GrinningSpade

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That's a very reasonable amount of time for something of that complexity.

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It also now makes sense why it took so long to create normal missions. Without a handy tool like MA that would have been a tedious task indeed.

So them having designed a good tool for their own developers while giving us access to almost the same tool is a very smart move.

Thanks for the ideas and insights! Will have to experiment a bit to see what suits me best. Hopefully I will learn how to herd and also important when not to

A friend of mine played it, he likes to try out various amounts of games. I tried it on his pc, thought it was a cute game. Got a 'trial' account and decided to stay. That's 50 months ago

Tried a bit of PvP. With my mastermind Thugs/Dark in Bloody Bay. Was on Bodyguard mode. Helped someone attack a tanker. Tanker killed the other and then smashed me to pieces. Later on a scrapper came after me, and i went down quick as a rock again. Mind you they were both novice PvP'ers (as am I). Both times i made sure BG mode was on. I didn't even scratch them. My conclusion. MM's and PvP don't mix. The lethal smashing damage is of course easily resisted and an MM is squishy to anything you throw at it. Do you concur with this assessment? And if not. What to do to make a MM that has a reasonable chance to win?

Yes we can be welcoming.

But

Yes you can get flamed to death here as well. If you happen to touch one of the subjects that we think has been discussed way to often.

Last week for example where someone wanted to know if there were going to be server merges. I am certain he will think twice before answering a question first. And yes he could have asked nicer and yes we have a (not very well working) search feature. But not everybody knows the forum etiquette by heart when they start posting.

Ha they all say they never will we back but who knows, the lure of spandex is strong. And I think you mistake the goodies MA can and will bring. Sure there be freakshow forever missions but also ohmytwospoonullofpwnerwtf? just happened to me missions that can and will seriously challenge any who dares try.

Until then, have fun in whatever you decide to do next.

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I am level 9 so I am guessing I will miss it then. Fair enough

Thanks for the help everyone

Iylliana (who is going now to add a sig like she should have done already)

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There is an option where you turn of experience. That way you can keep doing the mayhem mission until you get it right.

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When the news broke, only a handful of people did not join the doom-mongering crowd.

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One of them was me. Unsurprisingly, I was right.

The next time you think something terrible is going to happen, just feel free to ask me for your opinion instead, I'm happy to demonstrate common sense to you all again.

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You also do a good line in modesty I hear.

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I think you'll find that I'm actually far more modest than him.

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And the thing you guys keep forgetting?

You need us to make you look good

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(no, not server mergers or anything like that).

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You did that on purpose GR. Here I am ready to throw in some speculative Doommmm and you spoiled it before I could start!

Curses Foiled again, damn forum moderators and their dogs!

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With the mas lay offs at NCSoft Brighton it seemed that a EU server merge was close.

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Only to paranoid lunatics.

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As I consider myself to be one of those paranoid lunatics. When more levelheaded persons then me also share the feelings and join the lunacy then it is more then my own paranoia at work here. When the news broke, only a handful of people did not join the doom-mongering crowd.

But right now there is no official policy to merge the servers.

Lol, well that made me guffawk. Awesome indeed.

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I'm fed up of rumours, are they closing the European servers? How will they handle SG's, names, Global names, inf prestige and so on? I have 48 months here I desrve an answer

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With the mas lay offs at NCSoft Brighton it seemed that a EU server merge was close. However, it is obvious that they try to make a big splash with i14 and my bet is that they wont merge the EU servers just yet. However this might change in the future. Unsure which scenario they will pull then.

And don't listen to the others. They just feel a little excited about the open Beta and the other news.

Good idea. Like they have done with the tailor coupons. Such a principle could work for more of those powers.

I would love that very much.

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Is it me, or does the Architect building look out of place there? Doesn't fit the style of Atlas at ALL!

Oh, and GIVE GIVE GIVE GIVE GIVE!!!

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How big is your list of story arcs to make at the moment FFM? I know mine is 7 fully planed out, around 20 half planned arcs and god only knows how many more ideas.

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Make that 7.5 bluedarky. I liked your improved concept of my RachnaPunzel idea so much I want to post it (if you don't object of course) with some tweakings of my own of course.

Good find Mother. Nice to see more of the architect. Now I really want to get into that Beta!

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If we're going to have a rubber chicken, I feel we also need an enormous fish, also a rolled up newspaper.

Can you imagine the horror on Recluse's face if he were brought down by a squad armed with rolled up newspapers, rubber chickens and wet fish?

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Oh yes I see what you mean!

Adding to my original post, we do also need new skins for the rifle so how about the various types of Super Soaker

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Those are well for the blaster perhaps but for the AR you really want THIS.

Oops sorry Shannon. That will teach me to rely on memory. And yes tp'ing will be a pain. Especially because i avoided that power like the plague!

My mod pots do the max amount of damage I can get into them which isn't that much of course. Still a taunt might help.
Even if only for the -range

And I will try to come up with a good suggestion phrase.

Thanks for the replies, with your help I might learn to appreciate my little tankette more.

Well it is obvious that I really have to get in that tp somehow into my tank. Even if it is a terrible way to move around town. I guess I will have to visit the raptor salesman in the shadow shards realy soon.
Then I guess I should tweak my mud pots a bit. Less damage, more taunt.

Some good tips there sharon. I will see if I can use them next time For one thing I should defo tell the others to stay back and not do a thing until I say go. Also good to remember that herding is not that useful as it was before.

So basically this is a rescue hostage mission without any normal attack powers. While the idea has merit I don't think it will have more success then the fires in steel canyon have.

it fits the amount of damage you do

The noble art of herding.

I don't often play tanks. My highest tank is a level 38 Stone/Stone tank. I hardly play her because I consider myself a terrible tank. Not because I keep dying but because my party-members do. Last try was a failed ITF. One of my problems is the gamer skill to herd with success.

It sounds so easy, run into the room, pull the mobs behind you,stand around the corner and let the aoe begin. But as a stone (not that i am doing so great on other sets) I got some problems. For one thing I am either slow or I am squishy. In granite form with rooted on I can withstand serious damage but hardly move an inch. Every other combination can and will result in the occasional death due to lucky hits, stuns, misclicks etc. But that's the tankers lot. Another problem is that even with mud pots the enemy seems hardly impressed by my passing them and refuses to run along. I tried hitting them, I tried using taunt but nothing is working with satisfaction. So how can I make my little stone/stone tankette perform better at this handy skill? So that I can tank proudly and not feel like the worst tank ever?

25 years. That's not just any cake, that's a cake with a chocolate topping!

Happy birthday

Treat others like you would like to be treated yourself.

I like to be treated courteously so I try to be courteous to others. Including trying to response within a reasonable amount of time to responses like this.

When I get a get a badge. My characters should start singing and dance the badge celebration dance! Preferably so would those I am partying with. If that results in a team wipe, a small price to pay for this joyous moment.

Improved badge ding gets mine thumbs up