Cobaltix

Please leave the stores alone!

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!11111ZOMGFordFocus!!!

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Yay more shared power sets between controllers and defenders. There was not enough overlap already.

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I'm going to mark it, at 12:25 pm ET I5 has it's first offical complant.

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The huge thread on Crotoa's level range didn't count?

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I say it counted

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Mission Customization – Many existing missions have been updated with hostage escort missions, villain wave attacks and more!

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Get.Out.



woot!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111!!!!!!!one!!!!!geomet ro!!!!!111eleven

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Feeling a little like Counterstrike here ..... but I like it!

Farewell Heroine. Your service will not be forgotten.

/em Salute

LOL!

I never thought of that ...

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you are still here and have obviously not quit as you said you were going to.

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I know this is an argument I'm not part of, but just as a note, I've cancelled my billing (current subscription ends June 1) and am able to continue posting - apparently until either the subscription runs out, or someone goes over the cancellation list and manually turns off posting ability - so it is entirely possible that the person you are addressing has, in fact, quit.

(As for why I'm still here - I intend to continue checking the forums on a semi-regular basis, and should something entice me back (straightforward dealing with perma-Hasten in some method other than penalizing non-Hasten builds with outrageous recharges on powers, for instance), I might return.)

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I understand that he still has the ability to post until his currently paid monthly fees run out on his account.

My issue with Infernus_Hades (and if you care to see it, read through his post log) is his unparalelled and totally uncalled for amount of vitriol and hate directed at the development team.

Perhaps it's just me, but when I get to the point over someone or something where he's at, I walk away. That's it. No half measures, I'm simply done. Why waste the energy on hatred? It's pointless.

If he really has quit and deleted all of his toons but one (and I wonder why he would save one anyway), why is he still here spewing his misdirected angst and hate all over the boards?

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I am OFFICIALLY making a complaint here.

If you agree with the Devs you can insult, belittle and slander as you want.

If you disagree you get editted.


How about editting some of these personal attacks on ME?

EULA and TOS.

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Um, they DID edit my post directed at you by removing the word [censored].

Which, you still are because you are still here and have obviously not quit as you said you were going to.

Prove to me you deleted your toons, cause, I don't think you really did.

Better yet, supply me with the names and servers, I'll go check for myself.

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I completely changed my attitude on Statesman and the entire team.

This is Damage Control.

Period.

A ton of players have quit and so Cuppajo (bless her heart) is worried. She posts this now we all love the Devs again.

That is nonsense.

90 pages of posts on do not add the SS/SJ nerf. Not one word from a Dev in the official thread - which is now locked.

A stealth nerf to Burn - haven't seen that yet? Statesman wanted it last time and we fought it off. Well he just flat put it thru in SILENCE.

All this is posturing by Cryptic because they are being hounded by many players that say the game is NOT FUN NOW.

We won't play if its not fun.

If you think this is NOT Damage Control you are quite Naive.


The Devs DO NOT respond if they have decided to do a change against the overwhelming number of players wishes. Past track record PROVES it. Statesman even did Damage Control earlier throwing a FUTURE bone to SS/SJ - because the nerf was live now.

Last Issue Statesman flat out said we need to talk to you more when we disagree - WHEN WILL YOU START? We talked until we spent more time here than in the game.

We tested and all our testing was ignored TIME and AGAIN. All the pathetic Dooom and Pie nonsense does not change the fact that MANY people are upset about these changes.

So Statesman your joke about doooom when real troubles were being discussed was downright rude. I spent 800 HOURS of my life on a single tanker that was level 50 here. I deleted him and all but one of my other characters because of your cavalier attitude.

Yes, when someone tosses a stealth nerf out that affects 500-800 hours of my life - I am upset.

What was the nerf? Taunt was changed so that Tank powers that cause Fear will not alow a mob to be taunted back in the Fear Power.

What Tank power causes fear?

Burn.

You can't keep mobs in Burn if you stack more than one patch. So you must let it die and start another no overlapping and you must run continual taunt or Burning Aura so ANY stay in.

Tauntbot again.

Damage Control is in effect and if you do not think so ask why was the SS/SJ OFFICIAL THREAD LOCKED?

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Begone oh King of the [censored]!

You are a fool for deleting your SIX FIRE TANKS before even trying to play them live or even learn to adapt.

Now, you assume that this was an evil plot to kill off the multitude of Fire Tanks in the game.

Has it ever occured to you that the combination of Fear and Taunt was possibly overlooked in this case? There are thousands of power combinations to be considered and you HAVE to believe that the Devs were out to get you without even asking in a level headed manner first?

No, you just assumed and the only person who is wearing an [censored] is you.

Will you please for the love of all that is good and holy leave these forums, delete your last toon and go. Finally. Please. Seriously. It's painful already. Go. Go. GO. Already.

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Deleted all but 1 guy - my lowest.

I am very happy I never had to see what the Burn nerf did to my 6 tanks.

It is not a bug - it is a direct nerf to fire tanks. What tanker power causes fear? Burn.

Taunt will not return a mob in Fear.

Does it need to be spelled out any further? He wanted this exact nerf last time and we fought it. Well he Stealth nerfed it this time.

I never saw one single post saying - Fire Tanks please come test a change we are thinking of. It was purposeful and intentionally a NERF.

These Devs DO NOT play the game you do. They want you to play it as they DIRECT YOU TOO. This is blatent and obvious.

Do your little missions in a row like good little clones. Do your TF as we direct. Don't kill Kraken they are endangered.

Above all things do not have any fun not directly approved of.

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Will your asshattery ever end?

You need a job in the CIA or something. Your paranoia is severe.

Is there some reason you take these changes so personal?

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1. We pay for this!

2. The whole concept behind a super hero game is to make powerful heroes, so if a person finds their much loved been weaken or the rewards being reduce (sewers and Karens). Of course we/I get pissed (see 1.).

3. It is an intentional issue, many people feel that the "reaching balance thru reduction" results in weaken a mush loved character. How about "reaching balance thru improvement", so our loved Heroes get more powerful! I love it when I played with the retired Dark Iron on champion as a Regen/DM at 50 he rocked, kicked everything, much enjoyment.

Adults behaving like children? Adults paying out good cash and in love with their created hero maybe!!

Peace

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You're paying for the right to play a game. You're not paying for the right to treat a person as less than a human being. All CuppaJo asked for, was that people treat the devs in a fashion that they would like to be treated.

When you are at work, would you rather a customer walk up and calmly tell you about a problem they're having, or would you prefer to have them walk up screaming incoherently and calling you names and questioning the marital status of your parents? Quite honestly, the only retail job that I ever enjoyed and felt like helping customers was the one where I was allowed to tell a customer who was abusing me that if they didn't stop it, I'd hang up on them. I was more prone to help every customer, especially the ones who had a genuine gripe, but handled it like an adult.

So, I'll be happen to put on the "Flame Bullseye"(tm) when I say that my opinion is quite simply if you can't get a point across without screaming and acting like a toddler having a hissy fit, then feel free to go find another game. I personally won't miss you at all. I think my gaming experience would be improved by the eradication of some the abusive jerks I've seen in the forums, because most of my reason for not posting here more frequently is that I read the forums and become enraged by the manner in which I see some posters treating the Devs.

I say that because I don't think that most of those who make a habit out of being abusive understand how good you have it. You actually have a group of hardcore gamers who are developing this game. These aren't a group of MegaCorp appointed suits who are more interested in their profit margin than if the game is enjoyable.

When I voice a gripe about the game, I try to picture myself having a disagreement with a tabletop gamemaster. I talk politely, but then again, perhaps I am a member of a dying breed and I expect too much out of my fellow humans.

For my part, Devs, keep doing what you're doing. Some of us actually appreciate it.

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Not a dying breed sir, rather, a distinguished one.

I, for one, would like to see you post more.

Kudos.

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And in the end....

It's

Still

only

a

GAME!!!



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THERE...

ARE...

FOUR...

LIGHTS!!!!

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In the end I pay for this!

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And you aren't the only oooooonnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeee!11111

Thanks Cuppa. You guys are the best.

I'm pretty pleased with Issue 4 so far. You should know though that I have yet to try the Arena. It's not what brought me here and I imagine I will check it out at some point in the future. All that aside, I think ya'll are doing great. Please keep up the great work.



Now, I do want to take a minute to ask for some clarification on a couple of minor items :

1) There seems to have been an interesting side effect with regard to the changes to Taunt and the Mob AI. Specifically with respect to the power : Burn. Burn has a Fear Effect and now, for some reason due to the changes, Taunt and even Blazing Aura are now unable to counter the effect of Burn's Fear.

If this was intended. So be it. If not, perhaps the Devs could take a look to see if this power combonition is operating as intended? I'd appreciate it. Perhaps just lowering the Magnitude of the Fear effect of Burn would be all that's needed to compensate? Just a thought.


2) Free Respecs vs. Earned Respecs. It has been noted by some that when you visit Jack Wolfe to use your Earned Respec that you will actually lose your Freebie first. As I understood it, you could only access your Freebie through the command line /Respec.

Could you please have the Devs clarify this as well? It seems that if that is working as intended that we should at least be informed of it so it does not come as a surprise. Further, I would personally like it if the Freebie could only be used from the command line. That is just my preference.


Thanks for your time and keep up the good work CoH Team!

Well, it's been 6 months and a week for me and I've had lots of great fun and met some great people.

I love this game but I have to admit, the future is a bit scary ...

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Don't forget guys, that Defender's Secondaries, are Blaster Primaries (some exceptions, No Assault Rifle for Defenders, no Psychic for Blasters.).

But the Archery could be a new Blaster Primary, that is also available as a Defender's Secondary.

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Rad/Archery???

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Due to the upcoming Power Sets Manticore is actually a Trick Arrow, Archery Defender.

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought for sure SONIC was going to be the Defender Set and Archery was going to BLASTERS. Whoo-boy, this is big news. I'm definitely rolling me an Archery/Archery Defender, baby!

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One Sonic Blaster coming up!

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theres a few disposable powers in /fire /elec and /ice that could easily be replaced with status protection (hot feet, thunder clap, whatever that PBAOE toggle slow is in ice.) It is harder to find disposable powers in /energy and /devices.

personally I think the blappers would be upset with losing their melee attacks. not everyone plays ranged blasters. Elec/Elcec especially.

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I'd willingly lose Boost Range from the Energy Secondary for a Mez Protection power.

And no, I will NOT put down my crack pipe!

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PinnacleAmbush - For the reporting of ambushes on Pinnacle.

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Will this channel work for Monster Sightings also?

If not, we should create a channel for it.

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heh... 5 more levels of using the hospital as the fastst travel power in the game

In the Hollows: Ding, level 8 at last!

*runs into a spawn of lvl 15 trolls because it's the fastest way to get back to Ms. Liberty.*

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LOL!

Too true!

Seriously, this is a nice change for the new players as well as those of us with Alt-itis.

I would love it if we could get a giant robot to terrorize Paragon ... especially if it was the one from the Striga TF

Hey Dodger,

Great update to the guide, looks like you'll have some more updating to do for Issue #4

Anyway, my question is, my Rad/Rad is L14 and I am looking to make him more of a team player and as such want to add Leadership into my build. I notice you pick up Assault at L10 in your L1-L29 build but then Respec out of it.

My question to you is, if I wanted to add Leadership to my build (primarily for Maneuvers and Tactics), where would you "Trim the Fat" so to speak?

Thanks for all the advice!

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Now that the WL is finally gone, I look back and think-

"What do the Devs think about all the issues it caused?"

I havent seen a post by the Devs discussing its impact or admitting its failure.

So what do they have to say about it?

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There's nothing to discuss. Do a search and you'll see it's been discussed to death.

Don't know what you mean by "admitting its failure" unless you're just wanting to put words in their mouths. I don't really see what failed. Some liked it and some didn't. So what.

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Im not doubting that some people didnt like it. Im sure the n00bs LOVED it.

But im going to assume here that the Devs intentions were NOT to allow new players to lev up 20 levels in 2 days.

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That's what's so ridiculous about your post. You're assuming what the devs wanted to do. Yet you're wanting them to admit failure based upon your assumption of how things were supposed to be.

I think the best course of action would be to drop the issue and just play the game.

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Again this is an illogical argument-

if I said something like "im assuming that the Devs didnt want us to even ATTACK them in the first place" then yes, i should be yelled at.

But i said that im assuming that they did not expect people to basically use this event as a way to skip 20 levels.

Thats not a farfetched assumption.

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I actually believe it is indeed a farfetched assumption. Correct me if I'm wrong here but, weren't the Winter Lords on the Test Server before going live? Regardless of that or not, the Dev team left the WL in place on Live for 2 WEEKS! After 24-72 hours of this event, the Dev Team knew EXACTLY the result of the event.

Call it a gift my friend and move on. Call it a ploy to draw players away from WoW or another MMO and move on. Call it whatever you want but the fact is, you are responsible for accepting the team invite without first checking out who your teammates were and your negligence continued after you joined the team by not looking at bio's and Badges or asking questions. If you aren't willing to accept your part in your gaining debt (which we ALL get at some point or another) then there will be no reasoning with you.

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With the addition of SG bases have a bank where SG Members can deposit Enhancements and Influence for other members in there SG to use.

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/Agreed

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There is also the issue of things like the respec trial, which was even before the change considered very difficult for the average group.


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Before the change, there was a success rate of just under 80%.

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Are there any figures on the success rate for the Respec Trial post I3?

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I think the Character Creation screen is simply the greatest piece of any game I have played.



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/totally

Yup. More kudos from me. Only have 2 hours of time logged with I3 but so far, I'm pleased.

Thanks Dev Team!