ChaosExMachina

I crashed with a popup asking me to report this to the beta forums.

Assertion failed

Program: C:\Games\Online\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe
Time: Tue Jun 30 10:35:54 PM
Process ID: 3548
File: c:\src\utilitieslib\utils\superassert.c
Line: 1857
Expression: 0

Error Message: CRT abort() called

ERROR: swDumpStackToBuffer - timeout (258) waiting for dumpHeap is NOT corrupted
Last windows SYSTEM error: Not enough storage is available to process this command.

I have virtual memory set to off since I upgraded and got a ton of RAM, so that may be the reason.

I've never seen these posted, and they are great ideas.

The posters of the hero and graffiti would probably have to be client based. That would be incredibly resource intensive as a global event but not so much as a client event.

Well deserved kudos to the devs and writers for rewriting the SF.

Many objected to how it made the villain become a lackey. I vocally joined that discussion to try to get some sort of adjustment or even less lackeyism in later TFs, but I did not expect you guys to do anything in the neighborhood of such a massive rewrite. The whole plot is different and it is quite a testament to the accessibility of this dev team.

Which story arc says that Mako wasn't just evil to start with?

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I apologize for my ignorance as to the set of non-armored valkyrie wings, which, even with research, I was unaware of.

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There's no need for a 6-post newbie to apologize for not knowing about those.

Which isn't what I was talking about. Unlikely usually means far less than a chance of 50%, not "no ULTIMATE PROOF."

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To save other people the trouble,

<ul type="square">[*]1.) New high level Space Station Zones (PVE, PVP, &amp; Co-op) -possibly different or cut [*]2.) Characters that do not wish to change sides are rewarded by becoming exemplary heroes or villains, and earning rewards not available any other way - possibly different or cut [*]3.) Heroes and villains who go to the other side can also act as Double-Agents - possibly different or cut [*]4.) Character Creator 2.0 includes Powers Customization, allowing players to customize not only the character, but also the actual look of its powers - power customisation confimred, maybe, sort of [*]5.) Players undertake missions that define their character's morality and steer them in a more heroic or villainous direction[/b] - Going Rogue [*]6.) By switching sides (going from good to bad or bad to good), players can access content "on the other side" (heroes can experience villain zones and content, and villains can experience hero zones and content) - Going Rogue [*]7.) Completely new low-level player experience/zones for new characters in which new characters do not begin a hero or villain, rather become one or the other through early gameplay - Possibly Praetoria in GR, though maybe redesigned/cut [*]8.) New Spy Archetype, Power Sets &amp; Costumes - possibly redesigned/cut [*]9.) Universal Enhancement Slots - at level 50, these enhance powers to the character, essentially bringing them to a hypothetical "Level 60" once they have earned all ten slots - possibly redesigned/cut[/list]
EDIT: Also, stuff confirmed by BaBs as possibly being worked on :

<ul type="square"> [*]Having the game emit Gamma Radiation so we can all actually get super powers.[*]Carp Melee[*]Clown AT[*]Broadsword Blast[*]City of Herring expansion[*]New 'Featureless plain' zone[*]Customisation Customisation, to let us each decide exactly how much Customisation is available to us.[/list]
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I'm going to guess that the 10 slots idea is the most likely, followed by the spy, to not be implemented.

I hate the exemplary hero or villain idea.

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If this is a "We told you so!" type of thread, go ahead and be proud of the fact that you turned out correct. That really isn't anything to be proud of, though, because all it meant is that your incredibly unlikely scenario turned out to be correct.

Rationally, the likelihood of things in that survey leaving the planning stage were low. You just went with the crazy option with little to go on aside from hope and turned out correct.

That doesn't really seem like something to be proud of, to me.

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What the heck made you think any of it was unlikely?

I thought a lot of it was obviously going to be done. Some of it was even suggested by interviews before the survey.

So I'm proud I'm not a curmudgeon who poo-poos any unusual ideas I see, like much of the forum population often is, especially if you dare to post a suggestion or idea.

And the idea that blanket dismissing things that made it into an OFFICIAL MARKETING SURVEY is rational is... ludicrous.

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Didn't they JUST do this by making imps ignore recharge?

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Recharge became irrelevant in this situation. When you summon new imps, it kills the old ones.

[/ QUOTE ]CEM means the recent change to make ALL pets immune to recharge buffs, meaning slotting */Rech IOs into your Summon Imps can't make them attack faster.

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And since they are talking about kin, SB doesn't work either.

Adding trial reply capability should really be a high priority.

Another high priority should be making the help tab work with the new command to talk to the help channel.

These things can't be incresaing new subscriptions.

Didn't they JUST do this by making imps ignore recharge?

Can somebody translate what "7 freak show runs and 2 bm" means?

Bots/Dark

There is a lot here about why dark works with your team.

Bots add defense which stacks with mind link and leadership.

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Look, I already asked you to look it up.

Pistols are not generally effective passed 3 to 5 meters. They were designed as last-chance military weapons to be used when your enemy charges at you. They are "knock-down" weapons intended to keep opponents from over running your position.

They are melee weapons. And CoH melee range is 10 feet/3 meters. Look it up

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With the amount of [censored] on these boards about, well everything, but this subject particularly, I find this hilarious.

The "insult every idea to inflate my ego" crowd is even wrong about this.

If it is a bold tank who is willing to herd fast and charge into mobs ahead of the team to increase my AOEs, I would rather team with a tank, especially if it is the ITF where taunt can be useful.

If it is a chicken tank, the kind I find most often, who insists to pull every mob no matter how easy it is, I would rather quit team.

Hero PUGs will be a lot better after going rogue forces them to learn to run.

A brute is like a scrapper with more HP and a requirement to charge fury with attacks and aggro.

A corruptor is like a defender with more offense.

Dominators will be like blasters with less AoE and more control after the buff.

The other ATs are not like any hero ATs, though if you want to you could say that a mastermind is sort of a tanktroller.

If you arranged them as a wheel it could go like this:

Dominator - Blaster - Stalker - Scrapper - Brute - Tank - Mastermind - Controller - Defender - Corruptor

or

Dominator - Blaster - Stalker - Scrapper - Brute - Tank - Mastermind - Corruptor - Defender - Controller

Are there any other powersets, besides /Rad and /Traps, that can solo GMs?

Why are people even arguing about this?

It is by far the best way to do it and I thank Posi for this new philosophy against badge farms and pointless logins.

If there is a technical reason that height/body type can't be switched within costume slots, there should be a height/body respec feature so that you can at least reset your costume.

Yet another reason that hero teams are often scanner teams.

And we have a WINNER! Comparison of farming to murder. Step right up, collect a prize.

The discussion is about current PSW. I didn't read Castle's post before saying that, but I welcome such a rebalancing.

Consider the set as a whole. Other than PSW psi may be the least powerful set you can get.

Those who think there need to be huge restrictions against using an expansion that is heavily hyped make my brain hurt.

Everybody gets a ton of epics, patron or otherwise, there you go. What is so hard to conceive of?

To let heroes access the pools just add a spy who has stolen knowledge and can teach you how to use it.

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Amusingly they did. :P

They just kind of made it dumb by including autopowers. Every auto should be converted to tickets, uses, or toggles.