Evangel

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emmm, where are people getting the less lag on us servers idea from ?

the servers are in the us ==> if you are in europe you have to do more hops through more internet nodes to reach them, each hop == lag ==> us servers means more lag and not less.

doesnt make one bit of difference what bandwidth they have on their side of the atlantic or if they have a fibre mpls piped directly through their ISP and into a load balancing box. transatlantic traffic, especially that used for streaming or online gaming, will have a noticeable time delay (at least more often than a locally - relatively speaking - hosted server). Why else do you think large online entities start server farms in foreign hosting providers and ISPs in the first place ?


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For mainland Europe that is true, but that's NOT true for the UK. We have far better links to the US than we do to mainland Europe, and having played on the US servers myself, I can guarantee you, there's less lag from here to there than from here to Hamburg.

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not sure I agree with that.(not saying you are wrong, but I'd have to see it to agree with it) from working in an ISP and providing hosting to american companies that want a gateway to europe, local regional hosting beats trans oceanic every time.

granted, its been getting better all the while (I used to do netwrok planning for SAP systems international customers and satellite uplinks and isdn bandwidth calculations were a nightmare) but i still dont think uk to usa can have less latency than uk to germany (not line speed, but latency, though I would argue line speed as well).

must see if i can dig up the server ips and run a test to check this out.

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So, as nature abhors a vacuum, it's speculation time!

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untrue! I have never heard of a hoover factory being hit by a natural disaster!

emmm, where are people getting the less lag on us servers idea from ?

the servers are in the us ==> if you are in europe you have to do more hops through more internet nodes to reach them, each hop == lag ==> us servers means more lag and not less.

doesnt make one bit of difference what bandwidth they have on their side of the atlantic or if they have a fibre mpls piped directly through their ISP and into a load balancing box. transatlantic traffic, especially that used for streaming or online gaming, will have a noticeable time delay (at least more often than a locally - relatively speaking - hosted server). Why else do you think large online entities start server farms in foreign hosting providers and ISPs in the first place ?

having said that: what do I think will happen next?

server hosting has probably been paid up to the end of the year and enough staff have been left to handle maintenance so I think we're staying here for the foreseeable future.

eventually either

a: move accounts to US servers (may have issues with billing laws)
b: force us to start new accounts on us servers (will cause loss of players if stuff is lost in the creation of a new account - though they could jsut reverse the previous server migration engine and suck us back to the states!)
c: physically move the servers to the states and join them to the cluster there. they already have the hardware in place and the front end, so it will just (just! sorry, its not just its a bit more than that) be a case of transferring the data from the servers and initialising new virtual servers in their cloud to take the images.

my .02 euro (or 0.0256546 cents)

scratchy

change of date suits me too. mark me down @evangel.

not sure what character though. most like evangel lvl 50 blaster unless I can get another closer to the level to take part.

Evangel - Blaster AR/Elec

definitely up for this

I wont be around on friday but I was thinking of logging in with skinjob and getting him to 20 by doign the valentines missions on thursday. keep an eye out for me if anyone's online.

great fun last night. its a pity about synapse but we can sort him and his mechanical friends out next week. (really hope we can get a multi-mega babbage brawl going ).

its a pity as i was originally hopin gto level up through the task forces primarily but there was no way a group of 15s and 16s were getting through those 21st level clockwork. I contracted a bad case of Belhor in the first mob and had to be rezzed, just in time to meet the second lot.. we'd have been resting every two minutes and earning very low xp (66xp for a lvl 21 cannon knight ? is that right for a lvl 16 scrapper? )

Miss freeze and Xtream both activated on the SG forum.

sorry for the delay but there was a ton of fake accounts pesky bots...

dont worry, toys are still firmly contained within the pram. I'm not havign a go at the devs.

just saying that the MA as it stands (all based on hearsay and rumour)isnt what I would have wished for. Its a step in the right direction for me but not there yet.

having said that, I do have a few story ideas and some can be done with even the most basic of tools so I'll be more than happy to give it a go when it is released.

sorry if my post came across as negative, was meant to be constructive criticism ending in eager anticipation

looks interesting but as already said it looks very simplistic.

what I'd like:
customisable maps like the current base editor , multi-level links through lifts.

placeable glowies

editable elements/properties on destructables

Placeable spawn points (even if each spawn point has a radius that doesnt allow other spawns within a certain range to allow for balance).

Spawn point severity (small, med, large spawn)

patrol spawn / routes

Linked/interdependant mission objectives

triggers (if glowy clicked then....) or if area entered then....

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I realise that not everyone wants these things but I'd like them as an advanced option for the editor.

lots of ideas for missions but until I know the final set of tools available to us there's not much point developing any of them as they might not be possible with whats available

I see a lot of long nights at the PC when this gets released. I also predict a lot of grovelling for forgiveness as my better half starts to feel neglected

hey all.

just an update on the infernal justice Forum.

can people that create a new account please contact me on this board (PM) or put the words Infernal Justice into their signature.

beign shared hosting the board has stability but unfortunately I cant install all the modules I would like and we are getting quite a few spambot accounts being set up. While usually these are easy to spot, some look almost like real users.

definitely a good laugh. I can see where it gets its reputation though. lack of travel powers would make this a killer and some of the mission mobs were a touch on the "OMG [censored]" side of things. but we persevered and earned the merits

I'll hopefully have my tanker back for Synapse next week. lookign forward to some babbage bashing

interesting reading.

All i was really looking for was a listing of the defense and resist % that the various powers give. not for alt creation, just out of curiosity.

thanks for the info though.

Can anyone who has registered on the infernal forum please either post here with your infernal forum name or PM me please ?

In particular, can Foorgemon get in touch with me ?

I jsut want to make sure I havent missed anyone in the signup process. I know its awkward but Its already stopped two spammers of possibly illegal and definitely indelicate material from posting

for those that are unaware: the infernal forums are located at:

http://infernal.faelkeep.com/phpBB2/index.php

thanks

I have never done posi's TF... never.. not once. no one ever seems to want to do it.

count me in pretty sure I have an alt in the level range or I can be exemplared

@evangel

you kept your clothes on ???

anyone got any details on how much benefit a scrapper gets from x or y power in comparison to another ?

is there a way to make a chart of all the DEF or RES bonuses of pwoers for say a lvl 20 scrapper (level number at random, I dont actually have a level 20 scrapper) and put them in order of effectiveness ? has anyone done this before ?

IE: maneauvers vs Active Defense vs other def or res boosting power.

has the same been done for attacking powers ?

Just curious because I will have to make choices about power pools, ancilliary pools etc soon

ps. best fun I've had playing city of heroes since I joined my first team with my first alt waaay back when.

looking forward to next tuesday

currently levelling a demonic mace/shield tank to run in tandem with team in case of any shortfall any week.

Overwatch report of the event is posted:

http://infernal.faelkeep.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9

for those not familiar with overwatch, just wait until the mission architect comes out, you will be

kompakt, any chance you could email that pic to me

infernal (at) faelkeep.com ? I cant view imageshack stuff from work (pesky content filter!) but I'd like to get the pic to start work on the SG website using it as a base.

thanks

Skinjob is lurking in a bucket of salt somewhere.... beware the haggis....

Kompakt Fulgor and Clawd are active on the forums

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I havent received an email but I can login to the site now. Cheers for the all the work you guys are putting in

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hmmm, need to work on that. I think the admin email address could be causing problems with spam filters.

anyway, all of the above should be able to log in with the username and password you requested.

I posted up a few polls and suggestion threads please feel free to psot feedback and put forward your own ideas.

forum update:

not sure if the email notifications are going out correctly (they did when I tested it) but here's the member list:

Cunundrum
Grey Light
Treagy
Mereman
Skinjob (me)
Sargatanas

LoLth is a moderator account I set up to act as well, moderator , until things get settled.

off to browse for a template to make setting up the site mcuh more appealing for someone with my level of laziness

did a quick search but couldnt find a suggestion for this apart from there beign a tailor in Pocket D.

Any chance for a tailor in Atlas park/galaxy and Mercy Island. just to make it easier for low level players to change costume details....

\o/ got the shield fixed by running to the tailor in steel canyon

four deaths and zero experience earned later and my shield is now a flaming shieldy shaped slab of hotness.

why cant we have a tailor in atlas park ?