Memphis_Bill

/this.

Only complaint I've had at all with newegg comes from ordering... a battery. Where shipping cost more than the part. Of course, the total was still under $10. (I know, why didn't I get it locally - vehicle issues.)

I'd wager the dev team is a *little* preoccupied with a tiny thing called "Going Rogue."

That said, I *do* wish they'd - well, retire Snaptooth, frankly.

I'd rather play with a 10 year old who was behaving themselves than an immature 40 year old who felt being a loud jerk, swearing constantly and making "questionable" names was entertaining.

Since I have to support people, I'll give you the example I generally use to clear up "But I have 500 Gb of RAM!"

Picture someone at a desk, with filing cabinets to the side. The desk is the working space, the filing cabinets are storage. If you have a small desk, you can't really have a lot out to work on at once - it doesn't matter how much you have in the filing cabinets, you can only have a few documents out before they start crowding over each other, falling off the sides, blowing off with the fan and the like. If you need to work on more stuff, you would look into a bigger desk.

For your PC, the desk is your RAM, the filing cabinets are your hard drive. More RAM (to a point) gives you more room to work on more stuff at once, or work on bigger projects (larger programs, like your 2 Gb minimum example) without having to shuffle stuff back to the filing cabinets.

RAM is working space. And a 32 bit OS can see up to (roughly) 3 1/4 to 3 1/2 Gb RAM. Coming to the other quote below...

Windows 7 comes in both 32 and 64 bit flavors in most versions (edit: Starter, which you can't get retail anyway, doesn't come in 64 bit, every other edition has it available.) Usually - barring Student editions and, potentially, OEM editions - you'll get an option for which to install in the same package. Windows 7 home basic (again, not available retail) caps out at 8 Gb, home premium is restricted to 16 Gb RAM. Pro and above cap out at 192 Gb. Which is actually a higher cap than any version of Windows other than Server 2003 and 2008, and the only versions of *those* that are higher are Enterprise and Datacenter, which cap out at 2 Tb.

Those caps, of course, are 64 bit editions only. 32 bit - essentially consider yourself limited to 3 Gb.

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If the Khelds don't get APPs heroside, why would they get any villainside?

Have to nitpick here -

At level 6, we open up power pools. Many people use it to open up their travel power pools - and while two do have an attack option (Jump Kick and Air Superiority,) they also have other powers available to take which seem to be reasonably popular (hover/CJ.) So, they actually *wouldn't* be losing an attack at that point.

Unless you're assuming the OP (with mentioning level 5) would want it at level 4.

You have a character named - well, we'll use your DAN. Say you're on Guardian. There can be no other DAN on Guardian. There can be DAN 1, DANGER DAN, SuperDAN, but no other just-plain-DAN.

Someone else, however, can snag DAN on Virtue. Another person can get DAN on Infinity, etc.

Now, if you decide "Hey, I want to move from Guardian to Infinity," the other DAN was there first. You'll be DAN1 (I believe,) as well as be given a free rename token.

While you're gone, someone else can come onto Guardian and make DAN - so if you decide "the heck with that, I'm moving back," well... you're out of luck if someone else took the name on your original server while you were gone.

As I'm recalling, the Athlon II series is the Phenom II series minus L3 (?) cache... yep, here, from anandtech:


I *also* want to say you can find a quad core - not that it'll help COH - in that series for under $100, but that's going from memory. Depending on what else you want to do - well, make sure the mainboard can be upgraded. While my current (nearly complete!) build is an Intel machine, I'm also throwing more money at it over time getting it built - and AMD's good at keeping the same socket around for a while, so I"d keep an eye on being able to upgrade in the future. (It is, in point of fact, the reason I went with AMD for the current build - started with an Athlon 64 x2 4000, bumped up to a 2.9 Ghz 5600, and the MB supported up to the first generatio Phenoms (and has some Athlon IIs listed, tri-core too.)

... and villainside they don't really have a *choice.* They're out of stuff to do in Mercy, and to do anything in Oakes they need to visit Mikey or Drea, get the newspaper, and run a mayhem... giving them the jetpack. (Barring, of course, sitting in AE all the time - in which case, why do you need a travel power again?)

Two words: "Dual build."

I have Empaths (and Thermals, and more) that you'll see playing with no shields, only powers that affect me, etc - and then a day later, on a team, with less offense traded for more support powers.

Instead of all the above ("Why take emp if you're not planning on using it?" Well, I am,) instead of telling someone their build is "wrong," try this instead:

"Solo build? You might want to look into a dual build, just so you have a little more support for the team. Yeah, you give up some offense/concept/etc, but the rest of the team can cover the gaps. Then when you're done teaming, just switch back over - you can do it at any trainer."

Depending on the tank, no, taunt *isn't* needed. Some powersets can use it more than others (Willpower, for instance, is notorious for a weak taunt aura,) but overall, it's a tool, and if the tank can hold aggro (that's the key there,) don't sweat it.

And Forbin?

Just say "No," if you don't want to go to dual builds. If they persist, /ignore. You don't have to "teach them a lesson," wasting everyone's time, in that case.

Well, on the one hand it's 'how easy it is to make,' and on the other, 'what all there is to spend it on." INF still, honestly, doesn't play a big role in this game. Yes, I know, Wentworths/BM, etc. but there's nothing there that prevents you from progressing on a character if you lack it.

There's no "gear," really. You don't have to buy powers. You don't have to pay to travel anywhere, you don't have to pay to upgrade powers (yes, you can buy SOs, they also drop,and really are pretty cheap,) you don't have to pay to advance "tiers" of anything - I'm surprised, quite frankly, that they still bother with this game. RMTs are a pretty low-visibility group here.

Fix't.

And now, for Haggis.

So he can take that extreme, drop what he doesn't want to push it closer to "regular stalker" and find whatever balance he wants.

I did say I threw that together for the hell of it, and that it probably wouldn't be fun to play.

I have characters on every server, on two accounts. I have multiple servers that have all free slots filled up, as well as several paid slots. Those that aren't, I can't think of any that have fewer than five (thus, an open slot.) I know many, *many* people in the same situation.

Your idea = multiple lost subscriptions. Especially (a) after increasing slots with CoV, and (b) implementing paid-for extra slots.