Newbunkle

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Redside is a bit dreary, but it didn't have to be. Here's a pic from Tron Legacy that shows how something sleek and sexy can still look very dark:



Something like this would have been much cooler than all the brick, rust, and litter. (I have seen later zones, but they're still not much better).

I'm not keen on the villain powersets either. I've only had two villains - a level 30 rad/rad corruptor, and a level 15 necro/dark mastermind. I got bored of the mastermind because I wanted to do my killing personally - letting something else do it seems wrong. :P

I was only training the corruptor to try out the epics, but with issue 17 lowering the level requirement, I won't have to bother with with more levelling if I don't want to.

I'm looking forward to Going Rogue a lot, and I don't see myself using redside much after it comes out. I like the idea of playing a villain, but if I want to roleplay a "baddie" I think I'll just make Praetoria my home. Rogues would be easier to play as I can send them blueside with the rest of my characters.

I'd like to see a complete redesign for the zones. A lot of them have tons of wasted space, and it only gets worse when the filler is bland.

Atlas Park is awesome because almost everything you want is within easy reach, and there's a cool landmark in the middle just for hanging out. Its no wonder you find people congregating around there - it's how towns are formed in real life.

All of the zones should offer something similar. Any hard-to-reach content should be extraordinary to make it worth travelling to the map corners, especially when the route is ugly *cough* King's Row *cough*.

If you have to do a lot of travelling, at least make it gorgeous. Anywhere not regularly travelled should be unique and sexy.

Ah, so its not just me then!

I didn't try leaving mine, I just quit and reopened the updater until it seemed to work.

My one regret is testing out the medicine power pool on my main (blaster). Now I've got a healing related badge stuck on a tiny bit of progress. I either have to leave it as it is (eww) or respec my main and use Aid Other enough times to get all the badges. I wish there was a way to delete badge progress...

I agree with what the article said. CoX really needs some work - better graphics, the ability to be more heroic, etc. I liked the idea of catching the bus going over the bridge - random disasters and events sound cool. Secret identities sound ok as long as they aid RP and aren't just another costume slot with a boring outfit.

I also agree with what he said about Statesman. What a boring character! I really don't care when I hear "Statesman did this" or "Statesman did that" or "Statesman's been kidnapped". Yawn!

I've come back after a break and been here for just over a month and I'm feeling burnt out already. I still have nearly 2 months left of my sub, but I'm losing the will to play. The content is so repetitive, and I get really bored fighting legions of the same enemies over and over again (especially when it takes so much effort to take out a lot of those minions - it doesn't make me feel very "super" at all).

What would be better is less mobs, and more carefully crafted bosses and supervillains - and have them running around smashing stuff up, and flipping cars. A greater variety of bad guys with more detailed backgrounds and backstories would be awesome. Also, once you get to level 20 or so you should be able to "file a report" at city hall about your arch-enemy (i.e. design a character and their powers) so that they show up randomly in game. It'd be interesting to be running about and find your nemesis about to punch a train off the monorail.

Once you've defeated a custom supervillain, what if you could rate them on things like costume, backstory, etc.? What if the reward for making a good supervillain was having NCSoft make a couple of missions for them, or otherwise find ways to make them part of the game world?

You know what else would be interesting? Since they have the tech for in game ads, they could have wanted posters show up on walls with a villain's pic on it, and the longer they remain wanted, the greater the reward you get for defeating them. How chuffed would you be if you saw your own nemesis on a poster somewhere? (Maybe the poster could be a clue as to which villains are currently operating in that zone).

Anyway, I'm just daydreaming. Back to the grind...

I'm intrigued by the idea, but I think the authors will be so limited by the system that their stories are little better than the devs. I've tried making a few stories and I've found I'm unable to build what I want because I don't have enough control. For instance, I wanted a mission where you go to collect data from a friend, and then come under attack afterwards. I wanted the mission to start with no bad guys and then spawn a huge ambush after you collect the stuff, but you can't make one with no enemy group. I know I can't do that ...yet, so while this is a good idea I don't think it'll work until they add more features to the MA.

LOL!!! This will make playing Rikti maps feel fresh again.

Many thanks for the attempt the other night. I know we said we'd try again next Thursday, but I forgot that I'll be away next week. Feel free to carry on without me, as that character needs so many other badges I'm not going to miss it. Even if you finish it, I know the option will come up again, even if I have to wait for GR. Cheers!

Aww, that sucks. They need to update the website, because it still gives 8am as the official time.

Just tried to log on at noon (GMT) and couldn't. There's no information about any extended downtime on the EU site, but all the servers are showing as offline. Also, the client applied another 2.8G of something when I started it up. Anyone know what's going on?

Ugh. Multiple players using the same name sounds horrible. What if someone decides to impersonate you to cause grief? Good names are pretty easy to find if you have the sense to look.

Just so I know, where are we meeting at 8? or should I just send a tell? (and what's the name of the toon with the mission?)

"AE team" has become synonymous with XP farming. I've already played some AE with a good team, because I joined them outside of the AE and then asked if they wanted to do a fun story mission. They agreed, so in we went. I think it'll take some time for people to get used to "AE team starting" sounding like fun, but it'll happen eventually.

They're in Steel too, and not a moment too soon. After doing the Peacebringer missions for the first time, I am officially sick to death of the Council.

I've given one of my blaster's costumes white ice, but this is the only significant tweak I've made to my existing toons. I did create a new defender that fires green lightning and has gold empathy. I'm enjoying it a lot.

I've had a character concept in mind for some time that I've finally been able to bring to life and I'm enjoying it. I spent a good deal of time just playing with power customization. I also like being able to see my level without having to bring up personal info. :P

I don't know if its my imagination or not, but I think I'm finding enemies in odd places. Has the 5th column always shown up in Steel, or have I just never noticed before?

Edit: Forgot the new difficulty options too. So far I'm loving I16. Looking forward to Going Rogue now.

The servers are only up for employees to do tests, but you can still use the client to play with different power sets and save them to your PC. Just don't try finishing off the character or they boot you - wait until its back up and remake them quickly using the saved files. My green electrical attacks look just as good as I'd hoped.

Trolls: Its not easy being green?

The extended downtime gave me an excuse to remove more of that woodchip wallpaper in the spare room.

I used my respec last night too. I just had a feeling that I should do it, even though I was a bit undecided on the powers.

Well the EU website says that the Defiant server is up, and the client is downloading something so I guess its done.

Edit: Now they're off again, lol.

Edit: Aaaand back up again.

Edit: But the log in server isn't working.

Edit: And now they're down again.

And when they were only half way up they were neither up nor down!