Carnifax

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Looking at the list, such as it is, I guess MaX would warrant a place. As mostly it seems to be people that are well known. While not known for anything good MaX is known. He's spammed up to a forum title so everyone's read his posts. He's died so often in game that I've heard face planting to be called "channelling Max" and he's been blamed for failures of TF's that he wasn't even on.

His knowledge of the game is only surpassed by his inability to actually apply it.

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Where *is* MaX anyway? Still off frolicking through meadows with Dwarfs and Elves?

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Seeing as I'm almost, almost there with my first ever 50 (Carnal Sin is 46), will these changes make getting a Kheldian a more giggleworthy event? Reading the first page suggested to me that it would be fun to run a Human/Dwarf Peacebringer, running around in human form and generally splatting stuff, switching to Dwarf when it gets a bit hairy or to whittle down the tough groups a bit (mashing the status effect spammers no doubt) before the humanform SMASH!

And don't talk to me about the Nova. It's ugly, I don't want to be a floating blob of goo.

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Yeah, but it's a floating blob of goo that can make the toughest of bad guys cry for their mommies!

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Yep, you forgive it a lot of things once you see how effective the AOE Cone is. Damn thing does amazing damage and is incredibly wide. Especially since you've an AOE attack to follow it up with.

Even with a Peacebringer "only" having a 10 second build up you should easily get a nice Build Up > Nova > Cone > AOE chain off.

Pre-level 20 you should certainly take and use Nova, otherwise you may find things a bit of a grind. Then, once you hit 22 or so Respec, preload your Dwarf slots and you can drop Nova if you don't want it.

Personally I love being able to hover over a spawn and rain down death before drop-shifting into Dwarf to taunt the survivors (or in the case of a WS, dropping in Human form to do a Hold Boss > Summon Pet from a corpse > Stygian Circle combo).

I think the Resistance Auras are mutually exclusive, that if you've the current Pet Damage one you can't slot the recharge one. Not 100% though.

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Also, didn't know that the procs went into soul extraction. Is that an aura from the ghost? Isn't that a bit frustrating that you only get the % benefit after one of your zombbeeez is already dead?


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They aren't PROCs, they're always on, even if the power isn't active, so the The Ghost is a good place to stick them, or is the most "affordable" for me at least, I don't have the slots to spare anywhere else. Thugs MMs can do the same sort of trick using Gang War.

One change I'll almost certainly be aiming for is to get the forthcoming -ToHit Damage PROC into Dark Servant.

Bad cookies. Stop getting corrupted and leading people astray.

*smacks cookies*

Although really its the Forums doing the corrupting I'd imagine.

And just to be on topic, my Claw/WP is a animated puppet. Inspired by that bit in Alone in the Dark 2 but with claws (and also slightly inspired by Dreamweavers fear of clowns for some odd reason).

I think they're just a placeholder toon though as I'd prefer them to be a brute rather than a scrapper (no interest in Stalkers).

So would this theory also work for Claws?

(and aren't claws faster than Broadsword and Katana? Nyah nyah)

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And now the Devs say they have been holding back on just what the engine is capable of, maybe if they let rip with the current game-engine features It'll keep the wolves from the door for a year or two with regard to the mounting requests for an engine overhaul or redux.

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I'm not too worried about a new graphics engine per se.... What we DO need, is better character MODELS. The current ones just... Suck.

Oh, and better faces too plx!

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Agreed new character models please and dare i say it animated hair too

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Noooo. You invoked it. The Emoticoner that Should Not Be comes, all will fall beneath her winking gaze

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Its just a sneaking suspicion really, anything less I imagine will leave people either peeved at their altered builds or not launching into the prospect of building that alternative build with gusto because they are skint.


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I'm not sure I understand this, it's sounds like you think that a second build would require a respec to create, however I would have thought that you could create your second build from the word go.

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I think that's the case alright, when you go to a Trainer and choose to switch builds the first time you go through the Levelling Process (which sounds rather clunky to be honest) up to your current level.

After that I think a Respec affects only the currently active build.

It's one build per respec.

Which cunningly they started charging for a few months ago...

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That would be nice, but in the meantime I'd settle for a redux of majority of the zone loading intro-pics...they truely are low res, uninspiring and a little ugly in my opinion.

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*Loading Screens run off crying*

Aw. Don't listen to her Loading Screens. You have an inner beauty.

Now look what you've done Mothers

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From Technical and Bugs to Technical and Bugs?

Huh?

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Yeah, been one of those days ... was bouncing between General and other forums using two browser windows and for some reason thought this thread was in General. Oops

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DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS!!

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Huh?

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You have a shed filled up with JUST helium? I take it it's glued to the floor in some manner.

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Of course. Doesn't everyone have a potting shed for storing excess nobel gasses? I have a number of heavy objects tied to it as anchors, obviously.

If I ever need to make a quick getaway I just run out the back into the shed, cut the anchor ropes and shout "So long suckers" in a high-pitched Joe Pascali voice as I float away.

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I give everyone my most solemn promise, on my childrens' lives, I will NEVER EVER turn up at a player meet, exhibition, or anything ELSE for that matter, dressed up as Ellie (or anyone else).

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Unless, of course, they ever do a Dune MMO. Then you really have to cosplay it...

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I dunno... Have you any idea just how expensive ankle length leather coats, in red, ARE in my size?

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Not half as expensive as the anti-gravity flotation devices?

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I had a cunning plan involving transparent balloons and a shedload of helium to tackle that...

I didn't particularly think they would either, but I did think they'd try and have it live before the US Thanksgiving holidays sometime.

Zee link is borked FFM.

Although this may be a good thing, I suspect

*Edit : Oh it's fixed....

AAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Hang on. Is that Brian Cox? He really is in everything, isn't he

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In some of those cases it may be that the mobs spawning are ambushes spawned when you perform a specific objective although I have known one council map defeat all where it took twenty minutes after clearing the map for the ambush to spawn in a corridor I had run through 8 or 10 times

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Yes, but that's unfortunately not my problem. This is mobs supposed to be on the map from the beginning... but it does seem like I'm alone having this problem. Something to brag about on the next party I guess.

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No, you're right. This will happen. The thing is the mobs aren't on the maps at the start, instead spawning points are. But the actual amount and types of mobs aren't generated until you get close to them. This is why there's no longer any need to reset a mission if you recruit more people.

Sometimes there seems to be a delay in triggering that spawning mechanism, or your client relaying it to you. Either some sort of lag issue, maybe related to the Mapserver you are connected too.

I've had it happen to me rarely as well. Nasty surprise when it does. But its never been too bad for me.

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Take up roleplaying. Suddenly you know the names and dates of these quaint, American festivals.

The devs at NCNC will get absolutely nothing done for most of next week. Thanksgiving is really pretty much bigger than Christmas, despite being a pretty recent invention, and at one point being decried as racist. Interestingly, it seems to hook up fairly well with a European (Dutch that I know of) festival which happens around December 5th. Can't help but wonder whether the Puritans took it over with them.

Anyway, America shuts down next week Wednesday and doesn't emerge until Tuesday, and then they seem to wonder why we shut down for the week over Christmas. Hey ho.

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Ahhh!

But many MMO's launch content patches or events just before Thanksgiving so as to keep their players interested when everything else has shut down for the week.

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Well WoW, LOTR & Conan all released their patches last week (although Conans Funcom are European) so they've over a week to monitor and fix any issues.

Any smaller margin than that is too risky IMO. Even a week and a half is rather close for my liking.

<---- May be telling lies on the dressing up thing

Far as I know anyone who plays CoH at these things has to come in costume.

FFMs catgirl outfit is legendary

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Anyone mention Bladdered yet? It's how I play after a couple of pints

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I wish to recast my vote to this!

That's not true Artic. They *have* done something...
They made a questionaire over on the US forums yesterday

So that's all sorted then.

Quills is well known as an End hog too. Most spines guides I've read recommend leaving it out until the 20s.

Accuracy was changed a while back so lowbies have an improved change to hit. So you can forgo slotting with Acc and slot with End Red instead in the teens.

I've no idea what your Grav/Rad is up to Jimmy. Contained Propel should tear through early enemies fairly "cheaply" in terms of End usage.

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Erm, isn't the Black Market full of weapons, some of which you can buy there as well?

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No, that's only for show.

As for the suggestion itself, I like it. I can understand the reasons against but maybe if you have to do an arc where you get "trust" from the police then maybe you could by the guns. A /signed from me.

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Did you miss the some of which you can buy there as well? bit or just not understand it?

My Thugs MM has bought the Revolver temp power from there before.

I would like more Temp Weapon powers, for example the non-holy Shotgun you can get from a Mayhem sidemission would be nice.

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Yes, but that's only one...

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Other than this and this, you mean?

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The OP isn't suggesting improvised weapons. It's guns.

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, even the humble rock


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No it's not. Reread the OP

Signed anyway, I'd love to see an expanded list of weapons in the Black Market. Shotguns, Flash Grenades etc.

Not sure it'd make sense for Wentworths, although they are already selling tonnes of various tech and magical trinkets in the forms of Salvage so I guess it'd make sense too.

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Erm, isn't the Black Market full of weapons, some of which you can buy there as well?

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No, that's only for show.

As for the suggestion itself, I like it. I can understand the reasons against but maybe if you have to do an arc where you get "trust" from the police then maybe you could by the guns. A /signed from me.

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Did you miss the some of which you can buy there as well? bit or just not understand it?

My Thugs MM has bought the Revolver temp power from there before.

I would like more Temp Weapon powers, for example the non-holy Shotgun you can get from a Mayhem sidemission would be nice.

Erm, isn't the Black Market full of weapons, some of which you can buy there as well?