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Ick!! Did you see that preview of the book cover? No way was that drawn by a professional, I used to draw things like that when I was 14 with all of the proporitions scewed. I really hope thats either a bad scan of the cover or its a rough draft because that is just embarrasing!
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Seconded...
I'm a graphic design major, and that cover *hurts* me... On the *inside*.
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Count me as the third so far. Ya know, when I heard that George Perez was going to do one of the covers for the new TopCow comic, I was excited - until I saw the cover. I really don't mean to impugne his work, but I am just as disappointed with the new novel cover so far as I was then.
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Ditto. Here's what I thought when I saw it (in this order):
<ul type="square">[*] That's the cover?[*] What' up with their faces?[*] Why are Posi's arms so huge? Isn't he a blaster anyhow?[*] What are they yelling at? "Get down here Rikti saucer!"?[/list]
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I think it's for their new book "What if Rob Liefeld was actually allowed to do stuff?" -
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Isolator is marked as "Hero Only". Villains can kill the contaminated for 100 years, and never get the badge.
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Not gonna stop villains from killing the mob to prevent heroes from getting it.
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Wow, can you imagine how truely wrong it would be for a villain to kill the lone mob that all the heroes are camped there to get? I can already see the blizzard of griefing posts after one or two jerks realize this is a good way to get the attention their parents never gave them.
*sigh*
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Eh, Griefings always going to be a problem no matter what they do. Just look at Hamidon. -
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Ick!! Did you see that preview of the book cover? No way was that drawn by a professional, I used to draw things like that when I was 14 with all of the proporitions scewed. I really hope thats either a bad scan of the cover or its a rough draft because that is just embarrasing!
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Seconded...
I'm a graphic design major, and that cover *hurts* me... On the *inside*.
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Geebus M. Laserchrist! That cover is so bad, it looks like something *I* might have drawn.
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One thing I am curious on is the hero's can now get the badge from the training zone at later times.
Will villains have a chance to get the training zone exploration jail badge at a later time? I missed it on my first 40 which is my badge toon and I really dont want to have to start a new one just to get it.
I understand the hero side is a bit different since that badge did not exist for quite a while when the game came out so there was no way to get it at all but would be really nice if we had a chance to get the villain training badge again if we missed it.
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Odds are no, since Ignorance of the badge was not what has been the driving force behind trying to get a second chance at Isolator. -
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Not everything, just Isolator. I'll put it to you in a set of related questions...
Up until RV Isolator was introduced, what possible logical reason would the Devs have to place any one single badge in the game that a subset of its in-game player population could never earn?
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Except you CAN earn it. Just not with characters that have already bypassed the requirements needed to get it. Just like creating a hero now cannot get the first year anniversery badge.
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What possible game mechanic purpose was served that doesn't appear for all intents and purposes to be completely arbitrary and easily avoidable?
Was Isolator limited by location the way it was in Outbreak by accident or by design?
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Isolator is an "easter egg" type of badge. It was never intended as anything more then a fun little reward for those crazy enough to actually screw around in the tutorial. If anything, Cryptics only fault was being Naive enough to think it's playerbase could act like rational adults instead of rabid overreacting badge [censored].
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The fact that the Devs have finally done something now to address Isolator is a tacit admission by them that there was -something- wrong with it.
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No it isn't. It just means they got tired of people [censored], moaning, and blowing things way out of proportion.
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Why did it take well over a year to get the 'solution' we got - not a sophisticated, fair to all, reasonable redesign but a near pathetic afterthought band aid hack that a 3rd grader probably could have come up with in 5 minutes?
In summary Pro-Isolators only have themselves to blame for pissing Positron off enough to get RV Isolator instead of something more reasonable. Sadly I'm worldly enough to realize the RV Isolator opportunity is going to be 'as good as it gets'. After the stupidity of the original way Isolator worked I suppose it was a pipe dream to think that the fix for it was going to be any less idiotic.
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The way Isolator worked is fine. Hell, if anything was wrong, it was the ability for people to gain badges from the completion of missions that were not their own (And hopefully something that will be fixed in the future, but I'll save this for another discussion).
But if anything, this solution was intended to appease not only those who wanted Isolator, but those of us who didn't want it messed with, all while making a challenge that wouldn't make its continued existance in the Tutorial pointless. And while I don't like that they did it, it's a decent compromise. -
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Perhaps, but its quite telling that Positron chose to respond to my rather serious accusations over Isolators overall shortcomings by addressing the most minor, trivial aspect of it. The fact that, gods forbid, a few villains might get Isolator in RV was more important to the Devs thinking on this implementation than all the other ramifications merely adds to my misgivings about this. Opening Pandoras Box comes to mind...
Pro-Isolators get their precious badge they shouldn't have had to fight for in the first place. Anti-Isolators (and Positron) get to laugh at their efforts to beat their heads against the wall to earn it. I guess somebody likes this sad state of affairs, but frankly I think we all lost out on this one.
*puts on her tin-foil hat to keep out the new wave of Jailbird / event badge whining on its way*
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I should point out that even though I am an "Anti-Isolator", I'm not pointing and laughing at the difficulty involved.
And I still disagree with this belief by various people in the Pro-Isolator crowd that everything has been one big screwjob, slap in the face, or whatever for us Pre-I2 players. -
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...I think the reason that the "alternate" way to get the badge is as annoying and difficult as it is is so that those who couldn't get it before I2 can finally get the badge, BUT there is still sufficent enough incentive that people will still try to get it the regular way (In the tutorial) instead of simply blowing it off, knowing they can get it later.
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This isnt the case, yet we're now forced to be amongst those who think that way.
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No one is forcing you to get the badge.
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I knew this was going to come up. Granted, no one is forcing us to get the badge, but it's never that simple. Some people enjoy PvP, some don't. Some enjoy the story & roleplaying, others don't. Some enjoy badge hunting, while others do not.
So, let me rephrase. Some of us REALLY want the badge without having to deal with the people who don't see the "fun" in it.
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But if your not willing to use the method given to get the badge, then you must not want the badge that bad.
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Never did I say that I was unwilling to get it by this method. In-fact, my last post stated that I'll be trying to get the badge. I just don't agree with the spawn placement.
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Yeah, you posted that seconds before I posted mine. And I didn't mean mine to come off as snarky as it seems to be upon re-reading it. -
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This isnt the case, yet we're now forced to be amongst those who think that way.
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No one is forcing you to get the badge.
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I knew this was going to come up. Granted, no one is forcing us to get the badge, but it's never that simple. Some people enjoy PvP, some don't. Some enjoy the story & roleplaying, others don't. Some enjoy badge hunting, while others do not.
So, let me rephrase. Some of us REALLY want the badge without having to deal with the people who don't see the "fun" in it.
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But if your not willing to use the method given to get the badge, then you must not want the badge that bad. -
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Does this mean that villains can get isolator too, if thats the case, then heroes should get jail bird too.
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Now we begin to see the continued shortsightedness of the Devs' handling of Isolator.
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Wow, ye of little faith.
Isolator is marked as "Hero Only". Villains can kill the contaminated for 100 years, and never get the badge.
Only Heroes can get the badge.
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And this is the seldom heard, but much dreaded, Positron Burn.
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Positron clarifying a minor detail that will not stop people from whining regardless does not a burn make...
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Yeah, but I just like quoting That 70's Show.
...Besides, it's 100% impossible to stop people from whining. -
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Does this mean that villains can get isolator too, if thats the case, then heroes should get jail bird too.
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Now we begin to see the continued shortsightedness of the Devs' handling of Isolator.
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Wow, ye of little faith.
Isolator is marked as "Hero Only". Villains can kill the contaminated for 100 years, and never get the badge.
Only Heroes can get the badge.
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And this is the seldom heard, but much dreaded, Positron Burn. -
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Funny tidbit -
When we first got these on internal for testing the 5th were bugged.
Link to Screeny of what the 5th looked like before it was fixed:
Linky
I kind of liked them that way. Nothing more frightening than a pair of glowing eyes and shoulder pads in a dark alley.
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Like I said, he did a good job given the time constraints, space he had to work with, and number of characters he had to deal with.
I'm tempted to ask him to do a full size shot of Omega, but I'd rather wait until I can get the Split Cape on him. -
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Wondering if War Witch is that "gifted" in Real Life
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No.
The comic War Witch is much flatter in comparison. -
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Character key says Viceroyalty is from Infinity. It's a male character with purple armour, shoulder pads, a fleur-de-lys chest symbol, and a full mask. Highlights appear to be yellow/gold. I recognize the leg armour but I'd probably say the wrong costume piece, so I'm not clarifying that. ;>
-- Lady T
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Yup, just saw the scans and that is Vice. They did get the leg armor wrong and at that angle it's hard to see the face and hair but thats my boy!
Sasheem
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Don't feel so bad. They got the color of the outside of my cape wrong, and are missing the "crest" from my helmet. But, given the amount of people and space to work with, I'm not complaining.
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In case you still want it to be a suprise...
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The list of characters from page 22 are as follows:
1: Centvrion
2: MediBot 3000
3: Nuclear-Fire
4: Salsero
5: Riverdancer
6: Lady Thanatos
7: Ardent
8: The Omega Ranger
9: Ais Kristl
10: Asrail
11: Zap Robotnik
12: Starglow
13: Captain Pulsar
14: Viceroyalty
15: Genani
16: Wraith Princess
17: Piracat
18: Flux Manchu
19: Ice of Wrath
20: Ultra Myst
21: Black Zenith
22: ForbiddenDesire
23: RetroRocket Man
and the characters from page 15:
1: Flaymecat
2: Draco Templaris
3: Electric X
4: Psy-Control
5: Xeratul
6: Darkweaver
7: Bayani
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* sigh * not a single one of my alts.
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Great Horny Toad's!! Thats my Alt from Infinity! As luck would have it I'm at work today and tomorrow and wont be able to pick up that Issue until Sunday.
At least I think its me, unless there was another player with a toon called Viceroyalty. If so I shall be the envy of everyone in my SG's and all my friends on Teamspeak and Ventrilo.
I will sign autographs for money and sexual favors.
Sasheem
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What kind of last name is "Perry"?
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I noticed that there wasn't a single character from Liberty server. There may have been other servers not represented, but that's where my characters are. Maybe they could try to balance their selections from across all servers next time.
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If you notice, mine was the only character from Pinnacle. -
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Who was the Love Story contest winner Liq! I need to know @_@
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I don't think the Love Story winnners are in this issue, actually... -
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Holy crap! Liquid is that avatar form The old Lost Cities of Gold cartoon?!?!?
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It is. (Or Mysterious Cities of Gold. Whichever name you use is correct). They also have full episodes on YouTube. -
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please post link! allying with the cat here =P
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Don't have a link, because as far as I know it hasn't been posted yet. I bought this issue at my local Comic Shop. -
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Ack. Foiled again in my plans to get into the CoH comic.
Grats to those who made it!
And thanks for posting the list, LiquidX!
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Not a problem. I just wish I had known they were going to print our real names too, though... -
In case you still want it to be a suprise...
[SPOILER]
The list of characters from page 22 are as follows:
1: Centvrion
2: MediBot 3000
3: Nuclear-Fire
4: Salsero
5: Riverdancer
6: Lady Thanatos
7: Ardent
8: The Omega Ranger
9: Ais Kristl
10: Asrail
11: Zap Robotnik
12: Starglow
13: Captain Pulsar
14: Viceroyalty
15: Genani
16: Wraith Princess
17: Piracat
18: Flux Manchu
19: Ice of Wrath
20: Ultra Myst
21: Black Zenith
22: ForbiddenDesire
23: RetroRocket Man
and the characters from page 15:
1: Flaymecat
2: Draco Templaris
3: Electric X
4: Psy-Control
5: Xeratul
6: Darkweaver
7: Bayani
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Thanks!
Although they got the color wrong on my cape. Its Blue on the outside, and Red on the inside. They did it Red on the outside.
But thats just a minor quibble. -
...And my character, The Omega Ranger, is in it! I'm #8 in the big list O' Characters at the back, showing who everyone is on page #22. And, funny enough, Omega Ranger is also the only character from Pinnacle, too.