DarkGob

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  1. DarkGob

    Videomap pack

    ...So are you asking about CoH or some other game here?

    No, the VidiotMaps map pack shouldn't be causing you any trouble in CoH, I suspect you'd be hearing a lot about it if it were. CoH also won't let you launch if you directly modify the game files, but that's not quite what the VidiotMaps pack does. It certainly couldn't hurt to try uninstalling it and see what happens, though.
  2. Started a Renault at level 46.9. Ended at level 48.4 or 48.5. Total bonus XP: 3.9 million.

    Yeah.
  3. Shards are old news. You don't even really need them since Alpha stuff can be crafted with Threads nowadays (although I personally find Shards to be easier).

    Shards don't drop in the trials either.
  4. DarkGob

    Sound FXs...

    Yeah the soundscape was enhanced a few years ago, Issue 15 according to the wiki.
  5. DarkGob

    Ascension Auro

    It's not an aura, those are separate costume pieces called Ascension Radiance, and you can only get them from the Empyrean vendor (not sure why you're not seeing them, are you sure you're at Michael and not Christy?).
  6. Yeah the Market works fine for me (shame nothing else is at the moment...) so I was wrong on that.

    I agree with TJ though, you definitely want to free up some space if you're at or below 10%. Defrag needs at least 15% free to run (and you definitely want to run this on a regular basis), and you may want to try shooting for higher than that if you have any especially large files hanging around (HD video, for instance).
  7. Game servers just went kerblooey, assuming this wasn't happening to you earlier than an hour ago that might be it.
  8. You shouldn't have duped all those rares, now the game has gone to the Americans.




    (Sorry, you knew someone was going to do it.)
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by RavenSoul View Post
    Zwill's got an Announcement up: "Unplanned Downtime". Posted 7 minutes ago. Took 'em a while to decide to tell us they'd noticed, but then it IS after hours.
    Except the announcement is not correct, right now it's impossible to log a character on ANY server (although there appears to be a difference, where the servers he listed are properly down, while the rest seemingly just cannot connect to the mapserver).
  10. Seems to be across all servers, although I haven't tested this. Pinnacle is being reported as down so naturally I can't get on there. I was able to get a char list on Defiant, but trying to log into a character got me this message: "No launchers are running, new maps cannot be started!" then kicked back out to the login page.
  11. Maybe it's the in-game implementation of your signature.
  12. It is vBulletin's fault, the problem I believe is that the forum is running on an outdated version of the software (2009 from the looks of it), evidently the most recent version works fine.

    Which of course raises the question of why they don't upgrade, but I suppose that would cost too much.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Blood Red Arachnid View Post
    Case 1 was the first reply to this topic, and continually set the tone. But wait, you're convinced I'm trolling. Do you think I am simply lying when I say that I haven't made the toon? Because there is, like, no good that can come from that. What am I supposed to say? "No"? You have to understand that just sitting around accusing someone of endlessly lying does nothing more than aggravate the situation and insult the accused.
    1. I believe that you have made or intend/intended to make this character, what I'm suggesting is that you know full well that it will offend people and most likely get genericed, but you're asking anyway because you need to justify it, possibly in order to dodge genericing (my goodness that's an awkward gerund), or just to set yourself up as a victim.

    2. I'm really done with this thread. I'll be over in General Discussion, since you're already up on the cross.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mr_Grey View Post
    Terra... Definitely Terra.

    When she's all green, gigantic and has tentacle roots where her face should be... Boy, does that get my blood PUMPIN'!

    *claws out own eyes* AUGH!
    Terra gets my blood pumping too...out of my circulatory system and onto the cold, damp cave floor.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Stormbird View Post
    I've got to step in here.

    Would it be any better if he named it Danny o'Mite? After all, the Irish had their fair share of terrorists.
    No, it wouldn't be better. What the hell is wrong with you that you think it is?

    Blood, all I'm seeing from you is a lot of nitpicking over details and generally being argumentative (listing people whose responses you didn't like? seriously?), which is clearly what spawned this thread to begin with. You're obviously trying to justify this to somebody (GMs, yourself, I dunno).

    Man, I should have just stuck with my original response because I don't even
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Blood Red Arachnid View Post
    It's the inverse of that; he's a terrorist first, and since there is a correlation between terrorists and the middle east, the association follows through. As to whether or not it is a bad idea, Achmed the dead terrorist and all of his popularity say no, it is not a bad idea. Especially when done comically.
    Holding a terrible racial caricature up as an example of something that is okay to do is not the best way to bolster your argument.

    That said, it honestly would not surprise me if you got generic'd for the Admiral Ackbar part over the terrorist part, just since that's a lot more clear-cut and people have been generic'd for less flagrant violations.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aggelakis View Post
    Yes. Since they can fix every account individually, it's a matter of automating the individual fix.

    Let me repeat that: They can fix all the account issues individually, and do so when the individual petitions. The extension of that is they can fix everything by automation. That's not to say it'd be easy, but yes. They can do it. They have not. Almost six months later.
    Maybe if you get the right GM. I petitioned because I actually wasn't sure if I had gotten my 5-year token, and also would have liked to get the badge too but was more interested in the token. I got the brush-off response of, "it's bugged, it'll be fixed when it's fixed".
  18. I'm sorry but

    do you honestly not see where equating a terrorist with a person of Middle Eastern descent and/or vice versa is offensive and honestly a pretty terrible thing to do

    I realize I'm sinking this thread just by asking but seriously

    seriously
  19. Haven't read beyond the first post because, well, I don't want "spoilerz". But is there any way a spoiler-free version of the list can be constructed? I'd like to know what I'm getting into to some degree, although I suppose that could be problematic if there are spoilers in the actual badge names as opposed to just the badge text (which would be idiotic if that were the case).
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Traegus View Post
    *sigh* we don't have access to the costume pieces on the girl on the right do we?
    of course not... how would they taunt us if they gave us all the costume pieces they put in the game?
    You say "taunt", the devs say "make some NPCs unique so they stand out".
  21. First off: worst portmanteau ever.

    I don't see Praetorian population rising any higher than it is now, certainly not back up to "new shiny" levels. Praetoria as a starting zone served a three-fold purpose: to move the story forward (as a lead-up to the invasion/war), to give players a new setting to base characters on (concept/RP), and to provide a fresh and new intro gameplay experience (as opposed to playing fetch for Azuria and pest control on Mercy Island). The first one is no longer relevant as we've moved forward in the story since then, and the third one is no longer relevant because we have newer early-game content on both sides. That leaves creating Praetorians for concept/RP purposes, which is a small enough niche that the devs aren't likely to make great efforts to continue supporting it.

    Also, it was a ghost town even before Freedom launched. Maybe you'd see a slight uptick in opening it to free/premiums, but it would fade just as it did when it was new and you still had to sub in order to play the game at all.