Justice_Omega

Looking forward to the new powersets mostly. The new zone looks pretty cool, as do the costumes that have been revealed so far.

*Waits for the inevitable making of GI Joe vs Transformers*

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I can't comment on Stone Armor, as I have never used it, but I can comment on Electric Melee, as I have used it extensively. To be blunt, electric melee has very poor damage. Until you build up fury to about 50% or so, all you're really doing is annoying the mobs. And seeing as tanks don't get fury (but I think they have slightly higher base damage iirc), combined with the damage debuff given by granite, i'm pretty sure that this combination would not be very effective overall.

I LEARNED IT BY WATCHING YOU OK!

Star Strider Forces Registry
Name: Justice Omega
Global Contact: @Zaied
Level of Classification: 50 Super Strength/ Invulnerability Tank
Origin: Mutant
Super Rank & Super Group: Platinum Sentinel (Leader) - United Sentinels of America

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All that leaves for us to discuss, I must sadly agree, is the selection process. And I agree if could maybe be improved. But no act of tossing out the current, established pool of testers is an "improvement" IMO, so any idea that starts from there, I would have to oppose.


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Why?

What is so bloody special about these people that they need to be included in this and any future testing?

We have no knowledge of what the requirements of being selected entails. For all we know, it is 'Be born under a blue moon, be able to turn your eyelids inside out and know how to do the Chicken Dance'.

Unless and until there is 100% transparency of the selection process, this will continue. No 'mystery' criteria whatsoever.

And don't say 'The releases have been smooth'. All that is proof of is that the releases have been smooth, nothing more. It is in no way, an indication of the skills/talent/dumb luck of the Chosen Ones.

That, and the Closed Beta forums really need to be opened up once the Closed Beta is over. That way, everyone can partake of the same information these select few are privy to.

Edit - And if the ranks aren't purged, then eventually the number of closed beta testers (assuming any future ones are ever added) will get so big as to there being no point to the closed beta.

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One thing that is always looked for in choosing beta testers is prior beta testing experience. Why? Simple really, because they have a much better chance at spotting the less obvious things, and they also know what information to include when they report their findings. That doesn't mean that just because you're a prior tester you're guaranteed a spot. The quickest way to get your name removed from a beta contact list is to beta test something and not give any feedback at all while testing.
Also, opening the tesing boards would do nothing more than open a floodgate of useless information that is no longer relevant, as it has been changed and changed again. Thus you would have people attemting to build their charaters with incorrect information, then complaining about said incorrect information and why it was even made available in the first place. The final build of a beta never happens during the closed beta phase, as anyone who has ever been part of a beta test can tell you. Any information released from that phase would be nothing but detrimental to the entire process.

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Yeah lets hear it for reskinned invulnerability and claws. God forbid they do some extra work and put in something cool like shields.

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Yeah, let's add a set that you won't be able to use with any melee set that uses both hands, ya know, like all of em. I especially look forward to seeing people run around with a sword coming out from behind the shield, or claws poking through the middle.

I mean seriously, any attack which requires both hands together, either on a weapon or not, is gonna be restricted by the shield. It's for this reason and this reason alone that I believe shields will most likely never be added to the game. And if by some chance they do add them, they will only be exclusively paired with certain powersets. There is just no way to do this without redoing every single animation which uses both hands in melee, and that still doesn't address the 2 weapon issue.

For the life of me I have no idea why they chose a shamshir as the blade of choice for dual blades. IMO, almost anything would have been better.

*rezzes*

Footstomps and knocks everyone into the air, then does a mighty handclap, knocking everyone back into conveniently placed man sized woodchippers.

*Walks in and looks around*

Picks up TehChameleon's corpse and bludgeons Bladeheart to death with it.

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I will never understand why you and people like you want to have a badge for an activity that you either despise or in which you have no interest in participating.

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Possibly for the Gladiator associated with it.

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So they may then move on to exploit number 2, the healing badge.

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Subjectivity is personal, if we're basing on skills, subject falls by the way side, and Skill is the only basis of critique. Notice I didn't say personal taste... Personal taste is all about what turns you on, bla, bla, bla... Some like art to be shocking, or mind blowing, I think many of those people should be put to sleep.

There are those of us who find both those former adjectives in a simple comic book cover. That's what we like, it almost doesn't matter about the subject, but the "coolness" of it, the skill yes adds to it, but we require a low level playing field.

Some good anatomy, some cool coloring, a nice bold inking that pops off the page. These are not the terms "art critics" use, they're all concerned about how the piece makes us feel.

How do you feel when you look at the cover of Spiderman#1?

Ummm, I feel supercalifragilisticexpealidotious (sp)...

I don't feel like the paint is dripping.

Surrealism, abstract art, these are interpretations of subjectivity that have little to no recognizable features. Some say it's apples and oranges... again put these people to sleep.

I like what I like.

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But as for the OP, your friend was right. Judging another persons work as good or bad just because you do or don't like it personally is wrong. It's the main reason why judges of all types are supposed to be impartial .

The crash still hits you, AND you lose 10 seconds from the next rage cycle. Stacked rage ftl.

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So how is cryptic making Marvel's MMO? Isn't that gonna be kinda wierd seeing as it will be direct competiton with COX? Seems to me one game will suffer because of this. Personally I think this should have been a Marvel/DC game in the first place. I think Marvel was angry they didn't think of it first, which had alot to do with the lawsuit. I would think Cryptic has alot of expience and worked out all the bugs with COH and then COV, so the Marvel MMO should be great fun. However, any game microsoft touches turns to crap. So I geuss we will just have to wait and see.
My question is this, If Marvel MMO is as good as COX or better, COX will lose loads of customers....So why would Cryptic make the Marvel MMO? and because they are both Cryptic games...any chance of them intermingling?

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With Cryptic making both games all they can do is GAIN customers, not lose them. It doesnt matter which title the subscribers choose, all the money ends up in Cryptic's pockets.

And as for Microsoft turning games to crap, I think you have them confused with Sony.