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Originally Posted by DireAngelus

I believe the rule of thumb is: one purchase per card per 24 hour period.

Originally Posted by Shuriken_BladeX

Then I can see it working well with doms lol.

Originally Posted by Shuriken_BladeX

I never said blaster. If you read my first post I was talking about this powerset being possibly used for a possible future AT. Melee/support but someone else on the thread made a good point saying this can make a good dom set as well and I think so too.

Originally Posted by Sharker_Quint

in other words... it would have to be something like the gunblade from FF. if not it would require redraw. the closest thing i can think of in game that we have now are Nemesis. and they have shooting and melee attacks that come from a gun with a big ol' bayonet on it.

Originally Posted by States

I thought this was talked about during Hero-Con?! or did I hear them wrong?

Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven

While I know you are right about this... I can't help but wonder how that is at all logical. NCSoft has a EULA that people are in violation of if they do **** like that... they make it very clear they don't tolerate that stuff, so when some moron makes the character, why do they get sued? Why not sue the moron?

(And yes, I know the answer is money... but geez, it is really stupid.)

Originally Posted by LOLDUE

2: On my Mission Architect account, I keep deleting an autosaved file that I do not want anymore, but it regains itself and it is impossible to delete it. I also cannot save anything else for some reason. How do I fix this?

Originally Posted by Zombie Man

They should make it that your game controller starts to vibrate as you get near one.

Originally Posted by Wicked_Wendy

This was the main reason given several years ago when we asked for it. Heaven forbid that some teenaged boy create female minions and then Petsay_all have them kneel and worship him. Interesting they seem to have no problem with my female MM having her male minions emote .. dropping to their kneels and proclaiming "We love you Wicked Wendy. We would die for you!" LOL and yes as a JOKE I did just that shortly after they came out with the statement.. SO we can't allow female minions some people would take advantage and have the minions worshiping them. SOooo it's okay for the MALE minions to worship my female Villain but not the other way around????


Its a macho thing I guess or whatever they have to protect the helpless little female? Umm my 45 level Thugs/DM MM doesn't need anyone to protect her.. she is usually too busy kicking butt. I find it very strange since they (THE DEVS) have no issue with a villainess named Dominatrix and if you've ever done any base building the ONLY bed available has TIE DOWN STRAPS.

We asked, we begged, for the option to select either male or female minions. I'm a female and I want a female oriented GANG. But goodness we can't have that someone might take advantage of it in role play... Have these people visited Pocket D on Virtue? People take advantage of anything and everything in game so get over it and create the female version of the MM Minion!

Come on Devs it's 2010 and your about to launch Going Rogue and have Demon Summoners that use WHIPS as weapons? But we still can't allow an MM to have a group of female minions? Does the term sex discrimination ring a bell? I'm not asking you to have them dressed like the Fembots from Austin Powers... If they are Merc.. have them in Cammies. Thugs.. dressed in Street clothes like their male counterparts. Zombies.. zombies are zombies. Ninja.. the same robe and pajama pants as their male counterparts. And Bots.. Okay lets just leave bots neutral .. they are machines and have no sexual orientation at all. I have seen CHARACTERS running around in leather tops and g-string bikinis but we still have no female minions... okay done ranting.. now FIX IT! lol

Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper

I don't think the point is to make it harder. The point is to make them remotely possible to find on purpose by someone who doesn't use 3rd party modifications.

Originally Posted by UnicyclePeon

All,

I was thinking about all the new explore badges coming soon in the new issues/expansions. It made me wish we had a Geocaching system in COH/COV.

It would be cool if the little explore badge marker itself has a log book or GPS info. You'd still get the badges for wandering near them, but clicking on them would give a text pop-up that gives a *useful* text hint as to where the next one might be, and maybe the GPS location (/Loc position) of the nearest neighborhood marker. Each cache (or clickable marker) would tell you a hint to the next one in the same zone, in a loop, so that you might realistically find them all. Each zone would be independent so that you'd have to find at least one per zone from trial and error. Just make sure each zone has one marker/badge in a place that "seems" like it'd be too obvious to pass up for a marker. For most zones, that is already the case (such as the Doughnut in Faultline or the Globe in Atlas).

Wouldn't that be cool?

Lewis

Originally Posted by Steampunkette

Eh...

I'd rather not have my heroes going to "Heaven" kicking butt, and then coming back. I don't think there's a way to make it anything but nonsensical.

Aquatic Zone and Moon Zone, please.

-Rachel-

Originally Posted by Noxilicious

I'm ambivalent towards the idea, but if this goes through and they do decide to go Greek with the theme, I sincerely hope they use the term Tartarus instead of Hades.

I get that in popular fiction, Hades is often depicted as Greek Hell, so it's not unlikely that in CoH, they go with what is truth in popular conscience. It just kinda bugs me that that often means Tartarus gets ignored when it's a lot closer to your typical hell already.

Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum

Actually it IS true. It's your analysis that's wrong.

First, Linden Labs does get taxed on the revenue they realize- and that revenue includes its earnings from the sale of Linden Dollars. They're not taxed on the SALES TAX, just as many other "services" aren't taxed online.

There are two areas to look at here. The first is point-of-monetary-transfer (where you exchange L$ for real $)

Linden Labs DOES have to report their own L$ sales as revenue.

Individuals that buy and sell L$ ALSO have to report this as income to the IRS. Most don't, but they should- and if audited, they could face tax evasion charges for not reporting that income if they exceeded the threshold amount (it's considered self-employment).

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Next: the "Virtual Exchange" (exchange L$ for L$, no real money exchanging hands):

Where things get VERY wonky is when you run into the US Federal Tax's "Barter Laws." These were designed to address an emerging issue back in the 80's. Groups started printing catalogues of services they'd offer in exchange for 'points' that could be exchanged for other services. (X prepares Y's legal docs for 8 points each, then pays Z 8 points to do his accounting for him). In the mid-80's such exchanges had catalogs the size of phone books detailing services and goods available. Since no money exchanged hands, there was no "income" and therefore, the idea went, no INCOME TAX!

So, the federal government changed the law. Now ANY exchanged service or good that has real monetary value (i.e. that other people would normally and legally pay for), should be reported and taxed as if that real monetary value exchanged hands-- regardless if there was any real money involved! (there's some latitude for "favors" like mowing your elderly neighbor's lawn for free, but really not too much).

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If you apply that to video games, the theory goes... it's practically all there. We exchange points (influence) for goods and services. If these goods and services were legitimately available for real money too, then the law's wording suggests that we'd ALL have to track and report all our non-money in-game transactions too.

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Do we do that? Hell no. The law would appear to COVER that as it was written, but most doubt that it'd ever be APPLIED that way.

Instead, we treat online games more like we handle "Poker winnings." When you think of it, buyable influence or L$ is like giving cash for a poker chip. You might lose that chip before the night's out... or you might gain a hundred more... heck, you could gain a hundred more then lose it all before you're done. You're not assessed on every "transaction" when that chip (which has monetary value) exchanges hands. You're just taxed on your overall winnings.

In L$ terms: we don't report taxes on anything we (the players) earn in L$ until we exchange it out for real $. Then we report it as earnings.

The screwy part- all the laws governing reporting gambling revenue are so narrowly defined that they REALLY can't be applied to MMO's, but we tend to follow their prescribed behavior because they make more sense than the more broad -and more applicable- laws that govern barter networks that would bring online gaming to a grinding halt.

Originally Posted by Sailboat

Ah, but if you expect crappy PUG experiences, you're not getting unexpected crappiness, are you? You're getting the level of crappiness you have come to expect and demand. Accept nothing less!

Originally Posted by McCharraigin

Dang it...there is always a fly in the ointment....but if you have to have been playing a couple of years to get this perk, tie it up in vet status, maybe it won't be so bad.

Lisa.

Originally Posted by Power_NA

I know this is a CITY of Heroes, but Fire Base not really in our city now is it. I only know one villain group with magic, so I will use Circle of Thorns : D

First one can be Heaven, This can be a level 30-50 zone.

Norther Heaven (Heroes)
We must stop the CoT from stealing the Angels including gods' powers. If they gain to must power no one not even the mighty Statesman will be able to stop them.

Southern Heaven (villains)
You must help the Circles steal the powers of the God, and of cause kill them so you can have the power to yourself ; )

Central Heaven (PVP)
This can be a level 45-50 PvP zones, where the godly villains and unstoppable heroes fight a great battle! Who will win, no one knows!!

If you can think of a story, tell me please I really like this idea : D

Next zone Hell
Norther Hell (Heroes)
We heroes must stand together! We must stop the Circles from unleashing all the demons including Satan! The foolish Circles think they can control Satan, No one not even Infernal can do that! ((Well I can be wrong because he is not my hero lol))

Southern Hell (Villain)
Help the Circles control Satan, let him rise to kill all! Sadly, you and the Circles will need to fight him to put him back... Dang traitor! Guess no one can control Satan.

Central Hell (PVP)
This can be a level 45-50 zone. This is where the heroes guard the giant hole, or portal so Satan can't get out, the villains must kill the heroes to break Satan free from Hell!


I am sure someone, like the Dev can think of a good stroy for this... I want to have god's powers lol and kill Satan eather one works What do you think?

Originally Posted by Power_NA

Hmmm, hey I remeber this one, I did it a few months ago I think : D I like this idea is would be cool but hard.

Originally Posted by Paladin_Musashi

And again, you're dodging the point that a years old MMO (Though I use the term loosely) has a developer sanctioned (Heck, they run it) currency exchange without having all of these legal problems that people keep claiming would instantly occur if the devs allowed RMT officially. Obviously it wouldn't happen.

Originally Posted by Paladin_Musashi

If it were true then Linden Labs would be taxed for the sale of Linden Dollars, which they are not. All they did was put it in their EULA that L$ has no real world value and is purely imaginary. They haven't had any problems with it.

Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake

well mech, id say its slightly unfair to call all plers lazy.

Originally Posted by Paladin_Musashi

This is a myth. Just ask Linden Labs.

Originally Posted by LISAR

Ummm Oroboros doesn't care if you have that contact in your list or not...

Originally Posted by Antigonus

Why would that character get any inf? Even if the devs allowed the auto-level, I can't see them ever giving free inf. That would completely destroy any semblemce of an economy in the game.