Mister_Wonder

Base Repricing
1) How will the repricing of bases affect you personally?

I think the repricing is great. It could lead to a great base after I dismatle and rebuild.

2) Will you dismantle your base to gain the additional prestige from the repricing?

Most defintely, yes. I am a Supergroup of two people, so the more prestige the merrier.

3) How long would this process take you if you were to engage in this practice?

For me, it would take about the same time it took for me to build the first base - about a month total.

4) What are the positive and negative concerns regarding repricing?

Positive: Cheaper
Negative: Rebuilding

5) How will this feature affect you long term and short term?

Long term it will be much appreciated. Short term, it will be a complete pain in the [censored]!

Base Salvage Exchange to Invention Salvage
1) What is the negative effect on your base for this feature implementation?

Having to compete for my base salvage on the market. I don't play enough to be able to afford the salvage I will need for my teleporters right away. I will have to wait a while. Plus, the limit on storage will be a huge downer.

2) What is the positive effect on your base for this feature implementation?

None really.

3) How long will it take you to adjust to learning this new system?

I don't forsee any adjustment period. Just a long wait until I can "craft" my base goodies.

4) What side effects to this system do you currently see from transitioning the old to new system?

Honestly, I see more of an influence sink from players purchasing their salvage from the market. I guess that's the idea, but for the independent heroes out here - it really sucks.

5) What security concerns do you have regarding this change?

I really don't have any concerns about the security. I trust my fellow gamers (at least my regular teaming buds).

Additional Notes:

I hope the idea of charging rent for the free plot is reversed. I really enjoyed not having to worry about paying rent. The new rent system is way better overall, but this part bugs me.

Can I have your stuff?

Good luck!

Nice bio... I am also a huge fan of Captain America. I pray for those thugs that screw with you being in law enforcement AND being a fan of the Punisher. Yikes! Hope you find someone to immortalize him on paper.

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First Katrina, now Gustav. How many hurricanes before they just decide to abandon New Orleans, build some new-new orleans somewhere less hurricane prone, and save the remaining human population?

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Umm, because its their home?

The levees that were built to stop flooding on the Mississippi has led to the coastal marshlands to die off. The marshlands help impede the storm surge from hurricanes, thereby reducing the flooding of the city. In contrast, if the levees weren't there, the Mississippi could/would flood the city as well. If the government can get its head out of its collective arses, they could come up with an intelligent solution to both problems. You will never stop flooding in New Orleans, but you can reduce it significantly. Putting up taller walls will only lead to greater disasters.

Man, I gotta stop watching Nova. My head hurts.

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That's unfortunate. Proliferation would have been one of my favorite things about this issue, if it happened. Shields are meh.

And what about Pistol blasters? Not gonna happen I guess.

Overall the issue sounds alright, not one of the best though.

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And yet, for some of us, shields are the only thing that kept us from taking another year break. Although, it would have been very cool to have more proliferation, but I'm getting mah shields, so I'm not complaining. And the Architect sounds squeeeeefully amazing. (But don't get me started on the whole Bonus pack crap).

Farewell to thee. Goodluck in all you do!

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Hey Gang,

We aren't doing the in game exclusive item to upset anyone that cannot make the event. We are part of the show and this is part of our giveaway to our supporters that will be at the show.

Someone mentioned the in game wedding, and that by and large was also an exclusive event because not every player got the chance to attend. We will never be able to keep everyone happy, but we do like to take the opportunities that are presented to us to do what we can when we can.

If you have concerns you would like to discuss you can always contact me via email at exlibris@ncsoft.com or here on the boards via PM.

Regards,

Ex Libris

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I have to say, this does peeve me off a bit. I will refrain from getting to fired up about this until I know exactly what the exclusive item is, but the idea stinks for those of us that cannot attend. If you have a giveaway, why not give the standard stuff (t-shirts, posters, etc.). You know it will spark hurt feelings and flame wars if you give out exclusive in-game items. Why the drama?

Purchasable? WTH is happening to this game... Am I to assume that I cannot pay for these extra slots with a game card? Then that exludes me yet again from the extra features. Thanks.

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Nonetheless, despite all the strife the issue of "if /no is disallowed, then /yes shoudl be too" ... Ex elected to ONLY single out the negative half of that particular pairing.

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negative (adj.) 1. Containing, expressing, or implying a denial or refusal; that says "no" [a negative reply] 2. Opposite to something regarded as positive; specif., a) lacking in positive character or quality; lacking evidence, affirmation, etc.; having the effect of diminishing, depriving, or denying [a negative personality] (Webster's New World College Dictionary Third Edition)

The key word being negative. You can disagree all you want, doesn't have to mean being negative. That is what all of this is about. The negativity in these forums is off the chart. This is supposed to be a place where discussion rules, not /jranger or /no answers. If you stop and think about it, you have to admit that it has gotten way out of hand lately and this is a step in the right direction. The community needs to come together and start helping each other instead of trying to insult each other. We can all help by being less "negative". That is all.

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interesting--one asked about jranger, another said see the jranger tribute thread

it was zapped as it had too much fluff

and it was in the server section

so the idea is a forum to exchange ideas between the player, and also to give feed back to dev team, yet you can't say no to an idea because it isn’t constructive to disagree

i guess with this i go on the list

/JRanger

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I guess some of you just aren't getting the point of all of this. Nobody said you cannot disagree with an idea. You simply cannot leave a one word response... you can write a full statement to criticise the technique, but you cannot give the same respect to another player's idea? And you hit it right on the head, the forums are for DISCUSSION, not one word answers or insults. Saying "no" isn't disagreeing. It's giving an insult. You are saying that this person doesn't deserve your time to explain your dissent. THAT is the reason this change has come about. If the idea is that bad that you don't want to elaborate, then the idea obviously isn't good enough to leave ANY response.

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Just 10 minutes after I said this ...

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sooner or later the sheriff has to just step in and do his job

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the sherrif shows up. I can't say I'm either surprised or unhappy about these changes; sometimes it's necessary for the pendulum to swing far in the other direction. Cracking down on the fluff and inane noise on these forums is a good step.

I don't think one word responses are, in and of themselves, bad but they're a slipperly slope that contributes to the overall deteriation of the forum. Of course, not many people would object to a "Yes" or a "/Signed" since those are positive responses. "No" is trickier. I don't believe that a negative opinion should require justification anymore than a positive one should, but while "Yes" is an affirmation "No" always comes across as dismissive. That in turn leads to ruffled feathers and flamewars. Slippery slope. And then you end up with nonsense like "/JRanger" which was exhausted of what little humor it had after about the third use.

And, really, how hard is it to type "I don't think this is a good idea, even if I can't put my finger on it" (which took me all of 9 seconds to type) rather than just "No"?

I wish they would just enable the poll feature in the Suggestions forums; people can then click No and move on.

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/signed.

...oh, yeah, I mean I support this position 100%. I love the player polls and I wish there were more of them.

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The server sections and for fun are more often allowed to develop more of a community culture and less about direct feedback to the development team, that isn't to say it doesn't happen, but that is not the sole purpose of those forums. We do not pull feedback from server forums, those are created for player use.

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It really is a shame that this is not part of this moderation that is being upgraded with the other sections, the server forums is where most of the violations are taking place. More so than other forums.

The first 3 rules of the General Conduct is broken everyday and nothing is done about it.

General Conduct

1. Abuse will not be tolerated.

No flaming, trolling, harassing, profanity, abusive language or abbreviations, personal attacks, racial, religious, ethnic, or sexual slurs.

This applies to both “public” threads and private messages. Do not link out from a post or private message to these types of content.

Flaming is defined as attacking others in harsh, personal terms.

Trolling is defined as deliberately posting derogatory, inflammatory comments/threads in order to bait other users into responding.

Personal attacks include, but are not limited to insulting a poster directly:

EX: “You are stupid, you suck, and you should [censored].”

Directly attacking another poster will result in a warning. If the behavior persists, you will be banned.

2. No character assassination threads

Threads that single out a player for ridicule or to accuse someone of actions in-game will be removed without notice. Repeatedly targeting another person is considered ongoing harassment and is a severe violation of the forum rules. In-game violations need to be reported via the appropriate channels (such as the GM system) or go to http://support.plaync.com and submit your issue to us via the “Ask a Question” tab. If you believe that in-game GMs and the support system have not provided a sufficient or timely response, you may submit an inquiry to members of the forum staff via PM. Public posts of such accusations will be construed as attempts to cause antagonism for its own sake.

No personal attacks against forum moderators or game developers. If you disagree with an action taken by a moderator, you can send your complaint via PM to the moderator or go to http://support.plaync.com and submit your issue to us via the “Ask a Question” tab. Abuse of the devs or moderators (including in PM) is likely to result in an immediate, permanent ban from the message boards, and can result in the suspension of your game account.

3. No spamming or thread bumping.

So until the server forums is regulated with the same manner, why should people even listen to this post? I agree they should be policed, they should be policed each and every day and be corrected immediately, instead of allowing it to go on as it does now.

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You are right, however, Ex has stated with the number of posts everyday they cannot search every single one. Therefore, until they CAN search every post for violations, let's give this a chance - shall we?

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well, you just probably lost a lot of people for this stupid policy. so glad you decided to make all the babies feel all warm and fuzzy by not allowing a simple no or yes reply.

good job

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Weel, this "baby" is glad to finally see something being done. The one word answers and insults were inhibiting a lot of players from posting here. I hope that changes now. Thank you, Ex!

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We know you want everything and it can be hard to understand why we aren't doing something when the reason is not visible to you. We have a lot working behind the scenes and know that you will appreciate it when it does come to fruition.

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Lighthouse, from what I have read so far I think the player base is trying to tell you that , Yeah, we sure will love all the new stuff your working on now but we are willing to wait a little longer for it so you can put some people on the task of fixing these trials properly.

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Exactly.

Nope, don't like this one bit. No-siree-bob. How about let's fix the stuff that has gone on too long being broken BEFORE we add new exciting features to the game. I liked the game just fine as it was, I would gladly turn in the invention system and RWZ for more bug fixes. I think the Eden Trial and Sewer Trials are the fewer great experiences in this game. How about fixing them for all of us who enjoy it. Thank you for listening.

OK I will start it here: GOLDEN ACE for president! Cryptic - hire this dude immediately! I hope they do something similar to this. Wow. I think I need to take a shower...

Not cool, man. I'm sure other things can be done to offset the cost and/or time spent on the comic. Maybe just a comic panel every day/week? The comic was part of the deal for signing up, afterall. If I had to make a choice between the comic and meet and greets, meet and greet be damned. IMHO.