Chyll

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  1. Enjoy this one for a while before you let altitis take over.
    congratz.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Maiev View Post
    Do the set bonuses stack only 5 times even if they're not from the same set but give the same bonus? (i.e. the 6.25% "Large" recharge)
    Yes.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Obscure Blade View Post
    Neat. The moving tails look nice; hopefully the new animated player tails will too. And apparently they did go ahead and use the whip in the henchman enhancement animations - note the scene where she wraps her whip around a demon. So, we won't have to take a personal attack to see the whip.
    You know I was just thinking. I have to go back to the video... does the whip extend from where its wrapped back to the player wielding it?

    Wild conjecture, but my mind immediately leapt to the issues of stretchy powers...

    off to watch it again.

    EDIT: yep. at 2:29 the whip extends from the player and wraps around the target maintaining its lengthy in line back to the player.
  4. The cool begins with I17 and apparently continues from there to infinity.

    I am a happy CoH player.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by GlaziusF View Post
    Some problems also with the many ally rescues - Lament's missing text in the second mission, Positive Field's damaging aura taking out his guards early in the fourth, Frozen Moment having no guards in the third.

    Gameplay - ****. The allies weren't too overpowered on their own, but as I buffed them and they buffed each other, well. Not that I didn't expect it, though. Though it did make the final boss, such as she was, a bit of a pushover.

    Detail - **. The vignettes on each character aren't labeled consistently, and I don't think there was a mission where everyone got one. With the fairly consistent patter from my allies, that didn't help the impression I got that LG1 wasn't really developing much.

    Overall - **. An arc that tries to excerpt a much larger story to fit the MA limitations. Ultimately, it doesn't show enough of how LG1 changed from mission to mission, and that makes it difficult to accept the big change at the end.

    Thank you. I will take a look at this. It has been a long time since I made this, and some of the problems with message you describe weren't so before. I wonder if patches adjusted things? I am not sure.

    Regardless, all the angst around AE pushed me away from it. Actually getting meaningful feedback has inspired me to return and work on my arc(s).

    Thanks again.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Iannis View Post
    I...don't quite believe the code to detect your card is working as intended. I'm pretty darn sure my old vid card would spit out smoke and burn out if I tried to run Ultra Mode with it (after all, it was a cheap replacement when WoW managed to kill my older card and I needed something to drop in quick), but apparently it detects it and says I can turn on Ultra Mode. It isn't as powerful as the minimum req cards Positron pointed out. But maybe his info from december is WAY outdated now. Or maybe nvidia was just fleecing the customers so much my older card is roughly equivalent to one of their newer cards, I dunno how these things work.

    Guess I won't know until it goes to open beta, though.
    Well, I get no pop up or compatability message at all.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Yogi_Bare View Post
    Note: Would suggest that people try to log into the Test Server. Although you won't be able to actually log in, it seems that CoX auto-detects your graphics card and notifies you if it can use Ultra-Mode and at what setting (at the login screen).
    If it says nothing, then fail?
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ice9_ View Post
    By the way, a status update from this end, I found my previous efforts did not entirely resolve my virus issues. I got rid of Security Essentials 2010, but a browser hijacker persisted in the system. So, I'm starting over from scratch, ah the joys of the interwebs.
    That's exactly what I found. The browser hijacker brought in by the initial security virus was much more insidious.
  9. So I can order a pint when I call in my support problem?

    Or do I just log a ticket when I pay my tab?

    Is ogling allowed?
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Sooner View Post
    So.. just in case someone else is so unlucky... how DO you get rid of it?
    It took me repeated scans combining McAfee AV, Windows Defender (which helped a ton, believe it or not and is free), and Stopzilla (mal ware fighter), with some registry editing. My bigger problem was the Google and Yahoo hijacker and some other trojans that the original security virus brought with it.

    I had reached a point where I was about to nuke the whole beast and start over with my restore discs when things finally broke free.
  11. Also in favor of some Shard work... but I imagine the Devs are busy with other stuff atm

    Also, I sadly admit that I would like to see some lunar landscapes or eery underwater scenes before any Shard revamp.

    So its, down the list a bit.
  12. I snagged that little beastie embedded in an ad on DeviantArt about a month back. It was a total bear to clear out, and all the little fun presents it brings with itself.

    Good luck.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by BeyondReach View Post
    If we are being given two groups that are supposed to be similarly if not equally morally gray, where is the gray in the Ghouls?
    Well,ollowing the idea that they are remnants of tortured 'victims' of Tyrant,... then they are some of the black/gray shading of the lilly white Praetorian rule.

    So they may lack a moral element of their own, but they could be part of the moral challenge of the Loyalists.
  14. hmmm. <sidenote> That there is colored lighting in the screenshot... I don't remember that from other teaser images before.

    Did I miss it, or is that another 'new' display?</sidenote>
  15. Chyll

    Unluckily Lucky

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MrVacant View Post
    Wow, complaining about getting purples... that's a new one.

    I've only had 2 purples drop since i-9 went live and I paly a LOT! Then again, I don't farm much, either.

    Anyway, gratz!
    Hey, its not a real complaint. I was (and am) pretty happy about it. 200 a piece would have been better than 30 is all (greedy and all that).
  16. Chyll

    Unluckily Lucky

    All that aside I just hope some controllers get out there and pick up my loot. though I hadn't considered the future rogue-y MMs. I may go withdraw them from sale... hmmm....
  17. Chyll

    Unluckily Lucky

    Two purple drops. Back-to-back in the same mission.

    Not sure what I did to be so lucky... shame they were both soulbound allegiance.
  18. Rather than a straight 'tail', anyone else picture animate chains hanging off of character?

    I have a tank on virtue that has the chains across the chest and as a belt that would really work with some hanging down.
  19. My speculation had failed to initiate significantly until this thread.

    Regarding the praetorian self: I highly doubt it. Given the rampant plans for people to create such a character when GoRo launches, I doubt our devs would step into that.

    On the other hand: being able to replicate the player or players on a team, a la, a shape shifting villain is possible. And would be cool.

    However, the Mirror Spirit suggestion in the OP is actually quite intriguing and the Dark Mirror label ties in with that character and the imminent arrival of GoRo quite nicely. that is speculation I can appreciate - especially if her powers actually encompass power replication somehow.
  20. Chyll

    Generic Rant

    Attempt to clearly summarize and annotate the OP and the meaningful responses into a 'state of the debate'.

    (Clearly was distracted part way through, has jumbled the entire thing). Clearly believes has it all correct. Promises to send a PM to redname of interest post haste with the wonder of the thread's conclusions.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards View Post
    The ramp up of the development team is really starting to show great results.

    Paragon Studios!
    Indeed. That there is a nice package of nifty placed within I17.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Perfect_Pain View Post
    and so you think we will get more powersets than just the 2 mentioned?
    Whether she is nice or not, I did not think so previously, but that interview hints at the possibility.

    No promises, no declarations, but an interesting hint.
  23. Doesn't look like Ultramode to me, at all.
    The building in the background in the Steel shot does not look at all like the officially released screenshots in terms of the appearance I would expect.

    Additionally, there have been no announcements of even beta testing regarding ultramode, so I would highly doubt a slip release to live.

    These just look like screenshots from someone with the current setting maxed out.
  24. I normally avoid this sort of thing... but...

    SQEEEE
  25. yay me. I killed another thread

    :/