OutRage

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I listen to My Chemical Romance because AFI got too mainstream, man.

/em cutterchic

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Hey look! I can tie subjects together!

Superheroes + Humorous emo jokes = http://emorangers2.ytmnd.com/

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I don't mind people not liking the game or its dev team, but this is really starting to smell like one of those times when someone has a personal problem and is grasping around for something to elevate it beyond that.

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Nail, meet hammer.

Seriously, the poster coming under fire is probably just some emo kid taking out his lovelorn frustrations on the game. Or something like that, I just really wanted to take a dig at emo while the joke was still slightly funny.

Oh, we're not making fun of emo kids anymore?

Oops.

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And of course unlike my earlier post, I've never regretted having Taser on ignore. Not sure I could stand the smell of having my head that far up States' backside.


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So, in Nozy world, do you have to put yourself on ignore because you're your own biggest fanboi?

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Ooooo, SNAP!

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Liquid, you [censored]. You stole my responce.

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I'd totally be upset if It wasn't for the fact that I have you on ignore, thus making me one of the cool kids.

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Oh yeah? well I've got YOUR MOM on ignore. Now I'M the totally cool one because I gloated about my ignore list. I'm so cool it hurts...YOUR FACE!!!

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And of course unlike my earlier post, I've never regretted having Taser on ignore. Not sure I could stand the smell of having my head that far up States' backside.


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So, in Nozy world, do you have to put yourself on ignore because you're your own biggest fanboi?

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Ooooo, SNAP!

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Liquid, you [censored]. You stole my responce.

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Should I take this comment to heart, like I did the "PvP will not effect PvE" comments

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I don't know why you'd take that to heart since he never said that. He did say that PvP-only changes would affect PvE as little as possible, which seems true so far.

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and "everyone will be able to solo in this game/we will be catering to the casual players" type comments

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This is plenty true. While I don't think that anyone who reads/posts here with any regularity can be called "casual", I'm pretty close.

I play less than 10 hours/week and don't pay attention to the numbers behind the powers. I solo characters of all 5 ATs and each issue has made the game more fun.

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from pre CoH beta, only to find out later that "Well, that's not really what we meant"?

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I did a search and can't find a single example of any Dev saying that. There are a couple of cases where they, in suitably polite language, said "learn how to read", which seems to be the problem here.

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The most obvious answer?......PvP. Resistance based sets would be far to hard to wear down in a PvP type enviroment.

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And yet Stone, Fire and Dark Armor have plenty of Resistances and weren't reduced at all... If you're going to accuse them of lying, you should have actual *proof*.

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The invuln changes really don't make sense in any other light.

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...any other light that you are willing to consider. How about "it plays better and is more fun in general like this". Because it's not more fun for you, this may be hard to accept. But it may also be true.

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No matter how many times you tell me I didn't have fun in I1, 2, and 3 I know I did.

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Once again, he never said that. To the best of the dev team's ability, I5 is *more fun* than the earlier issues, but to say that that the game was unfun before I5 is silly.


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My regen scrapper ran every mission, every taskforce, gathered every badge....all of the things you specifically said Regen scrappers didn't do,

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"specifically said"? Wow, that would be a heck of a statement. If he ever made it.

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I sure hope so. It's what your playerbase craves at this point.

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OMG, where have you been hiding! James Randi has $1,000,000 waiting for you with your proof of actual psychic ability! Heck, I'd personally give you $100 if you could provide evidence that even as little as 10% of the playerbase "craves" more PvE content. I'll accept just about any actual proof. Posts from 15,000 different users would probably be the easiest.

Here's a tip: People don't generally stand up and shout "I'm perfectly happy!" When people pay $15/month for a service and aren't happy, they speak up. This isn't a small statistically effect. About 5% of the playerbase posts here, that's around 7k people.

Let's say that they *all* hate I5 (obviously not true, but why not). Let's then say that only represents 1/3 of the people that are unhappy (the other 2/3rds are too lazy to say anything even though they pay for the service, again I think I'm being conservative here). That means 21,000 people *hate* I5.

WoW has shown that an MMO *can* get a userbase in the millions. Cryptic and NcSoft absolutely must increase the userbase of CoH. Status quo won't do it (or else we'd see a greater growth trend since launch); more content won't do it (people who haven't played haven't seen the content that's here now); making the game more fun is the *only* way to do it.

If getting a userbase of millions costs a few thousand people who preferred things the old way, I think any company would take that bet and say to those people "Sorry things didn't work out, we hope you like our next game!"

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Being somewhat right usually attracts flames. *Hands you a riot shield*

Have fun.

God, can we let regen go already? It was always overpowered. You KNOW it was.

See, this type of stuff just gets to me and p*sses me off a little. You ever p*ss off a little?

Taking what States said and nitpicking it appart like you did is just...well I just think you're thinking way too much about this stuff.

Example. I5 made changes to my scrapper and controler. Not once did I ever go nutso over it. While your original post is intelligent and well thought out...I think thats the problem. You're thinking too much. I think you're falling prey to over analyzation of something you enjoy and are prone to thinking too hard about. You feel passionately towards this game and what it's currently facing and whats down the road and you're jumping on the brain choo-choo and riding off the cliff.

I've been here since release and I'd like to think I've earned my stripes on the forums. I don't fret about stuff like this. In life if something bothers or affects me, Think about how important it is and if it warrants it, I speak up. I speak my mind about alot of things. This game however, and the changes it incurs...don't phase me. Unless they turn it suddenly into the Hello Kitty MMORPG I'm pretty content to go with the flow and see where it takes me.

My love for this game stems from the fact that I love superheroes and I love videogames. I think alot of people could bennefit from that instead of treating this game like it's on a constant edge of the cliff situation.

People here seem to fall prey to overanalization and "reading their own headlines" so easily. Is it like that with all internet forums? Just because you have a well thought out, intelligent hypothesis does not mean that you are right...hell, it doesn't mean that it's even worth going off on.

What, maybe I'm not justified in going off like this. It's just the way you replied to State's post kinda set me off a little bit. With the puffy chested "oh, i should belive you NOW when you LIED to me earlier! How dare you!" tone. That set me off.

So, what if something he said previously changed because of a changing situation? He's a game designer, not Nostradamus. I am content to sit here and continue to play a game I love WITHOUT going nutso over every little thing the devs say. I take it as they give it and I speak my mind when something goes awry in my eyes.

God, I don't even know where the hell I was going with that but now that I got it out, I feel alot better.

I think alot of you need to go back to playing the game, immersing yourselves in the missions (the STORY of them not the "oMg mOr Content. These ar all t3h same" bullcrap), and build new concept characters...hell, maybe even try some roleplaying.

It's a game. Enjoy it. Don't nitpick and try to see the future according to (insert poster name here).

Capice?

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or punch a baby?
(yeah that baby was being kind of a %^&*)

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Or flipping off a box of kittens.

pie.

I shouldn't have to slightly change my tactics in a game genre that is EXPECTED to be ever changing!

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Roll with the punches or get out of the ring.

Happy aniversary Paragon...

Hopefully many, many more.

Cuz I know I'm not leaving until they kick me out or the doors close.

Omg, like, HEAD EXPLODEY.

I'll fully admit it, my avatars in games like this are fashion whores. I like finding the BEST looking combination of clothing for the character that I can (so the look and the powers mesh) and the new stuff in I4 is just gonna make fiddling around in Icon that much more fun.

Let's just hope I4 is coming sooner than we all think! *crosses fingers*

I know it's not gonna happen...but to have it snow (and change the landscape ala snow drifts, frosted trees, snowmen, icecicles (sp), etc) would just be...can't even think of a word sentimental enough.

To be doing my thing across the rooftops of Atlas Park and then look up to suddnely see the begining of a gentle snowfall would be magical. I know I'd smile.

Statesman replied to my post.

omgomgomgomgomgomgomg.

Seriously omg.

O_o

Hot diggity damn! That IS encouraging!

The way he talked about it makes me think that it's an idea he's toyed with and not something he just came up with all of a sudden.

I say this would be AWESOME to see someday.

I meant more along the lines of a singular villain.

Batman - Joker
Superman - Lex Luthor
Marvel Fans - Marvel (sorry, had to)

I know my villain would be the Praetorian Earth version of OutRage...

Rampage. A twisted individual who's exposure to the true corruption of Paragon City sent him over the edge and into the mindset that violence was the only thing the world had left. He's also a desperate suck up to Tyrant but doesn't even know where to find the *******. :P

Lovely, well that explains that then.

Guess all we can do is hope for it someday!

Not a clue! 'Swhy I asked.

Wasn't there a thread about this awhile ago or maybe States said something about it?

I searched for it and I can't remember for the life of me where I may have heard this. It could have been hinted at or complete BS or a suggestion...whatever.

But I remember reading something about sometime down the line we may all get the chance to have a personal archvillain. Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about?

God would that be cool. Get to design and name them...maybe pick their powers and have to end up fighting them at the end of origin specific story arcs.

Wow.

Does anyone else remember hearing about something like this?

Hell, I'm ALREADY roleplaying out the whole "inner will" power thing. Natural MA/SR scrapper.

I never want to be like the Statesman in terms of powers (too Superman for me) but my own adaptation of it is what I'm RPing...

How else would you explain a natural rolling out of a 50 story fall with just an ache in his legs? Cracking a Rikti armor chestplate in half with a flying sidekick?

I can't wait to find out more about these EATs. The more they add, the cooler this game is going to get.

Yay Pozzi!

...I still think you'd kick Master Chief's [censored].

Sweet merciful christ thank you.

EDIT: Although I can't say I don't enjoy making a couple quick stealthy hops over scenery and landing five feet in front of said fleeing baddie and POW. Very Spider-Man.