Chyll
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Quote:Fair enough, but does that absolve the rest of us from practicing behavior that attempts to be considerate for others? Simple courtesy and all that... I'm surprised so few are interested in simply being polite.Originally Posted by Aura_Familia
HOWEVER, in a place on the forums where game mechanics are generally talked about and so is lore almost on a DAILY basis, it's nigh impossible to not run into something you didn't know if you weren't a new player of the game. -
Quote:You crack me up sometimes.Originally Posted by Venture
False. Spoilers don't apply to any content at all. If you don't want to find out things about the game before you encounter them, don't go where people talk about the game.
I think the point was they didn't even have to read the thread... as it was in the title...Quote:Originally Posted by MisterD
If they are such NEW players..why would they be trailing about the forums reading every lil thread? -
Quote:Don't remember saying it was new. And new or old doesn't mean that people can't have an opinion about it.Originally Posted by Tyger42
Pff, I'd say it's been ingrained for at least a century now. It's nothing new...
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It is knowledge in no way knowable unless you seek it our or play the arc. It isn't hinted at, discussed, or mentioned in passing elsewhere AFAIK.
Just because someone that may not play that content for months may read this and forget, makes it no less true. I can present a case for the player that may start that content tomorrow at 1:11pm and have just had it spoiled in contrast.
As such, it is, in fact, a spoiler. (As an aside, I think that is proper comma placement, but it offends my sensibilities.) -
Quote:meh. TW/DA, on the other hand....Originally Posted by Mr_Morbid
And just think how many Endurance Reduction enhancements you'd need in a build with shield and TW.....
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Quote:For people that have played as long as we have, sure.Originally Posted by Ultimus
I don't really consider that a spoiler... it would be like me saying Battle Maiden comes from Warrior Earth!
For that guy that just started and hasn't played those arcs, yet, on the other hand... nicely done. -
Quote:Doesn't mean that a better choice couldn't have been made.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
I tend to agree with the OP and bemoan this unfortunate definition shift, but I also accept that it appears pretty ingrained at this point.
In related news, Delegate remains my favorite Roman hand-me down word. And it hasn't shifted significantly - so I have that.
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The trial process has issues...
The biggest being the limitations of the system. To make foes harder they have to hit harder or be more durable... The crazy death facing Penelope in MoM trial as case in point.
I have no reasonable recommendations to adjust them, but I look forward to the soloable content.
Quote:I agree they are fun for some people, but to pretend that the reward at the end has nothing to do with people joining four or five an afternoon is perhaps a bit misleading.Originally Posted by El__D
A) The trials are fun for a lot of people, myself included. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to form four or five of them on any given afternoon on my server (Protector). Just because you don't enjoy them doesn't mean they aren't fun to play at all. -
Quote:fixed?Originally Posted by Santorican
Are there any plans on making it so Shield Defense can be used with two handed weapons? Its been quite sometime since this issue arose and I would love to make a Spines, Katana, TW, DB, Staff/Shield Scrapper.
What is there to fix?
It is already is a two-handed set.
shield in one hand, weapon in the other. -
Can we compare unbuffed brutes to buffed tanks too, then we can look at improving brutes also.
This is fun.
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Quote:Which is neither here, nor there...Originally Posted by KnightofKhonsu
[/LIST]I'd call it what it describes, Irradiation.
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Quote:That really is just about it.Originally Posted by Bionic_Flea
You can't drop that kind of a teaser without giving out some info. SHARE! Or did you sign some kind of NDA?
They saw my draft rad armor above, pointed out a couple flaws, but agreed it was an interesting concept that could work with some work. Then mentioned that there were lot of powers being worked on, some surprising and others not so much. Nothing revealed, and with the weekly market releasing no shocker to know they are working on things. -
Quote:Given a conversation I had with a certain redname, I understand there are several new sets in the pipeline. Some will be real 'surprises'.Originally Posted by TheJazMan
I'm kinda hoping they really stop selling power sets after the next batch. I am betting they made some good money. I'd really like to see fun, new, DIFFERENT things to do with the power sets. The trial format is a lot of fun. I'm hoping there is something else coming in i23 or sooner.
But I imagine there are lots of trial type things in store too, so you won't be disappointed. -
Quote:agreed completely.Originally Posted by JanusFrs
That would definitely be cool for some more variation in our character concepts
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Quote:April 1 comes to mind....Originally Posted by Noble Savage
Incidentally, I don't this necessarily has to be a costume pack. Could easily be a series of one-offs.
edit: And I see I wasn't alone in that thought.
Quote:Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Whatever ends up getting made for this, I thnik it'd be a good idea to aim for a release around April 1st, to help the marketing. -
Quote:Wierd, I got exactly these words in a fortune cookie in Talos the other day....Originally Posted by MisterMagpie
His destiny is a lonely one. Pity him not, for he bears the weight of it nobly.
Also I'm afraid to walk under him in case of bird poop. -
Bah. There are multiple cats, hanging together sporting their feline fashion. So what? What do we need to be more involved with them for? They have each other.
The real mystery and person I feel sorry for is the only flying denizen of PD, the lonely bird man off hovering over the dance floor. -
Encountered this fellow for the first time recently.
I smiled. -
Not sure it is worth a suggestion thread all it's own, but fleshing out the concept some... a toxic, corrupting, nasty, and unique set.
Radiation Armor (according to Chyll)- Reactive: Auto: Self +Res(Smash, Lethal, Toxic)
- Emissions: Toggle: Self +Res(Smash, Lethal, Energy); PBAoE: Foe -Resist
- Leakage: Toggle: Self +Res(Fire, Cold, Negative, End Drain); PBAoE: Foe -Dmg
- Dissipation: Toggle: Self +Res(Disorient, Hold, Sleep, Fear, Immobilize, Knockback)
- Mutation (needs another name suggestion): PBAoE: Minor DMG(Toxic), Foe -End, Self +Health
??: Auto: Self +Res(-Recharge, -SPD, Toxic, Energy, RES Debuff) - Discharge: Toggle: PBAoE, Foe -Regen, Slow, Taunt
??: Toggle: Self +DEF(All but Psionics) - Cascade: PBAoE: Moderate (Energy), Minor DoT(Toxic), Foe Taunt, Knockback; Self: -Recovery, -Health, -Regen
The 5th slot needs a new name: but would be a radiation version of dark regen - lower heal component but drawing end from surrounding foes to boost the character's health.
Cascade would set this off further as a departure from the normal armor: essentially a tanker nuke, hitting the foes clumped around with some damage and a taunt spike. Notable endurance cost and some draining downtime after - but no full crash. -
Quote:Yes, or I immediately pictured the Man in a suit Bot from Pinky & the Brain.Originally Posted by Dr_MechanoEU
On a more serious (in a joke costume piece thread? How obtuse!), take the Brain Tank design, remove the bowl and instead put a kitten infront of tiny lever controls (or failing that, a keyboard). Call it the Catmando head piece.
Yep, a fish tank head is classic.Quote:Originally Posted by Obscure Blade
Ha, good one. Or some monkey/homunculus. Or have a fish swimming around inside the tank.
(off the joke topic a second - didn't understand why the monster fish head didn't have a jar option, for those fishmen that need water)
The TV helmet is pretty awesome.Quote:Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
And some of the stuff the Lost wear, like the stop sign breastplate, and of course the classic TV on the head.
An Oscar the Grouch garbage body would be fun.
What about non-traditional head shapes? Square/cube head? triangle/pyramid?
Can I haz a tinfoil hat? -
Quote:bah, number crunching silliness.Originally Posted by DreadShinobi
You'd need to say what kind of def/res/utility the armor set would have and what kind aoe:st ratio the melee set would have, base damage and activation times, etc too to know if it would be worth buying.
It'll perform in the same normative range as everything else.
Flavor, secondary abilities, animations matter so much more.
And to answer the OP, I'd be likely too look at it strongly yes.
edit (drifting more in to a suggestion thread topic): for the attacks my expectations would be a fair bit of DoT, slightly lower damage, but with -regen and/or -resist (might be a neat trick to pass that through gauntlet for a logically unique approach).
edit: mix in some toxic damage too, maybe energy for the main strike and and a toxic dot?
On the armor side, I'd look for it to be primarily resistance based. I'd expect a damage aura. To get inventive and try for a really unique feel, I'd almost give every armor an aoe effect, say... first armor pretty standard, second armor a minor -resist aura, the third armor a minor -regen, or something to really make it an oozing radiation feel... probably skip the damage aura in that case, and go all debuff: -regen/-resist on a couple of the armors. Not high numbers, but tough to balance... -
Quote:All true, but in this game rad does different things than energy, so keep that in mind too.Originally Posted by Doctor_Xaxan
Energy Melee can easily be colored green and called radiation. It even does energy damage and stuns. It even LOOKS like radiation when colored that way.
Energy Aura is similar. It deals with different forms of energy shielding which could easily be colored green (or however you imagine radiation looking) and called Tachyon This or Gamma Ray Cloak That.
I'm not trying to shoot down anyone's idea, but let's not forget that we can customize existing powersets. -
That looks like some of the worst of the early 80s....
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Quote:Wow. I didn't see this, so I hope it didn't sound the way it reads in terms of tone.Originally Posted by Von Krieger
Zwill states that they will be starting to 'port over' male pieces to the female model rather than making female-only pieces with future costume sets from here on out.
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Quote:But... she can't explain anything now...Originally Posted by Frosty_Femme
I agree that having a mostly undamaged undead Sophia was far more impactful. However, I'm an ex-cop and want to know how it happened now. As a TV viewer I can accept the hand waving I'm going to get, but I wouldn't complain a bit if they explained it better.
In my head, she got bit, escaped, ran away to avoid total dismemberment. Collapsed. Died. Came back. Wandered over to Otis. Barn. Chickens. Profit.