Grouchybeast
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Someone mentioned it earlier, but I would really recommend getting a copy of Mid's Hero Designer:
http://www.cohplanner.com/
This will allow you to tinker around and see the effect of changes on your build without having to actually slot the IOs. You can make one build with your current set up, and then you can make other versions to see how much effect various IOs would have, and whether they're worth spending the inf to buy. -
The more complexity in a power system, the harder it is to maintain balance. I think the OP's suggestion adds a lot of potential extra complexity to the balancing of ATs and sets, without really adding significant benefits.
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Quote:I feel like I'm watching a bunch of people talking about Italian food, while one person complains that all the spices and ghee gives them indigestion.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
scanning some posts here I'm starting to suspect our new wonder poster is Another Fan in drag. =P -
The Basilisk's Gaze quad might be worth a look, too.
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Quote:What exactly were you expecting from an MMO? Dividends? A pension?Originally Posted by Residentx10
If you want me to be honest, I feel stupid for investing in this game. I have wasted 8 months of life.
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I'm going to be a little late for the trio tonight -- hopefully I should be able to get on by 6:30, though. Sorry, guys!
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Dear OP, your post is rather confusing. In the absence of further clarification, I'm going to assume that, along with pretty much everyone else, you're in favour of merging the US and EU server lists.
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Quote:Just to let you know that I downloaded the silence.exe file, and Malwarebytes flagged it up as containing a Trojan. Whether it actually does or not, I couldn't say, but either it does, or something in it is causing a false positive with Malwarebytes. Either way, I thought you'd want to know.Originally Posted by andsoitallbegins
Any feedback welcome, as well as if anyone has the list of sounds text file referenced earlier in thread, that would be great.
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Quote:Just to reiterate:Originally Posted by _Zep_
Sadly that is going to make it impossible for one of my characters to get a haloween tip mission.
I am disappointed.
I have a tri-form peace bringer. In human only form he has a number of nifty utility powers, and two attacks. His teeth and his ability to fight lay in Nova and Dwarf form. Neither can use a costume unless things have changed from the past.
Halloween mission tips come from TREATS and not from mob defeats. All you need to do is put on a costume and click the door. If you get a Treat, then there's a chance the tip will drop right then. If it's a Trick, shifting form to fight the mobs will have no effect at all on your chance of getting a tip, because tips don't drop from mob defeats.
Also, if you are on a ToT team, then everyone gets the reward screen at the end of the tip mission, not just the mission holder, so on a team you can get all the badges etc without ever having a single tip drop yourself. -
I'm another person who was holding out on new characters until the arrival of inherent Fitness, but I've just started playing a lowbie in Praetoria on Defiant, and there were definitely other lowbies running around. And Defiant was at two yellow dots again yesterday evening so there are players on there somewhere :-)
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Thumbs up, but only if the numbers involved are insanely high.
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Quote:Monday is fine for me.Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
Monday work for ya?
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Yes, I'm definitely up for it, and I think we settled on Ill/Rad? If you chose a day and time, though, I didn't write it down anywhere, so you'll need to tell me again :-)
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Ooh that sounds interesting!
If you don't get a better offer, I have a Ill/rad troller and an ice/sonic defender sat waiting for me in Defiant Praetoria at level 2. I was waiting for I19 and inherent stamina, since I was expecting to solo them, but a regular team for either would be nifty. I should probably say that I've never played either combination of powersets before, so I don't promise awesome leetness.
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Quote:A significant number of people who start playing a lot more at 50 for the incarnate content, but aren't interested in slotting any (or any more) purples, would increase supply without increasing demand.Originally Posted by SwellGuy
But then if people don't play their 50s there will be no new supply of purples generated so prices will remain high.
Basically I see no condition where the prices go down for purples.
I'd really love to know some things about this game, like the levels that most people play at, and the proportions of people who are usings SOs/common IO/frankenslotting/purples, whether people use very different slotting strategies on their different characters. It would be fascinating. -
Quote:I think I'd value them a bit more highly than that. By direct purchase, 20 A-merits = 1000 merits + 400 million inf. And an A-merit recipe purchase is up to a 5 fold discount over regular merits (1-2 A-merits v. up to 250 regular merits). So, hmm...Originally Posted by SwellGuy
Yeah, I am surprised they haven't added Purples to the Reward Merit Vendor now.
With a purple costing 20 A-merits that would be 1000 Reward Merits to my math thinking (1 a-merit gets 5 random recipe rolls, 100 r-merits get 5 random recipe rolls)
Some big number of merits :-) -
Yes -- you need to do a Patron arc to unlock the PPPs, just like a regular villain.
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Quote:And given that it was originally stated that purples wouldn't be buyable with merits because purples should cost more than the merit cap, we're getting them stupendously cheaply with A-merits.Originally Posted by Aura_Familia
The devs have pretty much given their say by how many merits they make a purple recipe cost. Even if they cut the current V/H merit cost in HALF for purples it still leads to the undeniable conclusion that (drum-roll please) Getting purples is NOT meant to be fast!
Although of course I'm confidently expecting to purple my warshade purely with the drops I'll be getting in the next few weeks. Anecdotes don't lie. -
I bought a few sets not long ago, and I bought most of them in the 29-34 level range. It took a loooooooong time for all the bids to come in (say 6-8 weeks for the rare ones), but if you're a patient cheapskate like me, it's a good way to save inf. Don't forget to put in lowball bids on the crafted IOs.
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I can't help with the client move, but I might be able to help with the low download speeds. You could try altering the port used by the updater, which can make a big difference to dl speed.
These are the four options you can force by setting the target properties:
"C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CohUpdater.exe" -port 80
"C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CohUpdater.exe" -port 6994
"C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CohUpdater.exe" -port 13094
"C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CohUpdater.exe" -port 23094 -
Quote:Sometimes, the forums really remind me of Monty Python's 'Life of Brian'.Originally Posted by eryq2
What about the nonfarmers? How exactly should they get "ferraris"?
"Yes, but apart from TFs and arc merits and AE tickets and the market and the difficulty sliders and SSK and alignment merits and gleemail and merging the markets, what have the devs ever done for the casual player?!" -
Quote:I had never heard of that one before. Still, I should've learned the lesson a long time ago from way too much time hanging out on sci.skeptic.Originally Posted by seebs
Poe's Law!
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Quote:omg haxxorz!!!Originally Posted by swellguy
[edited to add]grouchybeast stole my purple drops. I demand action!
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Quote:I guess I really should know better, right?Originally Posted by UberGuy
This thread is amusing. And yes, I get the OP. That's why where it's going is so amusing.
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Quote:To be honest, I'm slightly surprised the toon hasn't been genericed yet. Maybe making the usage clear is enough to protect it. I guess it has a Genghis Khan style outfit?Originally Posted by Sailboat
I have a relentless mechanical assassin from an alternate future where a central Asian steppe empire has conquered much of the world using advanced military technology...it's named Mongoldroid. (****** + android).
edit: hrm...interesting that that particular word is censored. Perhaps they're still afraid of the Great Khan after all these years?