Coyote_Seven
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QR 'cause I only read the first few responses.
When rogues complete the Statesman Task Force, they get a badge called "Saved the World (For Later)". The implication is that, you're not about to let someone else take over the world, because that's what you're going to do!
I think that theme should be evident for villains in almost all co-op zones and missions. It could go even further sometimes maybe, where the villain players attempt to usurp control of the mega-ultra-whatsits, or steal some key component from it.
There's a cool example of this sort of thing from Stargate: Atlantis. While the Tau'ri were able to convince the Wraith to fight alongside them against the Asurans (who were the greater threat), the Wraith were still sneaky bastards and managed to steal several ZPMs from the Lantean replicators during the battle. That later turned them into a much bigger threat at the end of the series. -
OK so we all agree that playing dead can be a sound tactic against aggressive herbivores, but is not an advisable strategy against carnivores.
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Quote:Your anecdotal evidence does not support your conclusion. In fact, I find the market to be stable and the random rolls from the merit vendor to be unpredictable. It's that "random" part of the random rolls that does it. While you yourself might always get what you want within two or three rolls, that's definitely not been my experience. I'd rather put in a reasonable bid and then patiently wait, instead of wasting all my merits on spins of the slot machine.Originally Posted by Wing_Leader
I recently needed a Magical Conspiracy for one recipe and a Military Cybernetic for another recipe. I went to the nearest Merit Vendor and rolled for random rare salvage. I got exactly what I needed on the first two rolls. A whopping 30 Reward Merits expended. Millions in influence saved.
If I'm going to gamble with my in-game resources, I'd rather play with fixed odds I know first, and then with the completely unpredictable chaos of the consignment market second. Hell, I'd rather spend a few minutes earning AE tickets and know I can get exactly what I want, than just throw my inf away, nine figures at a time.
Besides, what are the prices of most rare salvage on the market? 3 to 5 million? That's cheap. I'll save my merits to buy LotG 7.5's or such. -
Quote:I'd have amassed several billion over the past couple years or so, but I keep spending my inf on purple and PvP IOs.Originally Posted by dugfromthearth
I'm a 5 year veteran and I have about 280 million influence total.
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Quote:I wouldn't be caught dead...Originally Posted by Slaunyeh
Better red than dead!
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Quote:Please tell me it was for a piece of Alchemical Silver.Originally Posted by Mallerick
I just want to congratulate the lucky hero who sold a common salvage item for 250 million influence late last night, you know, the time of night when you're nodding off and losing focus and trying to get the salvage for your last piece in that set of Reactive Armor to slot.
Spend it well!
I mean, er... yeah, lucky person there, yeah! -
Quote:I think Benjamin Franklin is quoted as saying two things that are relevant to this issue.Originally Posted by TonyV
2) These efforts give lawmakers exactly what they're looking for in ammunition to further curtail our rights. Right now, there are a lot of good things about an open Internet: free speech, democratization of access, etc. There are also a lot of bad things: scams, trolls, propagation of hate, etc. With bills like SOPA and PIPA, the lawmakers try to make the argument that yes, it will cut down on the good Internet stuff, but they NEED that power because the bad Internet stuff is so, well, bad--the trade-off is worth it. When people become more afraid of Anonymous than they are of the people Anonymous is fighting, a severe overreaction isn't just possible, it's inevitable, and with public support at that, and that's not good for anyone.
All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -
And here's a real life example of how a kid "tanked" a moose:
I know the article makes WoW references, but this just as easily could have been CoH where that kid would have gotten the same idea. At least as far as taunting goes. Feigning death though... well, that's a little harder, lol.
But this is still an awesome example of how sometimes, videogames can save your life! So there. -
Quote:I hear the ruler of Hammerspace is a guy in parachute pants who has the gift of rhyme...Originally Posted by Egos_Shadow
And just in case you thought you could just kind of look past it, you start getting new task forces and missions that deal with Hammerspace. Stopping villains from stealing stuff from it. Traveling through it to get places. Stopping Rularuu from eating it.
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Quote:G'nap!Originally Posted by War-Nugget
He smurfed with the wrong girl.
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The last time I did this arc, my villain's clone was able to summon robots. That... just didn't make any sense at all.
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Quote:After I did such a map comparison myself a few years ago, I preferred to believe that it was a case of different borders due to this being a different earth altogether. So I put that part of Massachusetts where Paragon City would easily fit (Cohasset, because you know... that's funny!) as Primal Earth's Rhode Island, and the Rhode Island of the real world would be part of Massachusetts instead.Originally Posted by SlickRiptide
The silly thing is that the map works if Paragon City was located in Massachusetts. I suppose you can just as easily believe that the state borders are different in Primal Earth and that Paragon City is on the real east coast, as believe that an earthquake created a new east coast that hosts the City of Heroes.
I even imagined the Rogue Isles to be where the Isles of Shoals is in the real world. But I don't think that's supported by the game lore. -
My personal little dream is that when the day finally comes that NCSoft finally decides that it's time to shut down City of Heroes, that the Titan Network is somehow able to convince them to transfer ownership of all data and assets. Not that the Titan Network is at all able to run the servers themselves, but... yeah... dream.
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Quote:CNN's labeled it as an epic battle between Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Fifteen years ago, Internet based entities would not have had this kind of power, but nowadays they've become a forced to be reckoned with. I certainly hope this forces the suits in tinseltown to take notice once and for all that they can't just railroad over everybody with their army of lawyers. They're so eternally afraid of change; if they'd all originally had their way, we'd still be buying our albums on vinyl and never be able to own personal copies of movies. They always get pushed into new paradigms kicking and screaming (and litigating) all the way.Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
Notice the key word, "today." Freudian slip, Mr. Chairman? Mr. Chairman, who's already dreaming about tomorrow, a tomorrow where those irresponsible, freedom-loving companies WON'T enjoy any freedom in the marketplace?
Mr. Chairman, you and your cronies are ten kinds of wrong. And one day, the good guys will see to it that people like you are labeled as the criminals you are. -
Quote:I totally appreciate you and Paragon Studios making an official stance on the issue, here.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Not locking as this post is pertinent to a valued Community resource. While we aren't planning on participating in the blackout, Paragon Studios does not support SOPA/PIPA in it's current form.
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I do believe that SOPA and PIPA, if they passed, would even have serious repercussions for City of Heroes? The kind that would make the old Marvel lawsuit feel like a walk in the park.
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Quote:You must have completely forgot!Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion
Forbin, I was making a statement about what things were Cons for me.
You just clearly stated that I was wrong. That these things are not Cons to me.
Are you truly stating that you know my preferences better than I do?
Quote:Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
We can coexist, but only on my terms. You will say you lose your freedom, freedom is an illusion. All you lose is the emotion of pride. To be dominated by me is not as bad for human pride as to be dominated by others of your species. -
Quote:I'm pretty sure that no level below level 1 and above level 54 is even defined, so that when you get weird numbers like -1509808698, the game just sort of ignores it. Which is a good thing, because if those out of range levels aren't defined and the game actually did try to set you to that level, it would probably crash the server, or at least the instance or zone.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
That was actually done via buffs. Take a look in your buff bar next time you do that mission. Ultimate Freem or whatever. Several awesomely named buffs.
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Quote:How dare you cloud the issue with facts!Originally Posted by Warkupo
Guys
You put quarters in the machine and it gives you CANDY. Did you all miss out on having a childhood or something? It's not a gamble when I get CANDY. -
Quote:I foresee a great future in politics for him, by god!Originally Posted by Tyger42
What you're doing is what we like to call "nitpicking semantics". Its generally a tactic used by someone who has a very weak argument and is considered petty.
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Quote:This back and forth has gone on for so long that I don't even remember anymore what it is you're attempting to label as gambling with such scandalous implications. As if the mere mention of the g-word should make us all gasp with shock.Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
No actually that was agreeing with you confirming that it is gambling, attempts to minimize and belittle the fact notwithstanding.
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The real question is why are they using 32 bit signed integers to represent combat level? Seems like overkill to me. I'd have used an 8 bit unsigned integer, but I guess in the end it doesn't really matter!
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Quote:Actually no. Because I got it wrong. Shows how long it's been since I worked with signed ints to make such a boneheaded mistake. Two's complement, seriously!Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
In other words, his level is a frown face with eyebrows?
1,509,808,698 is 00100110 00000010 00100101 11000110 in binary...
But -1,509,808,698 is 11011001 11111101 11011010 00111010
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Quote:I saw it at Toys R Us once a bit over a year ago.Originally Posted by flipside
Off topic, but WHERE CAN I BUY THIS!
They have both regular and glow-in-the-dark ammo for it. I immediately thought you could buy both kinds and mix in the glowie ones with the normal ones at regular intervals. You know, tracer rounds.