Dr_Automaton

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So, to summarize 15 pages or so of posts, here are suggestions that I dig:

* Giving TFs/Trials and Story Arcs the same Drop Pool.

* Slim chance of cross-Pool drops.

* Story Arc Pool drops for completing Mayhem/Safeguard missions.

I could easily see all three of these ideas implemented.

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* Some of the sets (the rarer ones), have parts of them that are only attainable by completing a Story Arc.


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This thing is a really, very terrible idea. Get rid of this thing! Why not roll over those parts into Trials and TFs, giving us the ability to earn everything in this list in two other ways. The specialness of the SA rewards will still be good -- Wow I just got a drop I could only otherwise get from a long TF!!! But nobody is ever left out -- Hey, look, I got this shiny thing from a respec trial!


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I'm Doc Automaton and I support this message.

/signed!

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Is that a new zone statesman is standing in?

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Statesman?

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Click the tumbnail of the goober with wings and the Justice top.

I was trying to figure out where he was standing but couldn't make much sense of it. It sorta looks like IP, but I just can't tell. I also wish that shot was zoomed out just a bit so we could see if there is a ring around States' feet.

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Akimbo Pistols is planned as a Corruptor set at first, and it is NOT, and never will be, a Scrapper or Stalker set.

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Well, that answers that!

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At least Street Fighting doesn't seem to be off the table. I want my fist-throwin' Scrapper!

I'd have to say the entire character generator (not just the costumes), which allows us to realize an amazing variety of character concepts.

After that, I'd have to go with the various enemy groups. I find the game setting itself kind of meh (especially when tackled in media outside of the video game), but I loves me many of the NPC factions and their Story Arcs.

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We'll miss you Cuppa! Come back and visit your clooones, because after you're gone we'll just be weird people with a prefix. With you around, we're cool by association.

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Cool?

Since when?

I thought we were just a little psychotic.

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Psycho is the new cool!

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Sorry to see you go hope TR turns out fun, unfortunately what i have seen of it so far, i have absolutely no intrest.

Anyway, i thought "GoodBye" posts were forbidden?

Have a good time at TR>

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I figure it is no different then any other red name leaving, it's a business function. So you don't wonder why such and so hasn't posted, won't return PMs, etc.

But if not, guess Cricket will have to use the Ban Stick right away.

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The scene from Star Wars where Obi-wan faces off against Vader suddenly leaps to mind. I can't help but picture Cricket gripping the ban stick, saying, "the circle is now complete. When last we met, I was but the learner. Now I am the master!"

Thanks for eveything, Cuppa! Good luck with the new game. There will always be a slot open for you on our team rosters!

As Harbinger was kind enough to mention in a recent post, Dr. Autonomy, my Forumites United character, dinged 50 yesterday. Praetorian Earth is safe and its peoples free to do as they please. You no longer need to run the Maria Jenkins missions. That is all.

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Obviously, you've never tried building a fully functional base.

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hey, it only took us... how months has it been now?

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Be careful about adding new stuff now, the rent could get to be more than our income...

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heh, I was just thinking that...

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Meh. Whether we spend it or not, we'll be charged upkeep for it. Worst case scenario is that we'd need to pawn some of the new base items at some point in the future.

EDIT:

Hey, Funzun: JINX!

Obviously, you've never tried building a fully functional base.

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Nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

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Ho-ho-hold on one second. This installation has a substantial dollar value attached to it.

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They can bill me

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Damn stright, What if the PAladin gets out? You conn explai nto the UN why a 20 foot tll scrap metal monstrosity is curetly fusing with the super structure?

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Paladin mostly comes out at night. Mostly.

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Badges are up.

Happy Anniversary Heroes - go get a Vth!

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Really? I thought Darkstream was joking! Wish I had been around for the last badge.

Ah, I see where I got mixed up. I was thinking about the upcoming Def scaling fix. My bad.

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I mean... you, like, know this is live already, right? And it has been for... I mean, a long time now.

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Although States announced this a while back, I'm pretty sure that it won't actually hit until I7 (assuming you're talking about the Def fix. This being a necroed thread, I can't tell for sure).

Posting a link is pretty easy. Just use the URL Instant UBB Code button when posting. The text output is:

<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>
This text links to CoH's main site
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Sorry but can you still read it

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Whitespace is you're friend. It's important. It makes the difference between professional document and sociopathic manifesto.

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Me agian, as you all know im writing a sci fi novel based on my main, NIGHTOFIRONSTAR, since I cant find the right place to post it, im gonna post all 4 chapters here

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You may want to try the RP Forum. That section was made for things like fan fiction.

This should be required reading for all new WoW expatriates. Five stars!

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however, even 5 lvls behind the baddies, i could still pop a couple inspirations and hang in there with the team. obviously i wasn't the pivotal key to the team, but i definitely helped. now, we don't even get credit for the baddies we fight if we choose to be in that situation.

the whole point was to eliminate toons standing around collecting xp for nothing, wasn't it? why not make it so the limit of xp is +5 lvls from the baddies and not the highest teammate?

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The +3 lvl cap only applies to the mission completion bonus. It has no affect on experience awarded for defeating opponents.

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WRT Costume Tokens: The purpose of the costume tokens, as I understand it, is to allow us to take the costume options of the opposing faction (heroes with villainous costume pieces and vice versa) which will be unlocked in I7 (for those who own both factional cities) if we wish. However, I7 isn't out yet. The patch notes don't mention the new costume options. So why are we getting the costume token now? Won't this tick off people who go to the tailor for some minor reason and wind up using up the token, and then, when I7 comes out, they're out of luck for the big costume change?

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The costume tokens don't have as much to do with I7 as they do with people in CoH taking advantage of the /cov exploit and creating black-market villain costumes on their heroes. The /cov glitch has been patched. The costume token is just cleanup in the aftermath.

Per Cuppa:

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We will also be granting another costume token on live servers as well to help people get back to their heroic selves or correct any costume glitches that may come up due to this bug. I do not know when this token will be granted yet - however - it will work like the previous token grants - stackable, one per costume slot.


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Whats the occasion for the free costume tokens?

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It's compensation for the whole /cov thing.

It does, AFAIK. Positron or some other dev said they were going to fix this, but that the original implementation would hit live before the fix was added. If someone is banned from chat in the interum, they can communicate through /afk and /petsay if nothing else.

Seems like a pretty fair commentary so far.

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And thirdly, we are left asking the Developers what they were thinking in giving MMs AoE attacks and immobilizations in the first place. These powers generate agro onto the MM and not the minions. MMs have the least amount of hp and almost no defense (the sheild toggle of the PPP will not be enough to protect the MM).


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The MM boost that's supposed to be coming in I7 might the mission piece of the puzzle. I have absolutely no idea what it will be, only that it's supposed to help in PvP, as well as PvE to some extent. One guess might be some sort of henchmen taunt ability. I could see that mitigating that MM aggro to some degree.