Hyperstrike

Originally Posted by Tank_Washington

But in making your graph you believe that sales trump subscription numbers, which is a fallacy.

Originally Posted by F_M_J

The minor cost of the upgrades on the back end would more than be made up for by the near complete drop in petitions and customer service calls regarding account hacking.

Originally Posted by Shadowclone

I read somewhere that the most popular quote from 2008 was:
"Don't tase me bro!"

Originally Posted by Ignicity

I'm really not sure where you got your definition of "ganking" from. I disagree with it entirely. My understanding of a "gank" is very much along the same lines as the urbandictionary definition listed below:

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow

No. It's not a question of how it works, but rather of what kind of game it is in. RPGs, by and large, rely on preparation. They rely on having the right build, on having the right gear, on knowing the right tactics and basically on being prepared for what you are about to face. If you are prepared, you win. If you are not prepared, you go back and prepare so more. There is a VERY narrow margin of combat experience where you are NOT prepared, but you can still muscle through on the weight of sheer grit or blinding brilliance, but for the majority of the game, outcome is decided before battle even starts. And for a single-player game, that's just fine. I'm prepared to deal with my enemies and I expect them to fall before me. The AI doesn't hold grudges, and the game is designed to let me win if I push the right buttons. I don't mind, and indeed rather enjoy having the experience tailored to let me win.

Fighting against other players is a whole different kettle of fish entirely, an expression which I'm sure will make a native speaker somewhere put a reward on my head. When I fight against other people, I like for both of us to be as equal in terms of preparation as the game will possibly allow, such that the actual fight comes down to personal skill, not cheese. If someone is prepared and has a marked advantage over me, then the fight isn't going to be a lot of fun for me. Even if I win, I will still grumble, because I'm not in it to win it, I'm in it for a fun fight, which cannot happen with a handicap. If I'm prepared so that my opponent is at a severe disadvantage, then I'm still not having fun, partly because I can imagine how much it sucks for him, partly because I want a fun battle, not just to dominate. This doesn't have to mean that everyone is the SAME, but merely that everyone is given a character who is culminatively equally good. This is where balance comes in, but in an RPG, all builds will never be equally good. For that reason alone, it's a lost concept.

Originally Posted by _23X_

after 3.5 months off I am back ... again

any radical changes to the market, or just that much more inflation?

for somereason my main is still kitted out, but broke. All my alts are all gleefully empty will be fun to to see how fast I can kit them out again.

Originally Posted by Cien_Fuegos

if they keep it under 2 billion id be happy...

Originally Posted by UberGuy

Just in case you weren't kidding, your armors don't matter to Hami's damage.

Originally Posted by Call Me Awesome

You'd think 200 raids of taking 935 points of damage every 4 seconds would be enough. At least it allowed the emps on the team to work on their heal badges as well.

Originally Posted by Phantom Patriot

I noticed I get a message that advises me i'm working off a debt!

Originally Posted by ketch

Isn't that how it goes? Open-mindness is generally short hand for, "I accept this; let's see what others think" rather than actually having an opinion that is open to examination and revision.

Originally Posted by JadeTora

Well, I've also noticed.. Excuse this post.. A lot of hostility in reaction to this thread and aimed towards me in particular, I've tried to be civil and really I refuse to lower myself to the level of flinging insults at people, bickering with them and berating them for having a differing opinion from my own.. Nay and rather, I respect them for having a differing opinion.

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

I had one clown that must have put one of my characters on his friends list because he'd hit on her everytime he ran across her. He didn't stop bugging me until I bought the Science Booster and turned the tables on him by hitting the costume change and turning into a 10' tall monstrous escaped prisoner and telling him, "You gots a real purty mouf, now bendover and squeal like a pig fo yo daddy, cuz you my little puppy now!"

Originally Posted by Fury Flechette

That's great. Here's a bit of SG organizational advice.

1. Everyone should be able to invite, even the lowest rank. The lowest rank, however, can't kick. Likewise, all ranks should be able to pay SG rent...it's a hassle, and I always appreciate it when someone else does it.

2. Base editing rights should go to rank 4 and above. Each side should have a designated base architect and at least one assistant. The leaders should of course have full base editing priviledges.

3. We really should at this point establish a separate SG channel. I've noticed a few times where the group was split between villain and hero side, and sometimes it might be nice to have all of us on one side or the other, especially if you wanted to organize a group push to reach certain prestige goals, etc.

4. May be nice to identify who's who. I've interacted with Organica, Postagulous, Tidbit, FourSpeed, Fulmens, Hell Jumper and Panzer. I'm sure I've interacted with others, but I still don't know who's who.

My characters:
Hero side: Furia Fist, level 33 DM/Regen Scrapper - currently trying to beat off Squez for most prestige.

Villain side: Fran Frankenstein, level 23 (and climbing) Bots/Dark MM - current at around 63k prestige, which is the most after our leader who has 400k something.

(btw, if the character has two Fs in the name, it's probably me )

People I recognize:
Fulmens - E K Nachtmusik and leader toon on Midlevel Crisis (name escapes me atm)
Tidbit - Riches
FourSpeed - Needles and Pins
Organica - Tainted Candy
Postagulous - Betty Forever and I think you have another blaster in there
Panzer - Panzer (that one was easy )
Hell Jumper - Hell Pscyche

Originally Posted by Organica

I have Tainted Candy and Medieval Crisis as heroes, and now have Serpentine Fire as a villain. I made a fire/willpower brute, and when I couldn't come up with a good fire-based name I just used the name of my blaster who I moved from Freedom to Virtue a few weeks ago. Nobody had claimed it in the meantime. ^_^

Postagulous has at least four different characters in the hero SG I think...

We really should have a SG channel. Should it just be "Medieval Crisis" or does that discriminate against the villains?

Also, when storage bins are added to a base, I think only the SG/VG leader can set privelidges on it.

Originally Posted by Smurphy

I don't care about PvP recipes and don't want to PvP. I am simply curious why 64 man free-for-alls aren't organized.

Originally Posted by Elysienne

Wasn't the Valyard erased from the timeline at the end of Trial of a Timelord?

Originally Posted by Mercury_Down

I wondered, thanks

Originally Posted by Ironblade

er, wouldn't it be better to focus on either positional defense *OR* typed defense, rather than have a bunch of each?

Originally Posted by Elysienne

I wouldn't say the writing has ALWAYS been good...

In fact, frankly, I won't be too sorry to see Davis go. It means Jack "Most boring character ever" Harkness probably won't be coming back.