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  1. DarkGob
    He's talking about sprites instead of rendered objects.

    I would also like to point out that things like traffic lights are the responsibilities of a state government, not the federal government. So blame Rhode Island.
  2. DarkGob

    Dr.Who news....

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    Continuity?

    Did you see the ways they keep bringing back The Master?

    They've already established immortality for Time Lords.
    They've also established that the Doctor has a final regeneration. Yes yes, wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey, but it would be nice if they actually did address it in that fashion as opposed to a complete retcon delivered via a single off-handed line in a crappy spin-off show written for children.
  3. DarkGob
    Correct, Demon Summoning is only available to players who have purchased Going Rogue. However, Going Rogue content was made available (in a limited capacity) to accounts during reactivation weekend. That's over now, so you need GR in order to access any GR content again.
  4. DarkGob

    Villain Event

    POST-ACTION

    I'm waiting for the 2011 anniversary event, myself.
  5. DarkGob
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    Then why say the beta will be short if they're having problems?
    I honestly cannot tell what you're trying to suggest when you end every fricking post with a winkie.

    Anyway, what I was suggesting is that the devs have a history of pushing Issue releases with a lot of moderate-to-major bugs still present, so a short Beta is really not necessarily indicative of successful testing and bugfixing.
  6. DarkGob
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    Short beta = internal testing is going well
    That's an incredibly optimistic statement.
  7. DarkGob
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Logan Storm View Post
    It's only by trying things that we truely learn anything
    History is written by the idiots, that's what I've always said.
  8. DarkGob
    I would suggest adding the Hero Zone Event Messages channel to one of your chat tabs, it makes tracking GMs down much, much easier.

    The Arena listing is a little confusing. I don't fully understand it myself, but I believe most of what you'll see there is system generated matches, not necessarily formed by actual players. Someone with more Arena experience will need to elaborate/correct me on this, but I believe player-defined matches have a different flag on them to set them apart from the others.
  9. DarkGob
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by NordBlast View Post
    I have alternative suggestion is to allow slot swift and hurdle with "slows" for these players who cannot or don't want to handle increased speed and jump. *shrug*
    See, this is slightly more reasonable. I still don't see it happening, but it's better than creating a whole new type of enhancement for a tiny fraction of the playerbase.
  10. DarkGob
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
    Inv can survive the STF just fine, I don't know what you're talking about. I've tanked the STF on my Inv/SS several times with not a lot of difficulty (there's been a failure or two, but it is one of the hardest TFs in the game).
    And I should add, those failures only occurred because we were unable to get past Ghost Widow's healing. My tanker has never had trouble against Recluse himself.
  11. DarkGob
    Even without Fitness your character still performs feats that no real human could ever perform. I consider the damage done.
  12. DarkGob
    Chances are the 7th (wow, really?) anniversary event next May will be like the last two, with those AVs being spawned in regular zones.
  13. DarkGob
    Inv can survive the STF just fine, I don't know what you're talking about. I've tanked the STF on my Inv/SS several times with not a lot of difficulty (there's been a failure or two, but it is one of the hardest TFs in the game).

    As for what went wrong, I can only begin to guess. I can't imagine how an Inv Tank could survive GW, Scirocco and Mako at the same time then die against Recluse. (EDIT: Unless the Brute was Tanking and the Tanker was attacking with the rest of the group for some reason...? I am aware of how ridiculous this theory is.)
  14. DarkGob

    Gold Event Title

    POST-ACTION

    ...There's an event going on? This is news to me.
  15. DarkGob
    Came up with a theoretical build for an Ice/Elec/Earth. Basic idea is pushing for AoE (hence Earth) and combining Energy Absorption with Chain Induction for delicious sapping. Note that this build as it exists isn't meant to be used in-game without modifications: slots were placed without regard to the level they're earned, I left a slot unplaced for reasons I don't recall (did this last night), and Stamina is just in here so I could get an idea of what my recovery would look like in I19 (might replace it with Combat Jumping so I can place another LotG). Other issues are the fact that Hoarfrost isn't perma (can this be done as easily as Dull Pain or should I not bother?) and the giant gaping Psionic def/res hole (focus on some ranged def to account for this?).

    Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.81
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    Click this DataLink to open the build!

    IceElec: Level 50 Science Tanker
    Primary Power Set: Ice Armor
    Secondary Power Set: Electrical Melee
    Power Pool: Speed
    Power Pool: Fitness
    Ancillary Pool: Earth Mastery

    Hero Profile:
    Level 1: Frozen Armor
    • (A) Defense Buff IO
    • (3) Defense Buff IO
    • (3) Defense Buff IO
    • (5) Endurance Reduction IO
    • (5) Endurance Reduction IO
    • (7) Endurance Reduction IO
    Level 1: Charged Brawl
    • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
    • (23) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
    • (33) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
    • (34) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    Level 2: Havoc Punch
    • (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage
    • (9) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance
    • (34) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge
    • (37) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
    • (39) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (39) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)
    Level 4: Hoarfrost
    • (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance
    • (7) Numina's Convalescence - Endurance/Recharge
    • (13) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge
    • (13) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
    • (17) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
    • (17) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
    Level 6: Chilling Embrace
    • (A) Endurance Reduction IO
    • (34) Endurance Reduction IO
    Level 8: Wet Ice
    • (A) Endurance Reduction IO
    • (9) Endurance Reduction IO
    Level 10: Permafrost
    • (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
    • (11) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/Endurance
    Level 12: Jacobs Ladder
    • (A) Obliteration - Damage
    • (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (40) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
    • (40) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
    • (40) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (42) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
    Level 14: Hasten
    • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
    • (15) Recharge Reduction IO
    • (15) Recharge Reduction IO
    Level 16: Super Speed
    • (A) Run Speed IO
    Level 18: Glacial Armor
    • (A) Defense Buff IO
    • (19) Defense Buff IO
    • (19) Defense Buff IO
    • (21) Endurance Reduction IO
    • (21) Endurance Reduction IO
    • (23) Endurance Reduction IO
    Level 20: Thunder Strike
    • (A) Obliteration - Damage
    • (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (36) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
    • (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
    • (37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (37) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
    Level 22: Taunt
    • (A) Range IO
    Level 24: Icicles
    • (A) Obliteration - Damage
    • (25) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
    • (25) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
    • (31) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (31) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
    • (33) Endurance Reduction IO
    Level 26: Energy Absorption
    • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
    • (27) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge
    • (27) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Endurance
    • (29) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
    • (29) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
    • (31) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
    Level 28: Chain Induction
    • (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
    • (48) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
    • (48) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Endurance
    Level 30: Build Up
    • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
    Level 32: Hibernate
    • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
    • (33) Recharge Reduction IO
    Level 35: Lightning Clap
    • (A) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge
    Level 38: Lightning Rod
    • (A) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
    • (43) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
    • (43) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (43) Eradication - Damage/Recharge
    • (46) Multi Strike - Damage/Recharge
    • (48) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge
    Level 41: Stamina
    • (A) Endurance Modification IO
    • (42) Endurance Modification IO
    • (42) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
    Level 44: Salt Crystals
    • (A) Call of the Sandman - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (45) Call of the Sandman - Endurance/Sleep
    • (45) Call of the Sandman - Accuracy/Endurance
    • (45) Call of the Sandman - Sleep/Range
    • (46) Call of the Sandman - Accuracy/Sleep/Recharge
    Level 47: Quick Sand
    • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
    Level 49: Stalagmites
    • (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
    • (50) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
    • (50) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
    • (50) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
    ------------
    Level 1: Brawl
    • (A) Empty
    Level 1: Sprint
    • (A) Empty
    Level 2: Rest
    • (A) Empty
    Level 1: Gauntlet
    Level 4: Ninja Run
    ------------
    Set Bonus Totals:
    • 11.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
    • 11.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
    • 11.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
    • 11.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
    • 11.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
    • 11.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
    • 11.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
    • 11.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
    • 12.38% Defense(Smashing)
    • 12.38% Defense(Lethal)
    • 3% Defense(Fire)
    • 3% Defense(Cold)
    • 4.875% Defense(Energy)
    • 4.875% Defense(Negative)
    • 3% Defense(Psionic)
    • 16.13% Defense(Melee)
    • 6.75% Defense(Ranged)
    • 3% Defense(AoE)
    • 4.05% Max End
    • 36% Enhancement(Accuracy)
    • 28.75% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
    • 6% Enhancement(Heal)
    • 5% Enhancement(Sleep)
    • 189.75 HP (10.13%) HitPoints
    • MezResist(Held) 6.05%
    • MezResist(Immobilize) 5.5%
    • MezResist(Sleep) 1.65%
    • MezResist(Stun) 6.6%
    • 5.5% (0.092 End/sec) Recovery
    • 22% (1.721 HP/sec) Regeneration
    • 2.52% Resistance(Fire)
    • 2.52% Resistance(Cold)




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  16. DarkGob
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by The_Britisher View Post
    Wow, lot's of terrible comments.

    It's one thing not to agree with a person, and their ideal, and wholly another with how that response is dictated.
    As proof you'll note that all my original posts have no attack, malice, ect.
    Hmm...
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by The_Britisher
    You fail.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by The_Britisher
    Continue to find malice in your own shadow(s). It's just dumb.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by The_Britisher
    The community at large is a very poor representation of true comic fans of the world. Sure they act elitist, and tend to jump to every wrong conclusion for lack of actually trying to understand the correct one. And also have that faux supremist ideal that if they can;t understand it then it's not right.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by The_Britisher
    Too many moronic doomsayers that jump to conclusions here. BTW, you can;t blame it on ADD/ADHD, because willful negligence is a chosen stupidity.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by The_Britisher View Post
    Wow, lot's of terrible comments.
    Nope, no malice here.
  17. DarkGob
    Sounds like a bigger snorefest than Superman Returns. And I have a bit of a hard time believing that Zod will be the villain; he was the Big Bad on Smallville last season, and studios always tend to underestimate the audience and assume that Smallville fans will see some other dude cast as Zod and wonder "duhhhhh why doesn't he look like Callum Blue". (I suppose Superman Returns would inherently not have suffered from this imaginary problem since it was meant to be a sequel to Superman 2.)
  18. DarkGob
    Compared to the set slotting I described a few posts earlier, you'd lose a net of 5% ranged defense and gain 15% recharge. Depending on what you're going to do with the extra slots it might not hurt you that much. The Lockdown proc really is handy to have though, I would recommend it for at least one of your holds (which is what I have).

    Re-reading it, it sounds like you have Basilisk's 5-slotted in your holds? You could get away with the first four pieces of the set I suppose (skipping the quad-aspect and the proc; not even sure why one would use that proc outside of PvP). Set bonus-wise you're losing 10% mez resistance but that's not helping you much anyway. Again though, the Lockdown proc is really nice, it makes perma-holding EBs that much easier.
  19. DarkGob
    I don't recall that. What are you referencing?
  20. DarkGob
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dante View Post
    Last I looked, I don't think Romulus is an Incarnate. He's just been filled full of Purple Nictus Love (tm).

    As for the Coming Storm... I think we should ask the Rikti.
    He's not an Incarnate as of Issue 18. We don't know the full details of the story behind Issue 19.

    As for the Rikti being related to the Coming Storm, gosh I hope not, I'd hate to see a second retread of that. And why should they care about Ouroboros?
  21. DarkGob

    Idea #1

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by BBQ_Pork View Post
    *Looks at thread title*


    *wonders what Idea #2 will be*
    Idea #1: Establish a free to play server.

    Idea #2: ?

    Idea #3: Profit!
  22. DarkGob
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    "Useless," in that it has no real practical use. It only work on Infected, it voids any rewards and it times out very quickly. Yes, I suppose a power which makes people explode is cool (if you're Kimblee), but I'd hardly call that "useful."
    You'll hear from my lawyer, sir!

    Quote:
    When I flashback to that storyarc, I never receive that temp power.

    WAI or is that a bug?
    Not all temp powers are re-granted via Ouroboros, this could be one of the ones that isn't. The wiki claims that the flashback for this arcs grants a "limited" version of the power, but I just tested it and got the same result as you.
  23. DarkGob
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tyger42 View Post
    You're aware that was what we call a "joke", right?
    Are you?
  24. DarkGob
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tyger42 View Post
    Please tell me that was sarcasm.
    Why? The devs have admitted it.
  25. DarkGob
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tyger42 View Post
    Edit: Wait...gotta check when I can. You sure it's 20, Cata? I coulda swore it was 24 hours...
    The in-game text says it's 24. Unsurprisingly, the in-game text is wrong.