Memphis_Bill

/this.

Seems like overkill. And the original issue was going on longer (and ignored, apparently) in Guild Wars.

(FWIW, I supported something similar when I worked for Lockheed Martin - the SecurID. Number changed every few seconds, had to combine it with your own PIN. They would, occasionally, get out of sync, which made logging in *interesting* to say the least. Made sense there, doesn't really make sense to use here.)

/this, quite honestly. (And don't forget crabs and banes in there.)

However, the comment still holds true. The buff-everyone buttons take more END overall... so do you wait, since another minion may die, or do it now? And what else are you running that may drop?

/signed.

As I recall, the autoturret has more HP than most of my (even-conned) characters. (Blasters, controllers, defenders, doms, etc.) That's just ridiculous for a *pet.*

The only one to my knowledge that doesn't is the Warshade's extracted essence - and that's fine, because (a) it's on a timer (it despawns on its own,) and (b) it requires a defeated enemy to be spawned (before the enemy starts to despawn.) It requires a lot more just to bring it into existence. Every other pet and minion dies with you.

Hide will stack with:
- Anything from the Concealment pool, OR
- Any of the temporary stealths from the patrol missions

And in addition, you can add -
- A stealth IO
- An external stealth buff (Empowerment center, Ill controller, concealment pool.)
Yes. Please. I find it really annoying to need a similar "hidden" status for my Bane or Widow, and be seen by non-high-perception mobs before I get into range. (And I don't believe it stacks... at least not with the temp stealth powers. The IO/external buff should.)

See also:
"SSOCS" - aka Skills system. Which was chucked and replaced wholesale with Inventions... leaving the Universities sitting for quite some time with no purpose behind them.
Nictus EAT.
Avilans.

Well, I *did* say I was nitpicking And no, I didn't actually pay attention to where you were, which does make a big difference as far as a "common" availability.

(I say as I fit in a 1156-based mainboard to the case for the new system...)



I never ran Vista. The beta gave me enough of a ".0" (actually "not quite .0")feeling that I gave it a pass (on top of the "We've redone a lot of the core of the OS," and by the time the later service packs came around - well, I was running the Win7 beta and going "I am getting this the day it comes out" - something I don't think I've done ... well, ever with a MS OS, and an interest I haven't had since OS/2 a decade plus ago.

As far as compatibility here... the only thing I can point at as being unsupported is my HP PSC 1210v. It works fine (prints and scans,) but the HP software isn't available for it in 7... which doesn't bother me, since I never *used* it. Software wise, the only issue I've run into is Portal, which seems to be (given the month plus of back and forth with Steam support) specific to my system. (Ran once just fine, tried to run it a few hours later with no updates ... no go. It's weird. Did have it running reliably in a window finally. Half-life 2, L4D/L4D2 and other related games are just fine.)

o.O

You have an odd definition of high end, btw.
AMD:

(My current system, with a sub-$100 processor - Athlon x2 5600, 2.9 Ghz, supports it. That's not high end.)

Intel:
Intel's a mess of "yes" and "no," but you can see what does here.

The list runs down to Core 2 Duos, Pentium Ds and various Mobile processors. Also not "high end."

Also, linked from the same page -
(Because when I nitpick, yes, I nitpick.)

As for the rest, I can't help but wonder how old that machine and those devices are. And wonder just how soon they'll have to come up for replacement.

/this.

I did hear something about flashing in ATI and getting some patch, but... well, current rig has nVidia graphics in it. Pretty sure it's been mentioned on here in the last month - I'd search for ... wait, forum doesn't like 3 character searches again. >.<

Ask FatherXmas or je_saist, perhaps. Might know if it's relevant and if so what to get.

New zones, new content, "neutral" starting, letting people swap sides.... nah, nothing to offer there at *all.*

It was stated that if it's ready and it makes sense to do so, they could release Ultra mode separately. (Made a specific note on that in the wiki, too.) So if Ultra mode were ready, say, Feb 10th, and GR doesn't look like it's hitting 'til May 36th (dates obviously made up,) they could plop Ultra mode and a few tweaks into a patch and release it.

Which means this is no different than - say - Coolermaster 690 nVidia edition. Or the Silverstone TJ10B nVidia edition. Which was "Pay $30 more for green coloring and the nVidia name." (I think there was also a Cosmos 1000 like that.)

What does "Certified" really mean? It could mean nothing more than "Yes, the cards will mechanically fit, and we'll put our name on it and split the profits." In fact, I'd put money on it, if I were inclined to pay more money for the exact same thing.

Yes, the one je_saist linked mentioned Fermi. Why? Because it's the newest, upcoming card from nVidia. (Eventually.) And it's an nVidia branded... er, "certified" case. Read and compare the standard Element V's setup - it's the exact same, including the 200 and 230mm fans. Here, direct quote from the article:
(which mentions a "duct" after that - given the case already has a vent and spots for two 50mm vga cooling fans, I'd say "They made sure the plastic fits,")

And the Newegg listing:
There's just nothing actually screaming "This is made for Fermi's outrageous cooling needs" as opposed to "Branded to make more money."

/this, both of these. Yes, I *do* want more villain zones. Some other scenery other than "Fortified trash dump," with backstory to build content from.

Honestly, when GR goes live, I don't see myself ever seeing Mercy, Oakes, etc. again. Barring having to for, say, Coralax.

If you go in with this attitude, you're quite likely going to hate the character. You'll log on to it feeling it's something like a "worthless, unplayable" character. Something you, say, "told yourself you had to do." Doesn't matter what the set is.

No, Ice is not a high damage set. You're not going to kill groups of mobs between the time the scrapper starts running and the time he gets to the spawn point. Nobody's going to confuse your AOE hold with a blaster nuke. That's true of pretty much every controller set, though. You've got a different goal all together with controllers - namely, *control,* shutting down threats one way or another and, quite frankly, directing the fights (for lack of a better way of putting it.)

I'm a fan of Ice. I have more of them than is possibly healthy. Run the Ice/Cold. If the lack of damage bugs you still (and you don't want to play redside) ... once GR goes live, roll an Ice dom. There are a few changes in how you want to approach things, but you'll have your ice control and damage to go with it.

Just don't go into this with "It won't be soloable (it will be) and will need to be PLed (it won't.)" You don't need to cheer about it, but at least go into it neutrally, instead of expecting to be disappointed - which is how the opening post sounds.

(PS - I'm saying this from experience, as well... though in my case, irritation and disappointment from the first VEAT, a Widow, has led to levels upon levels of "I hate this character" on my Bane. Took a while to break out of and try to (finish) giving the character a fair shake.)

... Why would you think supergroup membership would be maintained past a certain point?

We know there's still going to be separation between the sides (the markets aren't being merged, for instance.) I'd be *extremely* surprised (and TBH a bit disappointed) if it wasn't some sort of auto-drop for non-Praetorian SGs. Alternately, a cross-faction "coalition" so that you're automatically put in to some other group might be arranged... somehow.

See, that's the thing. Just how much money are they making now with nothing in stock? The demand is there, or was - I have to wonder just how much they'll have lost (versus some from manufacturing) from people jumping ship to, or just seeing their only choice as, ATI in new systems, new games from the holidays, etc.

Not to mention the perception of "full on retreat." They're not (IIRC) making mainboard chipsets now, their video cards are nowhere to be found and the new ones are basically being pushed as "extra processing" as opposed to - well, gaming, workstation graphics and the like.