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Oh, and what did defenders get?



Ouch....was that a stick you just shoved in my eye?

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I want to make sure that you guys know that Ice-based powers work on the fires as well. That is why you are able to target the fires with any power.

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What about Gale....Hurricane....I suppose freezing rain and snowstorm? Etc....

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Hmmm... who is Capt. Mako?

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Captain Mako aka Shane Hensley is lead writer for CoV (Interview with him at Xequted)

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"There are also some late-game features people will be talking about for years to come, but I can’t say much about those yet."- Shane

Somebody ask about this...I mean "yet" might mean tommorrow.....

I thought "I'm Leaving" posts were banned?


Hehe Good luck and much fun in your next position!

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Heya Manticore. Welcome back

How was E3?

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For information on how Manticore liked E3, check out the upcoming novel, The Web of Arachnos, due this fall.

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Lol.

That was [censored] awesome.

Thanks. I consider it my Swan Song and a fitting tribute to all the Cryptic Folks.

I hope they have continued success in all their future ventures. It made my last week in the game a bittersweet memory.

Be proud you guys!

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Was that some sort of reply to what I said?

Bizzaro! Bizzaro! Bizzaro!

(Sealab 2021)

Synapse was killed by Travel Power Suppression.

Although if this was all true to form, the Defender would have been killed first. Lord Recluse would have ignored Statesmen (not even monologing him) and said "Take your positions to hunt the Defender".

The following 9:50 would consist of Manitcore being killed over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

Most anyone that is asked to do a piece for a local rag will research. Whether or not the Doc used to be Boxing Promoter etc....I believe he would still look at the construction and then hit the internet/local library to answer his own (and his readers) questions.

Even if he only went to a community college, a fine arts/architecture introductory course is required by most states, so he would have read the word "Butress" somewhere before.


Just my spin.

Oh and Gil, keep some perspective on all this feedback will ya? You just keep writing the stuff that you feel is best, and don't take anything too personal. It is the writers burden....

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Now that would be Cool, be in a game that States GMing.

I'm really going to try to be at Gen Con So. Cal. this year.

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It will be quite an honor to get my power-set Nerfed in person! (Re-Roll that dice as your Invunerable shield isn't working as intended)!

Hehe I kid, I kid!

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That is what is really silly. I might not be in the market for an Enhancement or the “Spelunker” mission, but is it really necessary to petition the designers because I don’t know how to edit my chat tab?


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Hmm how do you edit broadcasts and tells to only block messages related to power leveling and influence begging? I'd like to know, since there are some messages I might want to hear... like someone forming a team to actually play the game.

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Go to your 4rth Chat Tab. Open it up....Edit it to only include broadcast and request. Never look at it.....unless you are in the market.

Sorry I can't censor the world for you. Others have the right to look for a team and transmit on those two channels. Sorry you are forced to share, but it is a MMORPG after all so either accept sharing or stop playing.

Everytime someone puts up a "Wolf mission......blah blah" put them on ignore, then hit "clear history". I am sure with about 5 minutes total over the lifetime of your char (it takes about 8 seconds to type out even the longest name) you will eventually never hear another wolf mission broadcast.

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The main reason that people powerlevel is that the game forces us to be become level whores. I have been playing the game for almost a year, as a casual gamer, and the game really hasn't changed that much. Everything that they have added is directly related to levels, the only reason to play the game is to level up. That problem, yes its a problem, can be hung squarely in the devs closet. If there was something to do that was special and fun at certain levels, and only those levels it would slow down PLing, but the only thing to do when you level up is get new enhancement slots or a new power. There is no reason for anyone to sit around and grind away if there is an alternative, you don't really miss much, just cookie cutter missions and perhaps a badge but exemplaring(sp?) took care of the missed badge thing. If the devs took the time to make the game fun at all levels then I believe that most people would play the game instead of PL. I also believe that there are a certain segment of the gamers that will PL however they can and there is nothing they, the devs, can do about it.
Before anyone tells me to play a different game, I would like to point out that I love this game. It has, in my opinion, a tremendous amount of potential that is still untapped.

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/sign.

This is the 2nd coming of this thread, last time some of us posted here it was moderated out of existence.

Different strokes for different folks. I didn't use the Wolves for any PL'ing, but I was on a few of the missions. It is the same as crafting to me: Repetive tasks of farming materials so you can better a character. Some people like Crafting, some don't. But...it is risk vs reward: You still can die, and Time keeps slipping slipping away, just like in crafting. If someone wants to lose 20- hours of their life in an instance and is not bothering anybody else, they deserve the reward of that repetivite activity. Just like someone knitting a sweater. I don't like knitting, but many enjoy it.

They just nerfed knitting in my opinion. Oh well.....

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Just wanted to say "thanks!" for all those who spoke with Statesman or Lord Recluse "off the record" and actually respected it here on these boards. The fans on these forums are by far a cut above the norm.

I also had a great time meeting so many of you at WonderCon. It was great to see how excited people are about CoV!

See you at GenCon and Origins.

Captain Mako
(Shane Hensley)

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I was wondering when the new villain would rear his head......Lord Recluse should be YOUR moniker......

Hail Shane and Well Met!

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Great, now a mission with an AV is timed...

Oh, let's not forget you need to defeat shadowhunter to get your Dimensional Warder badge.

Oh, don't forget you need the Dimensional Warder badge to get the Portal Jockey Accolade.

Gee, thanks for making it so if my team screws up this mission I get screwed out of a great accolade.

Way to go, Devs!

*Edit: BTW, this has stopped nothing. People will just herd Dreck's mission instead. Watch.

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Very Erudite Tom.

I did not mean to say that all complaining was bad. In this specific case “Wolf Herding”, it would be unfair to a rival SG in COV if they could not do the same thing. PVP would be where the accelerated leveling could create a balance problem.

I guess what made me chime in at all, was the fiction that people doing this was ruining the PVE game. I mean, you can’t edit a chat tab to turn off broadcast or ignore people? Or balance? In PVE? I don’t really care if everybody levels in half the time I do. I just keep playing the game. But, the thought that somebody somewhere on the server has a leg up really does bother some people. It is like some weird Virtual P. Envy or something.

That is what is really silly. I might not be in the market for an Enhancement or the “Spelunker” mission, but is it really necessary to petition the designers because I don’t know how to edit my chat tab?

Anyway, I’m glad the OP got what he wanted. Feel sorry for the people that lost an aspect of the game they enjoyed playing. And dat’s dat.


PS. It's Ironic that the OP will now here more spam as many people will have to look for this mission to complete it.

I remember when having to kill 6 contaminated in Outbreak felt like overkill.

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Any chance we can get ya to come out to Memphis, TN for the MidSouthCon April 1-3?

No one ever comes to Memphis...

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I'm in Utah. We don't even have a good Anime convention here!

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Yup Salt Lake here also (its a long story.......) and I second your emotion.

It would be sweet to see the hero get blinded for a second when the spy camera gets squashed: Ala 5th Element….


“The evil Zorg dispatches a spy roach mounted with a tiny camera and microphone to observe a government meeting.

The cumbersome (for a roach) apparatus depicted is already outmoded. More stealthy sensors are available, and will grow smaller. Tiny flying and crawling spy vehicles are being considered for military and intelligence use. Disguising them as insects is quite possible.

Real insects might be usable as well: a Japanese scientist has wired a cockroach so that he can remotely control its leg movements”


Although one thing Pos.....right now, even with targetting pretty well thought out, If i spam the opposing team with cams.....that can expend precious seconds trying reacquire "important" targets. It would be nice to have a "Skip Objects in Targetting sequence" filter. Just a thought.

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With the addition of SG bases have a bank where SG Members can deposit Enhancements and Influence for other members in there SG to use.

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Excellent Statesman. Excellent.

Thank you

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Mr. Jaded here. This was the best, most principled, most considerate, most intelligent post ever made by a CEO of a retail MMORPG I have ever seen.

Enjoy your weekend. I told my friend (a non-maxed blaster who was frustrated) that you would come through; and you did with flying colours.

You guys/gals have REALY have raised the bar.

Atomic-Punk.

Given the choice, I think it would have been better for the devs to up minion and LT hps and exp and to have left bosses the same.

Gives a little more challenge for all builds, but doesn't make the missions un soloable for those who built their chars for concept rather than performance.

States, I understand what you were shooting at but I don't think this was the right solution. For the myriad reasons listed by these posters, I think you should roll-back the change and take another crack at it.

Cheers!

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I think the genre (and the great game) attracts many of us who want some online gaming experiences, but need it to be flexible enough that we can solo at will (instead of standing around trying to form a team for 10 minutes).


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Eighth - you've hit the nail on the head! Positron and I were just talking about this; part of the beauty of the game is that you don't need to wait in order to get to fun. I don't want to lose that in the rush to encourage grouping. Like I've said, I'm going to review the missions this week and see how many have bosses at the different level ranges.

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My roomate that plays the game doesnt read the forums. He doesn't have a max build on his energy blaster. He takes powers that he wants regardless of the end result.

Last night all he did was cuss. He likes to solo. He is level 27 and it has been extremely difficult for him to enter a mission now and complete it by himself. He feels like the game is "ruined" for him because he can no longer go into a mission and enjoy it at his own pace (no stamina) and then get it done.

I have a maxed build, I tend to get through the missions with my main and alts.

If there was someway to stop his cussing, I would be beholden to you States.

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The 24+ respec is a problem, but if bosses are now +1 equivalent then simply change that respec so that ONLY bosses spawn exactly one level lower than they did before. Problem solved, the respec is now identical in difficulty to the pre-I3 boss changes.

Dwimble

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Along those lines, perhaps toning down the "Alpha-Strike" ability of these Bosses. Make them open with their 3rd strongest attack? Or make them go through a buff cycle? This is just to help the "stumbled upon them" squishies.

Also, I love the creative spawns you guys/gals have put into the game, popping out of the ground etc,...but the immersion is sometimes lacking when all 8 mobs rise up and do the exact same attack at the same time. By implementing a "rotating opening attack/alpha strike", whereby 8 minions rise up and several do different things first, it would be a lot more interesting.

Perhaps applying the rotating opening strike to bosses would help also.

Hehe it would be interesting if the "time travel" element involved you char, you would be basically be reverse sk'ed for the mission back to an early level and made to fight hellions or sumptin'.

So do I six-slot Rest after respec then?

Actually, it is a bit disconcerting (but inevitable I suppose) that all the builds are starting to work out to be the same. It is good they are making some other pp and more powers so we have some diversity.

Good job on the guide.

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ive been hearing that on the next update that is due on december 28th???? that max level will be extended to 75. but i can not find anything about it. i would have dismissed it but i've heard it from 3 other people. on 2 different servers..????


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[censored]? What are the devs smoking? Are they cr8zy?



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Oh gees. Let me be the first: "Can someone PLEASE PL me to 75?"