Myrmydon

On my Kin/Elec Defender, I have SB and ID in the 1 and 2 powerslots for easy useage. I try to buff SB on the team every other spawn as standard (as much as possible) and buff with ID when needed. If a teammate doesn't want the buffs, I ask them to be patient while I break the auto-buff habit.

Ok, after some playing and thinking, pretty much MA rewards are for salvage and cheap fully kitted out level 35 common IO builds at 32 (with some leftovers going for a KB protection roll every now and then). Honestly, avoiding the auction-gougers does make it worth having in play, I guess.

Yes, because they don't require enough farming in this game that there needs to be more of that mind-numbing activity. Now, if you want something in the level range you like in MA rewards, the only option is turn off your XP gain. No thank you there. While I could stand setting up a 35 for that type of thing (since I primarily use level 35 IO sets) , there is no way in hell that I will spend hours playing at the crappy old level range of 14 just for a shot or two at a decent unique.


Ah well, so much for that.

Ah, then its crap. Got it, thanks.

I tried rolling some 10-14 bronze rewards today with the slider set to 10 and all it does is give me recipies based on my level range instead of the range of the slider. Has it always been like this for MA rewards or is this something that's broken now?

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Good Job.

Who would have thought that a SG based off of a gay [censored] penguin would have lasted so long

Well I suppose if a SG whose name immediately makes you think of a child molesting popstar can become our server's largest SG then anything is possible!

Way to go Ping! PS. My costume is the bestest. I'm gonna win.

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Heh, heh, heh

Access to AE in Pocket D would also give them a chance to test out what side-switching would be like as well.

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Thanks to all the Champion Tanks that helped spread the Tanker Tuesday Lifestyle to Freedom, and yes, it is a Lifestyle choice(make up your own definition for that).

May 19th will be on Guardian, after Tanko de Mayo on Champion, of course! Hope to see you there.

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I missed the Freedom trip due to RL issues, however, I will definitely make an effort to make this one.

I am sorry that I missed this one due to RL issues. I'll definitely do my best to make the Guardian run.

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Player Events, Champion , and which ever server the TT carnival is invadin....err...visiting, in this case Freedom. I'll be rolling a mighty lvl1 ankle biter wherever it's going to be.
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Also, don't forget the 0 sign...

I have my name on every server except for Virtue. I will join you for this, most definitely.

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Carry on with the debate, but keep in mind that the persons supporting this aren't doing so to hang their accomplishments over the heads of others, but simply and and humbly involve the entire game in celebrating an event that for many, embodies the very reasons we play these games in the first place.

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Couldn't have said it better myself.






(And yes, that hurt to type )

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BTW, tomorrow night is Tanker Tuesday, and everybody is welcome as long as you play a Tank, any kind, any level.
It'll be extra fun if I14 goes live.


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Yes, and we tend to throw rocks at the other ATs when they show up. Big chunks of pavement, actually...



As far as the plaque idea is concerned, I am all for it if the Devs want to place one for Tanker Tuesday and will not lose a wink of sleep if they don't. I attend them neither for recognition nor for reward, so either way. Tanker Tuesday is about Tanker players getting together and having fun and not having recognition will not change that.

Although, a plaque with something like "Tanker Tuesday, Home of the Ringslide" would really work.

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Positron, I am a little concerned about the possible rate griefing involved with being able to rate an arc that hasn't been played. Especially when there are badges involved in rating unrated arcs or ones that don't have many ratings. A lot of people will probably get their badges simply by going down the line of unrated arcs, slapping a 1 star rating on them, and getting their badge in the process. I've seen rating systems on web-published content experience things like that, and that's WITHOUT the enticing badge. Please reconsider allowing someone to rate an unfinished arc.

*EDIT* Been here since CoH beta, and this is the first time I've posted after a redname.

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I'm willing to listen to ideas on how truly horrible content can get rated without having to endure all of it.

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For starters, you could put a block feature in to curb the horrifically vomitous amount of "Nemesis Plot" arcs we are about to suffer with it...

Take everyone's current active account and multiply the months it has been active by 100. Grant that many merits to them as a onetime reward and wait for the next complaint...



Thanks for giving us the ability to choose the level of the merit that we want, Devs. I'll play this more once my Dark Elves' gear aquisition runs its course.

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P.E.R.C. is definetly in support of assisting other community leaders in sponsoring events.

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If you want support from Lighthouse and crew, you will have to apparently use P.E.R.C. of they won't even reply to you in PMs. I just found that one out this past month or so.

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Sorry to hear that Myr. :-( Unfortunately it is not all that much more glamorous from my p.m. box either. Niviene, however, seems to answer pretty easily, give her a try next time.

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Heh, Niviene likely has me on ignore, as much as she mods my posts.

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P.E.R.C. is definetly in support of assisting other community leaders in sponsoring events.

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If you want support from Lighthouse and crew, you will have to apparently use P.E.R.C. of they won't even reply to you in PMs. I just found that one out this past month or so.

Nice, I can't wait until I get into it.

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Ok, we know.

We should have had said something more by now, about Issue 13. But… like all great architectural endeavors, Issue 13 is taking on a life of its own and we’re not quite ready to spill forth all the information.

So, just a quick note to say thanks for your patience, even though we know you may not really be patient. Trust us, it’s coming; we’re working on it – and there’s more great stuff coming (like you haven’t heard that before, but really, we mean it!)



Thanks!

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By all means, take your time. Warhammer: Age of Reckoning is turning out to be enjoyable so no rush.

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Tokens

I worked long hours to get my alts the way I want them.. Put the effort into my passion and I reap the rewards.

I REALLY HOPE the token system doesnt poopoo on all the work I put into my alts.

The reason I say this, is I got the impression.. with a few tokens people can just buy whatever I might have paid 45 million for..

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Not everyone in the game has the time to deal with the mess that the auctionhouse has become. I would bet concern for the casuals' experiance with this will matter more to them at this point.

Is this going to be a "Rad without the toggles" style of team or something more reliable? It's a tad more difficult to compensate for that type of thing villainside.

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I generally have a lot of respect for your opinions, but implying that anyone who dislikes the decision made by marketing in this instance is somehow being unreasonable is simply something I can't agree with.

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I never said that. I said I believe (and still believe) that the majority of reasonable players don't begrudge NC for creating exclusive marketing giveaways.

There are lots of decisions that either the dev team or NCsoft in general make that I either disagree with, or which go against my personal preferences (which are two different things). But thats not the same thing as saying I believe they are idiotic, incompetent, ignorant, unresponsive, or poor decision-makers every time they make a decision I disagree with.

I'm disappointed I missed the last double XP weekend. I do not believe NCsoft had an obligation to check with my schedule first. I can be disappointed in something without thinking that that fact alone makes the source of my disappointment deficient.

I also stand by my assertion that it is unreasonable to presume that being disappointed in a circumstance carries with it the presumption that someone made an error to create that circumstance. If I end up not getting the costume option, I'll be disappointed. It won't change my mind that NCsoft is being completely reasonable in its approach to marketing exclusives. I'm saying that with the full knowledge that there is very little probability of NCsoft being at a public venue anywhere within two thousand miles of me.

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I'm game to hold an expo in your neck of the woods...

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Nashville please thank you

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Hmm, drink BAB under the table. I would be up for that.

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They're giving away something fun, and getting to give it away face to face. I'm sure that's actually fun for (some of) them. And it's fun for (most of) the people that get it, too.

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It's Fun. I get that. It sounds like a fun place to work at and it sounds like a fun group to do business with -especially if you can hang out and have a beer with them.

But when you have competitors about to enter your segment of the marketplace, most companies gear up to be more customer focused and receptive to the needs of their player base.

Because one of the hardest transitions a company can make is when they lose their monopoly on a segment of the marketplace. It is absolutely make or break time for any company, and this most recent decision seems straight out of 2005.

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The whole competition thing is very good for this game from a player standpoint, because it will bring about changes that are in our favor in the long run or Co* will die. Just because they don't want to make money off of something there is clearly a market for doesn't mean that such an idea might not change soon enough.

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Or ... some of us might have already created PPD characters - for example, I have "Detective Keyes", a Psi/Mental Blaster, on Virtue ... and I've had him since i12 went live; I'd be treating a PPD HArdshell "not-so-temporary" power as a sixth costume slot.

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If this perk was never offered, would that be more acceptable? It would be "fair," no?

What if your detective was female? (I'm assuming it's not.) Transforming into a male wouldn't be nearly as appealing, would it?

You what, if they had made the Rularuu Broadsword one of these perks and such that my BS/Regen couldn't attain it, I might be disappointed (since it fits her perfectly), but I would hardly be the things mentioned in this thread. (Along the lines of "your marketing people are idiots, fire them.") I put quite a bit of effort into the characters I create too, they're not just generic heoes because I wanted to play set X and Y.

As I said, I do not understand all the hatred shown here. It's just too minor of an issue.

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Oh, as for your two solutions? You missed one: Send someone to a convention that is somewhere OTHER than the West Coast.

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Let's say they send someone to New York. Someone in Florida doesn't have the same access as someone in NY, so it's unfair, hold something closer to that. Then the Midwest would complain. Then states in the Midwest, etc. What about Canada? Australia? It's impossible for them to please / be "fair" to everyone. People will be excluded no matter what. Does that mean they should never go to cons at all?

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I mean, come on ... webcomic artists (who survive on income from their webcomic alone) can afford to attend every convention under the sun all year long, but a global corporation can't afford to send a schlub or two cross-country once or twice a year ...?

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I'm not even going to pretend to know the costs or logistics of NCNC or a comic artist in an event like this. You can ask them.

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I work for a Fortune 500 company and, let me assure you, this type of thing is a good way to wind up in the unemployment line.



#1 Give away an option to a potential 1% of a customer base (especially when there is more interest in buying on this website than will actually receive the option in Seattle).

#2 Potentially selling it to the entire customer base, thereby increasing our profit margin and (most importantly) allowing us to remain in business even longer.



If there is no risk, guess which one is a pass or fail grade in a basic Economics/Business course.


Personally, I could care less about these giveaways, since they’re not true costume options. It just baffles me that a business is willing to let something they could profit off of potentially cost them with their costumer base.


Anyway, lets get to something more important, like an announcement of the Winter Event being tested soon.

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Thank you for the continued feedback. We are listening and sending it along to the proper channels.

In the end we wanted to create a special gift for those folks that come out to our booth and show us love. Hopefully it is something we can continue to do as we grow and reach out to shows and live gatherings in the future.


Regards,

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Giving something like this away for free and not making it available to anyone else aside from some Ebay scalpers when you could easily sell it as an in-game option does seem like a textbook case of pure idiocy. A pity its not legal to line your promo people up against the wall and have them shot for all of the money they can cost you over poor choices like this, however, it's your business.