Fleeting Whisper

Cops can't do anything outside their own jurisdiction.

I've got a better one.

tp_off.txt:
(replace the various windowhide commands with the windows you don't want to see while teleporting)

tp_on1.txt:
(replace the various windowshow commands with the same windows you hid in tp_off.txt)

tp_on2.txt:
reset.txt:
(replace the various windowshow commands with the same windows you hid in tp_off.txt)

in-game:
(then press ctrl+t)

This rotating bind setup makes it so that:
- Hold down Left Shift hides some of your windows, changes a few graphics settings, and zooms your camera out. The targeting reticle for Teleport also appears.
- Release Left Shift restores your windows and the altered graphics settings, and zooms your camera back in. The targeting reticle for Teleport also disappears.
- Click Left Mouse Button while holding Left Shift will teleport you, and maintain the Teleport targeting reticle.

As with all hold/release binds, it's possible for the bind to get messed up. If that should happend, just hit ctrl+t again to reset everything.

You mean when it was about TCS's constant whine about people playing blueside?

What are you talking about? Those heroes have been deployed around the world to combat the Devouring Earth menace, and our great Emperor Cole has graciously allowed their families to join them.

On the other hand, the devs have also said things like "It's great to live in Praetoria" and "The Resistance is a small group of weirdos who don't like Emperor Cole for some strange reason". The people live without fear, and everyone has excellent amenities. Nobody needs to do manual labor (the Clockwork take care of that), and life is good.

Also, WRT forcing democracy upon Praetoria:

While you may believe you have a legitimate concern, most of the people here simply disagree with you. And the first insults in this thread spread from your keyboard.

"Worship[ping] the developers every choice" is far from a requirement to gain support from other forum posters. As an easy example, consider the subject of merging the markets. There are a large number of posters, including myself, who want to see the markets merged. The developers do not want to do it. The reason that many people support the position is that there are valid game balance and game economics reasons to do so, and strong arguments can be made for the case.

Your crusade, on the other hand, has little logical support. Lashing out at those who disagree with your position doesn't help, either.

The developers do not listen to lurkers; by definition, lurkers don't post, and so do not express their opinions on the issues.

However, the developers do listen to players concerned enough to actually post on the forums. However, a handful of posts from people who refuse to listen to reason does not hold as much weight as a volume of players who remain level-headed and make strong arguments for their case. For proof that the developers do in fact listen, see List of Player Suggested Features.

As for the people you've talked to in-game: both the people you talk to in-game and the people you interact with here on the forums form a biased sample. The bias of the people you interact with in-game is the set of people willing to speak with you; often this will tend toward people who share many of your opinions, so you're much more likely to get a "majority" on your side. The bias on the forums is one of players concerned enough about the game to make their voices heard to the developers; this bias tends more towards interests in improving the game than to agreeing with you. Both are biased, but when it comes to game improvements, the forums are a much more reasonable source for the developers to look to.

Doubtful. It seems that all of their work on the story of GR is revolving around shades of grey.

Just like the real world, nobody is truly evil or truly good. Even Gandhi was racist.

Let's see... averaging 27.25 posts per day, and I would say it takes at most 10 minutes for me to write one of my posts, with the exception of guides. So that's at most 4 hours per day. Combine with having free time (slackadem college student) and practically being nocturnal, yes, I'd have to say I do play the game. I think I'm currently sitting at about 30 characters, at east half of them over 30, currently including 5 level 50s and no powerleveling. You'll find that my post volume has little to do with intending to bash people, and everything to do with being a fan and strong supporter of the game. Particularly of note would be my involvement in the City Scoop and the Titan Network.

I'll thank you to not attempt to build such weak strawmen in your defense. It just makes you look worse when they're torn down.

You have three essential points, as I read your post. Please correct me if your intentions were otherwise:

1. Kheldians are epic archetypes, and therefore should be difficult to get, because they're a reward for hard work
2. You are entitled to something to replace your level 50 reward, since it's being taken away from you
3. This is the start of a slippery slope

#1 is factually false, particularly your view on the matter. Kheldians are not epic in the sense that they're better than others. They're epic in the same sense as Beowulf, Homer's The Odyssey, or Dante's The Divine Comedy. Few people would consider reaching 50 to be hard work, either. It takes time, sure, but it's not exactly hard work. If reaching level 50 in this MMO is the hardest thing you ever do, consider yourself blessed.

#2 is a rather insulting case of entitlement. However, we are getting new endgame content (which will more likely than not be open to lv45-50). Whether you consider that reward or not is your own point of view, and claiming "that's not good enough!" makes you sound like a crybaby. Additionally, we already have purple IOs which are strictly limited to level 50 characters.

#3 is a logical fallacy. I won't even bother going into that.

The 'great achievements' you have emphasised as part of your definition of epic is with regard to the epic story. Not with regard to the creation of nor the act of obtaining that story.

It doesn't take a veteran to reach level 50. By level 20, I've already saved the city from disaster several times (or robbed a few banks and caused significant chaos), not to mention the possibility of thwarting extra-dimensional alien invasion. Right now on the live servers, I can also prevent the dissolution of an extra-dimensional night club hosted and maintained by one of the most powerful mutants in existence, regardless of my level.

Reducing the requirements for EATs to lv20 doesn't take away any of your achievement. It doesn't take away your kheldian characters. It doesn't take away the game's fun.

What it does do is support the developer's realizaton that making lv50 the unlock requirement in the first place was a huge mistake. It opens up more play options for more players, enriching their game experience.

Your complaint boils down to "I had to walk uphill 5 miles to school each day in the snow -- uphill both ways! You kids should have to do the same thing!" It's extremely childish and petulant.

The pack just dumps a set of images in your City of Heroes/data/ directory. That's really all it is. Same goes for the Vidiotmaps map pack. The CoH Splasher works on the same principle, as does customizing the QuickChat menu (thought the QuickChat menu drops in a text file, rather than an image)

I'm going to quote myself here, because this post is just increasing the similarity:

And then reminds you again each hour after that.

IIRC, hours 2 and 3 say something like "please consider taking a break", and further hours say "please take a break".

It's also possible to get an invite email before they actually give you access. I think they did that to me with I11 or I10, don't recall.

This sounds frightfully similar to real-world events which should have ended years ago but are still ongoing.

You've got a pretty warped sense of reality. Kheldians have rarely been treated any different from all of the other ATs. When they are treated different, it's usually with disgust either because they're harder to manage well, or because they herald Shadow Cysts.

The "Epic" come from the Kheldian story, not how you unlock them.

Actually, yes. With I17 and/or GR, they're also introducing new endgame content.

Rants rarely get taken seriously. Try being level-headed if you want that.

True that. If the NGE only opened up Jedi to new players, SWG would have probably gained players (initially, unlocking Jedi was a long, arduous, and undocumented process, and IIRC it was randomized for every player, too)

Except for the Galaxy Troops (who have bits of Nictus stuck in their brains), Requiem, Arakhn, and the entirety of the Imperious TF.

No, you must have an existing CoH/V account in order to make use of GR.

I love the art book. But most of my HeroClix have gotten broken