Fleeting Whisper
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Citizen, you do not have Omega Level Clearance.
Now, look into this camera...
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Quote:It doesn't realy matter how many names are purged. It matters how many names are purged that other people want.Originally Posted by Mr_Zek
Name purges will not yield much until they start purging accounts regardless of level. Starting at accounts inactive for 4 years for example. If you have been gone for 4 years are you coming back? If you do, should your names have been kept for you?
The name purge policy was changed from lv35 to lv5 specifically based on what names were being claimed by new owners. -
Quote:That's why I generally like scaling down rather than up. The textures are designed for a certain size, and generally wouldn't look good when scaled up. But scaling down doesn't present such a problem.Originally Posted by konshu
Another shortcoming to this would be that the graphics would be blockier when the world scale is increased. Tessellation might help with that.
So, instead of multiplying the mission map by {{2, 0, 0, 0}, {0, 2, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 2, 0}, {0, 0, 0, 0}}, multiply the characters on the map by {{0.5, 0, 0, 0}, {0, 0.5, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0.5, 0}, {0, 0, 0, 0}}
Of course, I think the game treats stairs as ramps, so that might look silly if you just grabbed an exiting map that has stairs in it. -
Quote:But April Fools Day brought us news that Google was powered by pigeons, and it let us know about the Google complex on the moon!Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
April Fools Day, the one day when I don't want to so much as speak with other people. I know I might come off like a bitter old man, but of all the holidays and special occasions out there, April Fools has got to be by far the worst one.
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Quote:Full price for the regular version of GR. There's also going to be a 'collectors edition' version that's more expensive, with extra goodies. The collector's edition of GR is the main reason I didn't prepurchaseOriginally Posted by Lucky
Im pretty sure $29.99 is the full price
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Quote:Yes, it helped segregate the forum populationOriginally Posted by EU_Damz
Wasnt pwnz the section on your NA forums where you could openly throw insults around and destroy noobs?
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Can inf escrow be an early April Fool's prank? >.>
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Dumple beat you to that
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Quote:Hey, don't forget pohsyb (CW Bennet)Originally Posted by je_saist
While the core staff of developers responsible for the original vision of City of Heroes being implemented, specifically War Witch (Miss Melissa), Manticore (Sean Fish), Positron (Mr. Miller), are still around, their goals with the game are fairly far removed from the goals of the game that launched years ago.
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1. I'm fairly certain the game was built from scratch. I can guarantee it wasn't built on top of Quake. It's actually extremely difficult to significantly change game genre when using someone else's engine.
2. As I understand it, the engine that Cryptic built is being leased by NCSoft, which is why the Cryptic logo still appears. I suspect the building housing the actual servers (or, buildings, since we've got servers located on the west coast, the east coast, and in Germany) was either already owned/leased by NCSoft, or was always and still is a 3rd party server farm.
Quality of gameplay has very little to do with the engine. That's all in game design.
Your best bet for getting a new game with the same engine would be to contact Cryptic asking about leasing their engine (or get someone to do it for you). Then build a game. Of course, the new game can't be City of Heroes at all. And building a new game is really hard and takes a long time, even if you've got an existing engine to work with. You'll also find that most people agree that the 'limitations' you're complaining about actually made this game better. -
Quote:Rikti Drones do not have increased perception. They ignore stealth.Originally Posted by Local_Man
You can teleport past Rikti Drones and other foes with +Perception (a favorite trick for my Ill/Rad to Stealth missions).
As an Illusion Controller, you've also got access to the best stealth power in the game (Superior Invisibility). Rikti Drones and Rularuu Sentries will still see you, of course, because they ignore stealth. -
And you can also put a workbench in a SG base
Some players have also achieved an accolade badge which allows them to summon a workbench; you'll most often see them using it at the market, can you're able to use it too. (Of course, since the badge requires lots of crafting, you need to know the locations of the others if you want the badge for yourself) -
Quote:What, you don't think that our beloved Emperor Cole is worth the Green Lantern Corp's protection?Originally Posted by NekoNeko
Hey Pedro, you have that Green Lantern quote and you're also a Loyalist?
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But doesn't bait go into water?
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Quote:Would that be considered a... "burn"?Originally Posted by MunkiLord
being called the best fire tank isn't really that big an accomplishment. After all, it's just a fire tank.
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Quote:Synapse accuses me of using inspirations against him, even when I don'tOriginally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Synapse doesn't have it, the lucky...
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Quote:We used it a bit with Traps, too. For several of the traps (Acid Mortar and Trip Mine were my favorites, as I recall), you could start laying it as soon as you saw the teleporter being the animation, and the trap would be laid at the new location when the teleport finished. It saves a lot of time when 7 Trip Mines activate in the middle of the spawn as soon as you arriveOriginally Posted by Square_One
The Fire/Rad superteam used it to teleport from spawn to spawn, so I hear. The entire enemy spawn would melt in seconds, they'd have one guy "leading" the team, aka clicking to teleport the team to the next spawn, etc etc.
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Quote:Perhaps, but the aggro mechanics also don't make that kind of strategy work...Originally Posted by Shuriken_BladeX
I like that idea but I think what they are doing, is trying to run into another mob to get more friends.
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I read the title too quickly and thought it was about me
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Quote:Behold! The Ebon Bunny, shadow of all things cute and fuzzy! Master of carrots!Originally Posted by Ad Astra
There are a few other words for "Black" and for "Rabbit" as well.
How about Lapin Sable? Lapin Noir? Obsidian Rabbit? Sable Bunny?
Use synonyms - you might even find something with a neat alliterative ring to it. -
Sorry, Fabulous. But you're not so fabulous on camera
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Quote:Note that Phantom Army, Spectral Terror, and the Phantasm's pet 'Decoy Phantasm' do not count towards the healing Nictus' heal. (Phantasm himself does, of course)Originally Posted by EU_Damz
On an ITF today which was mostly melee we thrashed him, even i used my phantom army/phantasm/spectral terror + the MMs robots. He still went down like a ton of bricks! [was actually the easiest rom fight i've ever done]
OTOH, Phantasm has negative resistance to Negative Energy damage, so he'd probably get murdered pretty quick between the mire Nictus and the spawning Nictus
Gang War summons between 9 and 13 pets, actually:Quote:Originally Posted by NightErrant
Using [Gang War] summons 10 Melee Pets whom Ghost Widow will summarily devour. (Seriously, GW's Dark Regen is a OHKO for them)
* Summon Posse
* Summon Posse (after 0.5 second delay)
* Summon Posse (after 1 second delay) (50% chance)
* Summon Posse (after 1.5 second delay)
* Summon Posse (after 2 second delay)
* Summon Posse (after 2.5 second delay) (25% chance)
* Summon Posse (after 3 second delay)
* Summon Posse (after 3.5 second delay)
* Summon Posse (after 4 second delay) (10% chance)
* Summon Posse (after 4.5 second delay)
* Summon Posse (after 5 second delay)
* Summon Posse (after 5.5 second delay)
* Summon Posse (after 6 second delay) (10% chance)
(The Posse summoned at the 3.5s, 4s, 5s, 5.5s, and 6s marks use ranged weapons rather than melee weapons, though their AI is set to have them prefer melee range)
A team of 8 Mind/Emp Controllers would blaze through an encounter with Ghost Widow. STF Recluse would be more difficult, but it'd be doable.Quote:Originally Posted by Heraclea
I have two high level controllers, an ill/emp and an ice/cold. The ice/cold is a lot more fun to play, but does not run missions at all; she'd take half an hour to finish a radio mission, and that's assuming that she stealthed to the end.
Your Ill/Emp Controller may not be a powerhouse solo, but a team of Empaths is absolutely ridiculous. A team of Empaths buffing each other results in each character on the team becoming a composite of the defensive abilities of both Super Reflexes and Regeneration, the offensive abilities of a Blaster, and a buttload of recharge on the side. (And if you're a team of Empathy Defenders it's even better, because between Recovery Aura and Adrenaline Boost, you get to have crashless nukes.) And that's with SOs. -
Quote:Err... that's what transformation matrices are for. Nobody sane would create an entirely new model just to scale down a character.Originally Posted by sleestack
Well, they would have to make new small versions of all character assets (character models, costumes pieces, weapons, etc.), "small" versions of all powers, etc. etc.
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Quote:He has to run by Doctor Creed to switch spots. A quick mad scientist plastic surgery a dozen times a day never hurt anyone that I know.Originally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
His face?
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Quote:It was changed to something useful when the game was released.Originally Posted by YouWish
I'd like team teleport to be changed to something useful
Just in case you don't understand me: I'm saying that Team Teleport IS useful.