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  1. Goliath Bird Eater
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Steampunkette View Post
    You mean the Sonic barriers, hospitals, roads, libraries, internet, and basically everything built since the world was more or less destroyed by the Hamidon are all evil?!

    Wow you're twisted.

    -Rachel-
    Nope, none of those are good. Because anything related to or the product of Cole's rule, no matter how distant, is inherently EEEEEEEEEVIIIIIIIIIIIL~!

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  2. Goliath Bird Eater
    The older video got pulled.

    Still, thanks. I've been on the fence about Young Justice. That hasn't changed, but I still might come around.
  3. Goliath Bird Eater
    Yeah, the ToT monsters are counting; it's the costume powers and zombie apocalypse enemies (and possibly the dark apocalypse events as well, haven't been able to check) that aren't counting for anyone.
  4. Goliath Bird Eater
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    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    I don't mean it's intentional - I mean it might be an oversight from the devs when they were working on the tweaked badge system for GR.
    Since no progress bars appeared for the hero I was just on either, I'd venture to say it's bigger than just Praetoria.


    CONFIRMED BUG: players are not earning credit toward the costume power or Zombie Apocalypse badges. No progress bars appear when a costume is earned or a zombie is defeated, and no badge was awarded when a Praetorian character earned her 10th costume power.
  5. Goliath Bird Eater
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    I wonder if that's because the game doesn't give Praetorians a blue or red flag until 20?
    That would be kinda sucky. I don't think there are faction-specific badges for the costume power and zombie apocalypse badges, so there's no reason WHY that should be applicable. Besides, I AM being given credit for the ToT spawns I defeat.

    Also, I think Heronator noticed the lack of badge progress credit while playing a villain. I'm about to hop on a hero and see what's up. It could very well be that nobody is being given credit for costume powers and zombie apocalypse NPCs.
  6. Goliath Bird Eater
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    Were you on a single faction team, or a mixed one? Don't forget that this is the first event since Vigilantes and Rogues were added to the game, along with the tweaked badges to avoid duplication, so the event badges might be a little messed up right now.
    At the time of making that post, I had not personally noticed those bugs. Both were mentioned by Heronator, one in Beta Testers, and the other in the post I quoted. I just felt it important to bring attention to possible bugs.

    Just now, I've noticed that a Praetorian Brute of mine does not have any progress bars for costumes earned, or a progress bar for the few zombies I defeated while an attack was taking place in Imperial City.
  7. Goliath Bird Eater
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Heronator View Post
    Doing a little more testing, it seems that credit is not being earned towards the Zombie Apocalypse badges (at least the ones for defeating minions and lieutenants). Soling the apocalypse, tried fighting zombies in Grandville and Cap, and after going through several waves of zombies in both locales, the character (level 50 villain, never side-switched) does not have a single point of credit towards either.
    Quoting this so it won't go unnoticed.

    BUG: Neither collecting costume powers nor defeating zombies seem to be counting toward their respective badges. The Dark Banner event should also be checked to see if it's giving badge credit.
  8. Goliath Bird Eater
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    Originally Posted by Silas_Dark View Post
    The Halloween Tip Mission isn't showing up for me at all.

    When I activate a Costume Power, and defeat several Trick-or-Treat enemies, at some point I get the "Tip Found" message, but there are no Tip Missions listed under Contacts | Tips at all (not even the usual "tip info" contact).

    This is a level 50 Hero that's been sitting on the Test Server for several months. I've never done any Tip or Alignment Missions with this character (on Test), but I have taken the same character through the entire Hero -> Vigilante -> Villain -> Rogue -> Hero arc on Pinnacle.
    The Halloween tip is a Treat, same as the costume salvage and costume powers. Keep trying; you'll get it eventually. It's called "Whispered Rumor", or has a pumpkin/Jack-o-Lantern for an icon.
  9. Goliath Bird Eater
    Beta Testers

    As you'd expect, it's the channel that normally gets used when there's an Issue on the Training Room for testing. But it's pretty much the only established global channel for that server outside of PvP channels.
  10. Goliath Bird Eater
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    2) I also saw a huge hit to FPS in the room mentioned by Goliath Bird Eater (who I still think of as Smashmouth). Went from 50 FPS to 10 FPS.


    A million billion Internetz to you!

    Heck, even I don't think of myself as Smashmouth anymore!

    But I digress; back to the Halloween feedback.
  11. Goliath Bird Eater
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by M_I_Abrahms View Post
    Will it still drop if a character has three Tips already?
    No first-hand experience, but someone in the Beta Testers channel did say they were able to have 3 regular tips and the Halloween tip.
  12. Goliath Bird Eater
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fried Radicals View Post
    After some intensive tricking and treating, I have one rather easy question:

    Is the tip mission currently pulled altogether? I received about 20 tips, but they were all regular tips. In a temp cstume or out of one, the tips remain regular.

    Edit: NM, others did get it. Some serious bad luck on my part then
    Will try again tomorrow.
    The Halloween tip will come as a Treat, and is easy to spot: the icon for it will be a pumpkin.
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    NOTE: I also did not receive a reward window upon completing the tip mission.

    POSSIBLE BUG:     When running the tip mission, futzing with the Praetorian devices does add time to the timer. But while I had 4:30 showing on my timer after clicking the last device, the Clockwork ambushes still spawned. It looks as though the additional time isn't being added to the actual spawn trigger ... assuming that futzing with the Praetorian devices is actually supposed to do anything.


    TECHNICAL ISSUE:     when reaching the last subway tunnel room with Praetorian devices (it has the two long rows of torches), my framerate took a HUGE hit. The only other time I experience anything similar is down in the bowl of the Rikti mothership during a raid when I haven't turned down my graphics settings. My framerate returned to normal once I left that room. I'm running Windows 7, 3.6 gHz dual core CPU, 4 gigs RAM, and Radeon 5850 with most current drivers.


    SUBJECTIVE FEEDBACK:     LOVE the CoT Underground map, especially the last room. The flavor dialogue given to the various CoT members is both humorous ("They told us not to drink any of that stuff!") to very interesting (CoT mages noting to one another that their magic seems more difficult to cast on Praetorian Earth). The Halloween tip seems like it has a very low drop rate, but I personally chalk that up to Tricks having a higher ratio than Treats, and the fact that other things can drop instead as Treats.
  14. Goliath Bird Eater
    Does the Halloween tip drop as a possible Treat, or from defeating ToT spawns? And does it have a higher or lower drop rate than normal tips? I've clicked on a lot of doors and defeated a lot of enemies while wearing a costume, and so far nada.

    Edit: I have received a Tip from defeating a ToT mob, but it was one of the normal Hero tips my rogue can receive while in Paragon City.
  15. Goliath Bird Eater
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    Originally Posted by Lothic View Post
    Yes, and once robots "understand" pain and know how it can be used to influence the reactions of others then they will become much more efficient torturers and killers...

    It's sad that every time a news story like this pops up about advances in robotics I have to think to myself, "Have these scientists ever actually seen a movie like Terminator?!?"
    I KNOW!

    It's hard enough trying to be fully prepared for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. Now I simultaneously have to try and prepare for the inevitable robot apocalypse!
  16. Goliath Bird Eater
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    Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum View Post
    That's a common misconception.... actually, several misconceptions in that post.

    Take, for example, the frequent supposition that marketers are soulless.

    This oft-used statement arises from the (incorrect) assumption that their lack of fear of the eternal damnation of which their lies, damn lies, sheer sadism, and misdirections should have prepared for them is because they have no souls to be damned. The most popular hypothesis includes the idea that they lost said souls through a deal with the devil-- exchanging the etheral core of self for the silvery-tongued skills that torment us so.

    There is some grain of truth in that thinking-- marketers have, indeed, made such a deal with the devil... but it takes the form of a promissary note, not an immediate tranfer. Until the time identified in the contract, the soul remains with the marketer-- indeed, as the source of all intelligent expression and creativity, the soul must remain within the owner, lest he be unable to make use of the gifts of persuasion necessary in his role as deceiver.

    It is only after the contractually-established time that the devil claims his due. At this post-animus state, the soulless husk, devoid of what little creative spark may have fueled his former role in life, lacks the necessary prerequisites to be considered a marketer, so the expression of "soulless marketer" never accurately applies. Instead, these lethargic husks, still gifted with oratorical skill but lacking of spark or intellect, should be identified by the more appropriate label of "senior management."


    ---
    EDIT: Marketing's characterization as void beasts, that they gorge themselves on suffering, and that any players are truly innocent are all commonly-held falsehoods that I could further elaborate on... perhaps another time.
    I have been thoroughly sussed.
  17. Goliath Bird Eater
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by CaptainMoodswing View Post
    My first thought about stopping the Praetorian invasion is: How strong are Primal Earth/Rikti relations these days? lol

    Also, someone tell Reichsman that there is a pretender to his power on the way. :P
    Y'know, I'd absolutely LOVE it if the Traditionalist Rikti (that's the faction we've begun working with, right?) stepped up and helped the Primal Earth effort against the Praetorian invasion. Despite the various Vanguard arcs that detail this schism among the Earthbound Rikti, there's not much evidence overall that there are actually Rikti who are interested in peace. All we see outside of those arcs are hostile Rikti soldiers in the streets and occasional Rikti bombing runs.
  18. Goliath Bird Eater
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    Originally Posted by Noble Savage View Post
    Actually, you should thank the Marketing team. Though I make artistic suggestions and prioritize edits, the actual production and release is handled by Black Pebble and co.

    B-but ... Marketing are soulless Void Beasts who gorge themselves on the suffering of innocent players! You mean they did something good?!

    I'm scared, David. Hold me. I think end times are upon us.
  19. Goliath Bird Eater

    Faserip

    POST-ACTION

    Okay, based on the initial version posted, my main shapes up as follows:

    GOLIATH BIRD EATER (LVL 50 CRAB SPIDER)
    ----------------------------------------
    FIGHTING: 38 (Fantastic)
    AGILITY: 66 (Sensational)
    STRENGTH: 45 (Spectacular)
    ENDURANCE: 84 (Monstrous)

    REASON: 35* (Fantastic)

    INTUITION: 65 (Sensational)
    PSYCHE: 57 (Amazing)

     * I tallied up Reason as a Natural SoA, although this particular character has become mostly mechanical by now
  20. Goliath Bird Eater

    Paragon Layoffs??

    POST-ACTION

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    Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker View Post
    and maybe one day we'll get the answer to the burning question: "Why did everyone call him BaB instead of BAB?"
    Meh, I always called him BABs. *shrug*
  21. Goliath Bird Eater
    I honestly don't know. I'd much rather discuss how I'd revamp existing zones that either don't get as much love as they should, or need to be updated to fit in with the game's meta-story advancing.

    If I had to make a new zone, though, it would be somewhere (or somewhen) other than Paragon City, the Rogue Isles, or Praetoria proper. I don't think we have an desert areas, so maybe something like that. Or since most of Praetorian Earth is still destroyed or overrun by DE, I'd like to create one of the other places that are mentioned as being rebuilt. Vegas or Tokyo, for example. So we can see what life is like away from Cole's protection and his rule.
  22. Goliath Bird Eater
    Let's see if I can come up with 15 or so. Some will be specific pieces, others will be theme sets:

    1) Skulls mask and emblem jacket
    2) Hellions mask and chest emblem
    3) Kheldian/Carnie-styled sash
    4) Longbow torso and hip patterns, and Freedom Corps chest emblem
    5) Ouroboros insignia gear of some sort
    6) Crey field agent-styled headset
    7) Legacy Chain headwear and shoulder/chest mantles
    8) Crab/Bane Spider bladed gloves for SoA characters' alternate costumes
    9) Syndicate patterns and costume items

    ...

    Okay, so I could only come up with 9 things for my wishlist.
  23. Goliath Bird Eater
    David,

    I totally understand your concerns about player characters looking too similar to NPCs, and the potential griefing situations it can cause. One way around this is to not give players entire NPC costume sets. Instead, just a few notable pieces. Going back to the Skulls as an example: If players were given their masks and emblem jackets, they could come close to recreating the NPC model, but they couldn't perfect the look due to the NPC-only "tucked in pants and boots" combo that The Skulls, Hellions, Crey security guards, and several other NPCs wear. I realize that this would still allow for some griefing to occur, but caution must sometimes be thrown to the wind. After all, those people who would use availability of NPC parts to grief others would likely grief other players through other means if those NPC parts weren't available.

    Also, the "griefing other players by looking too much like NPCs" argument kinda loses steam when Paragon Studios gives away costume powers at every meet and greet they do.
  24. Goliath Bird Eater
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    Originally Posted by Psyte View Post
    Well, I think its partially that and partially that you don't have to choose a side and its content exclusively. I'm curious to know how many of which AT went to which side, you know? So, pick a Praetorian, go whichever way you want with any AT, and end up wherever you want. Also, both factions have paths that can have appeal to players regardless of them wanting to have a good guy or bad guy.

    Simply put, I know players who didn't roll villain AT's because they don't want to play the villain content - either they didn't like it, or didn't want to play a villain.
    Well, according to dev comments, they wanted to implement side-switching with the Issue that followed CoV. But either the proposed system didn't work out, or there weren't enough resources to do it then, or something else happened. Either way, it was on the to-do list way back then; it just wasn't realized until GR.
  25. Goliath Bird Eater
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    Originally Posted by Coin View Post
    Well, I'm amazed by how much they keep adding to this game, with what appears to be even less staff now!

    I'm confused by one thing though, this logging out to character list......is this something new? I thought we could do this already?
    Nope. As it stands, we either log out to the desktop or to the login screen. The ability to log to the character list has been talked about for some time, though, so you're probably thinking about that.

    And while they're down by 9 people, they still have a staff of like 60 or 70. Much better than the 14 or 15 prior to the NCSoft buyout.