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...since I don't know where else to put this.
Is Account Management down?
I forgot the answer to my security question, and after waiting a day, now it won't let me get anywhere, and when trying to account customer support through the website, it's saying the link is broken for customer support :/
I'd like to get my card changed over to my new card before my 3 month time has lapsed, and otherwise just get it all taken care of now
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Quote:Just the way Tyrant wants you!Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
in otherwords you could technically remain loyal but would neuter yourself in the process effectively becoming useless
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Quote:Hmmm Kahn or Q...and why wasn't Q ever brought in during a Star Trek movie?!Originally Posted by Lothic
Nope, not a Romulan. He was a eugenically enhanced human from Earth that Kirk and company dealt with in an episode of the Original Series. He was a cool enough villain that they brought him back to be the main villain in the second Star Trek movie.
Khan is probably the single most famous Star Trek villain there ever was. Like I said I'm sure there are people out there who know 100x more about it than I do, but knowing about Khan is probably so basic they'd teach in "Sci-Fi for Kindergartners" if there were such a thing.
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Quote:And can also be beat by a free book of matches!Originally Posted by Sevenpenny
Martian Manhunter......come on a character that is basically Superman and Batman rolled into one!?!?! This would be an awesome movie as J'onn J'onzz can shape shift and become anyone.
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Quote:What makes you think time hasn't passed from you hitting level 20 and him invading at level 50?Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
Again, it is bull, because those mentioned are working for a common cause. They may not execute their plans in the same way or see eye to eye on every level, but they do have common cause and in the game lore are united in that, hence Hero 1 went through the portal to almost certain death willingly.
Also you've missed a central point - I'm getting kicked to the curb for no clear reason when all I've done is serve my leader willingly, and yet, Cole has other followers who he keeps around. The story is poorly constructed regardless of his so called motivation and defies any kind of logic.
You and several others have brought Incarnates into the mix but my point still stands regardless of the incarnate system or not. If Cole was so secure in his state he didn't need anyone, then just maybe you could understand that but when he does have troubles on his doorstep and clearly does keep some followers around it makes no sense for him to cut someone with proven loyalty and ability out with the threat of impending doom. "Sod off to this other reality which I'll be destroying forthwith."
The more I get into this, the worse the story-telling seems to be
I always figured time had passed by myself. It's how the story would seem to be.
It's not in game story wise, you went from lvl 20 to level 50 Incarnate status in 2 days.
And like I said, just because you say you're loyal to Tyrant, doesn't mean he has to think you're truely loyal or maybe he doesn't think you're loyal enough or maybe he just doesn't think he can control you enough to put that much power into you or make you worth saving. -
Quote:Gimmick?Originally Posted by Infernus_Hades
Playing the Apex TF over the last day has aquainted me to the insanity of developers dropping spots that move randomly on you while expecting you to use powers that root you.
Then you have the melee players saying well you need to pay attention - all while being stunned by some of the Champions and unable to actually move.
Is this the best we can expect? A gimmick to drop instant death is the best thing we can expect for making a challenge? How about adding enemies without status effects but yet with armor on all of them? I did this on an AE mission and everyone loved it. I had a few enemies that had specific hard hitting attacks that would hurt squishies - so the melee learned to handle those - I had some resistant to slows - some resistant to fire.
I've known so many people who want to actually have to dodge things than rely on the Random Number Generator.
This gives them exactly what they want, and now there are people complaining.
Of course, that should be expected.
Simple answer, if you don't like it, don't run it. Personally, I love the Apex TF. -
Quote:Cuz Indy has action!Originally Posted by Cowman
It doesn't seem that difficult, right?
Always made me wonder where they got the parody action-movie heroine they had Jolie playing.
Though that may be the way to do it!
They should reboot Tomb Raider, and have Indy show up, old, waering his eye patch, and be like a mentor!
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Quote:If that's true, I admit, I thought the point of them was so you could stay in the zone...so if you can't do them after you hit level 20 (the unlimited mission contact) one can either Exemp (thusly helping their fellow praetorians) or just not level up to 20 and keep on going!Originally Posted by Mr_Right
My Bots / FF Mastermind is still in Praetoria at level 31, and he'll be there forever (I haven't played him in forever, but that's not the point). The downside is that I can't run the never-ending-mission contact, because that didn't come out until he was already well past 20. But additionally, I'm not certain that you can even run those newspaper style missions after level 20. I believe they cut you off once you level up.
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Quote:Of course it doesn't stick. As it stands now, CoH's maps are tied to the level progression.Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
SPOILERS:
As part of the Praetorian Invasion, Steel Canyon takes heavy damage in i19, as does Skyway in the i20 TF.
Kings and Talos take moderate hits themselves.
These events don't "stick"; Skyway is all fixed again by the time you exit the mission. It's both cool to see the devastation, but at the same time the instancing renders everything pointless and trivial.
They can "destroy" any zone they want. It doesn't mean anything.
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Those zones being destroyed aren't untill after you would normally be out of those zones, going to bigger threats.
KR is destroyed in Apex...when you're level 50! KR is what you see when you are level 8ish, before you get to level 50 and then see it destroyed.
What would the point be of seeing KR destroyed in Apex, if it was destroyed when you first saw it at lvl 8? -
Quote:Or you need to quit looking at it as Hero VS Villain, and think of it as you as a player get new content and can play on both sides, therefore you win either way.Originally Posted by The_Coming_Storm
People, it is all about equity. Or did you "high"-and-mighty heroes forget about such an ideal?
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Quote:Longbow are not vigilantes.Originally Posted by Dragonhide
"We don't need vigilantes"... as a Longbow agent walks by. Nice! Bleedin' terrorists should stop invading places.
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Quote:Well, you could just NOT leave Praetoria. You're so loyal to Praetoria and Tyrant, you could just not leave. Exemp down for missions (I've seen a couple of people do this before i19) or run the never ending mission contacts.Originally Posted by Eiko-chan
If Cole can empower his Praetors with Incarnate abilities to combat Primal's Incarnates, he can empower Loyalists PCs with Incarnate abilities to combat Primal's Incarnates. There's no reason he shouldn't, or wouldn't. A Power Loyalist is just as loyal (and possibly more so) than Neuron, Marauder, or Dominatrix.
This actually makes sense. "Marcus Cole, I know you're the best, I believe in your view. I have no desire to travel to this Primal Earth to see just how right you are."
And of course there's a reason he shouldn't or wouldn't...for no matter how loyal you say you are, he can feel you have more free will or are less controllable than Neuron, Marauder or Dominatrix.
And seeing as how you're a player character that just makes sense.
Could this change later? For sure! But for now, that's how it is, you could always leave your Loyalist at the side and wait to see if any new content appears for Praetorians, and then hope that Marcus Cole will one day grant your character incarnate abilities. -
Quote:Did you ever think, that if you had joined up, you both could of wound up with more, and then been teaming and not duoing?Originally Posted by TheShattered
Don't get me wrong, I like playing with friends. But sometimes, they're either occupied, or I want to team -now- opposed to later. Sometimes a duo just doesn't cut it for me.
Oh, and just now, on one of the global channels, someone suggested level 20+ teaming. They got no response. Not one. I would have responded, but like I said, duoing I find dull. I like groups. But finding these like-minded people only happens to me once in a blue moon.
And why don't I friend them and play with them all the time? Because this is an MMO, and I want to play with more than just the same 3 people time and time again. If I wanted to play with 2 friends, i'd hop onto my Xbox.
That said, I have no idea how Union as a server is. I do know on virtue when I want to frun low level content, I find people wanting to do low level content easy enough. -
Quote:It's not really bull. Those incarnates you mentioned, became incarnates without talking to Cole. Why would they not work with Statesman just because they became incarnates?Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
Some great comments here.
The lack of our own will is very disturbing in the whole Praetorian story as a whole (and I fear in the Incarnate arcs too... that's becoming increasingly apparent.)
One of the comments I noticed from a couple of people was "Don't become an Incarnate and you serve Cole." That's utter bull. If you follow that, then Lady Grey, Hero 1 and many others wouldn't work with Statesman but we know they are Incarnates.
I am coming from the perspective that it is in my character's enlightened self-interest to serve Cole and his vision. Sure, my toon need not be pleasant and nice but Cole is tougher than me, I know what side my bread is buttered and working with him is a good bet. He is the man in control (mostly - yes I take on board the view that Praetoria is also chaotic too) but I can carve a name for myself amongst Cole's greatest henchmen by serving him faithfully and well, thus accumulating power for myself. If the other Praetors can do that, then I can be so much better - after all I believe in myself.
My central point still stands: I don't need to worship Cole, or to adore him or to think he's the greatest thing since sliced bread: I simply need to recognise that I become stronger working for him, than against him. I prove that and it is demonstrated by level progression and accumulation of personal power. But then, just when I seem to be getting somewhere, and I've done everything he asks of me, he cuts me loose and tells me "right, bugger off and don't darken my doorstep again" and worse, I know that where I'm being sent is going to be invaded by his war machines.
It's a highly unsatisfactory outcome - and leaves me feeling very short changed and very let down. I am forced down a path that then cuts me short and leaves me scratching my head and wondering "WTF".
If Tyrant is the coming storm, and the reason to become an incarnate is to stop the coming storm, why would a loyalist become an incarnate? Mind you, I havent gotten a villain incarnate yet, so the start of that arc redside, I don't know of.
Even if the coming storm isn't Tyrant, why would a loyalist help save the Primal dimension from it, and therefore become an incarnate?
No, from a OOC perspective of the player, well then, of course you don't want to skip it! That'd just be suckie.
But do you really think Tyrant wants more Incarnates? No way. And they're not quite incarnates, if he's loaning others a bit of his power to take on Incarnates (or they could be, but it's just as likely he can take it away when ever he so chooses). -
Quote:Isn't it more along the lines that a fortune teller reads someone elses fortune, and can never read their own?Originally Posted by konshu
I think it is so much more logical for a character with a magic booster to read their own fortune. That way they can give themselves the buff if they want, and not bother other players.
I know the devs typically think in terms of systems and not stories, but it makes perfect RP sense for a magic-oriented character to read their own fortune before entering a mission or starting a boss fight. -
Quote:That looks pretty awesome and like others said, no. Nothing wrong with it.Originally Posted by Nyx
A Touch grainy, and definately not Lady Death. I was inspired, but I would not take rip off a toon
In fact, it's players like that, that make me want to make some, wearing almost nothing, character, just because they're being dumb :/ -
Quote:Going that route, as stated already, Tyrant is no better than Statesman. Hell, he's worse. Statesman at least has his own personal believes stopping him from just interfering with everyone.Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
If Cole is the only person who can keep the people of Praetoria alive then it's in my interest as a Praetorian to make sure he succeeds. Assuming that as a Praetorian I have a family, loved ones, friends, colleagues, unless I'm totally dysfunctional, I want them to live and thrive, no matter my own personal morals.
It's also entirely possible that I don't wear the story that the interlopers from Primal Earth actually have the ordinary Praetorian's welfare at heart. Primal Earth is a MESS! Statesman coudln't organize a piss up in a brewery - as the leader of Freedom Phalanx and the figurehead of Paragon's heroes, he fails miserably: In Seven years he's failed to quell any threat to Paragon, and the city increasingly comes under threat from external forces: Rikti, Council, Circle of Thorns, and the list goes on. From the Praetorian Loyalist perspective, Paragon City is a dive that is as chaotic as the Rogue Isles with its own military militia that forces compliance by the wider citizenry. It isn't difficult to pick up Cole's point that they are not to be trusted and will invade Praetoria to strip it of its assets.
He doesn't go busting down doors on anyone he suspects of being against his personal beliefs/plans. He waits for there to be trouble THEN he reacts (where as Manticore believes in reacting before the criminals).
Tyrant has mind controlled psychics, a heavily armed police force, all his Praetors, and there's still crime on the street.
As for staying loyal to Cole, just don't become an incarnate. You've just stayed loyal to Tyrant \o/ -
That's what I did yesterday at the start of the new WST. Formed an Ice Mistral with my Vigilante alignment incarnate! \o/
Then I contemplated how many Speed LGTFs I could do this week! -
1 Fire/Fire Brute
1 Fire/Cold Corr
1 FF/Sonic Def
1 Fire/Kin Corr
1 Fire/Rad Corr
1 Fire/Dark Corr
1 Fire/Thermal Cor
1 Fire/Sonic Corr
There you go!
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I had a Fire/Fire Tanker, who's wings would mystically turn into a cape when she wasn't flying.
Didnt make a bind for it though. I just hit /cc 1, whenever I went to fly. -
The Tenth! If I could only pick one it would be The Tenth!!!
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Quote:Rambo and Mission Impossible would be sequals, and not reboots, sooo...what's the problem there?Originally Posted by Phewmite
Yes, I understand taking stories from other media and turning them into movies (HArry Potter, Tomb Raider, etc.) or even the rereleasing of older movies, though Disney only does it in regards to the DVDs.
I'm talking the total lack of creativity for new stories so just remaking:
Arthur
Tomb Raider
Spiderman
True Grit
SAW 4 million...
Robocop
Xmen: this one's bad too (a.k.a. Wolverine 2)
Mad Max...you're kidding right?
Dirty Dancing
Barbarella...seriously?
Mission Impossible 4
Red Dawn
Rambo
And this is just a few. I could even understand making some of these during the writer's strike...but now? Can you guys not come up with anything original?
X-Men is a prequal so it's right in there with Rambo and MI. -
Quote:Not exactly. But that's a discussion on the various Christian religions, and not one I really wish to get into.Originally Posted by Seldom
Actually, a deity that can bleed specifically includes the Christian God.
But in those mythlogies, at least if my memory serves corectly for Greek and Roman, it took other gods/half-gods/titans...basically all gods...to kill one another.Quote:It's funny to note that in most mythologies, gods are tough but can and do get hurt, even die. Hence why I'd say that within comic book mythology, you can call Thor an alien all you want but if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...it's still a nigh invulnerable deifi-err- extraterrestrial being that controls storms and lightning at will.
Of course, with other super powers in line, this can change the balance, when talking about non gods, taking on gods of myth. -
There were no new and better, bunny ears
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Needs work!
First off, for a tutorial, you basically said everyone who takes a lethal damage power set is a vigilante.
Next off, maybe it's just the RPer in me, but the intro seemed lame! Like you actually imagine it as being in a MMO rather than an open world, and as we know most RPers skip over the MMO game mechanic aspects of it.
I fully expected Golden Girl to go on and on about how to slot powers, and I'm suprised not to see her outfit covered in badges...ect...ect.
Still, nice to see a CoH comic made by a fan