Captain_Photon

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
    The post I remember was made just after server transfers was introduced as a micrtransaction.
    Just for the record, I don't think 10 bucks is particularly "micro".
  2. Captain_Photon

    Well, hmph.

    I'm not really sure how I feel about this. After nearly four and a half years (not counting time off; in calendar time, more like five and a half) of dawdling along, taking a sort of perverse pride in the leisureliness of my pace, Captain Photon has at last reached the level cap. I can no longer chime into the inevitable "level wang" discussions noting that I've been playing for more than four years, don't have a 50, and feel just fine about that, because now I have one.

    Oh well. I still don't have a level-capped villain, and it seems kind of doubtful at this point that I ever will, but who knows. Stranger things have happened.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Frosticus View Post
    Valid concern over names, absolutely. Which I've said repeatedly. Very vital that it be addressed.
    Actually, not vital at all, since servers do not need to be merged, which renders the whole thing moot.
  4. Captain_Photon

    halloween event

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DocArcus View Post
    You can blame that on people turning in Halloween salvage for a costume slot. The Devs just didn't turn off the chance of zombies after Halloween.
    Yeah, I know. Just like they never turned off the Rikti invasion. Peeved me so much I took most of a year off. In some circles I'm still under threat of a beating if I mention how annoyed I am about it again.
  5. Captain_Photon

    halloween event

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MadHobbit View Post
    any news on when it happens?
    Doesn't look like last year's ever ended, if my rad/rad getting his face ripped off by zombies before the loading screen went away a few minutes ago was any indication.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lemur Lad View Post
    I defy you to provide a single example where updating computer code lead to the death of a human being(s).
    Well, there was the Therac-25...
  7. Captain_Photon

    The Big Zig

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Drugfree Boy View Post
    Obviously a moat monster is needed as extra security as the prison has apparent problems with escaping inmates
    In that case, it'd only aggro on NPCs, and people would complain about it stealing their kills when they're working on that badge you get for escaped convicts.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Westley View Post
    If people can neg me for, and I quote, "not being helpful", then they'll neg for any reason. I didn't know that every post on these boards were supposed to be "helpful".
    Hey, I got that a little while ago too. "youare suppose to be helping. too much for you to handle i guess". My favorite explanatory comment for negative rep, though, remains the following, and I'm quoting directly: "-" Uh, yeah, I know you gave me negative rep, dude, the little orange chiclet was my first clue.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    I actually did it for one post, and found it was fun to type, and that people found it amusing.
    I once spent a day
    Posting exclusively in
    The form of haiku.

    Years ago, and I can't even remember why now - I think it started in an argument I was having with somebody (Perfect_Pain maybe?) over posts being too verbose. It was surprisingly diverting, and reactions to it split roughly along the lines you mention, with some people liking it and others PMing me saying "Whats wrong with u? U should quit game." (Which was as close as you could get to -rep in those days.)
  10. This comes up quite a lot; sometimes people ask for NPCs that can do thing (sell inspirations, what have you), sometimes they just want random labcoated "civilian employees" and the like milling about. The former is probably overkill with all the other opportunities characters have for getting inspirations, training, and os forth; the latter would be nice, but purely cosmetic mods are probably pretty low on the ol' developer priority list. Still, it'd be nice.
  11. Haven't noticed any particular issue, except in the usual places where people always like to congregate in stupidly large numbers and stand there spamming PBAoE powers for no purpose.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Prez1 View Post
    Nice to see the person who did it before me to discredit me not get flamed though.
    Hm? Someone did it before you? I guess I missed that. Aha! You're quite right, I hadn't noticed that.

    On the other hand, Forbin didn't go for the all-caps, and, for that matter, wasn't the one asserting that subs are down when they aren't. So I suppose we'll call this one a wash and move on to other things.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Vanden View Post
    They have spider skeletons, do you want to make a spider?
    Not really, no. In fact, I'm just short of heartily sick of the whole "spider" motif pervading redside as it is.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Westley View Post
    I was getting on him because I was lonely.... and I like to 'get on' people when I'm lonely.... *wink wink, nudge nudge, say-no-more*
    bow bow chicka bow!, as the young people say nowadays.
  15. This is getting a little like that running gag with Jeff Goldblum's character in The Right Stuff.

    "It's called Sputnik!"

    "We know. Siddown."
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    I would like to point out that the phrases "suck up" and "suck it up" have completely different meanings. The first refers to being a sycophant, while the second refers to perseverance or stoicism.
    "Get on with the sucking it up" just seemed too awkward. I figured it would be fine to leave the "it" to be inferred from context, and from the quote. But, fine, have it your way:

    In which case, recognizing this reality, perhaps it's time we piped down and got on with the sucking it up.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Prez1 View Post
    LIST OF PLAYERS SHOWING IN THE WINDOW DID NOT EQUAL THE TOTAL of 184.
    Your logic doesn't work, so you raise your voice? You really have been on Earth too long.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by UberGuy View Post
    Basically we can only speak with our subscription dollars, and our choices are not to play something we enjoy in general or suck it up and accept shoddy work when it's delivered.
    In which case, recognizing this reality, perhaps it's time we piped down and got on with the sucking up.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chaos Creator View Post
    I'm just curious if there's ever been given a particular reason why we have to hoof it to our paper/radio contacts to get the bank missions.
    As far as I know there's no official explanation. IMO, the most logical assumption is that it's a time sink. They used to design all sorts of those into the game, back in the day. It was part of Jack's Vision of Gaming Nirvana.
  20. Captain_Photon

    Blind invite lol

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EU_Damz View Post
    On a similar note, i had my search comment a few days ago saying "not lft sorry". This is what happened [obviously not exact words]

    Player A: Hi there want to join us? Doing radio missions in kings.
    Me: No thanks im semi-afk so wouldnt be much use but ty anyway.
    Player A: Ah sorry just noticed your search comment, sorry for the PM.


    When a player actually says sorry for a slight mistake like that, they instantly get some form of positive rep in my eyes.
    When Cap was in the mid-40s I used to get badgered constantly to bridge for people or pad teams, both of which tasks, as I understand them, mainly involve hanging around just inside the instance door and letting other people actually play the game. That doesn't particularly interest me, and I got tired of all the requests, so I eventually changed my search comment to "No, I won't bridge or pad for you."

    Shortly thereafter I got a message from some random stranger to the effect of, "lol i didnt know any1 was stupid enough to refuse free xp."

    I like your reported experience better.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by SingStar View Post
    What's the point?
    The point is that having a regular, recurring archfoe is one of the central tropes of superhero/supervillain comics, and the world of City of Heroes will always be missing an essential piece of the cultural picture until some provision for same is included in player characters' careers.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by JJDrakken View Post
    BTW friend also just told me, no one able to create new toons cuz Online store is borked. Truth/False?
    Uh... no, not quite. The online store being broken seems to disable access to extra character slots above the usual 12, but it doesn't prevent characters from being made in any non-extra slots that may still be empty.
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by NordBlast View Post
    Had anyone seen Zombie Invasions since i16
    Unfortunately, yes.
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by pyrite View Post
    It won't be long now before the gimps,RPers, and costume horses are gonna start complaining and try to get the Devs to force those dirty powergamers to invite them back to teams, and I'm gonna sit back and laugh.
    Why would I bother asking the developers to force people I don't want to associate with to team up with me? I'm perfectly happy fighting crime by myself if I can't find anybody else with a tolerable personality.
  25. I dunno, I've seen the "pickup teaming is dead, the game will soon follow" posts crop up time and again over the last few years, but I've yet to see it happen...