Ironik

I'd rather buy Influence from a gold farmer than do 10 to 12 raids in a row. A boring slideshow lagfest with constant disconnects and asking to be reinvited... yeah, not so much high on the "fun quotient" for me. I don't actually have a bad computer, either, so let's not say things like "buy a better PC." Give me 3 grand and I will. Otherwise, no.

Only because it's gated content and they removed the best solo tactic. I don't understand why you guys CARE if people want to solo it. How does that impact your enjoyment of the game? Seriously, why does that matter to you? I don't care if people farm the AE because it's not like they're "stealing my fun" or anything.

I also don't get why some have called the rest of us liars when we report having significantly different experiences when fighting Trapdoor. I think enough people have reported the variations in experience to convince you that we aren't just making stuff up to vex you.

The last raid I was on I earned 99 merits. Yes, Vanguard member. The lagfest was completely unenjoyable, so I haven't done one since. Unless they've significantly boosted the merit drop rate, 1,000 merits sounds like fairy dust and snake oil to me.

I'm not sure that the *Incarnate unlocking* missions should be as difficult as the Incarnate missions are purported to be. Slightly more difficult than regular solo content, maybe, but not vastly more difficult.

The problem I have with Trapdoor is that he's a gate to further content, so he shouldn't be so difficult people can't readily solo him. I mean, the mission with the echoes is disappointingly silly, because you get nothing at all from it and they can't even hurt you. You're told because this future you is so Incarnated-up, you're too ubermegapowerful to be dinged by such characters as mad gods and people who are aspects of deities. Essentially that everyone cons gray to you. Well, that's no fun, either, and if the Incarnate system actually goes that way, it'll be a snooze-fest. The reality is that the system *won't* end up like that, so that mission is misleading at the very least.

Three of my four 50s soloed Trapdoor, and I don't have another 50 arriving any time soon, but it is extraordinarily annoying that the Devs removed a perfectly valid tactic that we use in 99.9% of the rest of the game just because they didn't like it. I hate encounters that are scripted and on rails, and for characters who *can't* stand toe-to-toe with a big bag of hitpoints and slug it out, pulling was their only real option. Using Shivans feels like cheating (because, really, it is -- *you* aren't uber, that stupid walking Jell-O mold is) and teaming with just one other person trivializes the encounter so that it's a cakewalk. So either it's too hard or too easy, with zero challenge either way.

Zero challenge = no fun.

As others have said, I don't comprehend how allowing a Defender to pull and defeat Trapdoor in any way lessens the experience you had with your characters. So what? Why do you care? Are you just being the Play Police and demand others do things the way you do? Because that's what a lot of this comes across as, and the reason why I was initially annoyed with TrueMetal and that other dude.

Are saying you you get 700 to 1000 merits for the Vanguard arc? or that you get that many from ship raids *after* doing the Vanguard arc?

Either way, I've never gotten anywhere near that number of merits for doing anything in the RWZ. I'd probably have to add the V-merits earned across all my characters who've been through the RWZ content to get more than 1,000. I did a lot RWZ grinding with my Brute in order to buy a few costume pieces I wanted, so he's probably responsible for half the V-merits I've earned. I never saw anything in the triple digits except after days and days of missions and arcs.

Dude, your silly behavior in this thread has opened you up to being a target to any and all derogatory tactics. I have no idea why you're behaving this way, but here's a bit of folk wisdom: "If one person calls you an ***, ignore them. If two people call you an ***, check behind you for hoofprints. If three people call you an ***, get fitted for a saddle."

Durakken, you should note that EVERYONE so far has disagreed with you, and we rarely agree on anything. That alone should give you pause to reconsider that maybe you're really far off base.

Sorry, man -- I can't turn off the Alt Engine.

I don't know a huge amount amount about voodoo, but I can't think of any loa which would justify spines and dark. Of course, CoH is on a different Earth, so you can just make up a new one! (I do that a lot, actually.)

On our planet, most loa fulfill the usual roles in deities: war, sex, love, healing, communication, death. There are a lot of snake-related and storm-related loa, as well as a number of healers, so those powersets immediately present themselves. There are also analogues to other religions (mostly because enslaved practitioners of Vodoun were forced to follow Catholic or Protestant religious practices, so they melded the two) that compare to figures like Archangel Michael, Mars and Thor.

Before seeing the movie, research the following terms: "worm", "intelligent agent", "zen Buddhism", "hippie", "ghost in the machine", "1 Corinthians 13" (no, I'm not kidding) and "go."

That knowledge will give you a leg up on the tiny minds who are apparently incapable of understanding this movie.

I'm interested in hearing them, if they're different from what's already been articulated.

How can you possibly say that when everyone else in this thread has vehemently disagreed with the erroneous conclusions the rabid squirrel jumped to and you are piling on to? The plot is far too basic to have any holes in it, which is a strength. the action sequences that you are complaining about (and haven't even seen, which frankly makes your argument beyond ridiculous), especially the disc scene, are awesome. ESPECIALLY the disc scene.

I'm not even going to use the word "suspect" because simply based on what you're saying, I know for a fact that Spoony did not get what happened during the disc fight. He missed the significance of the ending of that fight entirely, especially regarding how it ultimately plays out in the end of the movie.

The "perfect world" thing makes absolute sense... ONCE YOU SEE THE MOVIE.

Clu's motivations and actions make perfect sense... ONCE YOU SEE THE MOVIE.

The existence of the club... you know the rest.

Ohhh... THAT'S what my problem was. I took Junior Mints to a Dots fight.

Although the names sounded cool, I always wondered why they switched animals: Streethawk, Airwolf. Of course, it would be redundant to have Airhawk and Streetwolf.

I think there was a whole subgenere of Super RVs on Saturday Morning TV back in the '70s, too.

Durakken, you need to stop right here. I won't spoil the movie for you or anyone else who hasn't seen it, but this statement is completely wrong. Apparently the "reviewer" you're quoting was either sound asleep or is the dumbest person on the face of the Earth to have said that. When you see the movie, you're going to feel mighty foolish.

This is a spoiler-free thread. Clu has a valid reason for the disc. The people who told you it had holes were retarded.

There's a reason for the club's existence, but it's not explicitly stated. That's probably why whoever told you about the film didn't understand it. Not everything is spelled out. I find in this day and age if something isn't just out-and-out talked about, people simply don't get it.

And you really should see it before talking about it, because it makes you sound pretty stupid, frankly.