MajorDecoy

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hopeling View Post
    The Iron Man suit is considerably more advanced/rare in its setting than a Crab Spider's, so it's not a good comparison.
    Nothing in the setting of City of Heroes is rare.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hopeling View Post
    but the suit itself is still what gives him most of the abilities we would call his powers in this game, so he's Technology.
    And what does a Crab spider get her abilities/powers from?
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MisterD View Post
    Psi BLADE thingyswhatsits. Stab stab, with your miiind.
    I'd like to see those added as weapons options for Claws.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by AlishaShatogi View Post
    On the note of ports, why are the Carnie masks and head details only in the Standard heads category? Can maybe have in Hoods and Hats too?
    They're also in the Helmets category.
  5. I'm really looking forward to the release of the sets. I'll finally get to make my Gun Slinging Tornado wrangler.

    I just wish Whirlwind was available as a fly pose without having to take two other speed pool powers.
  6. If I'm being entirely honest, I don't have any villains at the time being. I have a number of rogues though.

    Admiral Whiskers: Was created by Dr. Senil Olman to serve as a bodyguard. After failing in that role (the assassins distracted him with laser pointers), Admiral Whiskers was adrift, not knowing what to do. He has no plans, no greater purpose, at any moment, he just does whatever he wants to do. Since going Rogue, he has expanded the territory he covers, so he'll occasionally end up in Paragon City.

    Instigator Delores: She's in it for the information. At this time, she's fathering as much intelligence as she can. She doesn't know if she'll ever have the chance to use it, or if she'll want to use it when the time comes, but as an Instigator, she is dedicated to the purpose. Unfortunately, information doesn't come cheap. She builds up her favour bank running missions for people, and pays informants with profits from the rogue missions she runs.

    Elna the Blue Blade: Does exclusively tip missions and newspaper missions. She's just doing it for the fun of battle, not caring who she fights or why, as long as she makes that decision.

    Energy Pump: Energy Pump was just a mild mannered electrical generator until he was bitten by a Nuclear Scientist. Now he has the powers of a human; bipedal motion and rudimentary thought. He just does the tasks he's given, same as when he was just a generator. It's just something to do.

    Orange Recluse: Was perfectly happy as a Soldier of Arachnos until he discovered the joys of Rocket Boarding. Now he's a bit of a thrill seeker and needs the money he earns as a rogue to keep his board fueled. No long term goals at all.
  7. MajorDecoy

    Comic Book Men

    At the comic book store I visited, the store had four employees, and three of them are female. They all knew their stuff.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim View Post
    I don't think I can express how much this bothers me as a customer.
    What, that someone working for a company didn't get training that is not applicable to his/her job? That bothers you?
  9. From my experience as a Gamemaster, taking reports of harassment went something like this:

    I'd get the ticket. It would say "Soundso called me a ****"
    As I was logging into the server, I'd pull up the information page of the person reporting the incident. If the name of the person being reported was on the ticket, I'd also pull that person's information page up.

    I would contact the player.
    "Hello, this is GM _gmname_, I understand you've been having a problem with harassment."
    "Could you please describe the incident?"
    "And when did this happen?"
    "Okay, thank you. At this time, please /ignore the player. I cannot inform you of the results of the investigation. Have a good day, and enjoy your time in Vana'diel"

    If the incident, as described by the player, was something we could act upon, we would then send a log request to the floor supervisior for the times specified by the player to verify the incident. I did not have the capability (or the authority) to look up chat logs on my own.

    I will say that the queue for the tickets was not without bugs. It worked well most of the time, but sometimes things would happen wherein one ticket could get claimed by two GMs, and the player would end up saying "But I already told this all to GM _othergmname_" in those cases, I would yell across the room "Hey, Dave, did you talk to soundso?" to confirm.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DumpleBerry View Post
    Ivan Turgenev, your scion will be powerless before the might of mine own. *runs off to make villain costume*
    As evil as it looks, I don't think it's a good idea to be pounding nails through a diaper.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Pendix View Post
    Is that a new slider?
    No, it's a knob.
  12. I can't bring myself to drop any of the hero tips. Those people need help. It's the same reason I can't run vigilante tips.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MaestroMavius View Post
    Now, every single other AT, can pump out damage comparable to Blasters.
    Not every AT. I'm certain that a Tanker can't supply as much damage as a blaster.

    Unless you measure average DPS by including the amount of damage the tanker does while the blaster is lying face first on the ground.

    That said, I'd like to see Blasters get a new inherent power. A self-rez with a recharge time of 5 seconds or less. It brings you to full health, full endurance, and gives you mez protection and debt protection for 30 seconds and 120 seconds respectively.

    I'm having fun just thinking about it.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by srmalloy View Post
    What -- you're cancelling the Ultra-Super Mega Packs? Noooo....
    Good news: They'll be releasing Ultra-Super Mega Packages instead.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
    I would have forgiven that completely, if they made it so that if you decided to improvise a dance, your character actually did a really bad dance in the circle.
    When in the circle, trying to figure out how to activate it (because clicking on it hadn't worked the first time), I did try all the emote dances.

    I also had two Council Soldiers standing on the circle the first time I did that mission.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by SkarmoryThePG View Post
    For your specific question:

    Carrion Creepers has poor damage and throws out tons and tons of attacks. That power is meant to make love to damage procs.
    Just make sure the procs you use are crafted procs and not purchased procs.

    The crafted procs have a fixed percentage chance to fire, the purchased procs have an estimated number of procs per minute.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MrHassenpheffer View Post
    for the market price? no complaints,

    for the merit vendor price? Expect complaints.
    I think that the market price is unnaturally low right now. I think we'll see the prices rise up again once people stop buying the Super Packs at the rate they are now.

    Granted, this is entirely conjecture, but I think we're seeing a certain amount of these packs purchased just to get the costume, and once that dies off, the cost of ATOs should increase.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MrHassenpheffer View Post
    If this is WAI it needs to be clearly stated as such.

    edit 3: just noticed, my fire ss build has 4 purp sets not five, going to assume <ick> that when these origins are catalized that they count as purple sets via the +10% rech bonus, so safe to assume? that rule of 5 still means 5.
    Yes, that's working as intended.

    Also, you're right, if you've got 5 purple sets, each providing a 10% bonus, you don't want to upgrade your ATO set.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by SkarmoryThePG View Post
    ...and PosiBlast's 6.25% is what, chopped liver?
    No, the set bonus is decent but for 5 slots (We'll neglect the proc on both sets) at level 50:

    Posiblast
    Accuracy: 47.70
    Damage:99.08
    Endurance: 47.70
    Range: 15.94
    Recharge: 26.50
    And throwing a level 50 recharge bonus onto that only gets you to 68.90 recharge

    ATO
    Accuracy: 66.2
    Damage: 97.09
    End: 39.7
    Recharge: 85.6

    For the power it is slotted in, Positron's Blast provides a fairly anemic recharge bonus. In fact, if you want decent recharge bonuses from a Targeted AoE set, you have to get an ATO, a Purple Set, or a PvP set. And the ATOs are far more accessible than either of the others.

    So, if you don't mind losing a little endurance reduction, you're better off using 5 slots of the ATO and one slot of Range than you are using 5 slots of Positron's Blast and one slot of recharge.
  20. I was under the impression that recharge enhancements in pet summoning powers caused pet summoning powers to recharge faster. Which, admittedly, is only useful when your pets are dying a lot, but still, not useless.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MrHassenpheffer View Post
    For the idea of ATO's? win.

    For the effectiveness and procs? meh.

    For the price? ULTRA MEH.
    The procs are just a bit of a bonus, what Kheldians, Blasters, Defenders, Arachnos Soldiers, and Corruptors get is a set that can be used with Targeted AoEs that actually provides a decent recharge bonus.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Venture View Post
    ...as if we didn't already suspect....



    Courtesy of this site.
    With their clever disguises, I almost didn't recognize them at all!
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by InfamousBrad View Post
    There is no meaningful doubt that I'm buying this the day it hits the store. But I would like to know which powersets are getting the rifle? Beam Rifle, obviously, but Robotics, please? And conceivably Assault Rifle?
    Titan Weapons exclusively getting the rifles, while the pistols will be available to War Mace.
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
    Oh my god I just noticed that the sleeves might be a different piece than the visible top under the vest.
    I'm nearly positive that the cuffs are just sewn onto the jacket sleeves. They look to be a different fabric than any of the other materials shown.