Goliath Bird Eater
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Thankfully, after Saturday there will be a lot fewer potential zombies to worry about.
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Quote:Originally Posted by MTS
I do think only proccing on one target from an AoE is taking it too far though. Most AoE powers take longer to recharge to make up for hitting more targets. Since the change wasn't documented in the patch notes I don't know if that's the intended effect, or if it's a bug.Quote:Originally Posted by Black ScorpionThe issue that rain powers are now only hitting 1 target per 10 seconds is a side-effect of the fix which we will be addressing in a future build. Rain powers should have chance to hit all targets with the proc (but only one "round" of application per 10 seconds across all powers of this category).
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Quote:Off-topic, but this a zillion times.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Not surprised at all.
The 'discontinuer' is infamous for its ruthless bottom-line attitude and acquires and spits out games and studios until it finds one that lays golden eggs. Its use of a company name of a discontinued game developer of the 80's is all you need to know that that company is all mask and no content. -
Gotta admit, I loled.
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Extremely well done. Should there be future issues of Rogue, I'll enjoy perusing their contents.
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Quote:Positron's posted and said that they believe they've found the cause of the lag (something weird they did with leagues) and will be working to fix it.Originally Posted by Caligdoiel
Ok Z. So how about addressing the lag that has made the BAF trial nigh-unplayable in most cases, that was introduced with that patch the other day.
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Quote:DANG!Originally Posted by Scythus
Look back a bit. I beat you to it.
Apparently, I'm still not at 100% after the transatlantic move.
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Quote:Remember that scene in Ghostbusters where Ray is dreaming?Originally Posted by Melancton
But there is NO substance to Numina! So how could they hook-up??
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Quote:You'd think he'd not be as grumpy then.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
It's an Enrich Dispensing Machine.
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One of my absolute favorite powers is Burst from Kinetic Melee. I've absolutely loved it since the first time I used it when beta testing the power set, and it's a big part of why I use the set. I just wish it had a bigger area of effect.
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*curses the fact that his gaming computer is sitting in a storage container making its way across the Atlantic Ocean*
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Quote:Originally Posted by Zwillinger
*raspy voice*
I 'm Hamidon.
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Quote:Regardless of what the situation may or may not currently be at Fukushima, I am vehemently against any sort of in-game "tribute" to real-life events. There's no in-game tribute to 9/11 (nor should there be) because it didn't happen in the CoH story. Likewise, for all anybody knows, the CoH version of Japan wasn't hit by an earthquake and a tsunami.Originally Posted by Infernus_Hades
We have a group of 50 to 70 people who already know they will die from radiation poisoning.
They have decided that since they have already written the check and it was cashed to pay with their lives - they will continue to work and ignore further radiation to try and save others from radiation damage.
These are the Heroes.
We as humans should remember these people as examples of honor and duty. I personally find these workers to be amazing.
And if you're talking about some sort of out-of-game tribute, why are you posting it here?! -
Quote:I think it's the bacon, sausage, black pudding, and fried bread that cause things to take a left turn.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
How can one go wrong with eggs, fried mushrooms and tomatoes and beans?
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Quote:I would've, except that I'm moving back to the US at the end of the month so I'll no longer be five hours ahead of people on my home server.Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
So with the excitement of the list merge I got to wondering if I should perhaps make a 2nd home on what will soon become a "former NA server" (isn't it great to be able to say that?
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I am not sure where, but I am leaning heavily towards Triumph, based solely on the fact it's my ride too. But I'd like somewhere open to RP and PVP and everything.
I'm not suddenly planning on abandoning Defiant, far from it - but if I do make a 2nd home what're your recommendations?
Will anyone be joining us on a soon to be former EU server?
If anything, this announcement (as welcome as it truly is) is too late for me.
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Quote:Compared to what it used to be, the Praetorian story is INFINITELY more complex. I've played through all the content, and it's by no means just "Evil Goatee Earth". Hell, the only Praetorian left from the original storyarc that could still qualify as that is Dominatrix, but that's mainly because after her backstory was retconned, she was never given an updated story and personality to compensate. Within the new continuity, the Praetorian NPCs are now "The ends justify the means in a post-apocalyptic world" kinda people. Not nice, not "heroic", but certainly not polar opposites with curly mustaches. If anything, they're the Freedom Phalanx NPCs taken to their extremes.Originally Posted by Jophiel
So it's nothing more than Evil Goatee Earth.
This is what everyone who's sick of Evil Goatee Earth is saying so I'm not sure where there's any argument. I was responding to Blue_Mourning's assertion that Praetoria 2.0 is somehow "deeper" than before. That's only true from 1-20 Gold side. Anywhere else and it's still as generic as you can get... "Yes, but it's EVIL Synapse!"
Except for mother Mayhem. She's absolutely off her rocker.
Primal Earth NPCs who perceive ALL Praetorians as just being "evil clones" are doing so based on limited information. Most Primal Earthers who were to meet their Praetorian counterpart - assuming that their counterpart wasn't killed by the Devoured Earth - would likely find them to more or less be the same as they are. Y'know, accounting for the fact that in most parts of Praetorian Earth they're still fighting for their survival. -
Quote:Golden Girl's usual schtick aside, that's kinda the point.Originally Posted by Jophiel
"New" Praetoria is only interesting when you're actually doing the Praetorian thing and forced to think that maybe there's a legitimate reason for Cole doing what Cole does.
Once you leave Praetoria and get into the "real" world, it's just "Rrwar! Cole! Evil! Rrwar! Evil BABS! Evil Positron! Rrwarr! Evil Valkyrie! Evil Sister Psyche! Rrwarr! Stop them from destroying all you love! Rrwarrr!!!!" and any depth is immediately blown away by Goatee Universe once more.
To most Primal Earthers, every Praetorian is evil, as they really don't have anything to go on aside from the original Praeotrian invasion attempt and the kidnapping of Statesman. This point is brought up several times in various Praetorian story arcs, with members of Longbow, Wyvern, and Vanguard being hesitant to work with the Resistance, and being amazed that every single person on Praetorian Earth isn't evil! I forget which factions this exists for, but one of the reasons for Praetorian characters to go to Primal Earth is to show that there are indeed good Praetorians, and that those good Praetorians - which include the vast majority of the civilian population - will likely be caught in the cross-fire should there be a full-scale interdimensional war between the Primal and Praetorian Earths. -
Quote:This. A million times, this.Originally Posted by Father Xmas
/facepalm
Variations of that map have appeared all day at conspiracy, disaster, anti-nuclear web sites, but with different "official" logos and radiation values and units (easy to get wrong if you aren't schooled in radiation detection/measurement and just use wikipedia).
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Quote:Right.Originally Posted by Scythus
Just so long everyone remembers that they're not actually from France.
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As an American who's lived in England for three years and has had face-to-face interaction with people from all across the UK, I do find it quite humorous when you Brits get on us (even in jest) about using "proper" English when writing and talking.
And technically speaking, "chips" would be a more accurate general moniker of the potato chunks that we deep fry. However, the whole "Belgian frites" thing does legitimize the use of "fries" as a name for the dish. But I digress ... -
This is all my doing, btw.
I'm moving back to the 'States at the end of March and I'm bringing all the European servers with me.
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Quote:First, I'd swim across the Pacific Ocean and back in the dead of winter. Afterward, I'd wrestle three-hundred grizzly bears to the death. Then, using only the largest rib bone from the biggest, meanest, oldest grizzly, I'd carve my face into the moon so the moon looked like my face.Originally Posted by Beastyle
What would YOU do if you had a three werewolf moon shirt?
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Quote:Yeah, I've been watching subs of Gokaiger and it's a lot of fun.Originally Posted by Beastyle
Gokaiger is an awesome show. The fights are done really well. Also, their Red's name is Captain Marvelous.
For those who don't know:
After that big fight scene, the energy from all the Sentai somehow took the form of "keys". Captain Marvelous and his crew of space pirates are in possession of these keys, and can use them to turn into ANY Super Sentai from ANY series in the past in addition to their normal Gokaiger forms. Gender and team composition doesn't matter, so we've had things like a team of all reds like it wasn't a big thing. But the coolest part of it all is that they just discovered that they can use the Sentai keys to combine their megazord (can't remember what it's called in Japanese) with the zords of other Sentai series. -
Quote:Since we had a sneak peek tonight, and the beta server will be open to everyone for 24 hours starting tomorrow at noon EST, I feel safe in relaying the following:Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
Ok....having just come back from the sneak peak, I can confirm that the Destiny power I saw is the opposite of subtle. It gives everyone a very obvious blue bubble. I'm guessing the other four will look different, but will be similarly flashy visually. So not only are the powers themselves the same, they will also obscure our costumes. This will affect everyone even non-Incarnates, since you can be sure there are people who will fire these off at costume contests and Wentworth's.
Yes, I am one of those crazy people who dislikes Cold shields. I know full well how good they are. I don't mind them when the user customizes them to be as unobtrusive as possible, but I cringe every time the default Cold shield is cast on me. I rely heavily on visual cues in combat, and I find heavy effects very distracting. Oh how I hate those *&$@! missile swarms the IDF have! Looking out over that sea of blue bubbles in Pocket D just made me immediately want to come and post in this thread.
Way to make me feel powerful devs! More and more of my face-smashing ability obviously coming from the Well and from my Well-empowered teammates, that's one thing. But when this Well-granted power actually makes me, as a player, less effective? I cringed at the ramifications of those blue bubbles. And just when my initial disgust at the lore explanation in the i20 announcement was fading into "how am I going to ignore this one...." Any more nasty surprises for me? The -res Interface power is going to shoot Rikti monkeys out of my butt, maybe?
The Destiny power you're talking about is one of the Barrier powers. It provides both Res and Def to pretty much everything. It's also the only Destiny path with such intense graphical representation. The three other Destiny paths are much more subtle in their appearance. Also, the reason it probably annoyed you so much was that whoever was firing it off was doing so in the middle of Pocket D, with players already tightly-packed. The radii of Destiny powers vary, but within their effective radius every Destiny can effect up to 255 characters. So depending on the specific power, its likely that all those tightly-packed characters were all getting bubbled at once, which can be a bit overwhelming.
I'd try to convince you that it's not nearly as bad during a trial - even with multiple applications from different casters - but since you described yourself as one of those players for whom even ice armor is a major disturbance, I don't know if anything I say would even change your mind in the slightest. -
I can personally vouch for the NCSoft Launcher being a fairly harmless program. As stated above, you can set it to exit upon launching a game, and if you DO keep it running in the background, it doesn't take up that much memory. Downloading and application of patches seems to be quite speedier than through the old updater as well.