Goddamage
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Cool. Thanks people. This is exactly the kind of stuff I need to know.
I wasn't aware of the IO license deal. How does that work? Seems like that would make a hell of a difference.
Is there a place (forums, CoH-wiki, or whatever) that explains the whole ins and outs of the account types and what all the differences are? -
After you downgraded from VIP, when you started playing with the free account, was there anything about the differences between the two that you hadn't thought of that was disappointing/surprising? Was there that "Awww... I hadn't thought of that!" moment?
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So, if I currently have 2 extra slots on Freedom, I would have those 2 extra slots, plus the 2 default character slots you get with the free account? Like, I'd have 4 total slots available, but 2 would be tied to Freedom?
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1. Would still keep my Ninja Run, Sands of Mu, and all that kind of stuff? Based on what I've read, that's the way I'm understanding it. Correct?
2. About the character slots... I never purchased any extras, but from time to time, I would be given an extra slot. For example, while all the servers have the 12 default open slots, there are a few where I've unlocked 1 or 2 more slots, but not by purchase. I guess those came with some kind of time-based rewards of some sort or something like that. Would I keep those? -
Quote:Had a couple follow-up questions:Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Anything you purchase/unlock, via reward tokens, paragon points, or in-game actions, stays unlocked.
1. First of all, just to be clear, does that mean I would still keep my Ninja Run, Sands of Mu, and all that kind of stuff? Based on what I read above, that's the way I'm understanding it. Correct?
2. About the character slots... I never purchased any extras, but from time to time, I would be given an extra slot. For example, while all the servers have the 12 default open slots, there are a few where I've unlocked 1 or 2 more slots, but not by purchase. I guess those came with some kind of time-based rewards of some sort or something like that. Would I keep those? -
That's exactly the info I needed. Thanks, guys. Much appreciated.
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I currently have a VIP account, but I was wondering, if I was to "downgrade" to a free account, how does it determine which characters I have available to use, since you're only allowed 2 and I currently have 50+? Does it let me pick a couple or do I have to start over and have to make new characters for the free account?
Also, if I "downgraded" to free, would I be able to "upgrade" back to my VIP account in the future and still have my current (pre-"downgrade") content and characters? -
About 30 min for download, maybe 5 or so to apply. (On 8meg cable.)
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Ok, I get it. My fault... I apologize.
1. I hadn't paid enough attention to the Issue 21 thing.Quote:What else can I say about that, other than "Oops.. ya got me".Originally Posted by Goddamage
Sorry, I didn't take into account the issue 21 thing. I had forgotten about that and it does make the title of this thread really misleading. I was just thinking "Hero", based on the types of powers I was suggesting.
2. I've used Search before (here and on other forums, even), and gotten no results, only to find out it's been discussed before. Good example... my last post before this was about Water and Holy(Light) powers... I searched for both (all posts) and got nothing relevant to my query. Turns out they had, of course, been discussed before. So, yeah... sometimes I don't bother.
3. I tried to correct myself half-way through this, to no avail. By then it was all about my misplaced premise and RP and stuff. Sorry for getting an attitude, but it's frustrating when you ask a question and all you get is criticism for the way you asked it, rather than what you were actually wanting... and continued even after you admit you made a mistake and try to clear it up.
Again... I was wrong and I apologize. In the future, I'll try to think things out more thoroughly before posting.
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First of all, Dechs Kaison wins the prize for typing the most and contributing the least. Way to go. You sure do know how to nit-pick. Meet my under Atlas on Freedom server and I'll give 5 Inf.
Quote:Sorry, I didn't take into account the issue 21 thing. I had forgotten about that and it does make the title of this thread really misleading. I was just thinking "Hero", based on the types of powers I was suggesting.Originally Posted by Megajoule
And I'm trying to explain that it's moot - as of Issue 21, people* will be able to play the existing Mastermind AT in the new tutorial and come out as Heroes.
Finally, someone who get's it. You narrowed it down to the stuff I was actually asking about. Thanks for the feedback. You make some really good points.Quote:Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
Well Dechs covered most of your post so I'll just chime in on these three powerset suggestions.
Angel Summoning - I, personally, don't really mind this however I doubt we'll see it. The devs are generally very careful about creating anything with Religious implications/iconography. It's not impossible, it's just a huge potential mess that I don't think anyone wants to deal with.
Animal/Beast Summoning - The devs have stated in the past that due to the way the animation system works creating animal models that worked and looked good would be a HUGE amount of effort. So while this is possible it's not something that we are likely to see just from a development resources point of view.
Police Back-up - As Dechs mentioned above any new MM powerset needs to work for heroes, villains and praetorians. Police Back-up is a very specific theme that doesn't really work for villains. I could see a variant where the summoned NPC changes depending on your alignment (i.e. Heroes summon a PPD Hardsuit while Villains summon an Arachnos Crab Spider) but that seems to me to be a lot of work for a set that basically ends up as a very similar to Mercenaries. I also generally advocate making new powersets as generic as possible to facilitate the maximum number of concepts (i.e. Assault Rifle says that you have an Assault Rifle but that's it, you can choose how and why it works). I think a better option here would be a PPD Epic AT that has a "Summon Reinforcements" style power.
I'd have to not exactly disagree with the religious implications of the Angel summoning, but rather, point out how fundamentally unfair that idea would be, considering that the game has Demon summoning... like demon summoning lies in some generic grey area of fantasy lore, but angels are specifically religious. But I do see your point.
I see what you mean about the animal animations. If the devs don't want to put that much work into it, what can you do? Still think it would be cool, though.
Police Back-up - Eh, I was just thinking each (Hero, Villain, Rogue) would summon their respective police force, essentially the same, just different skins for Rogue Isles Police, Paragon PD, or Praetorian PD. I'm sure they could come up with ways to make them different enough from Mercs... tasers, riot sheilds, night sticks, pepper spray... focused more on defense/disabling, rather than the offense of the Mercs. Yeah, the top tier would probably be SWAT, which would be a lot like Mercs, but I think the lower lvls are where you could really distinguish between the two. -
Ok, so maybe some of you are totally missing the point of this thread. It's not to argue over whether a power set is essentially "good" or "evil".
Masterminds weren't originally made for Heroes, anyway, which means someone must've thought "controlling" others isn't "good". And I guess someone felt that sneaking around as a stalker is "evil" too, huh? Excuse me for thinking there's a reason why one side has powers the other side doesn't have. It's all about perception. I get it. You can "role play" anything however you want. Moving on.
Now, about the "meat" of my post: New Mastermind powers, which ANYONE can "role play" however they see fit, whether they're Hero or Villain or anything in between. If they were to add NEW Mastermind powers, what would you like to see? I'm not talking about "role playing" a current power as something else. (Did I make it less confusing for some of you?)
Angel Summoning
Animal/Beast Summoning
Police Back-up
I'd like to thank the previous posters for not contributing anything useful to this.
(On a side note, do people really think the Suggestions part of these forums is for suggesting people "pretend" certain powers are other powers or are used for whatever reason you'd like to imagine? **rhetorical question**) -
I always thought it is a bit unfair that there's no hero equivalent to the villain mastermind power set. I also understand that one could just work through Praetoria and go hero at the end, but that's not the same.
Another reason for this would be to have an Angel summoning power (pointed out in another thread). I'm sure everyone could see how cool that would be. I suppose it wouldn't be necessary to have a Hero MM to have that particular power, but it sorta wouldn't make sense as a Villain power.
So, what other Hero MM powers would be cool? Robots, Ninjas, and Soldiers could stay, but Villains could keep Demons, Thugs, and Zombies... I'd say those aren't really suitable for Heroes. To replace those, on the Hero side I'd add Angels, Beast/Animal summoning, and Police Back-up. -
Quote:D***, I was just thinking that as I read these other comments. Yeah, Angel summoning would be an awesome MM power set. Of course, from an rp standpoint, it kinda wouldn't make much sense as a villain-only power. I suppose that's where they need to have a Hero MM equivalent. I mean, I always thought it was kinda unfair that they (Heroes) don't have one already (unless you work your way through Praetoria and go Hero).Originally Posted by StratoNexus
An angel MM would be great! I want Word of Power for an attack.
If we can have demon MM, we can have angels too, darnit.
Water powers... ok, I get the technical limitations of that. Just because my computer can handle it doesn't mean everyone's who plays this can. I see the point there, and I like it when devs allow for lower settings to accommodate lower-end users.
Holy powers... I see the "religious" issuer most of you brought up, but like a few others pointed out, there's no problem with having "Dark" powers or "Demon Summoning". That's why I said Holy (Light) power set. That said, I suppose a "Light" power set is easily accomplished with the "Energy" powers.
Good discussion, though. Thanks all.
I'll take the Hero MM and Angel Summoning to a new thread. -
Surely someone has suggested these before, but "search" didn't bring up anything, so yeah...
1. Non-Ice based water power sets.
2. Holy (or Light) based power sets... counter of Dark power sets.
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Quote:Originally Posted by GuyPerfect
That'd be a knee-slapper if you weren't the ten billionth comical genius to come up with that one.
Just for the record, I didn't "come up with that one", as you say. It was in response to you judging me as being "pompous and arrogant". If you've heard it 10 billion times, it's apparent (like this time) you bring it on yourself.
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Quote:And I was only joking about people who comment on how much they pay when there's down-time, not necessarily you, in particular. Jeez, lighten up. Guess I should've phrased it like this, to avoid confusion:Originally Posted by GuyPerfect
That would require crying in the first place. You know, like how I'm not, because I don't intend to play for a few hours anyway? Like you completely overlooked because you had the urge to be pompous and arrogant? Because you have nothing better to do than complain about other people on the internet? Yeah, that kind of crying.
I only made the subscription comment 'cause no one else had. Seemed like the thread was missing something!
"Hmmm... maybe they should pro-rate that $15/mo for 'people'. That's about 2 cents an hour, so worst case scenario... 'they' might get 6-10 cents back.
If 'one' cries loud enough, I'm sure someone here will volunteer to send 'that person' a dime."
Does that meet your approval now?
You know, there was that whole other part, talking about people logging in to say the same stuff everyone else has already said. You comletely overlooked the fact that the whole tone of my post was sarcasm. I guess it was a bit too subtle for you. Not everyone can catch sarcasm in text, I suppose. My fault, sorry.
But then again, who am I to argue with "GuyPerfect"... with a name like that, you MUST be the authority on everything "pompous and arrogant".
On a side note, I still have a little over an hour till I go to work, I've already read/watched the news, and I've already had lunch, so no... I don't have anything better to do at the moment. -
Quote:TouchéOriginally Posted by Bloodspeaker
And Virtue is a wretched hive of scum and villainy.
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Quote:Hmmm... maybe they should pro-rate that $15/mo for you. That's about 2 cents an hour, so worst case scenario... you might get 6-10 cents back.Originally Posted by GuyPerfect
<Insert comment about paying $15/mo for server access and not getting it>
If ya cry loud enough, I'm sure someone here will volunteer to send you a dime.
Personally, I won't be happy till everyone with a CoH/V account logs in to the forums just to say, "Yeah, me too, on xxxx server! What gives?". And then they all better come back just to say "It's fixed!".
*sigh*
Glad I could add nothing new to the conversation.
*Patience is a virtue.*