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Very difficult Choice on that list, but ultimately Costumes are the final winner for extended appeal... But it barely beat my recollection of getting my letter from Requiem...<shudder>

Thanks

Well, In my opinion. a personal customised space/apartment/mini-base seems to be a great idea to me.

Costumes are popular because you are able to make whatever you want to your own tastes (or lack therof ) and personal "base" would be a extension of that. a additional tool to identify with your character. Also a place to store that odd enhancement you can't use yet, a place to stuff salvage to save for gadgetry or other purposes.

But Frankly, its the character personalization thats the point here. For RP or simply for imagination. a framework to work your concepts/ideas around. Function and gameplay is one aspect of this MMO, another is imagination and aesthetic creativity even if its only for your own amusement or interest.

and this is why I keep coming back to COH/V year after year, It allows this to greater extent than any other I've played. Any effort to improve this aspect especially is to be encouraged.

But that is, of course, My own opinion.... but I doubt I'm a minority of one here.

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The solution is simple. Personal player housing through SG bases.


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Great minds think alike. Posi and I have been talking about this for awhile.

Here's the not so simple bit: the tech. But it's an interesting idea that we're wrangling at the moment.

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As a thought, perhaps our own "door" within the base that gives us our own space. A wall that displays our badges and trophies from the missions we've completed, A one or two room place that permit buying furnishings and customizations with influence (essentially, personal prestige after all)

A SG base would be required to have your door to your "room" so to speak, and you can "lock" the door if you desire agaist everyone or just visitors to the SG.

If you leave the SG, you would simply make a new door in a new SG base, and all you've spent and made is retained OR a Partial refund is granted if you do leave.

Lots of possibilities with this, IMO

What do you guys think?


Also perhaps adding a "Training Room" to the base as a option, essentially a gateway to a random or selectable mission , or possibly PVP within the SG (Using Arena code. But gaining only prestige rewards) That may also encourage SGs AND Arena usage.

Just a thought...

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Some people are more docile than others. On the other hand, some people grow up and become revolutionaries, protestors, and radicals. Those people were taught (rightly) to question authority. And those people will speak loudly and tersely when it's justified. And the docile ones will think the loud ones are being immature.

And the authority under question can respond to protest in a number of ways. How Cryptic responds to the community, even when the community is rioting, is up to them. But don't cause the riot and then act all offended that you got one.

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And yet there is a difference to protesting against a great injustice or starting a revolution against social intolerances, and sitting on a message board posting things like "OMG! YOU SUCK BECAUSE YOU NERFED SMOKE GRENADE! STATESMAN IS A LIAR AND A THIEF! CRYPTIC NERFED MY BABY! I'M QUITTING FOR WOW IF YOU DON'T ALLOW ME TO CHANGE MY EYECOLOR TO PEUCE!!!!!111"

People are not being asked not to voice their displeasure. Their being asked to voice their displeasure in a calm, rational manner.

Or, in case you need another example:

Your being asked to conduct yourself like Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks, not like Timothy McVeigh or Osama Bin Laden.

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LiquidX, You nailed that one ..Exactly True IMO

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I don't see mine there.

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Hmm Not mine either.....heh...prolly a good thing :P

CONGRATULATIONS YOU ALL!
That is some Fine work , you deserve your prizes
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<admiring the new kheldian wallpaper on desktop >

Hmmm...My vote would definitely be Modern Day Horror genre, or a cross-genre apocalyptic like Palladium Books RPG "Rifts" (Particularly because bruckheimer will be making a movie on Rifts in a couple years ) But the potential in either looks really good ...
fantasy seems pretty much covered in my opinion... and brand new genres, concepts or idea may not draw enough people.
But horror (modern) and multi-genre style is my personal cup of tea as a GM in pen/paper RPG.

my opinion of course

As far as Short circuit goes...it is a very powerful standalone power that recharges fairly quickly...after its initial Drain they are unable to recover end for a few seconds...using other electrical attacks I can keep knocking those starting to recover back to 0 very easily, and Voltaic sentinel does a pretty job if it has a drain slotted too so I can keep draining lts and bosses and keeping them at 0 while I tend to the minions

As far as basing yourself around a single power...many powersets rely on one or two critical powers as well...so its hardly unusual.

Heya ...Short Circuit has pretty good "blast radius" effect which extends well outside of melee range as well. anything within that radius Will be drained (using my above example) to helplessness except lts and bosses may have a sliver of end left...which follow up electric attacks will finish.

I wanted to throw in a additional note here...I made a demo of myself and one controller taking down Terra, Note at the time Smoke Grenade still was granting its major accuracy debuff which made this even possible, I'm at work at the moment But if I recall correctly By the time Terra fell "She" was at roughly 1/2 end because I kept halting her end recovery and she continued to weaken as she continued to attack...I'll try to locate that demo and make it available as a cohdemo file for those who are interested If I find if my memory is faulty as to the details I'll come back and post that here instead.

Well I'll throw in my own experiences ...I have a level 41 elec/dev blaster as my main...and I have all my elec attacks slotted for 1 end drain and 5 damage...except short circuit which is 6 slotted end drain. (using 3 slot TD as my accuracy aid.) I cloak in and lay mine for alpha strike and short circuit them as it goes off, what the mine doesn't defeat outright the end drain has crippled any ability for a counterattack...so they generally stand there for a few seconds waiting for end to return, voltaic sentinel and followup attacks prevent this from happening...they remain helpless generally....lts and bosses are not usually fully drained, but their attacks cost more endurance for specials...so they generally use a lesser attack instead. usually by the time the survivors of the initial strike close in I have another short circuit ready, and the second will always completely drain even bosses (up to +2 levels) That is the usual effect of my fights when soloing
AVs have a similiar issue...but it takes a lot longer and not possible solo...but slowing the AVs end recovery is possible with two elecs and the AV will be reduced to weaker attacks as he burns himself out.
My Short Circuit allows me to stand in a pack of mobs(+2) with little fear, because it is very accurate by itself and WILL drain them to helplessness.... I rarely die in melee because of this. But I will note that I need stealth of some kind to close in when I'm solo to get the important first Drain off on the group and I usually use other elec attacks and Tesla cage to stop those the drain missed or were just out of range. it takes some forethought is all. Any team that I've been on has been very happy with the drain...and surprised at its effects. I have found elec/dev at least to be the best suited for tactical fighting either solo or as a group...and probably PvP but thats not really my thing.
Hope this is Helpful
101 Elec/dev Blaster 41st
Polarity Ice/elec Blaster 34th
Hematite Stone/stone Tanker 23rd
...and many others

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Dear god, I am away from the forums for a few months and suddenly everyone is calling their characters "toons". Who started this term and why weren't they killed immediately?

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Well I saw "toons" start cropping up early after the release of AC2 and was the most common term I saw when referring to characters... up to the day I left for CoH. No idea if it actually originated there though.