EU_Damz

Thanks for the review Think most people know by now i have terrible spelling so its all good!

With the crate that goes boom . . . . . . did the contact tell you to destroy it? No? Then you just got noob busted for destroying it (iirc the ambush from it says to only go after the mission objectives).

Re map: Yeah i tried it on a 3 level tech map with a safe on each level and the correct level boss appearing on their correct level (eg level 1 boss spawned on first floor). However from feedback, the level 3 boss sometimes spawned on level 2 and destroyed the "go up to the next level" feeling i wanted so had to resort to an outdoor map )

Thanks for the feedback though, will log on tonight (after the downtime) and edit where you suggest.

So how much longer will our EU servers be brought down in the middle of our day? Servers have been busier and back to their normal states last few days with lots of chatter/competitions going around, but how do they expect to keep this up if EU servers can only be played in morning or afternoons?

If this is only a short term solution then great, if not . . . . . . . then theres a problem.

/end rant of an angry paying EU customer

Edit: I'll probs get a telling off for this but would be nice to know

Dont know the arc ID off the top of my head but search for damz and its the only one of two Noob VR training course is its title. Designed for a low level player (and i mean VERY low) for one of their first missions.

Have planned higher level versions of it so please be as critical as you want

Would have been in either announcements or dev corner and cant find it either so must have been deleted by accident.

Since i15 is (in theory) roughly 2 months away from at least beta, wouldnt it be too late for champions to steal any more ideas from it since they too are launching soon?

Here's what im expecting personally.

New zone is a guarantee. Last two issues the zone refinements have been VERY minimal compared to past issues so it pratically means that they are working on something big in this department.

More pvp changes - i expect this to have more widespread changes than issue 13, hopefully get some form of pvp zone games going.

The coming storm to finally reveal themselves, will be a huge HUGE mistake if they dont push this story along greatly in this issue now. Mystery is good, but wait too long and people get tired waiting for it.

New costumes (free) - New costume designer = more customes/better quality, so this is a must now.

Graphics update

New powersets - this is going to happen in my opinion.

Im not 100% sure on this but it only disbands ONCE all the members have left the supergroup, though im afraid i can't say if the name is available again straight away or not

(not for legal reasons, just because im a noob who doesnt know )

Just contact me ingame anytime once your up and running to get the coalition going.

I think everybody should have a go at starting their own supergroup, if anything for more than the experience it gives. What having a supergroup will do is ensure you are in complete control in what kind of players you wish to interact with.
With a new supergroup however you'll have to offer something different/special to entice people to it. A lot of the more succesfull supergroups out there organise competitions/pvp/tfs/roleplay etc so you do have to really sell your vision.

Be prepared to get frustrated at how long it takes to build a good base of members though, you will get a lot of players who come and go in the supergroup but hopefully you'll find enough players that will become the core of the supergroup and help you promote it The key as always is getting the name out there, best of luck to you and i'll be happy to have my supergroup form a coalition with you so your members can use my sgs teleports until yours is up and running.

Yeah it gets VERY hard as a low level character testing a mission.

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This is many good thoughts. Is it worth sticking this in the feedback or suggestions forum?

In the meantime, we're stuck with the current search "meh"chanism for the time being. Any other suggestions out there for how to jury-rig to find stuff that is interesting/non-agricultural?

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Well, you can search for words that probably aren't used in farming missions - words like "investigate", "recover" and "prevent" can be used in mission descriptions, and it's unlikely a farm mission will have much of a misison description at all.
You could also enter the names of enemy groups that don't appeal so much to farmers, like Coralax or Clockwork.

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This is what i do while playing my new alt atm.

By typing in the following keywords im able to find/play missions DESIGNED for my level (usually 5/6 pages only)

Hellions, outcasts, low level, skulls, trolls, new player, level 1 - 10

The level range is VERY important i feel to include, so far i think the best missions include their level ranges inside the actual description.

Ma = full of win for me its GREAT for levelling new characters in it.

Low level you can get enough tickets to fully deck your toons out for the next 10 levels. SO's cost 35 tickets and you get easily at least 100 per level, if you take that into account plus earned influence its impossible to run out of money!!

Plus the studio B is GREAT for costume contests!

And its a great way to test out your characters weaknesses/strengths to see what you think needs more fine tuning.

Competition arcs are already coming out to and they're good!!! (yes im making one thats got a "damz special wow!" factor)

The ratings? Yes the low rated ones i dont really look at the stars since its a false premesis. However the ones released a bit early have started to average out the correct "rating via quality" i feel (except for the dev choice ones which are POOR compared to some iv played already). As with a feature this big i think its down to the players to try and sort out which arcs are the ones more worthy via word of mouth/forum until the search function is MUCH more worthy!!!!

If you happen to pass by through wales go and see castle coch It looks like the typical fairytale castle and just happens to be haunted

Image is here

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Damz, did you get your girlfriend preggerz?

*ahem* Sorry. I'm a very... blunt person

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No but just last week she thought she was which was a big wakeup call that i do need to grow up, but she wasnt so i grew back down again Though if im honest i cant WAIT to have my own kids!

Oh and back ontopic . . . . . my head hurts from this techno gabble I agree an uptodate version to download would be VERY good (simple words, simple minds).

Yup thats right another small idea from the noob of noobs!

I propose we have a shuffle button in the MA mission search list to have constantly 10 different missions on the first page. At the moment im having to go through random pages and search for one i find interesting, this would make the lesser used arcs have the POTENTIAL to get used more often too!

win/win!

Short answer = no The npc mobs in the actual game are level restricted because they dont have suitable powers at higher/lower levels. The only way is to make a custom mob and create your own versions of hellions

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Playing a MMORPG, Damz, is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman.

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I bloody hope not!

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It is seriously, you grind and grind away and spend all your inf on some shiny new things only to have to sell it off 2nd hand at a cheaper price once your newbies come along

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By newbies I take it you mean kids?

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Yup, you really have been gone long mate! (oh and no i dont have kids . . . . . yet

Lets say you have the power brawl 6 slotted with the following enhancements.

damage, damage, damage, recharge, recharge, recharge

But you now want to throw in an endurance accuracy. You simply go onto your enhancement screen and drag the wanted enhancement over an existing enhancement you no longer want. So if you dont want one of the damage enhancements no more it'ld look like this;

damage, endurance reduction, damage, recharge, recharge, recharge

Thats if you place it over the second damage enhancement. Hope that helps!

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Playing a MMORPG, Damz, is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman.

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I bloody hope not!

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It is seriously, you grind and grind away and spend all your inf on some shiny new things only to have to sell it off 2nd hand at a cheaper price once your newbies come along

A bit confused here, if you mean can we custom change the actual maps then we cant (yet) do that. Been said/rumour going around that it'll be for the second version of MA.

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I've heard people saying they've nerfed farming missions. Is this true and what have they done? I miss Dreck *sobs*

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Farming missions havent been nerfed, if anything they've been buffed by this latest patch.

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from the City of Heroes herself

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So the game is female . . . . . interesting . . . . . .

issue 15: the clone wars hits live!!!!

With prices falling RAPIDLY at the moment in the auction house, people are trying to milk it for everything its worth. All you have to remember is that it will eventually die down and people will go for the fun and "lol omg [censored] just happened!" arcs again.

It is SLOWLY starting to happen now i believe, more and more low level arcs are appearing and imo they are far better than high level ones at the moment

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Just find it a bit odd that any theme/names/explanation could have been used and they pick one that some people may get upset about (and also one that may play into the 'videogamers are satanic spawn' camp of public misconceptions).

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You mean we aren't?

*hides sacrificial goat*

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baaaaaaaaaa

Will join the channel when i wake up. So many new channels with issue 14 its hard to keep up with all the chat!