Memphis_Bill
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I agree, I've wanted more craftable stuff in the game (even before hitting Aion.) Costume bits, base bits, whatever.
Given all the temp powers we *have* in the game, I can't imagine not crafting some of them - 10 shot rifle, for instance, a temporary "disguise" (no aggro unless you attack a specific group) - say, 15 minutes on that or single use. A crowbar to use instead of the baseball bat. A sword (no extra effect on anything, necessarily, but we do get one in croatoa.) -
So there I was...
It was a cool evening, cool enough to be considered chilly, even here. Yeah, I know, people scoff at that coming from someone living in Florida, but I was born and raised in Wisconsin. I know winter, and this wasn't a "oh, it's less than 70 degrees, break out the parkas" Florida chill.
Of course, I don't have to shovel, so I'm not complaining. Just saying it was comfortably cool outside.
Not that I was experiencing it at that moment, of course. No, I found myself inside, at work. Now, yeah, I work at home, and it was slow, so that's another thing people scoff at, but I was still at work. Fortunately my "work" system and my "play" system are close together, so boredom's not an issue.
I took a little stroll through my character lists, noting with some amusement the number of full servers - even those I've bought extra slots for. Giving Going Rogue's future release, I decided I'd probably need more slots sooner than later - but I didn't need to take care of that now. Besides, they'd need to be added to both accounts. I mentally went through who might change sides - surprisingly, not many characters, though a few might find the vigilante lifestyle more to their liking.
Then I saw her.
Cold eyes glared out from under a mane of red hair, the rest of her face hidden behind a mask. I'd given her a name, even had her as an integral part of a story, but on what for me was a hero-centric server, I'd never gotten her past 17.
Caitlyn.
After all that work on the backstory, I could almost imagine her glaring out accusingly, asking why I hadn't played her more, why she wasn't even high enough to have Stamina - or even SOs. Why not a cape? Why was she sitting, mostly alone, neglected on redside with all the blueside activity I have on Guardian?
I knew what I had to do. Logging in with that character, I went through the base - just a few common IOs, nothing special there. I didn't have much of anything stored there, either. The base would be fine - there are still a few characters, it wouldn't disappear, a few desperate holdouts keeping watch until we breathe life into our villainous plans there once more.
But Caitlyn... she had more ahead of her. Logging out, I came back. I hovered my mouse over her name. "Your digital existance is about to get a bit more exciting." I moved my cursor over...
With the power of a digital deity, I ripped her from the world she knew. No longer would there be a Caitlyn Haruspica in the version of the world known as Guardian and sent her constituent atoms... well, bits and bytes... flying between the servers. She arrived, seconds later, on Victory, being joined to the HBNS faster than you could say "Server downtime." Her new life of chaos, mayhem, RP and hand-me-down INF had just begun.
I could swear I heard a chuckle of mischevious glee as I logged off once more.
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Quote:At the time of your post, I was doing grocery shopping for the week and/or buying a set of shelves, so I know it wasn't me. :POriginally Posted by Catharctic
At the time of my post, who's laughing now, Bill?
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Quote:Um... You don't lose prestige, it belongs to your SG/VG. You won't have the *number* after your name saying you've earned X amount for them, but it isn't lost. UNLESS:Originally Posted by srmalloy
Note that doing this gets you your name change, but you'll have to rejoin any VG you belong to, losing all your accumulated prestige in the process. Possibly a small thing, but...
The only time a SG/VG loses prestige for a member leaving is if that takes them under 15 member characters in the group, as each member from 1-15 give a prestge "boost."
Or, of course, if you're the ONLY person in the VG, and it's a single character VG, the VG's gone when you leave. -
Quote:/this.Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn
Fulfill all of the needed salvage for a given recipe? No, I don't think that will fly.
Fulfill any one item of the corresponding rareness of the salvage? Maybe.
So, you'd have a white, yellow, and red universal salvage piece. The white could take the place of any one common salvage, the yellow could replace any one uncommon salvage, and the red could replace any one rare salvage piece in any recipe.
But they should never replace all of the ingredients.
There's something *somewhat* similar - I'm not going to say exactly, since I don't know the mechanics behind it - dealing with the Shivan shards and access codes (prototype element and access bypass salvage can replace *one,* each, of the needed pieces - IE, you can get two codes and an access bypass, but not just pick up three access bypasses for the nuke.)
However, if this suggestion is related to the market somehow, I'd (a) expect the drop to be rare-ish, and (b) expect it to not be cheap. -
Link to Positron's statement
Note everything's pretty much "at this time," and could change - but that's expected CYA statements.
Quote:After demoing the Ultra-mode at HeroCon, one of the most frequently asked questions we have been receiving is “what are the video cards you recommend to get the most out of Ultra-mode?” With the holiday season coming up, we asked the programmers in charge of implementing the features of Ultra-mode what they would recommend. We would like to forward this information on to you so you can better work on your holiday shopping lists.
If you are looking to spend under US$100, then an NVidia 9800 GT is your best bet. For AMD (ATI/Radeon), we don’t have enough of these cards at this price point to get you good data. This would be the minimum card for enabling all the features, only at reduced quality settings.
If you are looking to spend between $100 and $200, the Radeon HD 4890 and GeForce GTX 260 will do you well. We don’t have numbers from the Radeon 57xx series yet to verify if that is better or worse though. This would end up somewhere in the middle of Ultra-mode quality.
Finally if you are going to spend over $200, the GeForce GTX 285 is an excellent choice. We don’t have numbers from the Radeon 58xx series yet. This would be able to run Ultra-mode with the quality maxed out (except we have no data on Anti-aliasing, so caveat emptor when it comes to that specific feature).
Note: This is based on our current internal testing and might change by the time Going Rogue is released. Also, a video card is not the ONLY thing you should take into consideration. Your PC having a decent processor and memory will also enhance your performance. As we continue to test and get more information available we will update you. I hope this helps, and happy holidays! -
I'm everywhere. Primarily Pinnacle and Victory. My Infinity and Virtue VGs need prestige. >.>
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Quote:Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
Yeppers.
Also, I'm going to reiterate once more that a price cap of 1 million is laughably low. While a level 10 character isn't likely going to have 1M without being lucky, a marketeer, or having turned off XP for some time, a level 50 character can earn 1M by just running a radio mission or two.
Depending on your definition of "marketeer" -
1. Do tutorial.
2. Defeat a hellion or skull. One or two should do.
3. Place beginning inspirations on market.
4. Use money from them to buy cheap SOs. 1-2 to start is fine.
5. Cycle that money into more SOs to buy.
6. Sell to appropriate store.
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Quote:I'd like to note I do this anyway. Yes, I *give purples away to friends* - or at least ask if they could use it - before putting it on the market. And it's not from being rich, or anything close to it.Originally Posted by EmpireForgotten
Also to add. If some people are like me in anyway, if a 1mil price cap was put in our market, I would just not sell things there. I would probably just craft and store it myself or give it friends. The market would dry up much to quickly with a price cap
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Absolutely, positively NOT.
While I'm not one of those who has "only one character, and that's all I play" (someone who would be a lost - and angry - customer if this would be implemented,) I do pull out my 50s with some degree of regularity. I may not have thousands of hours on them, but I do play them. Having them forced into retirement would (a) make me not want to bother leveling anything else - why would I play and develop a character, not just in powers but RP, to have it taken away from me? - but (b) make me quit, absolutely, and warn everyone away from the game.
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Er... I believe the wikia link is the old, "slowly taken over by RMT spam" site.
Currently they're on the titan network - http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Servers -
Quote:Run out of town?Originally Posted by Soul Train
When I was on Vic it had a decent number of people.
Of course, then the HBSS got run out of town on a rail for being too risque'... figure we lost a quarter of the server pop right there.
I miss those folks, they were fun to team with.
*looks at 50s, looks at who I was teaming with and where last night*
The HBSS and HBNS (and, though less active, HBSqS) are still around. With the HBCS (chaos squad - "let someone else pick your AT/powersets") on another server. Things have calmed down a bit, but we're certainly still active there. Most of the artwork I've had done in the gallery - normally posted in the fanart section? The majority are HB's.
*snort* You mean the drowned rat... er, hamster. Which has about as much of an effect as, oh, blowing at a hurricaine, AFAIC. Hardly "chased off." Most of us have alts everywhere, and did before the HB groups.Quote:The group got a bit of a rep with the Victory Cabal, and was pretty much chased off the Victory Forum. Some players still are around, but most migrated to other servers. -
Quote:They didn't. In fact, it's using the SSK rules.Originally Posted by Soul Train
... that is, unless they changed this and I didn't notice. It's entirely possible, as after PvP got royally nerfed with the "diminishing returns" and travel suppression crap, I've not set foot in any of the PvP zones. So they could have removed the SK/EX mechanic entirely. *shrug*
Take your level 30+ mastermind into BB. You'll have access to all three tiers of pets.
Take your 35+ controller or dom into Siren's. You'll be able to summon your pets. -
Quote:Hover your mouse over that big square icon. It'll show live thumbnails of everything running.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
I found it on Vista, but for some reason I couldn't find it on 7. If it's there, it'll probably be in the same place.
And, yeah, the task bar is... Really odd. On XP, it shows me an icon with as much of the window title as the box can fit, but on 7, it seems to show me just a square with a huge icon, and I've no idea what I'm actually looking at.
How are they not grouping?Quote:Not only that, but I've not been able to get similar task bar buttons to group, casing me to basically tab through the options like an idiot.
You won't (by default) get a separate square icon for each instance running. Instead, look to the right of it - they'll look... for lack of a better term, "stacked." For instance, I have Steam running, with my friends list and two chats going. The icon looks like:
[*]]]
where Firefox (with only one instance) looks like the regular [*] square icon.
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Quote:I kind of doubt you'll need brackets. If it's a basic case, you'll end up screwing the drive in. If it's a case with trays/brackets/etc, *usually* they're already provided in the case (either in the hard drive slots, empty - my Sonata II is like this - or in some sort of "rack" or other storage system internally.) Crack the case and take a look at how the current HD is installed, and see if there are other, similar items around inside.Originally Posted by Finduilas
Speaking of which, I'm guessing that if I buy a 'bare bones' drive from NewEgg I'll also need installation brackets. Is there anything else I'll need?
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Quote:No NA-EU or EU-NA transfers.Originally Posted by cohRock
The patch screen says, "character transfers within one server list will be free until the end of January!". Is that just another way of saying you can't move characters between North American and European servers? Or does it mean you can only move characters from the list on one server?
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Quote:I'll also say you'll find out *just* how visible you are, without making some very tight build choices (finding a stealth IO, picking up the stealth pool, etc.)Originally Posted by ShadowsBetween
Here's a thought from a non-PVP player (me.) If Stalkers are so awesome in PVP, why don't you roll one up and PVP with it? I can pretty much guarantee you'll find out *all* the ways that Stalkers can be countered pretty quickly. Especially once you run into a player that has a clue how PVP works, like MacSkull or Memphis Bill.
Any time I took my Stalkers into any zone from Siren's on up - because I chose *not* to make those (being mostly a PVE build, I might at most have a stealth IO) it was easier to just assume I was plainly visible. Hell, being a Stalker, I assumed I had a target right on my forehead, with a neon sign above me saying "Kill me first, I'm squishy for a melee." -
Quote:Except, of course, the Enola Gay wasn't hidden. Its arrival (that of its flight of three, actually) wasn't a surprise. It was ignored. B-29s, in small flights, often made recon flights and weather flights. It might pick up an alert that maybe a raid was following, but it wasn't worth it to send someone up to attack given the fuel situation Japan faced (among other things.)Originally Posted by Kitsune9tails
Yes, but I was thinking something more along the lines of (with apologies to those who like myself had relatives in the war):
Japan, 1945
The phone of a commander of a military base in Hiroshima rings. The commander picks it up. "Moshi Moshi."
On the other end of the line, he hears a voice with an American accent say one word. "Incoming."
You get the idea.
Game-wise? "Hey, look, a mastermind running towards me. I'm just going to keep walking to get my badge, obviously they won't attack me" is more similar to what happened. Sure, your example hit *harder,* but it was still a choice to ignore a potential threat.
And TBH, done *that* way? I think we'd get nothing more than even more "PVPers are jerks" posts, as it comes off as... arrogant, barring pre-arranged RPvP or characters that otherwise "know" each other. -
Quote:Not meant that way. However, you did miss the point.Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan
That struck me as a bit patronising, Bill, tbh.
That first shot, getting in without being detected (in the stalker/veat/ILL controller/anyone with stealth case even more so) is vital. It's a big advantage. Giving that up isn't "sporting," it's suicide.
Also, there are PVE enemies running around. Why in the *world* would anyone need warning to put toggles on? They should have them on anyway! You're in a zone with patrolling enemies of various powers even *without* enemy players in it. Patrols don't give warning (usually. I'm talking the zone patrols here.) They're just as likely to attack/hold/etc. you after all - and some with nasty effects. Why should it be ... requested of a PVP enemy when it's not of the patrols (and ambushes, some of which have tricks no player does?)
TBH, even with a stalker, you've got to be facing a *darn* careful one not to get any warning - sound of build up, a weapon being drawn, etc. Hell, I suggest to people, if it's possible, to head for water if they think they're being hunted. Why? Because the only power that'll let you sneak up on them in that case is fly. SS will leave ripples. *Walk* will leave ripples. SJ will splash. TP, you should hear - and they'd better have hover or they're making a splash. Using a jetpack? You should be able to hear them. -
No. I can't stand Freedom. I'll play where I have fun, thanks. And crossposting is bad.
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I think "no."
If a Stalker is just relying on hide, a single small yellow inspiration means you can see them. Many ATs have enough built in +Perception in multiple sets to nullify that. And everybody has the option to take Tactics, or - alternately - team with someone with it.
You also have the option to do the *exact same thing.* Run a patrol in BB, get temporary stealth. Run it in SC, get invisibility that doesn't prevent you from attacking. Pick up Stealth. Get a stealth IO. Get an hour of stealth from an empowerment station. Have someone cast GI on you.
Plus... "Suddenly kill you in no seconds?" Sorry, but no - not even pre-I13. There's always time to move and react, avoiding that next strike, barring having about three or four of them surround you at once - and even then, depending on AT, you could well live. -
Quote:The scene: 1960. A pilot is preparing to take off from a base in England in an aircraft that looks far too fragile to be a military airplane, to fly high enough he can see the curvature of the earth, and hopefully avoid detection (and destruction) by the people he's flying over. He is a U-2 pilot.Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan
But maybe if you'd try to explain, some of 'us' might join 'you' in being PvPers. Do you want the PvP population to grow?
For example, I don't know why it's so onerous to make a quick macro or keybind that sends a tell to a target that says "Incoming". I imagine a PvPer moving round a PvP zone, spying a potential target, targeting them (You have to target in order to attack, right, unless you're like some kind of really specific non-targeted AoE-only fighter?) and then just hitting a button as they approach.
Why is that impractical?
As he approaches the Soviet border, he turns his radio on. Using the Russian he learned during training, he says "Hey, guys, American spy plane here. I'm at 80,000 feet," and proceeds to give them heading and flight plan information.
What do you think would happen to such a pilot? On the plus side, he wouldn't be seeing a court martial or charge of treason....
Not applicable? OK, how about this.
Stalingrad, late 1942. Vassili Zaitsev, Soviet sniper, hides and waits for a likely Nazi target to come by.
There! He sees his quarry - a German officer. He takes aim, then stands up and breaks cover to yell "Hey, you, I'm going to shoot you now, stand still!"
Instead of being seen as a war hero, even having movies (such as Enemy at the Gates) based on the stories around him, he's used for the next half century plus as a lesson on "How not to behave as a sniper."
Get what's being said?
That said, I mentioned earlier, I like the hunt. So, in my case, I'll watch what's going on. I'll watch things develop over several minutes, if need be, and weigh - well, multiple factors, not just "can I take them" into if I attack, ignore/avoid, or offer to help. -
Quote:Right. Because obviously the way to keep subscribers is to let them unknowingly play russian roulette with the characters they enjoy, SGs they've formed/joined and everything else involved. Let them get comfy, then nuke the servers.Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
I actually see it as an insidious attempt to cull certain server numbers and make us smile while it happens. The net result is there will be fewer servers when Going Rogue goes live which will give an artificial sense of population.
Yep. You've figured it out. The devs want to drive away as many subscribers as they can, making sure they're as pissed off as humanly possible when they leave. You, and you alone, have figured this out. The devs secretly want to destroy their own game. Obviously the tin foil hat helps you tune into their super-secret "How can we be unemployed this time next year" meetings.
You certainly deserve a something-of-the-year award. -
Quote:For me... "Any but Freedom." Though I'm mainly Pinn and Victory, finding Infinity is also heavily alted.Originally Posted by Ad Astra
I'm sorta with Westley - I have alts spread across 6 servers and I'm leaving it that way, maybe juggling them around a bit.
So which one is *my* server again? -
*transfers to Champion, out of spite.*