Dash_no_Chris

Thanks to several very helpful fellow Guardianites, today my main badger finally got his last redside badge (Hellbane -- for defeating Caleb) and came home to the blueside.

He still has some badges to work on in the time he has left, and among these are a few of the iTrial and Mo-iTrial badges. Off the top of my head, I know he still needs Mo-Magi, Mo-Keyes, and Mo-MoM. For this last one, he only needs the defeat-all-20-different-Malaise-nightmares badge from the first MoM mish -- he's at 16/20, iirc.

I was wondering, with this effectively being our last full weekend with the game, what would our server's usual raid leaders think of running some Mo's either Friday or Saturday (11/23 & 11/24)?

Many thanks to those who assisted Dash Bleu this morning/afternoon, and many thanks to all those who've helped him earn a shiny in the past.

--Chris

Many thanks for running these yesterday, Omega!
I'm still /em curseyou'ing the Team-Up Teleporter UI (and my fail-to-notice-the-big-green-button-self -- and the wonky teaming/league'ing invite system -- but mostly m'self) for missing out on the MoDD-on-the-first-attempt. >.<

Very much hoping you'll be able to put together at least one or two more of these events before the end of November. Cheers!

--Chris

Thanks so much for running the Tin Mage II TF yesterday, Ariel' -- was very glad to have another shot at that Mo.

If I might phone-in an advance request: Oct 30 - Nov 5, the WST (redside) is LRSF. My main badger, Dash Bleu, still needs MoLRSF. He also needs to take down Synapse in RV to complete his 'Phalanx collection there (and earn the Blackguard badge). I was wondering if you might consider running an MoLRSF followed by hunt-the-Phalanx-in-RV one evening during that week. I figure 3+ weeks notice ought to give participants plenty of time to alignment-shift to Villain/Rogue.

Thanks again, Ariel'!

--Chris

Omega, please sign up Dash Bleu (ma/sr scrapper, +3 shifted).

Desperately hoping he can get his Mo's for these iTrials. Thanks a bunch for organizing this!

--Chris

Dash Bleu (ma/sr scrapper) would LOVE to get signed up for this, Ariel. He's desperately hoping we can get the Midnight Dodger badge, as it's the last one he needs for the Mo.

--Chris

I've also never been into PvP stuffs -- the feeling of accomplishment and virtual camaraderie that I get from teaming up with other heroes to defeat PvE enemies is just too enjoyable. As a longtime fan of the Champions pen&dice RPG, I jumped on a lifetime subscription to Champions Online as its closed beta was drawing to an end. Also picked up an LTS for DCUO. Both games have some nifty stuff, but CoH really was the total package. I've barely scratched the surface of DCUO, mind you, and I do want to get back to playing it. With CO, I've only rolled one new alt since they did their major systems overhaul of the game earlier this year, and I still need to go back and re-gear all my old alts. Also LTS'd on Star Trek Online.

Nearly a year ago, I submitted a request for consideration for Wildstar's first closed beta, but never got an invite. NCSoft's actions today have pretty much sealed the fate of that game (and all of NCSoft's other games) for me. And seeing that Marvel Heroes is a Diablo-style game in which one plays as pre-generated iconic Marvel characters rather than creating your own original heroes, I've got not a lot of interest in that title.

My global in CO and STO is @Dash_no_Chris -- in DCUO it's DashnoChris (iirc).

--Chris

As a long-time fan of various fighting games, and martial arts manga/anime in the vein of Hokuto no Ken, my first (and still main) toon was a MA/SR scrapper -- who took the original version of Storm Kick, and Flurry, as soon as he could. The only thing about the original SK that bugged me was waiting for the long animation to finish when I rolled a miss. Flurry, on the other hand, was respec'd away pretty quickly for the reasons we're all familiar with.

Even if the devs never saw fit to give either or both of these powers a short cone AoE (like Shadow Maul), I always thought that there's one change that could make me happy with them. Give each an alternate, very brief, single-swing-and-a-miss animation that plays whenever either power rolls a miss. Roll a miss, you get this short-duration miss animation; roll a hit, you get the normal multi-strike animation. Minimizes the amount of time wasted waiting for your toon to finish doing no damage, and makes your toon look a little less foolish by preventing him from flailing wildly at empty air.

--Chris

I don't know how long this commerical (entitled Home Protector Plus: Journey) has been running, but I just happened to see it on AMC. What caught my attention is the "radio chatter" voice of the PPD Police Drone that can be heard 6 seconds into the video, just as the girl begins to ride past her burning house. I hadn't heard of Police Drones employing fire-fighting equipment before, but if Liberty Mutual's home burglary policies include stationing a Police Drone in my house to simply teleport thieves directly to the local jail, I just might become a customer.

--Chris

I, for one, hope TA continues to lead Hami Raids on Guardian. Personally, I haven't been able to attend a Wednesday night raid for the last year or two due to working swing shift til midnight on Wednesdays (with only a few exceptions, like during vacation time). I thought there was nothing new under the sun as far as Hami Raids went, until I was finally free to participate in one several weeks ago. Being on a raid in which no-one left the bowl during a Mito bloom -- instead, standing our ground as aggro teams expertly reasserted control over Mitos as damage teams swept them away again and again, until we simply ignored the 25% HP bloom and continued beating Hami himself into defeat -- was such an absolute rush! Any time I have a free Wednesday evening, I will happily head the The Hive to get in on a Hami Raid (unfortunately, my work schedule makes such opportunities few and far between). Would a shift to Thursday nights be something that might improve overall attendance (not just my own)?

--Chris

Ninus, thanks SO much for putting together this event, thanks for helping my main get his 2nd WTF badge and to 25/50 on his 3rd, and thanks for the awesome incentive raffle you provided -- as a longtime Las Vegas resident who never gambles, your update above gave me a little taste of that adrenaline rush that fuels our local economy.

And thanks for showing us just how quickly the Treespec can be run -- I'm very much looking forward to that trial coming up again as a WTF so I can finish up that 3rd badge.

--Chris

Arc: "Who Will Die?" part 1 (villain version, played solo, as a Rogue)
Mish: "Take Synapse's Power for Yourself!"

Attempted to drag the 4 Synapse temp power icons to my power tray.
Synaptic Blast, Synaptic Strike, Synaptic Whirlwind all displayed normally in the Temporary Powers section of my Powers window, all had individualized artwork for their buttons, and all 3 dragged-and-dropped into my power tray with no problem.
However, Synaptic Resistance had a few errors.


First, while it appeared in the Temporary Powers section of the Powers window, it was skewed slightly to the left of the other powers in the list.
Second, it's button had only placeholder artwork (gray button with a red "X" on it; iirc, this was used for the Mission Teleporter temp power button for quite some time).
Third, when I attempted to drag Synaptic Resistance to my power tray, an error message appeared in a pop-up window, pausing my game. The pop-up had 2 buttons ("Copy to Clipboard" and "OK"), and clicking "OK" brought up a 2nd pop-up. Clicking "OK" again brought up a 3rd:

Heya, Guardian!

A number of years back, a number of Guardian forum celebs established Bottoms Up -- a drink-/cocktail-/alcoholic-beverage-themed SG -- over on the portion of Guardian spelled T-r-i-u-m-p-h (due to having no further room for alts in downtown Guardian proper). I rolled several alts for Bottoms Up m'self, and enjoyed bellying up to the bar every few weeks with some of Guardian's finest. But home is where the heart is (our mains and primary alts, too ), and so the Bottoms Up outings became fewer and farther between, and eventually stopped.

With the advent of i21 and the ability to buy 12 more character slots (#s 37-48) on Guardian server -- combined with the 90%-off-a-bundle-of-server-transfers-one-bundle-per-customer sale that ends today in the Paragon Market in-game store -- I wondered the members of Bottoms Up (the group's founders, in particular) would be interested in plunking down the $6 for the Character Transfer bundle in order to move our Bottoms Up alts to Guardian to try re-startin' the party on our home server.

--Chris

EDIT: Mistress Noire pointed out that the Code Enforcement & Building Standards division of NCSoft, while eager to issue building permits for new construction projects, takes a decidedly negative view of any attempt to transport entire SG bases across server boundaries. Furthermore, even if it were possible to move the base to Guardian, the number of bottles that would need to be bubble-wrapped and hand-packaged before the movers arrived would be staggering.

I'd love to start playing some of my Bottoms Up alts again. Given the difficulties of transferring from Triumph to Guardian (I'll blame the Paragon Market for blinding me with the shininess of a 90% discount ), how many other BU members would be up for scheduling a night or two each month for some altaholic alcoholism? IIRC, most of Guardian's trial & raid action seems to happen on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays -- right? How would 1 or 2 Thursdays a month work for BU stuffs? Maybe call it "First & Third Thirsty Thursdays" for those who (like me) need mnemonic devices when the drink starts a-flowin'?

--Chris

Depending on how well we do on an MoLRSF attempt (and how quickly we finish) -- and depending on how many of us are vigilante/rogue -- maybe we could duck over to Indy Port afterward and take a crack at an MoStates, too?

--Chris