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The problem with group fly and support characters (or any character) is that, depending on powerset, it makes powers unusable. It's not an issue if it's YOUR character flying - you can just detoggle. Group fly, though, requires you to get out of the radius of the "bubble." When I'm trying to use - say - stalagmites, it interferes. Toggle it on while someone's trying to get an AS off, they're interrupted.
Group *hover* would make it worse, as - moving at hover speed - it takes *longer* to get out of the way.
Group Fly has its uses. It needs to have everyone move at the same fly speed, though. (Masterminds CAN get around this by just directing a pet they have on follow.) -
It's per-character. Given it takes salvage drops and such, I'm not sure why you'd think differently...
This altaholic is ignoring it on most of my characters, past the alpha slot. 21 50s, two others in spitting distance, and a chunk of others in the 40s... yeah. I'm not hopping on that hamster wheel. -
Quote:Here's my thing - I'm running with very experienced set of players, who run this content regularly (as do I) with fairly decent team sizes and high settings. (We work rather well together.) Between us, we've probably run this content hundreds of times. The universal reaction was "What the..."Originally Posted by Mekkanos
[*]As shown in this thread, some people simply don't notice it or actually love it. When people are in steamroller mode, something like this might not register and when it does, some people just view it as an interesting challenge. Considering the OP was on a smaller team (With what appears to be high enough difficulty settings to spawn bosses in normal spawns), it makes sense that it would be much more noticeable to them.[/LIST]
If one of us had seen it before, well, most of us should have, and if it was just one or two of us that didn't remember it, the others would have mentioned it - and it wouldn't have warranted a thread. Seeing a similar reaction of "Where did you get that spawn?!" from Evilgeko and a few others in here...
(If you're wondering about players, you may recognize them - Hex Girl - times two, as she was dual boxing, we're trying to get a pair of her characters to 50, her fiance, I *believe* we had Duck with us as well on these runs, myself and Valkyrierising - who tends to run RO teams, as well - plus another SG-mate. Not atypical, and certainly a group that should have run into this before.)
Hitting this once would have been noticable in a "that's odd" sort of way. Doing so in multiple missions? That's like getting a purple recipe drop in every spawn, attention-getting wise.
I'm not arguing that you (and others) haven't seen it before. I'm wondering now why our troupe *hasn't,* given how we normally run (either together or apart, at least one of us should have run into this before.)
Newspaper mission held over an issue change... yeah, I dread seeing what happens with those. Fortunately, if I see "BOSS_NAME" after an issue drop, we can change now. And I can avoid doing this again:Quote:Originally Posted by TurgenevClosest I got to that is when the Cyclone Elementals will take over the spawn in a random radio mission. Nothing makes you tinkle in your kilts at lvl 25 faster than seeing lvl 54 Elementals floating around a warehouse, talking like Freakshow.
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Quote:Few in the Dark Watcher's arc. Not *a* mission. The two I specifically recall are rescuing the nemesis defector (and can he *PLEASE* be made either non-suicidal or not as squishy?) and rescuing Dietrich and Sefu (well, finding seafood's body.)Originally Posted by EvilGeko
BILL!!!!
What mission was that? How many team members. My characters who need Unveiler will be your best friend if you tell me!
I'm still iffy about that. Like I've said, I've run this arc with fair sized teams (6 or so, which is what we had this time) and I've never seen it. The comments from my friends (who have also played COH for years, some since launch) reinforced that - they hadn't seen that either.Quote:Originally Posted by Smersh
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Quote:For anyone wondering if they can retrieve those keys:Originally Posted by Acemace
Tiny vent,
"Unique Account ID(s):
A unique identifier was sent to you in an e-mail titled "Game Account Activated" on the day that you originally activated your game account"
Yeah, SEVEN #$%&ing years ago, I looked it's not in my current email which means it was an old account, /more then one email account in nearly a decade....boggle/.
Same goes for "Serial codes/access keys:",
let me look for that game CD I bought in March 2004, ah there it is sitting right next to my keyboard...
is the response I got when I asked. I'm just going to grab the serials from the latest booster and try to keep them *somewhere* (not quite sure where yet,) so I'll have something I can show them if I ever need to.Quote:We will be unable to disclose the Serial Code for your game account for security reasons. The Serial Code was sent in an automated e-mail when you activated your account, and we are unable to resend this e-mail.
If you need to verify ownership of your account in the future, we we'll have to verify something else on the account if you are unable to provide the Serial Codes. -
Ran across this precise spawn in three missions in the RWZ tonight. (Four if I wanted to be picky - two people had the same mission, slightly different settings - one plus level, one even con. Showed up in both.)
Yes. Eight fake nemesis. Yes, that's one single spawn. (Plus a warhulk and another fake in the *next* spawn.)
Oh, you know that mission where you try to save the Nemesis defector? The very squishy little ranged aggro monkey? Yeah. That was one of them. Needless to say, that didn't go very well.
I don't think I've ever seen spawns of fakes like these. Two? Sure. Fake and Warhulk? No problem. A spawn full of fakes? You have no *idea* how fun that is.
First time we saw it - team wipe. Didn't help that they bubbled each other.
Second time - the escort mission - we planned on my brute taunting and running to let the others get past. Yeah. Didn't work. NPC decided he wanted to solo the spawn.
Third time wasn't bad - two brutes, a dom and defenders make it a bit easier to separate them (especially when you have room to move.) It was actually rather nice working out a plan of attack that *worked* (and quickly) against them. Still, this is an odd spawn, especially to see several times over (and we've run these missions many times, half to full team, and haven't seen this before.)
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I wouldn't call Alkaloid "crap." It should, however, either be faster, cost less END or heal more. Or some combination of the above.
See cottage rule re: "replace a power."
And yes, /poison's poison trap does indeed suck. On the one hand, I'm happy to have a skippable power. On the other, I'd like to have it *work.* -
Quote:*points down to guide links, "EAT at WW's" *Originally Posted by Canine
There's already sort of a space in the CoH story for Egyptian, since IIRC the once or twice mentioned but never expanded upon 'Blood of the Black Stream' were of Egyptian origin.
That all assumes I'm recalling things I read on the boards years ago correctly. -
Quote:Except, of course, to those who collect them. (No, I'm not one of them.)Originally Posted by The_Coming_Storm
Non-accolade badges mean NOTHING bill.
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Quote:Very specific.Originally Posted by firespray
Very much agreed. Praetoria is pretty cool, but it's becoming like a song you like that gets overplayed on the radio. Yeah, it's a good song, but if I have to hear it again I'm going to puncture my eardrums with fondue forks.
What I'm disappointed with is that quite a bit seems to be ignored. It looks like The Coming Storm was retconned into being "The Well empowers Evil Marcus Cole #908374923874 to invade Earth, finds out Ouroboros is involved and invades there as well."Quote:And I'm a bit disappointed that either 1. The coming storm is being pushed back even further or 2. It's just the praetorian invasion. I was expecting something more interesting to be honest.
What's being ignored?
- The shivans being scouts. They seem to have no tie in to the well at all.
- Twilight's Son. If I'm remembering correctly, part of TCS ended up using Kheldians to power starships... aside from the ridiculousness of this from a purely rational standpoint (and the size of, oh, the universe,) it has never had any tie to the well, Incarnates, etc... but ties into an extraterrestrial/extragalactic threat like the Shivans.
- Mender Silos comes from how far in the future... and what does this have to do with him being Nemesis, among other things? It's even mentioned in Ramiel's Q&A selections, so you *know* the writers are aware of the connection.
... frankly, it seems like a continuation of one of the things I don't like about VEATs, namely how it seems that the writing being given such short shrift these days. -
Don't give him any ideas.
As it is, badge-wise the only thing that counts is the monster construction, *not* the Paladin(s.) -
Quote:If I don't like a movie, it's done (usually) in 90 minutes. I don't go into work the next day and have to work on the same movie, eat the movie-related food at the movie-related cafeteria, drive the car shown in the movie, etc. until the movie's finally gone from the theater.Originally Posted by VoodooGirl
For those of you who are "tired" of Praetoria - I would hate to be in a movie theater with you when the plot of the film doesn't go in the direction you want it.
I agree we're getting oversaturated with Praetoria, and the whole "Cole Takes Over the Multiverse because the Well is Nuts!" bit came out of nowhere. It's a jarring interruption to the rest of the story - especially when we already HAVE a multi-dimensional threat of god-levels of power that hasn't been touched in years (and has a far more interesting setting.) And which certainly seems to have ignored the whole "Shivans are scouts for the coming storm" angle so far. -
First character was my forum namesake, a Fire/SS Tank, back in Issue 3.
He got sidelined for a while (and was on the verge of deletion at one point thanks to getting caught between two sorcerers - didn't have Burn until after it was nerfed, and then only had it on test) while my .. fourth? character, an elec/elec Blaster, played and RP'd up to 50.
Kept him around, got him to 50 a while later, glad I never deleted him.
Now? 276 alts according to CIT. Have vs Play... I have some of everything. I play a fair number of Controllers, Doms and, yes, tanks, now that I've done the "One of every AT to 50" bit. Working on "One of each powerset" now - if I just count "finished" (32/38,) I've nearly finished Control sets (need to get Elec up) and Masterminds (not hard to do.) -
Peacebringers rock.
As for gimped:
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.92
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Gimped: Level 50 Natural Controller
Primary Power Set: Illusion Control
Secondary Power Set: Sonic Resonance
Power Pool: Concealment
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Presence
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Primal Forces Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Blind -- Sleep(A), Sleep(39), Sleep(39)
Level 1: Sonic Siphon -- EndRdx(A), EndRdx(39), EndRdx(40)
Level 2: Sonic Barrier -- Range(A), Range(3), Range(3), EndRdx(34)
Level 4: Sonic Haven -- Range(A), Range(5), Range(5), EndRdx(37)
Level 6: Stealth -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(7), RechRdx(7), EndRdx(40), EndRdx(40)
Level 8: Superior Invisibility -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(9), RechRdx(9), EndRdx(46)
Level 10: Sonic Cage -- EndRdx(A), EndRdx(11), EndRdx(11), RechRdx(46)
Level 12: Group Invisibility -- EndRdx(A), EndRdx(13), EndRdx(13)
Level 14: Grant Invisibility -- EndRdx(A), EndRdx(15), EndRdx(15), Range(43)
Level 16: Invisibility -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(17), RechRdx(17)
Level 18: Jump Kick -- KBDist(A), EndRdx(19), EndRdx(19)
Level 20: Provoke -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(21), RechRdx(21)
Level 22: Challenge -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(23), RechRdx(23)
Level 24: Phase Shift -- EndRdx(A), EndRdx(25), EndRdx(25)
Level 26: Intimidate -- EndRdx(A), EndRdx(27), EndRdx(27)
Level 28: Sonic Repulsion -- KBDist(A), KBDist(29), KBDist(29)
Level 30: Invoke Panic -- EndRdx(A), EndRdx(31), EndRdx(31), RechRdx(31)
Level 32: Flurry -- EndRdx(A), EndRdx(33), EndRdx(33), Dsrnt(33), Dsrnt(34), Dsrnt(34)
Level 35: Clarity -- EndRdx(A), EndRdx(36), EndRdx(36), RechRdx(36), RechRdx(37), RechRdx(37)
Level 38: Hasten -- Empty(A)
Level 41: Whirlwind -- KBDist(A), KBDist(42), KBDist(42), EndRdx(42), EndRdx(43), EndRdx(43)
Level 44: Combat Jumping -- Jump(A), Jump(45), Jump(45), EndRdx(45), EndRdx(46)
Level 47: Conserve Power -- RechRdx(A), EndRdx(48), EndRdx(48), EndRdx(48)
Level 49: Temp Invulnerability -- EndRdx(A), EndRdx(50), EndRdx(50), RechRdx(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Containment
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Swift -- Flight(A)
Level 2: Health -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
... of course, you could also leave all the slots empty, too. -
What the "omg content police waah they's evil!" group doesn't get is that a copyright holder *must* enforce their copyright or risk losing it. Which means if they get word that, say, a group is making X-men clones in COH, they've got to hold PS/NC responsible. Not the players.
Thus, most well known names are unavailable - not taken, just not available. And GMs do go around, when called or just when they see something, and generic names and costumes. It's that or, yes, lawsuits. Whether you like it or not, that's the way of things.
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Nope. I find it annoying at times (as mentioned, oh, two weeks ago when my little lvl 17 controller was trying to deal with rikti raids and, quite literally, at least 85% of the server was on 50s doing TFs with the others in missions or scattered) but I'm generally just ignoring the mess and doing what I want to do.
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Quote:FIrst, re: "easy mode path" - you know what they say about assuming...Originally Posted by EvilGeko
This kinda gets to the whole point of Incarnates. You and Sam are not achievers (in the MMO sense, you might be in RL), so the point of the Incarnate content is lost on you.
But the point is simple. The acquisition of ever more power. Of course, it's circular because you need better enemies to avoid things getting stale. But who cares. Fighting bigger and badder stuff to earn more and more power is A-OK with me.
I have never been against a solo path, but I have been against an easy-mode path. That's just the achiever in me. It's never been personal.
Second, you *can't* get "ever more power." There has to be a limit. Some of which we're seeing in that the various buffs won't work outside fo the specific content.
And third, *Going after Ruularu, you're fighting an insane god in his own mind.* Seems perfectly appropriate for god-level power as well as, as you put it, "fighting bigger and badder stuff to earn more power." But that, to me, is a *REAL* reason, as opposed to the ridiculous raid-hamster-wheel we're seeing. If all I wanted was "More for the sake of having more," I'd save $30/mo on COH and play this instead. -
Works nicely so far. Thanks!
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Quote:/this.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Sadly, this is where I am. Once I was finally able to comprehend that the only place these Incarnate powers were going to use was more TFs and more Trials and more Raids, I lost interest in having them
I want a reason to use them outside of raid for gear to raid for gear to raid for gear.....
Nothing against Geko's idea (surprisingly,) but to me it's pointless without a *reason* to use them. (Which is why I suggest letting us solo/small team folks start directing this new power against Ruularu. Which also helps the lack of attention, updates, or *anything to do* in the Shard.) -
Quote:/this.Originally Posted by Lothic
Claiming "a movie sucks compared to the book it came from" is hardly a valid way to damn any movie. Can you actually name me ANY movie that was "more in-depth" than the book it came from?
And if you wanted to lose depth, they'd have to make Neuromancer (which, if it were done today, would likely gloss over the decidedly out of date references in the book - like the sky the color static or the line of pay phones ringing as they're walked past. And lose bits in the process. Much like no Dune movie has had Paul's mother ask him, after the duel in the sietch and his feeling victorious, how it feels to be a murderer.) -
Quote:Side note - markets are not server or side specific.Originally Posted by Zenyth
2) Im lacking most of the kinetic combat, they got 'spensive on Virtue
Go play tip missions. Turn in your A-merits. Pick what you need. Alternately, use reward merits. -
Also, take something other than teleport. Which has "You no longer exist" as suppression kicking in if someone so much as breathes in the same time zone as you.
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Quote:Oh, I don't know, they've added base item vet rewards and... um... new badges to get teleporters in some new zones... Oh, and the cost reduction...Originally Posted by Oldeb
Oh, don't worry. The bleak reality that bases have actually been abandoned will soon send you into the numb, mildly depressed feeling that the rest of us share.
Since their introduction in Issue 6 (Back in 2005!), only once has there been a change to bases. And that change was made entirely due to the PvP changes in Issue 13.
Outside of those two events the only acknowledgement that the game even has bases has been to grant a prestige bonus, which they've done all of twice in six years.
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Quote:Hey, it's my reaction to Illusion Controllers as well. (Yes, I have played/am currently trying to deal with them. Highest is 42 or so. Cannot STAND them. Despise the set.)Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
Ze boo et le hiss! -
Quote:Yep. It's all getting tied in with Marcus Cole and the Amazing Insane Dancing Well.Originally Posted by Mr_Squid
There's probably a very good gameplay reason the Lore slot uses Praetorian enemies and not customizable pets
Delay it? I'm ignoring it either way, so they can do whatever they want.
Probably the best argument FOR a delay I've ever heard. Illusion doms... ugh.Quote:Originally Posted by EvilGekoSince LORE pets are a power that means the powers team is wrapped up redoing LORE and not giving me Illusion Dominators.