Hydrofoil_Zero

Originally Posted by Premonitions

One thing I would like to see that I think would be a nice use of the new Victorian/Ascension aura technology is stylistic representations of various art types/visuals

Kinda hard to explain but moving(and path, and combat) auras based on

Brush Strokes

Vector arrows(Squiggly lines are seen there as well on Black*Star(the blue-haired kid)

Graffiti Lines

Paint blotches

and other examples of symbolism and drawing expressed through auras.

Originally Posted by Tunnel Rat

Have you tried tinting one of the existing eye glows to black, or another dark color? Since the particles for most of the auras are additive, darker colors actually increase their transparency.

On the subject of eye auras, Goblin Queen (sorry, I can't find your post, but I've read it) has asked for eye glows that don't clip with hats. This can be a little tricky, since the tech that would usually push the glows in front of a hat's brim also pushes them behind the back of the head, when the character is viewed from the back.

Creating a very small eye aura may be the answer to both of your dilemmas, however. I'll keep it in mind for future auras.

Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha

I wish they'd just do away with 'participation'

People who genuinely try but are getting DC'd are getting put in the same camp as actual leechers....who, in reality, are getting kicked as they should do, and thus getting NO rewards.

We don't need this brain-dead A.I. 'nanny' telling us to play nice, because the players have always managed that themselves. Instead, all it's doing is screwing over the legit players.

Personally? I'd say remove commons from the chance for reward. That way people get the stuff thats actually hard to get, rather than the stuff you can get with contemptuous ease.

Originally Posted by Myrmydon

Give us the Oracle costume. That would be very popular with the playerbase.

Originally Posted by Natsuki

Well, Virtue's turn was today, I logged in, and first thing I saw was the eyesore of Admin chat being utilized. Which is basically going to disrupt everything people do if they don't want to participate in the event.

It took me maybe 10 minutes to find an actual invasion, there was no indication on the maps, and was little chatter across broadcast chat except about how "laggy" the event was.

Once I found the invasion event, I was able to move in and attack maybe three times within the span of 60 seconds.


Devs, unless you guys fix your server architecture, don't do this type of event. Your servers can't handle it, and it's just going to aggravate people that try to participate in this event.

There is a recent MMO that just came out (if I recall, we're not allowed to name it, so I won't but it's about planar invasions through rifts) that handles invasions SPECTACULARLY. Not only do the invasions not require admins/GMs to hand-hold through it, it has invasion chatter of the NPCs during minor invasions it's merely text, but for major (or epic) invasions the NPCs have voices (maybe not the best voice actors, but hey!). Their servers can support 100s of players all attacking the same giant creatures without the server running into several seconds worth of delay when trying to activate abilities. In addition, these invasions give out some of the best rewards in the game (for level appropriate characters).

What's my point about this other MMO? They set the bar for invasion events. Either step up to that bar in CoH, because I know guys can do it if you really wanted, or don't do invasion events, and utilize something else that CoH is actually good at.

Anyways, I had a good chuckle at how this event was implemented once I got logged in, since I can't really RP due to the admin spam, I'm going to head off to another game. (Brink or maybe that other MMO).

Originally Posted by Zubenelgenubi

OK, let me be sure I understand this...

You planned a big invasion to celebrate 7 years of this game. You make the event last for 3 HOURS on a weeknight for most servers (including mine), with NO REPEAT of the event for those who have to work or otherwise can't make it.

Then you make a special badge available but ONLY to those who will not otherwise be occupied on Memorial Day Weekend (like, just for example, helping a spouse celebrate their parents' 50th wedding anniversary).

Guys... April First was at the beginning of LAST month...






(P.S. Yes, I know you said you'd repeat the badge opportunity “in a few months,” but nonetheless...)

Originally Posted by Golden Girl

Will the raised sever cap also affect the individual zone caps? Like will it now take more players to spawn a new instance of a zone?

Originally Posted by tragichero242

Hi Second Measure,

I didn't realize the Producer's letter was up and only just saw it today so I'm a bit late on reading this one.

It's ironic for me because yesterday I was having a conversation with my best friend about all of the above mentioned story lines (Ouro, Arachnos, Well of Furies, Letter Writer, Coming Storm) plus a few others (Hamidon, Malta, 5th Column) as being unfinished, not fleshed out fully, or simply abandoned. To be frank, I felt they were half-***** as a result of being left unfinished or ignored for so long.

Originally Posted by Canine

I guarantee that number's out by a huge amount, maybe 10^6, since I've got about 40bn just on my various alts.

So between just me, you and your partner we're past the amount in the graphic already

Originally Posted by Golden Girl

They did - the official dev Q&A chats are always recorded.

Originally Posted by Mega_Jamie

Yeah baby

Originally Posted by Elfis_Presley

Fastest way to expand incarnte content: Add incarnte difficulty setting to all level 50 taskforces.

Originally Posted by Golden Girl

They already said on the UStream chat that the Omega slot isn't the end of the Incarnate system, - there's stuff above and beyond it, so the tree is going to keep on growing

Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood

I think the growing up the tree comment refers to unlocking the remaining 5 slots.