Nalrok_AthZim

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Vyver View Post
    So let me get this straight, of ALL the IDF enemies, including Seers, Heavy Troopers, Commanders etc.

    They give us costumes of the enemies that we have specific costume parts of? And that have nothing special about them?


    >:I
    Not quite-- the Rangers have that incredibly detailed chest piece with the antennae on the back.

    Which I really wish we had access to.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by CactusBrawler View Post
    Doesn't the MMO gorilla have a bear based expansion coming out in September too?
    Why would that have any impact on what's going on here in CoH?
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood View Post
    I may ***** and moan about the older TFs but I never blame the development team for them. Yes they are bad but they were written at a time when MMOs were still relatively new and the idea of instanced MMOs even more so. The older TFs were designed to be in line with the big raid content that other MMOs had at that time. They were supposed to take a lot of time and be something for the "hardcore". Over time MMO design philosophies changed as Developers realized that the majority of their player base wanted short, snappy content as opposed to long grind-fests.

    So yeah I don't blame the devs, they were developing content based on how MMOs were designed at the time.
    The Citadel TF wasn't designed by the current dev team anyway.

    It still needs a good harsh looking at, if not an Ol' Yeller-ing.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by CFIndustries View Post
    Ideally I want an end to hacks and have a texture matching the head. Also luminosity match...even using the Animal Fur trick the luminosity is different between the fur texture and the head feather texture and some colors don't have enough subtly to make a good match. A problem shared by the Lion head, for example (Lion head has a base luminosity that is different from the Animal Fur chest).
    The term you're looking for here is 'normal mapping.' Not saying that snarkily either-- the normal maps on the Lion Head are way more high-res and visible than the animal fur ones. This is the same problem I have when trying to use the Olympian Guard Tights (the ones with the weave texture) with a Neck Cover face detail-- it just doesn't go well. It's ALSO why I can never use the Steampunk faces. Why is my face/neck so shiny and my chest so matte?
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MisterMagpie View Post
    fishbits on sale.
    Fishbits for sale! Get your fishbits!
  6. There is no 'bird costume set.' It was part of the Beast Pack, and that's how all of the pieces went. Head, feet, some patterns here and there, and a travel power.
  7. My favorite poke-in-the-eye from the Citadel TF is in Mission Four where the entry text pop-up reads "This layout of this facility mimics the other three exactly."

    Yes, thank you for making the monotony extend beyond the fourth wall.
  8. Nalrok_AthZim

    Ascension

    Prometheus says a lot of things.

    Most of which make me want to punch him right in the mouth.
  9. You know why my favorite part of this poorly written amalgamation of words is?

    How in the first two paragraphs the writer goes "OH MY GOD WOW AND SWTOR ARE LOSING CUSTOMERS, COULD THIS BE THE END OF EVERY MMO EVER OH GOD"

    Has nothing to do with Blizzard's god-awful game balance practices, or their horrid love of tacking on idiotic expansions and bombarding their playerbase with "RAID RAID RAID RAIIIIIID"

    Has nothing to do with SWOTR's game system being a direct rip of WoW coupled with an absolutely baffling 'restriction' system that keeps you from freaking running until level 10 and punches you off of your whatever-speeder like a half-brain-dead howler monkey trying to do a swan dive whenever you take damage.

    Nope. Couldn't be any of that. Must be every MMO starting to die.


    note to self never read anything from yahoo ever again

    EDIT: I kind of like CoH being so word-of-mouth. Keeps out the riff raff. I swear, the one thing that could make me leave this game is my server getting flooded by people of the same mindset as a WoW raider.
  10. Nalrok_AthZim

    Caption this!

    Now being offered in the Cybertech Pack: Your very own portable developer!
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by WarpGirl View Post
    I keep seeing all the devs say, "for VIPS" and this makes me nervous. Do they mean "free for VIPs" or "ONLY for VIPs"?

    I don't care if I have to buy the powers I just want to know I have the option
    Free for VIPs. Purchasable for non-VIPs.

    There are threads in Beta asking for this to be clarified.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by dugfromthearth View Post
    all of us psionics already new about it
    ...

  13. Nalrok_AthZim

    Helmet design

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion View Post
    I have been trying for years to get a helmet more personalized that what is available in game. Last night after about hour and a half I finally was able to combine a bunch of diffferent non helmet pieces (and a lot of strange geometry) to create what I believe is a very rare helmet for the game. Moments like that really make me wanna do that kick up the heels thing. (How do people hold that for a photograph?)
    I did the same with my unknown-identity villain Deathgrind. Has to be my favorite helmet design ever. It's both regal and intimidating.
  14. Dearest Paragon Studios Employees,

    You guys have been some seriously busy people, haven't you? Well, it makes me happy seeing all of your hard work. The new powersets, the QOL changes, the metagame improvements, the new IO sets, it's all incredible. From the perspective of someone who has interned in the MMOG industry, it's also inspiring. I have yet to see another MMO studio with dedication and communication like yours.

    I have one question for you, though. It's a simple question pertaining to the massive flood of announced and soon-to-be-released content you fine folks have been pumping out in a seemingly unending fashion: How do you mitigate a content high? I am always extremely excited when I see new stuff for this game. I love this game. It's how I decompress after a hard day's work. It's how I spark up my creative muse. It's even what I do for fun (nyuck nyuck). So as you can imagine, new content just makes me as giddy and as hyper as can be.

    The problem with that though, is that recently you guys have been putting out so much content that I'm starting to literally get a high off of all of it. After reading this morning's interview article (posted in the same forum as this topic) and learning of Psi Melee and Specialized Power Pools, I'm in my chair at work jittering like a man who's been duct taped to a jackhammer. There's a tiny cartoon character in my head who reads all of this and screams "NOW NOW NOW NOW MEEEEEE GIVE OMNOMNOMNOM" in a high pitched falsetto.

    So again, I ask, how do I mitigate this content high? How do I stave off my rapidly-growing anticipation and apply patience to this need for the 'new shiny' as it were?

    Respectfully yours,
    @Insane V

    P.S. - HOLY CRAP ALL OF THIS STUFF IS AWESOME I CAN'T WAIT.

    P.P.S. - There is nothing bad about this little write-up; mad props to all of you at Paragon, and thank you for working so hard to bring more awesome to the most awesome game ever.
  15. Nalrok_AthZim

    Starter package

    Buy the Cape/Aura unlocks.

    Seriously. You won't regret them.
  16. Nalrok_AthZim

    Busy, busy, busy

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Freitag View Post
    Photoshop takes a while when you're as bad at it as Zwill.

    ~Freitag

    P.S. if you don't hear from me much in the next few weeks it's cuz I'm hiding from my boss. Don't worry!
    Bazing.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by dugfromthearth View Post
    So where are you interviewing?
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison View Post
    Soul Transfer used as a PBAoE stun. While alive.
    Make it similar to DNA Siphon. Regen/Recov bonus for all living entities near the caster. On death, it works like regular Soul Transfer.
  18. Nalrok_AthZim

    Lies! ...?

    *flies around in excitement*
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mad Grim View Post
    Oh, and if anyone tries to remove Ki Push in beta and replace it with web grenade I will gut them like a fish.

    I think Hawk would do the same thing, to be honest.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Haetron View Post
    The tank role is still pretty much dominated by Brutes. Tankers obviously can do it, but there's no reason to use a tank when a brute is available. It's also a horrible role.
    Speak for yourself; I absolutely love to tank, whether it's on a Mastermind, a Kheldian, a Brute or a Tanker. Tanking on Tankers is especially fun for me since I have less worry wading in to a full spawn than when I do so with a Brute. Nothing embodies tanking like jumping in to a group of 20+ enemies and going "Hey guys. I crapped in your coffee maker." and then watching them try to kill me.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aura_Familia View Post
    Assuming players in general think all the other secondaries suck in their current form.

    That's a rather large assumption to make.
    A good point on that one; I rather enjoy Energy Manipulation and Mental Manipulation.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mid_Boss View Post
    Blaster's Martial Arts is way too powerful.

    The standard has already been set that blaster secondaries must suck. Horribly. And have little to no synergy with primaries. With the obvious red headed step child, /energy, whom actually has utilities. They must be abilities that don't really work with the fast, all or nothing burst damage theme because they're thrown together, unmodified, versions of other sets. There's no "Hang in the air for a three second animation next to a boss that can 1 shot me" like Total Focus or the aggro EVERYTHING for some small DoT like Hot Feet.

    Yes. I love Martial Arts. Martial Arts is amazing. It's what all other secondaries should be. And that's the problem. If it doesn't suck, it's going over shadow the other secondaries.
    Hopefully Paragon does what they do when sets outperform others: Buff the underperforming sets.

    (Quiet, Energy Melee, no one likes you anyway.)
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU View Post
    Peacebringers can't double-mire. You said Keldians, not warshades specifically.
    Fair enough. Though doesn't the new PB Buildup persist across forms or am I misremembering? Not as good as Double-Mire, but it's there.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU View Post
    You can slot it as much as you like, 85% is never going to be more than 90%.
    True, but that's nothing to scoff at.
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU View Post
    Damage auras. CC auras. Higher rez than a Crab.
    Notice how I said 'pretty close'?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU View Post
    You gotta figure in scourge when comparing Corruptors and Blasters. Which makes picking a point between the two very difficult, since scourge varies in effectiveness depending on the target. 1.0 is the same as EATs, and is threfore reasonable, but I would probably go slightly lower and some sort of inherent that boosts damage in some way.
    You CAN figure in Scourge, but I did not since Corrs are the only AT that get double damage at low target health. I also did not because damage modifiers have no bearing on Scourge's mechanics outside of damage done.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU View Post
    No, in dwarf mode your damage sucks. You can have decent damage, or decent mez protection, but not both at the same time all the time.
    Only if you're not double-miring; if you're not doing that you're doing it wrong.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU View Post
    Raw numbers say otherwise.
    Slotted your Dwarf Form for resistance lately?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU View Post
    Aggro management is exactly the job of dwarf form. Didn't getting Taunt give you a clue? That they aren't very good at it is down to poor design.
    Or a poor player. My Warshade can tank just fine. Can yours not?

    By the way, you might want to check your tone in your replies. You're coming off as scathing.
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU View Post
    No DDR, no god mode, no KB protection, no damage aura, lower max HP = below scrapper level defenses.
    Dark Armor = No DDR, No 'God Mode', No KB Protection. Pretty close there and it still kicks enormous butt.



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU View Post
    It looks exactly the same to me.
    Corruptor ranged damage modifier: .750
    Blaster ranged damage modifier: 1.125

    1.125 + .750 = 1.875

    1.875 / 2 = .9375

    For lack of a better way to put this, "midway between Blaster and Corruptor" is almost "almost Blaster." I'd wager "almost Blaster" is 1.000 scale.