Memphis_Bill

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My only concern with this is that there are *already* so many missions out there where the author seems to have just thrown something "cool" in without regard to difficulty.

"Your mission's getting one starred because it's just impossible."
"But I didn't die when I tested it."
"Were you using Unkillable mode?"
"Well, yeah..."
"Hello, McFly!"

... should not be a conversation that needs to be had.

Not sure quite how to get around that, though, as on the other hand, checking for scripting and such would be very useful.

The *biggest* issue I have with this is the whole "The rest of that pool is not available." Just imagine the reaction to suddenly not being able to pick up Hasten, or Air Superiority, or Combat Jumping (immob protection and a place to stick a KB IO - sometimes the only place.)

Previous dev actions show that, if they do anything similar, they do want you to work for it. (IE, the 60 month reward, or Kheldians.) So from *that* point, I don't see it happening.

However, if they *did* do something similar, I'd see a rework with it being similar *to* Khelds - where other parts of the pool come in as an inherent or option later. (PBs get Combat Flight automatically - IE Hover - after a few levels, and can *pick* Group Fly.) Then again - they get barred from both the real pool (no Air Superiority for PBs) and the pool the "other" Epic gets (no Teleport pool of any sort for a PB.)

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For isntance, buff up pve toons a bit, one way could be making stamina less significant.

[/ QUOTE ] PvE characters do not need to be buffed(in general). The game is easy enough already.

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Try soloing with a ice/psy dom...no dmg at all. takes like 5 minutes to kill minions lol.

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Ice/Psy dom at 50. Sorry, no it doesn't unless you're utterly incompetent.

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and it is annoying that I ALWAYS have to get stamina.


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You don't.

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Addressing as many of the posts that have been made since I logged off today for work. To all of you saying "there are specifically x amount of people lft right now, try harder" I have been leading teams since I first started playing 17 or so months ago and I know how it works. Just because someone says "lft" in their status or w/e it doesnt mean they are lft just simply send tells and you will realize that only about 10% of those tells are returned which is complete BS. I always respond to every single tell i get, come on ppl! it takes 3 godamned seconds.Go ahead! Please keep posting numbers out of the air, this doesn't change the fact that it is substantially harder for me to find a team now than it was 4 or so months ago.

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Those, chuckles, were not "numbers out of the air." Those were live. I was *on freedom seeing who was available.* Didn't even mention, for example, the seven people who broadcast that THEY were LFT from the time it took me to SJ from the Arbiter to the BB entrance for the liason mission and back. *One* of those may have been too high for you, but they can also mal down.

Given the way your posts are going, I'm strongly inclined to think it's you.

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Copying the Freedom server's database?

Who plays on Freedom? Sheesh.

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There are many good players on Freedom, and they are as good as all four of the good players on your server.

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You know the biggest problem with saying that?

I play on *all* servers. Freedom's one of the least *common* for me, but I'm everywhere.

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Wait, everyone playing in every zone is bad?

What, you want nothing but AE farms?

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After sitting on my lvl 18 dom asking lft over and over then trying to form a team but there is either A. no one in the zone at the zone lvl or B. no one willing to team. So i ended up soloing and whaddya know, it is terribly painful...I'd say you have missed your target my friends. Quote me as saying "AE farms are terrible" in the original post.

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Really.

Hmm. Just logged onto freedom.

"Find member."

Levels 11-20.

Search: 118 matches. 37, not counting the two marked as not LFT, from 15-20.

One obviously LFT. Even marked that way.
Two specifically marked as not.

Bloody bay - one unhidden lvl 18 stalker. Comment - "LFT!!!"

So what are YOU doing wrong?

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BB and cap. Now 3 marked as specifically LFT. Another saying AE Blind Invites Welcome. Others specifically saying "Always LFT," despite beign marked otherwise. And that doesn't count those who are hidden - like the mastermind I'm doing this with.

You can't make a team, you either don't know how to search or arent' trying at all.

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Now up to six. Two would need SKing.

Try harder.

Wait, everyone playing in every zone is bad?

What, you want nothing but AE farms?

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That is a nice mug in pic 2. I want one!

But really, that looks awesome! ... what's in it?

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5-6 Royal Riviera Pears
5-6 Apples
Smoked Salmon
Mixed Nuts
Medium Cheddar Cheese
Honey Roasted Sesame Sticks
Rice Cracker Trail Mix
2 Jars Pepper and Onion Relish
Baklava
Chocolate Decadence Cake
Peanut Butter Pretzels
Caramel Moose Munch Confection
Lemon Shortbread Cookies
Lemon Slice Candies
Assorted Fruit Slice Gel Candies
Assorted Toffees

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All I saw on that list was Smoked Salmon. Now I'm hungry.

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.... Baklava. *sigh*

I have exactly one character (well, one half - one build has SJ, another doesn't) without a travel power. Without, I can move around somewhat quickly - but I find it a bit irksome. I do, however, still have my jet pack for getting over obstacles.

Needed, no, convenient as heck, yes.

Well, look at what Ultimate gives you.

Do you need to join a domain? (If your answer is "A what," say "no.")
Do you need bitlocker?
Ultimate Extras are, pretty much, a bust.
Do you need Remote Desktop connectivity?

Typically... Home Premium is fine. About the only feature I'd want that shows up on MS's checklist is a backup - and I tend to do that anyway.

(Personally, with MS saying "Yes, we believe we'll be getting Win7 out this year instead of 2010," my next system is getting built with that in mind.)

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Go to your coh folder. It is possible that your created arc has been saved there. If it is there CS can help you retrieve it. If its not there there is nothing they can do.

Before contacting them for help make sure it is there. I found they are more then willing to assist you. Not all mistakes are fatal. Good luck let us know if it was there, we might be able to help as well.

Yeah something similar happened to me, so I know its possible. You need that saved file and arc id#.

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It wasn't published. No ID #. They were, from what I'm reading, using ONLY the Autosave function. The local file was overwritten.

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Also, IIRC Positron was into Star Fleet Battles, and the largest of the Plasma Torpedoes was a Type-R (R for Romulan. Biggest of the big weapons.)

Wikipedia- Star Fleet Battles

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I used to play this. Stopped when Steve Jackson came out with Car Wars and played that instead. (And my all-time winningest character: Memphis Bill. And THAT ... is a true story.)

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LOL

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How about if you report the arc so they get banned ... It's what I do to arcs that don't work (ie old rikti comm officer maps)

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And why would you want the arc banned if, say, a map is removed because it's bugged? That is not a banning offense. That is a broken arc. Period.

Reason to not have them removed:
You can tell the person that "Hey, I tried to start your arc and it didn't work, might want to check it after this last patch."

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What do I do if I've filled up all my market slots with orders on SOs and none of them filled? I guess I just wait huh.. xD

Just asking because by the sounds of your posts Memphis you make it seem like I'm suppose to buy some out instantly :P

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Even though you PM'd me with final success, replying for the sake of anyone else...

If it doesn't fill within a minute, cancel and move on to the next group/level. You're scooping up the cheap ones. The only time you leave them sit is when you leave to sell the ones you get. And if one is bought, and there are more in that level (say, 33 Confuse) - see if you can get the others.

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I did try Memphis Bills' SO origin trick, but I guess I was disheartened when I went to the market because I went through quite a few enhancements but it seemed there were either none selling or the listed price was like 20-50k or more. I also went to look at the IOs and again the going price was usually 50-100k. Perhaps you can get them for stupid cheap if you're patient though..


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*Don't worry about the last prices listed.* That's not the "listing price."

If I put up an SO for 100 inf, and someone buys it for 20k, it's going to show 20k.

Generally, Damage and Accuracy are the hardest to get deals on - but try anyway, they sell for the most, too.

Set up your search like this:
Search term: Dragon
Filter: Natural
For Sale Only
Level 1-53

When you're done with all the "Dragon," change "Dragon" to "Back."

Again... don't worry about the prices *shown* - that's just how much the last few people have paid. Just bid 1500. Fill up. Run to the correct store (Natural, for these.) Run back, pick up any that have been bought in the meantime, cancel your outstanding bids, and pick up from where you left off.

Edit: Also, you can kind of get a feel for if you've got a chance or not for any individual SO - if there are 0 bidding and 3 for sale, you've got a better chance than, say, 8 bidding and 1 for sale.

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Let's try a simple experiment. You saw the post from Memphis Bill above? Try that. Tell us how it goes. If it doesn't work, tell us what went wrong. Maybe we can diagnose the problem. Head to WW. Find SO's. Pick one origin. I like Mutant, because the mutant store in Steel Canyon is so close to the WW. Higher levels are worth more, but that may not be worth fussing about. Just make sure you are getting SO's and not DO's, because the price difference is so big. Set the filter so you only see items for sale. Go through and put in bids for 1500 inf on everything until your market slots are full. Cancel any of those that didn't fill and put in more. Keep going until you have bid on every Mutation SO currently listed for sale. When you're done, if you don't have 10 of them bought yet, leave up as many bids as you can and log off. When you log back on, some of them will probably have filled. Sell 'em all. Profit.

If that doesn't work for you, I'd be curious to know what went wrong.

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And to make it easier -

All SOs have one of two key words in them per origin. Use that in your "search for" line.

For instance, Science uses "Bombardment" and "Exposure." Mutation is "Awakening" and... ok, I forget the other off the top of my head. Magic is "Grey" and "Joule." Having one of those (and then replacing it with the other) means you will not see a DO in there, period.

Congrats!

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Because the knife isn't yours, Bill. It's tampering with evidence and stealing.


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So have them just drop villainside. >.>

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Could have the one with the shortest remaining duration on top, counting down? That way you see when that one will end, then it cascades to the next shortest duration when the first runs out.

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... the problem with that, of course, being not knowing WHO (on a team with multiple buffers) has their buffs running out. >.> Other than, say, "I just applied that 10 seconds ago."

Of course, I think the OP is thinking more along the lines of self-buffs/tier9s like Elude as opposed to FF bubbles, FS and such.

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Well we have actual stores all over the city, why not just have them sell actual temp power props. If I want a throwing knife or an Uzi, I can go to the Natural store and get one no matter what my Origin is.

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/this. Or as recipes. I can't see why I wouldn't be able to pick up a knife from a gang member or the like.

Does that mean we now have Captain Type R and his R-button?

(And I'm curious as well, quite honestly. Upgraded my old system just before COV came out, and was very glad I did.)

Herostats.

Also, if the buff icons are taking too much space - are they from duplicates? Right click, pick "Numeric stacking."

Eh.

I know you have it set up above where you can adjust the frequency - but I can see far too many people learning about this and *not doing so* because their little phrase is "lulz kool." I already see that, fortunately rarely, with binds.

Personally, I'll keep my characters personality in my hands via RP. Putting in an in-game system, I think, would turn most "personalities" into simply "annoying." (Yes, I *do* see where you can "just ignore their banter" or "ignore the banter channel" - I think within a week it'd be shut off on all my characters second only to Depth of Field.)

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Simple he says. Probably... but why? Give a valid ingame use, and I will retract my snark publicly.

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What's a valid ingame use for /demorecord?

That said - I don't see it happening. The OP can do exactly what they want... via demo editing.

Keep them. Doesn't hurt to have alts.

If the SG's founder leaves, whoever's next in line gets it. If nobody's left in the SG, it disappears.