Nalrok_AthZim

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  1. Oh my god.

    An actual chin-strap beard, not the "I had too much fun with my Axe Hair Gel" resistance beard.

    I'm buying this for that beard. Everything else is just a bonus.
  2. I've checked my entire network, and everything is working fine. I keep having issues with the DBserver upon login, and I also keep getting logged out of the game while trying to load missions. "No connection to Mapserver."

    I also keep getting the "cannot connect to server" upon login.
  3. Nalrok_AthZim

    AS-Less Stalker

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Roderick View Post
    They're not saying that Fireball critting is a bug, they're saying that, if Fireball gets a 100% crit chance from Hide, it's a bug.

    Stalker ST attacks get a 100% crit chance from Hide. AoEs are only supposed to get a 50% crit chance from Hide.
    Burst from Kin Melee would like to talk to you.

    And don't you DARE say that should be changed. >:[
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hero Prime View Post
    There are some great concepts in here. Can't wait to read more!
    I actually Mid'sd(?) the build for a Sonic/Traps. Wow does it look fun.
  5. Nalrok_AthZim

    Name Sit-ees

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Starflier View Post
    None. I have characters I don't play much/at all, but no names I'm sitting on just for the hell of it. Just too many characters and too little time.
    Planet Smasher is an epic name.
  6. Malcolm Tremain Sterling. Even his name is crisp, clean and pleasant. He is a man of business, a man of sincerity. His true nature shines like the brightest of lights, unifying communities and bolstering a company's inner workings.

    But all good things have their price. Malcolm Sterling has a tongue to match his namesake. His gift is that of the spoken word; his curse is his voice. With one he can uplift the souls of the troubled, with the other he can shatter their ears and bodies. For every good deed he performed, he is required to perform one of opposite nature. At first, he refused. Like so many before him, the refusal to obey meant the refusal of both his power and his looks. "The Balance must be held," it told him. "The scales must not tip."

    Now, he listens. He holds the Balance. With a tongue of silver and a mind of steel he both creates and destroys. So long as he does not tip the scales he will speak with wisdom, charisma and strength. Should he upset the balance, his youth and power will wane, and those he's harmed will have the perfect opportunity for revenge.

    But that's the consequence of having a silver tongue.


    ((Silvertongue: Sonic/Traps Corruptor, Magic origin. Vigilante. Sonic, for the representation of the spoken word, and Traps, because what's more misleading than falling into a trap?

    I've had this idea in my head since you first mentioned the name. It's been floating around in my mind and I couldn't make another name to properly fit it. I love playing the subversive, charismatic killer with a conscience and this idea may be one of the best I've had for that kind of character.

    Screenshots of potential outfits

    Basic Outfit (business suit):



    "Motivational Shouting":



    The Power of the Spoken Word:



    The Balance must Hold:



    So there's my submission. *crosses fingers!*))
  7. Nalrok_AthZim

    Name Sit-ees

    Sound Judgement
    Neuronomicon
    Top Tier
    Unify
    Exec
    Emotionless
    Acid Core
    Machiavillain
    Oh Snow
    Irrevocable
    Ice Champion
    Present Danger
    Match Point
    Rap Sheet
    Orange Venom

    ... I really like those names.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hero Prime View Post
    We had a lot of people there for the give-away (including Nalrok_AthZim!) and it was a lot of fun. There was one complainer, maybe two, but all in all, it went well. I didn't have the presence of mind to record all the winners, but I do hope they enjoy what we've left them.
    Thanks for having me; just had to keep clicking.

    I still have no idea how I managed to belt out that Batman question AND completely guess at Goldwater's campaign logo. XD

    Again, thanks for the fun, Prime.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison View Post
    The sixth and final rule of DKTF: If this is your first DKTF, you have to take an alpha strike.
    I've never been on a DKTF. I want in.

    And I want to take every alpha strike.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Cien_Fuegos View Post
    Speaking as a frequent dier ( And i have the badges to prove it!) Im glad you can survive but man ive seen a lot of good people die while some one trys or suceeds at soloing a mob.

    The problem is if you were alone or with friends it wouldnt matter. go ahead and solo the mob
    But with a team I listen to boss no matter how boring it is to do so and how stupid his commands the star mean He is boss head star guy and when I agreed to team i made a contract to follow not lead and if i get too bored i leave and form my own team
    But if the team leader is too uptight or barking orders that are not necessary it makes it more difficult for me to actually heed what they're saying. When we have 3 brutes and a Tanker and he says "follow the tank or else", come on. Those 3 Brutes can all split off with no issues and get more enemies for the squishies to destroy.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Cien_Fuegos View Post
    Wait I thought he did get the girl
    Only for 10 seconds.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MondoCool View Post
    From your story, it seems like you were kicked out of the team for:

    1. Repeatedly disobeying the team leader's orders. He is the team leader; you listen to him or he kicks you.

    2. While doing the above, allowing your tank to die. Even before debt, death is still pretty lame - most lowbies don't have travel powers and it's usually a long load time/walk back into the mission, which pretty much wrecks their chances of getting good XP.

    3. Arguing with him about his authority over you.

    Frankly? I think you deserved it, even if the actual "reason" ("being too hard on noobs") is bogus. If you don't actually care about other people on your team, why bother teaming up? Go kill stuff solo.
    Oh, Mondo. You gold-class troll, you. :P

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arbiter_Shade View Post
    How is that a WoW thing? The exact same thing happens all the time in this game, it is an MMO thing.
    I played WoW for 2 years (eugh). In that game, one teammate's miscalculation can kill the entire group. Seriously, step the wrong way, cast the wrong spell, use the wrong debuff and the whole congregation DIES. That's where the mindset comes from.

    What got me about this genius was his ability to turn my friendly "don't worry about it"s into "I'M A VETERAN I'M BETTER THAN YOU I HATE LISTENING TO THE TEAM LEADER".

    And I agree, the team leader isn't the end-all be-all of a team. I've watched good teams split into halves (and even fourths) and smash apart a mission just as well as a clustered up 8-man. Hell, on my main I just rush in. I hardly ever die, and if I do have Soul Transfer. While the rest of the team is clearing, I'm herding up 4-5 8 man spawns and letting the aggro cap send them to me in a stream.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Cien_Fuegos View Post
    I was pretty okay and do understand your response. I think team leader is an whiner and not because hes a Newb but because he is hard headed
    But.. my one little complaint is i hate watching rage wars on broadcast
    in future Private tells are better =)
    I promise you everything I said was sincere and not intended to flame. I was in way too good of a mood yesterday to let a broadcast snarkfest happen.

    (I finally figured out PHP, so I was and still am pretty ecstatic. )
  14. If I had balls of lighting I'd never need a flashlight. :P
  15. So last night I rolled up Top Tier, my MA/Shield Scrapper (loads of fun, by the way). At about level 4 I sent a tell to a team listed as LFM. I got in. Cool, more XP for me!

    So the first mission is set, and it's +3 Ghouls. The team gets stomped, but who cares, it's before level 10. No debt. So we ask the team leader to either find a different mission or at the very least turn the difficulty down. He asks what we want to fight, and the team says "+0/x0, leave it even." He asks if we want -1/x8. We repeat. He asks if we want +2/x0. We repeat. This goes on for a half hour. Then, the mission is ready, but not set.

    We ask him to set the mission. "I did." No, we say, you didn't. "Yes I did." No, you didn't, we say again. "Yes, I did!" So I check his vet badges; he's brand new. No worries, stuff happens. He finally clicks to it and sets the mission. All good, time to get down to brass tacks.

    First thing I hear upon entering the mission: "Follow [The Tanker], k?" Sure, fine. We're level 5, but fine. At some point, I level. Juiced up on level inspirations I dive headfirst into the next group and start beating them like they owe me money.

    Team Leader: FOLLOW [THE TANK]! Top you gotta listen m8

    .... uh. No?

    Me: I just leveled, no point in letting all this power go to waste. No worries man

    Scrapper: Yeah no point in sitting on all those insps. Rock on!

    He grumps about for a minute, then states again to follow [The Tank]. Fine, sure. I have more defense than our chosen tank, but who cares. We're level 6 now.

    I level again a bit later on, and in the same fashion as before I dive in and make good use of my level-up insps.

    Team Leader: Top omg you have to follow the tank.

    Our chosen tank dies. Rest of the team is fine.

    Team Leader: Grrrrg why don't you listen now the tank is dead!

    Me: Dude, it's alright, low level toons die. It's not a big deal. We're not even getting debt yet. Relax and roll with the punches, we can still do this.

    Team Leader: I'm tired of you arguing

    Scrapper: Who's arguing?
    Me: Who's arguing?

    So at the next corner, the tank gets in over his head and yanks two spawns of +1 Syndicate, complete with 4 Suits. This, of course, wipes the team. I laugh it off and the tank apologizes, claiming temporary insanity.

    Team Leader: Okay I hate to do this but Top Tier and [Scrapper] you guys need to go. This isn't gonna work out, you veterans really need to go easy on noobs like us so sorry but bye

    [Scrapper] has been kicked from the team.
    You have been kicked from the team.

    What the hell? I spent that whole team being chill and enjoying myself and I get kicked for "being too hard on noobs"? How is that possible? Where was this guy from that the noobs were suddenly supposed to be treated like royalty or... man I can't even justify it. I've seen a lot of boneheaded things in this game when it comes to new players but that took the cake.

    I told him in Broadcast that I was very sorry he was having such a hard time, and it felt like everyone else on the team was enjoying themselves. I also said I would continue to enjoy myself regardless of being teamed. I sent him a message basically wishing him good luck, welcoming him to the game, and suggesting he relax a little as the penalty for defeat in CoX is extremely light compared to the rest of the MMO world.

    I then clicked his name, hit Add Note, pressed 1-Star, and typed "Whiner" in the notes box.

    I hate people sometimes.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lightning_Edge_EU View Post
    Well you see, I would file a /bug report however I Crash to Desktop straight away there is no time to do such a thing.

    Thanks for the input guys, so basically, the Mac CoH client is rubbish and there is nothing Cryptic can do, is that right?
    Half right. The mac client is a kludge, yes. Cryptic can't help because... they're not involved.
  17. I don't suppose you're still holding Silvertongue. :P

    Also, I'm sad to see you go. We've never really interacted but you've been a rock among the forums.
  18. Nalrok_AthZim

    When Playing CoH

    Orchestra. Pissed-off, angry as hell orchestra.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by VoodooGirl View Post
    Voodoo Girl grinds her coffee with her teeth and boils the water with her own rage.
    Does VoodooGirl teach the guys at Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time?

    This is why I ask.
  20. I have an nVidia 330M. It's a monster for a laptop. My absolute favorite thing in UM is watching a shadow pass over you. You look up, and there's someone flying.

    ******* amazing, man.
  21. Do you guys have active out-of-base RPers? Because Virtue's fallen into a mass of cliques and broody teenagers.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    There's no question that Ultra Mode looks great, and there are a few things you can tweak to get reasonable goodies with acceptable performance. However, it still bugs me that it taxes my system by this much. Sure, it's not top-of-the-line amazing, but I have a GeForce GTX 285, an I7 processor and 8GB of RAM, and the thing still chugs down to below 30 FPS in a lot of places, and that's without Ambient Occlusion, Depth of Field or Bloom, and with the other Ultra Mode settings at about half-and-half.

    The game looks amazing for a game of this age, and "good" for current day gaming, but it just hurts my brain every time I see my picture skipping because I looked towards the old town in Cap Au Diable or because I went into a Warehouse large room.
    You using a mac, Sam?

    I have the same issues but find the game looks 100% more appealing with JUST the shadows turned on. You'd be amazed what those shadows do for visual appeal.