FullMoonRising
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Decided to give my Fire Controller a go today, and noticed that there might be a display bug with "Char" and related particle effects.
Simply put, "Char" doesn't render the smoldering smoke that it used to on the target mob after it triggers. The Player Character WILL throw the smoke plume as is normal, but you will not see the mob smoldering and burning. They will animate choking (sometimes... that isn't a guarantee it seems), but there won't be an active particle as there used to be.
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Quote:I actually hate, hate, HATE the usual toxicity of forum communities. I think I missed the memo of where I had to be a complete and total jerk on the boards...Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
Sir, you do know this is the internet right? It is totally illegal to have rational expectations and to take disappointment about something in a mature way.
I have to say it, this excellent response good sir, is a slap in the face to my expectation about the internet.
... in that case.
OMFG DEVS WTF U DOING WITH THIS GAME?!?! CHANGE IT BACK NAO OR ILL GO CANCEL MY VIP AND BRING A LYNCH MOB TO THE DEVELOPER STUDIO PLACE!
... better? :P
Stuck with staff mastery. A friend was awesome enough to do some custom sound effects for him that we modded into the game.
That would be pretty damn cool....Quote:Originally Posted by UberGuy
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Quote:I simply had no idea that they were being replaced. I had a friend who had purchased it go and show me his character, I liked what I saw, bought it and ran with it.Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
Yes, I can second this is how things went down.
For what it is worth, I actually held off buying the set as I knew it was coming out with temporary sounds (that I didn't like).
I figured I wouldn't be playing it until they were changed, so I may as well wait anyway.
However, I am sorry that you don't like the new sounds as much, as it's no fun to have something you like taken away!
Hopefully they'll grow on you.
And... yeah, going to reroll him now. Oh well... such is life. Knowing a few folks who work in the gaming industry, I know the tightrope walk it is to please fans with something like this. It's just my own personal preference. That doesn't mean the same for everyone, and I understand that. -
Quote:Thanks for the reply. If this is the case, I will indeed be rerolling him come tomorrow. Appreciate the responses.Originally Posted by Codewalker
I remember a bunch of people complaining on beta after the loud "trash can" sounds went in (this was after a somewhat smaller number complained that they were too quiet, I remember laughing because the devs just can't win). A while after that, another beta patch changed them yet again to a quieter set of sounds different from the originals. However, the sounds that went live were the middle set, rather than the ones that were on beta near the end of its testing.
I don't think there's any evidence to support the sound changes in I23 being a mistake.
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Quote:Conflicting information... the second response to this thread states that there were people that wanted more impactful sounds, so they put in more impactful sounds. This patch, however, supposedly "mistakenly" turned back on the non-impactful sounds. Whether or not this is true? I have no idea. I picked up the set about a week ago, so i'm not sure which is which.Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
Not sure you're reading the right things though.
I may be wrong, but from what I understand, these sounds were put in during beta and have just been waiting, since then, to patch into live.
I've not heard Staff sounds today though (and I can't remember if the sounds on live had been updated since the set launched or not), so it is possible that something else may be up that I'm not aware of.
However, it sounds to me like you're saying that you liked the sounds that Staff launched to live with... and those were already slated to be changed, as newer sounds were in testing. -
Quote:The problem is though that there is no sense of impact with the toned down effects that are now live. Even lugging around a giant steel pipe, for example, it sounds like a little wooden baton hidding another wooden baton... there is no "oomph" to the set while they're this way.Originally Posted by Celestial_Fury
OMG please no!
I hope the sound we now have on Live since the patch will remain. The staff sound is alot less annoying to hear now when doing the cone and aoe attacks.
The sound was playing way too loud compared to the other sounds in game. It was annoying for me and for the other players around as well. It did not make sense anyway ( like a light saber sound, ridiculous ).
I am sorry to disagree with you guys but i really hope devs intend the Staff sounds to remain toned down and i will campaign for that
Which stinks.
If people don't like the volume, that's fine, but there has to be a compromise. That compromise can't be "mute them so much that it loses all semblance of impact."
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Quote:Mistakenly? So i'm guessing then that this IS a bug that they will be fixing, and we'll be getting the more powerful impact sounds again?Originally Posted by Pengy
They sound like the original effects from Beta to me, mistakenly reactivated. Players wanted louder impacts, so we got the steel drum band.
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I was actually rather fond of the sense of impact that the sound effects had for Staff Mastery before the patch today. While some of them were a little bit loud (hitting multiple mobs with your first cone AE), I think it really did add that sense of "Super" to feeling of it being a super powered set.
After the patch, though, it seems that the pendulum swung to the opposite end of the spectrum. Now, the sense of impact is somewhat muted... the new sound effect doesn't seem to have that sense of speed and power behind it that the old one did.
Yes, like I said before, I do feel that some of the effects were a little too loud. But going to the complete opposite end of the spectrum? Intended? Or is it a bug. Did a sound effect get linked to the wrong spot?
If it's intended.. I might just reroll my staff mastery tanker while he's still young. -
I usually play on my desktop PC, which has a massive monitor and lots of viewing space. Sometimes, however, if I don't want to be confined to this box of an office space, I take my laptop out onto the patio, or into one of the larger rooms to sit on the couch.
Being City of Heroes seems to, by default, save its UI Layouts on the server, it can make for a bit of irritation while trying to constantly re-arrange my UI to just how I like it when I do a computer swap.
I've seen hints that it's possible, but no real big explanation. Does anyone here happen to know how one can get their UI to load locally by default? So that if i'm on the laptop, it loads from my laptop's UI, and similarly on my desktop? Would save me having to re-arrange stuff every computer swap.
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Quote:There's a black letterbox on the side that isn't filling in where once it did. This is new with the launch of I21.Originally Posted by ScottyB
Do you simply mean that the screen isn't filled (vertical letterbox), or do you mean that 4:3 screens are being stretched to fill a widescreen display?
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Quote:I'm really not here to speculate as to why though. I just want it fixed. I've spoken to a GM and a CSR and they have indeed tied it to the paragon market. Whether it was implemented poorly, if it's just a single comma out of place in the code, or anything else, this is asking people to pay for something they then can't use, and it should be pretty near the top of the list for fixes.Originally Posted by Evangel_NA
This seems to be yet another failure of the implementation of the in-game market. Why did the devs go with such a micro-managed account setup?
I'm oversimplifying for sake of example, but the devs seem to have gone with a model where every single individual venue of the game has a half million if/then statements now attached to it. If you have this purchasable item, then you can use this. Etc etc.
It's the same thing that causes annoyance with the store itself. Every single thing I've already purchased, already have, or have even JUST purchased STILL shows up in the store!
Poor implementation imo, which leads to countless bugs and errors just like this one. -
This was reported during beta and it was said that we would see a fix for it soon after the launch of I21.
Well.. we're well after the launch of I21, and the aspect ratio still annoyingly downsizes itself to a non-widescreen state whenever you're at character creation/selection, or costume creation. -
Quote:However, even if it was free to VIP's, I don't think it was free to non-VIP's. Thus, indeed, it is a store item (I THINK). That has to be the common denominator here, as it does it with the Cyborg Pieces, Barbarian pieces, etc.Originally Posted by Evangel_NA
Little edit to my post above, turns out it was because I was using the Imperial Defense belt option. Which is a new costume set auto-unlocked for VIPs, or at least it's a new set of some kind. I've made a brand new character with it in the game and didn't have to pay. So perhaps it is a store issue-related bug but the this costume set was available to VIPs at launch of i21...
It does NOT do it with Veteran Rewards. -
FYI to the people in charge:
While I hate to use caps lock...
THIS IS STILL HAPPENING, AND THE STORE IS STILL MAKING IT LOOK LIKE IT'S DUE TO UNPURCHASED COSTUME PIECES.
This is not only a hugely bad bug for those people who use architect, this is a -serious- misleading of your customers into -paying- for costume pieces that they might not even need, nor want, due to an error that has persisted with your game client now for -weeks- of hotfixes, even after being reported near right after the launch of I21.
I strongly advise that this get looked into near immediately, and I will also be getting in touch with your customer service department by phone tomorrow to be issued a refund for the points that i've been spending due to an error with your client.
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Quote:Oh no, I remember reading a letter from a dev that had said they were hoping to make the pack larger and had more heads on the table, more other pieces as well, but took them out. I'm not sure if that translates to: "it was nearly done" or "it was just concept", or how that would also translate to possibly seeing it down the pipe.Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
Huh, so no one else remembers or heard about what I mentioned in my earlier reply?
The remains of what was moderated had people talking about alligators and dinosaurs, at the very least.
I wish I knew more about it! -
The title really says it all. I love the options that were introduced with the Animal Pack. Bought every last one of them. I also am practically in love with the bird head. It's wonderfully put together.
But the Animal Pack did have some holes in it. One of which I think is a gaping wound more than anything else; that being the lizard head that is currently in game. It's hideous.
Without really knowing how else to ask this; are there any plans to introduce a better looking lizard snout into the game? To replace that really, really, really ugly costume piece? Something that could be use for a draconic character? Or a regular reptilian lizardman? Without having him look like an iguana? Heh... -
Quote:Woo hoo! Alright. Nevermind this then. I went through the first three pages of bugs or so and didn't see it, so I thought to post.Originally Posted by warden_de_dios
Tunnel Rat has said this will be fixed in a future patch.
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I dunno if i'm alone in this, but i've noticed on my ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 and my NVidia GeForce 280 (both cards, one laptop, one desktop) are giving a strange effect that wasn't there prior to the patch of I21. The semi-transluscent model particles are, since I21, completely solid, and near metallic looking.
I notice this happening with...
-Dual Pistols Power: Powers like Bullet Rain which produce particle-rendered models to give a "blurring" appearance.
-The Dimensional Shift Costume Change Emote.
While nothing more than cosmetic, it is still a total immersion breaker, especially being the Dimensional Morph Costume change emote cost some cash, and doesn't work how it did before, at least in terms of appearance. Not sure why this would change, as it's a particle render... but thought I would file a bug report regardless. -
It's attempting to create a brand new character. I can try this and see what happens though.
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I'm getting an error in mission architect that is not allowing me to create any custom characters. This particular bug has also cost me money. I purchased the Alpha Set thinking that I needed to buy it in order to make this error go away. However, it does it even with pieces and sets that I already own 100%.
The error is:
"Save Failed. Custom character was not valid. Custom character has an invalid costume."
This needs to be fixed. The character creator makes it seem in some senses like it's because of missing pieces on the Paragon market. however, after spending MONEY on these pieces, it still won't let you create. I just dumped 5 bucks into trying to buy pieces to make the error disappear. However, as stated before, this happens even with common costume pieces that are not for sale. -
Quote:I do understand that players who have been subbed for 7+ years have been contributing a lot to this game's success. However, I still think you underestimate just how much you are getting with this new model that I, as only a year and a half subscriber, am not getting.Originally Posted by Rubberlad
I don't disagree with you however I think you are overlooking just how much VIP players have invested in this 7yr old mmo game.
Varying retail costs for CoH, CoV, and GR as basic staples of gameplay; optional booster packs, those who opted to buy special editions - all of those accumulated purchases and investments aren't matched or accounted for in the costs a F2P member *could* pay to have more than the bare minimum CoH experience if they wanted to... so in the end, the new hybrid market assumes the average VIP member (already paying $15/mo + accumulated retail extras over x years) will *always* pay more than the average F2P member will on available market items.
For a game thats 7+ years old, I think the VIP subscribers already invested in the game deserve more than just a third of their monthly membership in Paragon points. I think a base 800 points/month is fair, and tier 9 VIPs can earn 1000 free points a month. Frontload that way and I think VIP players will be a little more inclined to be equally generous and spend more money out of pocket than less.
VIP players who already pay to get full access, and have invested in it's development for anything more than a year, should be encouraged to spend more by getting more. 400 pp/month is nice but its also the bare minimum and doesnt go quite far enough in recognizing long time subscribers for their base game +add-on investments.
Premium or F2P members who havent or don't invest nearly as much probably won't (unless they upgrade to VIP status).
-You have access to all the pre-order content that I now have to pay for.
-You have access to all of the retail content and pre-order content for said retail that I have to pay extra for due to the fact that I didn't get it.
-You have access to the temporary tier 9 rewards that I will now never dream of being able to see. Ever.
-You have access to all of the storage enhancements, experience bonuses, permanant discounts on the tailor, Wentworths, etc.
Into the future?
-Continued free access to all new content, as well as the new signature storylines, which Free players have to pay for.
-5 dollars of free paragon points every month, which will pay for... a full costume SET or over a dozen individual pieces. If you save two months worth, you can get a new power. There are also new powers being released for FREE to VIP (Hello Time Manipulation).
-Access to more free costume sets faster as part of the new paragon rewards system, which, even with my piddly year and a half subscription has given me 8 extra salvage inventory slots and a plethora of other enhancements that I didn't have before. Free players? Have to shell out money like you would not believe to even come close to that.
So do you get your moneys worth? Absolutely. There are things that I only wish I could have access to that 7 year veterans do. I'm not complaining about it, however.
I think it's very important to note, though, that a transition to a hybrid model is not only to try to get free players to come into the game. It's another method to try to earn extra cash from its subscriber base as well. There are plenty of subscriber games that use a hybrid model. City of Heroes has been there since the inception of booster packs. 15 dollars a month just isn't a lot of money anymore in this economy, and businesses are looking for new sources of revenue.
The nice thing about the Paragon Market? If you're a subscriber, it's completely optional. You don't have to touch the thing. If you are patient, and you are a VIP, you can get a lot of the things that are listed there for free, and everything that you purchased before in the booster packs and retail purchases is there for you to keep.
I, personally, and I think i'm not alone in saying this, think it's a little ludicrous of people to say that "because i'm contributing less money than it takes to purchase a DVD, see a movie and get popcorn, fill up five gallons of gas, pay for a third of my cell phone bill... etc... I deserve to be treated like i'm some kind of deified individual compared to everyone else." But the fact of the matter is, again, 15 dollars is not a lot of money, and for all those who have been subscribed for as long as they have? They ARE getting a lot for free. They ARE getting to keep everything they had before. They ARE going to continue getting a lot for free, and they are NOW getting quite a bit of stuff, more than any other hybrid game i've played thus far, for FREE.
Complaining otherwise, demanding that you get 10$ of free stuff instead of 5$, saying that we should have unlimited access to EVERYTHING is either tricking oneself, or putting their proverbial fingers in their ears and making loud noises to prevent themselves from seeing the whole picture. -
Quote:We get a free 5 dollars of free stuff every month.Originally Posted by Rubberlad
Look, some items/services are fairly priced and others are definitely guilty of price-gouging.
I really think its in NCsoft's best interests to have VIPs see one price point and F2P see another. If VIPs pay $15/mo, they really should be seeing lower costs or be getting something more than 400 pp/$5.00 as a monthly gift (definitely not both though).
F2P *should* pay these prices because they're not paying the $15 subscription. But current VIP players? No, I think a better arrangement could definitely be had. -
Quote:That's the only reason that i'm not saying they're a total ripoff. If it were per character? I'd line up with pitchforks and torches.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
If it helps, the costume slot unlocks and the storage unlocks are *global*.
As it is now, I see myself more purchasing one at a time when I feel like I have the spare cash to drop. It feels like a bigger deal purchasing one, if that makes sense. Being they're account wide? Helps a lot. But you still won't see me lining up to throw 50 dollars all at once at you guys. 50 dollars is a lot of money
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Quote:I cannot agree more. In its current state, it's a great start. It can only get better.Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
Wow Z, you guys even been to sleep this week?
Bravo on the stellar issue! Loving the store so far, can't wait til it's streamlined. -
There are prices on the market that are a complete and total steal, and there are prices on the market that are too high.
The costume pieces individual and ala carte? Are perfect. I happily dropped 15 dollars today to unlock what seemed like dozens of pieces that I was missing without having to buy the full 10$ pack before for the other pieces I DIDN'T want. This was awesome.
The costume unlocks? Are priced too much. As are some of the storage unlocks. While I wouldn't drop them to next to nothing as some are implying, going down to about 5-7 dollars would seem fair for the current 10$ price point. I would drop 25 dollars for all 5 costume unlocks in a heartbeat. 50? I'm hesitant.