QueenVoodoo

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Am I the only one who sees possible problems with the magnetism line of controllers?

There is ONE hero in all of comics that has claws similar to the claws set in CoH. Therefore there can arguably be a copyright violation there. I see the same problem with a magnetism set for conrollers. I mean... there are other options for controllers... nature control - make grass and what not entangle and ensnare your enemies. body control - specialize in posessing the bodies (but not the minds) of your enemies.... etc.

I guess I don't see a need to delve into the dangerous waters that are magneto.

Zeus - god of magnetism

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This was discussed when the Devs first hinted at this powerset. The same argument was raised. IMHO, even if a something is "confirmed" doesn't necessarily mean it'll make it into the game. Nothing is "confirmed" really until it goes out on test, and even then the Devs could change their minds in light of the pending lawsuit.

Anyway, it's been said before and I'm saying it again. Marvel doesn't have a copyright on super heros, and they definitely don't have a copyright on Magnetisim. As long as Cryptic is vigilant in not letting Magneto clones appear on the servers, there is nothing Marvel can do about it.

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Minion system

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Minion system!!?!!111one

You mean we'll have our very own evil minions? Sweet heaven, for this ALONE I'd buy COV.

Anybody have a link to where the Devs talk about this specifically?

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I think GillBates wallpaper compositionally better. Though the bust of Statesman is more forceful, I think the use of layout and color show more complexity. In addition, there's a more powerful use of typography in his entry than I feel is there in the winners.

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Hmm, I can see where your're coming from...but I disagree that Gates' bust is more forceful. I thought the 1st place winner's was a lot more forceful...better use of lines. To put it generally, I thought the 1st place winner's version of Statesmen looked "tougher" and more rugged. More of a grizzled hero. Which is why (IMHO) the 1st place entry edged out his (but not by much).

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Uhm yours is better that the one that one! IMHO!

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Wow, I don't think GillBates' is better then the 1st place winner but it's definitely better then the 2nd place or the 2 runner's up (and I thought their's were pretty damn good). Good job!

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I present to you my wallpaper

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Ok, this was amazingly rude and sarcastic but I still laughed

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Okay, so it came up recently in a discussion with someone, and I'm just going to ask the community here:

What are your feelings of individuals gender bending (for those who do not know the term: playing a member of the opposite sex)?

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Don't care, people can play however they want. The game (to me) is for relaxation and fun. If playing a member of the opposite sex is relaxing and fun to you, then go for it. If it isn't, I wonder why you bother...but again who cares. It is, after all, your 15 bucks a month.

Wow, these really good "winning" wallpapers make my attempts at making wallpaper look incredibly shabby. I'm very good at photoshop but I'm horrible at drawing freehand.

Anyway, congrats to all the winners. Maybe I'll enter into a contest when my skills improve.

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Well...I got bored in a mission so...I decided to try to add myself to my friend list, and, lo and behold, I get an unusual notice:

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You are always a friend to yourself.

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Deep. Real deep.

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Are you suggesting that villains will not have access to damage inspirations? healing inspirations? inspirations of any sort?

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I'm not making any suggestions, and if you are referring to the examples I gave in my post, those examples are hardly along the lines you mention here. They are examples, to further my point...not suggestions for how the game should be, I do that in another part of the forum.

To me, it sounds like you are the one making suggestions and then making assumptions on PvP based on them. Dev has announced nothing about inspirations in CoV. Geez, we don't even know if they'll be CALLED "inspirations". When they start presenting ideas, then I'll start making suggestions.

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Yeah, I'm going out on a limb here and expecting a PLAYER who plays a villain will have access to similar power choices AND similar inspirations.

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Yeah, you are. There is a big difference between something being "similar" and something being the "same". Damage and Healing inspirations, ok these will probably have to be must have items. A Sleep/Stun/Hold Inspiration? MAYBE. Other defense inspirations? MAYBE. And even if the answer isn't MAYBE but YES, we still can't make the assumption that they will function EXACTLY the same way and with the same weght.

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Yes. That is a guess. However, it's a much SAFER guess than suggesting villain players won't have access to the same basic things hero players do.

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Again I disgree, there is no SAFER guess...for the simple fact you AND myself know diddly squat about that the Devs have spent months planning. Based your guess on how you think they are going to do CoV and inspirations, you have already found a fatal flaw. I offered you another guess as to how CoV could work that would remove that problem.

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It's not too early to speculate that basic game functions will be similar. And inspirations are a basic function of the game. I fully expect them to be there. And, unlike healing inspirations which affect damage dealers negatively, this one has a much larger impact on affecting controllers. It removes their ability to do anything to the opponent.

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Stated again for emphasis, you and I know diddly squat about CoV ATs, power sets, inspirations (or whatever they are called), NPC villians/monsters that player villians will run into and their powers, etc., etc., ad nauseum. Bringing up the issue you meantioned is GOOD, don't get me wrong, but making general assumptions on how CoV is going to work, finding possible fatal flaws based on that assumption, and also assuming that Dev is going to be stupid enough to make controllers a "worthless" AT for PvP in that way is a little off to me.

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This isn't about Hero vs. Hero interaction. This is about an INSPIRATION, which will be available to everyone (no matter the archtype), that completely negates the function of the controller class.

It radically alters their abilities in ANY instance of PvP. Doesn't matter who's fighting who ... if you're a controller, you just had your powers de-fanged when facing any other hero with access to inspirations.

Yay!

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I agree it doesn't matter who is fighting who in this case...however, as far as PvP is concerned, I think you are making the assumption that villians will even have access to this inspiration. I sounds like you are expecting the villians in CoV to have the same inspirations that heroes have in CoH, but I do not think that this may necessarily be the case.

So, for example, a Controller hero would run into a [insert AT here] villian and it wouldn't matter.

On the flip side, I would hope that if they create a "controller-type" AT villian in CoV that the stun/sleep/hold inspiration used by heroes would have lesser impact (or no impact ).

Basically, it's way to early to speculate on this right now. We don't know what the CoV ATs are going to be, what the powers are, or even what the inspirations are going to be.

Holy Smack! Thanks!

Alleviates that whole chain stun issue. Very good call.

There was a rumor that there will be a PvP arena available in CoH well before CoV comes out. Will the PvP arena be post-update 3?

Also, is the rumor true that the SSOCS (or whatever it's called now ) system will also be post-update 3 (but pre-Cov)?

Thanks!

I highly doubt NCSoft can be this stupid or this greedy. A lot of people love CoH, they are building a fan base like nobody's business. To "double charge" in this way would make ZERO marketing sense, piss of the fans, and make people question pricing everytime a new "addition" to the game comes out. I hope this is just a wild rumor. I really want to try out CoV, but if they charge an extra 15 bucks to do so, then I won't bother. I'll stay content with CoH alone.

A lot of good ones in this thread...my emotes:

- Nyah Nyah Emote - character sticks tongue out and puts hands next to ears and goes "Nyah Nyah"
- Raspberry Emote - basically character gives somebody "the raspberry"
- Snicker Emote - character snickers and points at somebody
- Bring It Emote - kinda similar to the "taunt" animation in CoH except the character should point, do the taunt thing, and then slam the fist into the hand
- Slap Emote - you should be able to just run up and slap somebody (no damage taken of course)
- Manical Laugh Emote - crazy laughter and the character has his hands up like he just won the world series (or something similar)
- Thumbs Down Emote - the antithesis of the Thumbs Up emote that players do when they say "Ready!"
- Wack Em Emote - player moves finger across throat (you know that "kill him" gesture that baddies make in the movies )

Sooooo, what's going on with this? I'm all ready to kill some Nazis and I haven't seen any.

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2. Statesman's a traitor


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Wouldn't that be some "alternative universe" goodness

Did somebody say "Nazi's"!?! Mmmmm, Nazi battles *drool*

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Remember dropping a mission affects standing with that contact and possible
future contacts or missions.

Drop all the missions you want, you just might find you don't have any in the future.
With those goes the badges that come with completing those arcs, and the accolades etc.

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Indeed, this is why it's very important for you to be "picky" when choosing your missions...and read the description before taking it.

If they allowed ppl to abandon a mission I think it should be treated as a "failed mission". You didn't complete it, the villians got away, and your contact is now pissed at you. I don't think you should get the option to do the mission again...the moment has passed, you abandoned it so you failed.

If they implemented something like this, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

I didn't realize that this was a "bug". Was there some official word that it was? As of yesterday, I have been seeing (in indoor missions) villians at +1 and villians at my level intermixed in the mission. I'll run into +1's at the beginning, then +0's in the middle, then +1's, and so on.

Sounds like this whole bug(?) will be null and void once the mission difficulty slider comes out.

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This process is taking several hours.

Send money to WeirdBeard to speed things up.

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I've got some left over Flooze...will that do?

There was another post on this. I thought the TF badges showed up on the test server (??). Badges for TFs are supposed to show up if you've done them. Sounds like a bug. I hope people are logging it formally.

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My summary: Feel free to critique the game and offer suggestions and advice, but don't ask the authors of this work to make changes in order to generate more income or to fit the game to your desires or even the desires of the majority. It's their work, let them write it how they want. If you aren't enjoying it, then find something that you do enjoy. As someone else mentioned, there's plenty of MMO's out there to choose from.


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The most appropriate comment in the whole damn thread. To kinda take Icarus's side on this, we ALL have a vision of the perfect game...but it's the perfect game only to us. Sh*t if I had my way I'd fight 5th Column all day, everyday...If I had my way this game would NOT have a "T" for "Teen" rating you can be sure...not many people would dig that.

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Looks like video games aren't a boys only club anymore.

It never was. Chicks like me have been playing and gaming for years now. I have been since Pong. :x

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Yep..same here..been here since Pong too. Had everything, the Commadore 64, an Amiga, Intellivision, Coleco, Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, etc. , etc.

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LOL I'm sure it'll come as a great shock to Poz that he's a female.

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DOH!

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Question: Is Paragon City supposed to be in the US?

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Yeah, somewhere in Rhode Island supposedly. Hence the American flag instead of some fictional country flag of some type.