Memphis_Bill
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Not if you don't want them to be. *shrug* I play the game to play a character, not go after shiny #13275. If I happen to *get* said shiny, great.
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Quote:Unless they're hit with a bug that's been around for a bit - they don't auto-dismiss. And you can't order them to dismiss, either. I tend to have to zone a few times (in/out of the mission,) eventually I can dismiss and resummon some pets that will follow me.Originally Posted by Smurch
Having current minions wouldn't prevent you from summoning new ones. It would auto-dismiss the new ones and resummon.
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I'm sorry, I can't agree to this in any way, shape or form. Primarily because I've agreed with EG a few times in the past, and we're at a critical moment where if I agree again without letting some of those prior agreements decay, the results could threaten all of spacetime. Tears would appear in the very fabric of reality. Misfile would be a *minor* issue in the overall scheme of things. Arcanaville would have no interest or ability in math, instead becoming a professional cheese-clothing designer. Salsa everywhere would be threatened. Reality as we know it would be twisted into Origami cranes.
You see the burden I bear. So, I must put aside any actual personal opinion on it, make the sacrifice and vehemently disagree with this.
It's for your own good.
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Which are missing? And this should, I'd think, be more of a "tech issue/bug."
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Quote:A few things:Originally Posted by GGG247
I've played CoH enough to know that I needed to go to the Shadow Shard to buy a jetpack, but new players wouldn't know this. Also, that run through Talos, then through Peregrine, to get to the SS is tough for a level 20 character!
First, you can get jetpack recipes at Wentworths for... what, pocket lint? And that market is, of course, merged - so you can snag one at any time from within Praetoria.
Second, the jetpack vendors in GV and the Shard are there for a reason - they're two zones that *really* cause problems for people without much vertical movement ability. They weren't put there for "lowbie jetpack sales." They won't be moved.
And third, of course - I have to agree that you not taking a travel power is your choice. *shrug* -
Quote:Heh. I wish. My only contribution were character shots and money.Originally Posted by WildClaw
I like the art style of that pic, Memphis_Bill. I have a fondness for the painted look. Did you do that?
The artist (and a link to another piece I had from him, with an aion character.) -
Quote:Teeth?Originally Posted by Chaos Creator
Nice Bill. Can't say I'm a fan of the teeth though.
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Quote:4ndp30pl3c0mpl4n3dwh3n1wr0t3l1k3th1s.Originally Posted by Jbot
Forget clockwork.
What on Ear-Praetoria are RESISTANCE saying!? -
See the signature - use the wiki for questions of this sort. It's really helpful - I've got several pages bookmarked (ATs to browse powersets, etc.)
Edit: Specific relevant link here.
Completely irrelevant artwork here:
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Yeah, if you don't want to burn your freespec (or a vetspec,) use your dual build - head to any trainer, pick "Choose your current build," you'll be leveling from levl 1 to your current level just like you hadn't trained them in (power, slot, power, slot, power, slot slot, etc.)
Note this is irritating if you're doing a dual build on a VEAT over 24, as you get to 23 and get kicked right back to 1 with the branches open. -
Yep.
And I can't stand One Piece. Five minutes of the animation style they use makes me want to claw my eyes out. -
Quote:Go play it. Pay attention to what the powers really do. Because, quite frankly, it sounds as though you have exactly *zero* experience with the set. Pretty much the entire set, barring IR (save yourself a travel power - though even that helps reduce drift/sliding, as I recall) has secondary effects that can be extremely useful.Originally Posted by Mijinion
and if kinetics is so godly someone PLEASE explain it to me cause i must have not gotten the invite to the kinetics 101 kinetics is greatness seminar
i just said it wasnt really all that great because of how some of the effects work or dont work
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Two words. "Dual builds."
Run one for teaming, with a little more emphasis on shields/clarity/etc. If you want to dip into leadership or whatnot, go in here, too - you'll have fewer attacks and such, but more team utility.
Set up the other one with more emphasis on your attacks and solo utility. You'll have some space in your solo build choices (not as much as, say, Thermal, where a solo build can skip almost all of the secondary) for the times teaming's a bit slow or you just want to kill some time on your own. -
Quote:/this.Originally Posted by Fulmens
Let this be a moral lesson, kids: don't get locked into one server.
Grab some friends from your main server, run a little alt SG/VG on another server. Email yourself a nest egg. Play them once a week, once every two weeks, whatever, even for an hour at a time. They'll level, you'll get a base started you can do new and interesting things with, and when your main server's having problems you're not stuck.
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Quote:He is, and is. Though I don't believe he's touched COHLCD for quite some time, and didn't seem to have any plans to update it last I'd heard.Originally Posted by Local_Man
I think Duck L'orange is back in the game after being gone for a while. I also think he was the author of CoHLCD.
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You really need to learn about Kinetics, OP. That's all I can say. Transfusion, for instance, IS a single target "attack" - the heal it fires off affects your allies in an area around the target.
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If by "having their pets modified" you mean controller/dom pets, those are separate from the vet pets. The non combat pets only come in a single variety each. The buff pets come in two varieties - typically some variation of red and blue. They can't independently be recolored.
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Quote:Eh. I'd have to move somewhere that'd be useful and fun. >.> Here, I'd get to... threateningly watch neighbors mow the defunct golf course.Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
When I wrote this, the power level I was thinking was "Daredevil/Batman", wherein you're mortal, but somehow police forget that they have the ability to track you down.
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It depends, in part, on the powers. If all I can do is make sparkly lights and magically give people the perfect hair for their outfit, it's not going to do me a lot of good to fight crime.
Now, if we're talking "I am a god," (or at least significantly powerful/superman-ish enough) where I don't particularly have to worry about being arrested (because, unless I turn myself in, who's going to be able to hold me?) then by definition I'd be a vigilante. Keep myself to a moral code, yeah, but what I'd be doing would by definition be outside the law... nationally and internationally, as there's no way I'd be staying inside borders if I could move quickly enough.
Of course, depending on who's doing the labeling, I'm sure I'd be called a villain at times, too. All depending on point of view. -
Quote:Yes, full bar and all. Otherwise they're on their own tab.Originally Posted by SpittingTrashcan
Don't detectives and brokers only move into Active Contacts when they're offering a Safeguard or Mayhem?
And /unsigned to moving the paper/radio there. It's nice and convenient as is. -
Quote:By the time they finished doing everything they'd need to to Illusion to have it work for a Mastermind, it wouldn't be Illusion. Which isn't a bad thing in my book, TBH, but still. (And no, I don't want Ill doms. Love doms, hate Illusion.)Originally Posted by Hy-Beams
Everyone talks about proliferating Illusion to Doms but it seems to me, with very little modification it could work as a Mastermind primary. Expand on the pets to make them more well rounded and make adjustments on the attacks. I think it could work and be more interesting than just a port over to Doms. Good idea?
Looking at MM sets, we have:
3 pet tiers
2 upgrades
2 Single Target, 1 AOE/Cone attack (generally)
1 "other" power of some sort
Looking at Illusion, we have:
1 invulnerable, temporary set of pets
1 placeable AOE fear "pet"
1 normal pet
2 invisibilities
2 ST controls
1 PBAOE control
1 ST attack
On top of it, most of this does "illusory" damage if it does damage at all, which means the enemy heals back part of the damage.
Things that would come over mostly unchanged:
Phantasm. Not sure if they'd let it keep the decoy or not - given it doesn't do damage, and it's thematic, sure. Some of the Controller's control would probably be ported over to it, putting it more in line with, say, the Oni.
Spectral Wounds. Straight up attack.
Questionable:
Possibly keeping Spectral Terror as the "Utility" power. Likely with modification. It's not (IMHO) as good as Gang War or Soul Extraction, and you'd probably get some argument one way or the other comparing it with Serum or Smoke Flash. I'd guess they'd modify it somehow, possibly to keep it mobile and increase the recharge. (Straight control... I'd call unlikely.) Runner up: invisibility. (Rank, to me: useless.)
Rework guaranteed: PA.
They're not keeping that invulnerability, obviously, plus they need an upgrade path. By the time they'd finish working on it, you probably wouldn't recognize it as PA.
Needed:
Two more attacks. Yeah, "nobody takes them" - unless they prove useful and/or otherwise interesting, such as the Thugs pistols (pre-DP) or the DS whip.
A tier 2 pet set. The Tier1s, if they keep PA like PA, are going to be a mix of range and melee already (so keeping them alive... sounds like it'd be three arsonists.) The Tier2 would probably be leaning more heavily towards buffing (more like ProBots as opposed to Jounin.)
Upgrade paths.
Like I said, by the time they finished, it wouldn't be Illusion. (Though it might be more interesting to me than Ill is, TBH.) -
Not sure how it'll make Steam react - I run COH through steam, but owned it before Steam existed. Still added it to the launcher.
They should have provided a CD key. Tell Steam not to download, go to plaync.com, create the account and plug in the CD key. You should be able to download the launcher from there, as well. Just add it to the Steam launcher when it's done. (I have it bypassing the updater in mine - using "D:\Games\City of Heroes\cityofheroes.exe" -project coh as the link, so I do have to manually update. -
Quote:Not from the way you worded it. Let's see:Originally Posted by Jiblets
I wasn't looking for your specific approval, Bill, just tossing out an idea, and yes expecting feed-back and objections.
Sounds like you're *immediately* dismissing some of the obvious issues with it while simultaneously insulting those who would bring up those issues. If you wanted to say "I had this idea, wanted to put it out there before I forgot it, I'll come back to clarify since I know there are some issues to address" - well, you could have said *exactly* that.Quote:I'm sure there will be objections by the instinctive nay-sayers, such as travel powers, costume customization and other incompatibilities, but I really think it's doable.
Note the difference in tone between what you said and that example. One is open for discussion. One is "Yeah, if you don't like it, F off." (Hint, your OP is not in the first category.)
Oh, look, more dismissal. There's no need for a "master's thesis." Some of the better ideas on this board have been very simply presented - from "I see this as an issue, how about this," or "This could be fun, how about your suggestions."Quote:Perhaps I should have waited til I had the clarity to compose a master's thesis.
VEAT and costume creator - you still have four slots with all the parts, free and paid, you can put together in myriad ways. I know. I've done it, with 170-odd existing characters and many deleted ones.Quote:The Costume creator is not something I ignore - It's one of the reasons I've stuck with the game since issue 7. My love for its versatility is second to no-one's, however, this game also grants one another option: The choice to create many, many toons. You are free to make a VEAT or not, and with all the other choices you have, you can go hog-wild with the Costume Creator.
Tarantula "costume" - completely different body style, with, let's see... zero parts or patterns fitting.
Oh, wait:
That's right, you dismiss that out of hand.Quote:I'm sure there will be objections by the instinctive nay-sayers, such as travel powers, costume customization and other incompatibilities, but I really think it's doable.
In the dev digest and dev interviews, you may have noticed they're not done with power customization yet.Quote:In the Costume Creator, you will have noticed that certain power sets allow little to no significant customization.
Though, of course, you still have four (five, with a little tinkering) extra costume slots that can use the full range of parts and patterns released with no problems.Quote:The VEATs primary costume is not something that can be customized with the granularity of a normal costume slot, and those of us who choose to make a VEAT have to reconcile ourselves with it.
Which is (a) completely irrelevant to the discussion, and (b) complete and utter BS. I've made VEATs. Bane at 50, Widow at 50, others at various levels to give them as much a chance as I could. I do not like them. That does not mean I'm "missing out," bub, any more than I'm missing out on the "joy" of having various areas of my anatomy pierced, every inch of skin tattooed, or the thrill of having liver and fried grasshopper every meal of every day. It's called personal preference. I do not like them, I do not like the playstyle, and the storylines - the reason for epic ATs being called epic ATs - are utter crap, some of the most disappointing "arcs" since game release.Quote:The toons seem to be worth it, and are happily embraced by any team that recognizes what a VEAT can bring to the table. Sorry to hear you're missing out, Bub. -
Suggestion: If you just want "oh yay that's wonderful" and nobody to bring up the actual problems with it, use a blog. If you want to ignore the actual problems with it - because like it or not, the costume creator is a big draw for this game, for instance - don't expect to be taken seriously.
Oh, and there's not universal agreement on VEATs. I find them boring with an utter crap storyline. That's not an "error." -
Yeah, good chunk on Eyefinity... >.>
I'm not even running duals (all the time.)