Cosmic_Herald

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  1. Gather your strength, summon your reserves and make a new spreadsheet.

    Redesign the tournament so that it does not use level pacts.

    I do not think they will be coming back anytime in the near to distant future.

    We.. the ones who enjoy your lists and your presense on the forums would be disappointed if this causes you to stop posting and all that.

    Soo buck up young Steelclaw..

    Put together some new spreadsheets to both amaze us and cause us to really consider how close to insanity you are!
  2. Not to thread jack...
    But in the same camp as really bad ideas.

    I have convinced a couple of friends to build No-Die characters and level them to 50.

    If you die, remake character and start over at level 1
    Only veteran power allowed is Flight at level 6 (soon to be 4).

    Your name must have the numbered 'version' you are on.

    To date, one of my buddies is on version 28.
    He almost quit the idea when he toasted out at level 33. We all thought he would make it to 50 with that one.
    After his anger subsided we prodded him into keep going.

    I am on version 17 (sigh).

    Another player thinks we are nuts because our general playstyle is .... less than tactical... and more CHARGE!!!!

    We do adjust but always maintain some degree of Charge
  3. Well since (I believe) they probably downsized with the new 'upgrade' and are running on as small a server farm as possible.

    I can see why there might be an issue that would require bringing the farm down.

    Hopefully it wont be down that long.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Electric-Knight View Post
    Notice he did not say...

    BEFORE the weekend!!!!!!


    You heard it here first!!!!
    Issue 21 is going live on THURSDAY!!!!!!



    I know none have noticed and even more haven't cared... but of late I have been a bit snarky in my posts.
    However, I did want to say that sometimes.. the forum goers here really can make a guy smile and laugh!

    Electric-Knight has done that with his incredible insight into reading what Andy really meant in his post when he said Issue 21 was not going live this weekend!

    Kudos to you Electric for catching on to what Andy must have truly meant in his post!

    I doff my hat to you sir!
  5. I think the outfit looked better with the sleeves.

    Doesn't look 'bad' at all, but the sleeves seemed better to me.

    I guess it does allow him more freedom of movement and he isn't so restricted to arm size now.
  6. Notice how the suit has a 'shiney leathery' look to it?

    I do like the Big "S" though.

    And I agree, his hair has too much shine like grease to it and seems... bigger than normal?
  7. Good chapter Michelle.
    But sadly... we all have to wait for another


    Still I enjoyed it and I can't believe you put that one part in there haha.
    You are going soft!
  8. Congrats Steel!!

    You are a great addition to the forum community I have to say.

    Good luck on going Platinum and stay subscribed!
  9. All of the orginal models could use a new updated look.

    Keeping in mind their original outfits, but updated to better graphics.

    For me..
    Statesman
    He is the iconic for sure.
    But for the love of God and all..
    Give him a makeover which includes HEIGHT!
    Make him taller
    Make him broader

    The battle armor of Cole is great, gives him a nice not neccessarily evil look, but a regal look for sure.

    I could go on, but I want to limit my choices to those two.

    They are the same but different.

    They represent the old and the new actually.
    What the Dev team could do, and what they can do now.

    I have said many times.. States is the icon, the symbol of the game.
    Make the time in the schedule to overhaul him.
    Bring States up to par with his most recently shown counterpart.
  10. Congratulations Michelle!

    Not too bad for a 'newbie' to the game with only 4 years haha.

    Although, you have accomplished far more than some with many years more time than you!

    I'm sure the community here all wishes you a very merry congrats because of who you are and what all you have done for 'us'.

    Again..

    Congratulations!

    Cos
  11. I was reminded recently that they have proofer's and such for all things dealing with quality and such.

    Having us forum goers give a 'yes' / 'no' etc would be like sampling approx less than 1% of the whole player base (I think we are that low).

    It is their game and we only subscribe. Perhaps they can't be stopping production etc to run by concept art with the forum base.
    Schedules run tight etc ... or maybe they just want to put in the game what they personally find appealing.

    ** For the record.. I am with the ones who aren't all that thrilled with the new look.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    Basically that big "chunk-o-patch" was to implement code changes to optimize map performance.

    Something, something, something, coder, coder, coder, magic, *waving of hands*, engineering speak.

    We'll get a note up regarding it soon.
    Andy,
    Any word on the teaming bug?
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    We do have an approval process. Mistakes are sometimes made.

    Zwill....
    You entirely missed my point in my post!

    We were trying to get to see more of what all you guys do in terms of all different art and things!!!!

    Geeze man... I know it is Monday, but get with the program!!!
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    *seriousface*

    It does look like someone missed some details when modifying the original art for the purposes of this mailer. We've notified the appropriate people and will make every effort to ensure this doesn't happen in the future.

    Thanks for bringing it to our attention all, much appreciated .

    Zwillinger,
    Of course it will happen again in the future. Otherwise, what else will we have to pick on??

    I have a good idea for you to seriously consider.
    Have your mock up(s) kind of 'preapproved' by marketing.
    Then submit them all to the boards and we will go over them checking for things out of place etc.
    That will give you at least a dozen or so 'checkers' that you don't even have to pay for. We will help give you the most polished version and then you can submit that to the world at large!

    If legal gets in the way, tell them any and all forms of possible payment we would receive were in the form of allowing feedback to the company.

    Win/Win haha
  15. Michelle,
    May we have another chapter please?


    Thank you
  16. Sorry to say that I think it is simply easier to just stay with what we have.

    The game being so old now and you want to muddy the waters with different names would just add confusion to returning players and current players.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DumpleBerry View Post
    Wow this is kind of sad.
    Sad it is.. but it seems that there has been more than a few shoddy proof checking done of late.

    Just chalk it up to another in a line of ....

    Thing of it is..
    I like the art itself. Sure I would have included Sister and Manti. To not put them there is fine *if* they chose not to.
    But to make a rookie mistake like that on a "Promotional" picture....

    Hey guys.. let all put something together to promote the game, to promote the company and show everyone how good we are.
    They will just have to ignore that we don't have anyone employed here that will actually proof something.

    I think Black Pebble needs to play less with a stupid toy off camera and maybe have his people actually concentrate on their jobs in marketing!

    Yes.. you can blame the artist for this flaw, but moreso Marketing as they should have caught it.
  18. Cosmic_Herald

    Hi everybody!

    Hey!

    Where you been???
    Glad to have you back!
    Can I have your... oh wait

    Seriously good to have returning people .... return!
  19. And no mention of the problem with team health status indicators?
    No mention of the team not being seen on maps? Both league, and regular teams.

    Wonder why no status there?
  20. Cosmic_Herald

    New emotes?

    I was very suprised and dissatisfied with not being able to preview the emotes OR the costume pieces before the 'purchase' of them.

    Before anyone decides to say "well a vet knows they can go to the test server and basically buy them all there without cost to the real character"....
    First.. that is what I had done so I knew what was being purchased by myself.

    However,
    People must remember that *IF* Paragon wants to attract new customers and convert them to VIP, then they must be able to think ahead and a 'preview' of anything that is purchasable 'must' be built into the store itself.

    If we are using anything remotely close to the store in terms of functionality and looks now... then they have a very long way to go.

    Previews are a must in anything purchasable!
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    The cape position causes problems, becuase it implies movement from the left - in other words, coming form the same direction as the Clockwork, rather than the more logical arrival from the right.
    The actual punch would eb quite powerful - I tested the positon myself, and twisting the waist while using the momentum of your body delivers quite a strong blow, as long as the arm is straightened before impact, rather than swung accross teh front of the target.

    All impacts should end in a snap 2 inches behind the target and never ever fully straighten out your arm. That could end up with you damaging yourself.

    Bonus points if you can recognize where the quote from the snap comes from.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    A female version



    To me,
    The posing still seems awkward and really off handed.
    Ignore the original and make a new unique one to see if you can improve on what they did.
  23. What everyone is failing to realize is the "true hidden agenda" within the picture.

    This is very plain to see on almost every heroic encounter picture shown to us in North America.

    We (a North American *we* that is), have been taught to read left to right.
    With that tidbit, we now take a look at 'history'.

    History has shown the vast majority of the time....
    Good guys on left, bad guys on right.

    Comics show this when facing two groups a lot.
    Our own CoH shows this and the background image (if you are using the hero background).

    Yet.. States is now on the right side, and the ACU is on the left.

    This is clearly a Praetorian subliminal message planted by Cole and his lackeys.

    REBEL I say.. rebel against the image!!!!

    Force David to redraw a new image!
    One that clearly shows the good on the left.
    One that clearly... doesn't show an awkward pose for States .. geeze that IS awkward!
  24. Thanks everyone!

    I am going to search the faq for what powers offer what in terms of magnitude effects!

    Again, thanks!
  25. So I should try Hold , Sleep, Hold ?