Cobaltix

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"out of combat" entertainment. isnt that what you would call what goes on at the feet of the atlas statue?

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I'd hardly call that 'entertainment'.

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non-combat

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what is this "non-combat" you speak of?

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I, for one, welcome our new non-combat overloards.

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Police Drone gladiators!

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Now that would be fun.

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Recently fixed items: (Since patch notes omit badge changes.)
<ul type="square">[*]By observing the Surging fix, and other badges like Villain, it seems all Count style badges take 2 patches to fix them: 1 patch to start coutning, 1 patch to actually award the badge. So it makes sense that the Deathsurge fix is not complete yet, and that the Gunner and Demon Slayer fixes don't *appear* implemented although we were told they were.[*]Surging Badge now awards for defeating Deathsurge. If you defeated him since the Valentines Day content patch, you will get the badge, otherwise you need to defeat him again.[/list]
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So, this really brings the question up about the readiness of CoV upon release. Why weren't these sorts of things done prior to release? I mean, CoH as a model has hammered out these sorts of issues for 16-18 months yet the same things are being done over again. Why are they reinventing the wheel here? And 4 months after go-live on top of it.

/em Boggles

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Thank Manticore for the cool mythology....



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Thanks, Manticore.

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Nice Rez

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At some point, I would wager that you will have to accept the fact that the Developers decided to add the Gladator attached to Toy Collector after the fact. Bottom line, things will be added to this game always and forever going forward, and this fits quite well in line with the vision (TM) that no single toon can experience all the content there is in the game.

Additionally, Gladiators are being added all the time as a newer feature so some retrospective attachment and awarding is to be expected.

Tell me BL, what would you have the developers do for those of you who skipped the 3+ hours of Toy Collecting because you didn't know there would be a Gladiator attached?

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Tie it to Cold Warrior which makes more sense.

I'm not asking for Toy Maker. I opted to get that (as I've said) it's just ONE BADGE. I chose not to get it based on the belief it was ONE badge. I would have gotten it on my main had I know it was a twofer deal.

However they should tie it to cold warrior. Makes more sense. ::shrug:: That's just answering your question so please guys don't jump all over me... just answering a question.

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So, you want the Developers to attach the Snow Beast Gladiator to Cold Warrior, a Badge you earned from defeating 100 Snow Beasts?

I can see the logic behind that as many Gladiators are awarded along with Defeat 100 Badges yet there are a number of them that are connected to other Badges now as well.

You can try and petition it that way. Best of luck to you.

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And what about those that 'chose' not to fight the 100 beasts for that badge, because they didn't feel it was worth the time since they didn't know that a gladiator be associated with it. But if they had known they would have taken the time and effort to do it.

Only 2 options really.

1. They can take it out and wait til next christmas to put it in and let people know it is there. And listen to people whine because they have to now wait.
2. Leave it in game offer it up next year with some other cold badge and listen to people whine until then.

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Too many theoreticals. I prefer to go after the Badges I want when they are available. Special Event Badges are just that, special, as they may never be available again.

I could really care less about Gladiator Badges. I've never once used the Arena, much less the Gladiator option.

My advice : If you're a Badge-[censored], it shouldn't matter. You'll get the Badge cause you want it. So, do it or don't without any thought to what Easter Egg may come of it.

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Some stories describe him as a feral hero, barely able to communicate. He pulls in new heroes to his cause with a terse, muttered phrase, “Go. Hunt. Kill Skuls.”


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He shoots, he scores!

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So awesome!

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Also, if all these monsters were meant to be taken down by more than one team, why should only one team get the badge? Forgive me if I'm mistaken, it's been a while since I've tackled a giant monster, but last I checked the badge was only given to the team that does the most damage. This was to prevent, I guess, people from coming in, swatting the thing once and sitting at a safe distance for the badge. And it works nicely for that scenario, but consider this scenario:

Team A: Deals a total of 2000 damage
Team B: Deals a total of 1999 damage
Team A: "WooooO! Badge earned!"
Team B: "@#$%... well, that was a big fat waste. But at least we kept team A's scrappers alive with our defenders."

So I ask in general, but especially if you go around buffing monsters up, let the badge go to all who help to defeat the monster, not just the team with the highest level damage dealers.

Again, strike this completely from the record if I don't have my facts straight. I do know that this does not apply to Lusca, but I'm pretty sure it still goes for Adamaster, Krakens, etc...

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Currently the badge is given to ANY team or player-not-on-a-team that does 25% or more damage to the Giant Monster.

When Giant Monsters get tougher (Issue 7), this number will drop to 10%(or more), encouraging more teams to fight them. The rewards will be increasing as well.

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Hmmm .... ok, this is good news but I think we'd still like to see the difficulty of Monsters increased on a case by case basis. Lucsa is a prefect example here. She doesn't need to be much tougher.

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Anyone but me feel that there are hints and inuendos to a nerf towards hurricane on the horizon? I've had this feeling for a while, and this post by castle: Linky made me feel that way again. Any thoughts?

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I just hope they Nerf the Tsoo Sorcs right along with it

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Basically: if it was meant to be taken down by more than 1 team, it gives the badge. Mission versions are scaled down versions that are more like AV's, thus able to be defeated by a single team, and thus do not give the badge.

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You might need to buff Giant Monsters then. There's not one in the game that requires more than one team to defeat.

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Will do.

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Aw [censored].

Nice work G-man.

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At some point, I would wager that you will have to accept the fact that the Developers decided to add the Gladator attached to Toy Collector after the fact. Bottom line, things will be added to this game always and forever going forward, and this fits quite well in line with the vision (TM) that no single toon can experience all the content there is in the game.

Additionally, Gladiators are being added all the time as a newer feature so some retrospective attachment and awarding is to be expected.

Tell me BL, what would you have the developers do for those of you who skipped the 3+ hours of Toy Collecting because you didn't know there would be a Gladiator attached?

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Tie it to Cold Warrior which makes more sense.

I'm not asking for Toy Maker. I opted to get that (as I've said) it's just ONE BADGE. I chose not to get it based on the belief it was ONE badge. I would have gotten it on my main had I know it was a twofer deal.

However they should tie it to cold warrior. Makes more sense. ::shrug:: That's just answering your question so please guys don't jump all over me... just answering a question.

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So, you want the Developers to attach the Snow Beast Gladiator to Cold Warrior, a Badge you earned from defeating 100 Snow Beasts?

I can see the logic behind that as many Gladiators are awarded along with Defeat 100 Badges yet there are a number of them that are connected to other Badges now as well.

You can try and petition it that way. Best of luck to you.

At some point, I would wager that you will have to accept the fact that the Developers decided to add the Gladator attached to Toy Collector after the fact. Bottom line, things will be added to this game always and forever going forward, and this fits quite well in line with the vision (TM) that no single toon can experience all the content there is in the game.

Additionally, Gladiators are being added all the time as a newer feature so some retrospective attachment and awarding is to be expected.

Tell me BL, what would you have the developers do for those of you who skipped the 3+ hours of Toy Collecting because you didn't know there would be a Gladiator attached?

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What am I missing?

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You're missing the same thing everyone else is missing: a costume option for male bare legs. It doesn't exist.

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The bare legs option for Male and Huge body types has been added to an internal build. It will be coming down the QA path and to a server near you soon.

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Excellent ....

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I'm not asking for Toy Collector. I made a decision not to spend hours acquiring a badge. However, it now appears that was An Uninformed Decision (TM) with regards to this Gladiator. And I agree completely with Statesman, those types of decisions are bad.

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I understand where you're coming from, but I don't agree with you. The point of opening 200 presents was to get the Toy Collector badge. As part of that process, there were some temp powers you might get, and present inspirations. (On one of my two characters who got the badge, I didn't even get both temp powers and considered opening additional presents until he did.) So there WAS content beyond simply getting a title. That is all that anyone had to base their decision on. Please keep in mind that Gladiator is a system that is still somewhat new. Additional badges are being added still, some to old and common badges; the most recent example of this is the Kaolin Legacy of Earth which is linked to the Collector badge. It DID in fact occur to me that at some point in time they might link a winter minion gladiator badge to Toy Collector. I did not make my decision to get Toy Collector based on that. I made my decision because I wanted the title.

Frankly, a lot of people whined about Toy Collector being so tedious to get. In the end, it really was something very challenging for a badge hunter to solo, and I am quite proud of having it on two characters. That we are now going to get a gladiator for it is a very nice surprise that I appreciate. The grousing I am hearing about it from others though reminds me of people who say things like, "If I'd known I would have gotten something out of it, I'd have shoveled my elderly neighbor's driveway for her." Sometimes you should not make decisions about what you think you might out of them, just about whether its worth doing something for its own sake.

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Could not have said it better myself.
Thank you for your eloquence.

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Man, I wake up to 34 pages of candy hearts?

I've created a monster of a bandwagon.

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And how!

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Someone had to do it!

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LOL!

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Love the avatar Positron.

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Totally

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Um, ok. So, how many Gladiator Matches take place on a given day?

Right.

So, again, what is the real complaint here? Is it a matter of completeness?

I'd lay good odds that you will have the chance to get the Toy Collector next holiday season.



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Um, ok. Kind of like those who missed the Halloween 04 event had the chance to get the badges again in 05?

Right.

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What can you do?

Things change.

I never got Isolater on any of my main toons either.

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may ....

Valentine's gets the heart pumping?

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You have to admit, as far as Uninformed Decisions (TM) go, this is pretty minor ...

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I disagree. Powers, slotting, even your name can be changed under the right circumstances. This ship has sailed.

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Um, ok. So, how many Gladiator Matches take place on a given day?

Right.

So, again, what is the real complaint here? Is it a matter of completeness?

I'd lay good odds that you will have the chance to get the Toy Collector next holiday season.

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ok sorry..i was being funny/sarcastic

so lemme say again...if you didnt take the hour* then do you deserve it?...nope!

anybetter?

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First off, most people took 3 hours or so to get it.

I'm not asking for Toy Collector. I made a decision not to spend hours acquiring a badge. However, it now appears that was An Uninformed Decision (TM) with regards to this Gladiator. And I agree completely with Statesman, those types of decisions are bad.

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Are you really saying that had you known that you would have gained access to a SnowBeast Gladiator, you would have spent 3 hours to get Toy Collector???

Honestly, I only got TC on my main and one concept toon. Knowing about the SnowBeast Gladiator would not have changed the number of hours spent getting the Accolade.

You have to admit, as far as Uninformed Decisions (TM) go, this is pretty minor ...

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I've always wanted one that said what mine says...

Why? I don't know! &gt;.&lt;

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LOL!

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well, I love the fact that we have a new costume option (I still haven't heard, do new characters them)?

However... the Devs have continued their shortsighted obsession with LIMITING who gets what. Why do male characters get the one shoulder and females do not? Shouldn't it be the other way around?? Why can't both males and females choose the one shoulder or full front? Why can't you have tails with a toga?

WHY IS ANY COSTUME OTPION LIMITED BY OTHER COSTUME OPTIONS OR GENDER??

Please Please Please, the graphics are already in the game, just unlock everything for everyone!!!

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er, because the traditional toga goes across the chest diagonally and usually left one breast bare on women and this is a pg13 game.

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QFT

Also, there are many costume items that graphically clash with others.

Awesome

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Snowbeast?

ummm say what?

Is this another badge related to the gifts? Will it give only if you got toy collector or if you also killed a large number of all types of snowman?

I got toy collector but didn't really fight many snowmen...

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It's a gladiator. If you have Toy Collector, you'll get Snowbeast.

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Sweet!