Carnifax

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I'm not sure how reliable my memory is on this, but wasn't one of the devs, possibly Statesman, quite surprised at the amount of people using bases for things other than PVP, and even, gasp, roleplaying and group meetings?

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Apparently he did indeed. Although my memory is a dull fuzzy mess too to be honest.

And also apparently he forgot to tell the rest of them before he left

Or they left. Whatever

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Malta in Cimerora? That just shakes up awesomeness!

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Personally I think its rather stupid to be honest. But then the whole of Cimorororia rubs me up the wrong way. But it looks like its getting even worse.

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There is talk that bases will auto-repair after raids in the future too, like the practice raids people have.


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I dont think it matters what they do, non pvp sg's just aint gonna want to be raided for something that came from what is basically just a TF/SF.

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Yep, I totally agree. I'm amazed (and a bit disappointed) that the changes to Bases still seem to reflect the Devs ideas that they are primarily for PvP raiding, which they totally aren't, You'd have thought after 2 years they'd look at how people were tending to set-up and use their bases and say "Looks like we were completely wrong on what people will use their bases for".

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I think they want to forget about the CoP, it will be another epic fail, because non pvp sg's aint going to open themselves up to base pvp and a destroyed base anyway.

Or make the CoP just another strike force, god knows villains need some more strike forces.

They should just concentrate on fixing the bugged, borked hard work base editor if they want to do something that would be appreciated by base builders/users.

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There is talk that bases will auto-repair after raids in the future too, like the practice raids people have.

I still think it'll be too unbalanced to bother with though, if they want balanced "closed scenarios" like raids they'd be better off making objective based PvP missions / maps like WAR (and, to cross a genre slightly, Team Fortress and its ilk) do.

There was a slightly worrying post from Castle which went along the lines of "We decided we needed to fix the Item of Power (or whatever its called) TF/Raid first, and Base Raids. But before that we needed to fix PvP". So it looks like the initial concept of Bases simply as places to Raid and have IOPs is still being stuck with to a certain degree and tied in with PvP. I'm not sure that's a good thing. I don't mind balanced PvP scenarios or something being developed, but Base PvP still seems like a daft idea and something they're never going to balance well (since one side designs the base the event takes place in).

Hmmm. Just a random thought, maybe it'd be nice for NCSoft to run a "design a balanced and fun PvP Base for raiding" competition using the base editor. The winner(s) would be chosen by them and the community and used as templates for some sort of PvP scenarios / missions in i14 or 15. A bit like the Mission Creator but a one-off competition, a bit like designing a balanced Counterstrike or Team Fortress map, which would end up in-game as "Abandoned Base" PvP scenarios, with Attack/Defense or "Capture the Glowie" objectives.

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The three have slightly different powers to use too. The wraith can do more ...

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Can he?

I initially thought the only difference was the HP they had, but Phantoms post seems to indicate they do more damage too. But I was pretty sure they didn't get any extra powers.

But to be honest I just tend to sacrifice a Zombie for the Spirit anyway, its easier for me to do mid-battle so I don't have huge experience with the other two,

I do love it when I manage to get two of em out, although it doesn't last long. 8 henchmen + a Dark Servant. Loads of fun!

Aye, the mid-mission cost could really put a dampener on my Staminaless Thugs/Traps & his suicidal Arsonist.

One End will drop that 45 to 34 End, which might just be alright.

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3 times so far, I've logged in and been almost clobbered, thanks to lag making my logins slower than usual. Neither of those locations were commonly populated areas. In fact, if I log off in Galaxy City (neither of these times WERE in Galaxy), I ususally do it over by the base portal.

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Bizarre.My not-tough-at-all WS hasn't had any issues with them at all, on Union too.

Still, since you don't even get debt if you are defeated I really don't see what your issue is to be honest. Hosp and carry on. Or start logging off in Hero Corp beside the base portal instead if it really matters that much to you.

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No way! I dislike seeing my chars faceplant.. For ANY reason! That's why they're so damned tough. Tanks go down before I do!

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How many times have you actually logged in over the last 2 weeks and found yourself at 5% health?

I've popped in mid-Apocalypse 2 or 3 times now and there has always been at least 30 seconds before I spawn any zombies. Plenty of time to avoid em.

Solution : Move away 50 yards from GG before you log off, so you don't log in in the middle of a scrum. It's not that hard nor takes more than an extra 10 seconds.

Yes, you can use Detonator and then Soul Extraction.

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3 sites to do = 3 times as long to do it. They're not going to put one up without the others, as that would cause them no end of grief.

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How are they supposed to put up and maintain a German one given the legal difficulties GR came up with last week??

To be honest this "3 sites thing" seems like a bit of an excuse to me, it's not like it was a surprise to them that they'd have more to do.

And it certainly shouldn't take 3 times longer for them to do it either. The Design is already done, all that changes is the languages used. Its 3 varients on one site, not 3 totally different sites.

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But they've still got time to do news updates - there have been several in the past few days. So why is there no post about the 'true' reason behind Zombies invading?

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I would assume it has to do with the writers at NCNC being hard at work on other things (such as new missions, arcs etc).

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They were so busy finishing off the Cimororororia arcs they couldn't spend a little time writing some fluff for the scheduled Halloween event for the website and front-screen?

Player Note rankings aren't they?

You've ranked that player before in Player Notes.

I'll be around for marshalling Mumsie, if you need it. With my Necro/Dark MM, rather appropriately.

Otherwise I'll just hit "Random" a few times and unleash something that should not be upon the race, hopefully winning by blinding my foes with the mismatched colours and vile costume combinations I spew forth.

Slightly bizarre news, given that the game is 4 years old. About 3 years too late?

Still Brent from PvP Online will be happy now. Or would be if they ever discussed computer games in it nowadays.

Mentioned at the end of this thread.. As I said in the OP its based on Test Power Descriptions in the Create Character screen as the NDA still holds on Closed Beta.

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weakened barriers between dimensions? cause i don't see a lot of graves that they're rising from. they come from the ground and yet there's no holes. is all our time travel and portal jumping threatening the multiverse itself?

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The whole of Paragon City is an old indian burial ground, obviously.

Including slanted building roofs and mid-air, apparently (I've had them rise from both recently with my WS. Gave me quite a shock when they rose from the roof, I was up there specifically avoiding em).

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new arcs in my mind would be considered lower class

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*Smacks IM upside the head*

Go wash your mouth out with soap and water.

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New arcs in my mind will be the reason for renewing

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I don't want to play an arc set in your mind! Tis a dark and bleak place!

Ghost Sibil? LOL!

All I've got in my head is "BASIL!!"
"Yes dear?"

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It could always be a Nemisis plot...

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I think Nemises is currently sitting in his underground lair somewhere looking at the forums going "Oh yeah. Sure! Blame old muggins here again! Whenever anyone tries to poison the city 'It's a Nemises Plot'. Zombies rising from the grave : 'Nemises Plot'. Whenever someone stubs their toe when going to the loo in the dark: 'Nemises plot'. Whenever a small kitten gets stuck up a tree... "

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Of course, your defending him like that is part of a...

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I've a feeling half the missions involving Nemises are nothing to do with him at all. Your contact screwed something up, blames Nemises and sends you off on a 10 mission rampage trashing his stuff to cover his own useless bottom.

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It could always be a Nemisis plot...

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I think Nemises is currently sitting in his underground lair somewhere looking at the forums going "Oh yeah. Sure! Blame old muggins here again! Whenever anyone tries to poison the city 'It's a Nemises Plot'. Zombies rising from the grave : 'Nemises Plot'. Whenever someone stubs their toe when going to the loo in the dark: 'Nemises plot'. Whenever a small kitten gets stuck up a tree... "

Yep, with Numinas you can all split up into individuals (or small groups) to do the lesser hunts, converging on Founders and Eden as you near the end. There's no need for any particular member of the team to be in the same zone for kills to count.

I thought it was all a "Left 4 Dead" marketing ploy

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Hmmm. Still have never managed to do Hess

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This Sir is unforgivable, best TF ingame, fun, nice and short, it should be mandatory for everyone to do Hess.

Give a shout whenever you wish and we can arrange it, honestly, nobody should miss Hess.-

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I know, it's a total sin. I suck!

I'll see what I can do, my WS is about the right level to do it. Problem is I tend to be erratic as to when I'll be on, especially over weekends.

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God, you're right. I was so detached from the Halloween stuff this year (only really keen on just geting the new badges) that I didn't notice the supreme lack of story!

WHERE'S THE STORY?

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I assume it was something like :
"Zombies are really big right now so lets add them to CoH"

Although they've gone the other way before with ridiculous explanations for things like Powerset Proliferation so maybe we scared the story writers away.