Chyll
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Quote:I just picked this up yesterday and I should dive into it within a few days.Originally Posted by Olantern
A Once Crowded Sky, by Tom King. All the setting's superheroes (with one exception) give up their powers and must adjust to life as ordinary human beings. Things get complicated when a menace appears. -
Quote:That's excellent... a captured moment of relaxing and thinking... human and gentle. A great contrast with so many of the collection.Originally Posted by Katfood
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My Ele/DM is one of my favorite tanks.
The heal is a nice part of the DPS chain, and helps mitigate anything the resists can't keep up with. You have a lot of end help with the pbaoe's - and can even work in some extra taunt with them.
The pbaoe's lack punch though, and fire mastery fills that in nicely. -
Quote:There was but it was much more broad based. And there were more campfires and sing-a-longs.Originally Posted by Fista
Some one refresh my memory... Was there this much blood and thunder over the Circle revamp?
and s'mores
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Quote:oh, well, that is a whole other conversation.Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
At least one of them needs a scythe, for one thing >_>
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Quote:Yeah, but see I liked the new look and his introduction within the story. And, while I admit I hadn't run any skull content in a long time I really enjoyed fleshing out the in game leadership. I just don't see it as a drastic troubling retconn... but everyone's perspective is different.Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the fact the gang finally got some visual love and more in-depth missions. I just don't see the need to butcher the one bit of solid canon they had for a guy who looks like a less cool version of Salvador, i.e. a not overly tall guy on steroids;
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Quote:If there was another Posi comment after the - "the original creation of the character was supposed to..." post then I didn't see it.Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
If by Posi saying "Uh, actually, I don't really have much clue about this".....wait, that's not a compelling argument in the slightest.
Regardless, I love what they've done with the new Skull update... so *shrug* -
Quote:And yet we have the creator of the characters telling us differently...Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
That is all NOT true with the Skulls. Chernobog as one of the Petrovic brothers is NOT an addition, it's a change to previously established canon. -
Quote:I absolutely love the new Skulls.Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
Do you fine folks remember when the first pass of the Circle of Thorns revamp came out and people hated it?
If you do, please log in to Beta, go to Kings Row, and give your thoughts on the new Skulls. All of my in-game buddies and I have absolutely hated what's been done to them.
New look, new arcs, new difficulty. Top notch. -
Quote:Ha! I've done the same.Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
Hehe!
Every time I run these and this happens, I say, "Hang on just a bit, I have to fix my costume in the tailor REALLY FAST!"
Or, "One minute, I just have to respec my character real quick!"
Yes... every time. I try and come up with a different one when I can, but I run them infrequently enough that I can get by with so few lines.
Yes, I take the slow clicker's aggro! *taunt* "You guys mind waiting while I explain enhancements to my noob friend??"
"Am I supposed to click the green button now?" -
Quote:I heartily applaud this kind of fun effort and enthusiasm from Zwill and the community reps. Completely.Originally Posted by Aurora_Girl
I think you're *entirely* missing the point, "Fista" (and let's hope that name isn't meaning what I hope it doesn't mean).
This *event*, which is what it is, not an invasion, was suggested by a player as a way to celebrate the Discovery Channel's annual "Shark Week" of shark-themed programming that's become a bit of a big deal over the years in the US. It's not an actual holiday, as some (non-American, I assume) players have believed.
It was suggested to the community reps, and the community reps wrote the backstory (mostly for fun, making fun of Shark Week's TV programming) and the community reps are manning the enemies. Zwil and Co. decided Arachnos bosses, Corolax and Lusca were natural fits for the fun of "What would happen if Mako did decide to go nuts in Paragon?" and Zwil himself actually played the NPC of Captain Mako. On Pinnacle, anyway, the banter was hysterical, the challenge was real, and not EVERYTHING in this game has to be about badges and xp. There wasn't a badge because badges require programming and coding, and the community reps don't really do that.
This was just a fun event, to get together as a server and do something completely unique and have a fun time, and the special temporary titles and Dark Matter aura codes were just icing on the cake. It was an opportunity to directly interact with Zwil and Co. in-game, which is rare, and serves to bolster the relationship between the player community and the community reps.
If all of that is completely unimportant to you, then yes, I'm sure you were disappointed. It's a good thing the event wasn't designed for people like you.
Personally, I am in the bored-with-invasions-camp, but absolutely love that this is going on, think the concept is hilarious, and I hope tons of people have fun with it. -
Because variety is nice?
(I will say that my SR/ tank is one of my most reliable survivors and I generally run - +1 or +2/X8 with bosses. And the coming new IO set changes are just going to extend some layering options. So there really shouldn't be any great concern over lasting through fights. No set is really 'poor', and it really is only min/max approach that looks to any options as superior.) -
Quote:Agreed. Which is probably why he had to die so early.Originally Posted by Quasadu
Ned Stark, of course.
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Despite intentions to get a 47 scrapper on Exalted and a 48 blaster on Virtue over the hump to 50....
I spent my entire time this weekend on Rylle -my Dark/Fire Dominator on Justice. She went from 29 to 44 thanks to the Justice United/JFA crowds and Posi 1&2, Katie Hannon, Moonfire, Sutter, Penelope Yin, Synapse, ITF, & and some solo running in Night Ward. -
Slightly unrelated note, I've just found you can buy a life-sized replica of the Iron Throne: $30k.
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Quote:I missed the coffee talk (good to know), just got the unintentional notes preview.Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
Beta starting today was mentioned in the Coffee talk
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Quote:There are other 'corrections' coming that are, at a guess, going to cause ppl to forget all about the hami-o change.Originally Posted by MadHobbit
while all of this is good, how about restoring Hamis back to their original values?with ED in place and lots of new IO sets. the Nerf on them seems to be not needed anymore.
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Patch notes for I24 beta were visible very very briefly (looks like the beta forum was being setup and a flag wasn't set. Guess beta will be soon).
I managed to fail to keep a copy. The list was....... long..... and I didn't process all the IO info.
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Quote:Now this is an intriguing concept.Originally Posted by Starsman
Dynamic Duo:
This dynamic duo acts like one! You guard each others back, and take on any challenge with perfect orchestrated maneuvering.
Primary: Assault Primary- Secondary: Stalker secondary (replacing hide with a permanent pet.)
- Epic: Brute/Tank Epic Pools
- Inherent: Synergy. All your toggles and passives also buff your Sidekick pet if he is within 20ft. Your pet being near slightly buffs your damage. You cant directly command your pet but he will take offensive mode for about 10 seconds with every attack. You stop attacking, the pet resets to follow/non-aggressive mode.
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Put me down for none of the above in the OP.
Pretty much this:
Quote:In a perfect world and a time machine to use frivolously, I'd go back and talk to the devs about melee AT introduction more like this:Originally Posted by Haetron
In my opinion: Assault Primary, new Secondary called "Utility" which are hybrids of existing defense and buff/debuff sets.
I'd probably leave scrappers and stalkers alone
rename tank to Brute (tanker taunt, damage scale, & armor/resist scale, drop gauntlet, provide them fury - building up from the lower starting point should work nicely)
introduce brute as... Ruffian (arbitrarily and spontaneously named). It would be a Melee/ with a secondary powerset a mix of some armors and debuffs (with damage and armor/resist scales as brute today)
Then, yeah, there should be room for an armor/ranged set, with something near scrapper def abilities and probably someplace around corrs in damage. -
I approve this preview, and look forward to the full issue feature list.
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Quote:Well played.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Congratulations on the milestone.
As there's really no broad forum title that I can laud you with, I bestowed the only one I found appropriate. -
Quote:That is probably what I mean more than anything. Take the new bodysuit, or the leather armor sets. Put a plain cape with it. The contrast is just unpleasant around the neck.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
Hardly a problem for Silver or Golden Age looks, which are 'dated' by definition.
I do have a problem mixing some older and newer stuff due to a resolution difference- old hairstyles with new faces, stuff like that looks jarring.
As I said, I pleased with the general direction. I think they can up their game in presentation and communication, though. This whole hullabaloo over the silver/golden for instance never needed to happen.Quote:Originally Posted by Nethergoat
I'm on board with wanting more Golden & Silver Age options and expect we'll be getting them at some point. I don't see the point of haranguing the devs just now, as they've been shoveling out long-sought game improvements and additions as fast as their arms can move. -
Quote:There are lots of options, but the recent quality of pieces has made them look pretty dated.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
A HUGE back catalog of stuff that works really, really well for creating silver age looks. And I'm a guy who loves that sleek patterened tights w/cape Silver Age look and would really like MOAR of it.
But it's something the game already does well.
So my guess is it's been bumped down the priority list so they can cover *other* stuff 'the community' wants that isn't as well represented in the current system.
The quality level of costume bits has climbed markedly. But they have been getting applied to some real niche elements, and overall flexibility of those elements took a hit (pre-tinting). That has gotten better in the last couple of iterations, and I am pleased with what I'm seeing. Heck, some of the costumes and powers coming have drawn me back to playing more. That doesn't meant I can't have high expectations, though.Quote:Originally Posted by Nethergoat
I don't think it's fair to give the devs guff on this topic- they've been adding TONS of great new stuff to the costume editor lately, and if they haven't gotten around to this or that community request yet I'm betting they will eventually.
The piece of this game that really sets it apart, bar none, in the MMO market is the costume creator. It's fair, I think, for it's players and fans to request certain elements and actions related to this feature.
Is it reasonable to expect to get what we want, in the way we each want it every time? No. So, yeah, I'm with you guff is tough to throw around related to that.
I will throw guff though about process and communication, however, because digging your own hole and complaining that the fan base isn't fair, isn't fair either. -
Quote:Really? I don't remember them.Originally Posted by Bullet Barrage
Those were announced at the last Player Summit. So, no.
But, I'd still wager that they were tweaked some. The pure shiny/matte options in particular.