Myrsky

I was sorta hoping it wasn't the computer itself. It's been quite loyal to me during my trips to the Desert and back again for close to 4 years now. And no offense taken, I incidentally have a new computer on the way. Thank you guys for the information about CoX being such a.... computer breaker. I never knew that it was such a.... disaster.

And... sorry if I broke some.... taboo with 'that game'. Its one of my other onliners that I play, and frankly, the one I thought was most consuming when it comes to computer breakage-ness.

I guess I shall simply hope that my beautiful package shall get through the mail and over here in a timely manner before I bury this sweet little one. :/

It's a cable modem, not dialup. It gets 100 Mbps. And i'm the only one using the modem.

I sorta understand what you're saying about the bandwidth, but I dont think my bandwidth amount has every really changed. I *think* I had a cable modem back at Ft Hood (where I came from) on which I played CoH just fine. I'll double check that it wasn't a DSL connection, though I'm not sure if (or what) the difference is between the two. I know for sure though, that I don't have dialup!

Hello!

So I've got this cute little (ok, not so little) problem. I want to say about 2 weeks ago (I can't remember exactly when it started, but its been getting progressively worse), I started getting those cute "Lost Connection to Map Server" error. It has recently grown into a huge nightmare. Now, not only does it give me the error, but it also *resets* my modem. Literally, resets, all those cute blinking lights go off and come back on, one by one. If I am lucky, they come back on quickly enough that I can keep my connection and keep playing, but more often than not, I completely lose my connection and have to re-log in.

Here's a wee bit of background information: I'm currently in Grafenwoehr, Germany, on post in the barracks using TKS internet service. Before I moved in country (a little over a month ago) I had no problems. When I first got everything hooked up, I had no problems.

It only happens when I play CoX. I can surf the internet and play WoW all day long for all it cares, but when I play CoX it starts giving me problems. I have swtiched out my cable modem (used to be a Motorola SBV5121E) to a Linksys CM100 Cable Modem. Still having the problem. I also briefly added a router to the mix, and still had the problem, along with insane amounts of lag. Promptly got rid of the router. So I'm currently set up with wall jack -> Cable Modem -> Computer.

I've also had the thought that it's my computer. She is almost 4 years old now and almost literally dying. She can no longer decide exactly speed RAM she has (She started at 3.1 GHz (i think) and now fluctuates from 1.2 to 2.4 and anywhere in between). And, her video card I think is starting to cough up blood, every so often she randomly picks out a column of pixels on my screen and turns them all a color. I've currently got 11 columns of basically dead pixels on my screen.

I'm not sure if *any* of that random information will help, but if it does, so much the better. If it doesn't I'm sorry for having made you read it. If you need other information, feel free to ask.

Umbral: thank you, I never knew that they had the same animation at one point.

BrokenPrey: I fully expect good/bad reviews, not a "I'm here to kill your idea" Granted, it's basically been killed now, but with an *explanation*, which is worth it. I've no idea how this game works, and now that you've shown me *that* I'll go ahead and keep my mouth shut. But simply saying "It's too hard" is just stupid.

I thank you both for your input.

I wouldn't exactly call katana being *really, really good* much of a diversification. I'm talking about (again) animations. My point wasn't to say broadsword needs a I Win button because it pales compared to the katana (hell, I love the broadsword because it's got a power called Head Splitter and the Nictus Sword, I could care less if it only did 1 damage every attack) My point was to suggest that they should diversify the animations for one or the other (preferably BS).

And your point with the animations was...? I understand what you're trying to say, it's just that, I was *suggesting* what I said. I wasn't exactly looking for a "Nope. Sorry. To Much trouble." Not to say I don't appreciate what you put in, and I'm completely sure you know *exactly* what you are talking about. But, at the same time, this is a suggestions forum, not a "We like to shoot down ideas for fun" forum. I realize my suggestion isn't doable at the drop of a hat, honestly, most suggestions here probably aren't. But they are suggestions, that is, what the people who play the game would like to see. And this is something (among others) that I would like to see. I'm sure you could name a thousand others that you think are much more pertinent than mine, but it's mine all the same, and I just wanted it put out there, on that off chance that *maybe* someone might think it a decent enough suggestion and worthy of doing.

And hey, if they take my suggestion and follow it all the way through every animation like you so kindly pointed out, so much the better.

These are just minor things which have been irking me, not exactly huge technical issues, but just the small things. Quick note: I'm a Broadsword Scrapper, and it's my only scrapper, heck its my highest toon.

First, Air Superiority: The animation when you are using a weapon should *include* the weapon with it. As it is, it makes the weapon disappear, and you effectively have to re-draw it on your next attack. Which not only adds a few precious ten-thousandths of a second to your attack chain, but it is in general really irritating. I'm not sure how much it affects the Scrappers who *don't* use weapons, but to me, it's one of those small things I'd like to see fixed. And now that I think of it, I realize that means a lot of work getting Air Sup to use the weapon for it's animation, but it would make attack chains flow much more smoothly. (And I'm not asking on opinions on how to have a proper attack chain, I'm noting a problem with Air Sup)

Second, and not quite as important as the first is the general Broadsword compared to Katana animations. I realize that they are in effect, the same weapon, that is, the katana has nearly the same effect, just with less damage and is slightly faster, which is true. I think one or the other needs to be slightly diversified. Nothing huge like, but just a little more distinguish-y-ness. (If only because I recently unlocked the Tsoo Katana, and it's really seems.... odd.) And I realize I don't have any suggestions about what kind of animations to use instead, but I'm not that creative.

And that's all folk. Sorry to take up all your time with reading this.