Nethergoat
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Quote:I can log in anywhere and pull up a remote Wentworth's console.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Since some Prems have unlocked access to the inf cap and Went/BM I can see how access to the market forum would be useful.
/signed
I can log in anywhere and pull up a window to check what's I've got in the Vault.
I can use all these cool path auras at the tailor.
I can give myself a colored title.
If defeated, I can pop right back up glowing with a handful of effects from big inspirations.
etc etc etc.
But I can't post in the market forum, or the Triumph server forum, or the Blaster forum?
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Quote:dunno if they could automate it, but this forum software isn't so antiquated as to not have a huge number of possible permissions.Originally Posted by Tenzhi
I wonder whether or not they can even tie forum access to the tier rewards. It may be that they can only tie it to subscription.
I admin another forum for a commercial site, running a modified version of UBB that in tech terms is positively ancient. We have Root, Admin, Mod, VIP, User & Probation usergroups with their own levels of forum access.
Of course if they can't automate it, or if automating it takes a lot of work I'm hosed. This is a game, after all, with a plethora of 7 year old in-game typos...
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as I get more informed about the whole 'tier' system the stranger it seems that improved forum access isn't a slot on one of the higher tiers.
players with years of paid subscription time aren't guaranteed to be tremendous community assets, but they tend to be more involved, informed & active on the forums. Which is what community hosts should be looking for... -
Quote:It seems likely!Originally Posted by SerialBeggar
Were you looking at a Game Card instead of a Time Card?
Conundrum solved- thanks.
although I question its utility in the post-FREEDOM world, where there's no physical game to own anyway.
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Okay back after a short hiatus.
Quick question- ran across one of those 'gift card' kiosks at the grocery store today and lo, it had CoH timecards. But the card promised 30 days of VIP access for.....$19.95?
Last time I checked CoH was $14.99?
I picked up a Hulu Plus card a while back and it was exactly one cent less than the online sub price.
What makes NC think they can get away with a five buck convenience fee?
Anyway, back to business.
I noticed one of those ex-Gamestop preorder freebie IOs has a knockdown proc, so I slotted it in my Lightning Field. Knockback procs in AoE's are one of my guilty pleasures- this won't be as hilarious as the Goat's Ragnarok KB in his Rain of Fire, but then what is?
So I ring up Twinshot to keep on with that arc.
They're in shiny new Manticore funded King's Row digs, and when I stop in to check up on Proton the place is swarming with Skulls.
I like the terminal interaction- y'know, I'm realizing it doesn't take that much extra effort to spruce up a completely generic mission. I've done countless 'beat up bad guys, click/destroy glowies' in my CoH career, but the simple addition of a little in-mission story progress made it seem fresh.
The enemies were pretty tough- orange lieutenants & yellow minions. No problem for Lizardroid, but if I were playing a blaster it would have been tedious.
The last glowie was tucked away in one of those intentionally confusing lab rooms, but my Spider Sense is still sharp after a year away and I found it without much trouble.
(One benefit of Ninja Run is using it as a kind of poor hero's stealth to bee-line through missions- it's fast enough that you can zip past most spawns taking scattered or no fire.)
Popped out, called Twinshot and was sent aaaaaaall the way across the zone to have a chat with Dillo.
I logged out there, as things were heating up around the house and I wanted to be able to fully enjoy his dialogue.
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ok, that all makes perfect sense- the menus are a mess, and doing anything on a fairly large scale gets annoying quick.
Someone oughta suggest they leverage the might of the new PARAGON MARKET to release a pack of 'apartment models' for the base creator- refrigerators, stoves, beds, curtained windows, all those little domestic touches. -
Quote:Genuinely confused by this, Sam- my experience has been just the opposite.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Personally, I find the whole SG editor to be horribly designed, itself. It more resembles a level editor and comes with far too much micromanaging fine details to be of any use to anyone but dedicated "base builders." Yes, it's great when you want to make, say, a labyrinth in your base, or build a house out of desks inside a large room, but when all I really wanted to do was something as simple as a living room, the amount of effort I have to put into it is prohibitive.
Cosmetic stuff (making a living room, say) seemed really easy, what was annoying & difficult was making things *work* (base storage, tp'ers, etc)
Making a room was just, pick a room, scroll around the menus for appropriate furnishings, plop them on the grid.
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the base system neatly allows us to create 'personal' housing of whatever scale/scope we like.
If the suggestion is eliminating the need to recruit people to start up a SG so you can *have* a base, I could get behind that. -
Quote:Nobody posts a big flashing spotlight marquee LOOK AT ME! whine like that then walks away from the thread cold, sorry.Originally Posted by Natsuki
Note to the general forum masses. Quote me all you like, I'm not actually going to be paying attention to this thread, and will not be responding. These are just my 2 inf worth of thoughts for the devs to consider upon their recent offerings, and their 'tactics' (or lack there of depending on point of view).
See?
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Quote:Same reason the moon landing was faked, space aliens built the pyramids & the Illuminati were behind the JFK assassination....conspiracy theories are more fun than reality!Originally Posted by Arcanaville
I don't know why people feel compelled to manufacture reasons why either the devs or NCSoft *don't* do something, when the most likely answer is often "because they don't want to." Why does it have to be about need, or being forced, or any of that. Why can't it simply be that they came up with an idea, decided it was a good idea, and went with that instead?
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Quote:that's just like my earlier post, only way better and funnier...DARN YOU, HYPERSTRIKE!Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Release one at a time.
Players: "AUUUGH!!! WHY U NO 2 SETS!"
Release both at the same time.
Players: "AUUUGH!!! CASH GRAB!"
Damned if you do. Damned if you don't.
>:e
r/e this thread:
I thought I had a pretty good understanding of the whining in these parts, but clearly the blessed mists of forgetfulness had obscured my recollection.
Wow!
I'm tempted to pull my grizzled veteran card and note how rare and amazing such a substantive redname reply to a release date kerfuffle is...instead I'll just state my admiration for Zwillinger's diligence and levelheadedness while leaving the irrationals to wail and tear their garments. -
Quote:I like this one. =DOriginally Posted by Zwillinger
[*]Various other reasons.
It's no win for Paragon- don't release it, everybody whines about not getting it,
release it too soon, everybody whines about how "greedy" they are.
Hopefully it'll be so good everyone will forget their grievances and just have fun whacking baddies when it does finally arrive. -
old Dell mini-tower under an antique oak writing desk in my office nook, widescreen monitor on top w/ Dell keyboard & Logitech g-500 mouse. The space is like a good sized walk in closet off the main living room, lined with floor to ceiling bookshelves.
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Quote:To paraphrase your own comment, quite a bit of expense for little benefit.Originally Posted by Texas Justice
In a way, they do sell full forum access. It's called being a VIP.
I mean, it's not a major issue for me- there are plenty of other places to discuss the game. It's just that I'd prefer to do it here.
while half a loaf is better than none, it would benefit the community to open it up even further.Quote:Originally Posted by I Burnt The Toast
Just to point out - if you didn't pay before Freedom you had absolutely no access and now some of the main forum sections are available to premiums. -
Quote:yah, that's a better idea.Originally Posted by Vauluur
I like having it be a Paragon Reward.
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Quote:I've been jousting with people yelling THE END IS NEAR! in my face since shortly after I registered on these forums.Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Now, as to people saying the game is nearing its end, its been nearing its end from the moment it launched. What no one knows, and so far everyone has gotten wrong, is at what point "closer" becomes "close." We're three years past the point when people thought we only had a year or two left, and five years past the point when people thought we would only be in maintenance mode in just a couple years.
Sniffing around on-line I found one of those expatriate forums & was greatly amused by a thread circa BaB's exit from the game where a gaggle of former local luminaries were GUARANTEEING that this was THE END of blah blah blah.
Particularly, it has survived wave after wave of games that were DEFINITELY going to kill it off.
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Quote:that's a better idea- I've already 'invested' almost 20k posts in this joint, let me add to my total unfettered! I'd even spend a token on it, or however that works...Originally Posted by Rufus T Fyrfly
Or, maybe have it as an unlockable based on your Paragon Rewards (like Tier 2 or 3)
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and on further consideration, it doesn't make sense from a community standpoint to restrict forum access so drastically. When you're dealing with online socializing the more the merrier.
I can see not wanting to deal with a flood of FTP newbies making accounts just to troll the boards, but I don't get the point of restricting longtime subscribers with an established track record. I see Bill Z Bubba is in the same boat as myself, and he's consistently been one of the more helpful, useful posters around here for a good long time.
I understand wanting to create incentives for VIP subscriptions, but this restriction seems to miss the forest for the trees. -
I have one of those in my front yard- they're quite attractive in season.
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Quote:yah, anything I didn't recognize I just left alone- caution is ever my watchword!Originally Posted by SwellGuy
And a large variety of other items you may want to review at Paragon wiki before claiming.
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Quote:reminds me of the comic store guy years ago who gave me an impassioned soliloquy on how the DVD was doomed and would NEVER replace the Laserdisc..... =POriginally Posted by Chase_Arcanum
In the interest of full-disclosure on the accuracy of my prophecies, so many years ago, I was caught saying something like this at a local gaming shop:
"The lore is razor thin and poorly contrived to cater to the original game's RTS mechanics. Sure, that game was well-done, and what WAS there was cleverly-presented, but the world itself is a third-rate D&D clone, so who'd really want to play in a World of "Warcraft"? -
I'm still iffy about going VIP again, but I'd happily shell out a couple of bucks to escape the ALL ACCESS forum ghetto- it's really cramping my style.
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Maybe the market doesn't have enough junk to soak up the points accumulated by VIP accountholders, but with my being a lowly FTP leech I see plenty of neat stuff I want to pick up eventually....
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Quote:CoH is tailor made for one of those Facebook/App type 'farmville/mafia wars' sort of games.Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum
(Bad Assumption #5: Not made by Johnny_Butane, but by others in this thread: There's also nothing stating that said project was necessarily an MMO or a PC game for that matter. While I posted my iPad comment in jest, this IS a scary time for any studio to try a multimillion-dollar PC title. PC sales are flat and PCs that would handle a high-end DirectX11 title well are not entering the market fast enough to match the growing costs of developing these high-end titles. You may want to mitigate costs by developing cross-platform, lowering system requirements so it works across a wider array of PCs, or keep your IP alive by developing products with your IP in alternate markets until things seem less stormy.)
And I read somewhere recently that smartphone sales eclipsed computer sales for the first time this year....a savvy developer would seem to be well served by diversifying into a large market segment with a tremendous potential for growth.
In other words, by George, I think Chase is onto something here! -
also, poking around the costume editor last night I happened across something called PATH AURAS.
Very, very nice!
IMHO way cooler than the ever-contentious Power Slide sprint, I have several characters who'll be making use of these if I ever get their slots unlocked. I'm assuming these are Paragon Rewards of some sort- other than collecting all my familiar vet reward stuff I haven't poked around the system much.
My email's clogged with assorted weird things like "enchancement unslotters" and the like, I guess I should find out what they all do...