DarkGob

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  1. DarkGob

    Test Server

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by BViking78 View Post
    LOL. I was obviously referring to things that are locked, I'm pretty sure that most of the people got that!
    Then maybe you should have said that because that is not even remotely close to what you actually said and it changes the meaning substantially.

    The point is, pretty much no matter how you slice it, you get more now than you did before. And what else could the devs do, exactly? There's really no way to temporarily "unlock" a powerset to try it out in any meaningful way. Let you level it up to 10? You're not going to learn anything about how it plays in 10 levels. Level 15 maybe? Level 20? Where do you draw the line? Eventually it gets to the point where the devs are giving that away for free too. And access to the Beta/Test servers? If they let just anyone on the servers will be flooded with people who have no intention of actually testing anything, most will just want a sneak peek at what's coming up (which is what already happens). Or simply play stuff for free on Test that they would otherwise have to pay for on Live, which defeats the purpose of having to pay for it.

    The reason we're getting all this cool stuff (and at a much faster pace than before, I'll remind you) is because of the new business model.

    Things costs money.
  2. DarkGob

    Test Server

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by BViking78 View Post
    Now instead you cannot try anything without paying for it before hand
    Except for:

    Access at least 8 Archetypes (Blaster, Brute, Corruptor, Defender, Dominator, Scrapper, Stalker and Tanker)
    At least two Global Character Slot Tokens across all servers (details on the Global Character Slot page)
    Create costumes from billions of combinations
    Play as a Hero or Villain up to Level 50
    105 Power Sets
    Join Supergroups
    Edit Supergroup Bases
    Play in 45 different game zones
    Access to Local, Team, Help, Pets, Friends, League, Arena, Leveling Pact, Looking for Group, Emote, and Architect Communication Channels
    Reward drops including small Inspirations, Training (TO), Dual-Origin (DO), Single-Origin (SO) and Special Enhancements
    Receiving email (not sending)
    Inf cap of 25 million inf per character
    Limited inventory
    Ability to buy anything from the Paragon Market
    Read the Official Forums
    Support by Knowledge Base and email

    HOLY CRAP LOOK AT ALL THAT NOTHING
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MaHaBone23 View Post
    I've noticed that on the Hydra heads on the DFB trial, you have to be right on them, practically giving them a lap dance to get any heals off of Transfusion.
    Thanks for that unpleasant mental image.
  4. DarkGob

    change pets

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
    Anyone who is anorexic or bulimic could potentially be offended by that character.
    Being offended is about the best thing that might happen to someone with an eating disorder. Far worse would be triggering.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Megajoule View Post
    One thing that's always bugged me about the States vs. ACU image, in all its variations - why are we showing the Superman of the setting going up against a lieutenant-level robot on anything like equal terms? Put him against his opposite number, or one of the other Praetors, but he should be able to knock down IDF 'bots like bowling pins.
    You're assuming the fight will last more than the half-second it takes Statesman to punch the ACU's head off its shoulders. I always viewed it as a close-up of him about to attack one particular ACU in a group of many.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Xzero45 View Post
    Wow, his new look looks awful. When are they gonna get a new NPC costume designer?
    I'd like to see you do better with the Random button.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by BricksTown Thug15 View Post
    No the game hasn't aged particularly well but its still pretty funny
    I actually meant that the cartoons I made with my friend hadn't aged well. When you cross Dadaist humor with a 13 year-old the result is rarely pretty.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by BricksTown Thug15 View Post
    Lol I used to love playing those.

    Me and my cousin used to play spider man cartoon maker all the time and I dont think i've ever laughed so hard in my life at some of the stuff we made
    I managed to get the cartoon maker running again (mostly) on a virtual Win98 install and watched a bunch of the cartoons I made when I was 13-14 (15 years ago, geez). I gotta be honest...they have not aged well.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by BricksTown Thug15 View Post
    Ive heard that police radio chatter clip used many times.

    The earliest I remember it was on this game called "spiderman cartoon maker" that was released for PC back sometime in the 90's lol. Theres clips of it on youtube.

    Coh def didn't use it first
    I can't believe someone else referenced that, I was going to make this exact same post when I saw this thread this morning. <3 The Spider-Man and X-Men Cartoon Makers.
  10. According to the devs and community reps, incredibly successful.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Wicked_Wendy View Post
    Have you forgotten what Positron was like before the update? There were times teams used to break, go to bed, and meet back up the next day to find everyone else on the team had quit.
    Fixed to match my first experience with TFs back in late 2005. If the game had stayed like this I can't imagine I'd still be playing (never mind it even continuing to exist).
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zaloopa View Post
    Huh? Malta Gunslingers pull their guns out of thin air just like players do. Maelstrom has his guns holstered at his side when not attacking and then pulls them out of the holsters instead of thin air, leaving empty holsters once he's drawn them.
    Weird...could have sworn there was a Malta something that did that, but looking at the Gunslinger on PW it doesn't even have holsters to draw from.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    Can't you just check the announcement section or the I24 beta forum area to see when the I25 section is added?
    Do you not know what rhetorical means?
  14. They actually added a MuchHarder flag to the Reichsman encounter in the last patch.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fista View Post
    While true shouldn't the journey be interesting?
    It's more interesting than a punch in the junk, that's for sure.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aurora_Girl View Post
    I could have sworn we defeated Lusca, because I got some merits and a bunch of INF. I know we were at least damaging the head, so, at least that part of the OP is...not wrong, but inconsistent. She was VERY close to defeat, anyway.
    Maybe, I wasn't even watching the head because I had seen reports that it couldn't be defeated anyway. I guess if it was that low on HP you might be right.
  17. Ugly. Let me know when I25 goes to beta, maybe that one'll be better.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fista View Post
    So then they don't do anything different. Just like the "Dev controlled" Praetorian invasion where they spawned in with a bunch of mobs and just stood there. How exciting.
    In the end it's all 1s and 0s anyway.
  19. It's not your computer and it has nothing to do with the graphics. Tyrant's powers do so much damage that the game's servers can't handle that much information going back and forth, hence the lag. Your safest bet is to pull the enemies with your laser beam attack and stick to mostly single-target attacks (although I do find that some of the AoEs can be safe to use once you've pulled some away, but this may depend on your connection).
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Cowman View Post
    See, I might have agreed before. But after the success of Spiderman, Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America; I don't think I buy that anymore.

    If you can make a serious Capt. America movie and STILL have the big 'A' on his forehead and the little wings on his mask, then I say the other folks just ain't trying hard enough.

    Loki had those honkin' huge horns!! Nothing's more ridiculous than those frickin' things, and they totally worked. I think Nolan made great movies starring Batman. I'm just not sure he made great Batman movies.
    See but that's the thing, you're going with this assumption that there is only one correct Batman. The Batman character is 70 years old and has seen lots of different versions and styles. Nolan's take on the mythos is just as valid as the deliberately campy 60's show.

    Nolan set out to create the most plausible world where Batman could exist and he succeeded. You could still have Poison Ivy and the Penguin in this world and they would work just fine (ecoterrorist, gangster with a nickname), they just didn't fit into the themes that Nolan wanted to explore. But then you start getting into Batman's more super-science enemies, like Mr. Freeze and Clayface, and you have you start inventing pseudo-science handwavium explanations for their abilities. And there's nothing wrong with that, but you can't do that while your intention is to make the world as realistic as possible.