Goliath Bird Eater

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  1. "Something is wrong" appears to be the case. I can get to the character select screen, but no matter which character I try, I get a "Can't find map!" message, and get booted to login.

    Looks like the mapserver went kaboom
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Seek_Trouble View Post
    There's Romulus Augustus Nicti running all over the missions! Is this new? If so what's the story behind it?
    You mean multiple copies of the AV, usually spawning with normal enemies? If so, then the same thing happened a while back with Vanessa DeVore somehow becoming a regular Carnie mob. Definitely a bug if that's what's happening.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ShadowMoka View Post
    As long as staff/beast don't get delayed, I'm fine.
    Okay, so as long as they come out before Issue 23, everything's cool. Got it.

    And as far as the patch goes: it isn't going to just be a hotfix for the converters. There's gonna be other stuff in there, so it has to go through the full process. QA needs to verify that the patch doesn't break the game and that the fixes are actually working. Once they get done, it goes to publishing. Also, our dev team doesn't like to patch on Fridays and likes to give us some sort of notice that a patch is forthcoming. So Unless they've really pushed to get this one out the door, the earliest I'd wager seeing it is Tuesday.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by SwellGuy View Post
    U
    It makes them look very foolish so I am surprised they didn't bust a move to get them in.
    Considering that the problem was a setting that made them work on beta but not on the live servers, it's very likely that this wasn't discovered until QA was doing their post-patch testing, if not later. So I think we can probably hold back on the "looking foolish" comments.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by CentralNexus View Post
    Delay on staffs will not please the melee fighter, the scrapperholics in the least.
    Except, y'know ... it's not a delay unless it's past the scheduled release date. Which it isn't.
  6. Goliath Bird Eater

    Issue 22...

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba View Post
    Think I'll be leaving work earlier than normal today. There's a whole lotta killin gonna need doin tonight.
    Save some for the rest of us this time, would ya, Bill?
  7. Dunno about the Paragon Market, but converters will be for sale in-game via reward tokens and astral merits, plus a chunk of inf.
  8. Kinda.

    There was a limited-time Halloween costume bundle. One of the pieces was a "brain-in-a-jar" head, and one of the sub-options available was an empty jar. That, combined with a well-selected fire aura, is responsible for the look.
  9. It's nice to see that a few people have good taste -- namely Sapphic_Neko and Quasadu. Because the "hottest" female NPC (to use the common vernacular) is Silver Mantis. Well okay, her exposed skin would be hot. But all that sleek, polished metal would probably be wonderfully cold to the touch.
  10. I knew I should've been the first reply in this thread and said "inb4 "Teller talks?!".

    For the record, the only time he doesn't talk is when he's performing and/or making appearances as half of P&T. In fact, he even talks to fans after shows out in the lobby of their theater.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hqnk View Post
    Dragon thing...

    FIN FANG FOOM?
    Quick, someone check to see if he's wearing shorts!
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ShadowMoka View Post
    Carnival of Darkness as the next prime enemy in the SSA? Carnivals/Circuses sell popcorn, afterall...
    Yeah, I'm thinking circus-y summer event.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Schismatrix View Post
    Wasn't Melissa already at the helm once already for a while? Welcome back to the wheel!
    She was either lead developer or lead designer for a while. Her new position as lead producer actually puts her above that.
  14. Goliath Bird Eater

    Paragon Hats

    Black Scorpion kinda looks like a young Dr. Demento!
  15. I think it's time to retire the "Marketing is EVIL!" joke, as some folks are taking it a bit too seriously.
  16. Goliath Bird Eater

    Grave news.

    That sucks, man.

    Do what you need to do; the game will still be here whenever you're able to come back.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Organica View Post
    I'm curious if this:


    Alignment Change
    • Fixed an issue where Villains and Rogues could retain active status on some Broker contacts when changing alignment.

    fixes this problem.
    One dev - either Castle, BAB, or Black Scorpion; can't remember which - basically said that to make Ouroboros co-op would require rewriting numerous game systems, including the contact system. So methinks that this particular patch note wouldn't be sufficient to magically clear the path to a co-op Ouroboros.

    When devs say something is a dirty hack, they mean it.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tenzhi View Post
    There are technical reasons we can't have the lighted eyes on the helmets for the Arachnos outfit. I don't recall the exact explanation, but it had something to do with the neck/shoulder part of the Arachnos outfit taking up the spot that the effect needs to be attached to.
    This is also why we can't have helmetless SoAs.

    Yes, I know .... "Marshal Blitz", you say. Have you ever taken a good look at his model? It's painfully obvious that getting his bare head visible is a workaround of some sort. One that the devs likely wouldn't feel comfortable attempting to port over to player characters.
  19. This Batusi's for you, Beastyle!

    Best of luck to you wherever you're headed. Keep poppin' and lockin'!
  20. I'd love a Friday release, but alas, I have no popcorn to eat while watching the fun should the servers horrifically go up in flames over the weekend.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    It's not the 28th.

    Oh no! THE WINKY VIRUS HAS MUTATED AND INFECTED ZWILLINGER!
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    You'll make way faster progress in DA than with the current solo path.
    Well, that is true ...
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dark Energon View Post
    Ever thought that not the whole i22 part is on beta yet? that instead of throwing everything at once, they split it up? Lessen their workload, more focus on less things?
    ... Except that everything mentioned about I22 in the Update Overview and in all other various media outlets IS on the beta server.

    Look, Golden Girl does have a tendency to make posts which, when taken at face value, sound like she might be in the know, even though she has access to no more info than the rest of us. For what it's worth, I don't think it's intentional on her part. Regardless, she's not wrong all the time -- especially when she's got facts to back up what she says. Don't be so eager to prove her wrong that you end up being the one in error.
  24. O hai loading screen Mantico-OH GOD OH GOD!