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Quote:I've always done that.Originally Posted by PC_guy
afk farm while you sleep, play the market when your playtime is slow. -
Quote:The copy-paste powers are reasonable, and what I believe as well.Originally Posted by macskull
All Stalker powers will crit from hide (single-target 100% chance, AoE 50% chance). For some reason someone forgot to build the crit flags into the power definitions when they copy-pasted from the Scrapper powers, which is also the same reason you have silly things like Scrappers not being able to crit with Stalker epics because they're flagged to only crit while hidden (and show me a Scrapper with Hide), and Defenders getting Scourge with Corruptor epics.
I'd just always thought that powers, that would be critical for a stalker, had something along the lines of:
Shows you how long I haven't played my stalker, ever since he became my first 50 villain.Quote:Flashing Steel
You swing your Ninja Blade in a wide arc in front of you, slicing multiple foes with lethal damage. This attack can reduce a target's Defense, making him easier to hit. If executed while hidden, all affected targets have a chance to be hit with a Critical for extra damage. -
TT:M is the only power I take, and will ever take on my PvE built characters.
I have my share of Mo badges, and when I did have TT:A and TT:L, they didn't make enough of a difference with a Mo quality team to keep them.
I generally assume or hope that most teams I'm with have enough damage and accuracy without my team buffs, in order to be capable of anything. If they don't, then they're probably home-grown AE farmed n00bs A.K.A. PL'd toons. In that case, they aren't worth teaming with, unless I'm farming AE on my Widow. -
I understand your concern for why it should have a natural critical, but aren't powers not going to critical from hidden status, unless explicitly stated in the power description?
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Quote:I'm with you on that. I do it for maximum FPS and reduced /unloadgfx'ing. I do however turn it back up when making costumes, so I can get a better idea of what I'm looking at.Originally Posted by Psychoti
Pretty much 24/7. Of course, Electric Control just bypasses the setting. Grr.
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Quote:Haven't we always suggested /unloadgfx, since some have been lead to believe that it does removes some of the cached map & etc. data? Doing that usually slows down my crashing, which seems inevitable on my 64-bit laptop.Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Nonono.
The issue is that 32-bit Windows can only allot 2GB of memory to any given single process (this includes 32-bit programs running in a 64-bit WOW (Windows On Windows) environement).
Realistically though, after about 1.5GB gets allotted, some programs can behave erratically. CoH is one of these. -
Quote:I could agree with that. The villains should have access to it to more easily obtain Rularuu weaponary (Going Rogue doesn't mean new content shouldn't be added to a single side.) That would give the developers a reason to implement the other aspects, as well as revamp a few of the awful task forces and arcs in the Shadow Shard.Originally Posted by FredrikSvanberg
While they are at it they can add villain content to the Shard and let them in on the fun. Not necessarily co-op, even if that would be the easiest solution. I would prefer entirely different maps (different instances, perhaps with a different starting point than the FBZ, not completely new maps) where villains move about and do villainous stuff like stealing artefacts or wiping out army bases etc, possibly get to know some of the aspects and start working for them in order to destroy the world and/or gain power. There are villains who want to destroy the world. Let them pretend to work towards that goal in this other dimension which is possibly the mind of a world-destroying god. It seems to fit.
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You do realize that you have to do an MoITF duo now, right?
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Quote:Funny, I always thought after those tests done with /netgraph when it was released showed a spike in RECV packets.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
The valley lag has nothing to do with capes or graphics at all. Capes are handled client-side, as are all of the graphics in the game, so anything they can lag is your computer or your connection on your end. The ITF hill lag does not exhibit framerate slowdown (not on my showfps) or connection slowdown (not on my netgraph). What it exhibits is server-side lag, meaning the server machine itself is slowing down and processing things slower with more pauses.
The only graphical aspect of anything in the game that's server-controlled is ragdolls, and I've seen more ragdolls in the same spot than that without any server-side lag. What Castle pointed to as the culprit was the one thing that is ALWAYS handled by the server, which is the powers system. Cimerorans, apparently, have some of the most processor-intensive powers in the game, no doubt because of Phalanx Phighting and whatever AI drives them, and large groups of them drive the complexity of those calculations up exponentially (figuratively speaking).
The only way to fix ITF hill lag is either to make Cimeroran powers simpler or to include fewer of them, neither of which seems to be an option.
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As far as capes go, I'd like to see multiple cape rigs available for characters, but it's a request that's highly unlikely to happen. Maybe one day when everything else is so damn costly thanks to Super Ultra Mode that capes pale in comparison. We'll have to wait and see.
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Quote:I'm sure we'll see it in i19, since the new arcs appear to have them involved.Originally Posted by Fusion_7
So, last night I got on and was in a mish to take out Marauder. In this mish, I came face to face for the first time with the giant War Walkers. Intimidating as they are, I was almost certain these guys would have some kind of badge being that almost every other type of NPC has a "kill this amount" type badge.
To my surprise, I could not find anything regarding badges on War Walkers. Maybe because these guys are so new and the dev's just haven't got around to implementing any type of badge yet, who knows? Also, because it seems War Walkers are not your average NPC as they don't proliferate in large groups which would make them seem somewhat of a more rare NPC, you would think creating a badge for them would make sense here? Now, I may be wrong. Maybe I misread my badge completion list in the drop down menu in game, but I don't think so. So lets add a War Walker badge and let the fun begin!
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Quote:That would more than likely require creating the Rikti dimension. Not exactly feasible anytime soon.Originally Posted by Xzero45
Give me a Rikti EAT.
I'd prefer some new villain group to come along after the Incarnates start stomping around, then see if we can go from there with a whole new powerset, instead of mixed up ATs. -
Quote:No, I think he has a point. It's just that it won't affect PvP in a "good" way. Can't wait for more Hibernoobs and Regin.Originally Posted by WhoAmIKidding_Hot
Not really thanks for playing bye
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Quote:Well, there is a build in the guide section for making a Elec/Stone Brute, which is made to have 67.5% global rech (not counting Granite), as well as an 80% run speed boost and 2% damage boost, if I remember correctly. There's also a build that uses purples on the same guide. The build uses the fighting pool for Weave, Tough, and Boxing, so you have increased survivablity and slots for IOs.Originally Posted by DrMike2000
I'd recommend a Brute too.
I'm not sure if I agree with Stone being a good farmer - Granite suffers from reduced recharge and damage. But does have a damage aura at least.
If you're planning to tear through +0/x8 maps for purple drops, for example, Fire, Electric or Dark with the Fighting pool might be a better choice. Damage auras and enough survivability without the penalties of Granite.
I can't argue with Electrical Melee - thats a great choice.
Honestly though, I've rebuilt my Elec/Stone following the guide. It's more surviveable, and I can deal damage on +2/x8 fine, without half of the IO slotting even done. I farm Nemisis from Black Scorpion arc, as well as AE mobs. In addition, I've tanked Reichsman and other SFs with it. -
Quote:Again as stated earlier in the thread, you are no longer a "casual" when you "have" to have it, because there is a time sink involved and the developers intended it as such.Originally Posted by Sardan
I suppose there might be a player out there planning a build that somehow was aware of the Glad +Def yet unaware of the Steadfast +Def, although I'm inclined to doubt it. I've never seen a posted build that included the Gladiator +Def IO but excluded the Steadfast. If someone is drooling over the Gladiator IO, it's because they've already got the Steadfast.
I also don't assume that every player uses pre-made posted builds in order to play, or that one is always aware of every IO. I work out my builds in my head as I go with slotting rare IOs later on when my revenue increases, then reslot and respec as necessary, if I come across a multitude new information.
I honestly didn't even know that the Steadfast IO existed until i16 or some time later, although I was well aware of Glad.
To add to what Mac said once again, no IO is necessary. An SO build works just fine, and IOs can be slotted later on. When IOs are just handed out to players willy-nilly, they'll lose interest in a character and eventually the game itself, because they'll eventually have no additional goals to work towards. -
Quote:Did you think that I was direct my post at everyone, or just the so-called "casual" players?Originally Posted by rsclark
Do you think for a second that anyone slotting the Glad +def doesn't already have a Steadfast slotted?
I was stating that those "casuals" in desperate need of IOs should find the duplicate(s). They aren't "necessary", and they aren't aren't "dropping less". The "casuals" are just that, not devoting the necessary time to get drops.
Having played this game before I even knew about Aion, I'm well aware of how bad drop rates can be, and how a player may feel that they should be more accessible. They are EASILY obtainable and they require inf and small time sinks to get.
If someone is such as casual that they only have 2 hours to devote to City of X, then welcome to how I play (most) days other than a weekend. It takes 2 hours to finish my tips and do multiple sides missions, then sell the recipes/crafted enhancements on the market for AT LEAST 40 million. Guess what though? I can also do an AE mission or 2 and get tickets, buy the bronze section to a full inventory, and make 30+ mil. -
Quote:Does putting Performance Shifter into Stamina even do anything? I noticed a considerable difference with that and Miracle on my Night Widow when I decided to do a respec, but I don't see any numbers that tell me it is proc'n.Originally Posted by Tsuji
Well the most obvious thing would be to add the performance shifter chance for end into stamina and remove regen tissue and put a miracle into health. And get the accolades.
I'd think it works, simply because I can kill mobs in a line without running out of endurance. -
Quote:I'd tell you to put this in the suggestion forums, but the developers would just pass over it there.Originally Posted by Bromin
Maybe a good idea for a new booster pack is the ability to go to "alternate" pvp zones, where instead of the new pvp system you have the old one, or perhaps one where powers are just like in PvE... unchecked and unadjusted for PvP.
I would pay for that.
You could even put a dialogue making players who enter agree they understand it might not be "fair" for all ATs. -
Quote:Apparently, he shares the sarcasm of everyone who posts on this board.Originally Posted by xanddd
He had fun? What PvP did he play? lol....
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Something capable of lowering regen rate and being able to slow or stop all running in a underdeveloped, broken system of PvP. Something like an Ice w/ Rad.
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Quote:If you look, the badge information in-game shows "This counts the number of Hellions defeated." or something along those lines.Originally Posted by BBQ_Pork
You've been participating in the Steel Canyon zone event?
I've got this incomplete badge on many characters, but bugged. Shows a full progress bar, but no numbers when moused over, and I know that those characters haven't earned very much progress on the badge, but have earned *some*. -
Quote:Have you looked at how PvP IOs take more merits than other IOs? They are harder to get by design, and the developers don't like PvP anyway.Originally Posted by CapnGeist
I honestly don't see the issue with purples. I consider myself a semi-casual player, and I RP and work on my base as much as I actually play the game, and I've got two characters with all the purples they want and over 2 billion infamy to do other things. I've only been playing the game about two years. I farm, yes, but I've gotten many purples as random drops. Being able to set my difficulty on x8 helps a lot, as both my mains can solo most enemy groups in those numbers.
PVP IOs, on the other hand, I do believe is a problem. Why's this? Because despite being only available in PVP, they are easily some of the best IOs in PVE. While purples can be obtained through normal play, PVP IOs couldn't, until this most recent issue. But lets take a look at what the PVP IOs cost. To buy them with Alignment Merits, they require between 25 and 35. Contrast with LotG +Rech costing 2... But really, assuming you're getting that through Conversion rather than Tips, that's 1500 merits and 600,000,000 inf on average. 600 million is more than any purple sells for on the market, and 1500 is, well, it's a lot of merits.
I think the proof of PVP IOs not working as intended, though, is that some of them are selling off-market because they're worth more than the inf cap. The developers managed to put an item in the game that's worth is more than the game can calculate worths. While the ways to store and trade more than 2 billion exist, I cannot imagine that items in game selling for more than you can carry is intentional.
I'm not saying PVP IOs should be cheap, certainly, and I'm not saying they should be easy to get. What I'm saying is that if the most expensive PVP IOs are selling for upwards of 10x as much as the most expensive "Very Rare" IO, we have to assume that the supply is not as high as it was intended to be.
No PvP IO is necessary in PvE. Many other uniques which cost 40mil give the same bonuses outside of the PVP only. You can't argue that Steadfast Protection Res/Def isn't as good as Glad TPRes/Def. They give the same values in PvE.
Plus, if a set has such "high" values compared to others, it's much more affected by ED, so you may as well slot the cheaper stuff to get the same values. -
Let's do it. 176% defense again would be great, and maybe we can even restrict Hibernate and Phase just like they are doing to nukes in CoP.
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Quote:Praetorians will not unlock EATs. It's a known bug when that message appears to Praetorians. There is an NCSoft support knowledgebase article regarding it.Originally Posted by Lethal Lemming
I have a question along these lines as well. I started 3 chars in Praetoria, got each one to lvl 20, got the message, "Epic archetype unlocked" and moved them all either to red or blue side. I still can't start any epic archetype characters on that account.
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If the developers could actually interpret this enough to implement it, I'd be all
"Temba, at rest." -
Quote:By putting PvP in your thread title, this thread will be disregarded. You should have said "Making the uniques from those zones you developers don't care about a higher drop rate."Originally Posted by NinjaHavoc
Increase drop rate, krdygo. The decent pvp IO Procs and uniques go for 1 bil+ and decent purple IOs are so few in number at the market.
To be honest though, that's why the created the Hero/Villain Merit system. They realized that the drop rate was incredibly low, and didn't want to hand out some pretty crazy IO sets without work involved.