Dechs Kaison

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We might be able to swap out the current Necro models with alternative ones. Or, the dark blast powers might be tintable.

Grizz

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Didn't even think of this, they might just mean that the dark blast is tintable.

Damnit.

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Necro\Thermal for the win!

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FLAMING ZOMBIES

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We've all been waiting for this in particular.

I believe I echo the feelings of the community with one word:

w00t

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Actually there have been quite a number of villains to make it into Paragon City over the years. None have gotten to stay for any length of time and the holes that allowed them access have all been patched, but they have roamed the streets just the same.

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WHAT?!?

Please give me more details, or point me to where I can read about this.

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Masterminds heat things up with Thermal Radiation

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Am I missing something here? Where was this quoted from? Are you suggesting that it's "confirmed" that we're getting thermal?

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http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/gam..._overview.html

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/facepalm

I'm an idiot.

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Masterminds heat things up with Thermal Radiation

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Am I missing something here? Where was this quoted from? Are you suggesting that it's "confirmed" that we're getting thermal?

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Option C) We're putting up the announcement very soon

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1-time-per-character-Secondary Respec

kthxbye

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Hear hear!

There have been so many secondaries added over the years... I would kill to have my Kin/NRG defender changed to a Kin/Sonic.

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If Paragon Wiki is right, NO ONE gets patrol XP on a DXP weekend.

Double XP Weekends

EDIT: I am also in the "I hope not." camp.

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You don't - but I don't see how this is relevant to the question of "Does AE get double XP?"

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Well, someone had made the point that Patrol XP doesn't get awarded in AE, so then DXP shouldn't either.

I proved that the two were independent.

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Don't forget besides selecting the poll group to get a desired result, there is also wording the questions asked in a manner that will increase the chance of getting the desired results.

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We're off point by now, though. The point wasn't whether statistics could be manipulated. It was whether they were simply being pulled out of someone's buttocks.

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No, we're way off point by now. The point was whether the AE missions should have their rewards doubled.

I had no idea how easily I could derail a topic... I didn't mean to threadjack, honest! Spend half your life in the study of statistics and probabilities, claiming that math is your second language... see where it gets you?

I don't remember my exact numbers, but I think it's 10% unenhanced PER ENFORCER. I do know it's much more than you taking maneuvers will give you.

I also know that the +tohit is not that much. I think on the order of 1/3 what you taking tactics would give.

You can view your pets combat attributes, if you have the game up now.

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And to be honest, your statement holds true for ALL statistics, not just those found on the internet.

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Well, except for the ones where they run actual polls and have something, flimsy or not, to base their number off of. Or the ones where they have solid, measurable set of numbers of the whole picture.

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You're missing my point. His statement was that out of all internet statistics, a percentage are made up. I was saying that a percentage of all statistics are made up.

Many statistics, even ones with "actual polls" and "solid measurable sets of numbers" can be completely false.

There was a time in history where the republican presidential candidate was predicted to win by a landslide, but lost the election. The "extensive" polling was done by phone, and they looked for phone numbers based on the license plate registry. This was during a time where owning a phone and a car was rare, so they only polled the richer population, which is heavily republican. Just one example of poor sampling.

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This thread implies something that is fairly obvious. Email can be done away with without affecting a lot of people's game. However, I really see no reason to remove a feature from the game that's already coded. But adding a simple option to turn off emails would give many people what they want. Even better would be an option for filters that allow email from friends and SG members.

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This is almost what I was going for. I'm amazed at how many responses I've gotten though.

My exact feelings:
1. Don't just remove email. There's never any sense in removing a feature. As proved in the thread, there are also people who still use it.
2. Leaving it alone would be fine by me, however I feel an improvement to the system would be warranted. I'm content just hitting the spam button.
3. Best solution would be to add a friend/SG filter option.

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But unlike my poor analogy, I'd say 90% of the AEers are farmers.

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Yes, but 73.591% of all internet statistics are pulled from places that are dark and smelling of feces (see: made up).

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In my defense, I did use the phrase "I'd say" to denote that I had nothing to base my value off of.

And to be honest, your statement holds true for ALL statistics, not just those found on the internet.

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DOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No more CoH/CoV now only CoX?

I am kidding, i have a feeing the devs have been planning this for years and feel they are finished brainstorming and want to shock us with thier genius.

It will be interesting to see how they get around the problems the OP has brought up. DechsKaison has made a very good set of points, there is much speculation to be had.

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I'll never turn down a compliment, thanks! I'd like to turn my mastermind into a hero, but if he has to give up his SG, that would be a dealbreaker. I'm very interested in how they will handle this.

One thing I guess I didn't think about was the "all SG's are gray" option, and I must say I like it. Since the leadership already has control over who to invite (at the very least, who has invite privileges), there would be no need for a "Hero only/villain only" option.

I didn't know about the coalition bug. That means villains have already had access to hero bases and the teleporters denied them entry to Paragon. There should not be an issue with this at all! It sounds like it's just a bit in the code that would need to be changed to allow members to be from either faction. This is really good news.

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I don't get why everyone is against double xp for AE, not everybody uses it to farm.

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Not everybody, true. Which is why we can't justify nuking the middle east to put a huge dent in terrorism.

But unlike my poor analogy, I'd say 90% of the AEers are farmers.

Thanks everyone.

I did realize I could manipulate my base items more than when I last played (~2 years ago) but didn't make the logical connection to pathing.

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Cold. Screw Therm, Corruptors can keep it - I want moar AoE debuffage.

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I guess you could be right. I'm a thematic guy, so if they're all icy demons, I actually would prefer cold.

I don't imagine that will be the case... but it could happen.

Have you tried using $target? Perhaps there's a different way the variable is passed.

I know you mention the possible hitch, I read your post, it's just... did you try it?

If Paragon Wiki is right, NO ONE gets patrol XP on a DXP weekend.

Double XP Weekends

EDIT: I am also in the "I hope not." camp.

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Thermal >_>

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This would definitely be preferred. If we don't get Thermal then I guess either Storm or Pain, depending on what the pets look like and do.

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QFT

I haven't seen this asked yet, but what happens to a supergroup if the leader switches sides?

I'd imagine the easiest thing to implement (and thus, most probable outcome) is a blanket statement that "if you switch sides, you leave your SG." The only difference if a superleader quits is that someone else gets promoted to superleader, just like with the auto-demotion system we have now. It works, I guess, and makes some amount of sense. If the leader switches sides, the group would not all "cast aside their evil ways" or "descend into evil" with him. The other leaders would likely continue the group, with one stepping up to fill the role he left. This would make very few supergroup leaders would be willing to switch sides.

There's another scenario that also makes sense, but would be a lot harder to implement. Who's to say that a leader wouldn't take all his hard work with him and force his members to either follow him or go off on their own? The supergroup base isn't tied down to any zones. In fact, SG base entrances in Pocket D and RWZ allow both factions through one portal. Basically the entire SG roster gets kicked and would have to switch sides to be re-invited.

And what about a "gray SG?" This would probably be the most difficult thing to implement. A supergroup lead by either a villain or hero (maybe restricted to being led by a "gray" character) that allows both heroes and villains to be members? They'd have to find a way to reconcile that the hero zone teleporters don't work for villains and vice versa, but this scheme should be possible. That way, if a leader goes gray or switches, the entire roster wouldn't be kicked.

I know this will lead to pointless discussion all based on theory since we know nothing about Going Rogue, but I still like to speculate. I find it fun, and perhaps this will lead to some solid material to suggest to the devs.

I keep seeing "pathing was removed" pop up here and there lately, and I'm not familiar with pathing, what it meant for a base, and what removing it did for bases.

I also could not find it on my home page, Paragon Wiki.

Can someone explain it for me?

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most epic powers life the confuse bubble ot stun feilds are only good if u have another atk or feild that dose the same

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Wrong, its also great for stacking with other sources of mez when on teams. Example the fear mag is low on Dark Armors Cloak of Fear. But when stacked with things like Spectral Terror, it adds up nicely.

OG only doesn't stack with OG, it stacks fine with other stun powers.

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ok sorry i didnt leave room for you to figer it out on thier own that 2 ppl with holds..confuse wouold have this same effect

god forbid some1 made dou toons that they planed on playing to gether cuz thier powers matched. /em sarcasim

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You know, assuming anyone else did take the time to decipher your unintelligible post, you did seem to make it clear that it didn't stack with anything. Especially since it was asked whether the effect could be stacked.

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You should try the screenshots section of the forum.

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Not sure if you have been there recently, but it no longer seems to be the place for screen shots and such, it is more just a hand out place.

However you are correct that this post should have gone there, I just no longer have hope that that section will turn up good screen shots. BTW, I'm bored with all of mine.

Rich the Bored Guy

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My apologies. I don't traffic that section of the forum, I just know it exists.

If you have a widescreen monitor, my favorite background is the "Earth at Night" satellite photo. I know it doesn't pertain to CoX at all, but hey, it's a nifty background.

You should try the screenshots section of the forum.

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Freedom was unable to handle 6 Thug/Storms on a custom AE mission with minions that had Gang War.

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That just sounds painful.

Do those summoned critters give any rewards? I'd imagine they'd be easy to nuke...