Electric-Knight

It is the fair middle ground between the differing opinions.

No one likes the prompt, but it is what makes things equal between the two camps.

I don't think anyone would disagree that an always auto accept/decline checkbox would be nice... But until they do that, we'll all have to give a Yes or No to get what we want.

Yay for the option to accept/decline Mystic Fortune!
How did you manage to do it, Castle? This really makes me and the Mrs. very happy.
(I hope the bug Zombie Man reported can be worked out)

Haha, well, whatever the 6 second video was worth... It was more entertaining than reading someone talk about how meaningless it was... And it was quicker too!!

Oh, and I am absolutely going to go into Marcian Tobay's post history and send rep comments to posts as far back as the tracker allows.
You know... Just to mess with ya!

What I find so strange about the rep stuff is that I've had posts that I was surprised to see never got any responses.

Then, much later on, after reading about how the rep comments worked, I went back to that post (Actually, a few of them) and they had rep comments, but zero replies!

It really does baffle me as to why people send those instead of just replying, hehe.
I can see doing both, I suppose.

I find that I like giving positive rep, since those who have it on probably don't mind.
I can't recall ever giving bad rep... But if I did, I would sign it (I think I did that once and I can't recall who or why).
I would also reply in the post, most likely.

I always sign any rep message, because... Well, that's just weird to do it anonymously.



GreenFlame, I have to wonder (as others have mentioned) if your grammar, spelling and layout of your posts may be a negative factor.
While I, personally, wouldn't neg rep someone for that (I'd only neg rep for abusive jerky behavior... but then I would also report the person anyway, furthering my confusion about the reason to ever neg rep)...

If someone uses poor grammar and spelling, many people see it as a sign of laziness. On the contrary, if that person is battling through a language barrier, that swings it quite the opposite direction.

Anyways... rambling here...

I don't really understand the need for neg rep when, in my opinion, anything worthy of such a thing should result in a reporting. What... are we supposed to neg rep people for disagreeing with us? Hehe...
That and... if someone says something out of line... I find it better to let them know straight forwardly. If publicly seems wrong, then a PM will do.

Heh, I knew my post, above, would be too long.
I find people's dismissal of other people's opinions so obnoxious, yet so very typical.

What... Logic is in here? Oh dear, skip that, let's go back to attacking.

Good job

With no prompt, Mystic Fortune should be brought into line with other buffs. I don't think any duration of a player cast buff lasts longer than 4 minutes (I could be wrong).
Most are 2-4 minutes in duration. Mystic Fortune lasts for 20 minutes. That is a huge difference (5-10 times the duration).
It also lasts through defeats. And logging out (It's still there when you log back in). It is also highly prevalent, since it isn't based on any AT. Every single character on an account has it if they bought the Magic Booster... and, clearly, it is a popular booster (Most are). Look at all the high collared capes and boleros.
The sound bothers some. The graphics bother some. The buffs bother some. The debuffs bother some. All for a number of varied reasons.

Just because none of these may bother you, it doesn't make these people hyper-sensitive twits.

Do you mock people for all their taste differentials? Mock those who like opera? Laugh at those who like rap? Insult anyone who doesn't like dance music?
Once you begin to understand that people enjoy and dislike different things, then you can begin to find a better coexistence for all.

Or, you know, you can just be "cool" and call people whiners and put down people's attempts at expressing their opinion of a recent change.


This Mystic Fortune issue is not the same old Drive-By Buff Hate, no matter how many times people want to lump it all together.

Anyone can wait 4 minutes for a buff to go away if it really adversely affects their game. 20 minutes is an entirely different matter. And I think that something should be done about it. Either bring back the prompt or lower the duration to be inline with other player cast buffs.


[Well... too long again for most to read, probably... Oh well, that's what happens when attempting to express things instead of just bickering and mocking and such]

I like the suggestions other than Taser and Smoke Grenade.

Taser is perfect as is. I found myself wondering why you were saying what you were saying about it. The big points about taser are 1) not everything goes according to plan, and a stun can give you the time you may need and 2) it combines with another stun to stun a Boss (And that is something very valuable).

Smoke Grenade is best if it remains a non-aggro power. If your suggestion wouldn't include creating aggro, I have no problem with that. It would be cool, but could be over-powered (The small chance to cause choking might not make it over-powered, but if it is that small of a chance, how important of a change is this then?). Maybe the - To Hit could be increased in Smoke Grenade (But don't look at me, I'm not that much of a numbers guy).


I love the idea for Time Bomb. Really, all I'd like for Time Bomb is the ability to trigger it ourselves (If we don't want to wait for the timer to expire).

If the powers-that-be deemed that these changes for Targeting Drone and Cloaking Device wouldn't make it over-powered... what's not to like about those changes.

Anyways, what I like about the suggestions, overall, is that they don't go against the Devices style of play.
Many people want to change it to resemble the other secondaries too similarly.
These changes just give it a bit of a boost and some bonuses that could be used in other playstyles... without taking away the current Devices playstyle.

Still, I think that you were way off about Taser. Just off the top of my head... Both Assault Rifle and Archery combine with taser to allow for a Boss hold.

There is a major difference between Mystic Fortune and all other buffs that other players can give you. It lasts twenty minutes.

People criticizing others for not liking or wanting something in a video game is (At the very least) akin to what those critics say about those that they are criticizing.

Oooh... very cool and interesting. Praetoria is such a safe and secure place. I can't believe how the powers-that-be of this world have twisted things so badly.

Anyways, hehe... This really made me think on my Main Villain's (Malfaz) Praetorian counterpart, since he was born a psychic. This backstory really made me think of some interesting ideas and directions for his Praetorian version... Hmmmm (I never thought of making one before).

Very cool!

I'm curious if Seers or the like may be an EAT some day...

I'm also curious about this short life span
How kind of the Empire to lengthen their lifespan as best they can
Long live Emperor Cole and our great and dear Mother!

The following two posts really summarize and explain the remaining issues with the new interface.

Like I said before, I feel like the pros and cons of both (Old and New) Market UIs basically come out to a tie. That being said, an overall improvement should be made over the old one. I like the new things the current one can do, but the layout and increased clicking and scrolling evens out those positives (For me).

LOL
Great picture, Ocho and a ton of great replies!
Haha, oh my...

Weird... I must have walked away from the computer for a while yesterday and then come back and submitted my reply, because there were a few posts that weren't there when I wrote my earlier reply, hehe...

I had only seen Trashcan's 3 bullet point post and subsequent replies to that.

I just want to make it clear that I do not believe that a complete revamp is what they will definitely want to do, nor do I believe that it will be terrible (Or simply lack too much of what we like) if/when they did do a revamp.
Like I said before, I think these developers do some great things and I have no reason to believe that the changes would be more negative than positive, nor even negative at all.
All I said is that it is a possibility and that, perhaps we should all think about what we do love about the current system, so as to let them know, "Hey, I'd hate to see this changed".

So, no... I am not someone that says, "Keep quiet and hope they don't turn their attention to you". I've never ever suggested anyone not speak up, heh. That is quite the contrary from what I believe.

Anyways... You have people here that say, "why bother", people that say, "don't bother", people that say, "Do it this way" and people that say, "Don't do it that way".
All I am saying is... if you've got something to say... say it. If you might be able to cover all bases, cover them. We'll see if/when anything happens and I hope whatever happens... it'll be great. It's pretty great as it is right now... So, I would be happy if we just got additional toys to work with in bases... Then again... I'd like to see rotational control, finer control in moving things around (Not so broad of jumps from one spot to the next)... proper Y axis movement, etc, etc, we all know the lists
It has been intimated by developers in the past and it has been this team's credo often times... They don't want to do something without doing it right.
It's easy to see the base editor as one of those things that they feel the need to revamp it.
The word "revamp" doesn't scare me. I hope that IF they do a revamp, they will be super awesome in keeping to what works in the current system and not break our existing bases. *shrugs*
What I hope and what happens... I don't know if they'll be different.
And without direction from the developers, we're just discussing it amongst ourselves. Whether it's for sport, interest or whatever... I don't think that's bad though. If someone doesn't want to discuss it, so be it. The only thing I suggested was that everyone might want to think hard on details of what you don't want to lose. The earlier ideas are conveyed, the more likely they are to influence the design.

I'm not calling for people to list out these ideas or thoughts... But if anyone has them, you may as well. If you don't want to... Don't!

Anyway, this thing rambled out of my control, hehe. Hopefully it made some sense.

I don't see anywhere in Trashcan's post about having to accept anything or whatever...
I just saw it as observation.
*shrugs*
I think it is accurate observation...
The 3 bullet points in the post aren't all negative either.
Sure, 3 could turn out badly (Black Market UI, PvP), but it could be GREAT (Power Customization, a number of other things we all have grown to love in this game).

So... "Relax, Frances"

Small additions would be good with me. Those could fall under 1 or 2, depending on how far the changes go.
3 could be great. I think we need to focus on what we do not want to lose in bases, in the case that they do perform an overhaul.

We all know the bulk of what we want added... What don't we want to see go away?

Hehe, congratulations!

This contest is crazy and I can never see it before someone posts the right pic, hehe!

It's like you're in the trash can of my mind and are spitting it out for me to read.

Not that what you said is actually trash (not at all), haha... But it's all the stuff I've kept in the dark and don't want to necessarily think further on... Because... Well, because of exactly what you said.

Well said.
Now, stop saying it!!

Haha...

The Fashion Police?

The Fashion Phalanx?