Nethergoat

Wait, I thought you based your life around the study of psychology, not religion?

This pegs the Unintentional Hilarity Meter at 10.

fite klubbers are guaranteed entertainment.

I don't perceive that as a relevant point since factional inf will never equalize on its own.

Open the floodgates and whichever faction is at a theoretical disadvantage will rapidly make it up thanks to the world of new opportunities presented by a merger.

Oh definitely- bringing an RP rationale to a serious discussion is akin to bringing a ripe banana to a gunfight.

But here, among sane folk who know the score, its something I feel comfortable mentioning.

This has always been true, and the closer GR comes the truer it gets.

It felt less diverse because it WAS less diverse.
It was a much shorter, smaller game with less to do, which was a direct result of the tremendous visual polish they gave it. Maps had to be small and linear so people's computers wouldn't blow up trying to run them.

It's also several games, not one.

As someone who enjoys occasional farming, this is still accurate.

The entertainment value is usually in the efficiency you're earning rewards at, not in the gameplay itself.

The exception, for me, is DA farming. In our modern age of MA and adjustable spawn size and super sidekicking etc etc, it is no longer a wise use of game time from an efficiency standpoint.
But I just love blowing up giant spawns of zombies!

HAH!

That does take the cake.

Oh that's right- ok, I don't feel so bad about my prediction now. =P

The Goat cracked 1,900,000,000 this morning- its safe to schedule his Inf Cap fitting.

With meaningless play money?

Bold!

How about I'll wager a unicorn against your hippogriff that yer wrong!

You got the second part right, anyway.

You clearly don't understand the somewhat unique rules the Doomsters operate by, Sam.

=P

and fewer resources are available for everything that isn't graphics.

I like graphics just fine, but using your example I'd much rather take Half Life with me to a desert island than Half Life 2.

I enjoyed them both, but for me the lengthy, in-depth storytelling of HL trumps the more immersive visual experience of HL2.

Of all the many, many, many delusional, detached-from-reality proclamations you've made on these forums Ryu, I think I love this one the best.

<3

1: good to know I was right in characterizing the author as a low-information outsider with nothing to offer but speculation. And this is not meant as an insult- I'd apply the same definition to myself on this particular topic.
Of course, I'm just spinning my wheels here on the forums, not writing articles for gaming web sites....

2: If you want a generally better public perception of your work, do better work.

I'm not sure how eiscounting what amounts to a bunch of unsupported outsider speculation makes me a Pollyanna....but I'd sure look cute in a blond pigtailed wig!

I had this argument with someone else a while ago, so I'll just summarize-

I don't care if the game grows or how much money NC pumps into it, I just want to doors to stay open so I can keep playing. I was content with the updates we were getting before the recent big push- a return to those days wouldn't bother me.

I'm confident the game is healthy enough to keep chugging along basically indefinitely, whatever reception awaits GR.

No it isn't.

Unless you like unsupported hyperbole, I guess- "Make no mistake though: CoH/V’s future hangs by a Going Rogue thread"? Ridiculous.

It's negative speculation by a fan writer, no different from the sort of junk that piles up on this forum except for being less informed on the current state of the game.

Given the improvement in the tools available to the devs (MA is for them too, after all) it wouldn't surprise me if they delivered near-CoV levels of mission content, at a higher level of quality.

There is a difference between game and expansion, obviously, but I expect them to put a LOT of energy into the 'storyline' of GR.

and don't forget emps!

you can't perma rec aura any more, but you can still get by if you pay attention.

Low level specials that provide effects people would REALLY want to exemplar down with them attract a premium price.

But the supply is......just ridiculously low, even for a very patient fellow like myself. I flipped low level Celerity Stealths for a bit, also some of those Blessing of the Zephyrs, and it was a LOOOONG wait for bids to fill, even covering the whole range up to level 17 or so.

Of course when they did the profits were fantastic- the Zephyrs were filling for 40-ish mil and selling for 100+ mil.

But the pace was too slow even for my extremely sporadic play schedule.

Mostly, I think high level stuff is pricier because that's where the action is.