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Quote:3 times as less as it is nowOriginally Posted by vorpal
It's important to take this info with a grain of salt.
Triple revenue is great, but what was their revenue beforehand?
3 times as much is still better than the 3 times as less.
No where did they say they were becoming the billionairs that WoW is making a company, but three times the return as before is always a good thing for every company.
Now, if they're making three times as much as before and still LOSING money, well, I'd hope they'd just shut down.
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Quote:Eh, not like it's the first time the same stories have been told.Originally Posted by Aneko
Besides, orginality gets you lambasted as well. Look at Twilight.
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I can believe it seeing how much I've payed to Paragon Studios since it went to F2P with little features like...extra costume slots, extra enhancement trays, the costume bundles I was buying before and after...and oh yeah...wanting to make those purple set IOs +5 >_>;;
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Quote:I see. Yeah, if they can't shell out 5 dollars then for the chat unlock (and then I believe the monthly Paragon Reward Token to slowly move up the ladder) I don't think I'm going to worry much about the F2P who can't stay due to chat features.Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
Indeed, it only takes 1 purchase of $5 to unlock chat.
Even that small of a barrier though, gets them in the mindset of; "This is only going to be worth it if I shell out the cash to be ViP..."
Then the feeling in game rams the point home even further.
I'm not saying everything should be free, that would be stupid. But with the Dev stated goal of designing everything for ViP's because we are still their primary focus, I think they aren't getting the true feeling of what it feels like to come on board completely new. That more than a few of the RL friends I talked into giving it a shot, had the same complaint upon quiting, that it felt like the free and premium levels were nothing more than a glorified trial tells me all I needed to know.
Old debate is old though.
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Quote:Loving my ELA/TW. Havent seen many of that combo as a Tanker, though I think most people who went with TW went Brute/Scrapper.Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn
^This. It's a pretty nice combo. And you don't see many of them out there.
I'm actually enjoying my TW Tanker more than my now shelved TW/EA Scrapper, but the down side to it on the Tanker is Whirling Smash and Arc of Destruction are at levels 35 and 38 :/ Makes exemping less than lvl 30 really unfun for me. -
Quote:This was my thought.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Well, there's your problem.
The game is balance around SOs at ordinary level of difficulty.
Tell them to try soloing at a lower level of difficulty that gives them the feel they want.
If they want to up the difficulty, then they need to remember it gets harder for that reason.
Could my DB/WP solo at 4/8 (before I stripped it of IOs)? Yes! But it wasn't always easy (Arachnos are a different beast than Council for instance). -
Truthfully, I couldn't imagine making a FA character and not taking both! But if one had to be dropped, I'd drop BU over FE.
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Titan Weapons!
Damage! Awesome Taunt! AOE! ST!
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My first thought is, doesn't it just take tier 3 to get chat features unlocked?
While I love the art style of CoH, I agree with the reviewer in that it's all subjective on that part, as I don't care for the original competitions art, but like the major fantasy competitions art style.
The review seemed fair though, and yeah, I've seen more than a few friends leave for the newest competition :/ -
My name sake has been rerolled into a different powerset 10-15 times, and made it to 50 about 8-13 of those times (just couldnt get into AR and Archery). But that's more me trying to find just the right feel for her (and why I make some of the suggestions I do
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Really that's my main character and most played, and it's often times funny to see people say "I thought you were [insert this AT and Powerset combo here]" and have other people respond "That was last week"
Needless to say, Paragon Studios has made some money off me for rename tokens.
I do come up with other concepts that I quite enjoy, but don't stay with as often for different reasons and of some of those, I've rerolled into new powersets as well. -
Loved the pieces! Think my favorite is the jumping out of the helicopter one.
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Like the article says, Twilight keeps millions of people in awe, while keeping millions of people befuddled.
And like a SG member who hated and now enjoys Twilight said, "Get over the sparkle, it lasted all of 6mins"
All that said, I can't disagree with the list. Of the list only "The Hunger Games" is an unknown to me, but the movie looked really interresting.
And of the movies, I'd say it's the Bond film that holds the least attention for me personally, with Twilight coming in second (and I personally didnt have a problem with book 1 and 2, while 3 and 4 bored me) -
Quote:Now see...Im not looking to turn MA into StJ. Or StJ into MA. I just want to mix and match my favorite animations from both sets into one.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Of course not! Not in the slightest. I have been trained in Wing Tsun (somewhat) so I do know what an actual martial art looks like, and City of Heroes Martial Arts ain't it. But my question here is... So what? Assault rifle is weird beyond belief, Broadsword swings like a baseball bat, Titan Weapons hates your spine, Dual Pistols is replete with more unnecessary twists than an M Night Shyamalan movie and Haymaker isn't a haymaker. "Authenticity" is not something I've ever had the impression that City of Heroes is striving for. That and realism just are not intentional goals. When they happen, it's accidental, and when they don't, that's just how things go.
To my eyes, Martial Arts is cool irrespective of how accurate it is to any real life martial art. The few times I've used it, as a point of fact, I've used it to represent fast hand-to-hand combat, and almost never actual real martial arts. I used it on my fast kicking robot long ago inspired by Rook from Rise 2: Resurrection and I used it on my 600-year-old transcended kung fu master who's about as realistic as Jackie Chan sliding down the Willemswerf building's sloped glass in Who Am I? I used to use it for my action school girl, but replaced it with Street Justice because I laughed my *** off at a tiny little girl using those painful-looking attacks, and I had it on my Ghost in the Shell/Battle Angel Alita inspired human-looking cyborg, who eventually swapped over for Super Strength because I could now have a hero using that who wasn't a Tanker. Years ago, I had a concept for a character who had an ability reminiscent of a video game quicksave, allowing him/her to return to a previous save upon getting hit and try something else to dodge the attack. That will likely be Martial Arts, as well, if it's not Dual Blades. That remains to be seen.
No, Martial Arts is not realistic and, for the most part, isn't even logical. But it's still damn cool and I honestly don't need it to be Street Justice for me to like it.
If they just made it so MA could use StJ animations, Id use a MA Scrappers. Same in reverse.
However, I think there's room in making the animations usable by both, and then letting people decide which set's mechanics they like best, since they're pretty even as it is in terms of damage. -
Quote:Only get incarnate powers on 1 of the 5 WSTsOriginally Posted by ketch
That still leaves two and two is some.
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*sigh* Numina and Eden again?!
They do know they have LGTF, STF/LRSF, Sutter/Kal, and Kahn/Cuda right?
I am happy about ITF though! If they're going to repeat a WST so soon, Id rather it be THAT ONE. -
Quote:That's just a problem with Lore versus game mechanics.Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel
This has always bugged me. I mean if they're going to say this they could at least have given them a 'teleporting away' defeat animation. But instead we end up fighting more than 100 KoA on the average +0/x1 mission.
The same thing kind of applies to the sky raiders.
These are supposed to be limited number organizations and yet they can still pull the same old Zerg Rush (Kekekekeke) tactics as any other group.
Not suppossed to be more than 5000 supers world wide either.
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Could also change the gender to female with the science booster power.
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Never turn it off. Wouldn't feel like a hero if I did.
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Quote:Oh, well some of do challenges, like not nomming on those green skittles.Originally Posted by Matuse
Nope, not buying it. At best, this would represent a microscopic change in how the two sets play.
I don't see any difference between Dull Pain and using a green skittle once in a while, other than the availability of the Insp.
It's also just different using a power and using inspirations. -
Quote:I actually like quite a few of Super Strengths moves. In fact, I can't imagine not using the Footstomp Animation for Footstomp! I love it!Originally Posted by ShadowMoka
Martial arts is kind of lame in comparison but super strength is just plain awesome. Knock a hellion to the moon with knockback blow and tell me that isn't wicked cool.
For me it's mostly wanting to see MA and StJ animations brought across to each other. Though I wouldn't mind a few SS animations given a martial arts feel to them. -
Quote:Pretty much this. It just adds a little more to how you survive. And with a IOed out INV it becomes less of a need really, buuut, it still just adds a bit more.Originally Posted by PleaseRecycle
Because one thing to think about is more than zero things to think about by an indefinite degree.
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Quote:What's the Tanker set look like? No idea on the set bonuses or the proc.Originally Posted by Spiritchaser
Just to note something possibly: That tanker ATIO proc is... well it's just plain awe inspiring on an electric tank.
It may have direct bearing on alpha choice or it may not, but it's certainly worth at least thinking about.
Now: The proc could be changed 4 times before making it live, and, well who knows how accessable they're going to end up being, but, yoiks... -
Really? I always liked to think of it as a knee to the face as they tried to stand back up after I knocked them down.
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Quote:I mean the same animation times as the current animations have >_>Originally Posted by Takumi
As someone who WILLINGLY paid for the Cyborg, Martial Arts, Magic (and I hate mages) as well as the Street Justice and Titan Weapons bundles, I WILL put my money where my mouth is.
They make an alternate MA (And SS) animation set, using the newer techniques (a la Street Justice), using the same animation timing, I would happily buy it.
Of course. That would be the best thing ever.
I don't expect Crane Kick to get a 1.548 animation for it's 1.848 animation attack. -
Quote:Which is fine with one character who can be played off as it being part of some insanity.Originally Posted by War-Nugget
"Breaking the Fourth Wall"
Deadpool does it all the time Doing the whole universe thing of badges and enhancements ruins the comic book universe (for me...others may very well like it).