Ironblade

Except that's a bad analogy. If they give you $20, they no longer have it. With the O Portal, they can 'give' you one while losing nothing. I feel it's more like asking someone for a light for your cigarette. You're not taking their lighter, just asking them to use it once on your behalf.

Well, it's the obvious answer. "I'm tired of the game." "So take a break."
'Doc, it hurts when I do this." "Then don't do that."


I would say it's blatantly obvious that they do. The question is, exactly what changes will be successful in increasing interest? In the absence of a crystal ball, they have to make their best guess. And, we can state with utter certainty, there will be someone who hates every change.

And thank Heaven for that. Bringing them back after you kill them is just so BS.


And you have no clue as to WHY it happened, as you already admitted:
Suspicion and opinion.....

Yeah, it gets confusing in broadcast too - DFB vs DIB. Not sure why it kept kicking you out.


Some of us use it. If I want to run DFB with some friends, I don't bother broadcasting for exactly 8 people. Once I have 5 or 6, we'll be able to finish it so I just queue it and see what I end up with.


Ah, if you're not high enough, it won't even list the trial.

I'm amused that, after paragraphs of rant, he has to remind us, "Again, I'm not complaining" because, you know, we might have forgotten he's not complaining after reading all those complaints.

I think Wandering Aries' point was that it should say 1920 x 1080 (which is what I have also) and not 19200 x 10800.

A black hole? Sounds like nonsense to me.

If the world doesn't end on schedule, they'll just reschedule it. That's what Harold Camping did.

"After May 21 came and went, many listeners were crestfallen, particularly those who had quit their jobs or donated some of their retirement savings or college funds to get out the word. Three days later, Camping revised his prophecy, saying that Earth actually would be obliterated on Oct. 21. He said a mathematical error also prevented an earlier apocalyptic prediction from materializing in 1994."

About what? That is an unedited screenshot from the game. That NPC can show up in any zone. She's wearing a black dress and she's easy to spot from a distance.

So this wasn't even the pilot program; it was just a TEST of the pilot program?
Wow, what a slap in the face! We don't even merit an actual pilot program.

Do you not grasp how stupid a statement this is?
Let me rephrase it for you: "You can't advance your character beyond one level of loot without access to the next level of loot."

If IO's count as 'loot', then so do SO's and HO's. Do you not grasp that?

Feel free to do so. Improving AI routines is not easy. Also, that increases demands on processing power since the enemy NPC's run on NCSoft's computers, not yours.

Fixed.

Wow. That sounds like a bug. If it's not a bug, it's a stupid design decision.
Is it possible the error message was unclear and it was not letting you run the arc because you had teammates below level 50? That would make sense.

So the distinction is how many people are aware of the change?
Systems in an MMO get nerfed and buffed on an ongoing basis. That's their nature. If they nerf a power in the Staff set, do they need to offer refunds? If they know right now that they are going to nerf it, do they need to pull it off the market in the interim?

Right, he decides whether it's bugged, WAI, or whatever.


The GM's implement policy, but don't set it. The devs create the game, but don't decide how it's operated. A broad policy regarding refunds would come from NCSoft corporate.

Ding! Ding! Ding!
Correct. You also don't get the benefit of a proc if the power is turned off.

Firstly, calling it a proc is not "probably more accurate". It is flat-out wrong.
Secondly, I know it works all the way down to level 1. We already covered that. However, it is a global and NOT a proc. There *IS* a difference in how they function. It doesn't shut off when you exemp because it's a PvP IO. They work down to level 1, just like purples. This was never in doubt.

The Steadfast -knockback is a GLOBAL. It will work even if the power is off.
The Miracle and Numina uniques are PROCS. If you don't use the power, you will not benefit from the IO.
(BTW, Synapse specifically addressed these IO's. They *ARE* procs. Unlike most IO's that people think of as procs, these have a 100% chance of 'firing'.)

The fact that the Gladiator's Armor +def won't shut off down to level 1 is because it's a PvP IO. It has nothing to do with the proc/global distinction. However, the proc/global distinction is relevant when a power is greyed out because you have exemped below the level of the POWER.

Firstly, I don't think they do. They definitely cycle them on and off randomly, whether mezzed or not.
Secondly, since the Leadership toggles are not offensive toggles, they should NOT detoggle when mezzed FOR ANYONE. So that would not be working properly.
Bad example.


You were talking about powers not turning off when mezzed. If the enemy is mezzed, they can't run toward you, so this point is completely irrelevant. As for there being too many to mez, well, they're not mezzed so they aren't relevant either.


<shrug> Tough. Your suggestion is a bad one. The NPC's are already feeble enough. Your 'fix' would just gimp them even more.


Now that's a valid point. If they're intended as a clone or doppelganger, they really should work IDENTICALLY to the original.

Not sure if you actually read. The discussion was referring to exemping low enough that a power is greyed out. It was already established that PvP and purple sets remain active even if you exemp more than 3 levels below their level.

It doesn't matter what a GM said. Firstly, they are notorious for being misinformed. Secondly, they don't set policy.