Hawkeye

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Two things came to mind when I saw THIS.

1) First, I was slightly afraid.
2) Then a small voice in my head said, "Bring out the gimp..."

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Two things that came to mind when I saw that...

#1 - Ewww

#2 - That's a dude.....DOUBLE EWWW!

It's called the internet and by placing that picture there it becomes a public spectacle, whether you like it or not.

You have to go by the facts....

1 - The costume DID NOT follow the rules set forth.

2 - She won prizes due to a costume that did not meet requirements.

3 - Other people could have had the chance to win these prizes who followed the rules had it been judged as the rules stated.

I would think people that DID NOT enter the contest would have a more valuable opinion on this than people who did enter and didn't win, so you're opinion is flawed in my eyes.

Great job to everyone that entered! Some amazing ones out there.


And WOW to the judges for letting that carnie costume through. So she won over $120 worth of stuff and didn't even meet the requirements? I have no vested interest in the contest at all, and it's a little concerning that she won prizes, let alone was allowed to keep her entry.

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Here is what you need to do: dress up as one of your characters.

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Yay debate!!! So who won?

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I realize this was a joking comment and I'm not here to try and say that I was correct on the matter.

I just wanted to add that I hope anyone that reads this thread, that they get the most out of it because it is a great one.

As for the CPU/GPU cooler debate, while they are probably correct in stating that if they are operating within allowable temperature ranges that they'll last well beyond their expected lives, I still feel more comfortable knowing that mine is just a bit cooler than yours. Again, YYMV

Thanks again, Houtex!

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In an upcoming patch, here are a few things you'll see:

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Did anyone else get excited and read this as an upcoming patch for I8? Or was it just me?

*goes back to his dark closet under the steps*

Gil, we'll miss you sir.

Any chance you can tell us where to find you?

*cry* my emp/rad defender was my only character that came through the nerf fest unscathed...til now

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Use your opinion to shape your gameplay.

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I completely agree here, key word being "your". And around we go again...back to, don't tell me what's fun and un-fun. My opinion shapes my gameplay and someone elses shapes theirs, but the Dev's are trying to shape it for us.

This is the point that so many are trying to get across and that so many can't understand. This has NOTHING to do with herding or powerleveling, but that we want to play the game that way we want....where does it stop..................

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Failing missions usually has no consequences on arcs....unless they changed these specifically, and I really doubt they would.
You fail it, it'll just say: "Buck up !! Good news !! Shadowhunter's wolves all picked up Smallpox when you guys visited and it turns out, you did eliminate all of them !! And Shadowhunter stubbed his toe on an upturned root....so he's not gonna conqueur our world cause you failed this mission. You just aren't gonna get influence or adoration of millions of fans on this mission....but, hey...guess what...the NEXT Praetorian AV ......."
Heh...don't worry fail or not you're still ok.
Served Cold: 50 Ice/Storm/Ice

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Doesn't the AV count toward a badge at the end? So failing the timed mission will hurt him...(he'd have to go team with someone else who has it, but he'd have to rely on whoever that would be).

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So in reality they killed 2 birds with one stone. Not only did they "attempt" to curb herding and powerleveling but they are forcing you to group if you dont complete the mission in the time alloted. Forget the fact that you "may" see SH again...cause you may not.

Just another sad attempt to force grouping down our throats.

An honest post from States would read something like this: OK, so that we keep you playing the game longer and keep my paycheck rollin in, we're going to throw in some lame excuse for a fix and say it's for your benefit. Really we can't come up with anything better at the moment. Oh and btw, we could care less what you write here cause i've already posted on the matter and that's final.

Now, i do agree that there should be a fix, so don't get me wrong. This is NOT the correct one though.

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Never have I seen a regen die on AV and I have seen dozens of AVs fall to regen.


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You need to lay off the booze man.

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LMAO!!

5 stars for you

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When States said the player should have the choice and "make their own decision" he wasn't talking about exploits or PLing and I'm sure he never intended playing one single missions over and over as part of that choice.

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I sure am glad we have all these people around to tell us what other people's thoughts really are.

BTW, doing a mission more than once is NOT an exploit, and for about the 3rd time, you'll NEVER stop power leveling.

All i can say is, don't let me join a team and see one of you whiners from the forums here running missions that belong to a higher level character in your group.

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Sorry I have seen regen scrappers survive AVs that INV and Dark Armor gets wiped out on.

Never have I seen a regen die on AV and I have seen dozens of AVs fall to regen.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Again, obviously you have never played a regen scrapper because i can name at least 3 AV's that will one-shot a regen scrapper. Take SH for instance, he has one attack that will hit you for over 2500 HP, even with tough, weave, resilience, DP and reconstruction on....he'll make you eat dirt.

Please, if you have no clue what you are talking about, don't make huge blanket statements like that because it makes you look even more like what the first part of your name says than people already think of you.

Back to the actual matter at hand.

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Oh, what a bunch of pure, unadulterated HOGWASH about people "enjoying" the wolf missions

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You need to go back and re-read Statesman's post

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Admittedly, "fun" and "unfun" are completely subjective, so people can disagree.

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If you don't find it fun, CB, then don't do it. But don't come here and try to tell me what i enjoy or not.

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If your scrapper gets Koed in one hit then you are playing a gimp scrapper.

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You've obviously never played a */regen scrapper have you?

I don't care if you have every defense in the regen line fully slotted and tough and weave too, there's a weakness to every AT of scrapper and AV's will find it.

For you to make a comment like that is simply ludicrous.

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Selling characters or influence or selling levels is something that should get an account banned and the person blacklisted from any game company.

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While i agree someone that buys an acct with chars on it is usually a moof, you'll never stop this.

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If people didn't powerlevel you would find most of the dolts would have quit the game. Most dolts who don't find someone to powerlevel them do quit.

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So why haven't you quit yet?

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We know the reason why teaming is hard to do is because every frigging request to team is to do wolf missions.

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Maybe you should have prefaced that comment with /huge exaggeration, cause that's what it is.

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Every tank with self respect hated powerlevelers. Everyone who wants to do a shadow shard tf finds the amount of effort to get one going is a lot easier with the wolf timer in place.

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I love how you use the words "Every" and "All" so freely, please stop the craptastic, at best, posts.

Thank you, drive through.

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I don't know what the big deal is. It's a stopgap fix to an epidemic problem in the game, and something that will probably be addressed by removing the very ability to effectively let someone 9 levels below get insane XP and be practically worthless, otherwise.

We're probably going to see sweeping changes like a 5level cap on XP, and/or all purple mobs (no matter high higher they are) give the same XP per mob. IOW a lvl 45 mob that's 5 levels above you will give you the same XP as a mob that's 7 levels above you, because they are both a minion (or whatever) of the same con (purple).

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First off, if you are 9 levels below the con of the mob you get less XP than if you are 5 lvls below it. There is a curve in which the XP tapers off once you get so many lvls lower than what is being "arrested".

Seconly, if they put a 5 lvl cap on XP, how is that going to stop what all these whiners are complaining about? You will still be able to p/l, and tells will still be sent out for that certain lvl range that fills the gap. Whether it be a lvl 42 to sk someone or a lvl 46 to sk someone.

As i stated before, #1 - mind your own business and #2 - p/ling will never stop. I'm guessing neither will all the complaining whiners that dont have a lvl 50 or someone thats a lvl 50 that they're friends with to help them lvl. Really, thats what this all boils down to...jealousy. You could really care less about the longevity of the game and you can't blow enough smoke up my rear to make me believe you do. Get over it!

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You wann know how PLing makes the game unfun? Try this:

*invite Empath Defender*
*fight*
*TEAM DIES BECAUSE THE EMPATH DID NOTHING BUT BLAST AWAY THE WHOLE FIGHT, since she has ONE HEAL and ALL OF HER BLASTS, AIR SUPERIORITY, AND SEVERAL OTHER POOL POWERS, and the only reason she ever made it to lvl 20 IS BECAUSE SHE PLED OFF OF WEREWOLVES*

THE END!

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The reason you died is your own fault. When someone is invited to my team and i click on them to see their info and something looks out of whack i'll ask what's up. If they seem completely clueless on why they have 7 attack powers and heal aura then i'll find another emp def. So i say again, your own fault.

As far as WW p/ling, you may want to reconsider your generalized statement. If you recall most of the p/led chars are coming from WL, not WW. And you have the wonderful QA department to thank for that one. 9 times out of 10 if a char is p/l through WW's then it's an alt of someone's that owns a lvl 50. I don't think anyone goes to AP and broadcasts that they're running a wolf herding mish, anyone wanna join?

The point of this post is that you need to pick your team a little more wisely and stop trying to blame other people for your shortcomings.

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as much as i hate to say this, but it's sheerly my opinion.
Herders, that used wolves at first were doing something for MUCH greater XP than anything else could be done in a game. it's nothing better than in neverwinter nights, DebugMode 1, dm_giveXP cheat. anything which greatly skews the balance and flow of a game, no matter HOW FUN OR FITTING FOR PLAYSTYLES is nonetheless a problem, and that's what it was. it made things too easy, but those that kept doing it over and over, did indeed screw it over for casual players.
simply put: no matter how many people support it, or used it, it was never a valid way to play. and because of that, I don't blink when with one mere update suddenlly our game was changed for quite a few. I have a 50, got him there the honest way. plan to do that with every last character as well.
if I wanted to gain levels, I'd just streethunt from levels 1-50. that's how you do it, not stand away while 3 people do all the work. it never was a valid way to play, and i shed no tears while it tis erased.
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I sure am glad you are the official "valid way to play" liason, next time i'm unsure if i'm playing correctly or not i'll be sure to send you a tell.

As many other people have said in this post, i pay 15 bucks just like the rest of you people and i'll play the game how i want to play it. The herding WON'T stop and neither will powerleveling so you might as well go back in your hole.

As you can see there are many reasons why people want to gain levels faster and that's their perogative. By them doing this, it has no effect on me whatsoever, so they play how they want and i'll play how i want....there is NO "correct" way to play.

But Nozy it's not going to stop. The only wolf missions that are timed are ones taken from this point on, all the people that are already using it will just keep it.

By them adding a timer, it did absolutely nothing. Come on States, at least justify the timer for the mish...what's the reasoning behind the timer? Is SH going to blow up the earth if he's not stopped in a certain amount of time now? Or was it just added for the sole purpose to stop herding in that particular mish? If it was the latter you are sadly mistaken thinking that'll stop anything.

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But I am concerned when someone is doing somethingg "unfun" in order to gain levels quickly and thereby bypassing other, more interesting content. Admittedly, "fun" and "unfun" are completely subjective, so people can disagree.

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I have to ask this question also.

Since we are the ones paying to play this game and you, hypothetically speaking, work for us, please give us a better reason for changing something like this.

You telling us what's "fun" and what content we should see just doesn't sit right in my stomach.

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I think people misunderstand why developers interfere and make changes. I could care less how fast someone earns influence. But I am concerned when someone is doing somethingg "unfun" in order to gain levels quickly and thereby bypassing other, more interesting content. Admittedly, "fun" and "unfun" are completely subjective, so people can disagree.

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Seriously? Ohhh wait that's right i have a level 50 who's seen "almost" everything in the game in her seven hundred and some odd hours. If i had to go through it all again, States, i can honestly say you wouldn't have my money right now.

I don't know if this is an attempt to keep people playing the game longer, but i can tell you the only reason i'm still paying my 15 bucks a month is for PvP and CoV...and that's reason enough to get another character to a higher level to assist my SG with a needed powerset.

Sorry, not buying this evening. Well i couldn't buy anyhow seeing that i dont have any influence because of the well thought out and internally tested WL p/ling.

How 'bout adding a dang refresh button?

Or am i experiencing the problem with the "unhide"?

When someone logs a different character on and types the command to start the chat they still aren't showing up in the friends list as online.

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My hopes for issue 4
1) High boots for male.

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I'm not gonna add to the list, just say WOW to that wish, and ask the only possible question........WHY??

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Sentry, that looks kinda like a gremlin in her mug to me...for anyone old enough to remember them, hehe!


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Of course you mean a Mogwai. It's not a Gremlin till it eats after midnight...

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Wow, you are correct...man i forgot that easily, time for my medication i guess

Sentry, that looks kinda like a gremlin in her mug to me...for anyone old enough to remember them, hehe!

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"Gnight Jonboy"

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That's the only thing i took offense to as a North American player, do people really believe that name is used here?

Sincerely,
Billy Bob Joe Jean Byler

hehe, sometimes i crack myself up!

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I agree with your whole post other than, you must not be a high lvl character cause once in your upper 30's and 40's you look forward to those slots

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Yeah my highest is level 33, I kinda lost interest because everything was far too easy and my character had no really good powers to look forwards to. I hate the fact that the 30-40 gap literally has no really fantastic content.

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/agree
As you can see my alt is stuck at 32 and i've kinda lost some interest also.