Ironik
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Feral TomKat ought to be smiling.
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Task Force Oppenheimer ready for action!
Sadly, there is no Brain Bleach emote.
Feral TomKat relaxing after the taskforce by catching a little din-din.
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Okay, changing Dr. Omen into Feral Kat.... oy vey.
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Quote:For me, the two main things I dislike the most about CoV (which keep me from playing it much at all) are 1) what you describe, the story making your character seem as if it's "on rails" -- which is fine in a single-player game, but an MMO should be, by design, a sandbox game where we can define our own characters' arcs (and one reason I absolutely LOATHE the power proliferation BS explanation, because it suddenly invalidates every background that doesn't hew to the game's explanations of power origins) and 2) the zone design. It's fugly and fussy and nearly impossible to navigate through. Any benefit one gets from proximity missions is negated by blind alleys, dead ends, roving mobs and the like. Some zones are worse than others, obviously, but they all suck to some degree.Originally Posted by ChaosExMachina
Thank you. (Beware coming overdramaticness)
IMO, it was a failure largely because of this. I mean, what many of us say is that it has better archetypes and gameplay, so why is there no population? Why did it fall so short of its predecessor commercially, other than a temporary bump? If it were a standalone game, it probably would be closed by now.
What I would like to ask somebody on the inside at the time is WHY? I'm honestly confused and want to know why somebody thought this was a good idea or that people would want it. This isn't exaggerating or just being rhetorical. I am curious and want to know how it could become a design philosophy.
My theories aren't particularly plausible. Did the guy from D&D not understand superheroes? Did Jack Emmert go ego crazy and actually think people would want to pay money to worship his alter ego's nemesis? There are probably some other explanations, but none I can think of.
But the worst of those two is the directed story. I just hate that. Whoever came up with that, as well as the Power Proliferation nonsense, should be soundly thrashed until they never do it again. -
Quote:He's not dead, he just doesn't love you any more.Originally Posted by TheJazMan
Yes, I suppose I did. I'm all choked up. We lost a great one.
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Quote:You can't average evil, you daft punter. There's no median of badness. (Except in New Jersey, when the Situation is in the middle of the road. Fuggedaboutit.)Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
So, on a scale of 1 - 10, at what level of evil do you feel the Devs should average when writing stories?
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Quote:I got a free slot from a Vet reward and I am PARALYZED trying to decide which one of the dozens of character ideas I have to use. I have all slots on all servers used, and have deleted nearly as many characters, perhaps even more.Originally Posted by Tenzhi
I'm currently in a creative slump. I used to be teeming with character ideas. My problems would revolve around trying to get the costume creator to match up to my mental image, or trying to most closely match what I thought the character's powers should be.
Lately, I've got nothing. I have to start by deciding what AT/powersets I'm interested in and then putter about trying to come up with something visually appealing to strike my fancy and hopefully stir up a ghost of an idea as to the origin. Not to mention coming up with some sort of fitting name. -
Quote:You're an evil genius, thinking things no one's thought before.Originally Posted by Kheldarn
Another nice bonus is to mail yourself an Awaken and a Break Free. Keep 'em there, and claim 'em when you die.
Me, I just use it to mail fairy wings to my fairies and rocket boots to my rocket booters. -
Falling into a hole under the world (especially Talos) allowing you to live in a sort of underworld, attacking from mobs from below while they were powerless to retaliate. I gained nearly a whole level one afternoon while awaiting GM rescue, chortling madly the entire time.
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Quote:I have registered CoH3. All your characters are belong to me.Originally Posted by Moderator 08
There are no plans for retiring CoH. This game is still very robust and vibrant, and we're all very excited to be continuing its development.
As the Anniversary title stated, 6 years and going strong. -
I, too, would like to voice my appreciation. I had to stop the Nance arc when I got to the EB who kept stomping my lil' Blaster into goo and it was getting late, but I enjoyed the arc up to that point.
I knew about the evil doppelganger stuff from the build-up, but had no idea there was more to it than that. The spin on the "duplicates of you" idea was a nice surprise. I'm hoping there's a real side-by-side fight later on, but even without that it's a welcome change.
The flow is really terrific, easily the best yet, and the communicator pop-ups really keep you on your toes to pay attention, much like the Paragon/Renegade choices in Mass Effect 2. Thumbs up! -
Quote:Kudos to Mr. Kay.Originally Posted by David Nakayama
Glad you noticed Our Sound Engineer Adam Kay gets all the credit for these improvements, and he's devoted a lot of extra time above and beyond his regular duties to go back and enhance the overall ambient sounds. I'm constantly amazed how much the sound adds to the experience.
Sound is *huge* in any gaming or movie experience. Horror movies aren't nearly as scary without sound, action films feel lifeless, and CoH just opened a huge dimension. Combined with the subtler lighting effects, Paragon City feels more like a real place now. I was especially struck by that impression when I had zoomed the camera all the way out to look around -- it felt more like I was looking down on a street from a third-floor balcony than playing City of Heroes.
Makes me salivate over what the rumored CoH 2 will look like. -
This is so hardcore in-game geeky that I have zero idea what the fuss is about.
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What's a merit for?
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Uriah Heep?
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Quote:Shh! Be quiet! When she gets up, then we get her!Originally Posted by Zekiran_Immortal
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Quote:"Supplement" is an excellent way to put it.Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
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Originally Posted by Ironik View Post
I do.
And we often use Facebook to arrange events.
I've got kids now (well 1.5 at the moment). Even when my friends are local a lot of them are nurses working nights etc and it's too easy to lose touch. Facebook lets me see when they're planning a gig or night out or if a birthday is coming up and plan around going out with them that night.
People seem to think Facebook is an alternative to having "real friends" and "real get togethers". It's not. It's a supplement to them and lets you keep in contact casually with those you don't see for months (and plan when you will see them again). It's a lot more casual than making a phone, and more sociable too since ALL your friends can see the bit of news or planned get-together and decide to join in.
Why have email when you could just call people? Why have a phone when you could just write a letter? Why write a letter when you could just go over and talk to them? Why learn to talk when you could just hit people with a stick?
One comment I heard in praise of Facebook was that it was good for people you know well enough to be slightly interested in their lives, but not well enough to write a lengthy email to "catch up" or exchange Chrismahanakwanzika cards with. I have those people in my life, known as "acquaintances." -
Quote:Except no one I know uses FB to do the cyber equivalent of jumping up and down vying for attention. Apparently all of my friends and family are too mature for that.Originally Posted by Westley
I know, I should be drawn to them, right? But here's the rub. As a true attention *****, I DON'T use Facebook precisely BECAUSE it's filled with other attention whores jumping up and down and shouting "look at me!". You can't "stand out" when everyone else is standing out.
That's why I go on internet forums to feed my addiction.
I've had friends comment that they look forward to my posts because I make them laugh. Either because I found something online that was funny or because I'm a funny guy. My comments on people's photo albums seem to be especially prized. Friends of friends have commented how funny my comments are.
So while you view people on FB as attention whores, I'm out there literally saving the world simply because I care so damn much. -
How many Jack Emmerts does it take to change a lightbulb?
Why do you want to change it? I mean, the other day the light bulb burned out in my house and I went to get another and I tripped on the rug and faceplanted. Then I got up, tried again, and banged my shin on the coffee table. Trying again, I walked smack into the door jamb. Reorienting myself, I started out again and kicked the cat halfway across the kitchen. I was so dazed and in so much pain I was grinning like an idiot. That's when it hit me: I should remove all the light bulbs in my house! -
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Ghost Widow goes down hard. Erm... I mean, we, like, totally defeated her. After she let us (and killed everyone at least once).
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Coming back from the hospital, I run into this dude. Ghost Widow pwning heroes to the right.
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Recluse
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Black Scorpion
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These were taken on Champion. First up, my favorites:
Black Scorpion in a badass pic. Note the background NPCs -- an Arachnos/Rikti invasion.
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Lord Recluse
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RIOT!!
No idea what's going on here, but I love the action, like the guy jumping on the left and the patriotic character's shield (Stars and Stripes was the toon, I think) and the riot of colors.
Between Jumping Hero and Stars And Stripes is my character, Quickthorn.
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Captain Mako gettin' all toothy wif us.
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Take that, heroes! Three Adamastors come to break faces.
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Okay, three copies of the Big A too easy? Howsabout 5 Babbages, punks?
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How to stop five Babbages stomping you flat: first, try meteors.
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I took hundreds, got maybe three good ones. I'll load them in a bit.
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Quote:I do.Originally Posted by Westley
All the people that respond to that "go get real friends" bring up their friends far away.
Well, it's nice of course to keep in touch with friends far away with any means at your disposal, but what about LOCAL friends?
Surely, you people must have some LOCAL friends that you can pal around with, or do you spend all your time on your computer in Facebook or whatever talking to your remote friends?
And we often use Facebook to arrange events.
