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Quote:Thank you, and what are those new things? Do we know yet?Originally Posted by GrinningSpade
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So I took an unplanned hiatus from the game for a couple months, around the time I16 hit open beta. Between a new job, friends, school and general life, and other video games, (no other MMOs though, not that it makes a difference.) I just didn't get much time to come back into the world.
I came back for a bit for Dub XP weekend, and I'm glad I did. Got a couple characters to 50 who were long over due and had some fun, the GF even got in on it with me. I also apparently need to catch up on the boards since I've not been following those either.
I must say I'm looking forward to the con, enjoying issue 16 and it feels good to be back. Every so often I end up going on one of these breaks and whenever I come back, I am reminded how much I love this game and this community.
So hey everyone, I'm back, it's good and if you haven't already and you have some free time, Check out ODST or Arkham Asylum, both are fun titles. -
I just came out of the Orion Store (Science store) in Steel Canyon, and standing in the archway outside the door under the spinning Orion sign, I am hearing the sounds of people chatting, and what sounds like a mike giving feed back. If I move away, it disappears, but when I go back under the arch it's there again.
What the hell is this? Is this a sound bug or something? Or is this sounds from a secret room like the Cyrptic offices in Grandville that have a few sounds coming from strange places?
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Quote:I don't think the tin foil hat you wear qualifies as a "helmet", I also don't think it works the way you think it works.Originally Posted by Blastman
There will be no wave 6. It will skip open beta and go straight to live. Once that happens the servers will come down every day for 2 hours for patches till December. All of this is true. I read Posi's brain waves via my special helmet
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Not only is Steel Claw's script funny as all hell. It's genius! That script works well for the wretch character and feels more "villainous" from the player side than half the content on Redside.
Well done Steel Claw, you took the time to write it, the Dev's should take the time to make it!
I'd play that.
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Forgive me if this has been asked, I skimmed this thread and read a lot of it, and all the red name posts I could find, but there are 2 issues I would like clarification on from Positron or anyone else with a red name.
First: Does the earning XP while exemplared mechanic work with all forms of exemplar, not just Super Sidekicking? IE: Will I get XP if I am level 45 running a level 20 arc from Ouroborus; OR, will I now get XP as a level 45 running the Positron TF, therefor making it more worth my while to run it from any level in the game?
Second: With the hazard zones, are level caps being removed completely? Or do I have to be Super Sidekicked to a higher level to get in? IE Sidekicked to some one level 36 or higher to get into the RWZ? Or can I fly my Level 1 PB into any zone in the game except the Hami and PVP zones, regardless of if I am on a team or Super Sked or not... -
Virtue was having issues on friday, mapserving all over etc, so there were some issues. Doesn't seem as busy as usual for a double XP weekend, I wonder if they just picked a bad weekend?
Also, I think the forums being down the week before, and I was surprised they didn't give us more warning about this one, I thought we usually knew about this a lot longer in advance... Or am I remembering wrong? -
Anyone else having issues with the Dev tracker showing the entries weird and not linking to the Dev posts?
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Quote:So much wrong with this.Originally Posted by Living_Fyre
Mission Architect- Ok, I like the idea. Conceptualy it's sound. In practice it aint to bad either save 1 massive flaw... You've spent the last 4 years trying to eliminate Power Leveling, Mission Farming, etc. Things you (NcSoft/Cryptic) consider "Game Breaking"... Ummm, you just gave me the ability to remake ANY old mission that was "Nerf'd" with a timer... and Now... I can farm it for as long as I want on any charater I want and never have to do a single solitary mission. What... You didn't like the game content that was designed. Sure players were farming missions before. It was all fine and dandy... but now. Hell you can't find a team for Anything outside of the AE... Forget trying to do SF/TF's. Can't solo em obviously... can't get a team together for em. Everyone's to busy in the AE makin stupid *** farming missions that a lvl 1 could complete in their sleep... Just get tired of makin your programmers do their job?
A.) Giving people the option to make their own stories in game, isn't lazy. The developers aren't putting AE in so they can stop making new missions, they gave us yet another tool to customize their game experience.
B.) If you are farming in AE, then you are farming inefficiently, I'm sorry but from my experience, Boss farms go too slow and it's faster to farm regular old missions everyone used to farm to get XP. (Though admittedly that would take more effort.)
C.) If you don't want to Farm\PL in AE, you don't have to, stop acting like it's the only option, that brings me to
D.) I haven't used AE since the second week of it's release. Since then I have had no trouble at all finding teams to run TFs, Trials, Respecs, regular missions, old fashioned farm missions. I continue to level my characters outside of AE and even in the middle of the night when it's really slow, I have been able to form full teams for late night missions. If you honestly can't find anyone to play with outside AE, you aren't trying... Like, at all...
So it's okay for you to rant and rave and blah blah blah but it's not okay for other people to be insulted? Is it freedom of speech or isn't it?Quote:Originally Posted by Living_Fyre
To anyone that is insulted by this... Sorry. Get thicker skin. It's the internet.. and this is Freedom of Speech...
Fyre
And so what if it is the internet, does that mean you can't be polite, make a logical argument based on facts or allow other people to have their own opinions? I mean, is it really a rule now that if you post on the Interwebz you have to be a jerk?
Also, it's not really Freedom of Speech. This isn't the American government that is constitutionally obligated to let you say what you want, these are privately owned forums and your speech can be limited by the company and it's employees who run the boards.
Honestly, the way you posted that blurb at the end, I think you were just out to tick people off. However given that you don't seem to have a grasp of many of the facts of the matter, (Not only the ones I posted here but all the stuff others have pointed out as well. Hell it's going on 2 years since NCSoft bought this game from Cryptic.) I don't think anyone is going to be very offended, they will probably just roll their eyes and point out how wrong you are in all of the facts you brought up, and how ill informed your opinions are. -
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Respec was going awesome, tearing through first mission. The guy on team says he is not getting Experience and decides to logout and quit.
The thing was this guy was LEVEL 50.
Or he felt like quitting and gave you guys a really bad excuse.
AE baby?
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On a somewhat unrelated note, I just want to take a second to thank you guys for being so positive and excited about this feature that's consumed so much of my life for so long. It's been a very long haul and tremendous amount of work from many people on the team. Your excitement about this feature is making it so much easier for me to continue to be excited about it, and that's making it a lot nicer to get through the final stretches of finishing this issue up and into your hands. I can't speak for the other people who've done a tremendous amount of work on this feature as well, but for me personally...it's a huge deal.
The handful of non-glowing responses I've seen have been very reasonable and more in the realm of disappointed but still understanding. For that I'm exceedingly grateful.
So thanks for staying positive and constructive, it makes reading the forums so much easier and working on this game so much more rewarding.
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Umm, your welcome?
Doesn't seem right saying that since you did all the hard work...
So thank you, and everyone else again! You guys rock... -
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"Mr. Moderator...tear down this thread!"
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Crap? Already? It's Not even august and we are looking at the third issue this year? Damn... This makes me wonder if I17 or GR is going to be out later this year...
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I thought it was just me! I thought I was the only one!
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Nope, in addition to Castle, there is at least me and my GF who are the same on this one. -
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You want to know what I hate? I'll tell you!
<ul type="square">[*] Being stuck in traffic[*] Meetings that are non-productive[*] People who feel entitled to abuse others, simply because they can.[*] Sudden loud noises[*] Temperatures below 50f and above 80f -- drop both by about 15f if I'm trying to sleep![*] Insomnia[*] Bad ideas -- especially when they are mine![*] Bitter food[*] Embarrassing Situations in Sitcoms -- I literally have to change the channel or leave the room to avoid seeing the characters humiliated at times.[/list]
Now to be balanced, I should also include things that I love. Just for balance, you see.
<ul type="square">[*] Puppies and Kittens -- that belong to other people and I can play with them for very short periods every now and again.[*] Good books, movies and shows[*] Good music -- separate from the above, since NOTHING gets me going faster or better than a good song.[*] Games -- Computer, Console, Pen and Paper, solo or multiplayer. [*] When a plan comes together[*] Finding an answer to something that, previously, didn't have one.[*] Puns[/list]
And now...back to trying to figure out how to get Formula X to incorporate Variable Y without breaking in hideous, horrible, awful ways.
EDIT: Changed "about" to "above."
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Wow, I have a surprising amount in common with Castle. Interesting to know. Not necessarily useful information to know I have a certain amount in common, but interesting none the less.
Ohh and castle, when you are working with formula X to make it incorporate variable Y, don't forget to account for gravity where appropriate, Einstein forgot to do that once and all those other guys won't stop talking about it.
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How are the Zombie invasions explains in game lore? What makes the zombies appear? Are they typical Zombies mindlessly trying to eat brains, or do they have other motives?
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I like it.
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Apart from Spines being able to use the geometry from Thorns, and Thorns being able to use the geometry from Spines (both of which can be colored), there will be at least one other set of alternate geometry/FX.
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This just popped into my head: Talsorian Spines?
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Kind of like Psionic spines?
FTW!
I had no interest in spines before... Give me Psionic, customizable signs and I swear it will be my next alt. -
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If I can't change out the geometry for Spines then forget about it.
Just say no to banana melee!
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Apart from Spines being able to use the geometry from Thorns, and Thorns being able to use the geometry from Spines (both of which can be colored), there will be at least one other set of alternate geometry/FX.
As for Martial Arts, the alternate animations we have right now are mainly punches. The idea was to provide you guys with a way to make the classic, fights with their fists and feet, super-hero that many have been asking for. That includes a new animation for assassin's strike (Assassin's Blow?).
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Nothing I could say would really adequately describe how full of win everything BaBs just said here is.
So I will say this.
/e em wayn and garth on knees
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Stalker - Shields or fire melee
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Shields doesn't mesh with most stalkers sets or the stalker theme. Fire melee functionally double but breaks theme since how stealthy is a man on fire?
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Where there's fire, there's smoke...and smoke hides just as well as being invisible. I could easily see a Fiery Melee or Fiery Aura Stalker work. Especially if Placate and Hide involved vanishing into a swirling mass of smoke and embers, and then reappearing in a sudden blazing flash when you strike, like a backdraft.
That could be pretty darn cool.
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/e Rob Schnyder (Sp?)
You Can Do EET BaBs!
No seriously.. You can make that happen and it would be so damned cool..
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I like it. But does it really need to be every 5 minutes? Does it work in Hazard zones? It'd be nice to just have all that terrain revealed.
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Now farmers can farm in silence... this is a good thing.
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How will this be any different than finding full teams with max difficulty to do farming? Now people can do it solo, but ... So what? It actually means less loot over all if they do it with fewer players... Unless of course they team up with more then it'd be just like a normal farm.. They'd still only get to do spawns set for up to 8 man teams and then play them.
I don't know why everyone is acting like this is a golden ticket for farmers. All it really does is eliminate the need to pad which they were doing anyway so they still get to do what they want without annoying the rest of us. -
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Just saying. We were told more info for I16 in July, now it's July.
MORE I16 INFO NAO!
Er umm... More Issue 16 info please?
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*Stares at the design docs on his desk*
*Laughs evilly*
Soon(tm)!
*Leaves without answering the original question*
Edit: To Obsidius, Does that make you Sgt. "Big Toe" Hulka?
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See, that didn't take too long, now did it?
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But how long would it have taken if I hadn't reminded you guys?
You can thank me later in a method that I have yet to determine. -
This will give me a chance to try my group fly on my Bots MM. I will be there.
Tomorrow my main blaster will show up as well. -
New Character Creator: Check
Power Colorization: Check
Power Proliferation (including Rad blast for blasters.): Check
New Difficulty settings and no more tells about padding: Check
More features to be announced: Check
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
If I hadn't gone to the bathroom right when I woke up this morning, this announcement would have made me piss myself. (Im still not drinking anything for another hour just to be safe.)