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  1. Forbin_Project

    Sgu 4/4

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    Originally Posted by starphoenix View Post
    All it takes is a ride into the sunset scene. The story goes on. Things might get wrapped up in a movie. Only takes about five minutes worth of filming to end any series. SG-1 had a few season finales that could have been series finale if they didn't last as long.
    And if they hadn't already stopped filming that might have happened. However we all know from the people making SGU that it didn't happen. The show was cancelled after the second season was done filming and no one was called back to reshoot any scenes/episodes.

    As to getting wrapped up in a film that's even more unlikely to happen without as NP pointed out a large active fanbase (which SGU doesn't have) and someone willing to pay for it. And considering that the latest two proposed Stargate films based on SG1 and SG:Atlantis (Stargate:Extinction and Stargate:Revolution) which actually have a large fanbase have both been cancelled indefinitely. So the odds that an SGU film will ever be made are somewhere between slim and none.
  2. Forbin_Project

    Sgu 4/4

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    Originally Posted by NinjaPirate View Post
    Eh, they could always do a finale episode a couple years after the fact like Farscape did.

    They'd need an active large fanbase to constantly rally and push for a resolution, though - ah, crap.



    -k
    That's possible if they can get the fanbase and someone willing to pony up the cash.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Syntax42 View Post
    As I stated in my original post, the influence sink is trivial in the current game economy. My solution to continuing the influence sink was to have the enhancement value of the SO's ramp up as you approach 50. It shouldn't go as high as generic IOs, but it should change enough from 1 to 50 that a new player would be motivated to try to buy new SO's every 5 levels when they get the chance.
    No the inf sink isn't trivial it's desperately needed. The game doesn't have enough inf sinks to combat the way we make inf hand over fist.

    Also as I stated before the use of those enhancements is optional. No one has to use them. The trip from levels 1-7 is so fast that players can easily not slot any enhancements whatsoever and just start at 7 with IO's.

    There's no need to waste time and resources that could be put to better use elsewhere changing something that isn't broken.
  4. Forbin_Project

    Sgu 4/4

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    Originally Posted by Rock_Crag View Post
    Just because they already filmed all the episodes... doesn't mean they couldn't drum up an alternative 'final episode' to bring them back home.
    But they didn't. All filming was finished for the season when it was cancelled and no new or alternate episodes were made. We know this because the cast and crew kept the fans informed via Twitter accounts. Many of them only found out the show was cancelled the same day SyFy made the announcement. The last 10 episodes are being aired and are supposed to end on a cliffhanger. So if they didn't resolve this "ghost in the machine" issue during these last episodes they have already shot, then it isn't going to happen unless another company is willing to pick up the series and provide funding to start filming the next season.
  5. You want to change those enhancements so they no longer degrade as you level. Well that is exactly how they were intended to work. It's encourages the players that use them to upgrade every 5 levels and serves as an influence sink.

    If you find that annoying then you have the freedom to choose to slot IO's as early as level 7. Of course the balancing issue withthe IO's is that they have to be either crafted or you have to deal with the market to get them where TO's DO's, and SO's have fixed prices and are always available at NPC stores.

    The only annoyance that DO's, and SO's really have are the stupid names and confusing icons for the different origins.
  6. Forbin_Project

    Sgu 4/4

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    Originally Posted by starphoenix View Post
    If they are stuck in Quarantine, then there should be other nasty programs in there as well. There could be an episode where Gin and Amanda have to deal with other nasty programs that are trapped and find some way to escape by their own power or by contacting Rush and Eli. One of the trapped programs could be a former member of Destiny's crew that knows everything about the ship. The series finale could be getting that program to help them establish a permanent connection with the Milky Way through the Stargate or some other means. The series ends with Destiny flying into the sunset or nebula as the case may be.
    You do realize that the show was cancelled without warning after all the episodes for season 2 were made and there is no finale. The shows creators told us if they had a third season they could wrap up the SGU storyline but they were never given the chance.

    It's far more likely that this issue was something they planned to deal with in the third season or later to give people cliffhangers so they'd tune in the next season to find out what happened. So if it wasn't already done in the few remaining episodes it ain't gonna happen.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Syntax42 View Post
    My suggestion is to change origin enhancements so that they don't degrade, but they also ramp-up in enhancement value as you slot higher level ones. Smoothing out the transition from TO's to DO's to SO's would be beneficial to players as they lose their "beginner's luck" accuracy bonus as they approach level 20. The gradual increase in enhancement value would give some motivation to purchase more expensive (higher level) SO's. The lack of degradation would prevent situations where players stop the team's progress because they need to spend 15 minutes at the vendor to replace their expired enhancements.
    Great idea then we can get rid of IO's all together since they won't be needed anymore.

    /unsigned

    TO's, DO's, and SO's are working as intended.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    Not to be ha-
    No, actually. I'll be blunt.
    Cry some moar. That giant maintenance we had on Thursday? Smack bang in the middle of EU prime time, and lasted until after midnight for us over here. That is a bad downtime.

    Sympathy: You get none
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    Originally Posted by Ravenswing View Post
    I also find it rather amusing that we EU players get told it's all just fine when we lose our entire evening, but it's fine to moan when the US gets hit.

    Gain persepctive, be calm, say "Ommmm."
    Actually I've been reading these threads and thinking that now my fellow NA/EU players know how our poor Aussie brothers and sisters feel every week when the servers go down during their prime gaming hours because they happen to occur when the online population is at it's lowest. So all of you can put on your big boy/girl pants and deal with it.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
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    Originally Posted by McBoo View Post
    Everyone understands that this was just my attempt at a joke, right? I mean it's ludicrous to think that the developers could code in extra leisure time for their player base, isn't it?


    ^
    It's tough to tell when someone's making a joke with ludicrous statements when there are people who are making the same ludicrous statements seriously. I'm honestly at the point where I'm not even sure who I am anymore.
    This. I recall in particular this post by a guy that wanted the sub fee lowered $5 dollars because he can't afford the game after spending his disability money on . . .

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    another game i play phantasy star universe which is $9.99/month. it came out in october 2006. and ppl complain about the fee there all the time. and sometimes i subscribe to wow. also xbox live $50/yr these fees add up. 9.99 for psu, 14.99 for wow, 14.99 for coh. thats 50+ a month on games. this adds up.

    along with about 200 to 300 on groceries/alcohol/restaurants per month, 279 for rent each month. 40/mo to my brother for doing the dishes, and cleaning the apartment. 20 for adult entertainment. 50 for car insurance. 25 for renters insurance. 10 for life insurance. 30+ for gas. i'm gonna have to pay for dental insurance soon. also money for furniture, new bed, bedding stuff, electronics, soon a new $1200 computer. also other games i buy such as sf4, fightpad controller, defense grid, castle crashers, ssf2thdr and other games, video rentals. and medical expenses i just paid 735 for a hospitol bill, credit report 25. gambling, movie theateres, postal stamps, luckily no credit cards currently. and i get about $900/month from disability, and i live in north county san diego, ca. i'm not working right now. soon i'll go back to work after i have a cataract in my eye removed. then i go back to pizza delivery for round table while getting disability.

    i'm surprised so many ppl were against this. you must be rich or are you brats that live off your parents. how easily do you give away your money. it seems like you should want to save money not give it away. what are you gonna do when champions comes out? pay another 14.99 or let your characters die? i'll probably subscribe to this on, and off like i do wow. and switch to champions maybe when it comes out. also i was only trying this game out to see wheter i like it or if it was worth it, not promising to be a lifetime subscriber.

    And then there was this guy that thought the Science Booster encouraged cross dressing.

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    I thought CoX was rated Teen. The devs go out of there way to gen names and costumes that are inappropriate for the Teen rating. Nothing with a sexual nature or undertone is allowed due to the rating. Rightfully so though. Which is cool an all but what confuses me is now with booster pack 3. They are introducing cross dressing. It potentially opening up a huge can of worms. Now if you changed gender and it applied to all character slots then this would even have come up. but since you can have say 3 slots male and 2 female. Say what ya want but that is cross dressing and i would think that this would violate the Teen rating
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Obsidian_Farmer View Post
    Dance like no one's watching.
    We can dance if we want to. We can leave your friends behind. Cause' your friend don't dance, and if they don't dance, well they're
    no friends of mine.

  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by BrandX View Post
    4) New costume pieces!

    Pounches to go along with those guns
    Pounches? I hope you meant holsters cuz I have no idea what pounches are.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Innovator View Post
    The SyFy version of Being Human is actually very good. Yeah...I dared say it.
    I've had my fill of Vampire shows for the near future, so I don't bother with it.

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    Then, I also remember SyFy also cancelled Dresden Files, and should burn in heck for that.
    Agreed.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lothic View Post
    I think it's telling that shows like Firefly are now ending up on the Science channel. It's like good sci-fi is having to jump ship and go to "real" science channels because it can't find a place on the channel that's gotten too "low-brow" for significant sci-fi.
    Thanks for reminding me. I saw a preview on another chnnle for a Sci-Fi show that's supposed to start in a few months (Can't for the life of me think of the name when I want to remember it) and I was thinking it really sucks that I have to go to a regular cable channel to get something that should be on SyFy.
  14. Forbin_Project

    3 suggestions

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    Originally Posted by Diggis View Post
    That is my understanding too. I don't know who told us that, but it's been the standard answer for a while.

    Also, a popup would be terrible.... it would have to be for all buffs (I assume it would be linked to the power so it wouldn't pop up on debuffs) Gather for RARA, click yes twice. Ohhh, fort is down... mid fight popup... SB down on the granite... mid fight popup.... aaarrrrgggghhhhh No No No
    This is why I'd prefer a pop up window similar to the /hide feature that lists all the buff/debuffs and you select the ones you are willing to accept. It could even have a teammate only option.
  15. As long as they don't air the show the same night as "Wrasslin" and "Marcel's Colossal Failure". I won't even turn on the Syphilus sorry SyFy channel anymore on Friday nights.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by cybermitheral View Post
    Forbin I think there was some mis-understanding.

    I didnt mean that Heroes shouldnt need to buy GR in order to get Patron Powers. They should.
    I meant Heroes shouldnt need to buy GR in order to get a respec.
    My bad for misunderstanding.

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    Redside has the option to take a respec after unlocking the Patron Pools (free respec).
    Blueside does not get a free respec.
    This was meant to be about BALANCE - equal options for all.
    Sorry but Villains do not get a free respec. They have to earn it by completeing the Patron story arc.

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    Yes swapping sides is easy - but you shouldnt have to unless ALL alignments have to.
    Swapping sides isn't relevant. All AT's still have to earn the Patron respec by completeing the Patron story arc.

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    Proposed Fix = give Heroes a free respec when they unlock APP's just like Villains get. Make Heroes have to unlock them just like Villains. Balance.
    So you want to add a story arc that heroes would have to complete in order to unlock APP's, earn an accolade, and earn an additional respec?

    I'd be fine with that.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DeviousMe View Post
    Weren't there free transfer tokens passed out at some point too? Or am I remembering something else?
    No that was the same thing. The tokens were the free transfers. The first time we were allowed only so many each week, then in August we were allowed so many each day.

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    Either way, I'd definitely like to be able to swap characters to other servers without paying extra, but I think if it was just plain free, it'd create such a clout of data shuffling that it becomes unmanageable on a permanent basis.

    However, maybe pass out 1 free transfer token a month? Or perhaps have 1 day a month when people can transfer for free?
    Unlikely that we'd ever see it that frequently. A more likely possibility is that we might see it as a Vet Reward given out like they do with the free character slots. 1 for each year the account is active.
  18. I still think it needs to go one step farther and give a special title/color to trial accounts so people on active accounts will know when they see them that there is a player with restricted communications.
  19. Obviously everyone would love some more free transfers, but the only reason they gave out free transfers last year was as a promotion for the upcoming release of Going Rogue. They didn't add more character slots to the servers like they did with CoV so they gave us some free transfers for a limited time.

    The first set of free transfers was during the 09 Winter Event when GR was still scheduled to be released in the first quarter of 2010. When GR's release date got pushed back till August they gave us another week of transfers when GR finally launched.

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    Originally Posted by GPBunny View Post
    But go ahead be a good lil fanboi.
    Resorting to insults just because someone doesn't agree with you only paints you as a petulant child.
  20. Forbin_Project

    Sgu 4/4

    First if it was a temporary thing Eli wouldn't have been so pissed off at the end of the episode.

    Second the show was cancelled after these episodes were shot. They weren't given the chance to wrap up the show.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by dbuter View Post
    wings at level one for animal characters
    Already exists in game. Wings are available for level 1 characters via costume recipe, vet reward, and Mac pack.

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    Allow capes at character creation. Don't require a mission to get them.
    Already exists in game via. Capes are available for level 1 characters via Magic Booster, Mac Pack, and Origins Pack.

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    Add in a few new travel powers, such as fire flight and hoverboards.
    Fire flight already exists in game by simply using any of the flaming Auras that are available at level 1 via GR and the Origins Booster. If you want to turn the aura off use the Halloween salvage to unlock the extra costume slot and change costumes.

    A hoverboard isn't a travel power. It would be a costume recipe like Jet Boots, and Wings.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rylas View Post
    You do realize that before the aggro cap, tanks had no problem keeping aggro from multitudes of mobs off other ATs without any problem, right? So even if a blaster could grab the same amount of aggro, the tank could always use it's aura and taunt to keep him safe. (see Ninja Farms, Dumpster Diving)
    And this is exactly why the devs added the aggro cap in the first place. What was the point in making any other AT when a Tank could handle everything thrown at it.

    The games called City of Heroes not City of Tanks.
  23. Forbin_Project

    3 suggestions

    1. /signed

    2. While we all would like this, you've been given the reasons the devs gave us why we have our current limits. That's not saying we agree with them.

    3. Asked for many times over the years.