Johnny_Butane

You could make it an image.


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Watching a video of the tutorial, I'd regret sharing my energy with him because all he does with it is stand in a cool pose aiming the longest snipe attack ever.


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This.

Have it for both NPCs and enemy groups. Skulls, Outcasts, Hellions and Warriors are using the really old blocky stuff.




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Kitty cats still not working on my end: the image wont show unless it's in your cache first. I don't think the site allows for image linking from it.


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No, that would be equivalent to complaining in game about problems. Something I've seen everyone do at times.

The forums are a place for discussion, but not all discussion has to be endless praise. The forums are also our primary means of getting feedback to the devs. No negative feedback is good feedback; they don't need to be told when people are happy about something as much as when people are upset because the former doesn't require action to be taken but the latter might. As the adage goes, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. And if someone doesn't like seeing complaints, simply don't read them.


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The way I look at it, there's not a point to posting a lot about the things that are fine. That would be like Homer Simpson's 'Everything's OK Alarm' that goes off every three seconds unless there's an emergency. You don't call your cable company just to tell them they're great and things are working; you call them when the cable goes out.

If you hadn't noticed, there are really only 3 areas I ever consistently complain about.

-Supporting the soloist portion of the player base.
-How the story lore and design treats our player characters and how they fit in the world.
-Melee AT roles, conceptualization and balance issues.

Those are three fairly small areas in one very big game. I don't think anyone deserves to be dismissed if they're discontent with a tiny slice of the game, no matter how vehement they are about it.


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Ah.

I used quote again and checked the broken image link.

http://www.aduckinherpond.com/wp-con...umb1012773.jpg
Apparently the site denies image linking.

Honestly, I contemplated sending the studio a cake when Invul got its buffs but I couldn't find an online bakery that:

A) Had a site that looked reputable enough to give my credit card.
B) Delivered internationally.

If Tankers ever get ironed out I probably will send one, provided I find a means.


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Seriously, I'm still trying to figure out what this is supposed to mean. Sarcasm is hit or miss in a text medium.




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As far as Afterburner/Long Distance Teleport go, I wouldn't mind if they were also made into temp powers with with a duration/X number of charges one could buy with INF/merits at Wentworths etc.



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Wouldn't that just be a re-skin of Archery using the throwing animations?


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Asked and answered.

"Probably at some point, but not right away."


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Particle Rifle, Plasma Gun, Experimental Gluon-Overcharge Node Rifle (E.G.O.N.)


Cool. Thanks.

Noted and understood.





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I thought I needed to address this. I've gotten a well deserved reputation as a malcontent, but the truth of the matter is, outside of a select few topics and areas of the game that I'm extremely zealous about, I'm content with around 85% of what the devs do. Even the devs I rode the hardest, I still took the time to give them props and due thanks when they did come through, even when they didn't care about hearing it.

I love discussing and learning about the lore. I think the art team constantly outdoes themselves, especially working in an outdated engine. I appreciate the consistent high level of quality the devs as a whole have shown in most things the past few years.

So, aside from a few things, I'm quite happy with i21/CoH Freedom. I'm mostly positive about it.

That said, I have a few minor quibbles. None of them are deal breakers, or even things that need to be taken care of immediately or at all.

-Beam Gun isn't really a 'beam'. It looks more like 'stream' of energy. Conceptually, I make the distinction. One is like a laser and one is like a flamethrower. Also, I was hoping they'd take advantage of this set to provide a higher level of power customization and you'd have the option to fire the attacks from the gun, from your hands, eyes, chest, etc.

-Atlas Statue. With the revamp of Atlas park, I was hoping they would update the Atlas statue to be 'hollow' like it was "originally".

-Pricing options on some store things seem to be a bit steep for VIPs. $10 isn't fair for a power set when you got four of them in Going Rogue, plus a ton of content, new zones, costumes, emotes and enemies. Add that up and look at what we paid for it new. It just doesn't work out to me.

-Additionally, giving all VIPs Going Rogue for free doesn't feel fair to those of us who paid for it still fairly recently. At the very least, giving VIPs who owned GR prior to i21 something for it in the way of Paragon Points or a discount in the store is in order, IMO.

-The new powers in the travel pool are neat and all, but a lot of them are novelties and, AFAIK, the changes to the pool restrictions don't free up any power picks to allow me to take them so sadly I probably never will.

-The first thing in the first panel of the intro comic that people see is the MOON. Why do we still have no Moon Zone? I want Johnny Sonata to open his Moon Casino so we can have some damn Wailers on the Moon.


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I think they've got the 'can not die' flag on characters in the tutorial, just like they have in the Praetorian tutorial. Your HP drops to zero but you keep going.


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HOW?


Gametrailers.com has a tutorial video up, by the way.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/sd...city-of/717914



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Brutes are gonna beg to differ at being (presumably) grouped in the Tank category while being a bit of an afterthought in Melee Damage. I think the devs need a reality check unless they've made some changes to Brutes for i21.

Especially since they're using the Brute's logo for the Melee Damage role group icon.




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It's still more applicable to a /Stone Brute.


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Like the Stealth set, they'll make for really good team uniforms for SGs who like to emulate X-people and such.


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No, I reject this.

'Heavy melee fighter' implies to me that both their offense and survivability are superior because the term 'heavy' can carry such connotations.

In the military, heavy tanks are the most armored, but they also carry the biggest guns.

'Heavy' attacks hit very hard, but are slow. That's not Tankers; their attacks are no slower than anyone else and hit weaker.

In this case, 'heavy' applies better to Brutes who are slower to get their damage out, but it hits like a train once it's brought to bear.

If you wanted to set the heavy, medium and light designations for Brutes, Scrappers and Stalkers respectively, that I can get behind.

And the term 'melee fighter' should not be anywhere near Tankers in their current form. Nothing about their offensive capabilities should be played up in the least. You wouldn't boast about Blaster survivability in their description.


Melee Crowd Control, Decoy, Spearhead, Arggo Control. Those are appropriate terms.



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I'm pretty sure it was one guy who did the voices for everyone in that video, sans Ghost Widow.


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The current in-game AT description at the creation screen isn't what I take issue with; I think that one is fine. It's the old one still being used on the website.

Unless you sign a paper, the only thing they can do to someone who talks is not invite them to be shown anything again.

And anything seen or heard at a public convention is fair game.




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