Impish Kat

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    Fiasco, eh? Nope. No hysteria here.
    Calling something a failure based on the observation of views, posts, and logical arguments against it, does not make me "emotionally fearful". Nice try.

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  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    Given that this forum is already on its second page of threads... seems to be working out.
    Looking at views and replies, I'd have to disagree.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    It's not as bad as hysteria over rationality.
    IMO, there seems to be more rationality in what you perceive as hysteria than what went into the implementation of this fiasco.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by New Dawn View Post
    ... There's going to be a lot of awful builds never contested in this section...
    Glad I'm not the only one that thought this.

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  3. I also find that passive-aggressive self-righteous superiority is it's own special kind of rudenss.

    While I don't necessarily agree with all of Plainguy's opinions, I do think he has raised a good point:
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    Recently, I've spent time talking to people who were new to the game, and even asking people, where can I find builds
    Not only was the question too broad and vague, but Zwill was asking complete newbs who naturally are not going to know a dog-rotted thing thanks to the poorly written tutorial and the video presentation as CoH's "main" page.

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    Originally Posted by plainguy View Post
    Because Zwilligner asked 3 level 10 players hanging around atlas a poorly worded question it means we need a new forum to consolidate all the Archtype builds all together ?..

    If it were that important why not ask every player in the form of a poll when they log in...?

    I polled...

    Guess the results.
    All but 1 person knew where to ask for a build or where to post one which was not this new forum.
    The one person that didn't know was a F2P player that didn't understand why he couldn't get IOs or what IOs where let alone why he couldn't do Incarnate stuff. I told him to PM Zwillinger on the forums. He said what forums. He didn't know we had a forums because he thought the website was nothing but that F2P page with the video. He didn't know there was a link on the top of the page to get into the website. Go figure.

    He did mention that someone asked him right when he zoned into atlas what a build was or how to get one. Being only level 2 and new he didn't even have a clue what he was doing let alone what a build was or a website. He did complain to me that the tutorial was confusing. I guess that might have been zwillinger who ambushed him. Zwillinger should maybe jump on that tutorial complaint since this guys was confused with that and didn't understand it. ...
    Again, Zwill's "research" seems flawed, and quite skewed.

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  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    ...asking people, where can I find builds
    This is where your "research" fails. You asked the wrong question.
    "Where can I find builds?", is too broad and vague... therefore you got broad and vague answers.

    Builds for this game are not like builds for other games. There is no single build for any AT/Power combination. There are so many variables involved, that each build is usually customized to the individual's wants/needs. Heck, I have 6 different builds for my Kin/Arch Defender based on different focus criteria. I haven't even decided which one(s) I really want to use yet.

    Consequently, due to the individualized nature of building, the community has developed a "tell us what you need" method of helping people with their builds. It is not generally accepted to just hand someone a "template" build, because there are individual playstyle factors that make that approach counterproductive.

    If you had asked, "Where can I find HELP with building my (specific) AT/powerset?"... I'm pretty sure you would have gotten more specific responses:

    1. go to the forum for the AT that you are building
    2. search the first 3 pages
    3. if you don't find what you need, post

    or
    1. go to the advanced search options
    2. enter a phrase that includes the powerset of interest
    3. check the AT forum to search
    4. (optional) set search by post (not thread)
    5. if you don't find what you need, post in the desired AT forum

    Remembering back to my newbish days, I did not have a problem figuring out where to go to find help with my Ice/Mace tank... jus' sayin'.
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  5. Impish Kat

    SG bas symbol

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Naelyan View Post
    ...does this mean there was a fix or does it mean they are acknowledging the issue?
    It has not yet been fixed.

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  6. Impish Kat

    Missuse of /hc ?

    I almost never frequent the Help channel, but last night I found a use for it....

    I was able to one-star (my "low" rating) the trolls.

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  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Alexander_Drako View Post
    Where is the new arc? I didnt receive any new contacts
    This was my first question as well.

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  8. Normally, I'd say, "yeah, that's the way it's supposed to work"...
    But with the last round of bugs to hit bases, I kinda have to shrug my shoulders and say, "weird things happen"...
  9. Just a little side note here; Assorted Associates SG has coalied with TankHQ. For players who need a place for their non-tank alts to hang their capes.

    At AA, we believe that altitis, like a bag of mixed nuts, is something that should be wholly embraced and enjoyed... because Alts are Super too!

    mmmmm.... nuts


    @Bo'Tanika
    @Rangle M. Down

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  10. Impish Kat

    Base Emblems

    New Bug (or is it a reappearing old one?)...

    Anyway, you can't fix it.

    Only the Devs can fix it.
    Supposedly, it's on their "to do" list.

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  11. Did you delete from the "current room" tab?
    Sometimes there are small things that get forgotten, or stuck in a wall.... You can delete anything you don't see from the "current room" tab (on the side of the pane where you pick your items and such).
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ulysses_Dare View Post
    So does that mean we'll have red names touring the bases?
    hmmmmm......
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Madame Pistacio View Post


    Per Category
    • 1st place - 2 billion influence, a Gold title for the character of choice, and a special Costume Code
    I'm guessing, "yah"....
    or at least a strong "maybe".

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  13. Impish Kat

    Base Bugs in I21

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by WoefulKnight View Post
    An irritant to me is that I enter my base and it takes about 3 seconds to fill in all the textures and details. Enter in get fuzzy view of the entryway and down hallways. Solid one color green walls, solid one color lights, a brown block for a table or chair, etc.

    Then a second visual pass happens and some details starts appearing. You get the room lighting affecting the walls, torches have a shape and two colors but no flicker, a chair becomes recognizable as a chair, you can see a colored object down the hallway in an adjacent room, etc.

    And then a third visuals pass brings in all the rest of the details. You see wall textures, bricks, wood textures on walls, shadows under chairs, and the rest of the details.

    This is kind of irritating to me.
    I've been noticing this too, but I wasn't sure if it was just because of my new graphics drivers (catalyst 11.9).

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  14. Impish Kat

    Catalyst 11.9

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kyasubaru View Post
    After staying at the very stable 11.2 drivers for quite awhile now, I upgraded to the 11.9s(clean install and everything) and have had no problems with crashing. ... Have not noticed an increase nor a decrease in FPS. So far it looks like the 11.9s are a success...

    HOWEVER. The AMD drivers still suffer from another long-standing bug:

    This image is cropped and blown up a bit for clarity. Do you see the lines around the tables, chairs, and character model there? Here's another image, in thumb form. Click to see it in full-size:


    This is a graphical bug that we'd had for awhile, was fixed at some point, then came back just a couple of months later. This has been a problem in-game for a long while now! The lines are "transparent", and occur in textures that are at least partially transparent themselves. Think of it as sort of a very thin x-ray line that surrounds objects placed in front of partially transparent textures. These pictures are just a couple of examples. Other examples are pretty much every cape in the game, and when things like cobwebs are on-screen.

    If I turn antialiasing off, the x-ray lines go away. Alternatively, if I instead turn ambient occlusion off(but leave AA on), they will also go away. I should not have to pick between these two settings. My computer is able to handle both, and I would like to be able to use both without these graphical glitches.

    I'm very glad the crashing might have finally been fixed. But there's still more to be done.

    Also, FPARN because I can.
    I used to get this only on specific servers, but now I am seeing it on all of them. I have tried setting the card as the primary, and letting the game be primary, and neither setting seems to make a difference.

    Same thing with FSAA/Occlusion settings, have to choose one or the other. If I leave it with both settings on, the lines create that crazy line effect that you see when a news anchor wears a herringbone patterned suit. It's bad, and makes my eyes hurt.
  15. Okay, so drop trading doesn't work at all?
    I saw that it isn't working with insps, but it also doesn't work with enhancies or salvage?
    But e-mail does? (as long as they're lvl 10)...

    That seems kinda.... odd.
    It's like locking the front door with double bolts and chains, but leaving the back patio door wide open.

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  16. Impish Kat

    Base Bugs in I21

    It's probably the re-draw. One of those longtime quirks. Everytime you put/take something in the salvage racks, the entire base re-draws itself.

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  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Sailboat View Post
    Already have several. But TT only comes to some servers intermittently; it's on Champion and Justice one weekend out of every month.
    fix't

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  18. As far as I can tell, once in an SG, the status/permissions of a Premium follows the SG settings.
    HOWEVER, a Preem cannot interact with the SG registrar, so they will be unable to pay rent.
    Therefore, a Preem only SG will soon have an inoperable base, due to nobody being able to pay rent. You will need at least one VIP in your SG to maintain the base.

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  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Father Xmas View Post
    Well it may simply be that the easiest way to gate creation of an SG was to lock a Preemie out from talking to the SG rep. Side effect is a Preemie can't pay rent.
    This.

    Also, it is mentioned in the ginormous i21 patch notes that only VIPs will be able to "edit" bases. I'm wondering if the devs have a different definition of "edit" than the players do: Dev "edit" = SG registrar, Player "edit" = futzing around in the base editor. It was brought up in open beta, but the question was never officially clarified.
  20. Big huge THANKS go to everyone who had a hand in putting this together.

    It was EPIC!

    The War Walkers were scrapped for parts.... I understand several of the Robotic-type Tanks were "drooling" over the fresh supplies.

    Lowbie (lvl 5) Coronal Flare managed to stay on her feet.... mostly, with the support of her fellow tanks. Only Mother Mayhem managed to break up our solidarity (I think there were about 6 trips to the hosp for me at that point). But we were tenacious, and took (all of) her down in the end.

    The Snowmen were turned into snowcones and slushies, and yeilded up their candy canes. (yay!).

    Lusca... well, by that time, we were all pretty hungry anyway... so a sushi snack was a nice little treat.

    And there were Hami Seedlings, and Maurader, and the Mystics... and all kinds of badgies and extra goodies sprinkled throughout.

    Like I said... Epic, epic fun.

    Also, I was truly surprised and honored to have Coronal Flare chosen as a winner for the biography contest. Thank you, again. /em bow

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  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Synapse View Post
    There's a fix for this in the works. You'll likely see it in issue 21.5. Instead of needing to claim base items multiple times you'll only need to claim them once. Then you can place the items an infinite number of times.

    Synapse
    Thank you!!


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  22. I think you can still "drop trade".... maybe drop a few high level SO's on him, and let him sell them at the store?
  23. Impish Kat

    Catalyst 11.9

    Thanks for the settings suggestions...
    I have another (maybe dumb) question:
    Whenever I switch between the game and desktop, I have to open up the catalyst and "reactivate" the settings for the desktop's brightness/contrast/gamma. How can I get the settings to "stick"? (WinXP, 32 bit, radion 5700 series, new LG monitor)
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Storyteller View Post
    I had been the superleader until recently. Hijacking had occurred to me. There's a character I'm not familiar with as superleader now
    Ah...
    Sorry to say, but Support will only deal with the Superleader of a group.
    You may be up a creek.... though the prestige thing is still very strange.

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