Kitsune Knight

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We learn that the Rikti didn't destroy their own homeworld; no natural disaster occurred there. They were engaged in a protracted war with an advanced species from another world. In a last-ditch effort to save their own species, they jumped through a dimensional rift to arrive in our own universe. Their intention was to depopulate our planet and take it for their own. (Heck, it served them once before, right?)

[/ QUOTE ]The Rikti's homeworld wasn't destroyed... The Rikti invaded earth due to a Nemesis plot (seriously!)... Play the RWZ arcs

/powexecauto

The problem with entry level notebooks is that the OEMs purposely put absolutely [censored] integrated graphics in them. And I don't mean "bad", I mean absolutely HORRID.

Oh, in case anyone is curious what arc I was doing last night, it's called "Ripping out Reform" (ID: 1006). I'd definitely recommend it for any Villains team sub 10, far more entertaining than newspapers, and much more fun than the lowbie arcs IMO. Easily 5-star material.

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ANOTHER [censored] THREAD?!

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Well duh. Starting your own thread gives you the maximum amount of lewt!

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I agree that the quickest fix is to yank out the AE all together.

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Yeah, there was no farming before AE!



Oh, wait.

A new server wouldn't help (afaik, they still make efforts to keep the game 56k friendly... even though dial up should simply be KILLED), you'd need a different client/engine.

If care is taken when doing the (rumored) graphics overhaul, they should be able to design it in a way to gracefully downgrade on lower end machine (either automatically or via options). Whether it'll pan out or not would be a different question... but still.

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I thought they meant they were on game ignore, not forum ignore. Maybe I misread it. It seemed they knew what was being said so I assumed game ignore.

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And now you've just learned something about people who loudly proclaim "I am ignoring you!" on message boards.

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Sorry, could you repeat that? I was ignoring you.




(which is just a hop-skip-and-a-jump away from stalking someone to responding to every post with "Moderator notified.")

My first Villain 50 was at 49.9 for 9 whole months Talk about losing motivation!

It's easy: Just don't sweat the small stuff After the first mission team I could have just quit in frustration (and optionally come to the forums to complain and feign that I'd never had far worse before the AE was introduced). Instead I stepped outside my comfort zone (I've never been a leader ) and in turn was greatly rewarded for it.

To paraphrase something that someone once told me: You'll never experience greatness if you're comfortable.

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Only the devs have access to this info and they won't share.

[/ QUOTE ]Understood but what has been you experience?

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My experience says that all of those are just a tiny faction of the total for that AT. They might be the single largest, but 50% would be just insane.

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Could it be a new class of giant monster causing havoc?
A meteorite shower?
A doomsday device?
A superpowered virus?

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A doomsday device, that summons a meteor shower, that releases a superpowered virus, that mutates people into a new class of giant monsters, that cause havoc!



[/ QUOTE ]So... Shivans?

Good stories just don't get the attention If I had named my thread "stupid AE teams!" I would have twice the views and 4x the comments

I'd recommend asking on the Infinity boards if anyone is familiar with them. That'll likely be the best way to find out- and if they weren't on Infinity, you might find another equivalent group.

You can go to the SG registar in Port Oakes and do a search for them... assuming you actually know their name, and you're on the fight server. You don't seem to have much information to go by, how do you even know of "RIGS"?

Last night I was on my new Mace/Shield Brute (very awesome, but rather end heavy), level 6 at the time. I was back in Mercy after having gotten my Raptor Pack and saw a guy broadcasting for more members for an AE arc team, so I said 'why not!' and joined.

We ended up with 8 people, ranging from level 2-11 (the Star was the 11), and a lone 28, with most of the people seeming to be new to the game. The leader said the arc we were going to be doing was one we made, and we'd be sk'ed up to lvl 40 for it. When we started, it turned out the enemy group was going to be the Rikti- and we quite quickly found out that a group of lowbies is no match for an alien army, especially when the Comm Officers opened their portals, doubling the number of Rikti in the first group (to add insult to injury, a Guardian bubbled them all... my poor accuracy!).

After wiping a few times on the first 2 groups, we decided to try another arc. Unfortunately that arc was set to be 1-54, despite having enemies that started at level 10, meaning not only were we scattered over about 26 levels, no one would be getting any experience. We decided to try again, so we exited and disbanded. I started looking through the missions list and found one that sounded nice, it started at level 10 for 3/5 missions and 16 for the other two.

After waiting a bit for a reinvite from the original leader (and never seeing him come back out of the data stream), I decided "what the hell!" and broadcasted that a sub-10 AE team was forming and started inviting peopl. Pretty quickly we had 7 people (my brute, a corruptor, 2 stalkers, and 3 Masterminds) and we started the first mission.

For the first mission we were fighting the RIP on the large bank map, and the entire time we were knee deep in their bodies- the spawns were large, and strong enough that we had to work hard for every victory against them. It was a blast, we had a few deaths, but that didn't slow us down, it just made every victory sweeter. Eventually we cleared the RIP, got the goods, and got out.

The second mission we were having to stop a RIP+PPD crackdown in Nerva on some Marcones. There were RIP everywhere, patrols of PPD and RIP wandering around. This mission, like the last, was a true battle- we weren't able to just steamroll over everyone like is so common in this game, we had to actually work hard for our victories. We eventually completeled all the objectives and stuck around to clear some more groups.

The third mission in the arc was a mix of PPD, RIP, and Wyvern in some offices. We took out the first group of PPD without much issue, then started moving to the upper floor- and I ran right into the middle of a large group of RIP, it was a mad house as we were trying to get up the stairs to fight the RIP as they were just unloading on us from the above their little chokepoint. We had a couple deaths but were able to get them back onto their feet... except right when we were had only a few members of the RIP left a large group of rather angry Wyvern ambushed us! Already being weakend from the fight with the RIPers, we were fighting a losing battle, and eventually each of us fell.

But worry not! We just went to the hospital, and regrouped, easily taking out the few remaining Wyvern. We continued through the mission, the entire team having to be on our feet because we never knew when a group we were fighting would get reinforcements! Eventually we cleared everyone, but unfortunately the mission was bugged and the Wyvern Commander wasn't on the map . We petitioned and waited a bit while everyone went to train up, and then decided to just play a different arc instead as we had no idea how long it'd take. We quickly reformed and started a new arc. We got through two more hard missions before I decided to call it a night.

That team was the most fun I've had playing this game since I had first started. We weren't invincible. We weren't effortlessly mowed down. The enemies acted realistically (reinforcements! what a novel idea! ), the enemies were dynamic, and varied. CoX for the first time in a long time had that 'new game' feel, where you really don't know if you're going to win, you don't know what to expect, and every moment, whether in victory or defeat, you're having a blast.

I love AE, both the 'bad' and the good... because if it wasn't for that first "bad" team, I would have never been on the best team in years.

Someone in the other thread checked and optionlist doesn't list a value for at least Sound FX volume.

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alright i gotcha, problem is that the magic store enhancments are only lvl 20s, how can i get lvl 50 enhancements? ima t the westwroth buying place but cant figure out how to buy the enhancements

[/ QUOTE ]The levels that are sold are dependent on the zone. For level 50s, you want to go to Peregrine Island and do the mission for Ghost Falcon to unlock his store or just go to the Rikti War Zone and buy from the store there.

But yeah, I'd highly recommend rolling a new alt and reading the information actually given to you in the tutorial + by the trainers + Invention Tutorial. It sounds like you simply PLed your way to 50, so you really won't have any way to understand how the game works via that.

You people have no taste.

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So wait... you're just wanting it to say the numbers even if the target is already dead? I play several sets with rather longish animations (old Assault Rifle and Energy Melee to name two) but personally rarely ran into situations where people were killing entire groups in less than 2 1/2 seconds. I don't know, doesn't really seem needed/have a purpose to me.

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Remember, the target isn't dead, it's defeated, and yes I see it all the time on long animation powers.

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Well yes, no [censored], this is why it was pointed out and why the term is used, because it neither precludes nor demands death of the subject.

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I could see Circle of Thorn being there (after all, they have Organbega under Paragon). Could be interesting.

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All in all, I have one question for you. How would any player know when details about future releases would be given out?

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Well... I might have some information for you right- *gets hit by a rock*

If you want maximum damage, go Blasters They can still solo, but you gotta be on your toes and proactive. I'd really recommend just rolling whatever sounds neat to you, the Scrapper sets are all pretty well balanced, with Shield Defense and Willpower (both secondaries) being two of the favorites right now.

$10 is far less than most games.

You can always roll a new alt on another server.

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You will run into inexperience players PL'd on about any server

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Only if you PuG, and lol @ PuGs. I know the people I'm playing with are perfectly capable of playing their PL'd-to-50 character just as well as someone who leveled it "the hard way."

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I don't care if the people I'm teamed with are the best in the entire game.

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I'm not afraid of PuGs, but if I'm given the choice between teaming with people whom I know share my playstyle and are competent players, and people who are incapable of even basic communication, I'll take the sure bet.

(Mmm, sherbet.)

[/ QUOTE ]"sure bet"... yeah, phrase brings up bad memories... I might unintentionally punch you in the face for saying that