Liz Bathory

So much love on her... I swear that Elizabeth is going to get sick thinking about it.

It will be high time that Bathory Erzsebet and Mothers Love and this in open PVP

youre right.. a lot of us players are eu residents who picked us not by choice but by mistake. Sometimes the subscription stuff is a bit hard to follow. And you and up in the us.

If you then have no problem with the connection you stay there.

Now if those same people ultimatly like to meet more from their country it is highly possible they try out UNION (or Defiant). And what about the canadian people who speak french?!

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Sound like a different way of getting rid of the EU servers to me. I *think* the least populated servers would be the EU ones. I could very well be wrong. And then there's the case of moving alts to other servers and name conflicts, etc. Or loose them. I doubt it would happen. But that's just a guess. The US should keep theirs and we (the EU) should keep ours.

I have no issue with lag (since updating my PC and 10MB broadband) and like it just the way it is.

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Aside of the 2-3 unusual busy us servers all us servers are about the same in population as the eu. And I dont think I want to be on a server that has a chance of being so full I cant logg in every time there is a special event.

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I would love this because it means more characters for my slot-consuming altitis but if they were merged there would be problems with character's names along with SG names.

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Again.. like when I posted this idea/suggestion completly worked out, people are not reading... one server list with each server untouched on the list.

The name proble will be in youre global name only. And that is a lot less of a problem to change if you have too...

Happy b-day Carni...

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But before they do anything even remotely like open world PvP they need to sort out PvP no way should powers differ from PvE to PvP its just silly.

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Agreed.. its stupid that a defender can win from a tanker. Some matches are just impossible. And the game shouldnt rectify that. It makes a very unrealistic image to see a daredevil win from a Hulk.

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Actually I disagree (kind off) a daredevil should be able to beat a hulk its a comic book stable that the apparently out matched character can pull a win out of no where and its exactly this purpose that inspirations serve.


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Yeah - in comics, anyone can beat anyone if the story requires it - but as the limitless number of tricks and ploys they can pull aren't available in any game because all games have to be limited to some extent, then making each AT able to defeat any other AT, plus Inspirations, is an ok way to represent it.

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Actually the excample I gave happened and Daredevil lost and spend a month or so in the hospital. Even the comics thought that that was no match.

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But if the story had needed him to defeat the Hulk, he would have found a way to do it

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Only ways available in matches / fights like thsi arent available to us in game. What is available is get help.

And that is what you should do if youre a defender in pvp and you re facing a brute... get a scrapper or so to help you. Problem solved.

So right!

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But before they do anything even remotely like open world PvP they need to sort out PvP no way should powers differ from PvE to PvP its just silly.

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Agreed.. its stupid that a defender can win from a tanker. Some matches are just impossible. And the game shouldnt rectify that. It makes a very unrealistic image to see a daredevil win from a Hulk.

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Actually I disagree (kind off) a daredevil should be able to beat a hulk its a comic book stable that the apparently out matched character can pull a win out of no where and its exactly this purpose that inspirations serve.


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Yeah - in comics, anyone can beat anyone if the story requires it - but as the limitless number of tricks and ploys they can pull aren't available in any game because all games have to be limited to some extent, then making each AT able to defeat any other AT, plus Inspirations, is an ok way to represent it.

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Actually the excample I gave happened and Daredevil lost and spend a month or so in the hospital. Even the comics thought that that was no match.

Do a bit-by-bit implementation. Using the base as map for MA is a step in teh direction of custom maps. The script is partly in place.

The Raid script behind the base makes the defences work. It also made the spaces between the doors spawn points. It is where in a raid the enemies appear.

Now give the base editor the right to copy the map to MA. And give the SG permissions the possibility to give rights to use the base map in MA to certain ranks.

I have a huge base build... it is unique in feeling and look. It has corridors and effects no one has ever seen before. I would like to use this map/zone in my Mission Architect!

It can even go a step further and have the defences placed in the base active. That will make the map interactive and dangerous. Fill it up with my custom made mobs and it will be downright fantastic!

Showing the last changes to the Castle Bathory.. the base of the Court of the Blood Countess.

http://cid-18194d3db583a151.skydrive...20Heroes?ref=1

As I stated above.. this introduction was made in 2006.

Sind then the Court has reached times when there are at least 36 members who logged in each day. Last week we reached the 10th place in rank on UNION too. There is a newly formed forum and roleplay in-game and on forums are much more popular.

If you want in... and there is room... any member you encounter is able to invite.

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But before they do anything even remotely like open world PvP they need to sort out PvP no way should powers differ from PvE to PvP its just silly.

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Agreed.. its stupid that a defender can win from a tanker. Some matches are just impossible. And the game shouldnt rectify that. It makes a very unrealistic image to see a daredevil win from a Hulk.

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World PvP server.

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Be honest.. would you let people do roleplay or chat without blasting them? Would you respect that other people are not always into fighting/pvp?

location is nice and good... that way we draw the eu located players that ended up in the US into our part of the community.

They are with more then you think.

Would really be cool if we could add a country flag

More threats in the city zones instead of the instances is a good thing to me.. Please yes!

Actually I rather see a complete zone overhaul of all old zones. Give us busses and taxi's... schools and children... etc.

BEFORE there are any major gfx enginge changes.

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2x 5x5 tp rooms gets ya 16 tp and 32 beacons.

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In that space I have rooms and floors of fire pits... meeting rooms... 5.1 audio/video systems... dark corridors and an Hangar.

As stated above... Bases shouldn't be a huge teleport room. If you want I show you around in my base one day which is on the biggest plot available.

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so i powerleveled her to 50 and she had a 50 within 6 hours of making her first charactor.


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This is the reason as to why many of us dislike MA, including me.

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By right and for the good health of this game this should be out right impossible!

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@GFX upgrade
something like ccp did with eve online would be great.

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if power customization is the main feature, then it will be another boring issue for me.

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But a lot of people are bored with everything these days. Incl the game they obviously keep playing. I15 gives two TF's.. that is content especially made. But only will keep you busy for a max of 5 hours. Then its bored again.

New toons.. same boring powerrs
MA... still kill the same npc.. no wait.. use the same powerrs on diferent targets.. ehh..

What is it that bores you on this game? The updates are just goodies extra.

Interview with a vampire
(Send to Bridger as a Supergroup Spotlight Submission, 10th of November 2006)

Today, I Bridger, was invited by phone to do an interview for my next Supergroup Spotlight Submission. It was a bit strange... the woman called herself Elizabeth and wanted to meet me in this mansion looking over the haunted cemeteries of Shark head Isle after dark. But I am used to something and in my past Supergroup Spotlight Submissions I already talked to some very special people... hero and villain alike. So I pick up my tape recorder and go...

The door was opened by a man wearing sunglasses. I noticed he had some pointed ears, and I had the distinct idea that there was a red glow coming from his eyes although covered. He said his name was Incantator Draconus, and that the countess would be there in a minute.

She was an intriguing young looking woman with long flowing dark hair, blood-red lips and a cold look in her eyes which had red pupils?! We introduced each other and I looked around the room. The inside looked much like a mid-evil castle. It had lots of banners with a blood-red cup on it. My drink was pored in a cup engraved with a mid-evil crest encircled by a dragon biting its own tail. She didn’t take anything... I took a sip and asked my first question.

I am asked to take down an interview for the Supergroup Spotlight Submission; can I ask what the name of your Supergroup is?

Off course you can... it's called 'The Court of the Blood Countess' and it resides on the UNION shard.

Then I can take it that you're the blood countess the name comes from?

Yes, you can... My name is Báthory Erzsébet. Known throughout the living world as Elizabeth Báthory. A name I had changed to Balthory to keep an inkling of anonymity. I was born on August 7, 1560 in what is now Slovak and I am a vampire and a necromancer.

I looked a little bewildered thinking if I would be safe around her, then continued the interview... What is the motto of this 'Court'?

Why, to provide a safe haven for all undead monsters and misfits (including some mad-scientist) so that they may serve me and rage undisturbed rampage across the known world... off course.

I see... a nice variation on the usual 'world domination', what are your Supergroup’s emblem and colours?

You see them all around you... it's the cup filled with the liquid of life, the blood itself. The blood that kept my skin young while alive, and through various rituals made me immortal after death.

Such a fixation about blood...

Naturally, my dear Bridger, you wouldn't want to go without it yourself. If you do, that can be arranged off course...

Taking a fast nip of my drink (my throat suddenly had become a bit dry), I quickly continued to my next question. Does this Supergroup has a website and/or message boards, and what’s the URL?

I'm not so known in that modern stuff myself, but my scientists have created this place on... let me see... http://www.courtofthebloodcountess.tk. I am informed that it holds armor designs, news, and a forum.

I understood that you were the founder... are there any other leaders?

I answer to nobody, young man. But I have appointed a High Lord to act as my replacement. He opened the door for you. His name is Incantator Draconus. Furthermore I have a council of Dark Templar’s... Ghidirah, Ghost of Death, Spacebug No. 2058, Frostfang and the Primogen. They make sure the Court Knights and Blood Servants keep in check.

...and its history?

After that traitorous Recluse got me locked up in Mercy I escaped and decided to build up a new court here on the Rogue Isles. It has very good hunting grounds and I found lots of kindred spirits in other vampires, demons, ghosts, zombies, werewolves, psychotic killers and the occasional mad-scientist. It's what the youngsters today would call a 'gothic 'horror themed SG'.

Do you have a overall goal or aim?

Not really, just to hunt the streets peacefully... and have fun with my new friends. In time we will try to take over the PVP zones from those do-gooders and make places like 'Bloody Bay' red with the blood of heroes.

What are the day-to-day things the Court of the Blood Countess will do?

We hunt together doing missions and strike forces. Help out each-other on a regular basis getting badges, or special experiences. Practice in the arena, and on PVP grounds. And sometimes even special events... although those are still in the works.

What is your Supergroup’s finest moment or greatest achievement so far?

Well, I just started this bend of misfits a few months ago. We did some wonderful strike forces and missions. But it’s by far what I'm aiming at. So let’s keep that open, shall we?

Do you have a base of operations?

My friend... were do you think you are? This old house has a main hall and sub rooms that are almost a copy of my castle of old. It holds all teleport modules, a mad science lab, infirmary, mystic meditation room, library, meeting room and bedchambers. And that is just above ground. The dungeons keep my sanctum sanctorum also.

Any plans for the future?

At the moment we live by the minute... I will do more special events, and train my court to be even better in PVP. Further then that I haven’t even looked yet. But I try to keep these creeps together as friends and not as prestige winning nobodies. For now that should be enough!

Feeling her blood-red yes burning straight to my soul, and dropping a bit towards my naked skin, I quickly changed the subject. Is the Court of the Blood Countess open to new recruits?

Actually yes, we can always use fresh bloo... eh... members... I would especially like a pack of werewolves’ stalkers and/or brutes to have around. But all who fit the gothic horror theme can join as long as we have place. Any member can send an invite, but if were full... only I or my High Lord can kick old/non-active members. My global is @Elizabeth Bathory... my High Lords' @Incantator Draconis. If you are serious.... just let us know using in-game e-mail or tell. The website also holds e-mail and forum to get in touch.

I am out of questions for the moment... is there anything else?

No, not really... Incantator went out. So I will summon someone else to lead you to the door.

At that moment she extended her hand and mumbled some incantation that I could barely hear. The ground started to boil and bones were forming out of ashes sipping through the stones that made up the floor of the room. They shaped each other to become a horrid knight, a vampiric zombie that took my hand and brought me (very forcefully) to the exit of the mansion. I got an extra push and fell with my tape recorder in my hand on the ground. This was a very uncomfortable interview... but I had it. My readers would be glad, and I was glad to be still alive!

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About: Basically (the) Court of the Blood Countess is a safe-haven for monsters of all kinds. We harbor ghosts, witches, vampires, demons, zombies, great big mutated freaks and everything else that goes bump in the night. Even some (mad) scientists! This menagery of creeps are all lead by the Blood Countess, Báthory Erzsébet.

We have a huge base in the gothic Horror theme. And do casual fun Roleplay. The base is a castle/dungeon area spanning underground in Cap Au Diable. It offers buff machines, containers, and all teleport functions.

Currently the Court hold coalitions with all major UNION villain Super Groups. We have a few regular meetings of which All Hallows Eve, Freaky Friday and Full Moon are some.

Court of the Blood Countess Website
Court of the Blood Countess Forums
Court of the Blood Countess Unionverse Wikipage

Global: @Elizabeth Bathory

Now that is what the dev's have planned. Sliders to up the gfx but able to run at lower specs.

So precicly what was mentioned before.

A game like this has to evolve... not backtrack. It will loose subs to nicer new games fast then.

Even if you would say they eventually learn about how contacts and normal missions go... Not ONE ever learns how a TF/SF goes!

I lost count of the number of players I had in Strike forces who dont know that I cant invite others in once started... who don't know that you can't contact youre other contacts anymore... who don't know co-op teams break when you leave the co-op zone and you can't rejoin...

I always explain everything when they ask for it or its obvious they don't know... but its increasing. And explaining how TF's/SF's work to a lvl 50 is downright ridiculous.

Oh.. and when they do that.. please resise the furniture so the NPC's would actually fit in them. Thoise chairs are huge!

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Much of an issue devoted to much better graphics that 90% of the player base can't use. People leave game, game closes...

See a theme here?

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Other side.. it will draw in new subs. Gamers that are playing top mmo's and see City of Heroes as an 5-year old dinosaur.

What do you think someone will say when they just came off a beta of Aion... and want to try out COH because its also NCSOFT?!

"Wow.. worthless gfx here... I have seen better on the Sims."
"Does this game only farms?"
"I dont even have fingers?"
"Nice sky.. too bad there is no real reflections."
"Looks ok but after the trial I am gone."

Be realistic here. GFX = Looks, and looks is what sells the game up first. Before you have hit even one npc you will check out how youre toon and the environment looks.

We are loosing more subs because of never starting a subscription then we can ever loose if people with ancient pc's can't run this game anymore. Besides that... This game is rather addicting. I guess at least 25% of the people who cant run it anymore will willingly upgrade their pc to be able to run again.

We are all gamers... and no gamer ever really fussed about not wanting to upgrade for a game. He... I have friends who already upgraded in advance for Champions Online!