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blank stare

Wait...

In-game numbers? Another Double XP weekend? CORRECTED XP CURVE!?

best. birthday. EVER!!!

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Hahahaha! Happy birthday!

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Smoothing the XP Curve
One thing that we constantly examine is the rate of advancement in the game. In a future version, we intend to smooth out the leveling curve by changing how much experience is given out for defeating opponents. The intent is to smooth out the “bumps” where players typically get stuck leveling up their characters. Keep an eye on coming patch notes for specifics.

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Best thing ever.

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Real Numbers
As a general quality of life improvement we will be adding new functionality in a coming version of the game to display the “real” numbers behind your characters and their powers. This includes a user configurable display of important characteristics such as movement rate, regeneration rate, resistances and many more! Additionally, you will be able to see how those statistics are affected in real time by buffs and/or debuffs affecting your character.

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... NEW best thing ever.

OMG. Lighthouse. Devs. You are finally going to do this.

I may cry. I'm that happy.

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Ditto all this....except the stalker-esque crying part.

P.S. First after LH! w00t!

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Can I humbly suggest to the Devs that while you're contemplating these settings to get in touch with the existing, and extensive, tracking sites already out there like Titan Network (City Info Terminal, City Game Tracker, etc)?

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Exactly. The Titan Network isn't the only example, but they're a really good example. Those guys have committed their time and money for about 2 years now doing exactly what it sounds like this is talking about. They don't make money doing it; they do it to support the community. If somehow they and those like them are nuked out of the equation, the remaining userbase from those sites will be very picky as to how this is implemented and maintained.

That being said, I do apprectiate the "new team" progressing things forward. The only gaping hole in this system is what has been said over and over. It needs to be Hidden by default, not the other way around.

Great video!

Nice narration Grubby!

The new powersets seem to wreak of awesomeness! Looking forward to Issue 11!

Yes, I laughed.

On the subject, I checked out the Powerset Comparison numbers in Mids' v1.21. Here's the funny thing to me (I know this is all a repeat). Fact: GIS barely touches the other sets' damaging power(s) within the AT. I think it's funny that Castle used the word "ignore" for what Ice Tankers do with FA. Why in the world would I take a PBAoE sleep that is completely negated by a damage aura, which is required because the rest of my set (/Ice Melee) is underpowered?

And why would I even consider FA as my "Ooo, I can't wait to get to 38" power when I was just given a power that requires me to take a bio break while it activates (again, for less damage than a Tier 3 Heavy Mallet)?

/e insulted

I know I'm repeating everything that's been said on this, but it's just a very logical approach that hasn't seen a logical response. Personally, as long as I'm playing the game, I won't delete my Ice Tanker(s). I like the concept and the look, but I'm not sure why this issue has been downplayed with the idea that "datamining says you're wrong". Nope, your datamining comments show me you are avoiding the issue.

Although, it is nice to see the devs are reading this. Maybe there is hope. We will see.

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However, he did cryptically mention the Paragon Times articles about Outbreak/Breakout. I'd imagine that, while we can't technically Flashback to the real tutorials, the Outbreak and Breakout events might be 2 of the "historical events" we have to travel back in time to fix/alter.

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I think you're 100% right on this one.

I really liked the quick breakdown of the Ouroboros system he gave. I was wondering how "selectable" things would be. Sounds like it will be a very cool way to do a favorite mish. I'm also a lil bit giddy that the missions are customizable to an extent. Ouroboros is gonna be quite refreshing for people who have been around a while since you don't have to reroll a toon or stalk people for missions you'd like to do over...or do for the first time, even.

Hmm...I'm thinking you knew I meant a Melee power, but you're right, I didn't say that. Rephrasing, look at offensive sets across the ATs and find something that is more whacked out than Frozen Aura within that AT.

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They already have looked at the thread. See Castle's statement.

As for keeping threads alive, I can assure you from personal experience that it has no bearing on their decision, having kept up the Stalker Fight for quite some time myself. Yes, they know the playerbase is unhappy with Ice Melee. That alone might get it some fixes, but apparently, debating its mitigation, damage, or whatever will not.

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I've quoted and made reference to Castle's statement. I know they have seen it. Not what I said. I said everyone - meaning, people who initially have no opinion pop in and say, "Whoa, you guys are making a great point on this. You've got my support!" I tend to think in terms of affecting change, even if it takes way too long to do so.

You are very right, though. Giving all the logic behind it seems to be of no consequence, which is strange. I know the devs are paying attention to what we want, ala Issue 11. It just seems this would be such a simple fix that wouldn't completely destroy the "Balance Microcosm" that we hear so much about.

I think either Tundara's idea or Ice_Ember's idea are both viable, easy-to-implement options, but even the "hard" option of just replacing the power with something comparable to the other sets should really be on the table here.

I challenge someone to point out a tier 9 offensive power that is more unbalanced with it's counterparts within the AT.

/e hideunderdesk

Which is what Tundara has been asking for a long time now. As you say, it's an easy fix that would lead to several of us standing up for the devs if anyone ever tried to say "/Ice Melee never gets any love." Or...we could just keep this thread going until everyone started paying attention to it, thus making the devs look.... Hmm...what would the better option be?

It's not that negative when you consider that most of the Veterans of the game have been asking for the same things for 3+ years. Your post should be received very well, IMO.

Holy mother of....

"Find out what the players want, and give it to them."

'nuff said.

Wait....

Wha?

Oh noes!

[i][b]BOOM

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It's been a while since I've looked, and I'm kind of taking too long of a work break right now, but what set bonuses of real value to a Tanker are in the sleep sets?

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Hibernation
Sleep Dur / +Health / + Smashing Res / - Recharge Time

Induced Coma (Chance for Recharge Slow proc IO)
Sleep Dur / +Health / Debt Prot / + Move / + Melee Def

Lethargic Repose
Sleep Dur / + Energy Def / + Smashing Def / + AoE Def / + Toxic Res

Call of the Sandman (Chance for Self Heal proc IO)
Sleep Dur / +Health / +Endurance / - Recharge Time / + Toxic/Psionic Res

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So, nothing that you can't get from having a useful power instead of Frozen Aura.

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So the answer is no, there's nothing worth taking Frozen Aura for in Invention Sets. I wonder....

Would it be a viable compromise if we were given a Sleep Set or two with one of the following procs?:

-25% Chance for Head Asplode
-20% Chance for Ice Nunchunks (120 second duration)
-10% Chance for Hellfrost Pet Spawn

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1) The animation is just nice.

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100% correct. I think that's part of why people want it to be more effective. It seems the conversation must've gone like this:

"Hey, watch this!"

"Ooo, pretty....So, um, what's it do?"

"I haven't figured it out yet."

"Hmm, well, just make it do something and people will use it because it looks so neato."



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2) At least I'll get set bonuses out of it.

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It's been a while since I've looked, and I'm kind of taking too long of a work break right now, but what set bonuses of real value to a Tanker are in the sleep sets?

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my only losses were in SG v SG events and my 1 on 1 against Pohsyb's Ill/Kin Controller.

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/em flex

\o(^_^)o/

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Thanks for making a completely useless contribution to this thread.

Anywho, My main, yes, my MAIN is an Ice/Ice tanker. I've yet to read the entire thread here, but I wish I would've been on the boards for the first 2 versions that were discussed. Tundara, you rock.

Castle, thanks but...what? You pointed out that Ice Melee Tankers "ignore" their tier 9 power. I'm thinking that's because it's ridiculous to expect someone to get excited about a "melee" power that has very little to no postive effect on melee. It would take so little effort to make Frozen Aura an AoE that does "okay" damage, and those who have been around for so long talking about this would be satisfied not only that they were heard but also that their sexy Tanker was finally fixed.

Frozen Aura is not a tier 9 melee power. It's a weak sleep at best in a set that a sleep is not needed.

Now I'm going back to read everything this post just skipped. Hopefully, I don't look like a total tool by repeating things that have been beaten to death.

*NOT-SO-RECENT MOVIE SPOILER*

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If Manti and Recluse are working together to fix the timeline (or to alter it), it must have happened after Manti turned evil. Why pretend to be that violent, make up a story about how you killed your parents, if you were going to fix something? If this was something to do for the greater good, why all the subterfuge?

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Actually, I think I may have an answer for this one.

Imagine you are born into a world very much like the one we live in now, but some crucial event changed your life and you still remember the world we live in now and consider it to be real!.

Manticore was mentored by Back Alley Brawler, but now suddenly the Brawler's all comatose (possibly from some dire mishap Manticore himself was responsible for), but Manticore remembers being mentored by the Brawler. His memory is rich in detail from all the good times they had together that suddenly never happen!

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This is a lot like the idea behind the movie Frequency. The events in the past get changed. The person who is in the present as he alters events in the past remembers both timelines, the new one like a vivid dream.

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My favorite Hero Character is My Trick Arrows/Archery defender Gorgon-Girl (Teen sidekick to the Manticore- and yes i do realize i'm the only person on planet earth who loves those powersets).

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TA? YOu rolled TA?

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The speculations have been pretty sound and not off the wall like "ZOMG! They're adding cooking as another thing you can do with the invention stuff!!!!".

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This made me laugh till I cried! Truly inspired!

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The compelling evidence for the 5th (or, at least, what I find compelling) comes from the clues the UK board coordinator, Kerensky, has been posting all week. (You can read more on that here.)

In brief, he said the following things: "Hail Eris," "Obey the Laws," and "Fnord." The Eris and Fnord comments are from Discordianism, which prominently features the "Law of 5."

Add in some other comments he made, and the fact that each arm of the ourobouros contains exactly 5 notches, and the classified add containing a phone number that works out to (555) Ouroboros, and you've got an awful lot of 5's being thrown around.

Then, there's the fact that the fact that the Ourobouros image morphs very easily into a swastika (by moving two arms.)

I'm not convinced, but i sure am persuaded.

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Holy crap! You're friggin Rain Man!

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...maybe Manticore and Recluse are the only ones that know history is out of shape...they could be working together to restore the natural order.

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This is actually a very cool theory.

DISCLAIMOR: I haven't read the entire thread yet because I wanted to make sure I quoted Z up there.

Obviously the screwed up timeline or alternate dimension is now a given, so maybe FLASHBACK is our new system. Both articles keep the side-switching theory in play as well: the "President" being a lovable Hitler, and the mixed-doubles match featuring the celebrities in the quote.

As stated by many, it looks like the 5th is a definite possibility (oxymoron intentional).

This is by far the best promotion of a new issue since I've been involved with the City. Great job devs! Also, great job my all you speculative forum monkeys!

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OK, aside from people arguing and speculating what this stupid wallpaper means, we need to be collecting facts.
the only facts I have to share are:

The serpent biting its tail is commonly named Orobos, Oroboros, Ouroboros or a bunch of other spellings.

The sideways '8' means Infinity.

When the two are combined, it has only 1 meaning... "Cybernetics"

And those are the facts.

As for speculation? Well the color chosen for the wallpaper is a brownish color similar to Clockworks, and the diamonds at the joints might be fancy rivets. So something biomechanical or cybernetic is coming, whether its a new enemy, or GM I dunno.

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You were being funny right? I ask because this is the most farfetched speculation I've seen yet.

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With all the W0lv3rin3s and Spydirmen running around, we don't need the real ones showing up and gutting them lol

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Yeah, Spidey's running around almost as pissed as Logn these days, so it could get very bloody indeed.

Somehow Marvel uses real city names even though the other universes do not. I'm thinking "Empire City" is our version of NYC. Some other players have said that as well.

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It was Fussionette and Fualtline's fualt.

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Nice!

2 Things:

-Crisis on Infinite servers is just too big of an idea. Sorry Dionon. The programming it would take to have a "rolling" event of that scale would probably crash the entire game for way too long. Case in point, the Transfer/Rename services have shown that the Training Room does not properly test something that deals with information moving from one server to another.

-Positron himself said MUO and COH would remain separate. It's an amusing idea, and maybe they will find some way to connect them abstractly (storylines). They specifically said they were going to be two different universes creatd by two different teams.

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Everything through Issue 12 is going to lead to something big for the next paid expansion.

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Do you have a source for this "next paid expansion" ? They did have one planned for this year, but it was of course scrapped. I hadn't heard or seen anything on any others...

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Nope, more conjecture!

Kidding, sorta. I'm trying to find the article that isn't necessarily clear about it, but implies this. I'll edit this post once I find it.

*Edit* I haven't found that article yet, so I removed the first sentence until I do. I will keep looking, since we are so bent on accuracy....