Memphis_Bill

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  2. Memphis_Bill

    Trick Arrow?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Netphenix5 View Post
    Perfect "Steampunk" fodder. I'm sure Agatha Heterodyne could come up with Dual Webbing Pistols in 10 minutes flat.
    ... I read that as "wedding."

    Sparks don't need to deal with indecisiveness.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Deacon_NA View Post
    Also, to say there is no immob temp power is incorrect.
    Yeah... I have no idea why Oedipus_Tex said that. There certainly are immob temp powers, and Illusion has jack-all to do with their availability (or lack thereof.) Saying it would be the reason for that lack - I've *got* to hear this reasoning. It'll be amusing.

    Quote:
    Trick Arrow says Hi!
    Heh.
    This, too. It's the only set I can pair with Ill to make Ill palatable.
  4. I think I can't stand Illusion and if it never gets to Dominators it'll be too soon.
  5. I'm less gung ho on the performance shifters, quite honestly. If I feel a need for any IOs (specifically, that is,) I'll go:
    - Winter's Gift 20% Slow resist. Helps in Dwarf. You don't have much there, you don't want it coming up slower.
    - One (since it's all you'd really need) KB resist in Incandescence. I spend more time in humanform, though. Alternately, stick one in Combat Flight, unless you're planning something else for that.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Turgenev View Post
    Slot an Alpha. I didn't see where you mentioned that. If you're getting whacked this badly, it sounds like you don't have anything in your Alpha slot.

    The level 1 is enough to normalize your level with them. If you do the trial with your alpha unlocked but unslotted, you're still fighting at -8 handicap, instead of the natural -4 differential.
    No, you aren't. That's only Tin Mage and Apex. Apparently the developers realized what an idiotic idea that was - even though they left it in on those two TFs.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arilou View Post
    Blaster Psyche Mastery eh?
    Isn't that what Manticore's trying for?
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Celestial_Lord View Post
    Let's face it, if someone hasn't played the game in three years, odds are he or she isn't coming back
    ... really?

    Strange how we hear of the people coming back doing so after that long - after little things like "Serving in Iraq/Afghanistan," for instance.

    That said, I have no argument against running the script again. The groups I *would* do complete wipes on would be:
    - Trial accounts that have been dead over 90 days - they probably aren't subscribing at that point, and
    - accounts that have been banned. Again, 90 days for appeals, etc. They just *can't* come back.

    Still, as Forbin mentioned, assuming all this will free up "that really good name/set of names" isn't really a great assumption.

    Now, if you're that concerned about old accounts hogging "good" names, they should set up an opt-in system - send an email to any account with over 3 years of inactivity asking (a) if they're coming back (incentive, blah blah blah,) and (b) if not, would they voluntarily have their character names freed up. If they agree, the names on that account are set to generic/free.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Call Me Awesome View Post
    I went back through my email and the last promotional email from CoH was 4/30/10 for the issue 17 launch. Nothing for issue 18, 19 or 20.
    Yeah, I've gotten a fair number of "Hey, we're offering this!" or "In game event!" emails the day after they're done - and I know I'm not the only one. Some of the ones I get "on time," I'll have friends let me know after the event that "Hey, did you know NC was doing such and such from the 10th-14th? Glad I got that email on the 16th!"
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by VexXxa View Post

    OH! OH! OH!!! This Friday is the 13th!!! The mood must be all things SUPERSTITIOUS!! No cutsie toons this time! Put on your FOUR LEGGED BLACK CAT COSTUMES




    (....I miss my cat.)
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    I have 4. All the servers I already had access to are packed. You see, there was a routine a while back about padding SG's for the bonus prestige......
    That's what trial accounts (pre-RMT Invasion) were for!
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Redmanfx View Post
    Good idea Memphis with the second build.
    Yeah, well, I tend to push using them.

    I didn't so much for a "real PVP" build because (a) I hope this is temporary and (b) I know some peoples' PVP builds (not mine, I'm a cheapskate) can get pretty expensive to set up and time consuming - and wouldn't want to suggest they just go through it again for a second one that's slightly different.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Leandro View Post
    Virtue's turn is in an hour and a half, it'll be interesting to see how they handle it.
    Not very well.

    The hill on Talos reminded me of the old Hami raids. Even stuff far away from events (but in the same zone) was affected.

    I'm really tempted to log in to Freedom when they try their "greatest concurrent" just to see what it looks like when a server melts down while you're on it. I expect to not be able to move at all.
  14. Wasn't sure I'd added this.

    My Stalker-turned-hero, Sang - aka Redwraith, depending on when (RP) or where (server, as she's also an MA/Regen Scrapper elsewhere) we're referring to:



    He does seem to have given her somewhat larger tracts of land than she has in game, though. >.< which I should have caught earlier. Still, overall, happy with it.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by freewaydoggy View Post
    Oh well, I hope they do SOMETHING!
    Nope.

    Future incarnate slots have been designed to just sit there and look pretty. Raids will enable you to slot "powers," yes, but the point of those powers will be to let you create little jewel-like icons to decorate your "Incarnate tree" however you like.

    The top tier of the Omega will even let you use a star-shaped instead of round "enhancement" in it, for those going for the christmas tree look.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker View Post
    No you have one too many spaces filled
    /signed.

    I had to start filling some in.
  17. Temporarily - burn your second (or third if incarnate) build, throw a travel power in, and grab your badges if that's what you're after. (Or get IR'd by a Kin.)

    For actual PVPing... well, I'd call it "ahead" if you can actually find someone to PVP *against,* but still.

    (Not saying it doesn't need fixing, as it does, but short term workarounds are there.)
  18. Yeah. I seriously hope this "new tech" is still GOING in as opposed to "in now."

    I managed to catch a few minutes here and there. Awful lag. Even well away from an event. (For instance, Virtue - Cap - "They're after the PTS!" OK. Nice sphere... nothing happening. Go FAR away (over by the Crucible.) Try to take on 3 Guards (not Praetorians, just the COT sort, conning yellow to me.) Manage to get a web grenade off, and my cone... then nothing. THey sort of slide around positions here and there. WELL after stuff should have recharged, it isn't.

    Don't even get me started on the spot by the train. I think I had a power fire off twice - a tier 1 blast that should have just been going crazy. Oh, but one other power (my rain - not blizzard) - kept reporting that it was doing damage for a good two minutes or more.

    Yeah. I shudder to think what your "Try for the highest concurrent!" is going to be like.

    Look. I like COH. I wouldn't have been here constantly since Feb 2005 if I didn't. But you guys can't handle a 24 person BAF without chugging that zone, Hami raids, Rikti mothership raids, invasions, etc. have always been painful - so why do you keep on doing more without fixing the underlying issues?
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn View Post
    I'll get the cowbell!
    Heh.

    Might not have a cut and paste, I do have the guide to the original COH trailer - unfortunately, that trailer, I'm told, has vanished and I need to find a copy of it somewhere.
  20. Memphis_Bill

    login down ???

    Yeah, just started that for me as well as of - maybe five minutes ago.

    Comcast - central FL - everything else works.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Sharker_Quint 0l View Post
    /UNSIGNED. Every time this comes up. Just because something works for another game does NOT mean it is a good idea.
    Given the reception of that "other game," I'm not sure we can actually say it works.

    And - they tried this in alpha. It *didn't* work. Thus our getting the Archetype system.
  22. Causes too many balance issues.
    Overpowered in PVP.
    Too big of an advantage to one set of players.
    If I wanted to change the color of MY name, I had to drag it through miles of snow. Uphill. Sub-zero temperatures.
    Of course, that's only if I wanted it blue (or possibly purple.) Red or black? I had to dig a pit with a broken spork, fell a tree and split it into logs using just my teeth, and burn it in a fire I had to start by rubbing two llamas together.

  23. Think I saw about 5 minutes of the ustream, between taking family to the hospital, getting prescriptions, and rushing right from there to work.

    Ah well...
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Soulwind View Post
    I could very well be wrong (it was a looonnngg time ago after all), but I seem to remember that it was the other way around.

    That the stores (which didn't show up on the map - you had to know where they were) only sold the Power-10 and if you wanted one of the specialty enhancements you had to buy it from your contact.
    Decided to look it up.
    Quote:
    At the launch of CoH, Dual- and Single-Origin Enhancements from the Power 10 could be bought at earlier levels than Enhancements outside the set could. This disparity was first lessened by making non-Power 10 Enhancement types purchasable from Contacts, then eliminated in Issue 6 by doing away with the distinction and offering all Enhancement types for sale together.
    However, some contacts still only sell "Power 10" enhancements until a character gains enough reputation with that particular contact.
    http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Power_10

    "The more you know..."