Obscure Blade
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Quote:Maybe the revamp could be that when you get the mission to see the Security Chief, when you show up he's face down and dead with cops and forensic guys standing around. That leads into the next mission where you look for the killer...Originally Posted by SlickRiptide
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Quote:Originally Posted by _Klaw_
cough2boxcoughAnd you have to know how; I don't. And I shouldn't have to perform some elaborate workaround for such a simple task.Quote:Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
It costs too much money for too little benefit.
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I still have a bunch of characters created around the time going Rogue came out that I still don't have in an SG because I hate asking other people to help so much. It's also an extra pain if they are strangers since I have to log on the leader, go into the base and lock down all the storage just in case they turn out to be a thief. And then after the invites log the leader back in and undo everything afterward - if I can find someone willing to help in the first place.
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Quote:From the Announcement discussions thread:Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
*Snirk*Quote:Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
No, it will be fixed like base raids.
You, sir, I like the cut of your jib.
Quote:Originally Posted by Jasra
Base Raids are fixed; you haven't seen any little base raids running around, have you? -
Quote:Since when is soloing easier than teaming? If anything the opposite is true, teams often tend to be steamrollers.Originally Posted by Arilou
It really isn't. It's basic MMORPG-mechanics. Soloing is EASIER than teaming. Therefore, teaming is going to need better rewards. Again, really basic math.
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Quote:If they tweak the Banners to only appear in one zone at a time I think that would help a lot; as it is, they tend to appear during the Halloween Event in multiple zones at once spreading anyone who might be interested out all over.Originally Posted by Kurrent
Just like the Banners in the Halloween Event.
I miss doing them. They were fun and required coordination among teams, and they carried a real possibility of failure, but they had commensurate badge rewards to compensate. I hope more people are interested in doing them again when October rolls around. -
Quote:Considering that I've never heard it mentioned as an insult until this thread, I'd say that the most common usage in this country is as a Blazing Saddles reference. And when I google it, the first few pages have only one reference to the insult version, and that's a Urban Dictionary link. There's also a restaurant chain, some kind of handicraft business, a Facebook page, and some kind of computer-related thing.Originally Posted by Kjell_NA
Have a guess at which use of the word is both more common and more dehumanising. Hm.
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Quote:It's also a character from Blazing Saddles, a skateboarding term and a planet. And other things. Go check out the disambiguation page on Wikipedia for "M*ongo" if you are curious; I had to strip the links from my post because the stupid censor program broke all of them. Apparently Flash Gordon is something we must be shielded from.Originally Posted by Roderick
Yes, it's short for "Mongoloid", and has been used in a derogatory manner for decades.
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Quote:I've heard it used far more often to refer to either the sword, or to a task being difficult. And anyone who wishes to be actually insulting can just insert an asterisk or use far more insulting terms that the software won't recognize. It's the mods and board culture that keep us from hurling nasty insults at each other, not easily fooled software.Originally Posted by Oliin
Wait ... why's it stupid for censoring a word that can be used as a relatively derogatory term? I know it's not generally used that way much anymore but it's still not a very nice thing to call someone.
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Quote:<laughs>Originally Posted by MajorDecoy
Edit: After a quick check of the source material it is the ******* sword of a frost giant, but not one she had killed.
The stupid forum software censors "******* sword"!
AKA "bast*ard sword". -
Quote:I recall for some time quite a lot of specific demands for /Rad Controllers. For a while, Giant Monster regeneration was huge, while /Rad Controllers had a bugged version of Lingering Radiation that was greatly superior to the Defender/Corruptor version. Both of those were changed, but the impression that /Rad Controllers were especially necessary seemed to linger for some time.Originally Posted by Master_Templar
What have you all seen? Note: not really talking about "we could use some AoE" or "we could use an MM". I'm wondering about very specific requests in terms of powersets.
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Quote:So, go beyond this world for more facepalms!Originally Posted by Snow Globe
I don't think there is enough face palm in the world to express my thoughts if the marketing team did think these will continue to be bought when this goes live.
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Quote:Yes. Amusingly enough, my own Smashy the Clown also has Jump Kick for the same reason - it's clownish.Originally Posted by Jibikao
The best melee pool is still Air Superiority but if you don't like the theme, I would suggest Jump Kick. I've used Jump Kick before when I made my "clown character" (the flip is funny) and I didn't find the activation time that long to be honest. You can cancel the jump with a jump if I remember correctly. You don't have to wait for the whole animation?
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Quote:Actually they were at first; I even recall someone commenting after an early market fluctuation that "even the mighty Boresight" had fallen in price. Of course, this was the era when 100,000 or so was a common price for Clockwork Winders....Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Unless they need to be reminded with one word:
"Boresight."
I seem to recall people saying in beta that that would be in *incredible* demand on the market... and it pretty well never has been, as far as I recall. -
Ever use Shadow Maul or Sands of Mu? Flurry uses the same animation, except it's only single target and less damaging. Jump Kick is quite a bit better than Flurry actually since they made the animation interruptable partway through a while back.
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Quote:As we saw in the MST3K episode Cave Dwellers, the answer is...a leather hang glider.Originally Posted by Forse
Shouldn't the minotaur have some cool barbarian wings?... 'cause... y'know.
((Note - I have no idea what 'barbarian' wings would look like. Some sort of tattered battle standard tied to them maybe, but that'd ruin the joke and make this a serious suggestion.))
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Quote:Probably. It's an awful attack.Originally Posted by Berzerker_NA
Speed: Flurry - It looks good, and can slot stun IO's. Will I regret it, though?
Too bad, since it's the only really good one.Quote:Originally Posted by Berzerker_NA
Flight: Air Supremecy - Doesn't look martial arts-ish at all. Probably wouldn't use it because of that.
Really; if you aren't going to take Air Superiority then just takes what looks best for concept purposes and don't bother to slot it, because you sure aren't going to get any practical use out of them. -
That barbarian lady makes me really wish they'd proliferated Ice Armor to scrappers or brutes. Ice giantess!
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It's always been my understanding that two of them will put anyone but a stalker at the stealth cap; and even for a stalker it only makes a difference in PvP. So for a blaster having three sources of stealth won't do anything.
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Quote:Unless they are planning to change it for Dominators - add something in place of one of the redundant invisibility powers, say.Originally Posted by Roderick
Seriously, what's left to proliferate, other than Illusion? And if they were going to do that, it would be in this round. It wouldn't need any new art assets, and that was the sticking point for this round of proliferation - if it needed art, it wasn't happening this time.
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Don't like Tanks and Defenders, the low damage and getting the attacks late gets under my skin.
I want to like Sonic Blast, but can't stand the sound effects. -
Quote:Originally Posted by SpikyShane
What is a hotfix?That may be the meaning elsewhere, but for whatever reason here they've always used the term to mean a small emergency patch for which they bring down the servers.Quote:Originally Posted by rsclark
Normally it would be a patch applied to an already running application/server, so the fact that they brought down the servers to do it makes it seem like a bit of a misnomer.
Bringing down the servers to do it kind of takes the hot part away. -
On occasion Scrapyard will fight Jack or Eochai during the Halloween Event; I don't recall who wins though.
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Perhaps a Fire/Psi or Fire/Energy Dominator, with the Fire powers all colored pure white.
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Yes.
As I understand it, regardless of the ammo used it is actually applying all the secondary effects at all times; it's just that the values are set to zero for the inactive ammo types. So a def debuff power is always a def debuff power as far as the proc is concerned.