All of my unused character slots are missing - all 5. Just suddenly gone after today's serve maintenance.
    There are at least half a dozen other threads about the same topic. Such as... this one.

    Search is your friend.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler View Post
    Not sure? We have eleventy bajillion player powers, and apparently they don't always get checked during beta tests in time to fix every issue with every player power.
    That doesn't make sense. Aren't there a range of testers picked that have enough characters created to test most/all of the player powers? Aren't there checklists of powers, animations, map changes, etc that need to be verified before a new issues goes live?

    I can see missing animation/vfx bugs that are only discovered with certain conditions, but I would think that basic power animations would be one of the first things to be checked.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ToySoldierZolgar View Post
    And see Bill, I can say the same about you, despite your green rep. I bet I wouldn't find much worth in your posts. Probably just mindless echoing of the popular opinion.
    If you bothered to look at Billz posting history, you would see that isn't the case. Though it's so much easier to just spout nonsense to try to make your point, yes?
  23. BayBlast

    Help

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by GhoulSlayer View Post
    Can someone please link me to the suggestion page? I can't find it and I made a suggestion in the wrong place last week which turned into a major drama fiasco.
    From what I saw, the drama in that thread had much less to do with the thread being in the wrong place, and more to do with your feisty posting.
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by FitzSimmons View Post
    The mob I lay quicksand under does not move. This was on a team of 3, I haven't tried it solo. In all cases I've done it I was the first to attack and my opener was quicksand from around a corner.

    Was just curious.
    There must be something bugged about your character? I have seen no change to any of my characters that use out of LOS powers to pull. Even on my earth controller, quicksand still aggroes mobs, and stoney aggroes to their contact on quicksand the same as before i16. Yes, my very first attack is with quicksand too.
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lycanus View Post
    Have the base salvage storage automatically alphabetize things put into it the way your personal storage does.

    PLEASE.
    YES PLEASE!

    Then my SG mates won't have to listen to my occassional rants about why in the heck we don't already have this.