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...and finish the job the spammers have done on it.

Seriously, it has lost all usefulness as a player tool.

It's only impact on the gaming experience is as a method of intrusion into our gameplay by spammers. When was the last time you got an e-mail that wasn't spam? Heck, I don't think I've gotten more than 2 legitimate player e-mails in the 4 and a half years I've been playing. Spam? Pfft. Uncountable bucketloads.

And you know- when it's affecting *my* gameplay, it's got to be flat-out ruining the gameplay of people who are on playing for more than a couple of hours every 3 days.

Yeah, yeah, "We're working on it" blah blah blah.

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So let me get this straight.

1.) The E-mail system is a source of spam.
2.) The E-mail spam ruins the game play experience.
3.) The E-mail system is useless.

So Main point: As the E-mail system is a source of spam that ruins the gameplay experience, AND is completely useless, it should be removed.

So I don't understand? If it's completely useless, how does it matter if it is filled with spam?

If it's a feature you never use, how does that spam ruin your experience?

If it's a feature that you use often, and the experience is ruined by spam, why would you want to have the email system yanked out entirely, since that would undoubtedly be worse than having spam in the inbox?

Are you really going to try and argue that the little text that reads "Email" and turns red when you have some is ruining your entire game play experience? Or are you really going to argue having to delete spam mail every so often is ruining the entire gaming experience?

Either way, I want to ask you this, how do you survive on the internets? Do you not get spam e-mail in your non CoX email accounts? And if so don't they ruin your internet experience and shouldn't you have quit the interwebz by now?

Sorry, but the E-mail system should stay. Yes spam is annoying, but oh well, if the E-mail system is really so useless then E-mail spam shouldn't affect you that much.

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I think Positron said we would get Going Rogue info in July, but I don't remember anyone saying we'd get I16 info this month too. Anyway, I agree with others that Comic-Con is a likely place to get any possibly info.

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Positron said I16 Info in July

Check the bottom of the post.

Now, he may have at some point promised Going Rogue information in July as well, but if he did I missed it\don't remember it.

However, now that people have reminded me that comic con is coming up, I'd bet money that is where they will do it too.

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i swear, i'm gonna win the lottery, buy the building next to the Paragon studios and whack golf balls at their windows from the roof everytime they tease us about having the info....

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Can I join you? We can write teasing notes on the golf balls in sharpy each time too!

BTW, Castle responded to the post, yay! Invoking the power of the red names apparently works.

Now I have stuff to hunt for.

What zone of the Shard are the face and throne in?

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?

Edit: Just for fun.

Positron

Back Alley Brawler, BaBs

Castle

Hero 1

Manticore

Sunstorm

Synapse

War Witch

*Wonders if that will somehow summon any red names.*

Any mother ship raids shceduled this weekend? I'd love to join one if so.

Post something here or Tell me In game @Ice_wall

Yeah, I will be around all day today (Saturday) after about noon PST and probably tomorrow (Sunday) after 4 PM PST. I will likely try to do this at least once during this time, or more if my teams keep failing.

So it turns out, most of the people I talk to these days tell me how freaking easy the ITF is, they never or rarely fail etc etc.

I have run the ITF more times than I can count, easily over a dozen, on my blaster, my stlker, my scrapper, my tanker and my newer blaster. Every team I have joined, save 3 , has failed and some quite miserably. It's getting old and Im getting frustrated.

Most of my teams breeze through the majority of the TF and fail at Nictus Romulus.

So, I want to beat it with my level 40, Energy, Energy blaster. I'd love to meet up with some people that know how to do this damned TF well so I can actually beat it for the first time in months. I will be around all weekend, lots of free time, I am pretty laid back and I know how to dish out the ranged damage.

If anyone is interested in helping me out, or is running an ITF and wants one more to join, shoot me a tell in game, my global is @Ice_wall, or shoot me a PM here.

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Co-op is not overdone, and there are only two Co-op zones/TFs in this game.

If anything I WANT SUM MO, I WANT SUM MO!

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I'm actually kinda tired of heroes and villains being all chummy. I'd like to see things where we have PVE vs PVE, much like the battle zones in Siren's Call, but not necessarily PVP. Task forces that counter each other (via Oroborous for example) as villains do X and Heroes try to undo it, giving nice rewards to wresting control from one side or the other.

I want to see COMPETITIVE zones. It can't be that hard to do without resorting to lolpvp.

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This would be my my favorite TF if I didn't always end up on teams that fail it.

I understand that it doesn't seem to be a big deal to most people these days, but some how what ever PuG I end up on, We almost always fail. I have actually had teams that win far less than 50% of the time.

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You know, I've been on PUGs that had 50% level 50s, the rest lackied level 35s, with no regard for mix of ATs, and I have yet to fail it or even complete team wipe. I can only shudder at what the PUGs you must have been on were like!

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The funny thing is, they weren't even that bad. The few times I have done an ITF successfully, it was what you just described. It was a Pick up group with side-kicked people and no regard to what ATs are involved, we got through and we won.

The other times it was the same as well. Random PuG and the weird thing is. Everyone is competent, we have no trouble through the entire ITF, we get to Rommy and all of a sudden we can't do damage, we can't get him separated, we just can't get him taken down.

It seems I just have bad lucky because no one I talk to, besides me at this point, runs into this problem.

This would be my my favorite TF if I didn't always end up on teams that fail it.

I understand that it doesn't seem to be a big deal to most people these days, but some how what ever PuG I end up on, We almost always fail. I have actually had teams that win far less than 50% of the time.

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AE buildings out of Atlas, Galaxy and King's Row, yesterday.

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I agree. I never understood why the Developers decided AE buildings needed to be in so many zones. Out of all the things to put into practically ever zones, they did AE? It seems half of these buildings don't even really get used.

Can I get something more useful in every zone? I mean, can we get Went Worths or Universities or Vault Reserves or Icon Stores in every zone? AE buildings are great, but do we need them in Brickstown, Founders, IP, Galaxy, Skyway, etc?

And yeah, I think AE needs to be tweaked to be less farmable and the building pulled out of Atlas. SC is a good enough "Gathering spot" for people. If lowbies want to use one, leave the one in KR, that should be fine enough, but Atlas is too busy as it is to have an AE building there too. Too much stuff going on in that zone which can be overwhelming to new players.

My Question is. How do Bases work, story wise? Where are they located? How are they provided? How do the items get into the base etc? Is it completely up to the Hero how their bases work, does the city have some sort of crazy underground network of bases they provide? How do the base tele-porters work within the system?

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One thing I've noticed is the way some posters write their bugs. "When I was in mission Xxxx, after doing Xxx xxxx, this happened/didn't happen."

Might as well have been: "I couldn't leave my house this morning." Was it because the deadbolt wouldn't unlock? Because you went on a bender last night, and couldn't find the door? Because the garage door wouldn't open? Because your your wife tied you to the bed?



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Sometimes that is all I can personally put in.. I mean I once ran a vanguard mission where the guy I was supposed to defeat Spawned in as an Ally Pet, as did his entire mob. I couldn't defeat him or fire on him at all because he was an ally.

When I bugged it. All I could say was "I went in this mission, the guy I was supposed to beat spawned as an ally."

I would have loved to have given more details but hell, I don't know why the game did that. (And did it every time I reset the mission after.) I just know, "Target Z" Was an ally and couldn't be fired on or interacted with in any way.

Now if the Devs gave me access to their code and spread sheets, I know I could track down the problem lickity split, I've taken apart a lot of video games in the past and once I know how the data is stored, organized etc, I can get through stuff like that damned fast. ( I analyze data at work on the time.) But if they gave me access to all that, then I'd be working there..

*ahem* Which I would certainly like to do. ::Glances at HR.::

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I've done a bit of poking around on the forums and there appears to be conflicting reports on how much of an impact this is having. Some are saying it's now impossible, others have said that it's noticeable, but still manageable. Bottom line is, we're aware of it now and we're looking into whether or not anything needs to be changed.

For things like this, that have a very dramatic impact on game play, cause crashing, affect a lot of people, can be used as major exploits, etc...it'd be really helpful if you could bring those issues to the forums where they have a chance of being immediately and directly seen by us.

In game '/bug' reports go directly to QA in Austin, who shuffle through them, verify them, and add them into our bug tracking database before sending them our way where they get doled out to individuals to fix. That process can take a long time.

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Thank you BaBs!

Honestly for a long time I have been unsure the best way to get bugs and stuff to the Developers in the most expedient manner. I have done /bug and talked to the in game managers etc, and most people tell me to do that, but it never feels like that goes anywhere. I do try to post stuff on the forums but it rarely gets much of a response. (( A.) I'm not much of a bug hunter. B.) you guys got lots of things to do besides responding to every minor bug reported here.))

However having you say that, really makes things clearer to me and I will keep that in mind for all future bugs, especially in open betas and the like.

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666beholdsataninallhisglory666Mine's not working right.

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That's a different bug entirely.

(I LoL'ed)

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It's always sad to see someone leave due to outside circumstances.

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Well......no....not neccesarily....

What if you won the Powerball and are going to travel the world?

Anyway, so long OP.
Hope things work out.

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I play the lottery on a semi regular basis, so in my day dreaming I have thought about this exact scenario. Since I very much would love to travel the world, but I don't think I'd give up CoH.

In fact I would probably just buy 2 ridiculously high powered lap tops with satellite internet connection so that my girlfriend and I could play CoH in our down time during our travels around the world. And then I could inform all the people I team with of the lovely view I have in India while I am playing the game.

Of course I would only be able to do a couple missions at a time between sight seeing and what not, but I like this game too much to just walk away from it.

OP: Sorry to see you go, we hope you come back soon and in the mean time.. Help the economy, let some of your friends haz ur stuf.

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Hm, I'm pretty sure there's no cutscene during the TF, but the SF has one. I think I know what thing you're referring to here, though...

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Yes, sorry. I've never adopted the whole 'call it this on one side, but this on the other'.

I wasn't sure which side the cutscene took place on, but it's the one where you're rendered unconscious.

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Ohh, that really was a cool custscene.

Kudos on that. And good job on all that hard work. Though technically wasn't this covered under the patch notes since it's a part of the SF that was mentioned in them?

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Even the patch notes don't seem to have a lot of the nice little features of this issue.

Like I just did a kidnap mission, and the hostage shows up on the map as a small green arrow. Very handy.

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Something that I haven't seen any comments on is the visual effect applied to characters at the end of a cutscene during the Anniversary TF. It's a screen-space effect, something that doesn't exist anywhere else in the game, which required whole new tech to make happen (and which we're already trying to figure out ways to utilize elsewhere).

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Dude, how much time do you spend playing this game that you notice a little detail like that?


J/k Babs. Now I have to go play the TF again just to see what this is, because I failed to notice this the first time through, though honestly I wasn't paying that close attention.

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Do the Devs have today off for the 4th on Saturday? If not, any chance of getting the Science Booster out? I have $9.99 burning a hole in my pocket that I don't want to waste on fireworks.

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They don't release new stuff on fridays. They do it early in the week so that if something goes wrong and there is a huge bug that breaks the game, they have people in the office to deal with it.

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I always thought it was an interesting exception of the Mutant origin that there are very rarely, if ever, outright negative super mutations.

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That's cus regular mutants are boring. Who cares if I have semi-webbed toes (which I do)?

Though I've often wondered how in the hell can the X-Men make sense under the standard theories of evolution. I mean, that much variety, in so few generations? Crazy.

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I've always understood that the X-factor gene was *not*standard in any way, shape, or form, and that was the whole point behind the randomness of mutant powers. One of the reasons it's an "X" gene because its results in a mature mutant are almost completely unpredictable.

As for why there are few mutants walking around with detrimental powers...well, that's where standard evolutionary protocol comes in. If your mutation makes your life difficult, harder, or even impossible, your survival rate is diminished. Negative mutations die off, while positive ones thrive.

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More importantly, if their mutations are too detrimental they likely die off before they reproduce so their negative mutant genes are passed on to the next generation.

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Greetings,

A new Canon Fodder post is now up with some additional info on Blue Steel for those that were *not* amused last week.

Happy holiday weekend to everyone!

~M

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How could you not be amused at the Blue Steel answers? Those were Pure Win-mignon with a side of Epic-slaw and drizzled in Awesome-sauce.

I could understand not being satisfied with those answers.. But not amused? There are some jaded people in this crowd.

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Yeah, I know about those. I just want them like the ones that you can just click on in game already. You know, the emote icon down next to chat? Click on that and have them all come up...All of them, not just what is there already.

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I don't really have time right now to go through the quickchat menu and correlate it with our list of emotes to see what's missing. I also can't add any emote that's restricted by a badge, vet reward, invention, or booster pack.

But if someone would like to give me a list of emotes that everyone can use but aren't in the quickchat menu right now...I'll add them in.

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Stuff like this. And that giant list posted before this, makes me wonder how anyone can complain about our developers.

Honestly BaBs, thank you for getting back to us and offering to make the time to do it if we give you a little help, that's, as my girlfriend would say "Rockstar Status"

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Even though I never PvP I dont think i could support a change like this as I feel they're (extra mini games with rewards) pretty much part of the reason for those zones existing.

And PvP has stopped me from getting a nuke every now and then but I dont think thats a reason to have them outside of PvP zones.

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First off. Nukes and Shivans aren't the mini games, they are the rewards for the mini games. And making those rewards available to people outside of PVP won't all of a sudden make people stop PVPing. The people who PVP do so because they like PVP. I don't know anyone who goes to get those rewards and PVPs just for that reason. The people who want those usually go when the zone is dead so they can get them and get out.

2.) Those Zones aren't built around the rewards, they don't exist just because of the mini games. Those Zones exist for PVP. From my understand lot of people go to the zones and PVP and don't even bother with the mini games.

I'm sorry but the PVP community of this game is not that large and the PVP aspect of this game is not that large and Nukes and Shivans are terribly useful in PVE. There is no good reason that these shouldn't be made available as a reward for other things like a difficult task force or trial.

If people are really going to argue that these rewards make or break PVP, then PVPers aren't all that dedicated to PVP. And if PVPers are that dedicated to PVP, then people getting these rewards in PVE shouldn't matter to them since it affects them not one bit.

So I love some of the wing options we have. Well okay, I love all of them I think they are all well done.

However I would much prefer outstretched wings that do not flap, but when flying simply stretch out and give more of a feeling of gliding.

So I was thinking of ways this could be implemented.

My first thought is new Fly emotes. Emotes that would simply have you keep your wings steady. Then This wouldn't work with current flyposes, so my thought was marry all the current flyposes with still wings in a new system

So Flypose1 would be Wingpose1. Same pose as flypose 1 but with still wings.

The other option is to do it at the tailor so that when you pick Demon wings, there would be two options. Demon Wings - Still, Demon wings - Beating. Though that would need to be done for all wings.

Still I think it'd be something that could be done without too much effort.

Any thoughts, would anyone else like to see this?