Electric-Knight

Seriously! It's a pretty simple thing, but it really adds to the fun, immersion and excitement of the mission. It makes you feel like you're in the chase and on the hunt!

Also... the in-mission NPC with a clickable dialog option... Not only is that very cool (Not positive it has been done in CoH before), but I want to see that available for the AE!


Welcome back!
Backpacks and the like are still up in the air... No word on them coming yet... But... one of these days, we hope, hehe!
As they've been knocking things off the list of Player Wants... I'd like to think that they're coming eventually.
Just my own opinions though. No backpack costume parts in game yet.

(Blood Spectre made me do it!)

Yeah... I didn't do it either.
I really dislike those sorts that declare "everyone did it".

Crawl back into your shelter and hide your head in the sand and hope that real gamers pull this game out of its own *$s because otherwise it is going down fast!!

Haha... I think that is the customary reply to that, but my idiotese is a bit rusty.

After you say this so often... It becomes more of a case of the ones repeating this statement that are missing the real point.



Although, you may have entered the point of no return...
"Good luck. We're all counting on you."

Hrm... Did someone say something???

Hey! Screw you too, Wes
I commented on it. I didn't say much, but whatever... I can see who skips over my posts now...





*puts paper bag back on head*

HAHA! Brilliant!

So, with all you people out there that care and know about such things... why hasn't a comparison been done yet to the other companies in the industry?

Not that I'm worried about the game nor the company. I just see lots of people pointing out the obvious lack of reference... but no information on it yet.



And... Westley... Just reading the starting title of your post, The Fallacy of Perpetual Growth, I knew we were on board with similar thoughts. It's a fact, but one that people just continually seem to think they can will away, hehe.
Silly humanses...

Heraclea stated my thoughts!
Namely, this exploit fix that ruined rewards for all of these innocent story telling options created way too much collateral damage to be acceptable.
I am disappointed that this view is not shared by the development team, but I do appreciate and believe it is not a matter of not trying or caring.
The damage done was too extreme to leave in place as is.
What irks me is how the team now says that they don't want to throw a quick fix in... Well, yeah... Maybe you should take the previous quick fix out!

I'm not looking to beat up on the Team, nor am I interested in any debates among us players about how AE should work... I just feel the same way as Heraclea (And a great many other players)... We love AE. We love having it for original gaming content as an alternative system of advancement.
And... We miss that.

Best of luck!

I really do think this is a major part of it.
I think they've even said nearly as much in the past.
When they tackle fixing up bases, I think they want to do it all the way and change a lot about it. So, yeah, I think (In their minds and plans) that this puts the kibosh on them doing little incremental things beforehand.
Seeing how long it has taken to do the big sweeping changes... I would argue that adding in items and little things here and there would have been worth it... But, to them, they may see it as work done just to be undone.
Alas... I just hope their vision isn't too far different than our collective ideas. At least... that it doesn't exclude the elements we currently love about bases.

Perhaps that is another thing we need to express to them. What we do love about bases the way that they are. Just thinking out loud... as I'm not really sure what details would fit that description, heh. Hmmm...



EDIT: I didn't intend to make it sound so strongly that they would definitely be altering bases so far away from what they are currently.
From a practical standpoint, I'm not sure that would be wise. It might be what they wanted to do... but, over time, I wonder if simply fixing it up and adding more freedom and options wouldn't be best. Too much time and history has gone by to pull the rug out from under the base designers and the great things people have accomplished... How realistic of a goal would it be to completely redo the base system and make that system keep and maintain what was done in the old system. Better money for overall happiness seems to lie in fixing and upgrading, rather than redoing... In my limited experience and personal opinion.

Just extending my ramble...

Yeah, disclaimers are usually good until/unless a person knows more about who I am though!

Muhahaha!

HAHA!!

Honestly... these were the two options I thought to post when I saw the title...

Ah well... I go with Trina. I mean... as my vote on this thread's question... <.<

Well said Ironblade


Also... discussing personal housing (That would be separate from SG bases) does relate to this topic... as such an addition makes it more feasible to devote an issue to bases (As the OP and other replies have suggested).

I don't know that any issue need only be bases... All I care about is the bases getting the love no matter of the percentage within a particular issue. Ideally... They'd give everything and more that we want for bases and give other stuff to other parts of the game as well
Who am I to ask them to limit themselves


Carry on... carry on...

Haha, no, really... Some good stuff in here.
Swellguy, those are perfect examples of the difference in NPC dialog. True examples and not exaggerated in the slightest.

All that being said... I suppose this is why I play Redside almost entirely through Paper Missions (Except for the Patron Arcs... *sigh*).

Really though... And this is just for me... Not everyone is a Role-Player... and not everyone who is a Role-Player shares this same playstyle... I don't really recognize the story arcs as part of my personal canon and all that.
Playing redside, I definitely use those blinders much more than when on blueside.

Also, yes, GG... I would love to play a game that allowed me to play as a villain that would fail at a 100% chance of all that you listed.
That's part of the fun of playing a villain (See? We're not all without some merit according to your own virtues).

But... meh... I agree mostly with Malfaz.

Right, I heard about this in beta and understand that there was good reason behind making the change (I was hoping that pesky toggle could be changed to prevent the exploit instead).
I do indeed understand though, Caste, and I truly appreciate your reply and your sentiment (And the fact that you tried different ways). I hate saying anything negative, because I do appreciate and understand the complexity of everything involved and all and never wish to come off as an ingrate

And thanks for this. I truly hope they can make it happen!


To those that don't understand:
A 20 minute annoyance is a long annoyance. Apparently people missed that as my main point in my long-winded post. The effects last 20 minutes. That's a while to wait for them to wear off if you're taking screenshots or just not planning to get into any fights (Not everyone plays just to fight as much, as quickly and as efficiently as possible).



Still... I love the new Issue (Tweaked my settings even more to get a bit more performance out of them while keeping the great new visuals... and I'm on a single core system at the moment).

the following is not a rant, but a calmly worded explanation of my opinion:

I have to admit. This is the kind of change that squashes my good time when I log in. As soon as this happened the first time, it made me rather disappointed.
We go out of our way to make characters with different concepts and such and power customization and all that...
And any character that buys this booster can throw a 20 minute buff on others that has a flashing and humming magic card effect.
I seriously despise that visual (And audio) effect and I wish this change didn't go through. It is these kinds of effects that spoil a great screen shot. I just enjoy the visual aspect so much and these sprite-like emblem effects muddy it up.

Here is the deal... It's not just an AT with their powerset that can cast this buff... it is any AT (And a lot of players have this booster pack).
Most importantly, it lasts 20 minutes! What other player-cast ally buff lasts that long?

If this power is now going to play with the same rules of auto accepting as other player cast buffs... then give it a 4 or 5 minute duration.
Otherwise, this stinks for those of us that don't like the effect of it (As well as the varying element of the buff).
I don't care if anyone thinks not liking the visual effect is dumb or pointless or whatever. If visuals were pointless, we could all play a text game. It detracts from my enjoyment, so I am expressing it.
An Ice shield is part of a powerset that deals with using cold and ice... Fire, kinetics, force fields, etc and all that stuff... there's an AT theme and those powers only last a short while.

This Mystic Fortune had a different aspect to it from the beginning, that's why it had the prompt.
If you're going to remove the prompt... change the power, because this stinks for a lot of us.

Yes, some are happy that they no longer have to click accept.
Some are unhappy that we will auto accept a 20 minute buff. No option whatsoever.

Options > No options in my book. Allows for greater happiness among the varied preferences.


I've clamored and applauded most everything else in this Issue and that the Devs do for this game.
This change annoys me. Not in theory, but in practice. I look at the numbers, I look at the visuals, I hear the audio effect and I see the prevalence and common practice of the players and this power... and this change goes against my tastes.

Thanks for all the great stuff besides this one change.
Now change this one thing to my satisfaction please

The saying is, "Film is 50% sound".
I'm not entirely sure what the equation would be for video games, hehe... For an immersion freak like myself... no music, ambient sounds surrounding me... It's up there!
I definitely appreciate having more ambient sounds : )

That combined with shadows just brings a greater element of life to this game. I'm currently sacrificing some FPS for the shadows, but, so far, it is worth it.