Renardine

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  1. Going Rogue Offer is live now, even though it is Sunday!
    Free Shipping... with sales tax it ran me $10.61
  2. Quote:
    I think the mass phase powers powers will remain the red-headed step child of the powers in this game.
    As a redheaded stepchild, (albeit a 43 year old one...) I always found this phrase a bit prejudicial.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Schismatrix View Post
    Oddly enough i do not pronounce "calm" the same as "mom". Bizarre as it may seem i pronounce the "L" as a sort of transitional phoneme between the "a" and "m" sounds. (If that explanation makes any sense.)
    You explanation makes a great deal of sense, the idea that you would do so, however does not...

    (I live near Boston, but first learned English in Detroit, so my own pronunciation and ear for things could be admittedly quite skewed...)
  4. "Film Making Tip: The language filter doesn't do well with "Nom". You have to spell everything fenetikalee. "

    I am unsure how else NOM could possibly be pronounced, even by a machine. I have always pronounced it to rhyme with "calm" as in a still ocean or lake. or Mom, your female parent. ( same sound) What did you hear?
    Gnome?
    viet (NAHM?)
    Noom rhymes with womb?
  5. Try
    /bind KEY "SuppressCloseFX 1$$SuppressCloseFXdist 300"

    and see if it keeps your other auras you DO want to see, and just kills Hasten's graphics.

    If you don't like it, just type /suppressclosefx 0 and you will be back to normal.
  6. Would
    /bind KEY "SuppressCloseFX 1$$SuppressCloseFXdist 300"

    work for this?

    I have not tried it with Dark Armor...
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DrMike2000 View Post
    I love insect-themed superheroes. So much so that I once made an entire insect-themed Legion of Superheroes analogue.
    Any superhero gamer with a good memory owes you a round of applause for your fantastic "Spider and Fly" as well....
  8. Search for a file in your COH directory called "playerslot.txt."

    My characters are all listed by server there.
  9. Renardine

    AT Duo question

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Morbid Star View Post
    WOAH ! ... where did the OP say anything about the choice for their gf haveing to be easy ? just because they are female does NOT mean they dont know how to play, or that they have to be babied.
    I believe Joe Jackson said it. It appears it is because they are all the same.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKr2n-9p7WM
  10. Let us know if you got it running...

    Your problem sounds very similar to one I encountered just last week with not one but TWO brand new just out of the box Corsair 750TX PSUs.

    Just fans running, power switch will turn the rig on, but not off, and no post.

    Once I put a different brand PSU in ( I chose an Antec 750 EA) it booted up fine...

    Good Luck!
  11. Renardine

    Naga Mouse

    I picked one up, and I do like it, but...
    1. If you leave the LEDs on, it gets very warm under your hand.
    2. If you have normal to large adult hands, there is no real safe place to touch the thing without triggering some button.
    3. After a week with it, all my USB devices stopped functioning. Turns out my 750w power supply was now shooting 7.8w down the 5w rail, which powers the USB. I ended up getting a new PSU, and that did not solve it. New motherboard is sitting on my table waiting to be installed to see if that fixes it. There may be absolutely no correlation between the new mouse and my mobo's usb function failing... but that was the only thing that changed in a perfectly good 7 month old Father Xmas spec COX machine.

    I still like the mouse, though...
  12. I do not have that problem anymore on the 10.7 drivers using a 5850. It fixed that issue for me.

    I wonder if the problem now only affects the 5870s?

    Have you tried having both on using the latest (10.7) drivers?

    I noticed in another thread it sounds like you are waiting for the 10.8s.
  13. Welcome Back Rooftop Raider!

    Your build for Donnybrook was a thing of legend back in the pre- IO days...
    Good to have you back in the game...

    Everyone above me has done a great job explaining patrol XP, so I will not bother...
  14. I grew up in Michigan
    Moved to live in Massachusetts
    Worked in San Francisco London and New Orleans at different times and "P-r-a-y" and "P-r-e-y" have always been pronounced identically ( but various ways, if that makes sense) in all those places...

    In what English speaking region are those two words not homophonic heterographs?

    ( I pronounce it " prehh TOR ee uh" not sure (do not care) if that is the "correct" way...)
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ExGemini View Post
    I was wondering:
    How is possible that on a videocard like the 5870 the game doesn't run at a good 50/60fps but only at 34?

    I mean I don't even use the AntiA. cause it gives a very strange watery effect around the edges of every model in the game and in Atlas Park (open space) or inside a building(hospital for example) 34fps ...

    I'm missing something here or is normal as usuall to be screwed up cause we are Ati users?
    Try turning OFF Ambient Occlusion and ON Anti-Aliasing... looks great on my 5850 and I am getting 100+ fps at 1680 x 1050... try it!

    ( AO and AA do not play well together on ATI 5000 series yet, and I just personally like AA better if I can only pick one...)
  16. Renardine

    AoE lawnmowers

    Spines/Dark Scrapper is really fun.

    Mine is called " The Blotch" on Pinnacle/Triumph. He is a small boy that fell into the printing press at his dad's newspaper company. He was torn apart and combined with the chemical dyes, and now throws bones, gristle and inky goodness at evil-doers...
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Argentae View Post
    If you're trying to tighten up the spawns, open with seeds, give it a few seconds for the mobs to bunch up as they run in to attack each other, THEN hit them with Roots to lock them in place.
    I also feel this is the way to go, it groups the mobs real tight as they run towards each other.

    ... have you changed your opinion on opening with Snow Storm?
  18. I think Je_Saist might be showing Canadian prices, so it might be an even better deal US....
  19. I suggest you ignore PRW entirely!

    My main now is currently a Plant/Storm on Pinnacle, so I am following your development closely.

    I still have not been able to pull off/understand/duplicate a reason not to open with Seeds instead of Snow Storm.

    God/Goddess bless you if you like it better, but for me hitting big groups with Seeds first makes them cluster up in a big throbbing pile, I then Snow Storm a boss, put a freezing rain under the massive cluster and then Roots...

    While if I try your "corner pull with Snow Storm first on a mob near the back of the bunch out of line of sight" They all seem to run AWAY from the snow'd guy and out of his slow aura and come visit me! The snow stormed target ( being slow) hangs back alone and late to the party... I guess to each their own!

    Maybe I am doing it wrong, but Seeds--> Snow Storm --> Freezing --> Roots is my attack sequence of choice...

    I am also very jealous you are advancing so well and quickly I am still at 17 being only able to play about 2 hours a week lately.. Darn that PRW!
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Crimson Vanquisher View Post
    That tail really ties the werewolf costume together.
    "You want a tail? I can get you a tail, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me. I'll get you a tail by this afternoon--with tail polish."
  21. Thanks!
    I'll have to give this technique a shot for bigger mobs, perhaps I am playing too cautiously...

    I look forward to your posts!
  22. Quote:
    Anyway, had great fun using Snow Storm to clump mobs up REALLY tight for extra fun
    I am curious how you are doing this!

    Are you hitting them with Seeds first? For me, when I hit an enemy with Snow Storm The effected target and all around them slo-mo run away from each other... slowly spreading the group apart.

    If I hit them with Seeds first however, they all run into a clump attacking each other.. then I Snow Storm. For me Seeds makes the clump, not the Snow Storm... If you have an advanced strategy I am missing let me know!
  23. Renardine

    H versus V

    Thought you could mail stuff to your @global and pick it up...wherever...?
  24. I am leveling a plant/storm, "Valerian Foxglove" on Pinnacle right now as my main.
    She just hit 16.
    I look forward to your journal/guide/adventures and tips!
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
    The mission is not to kill them under the bridge, but simply to kill them in the river. The trolls under the bridge as high level, it's true, so you are right, it's easier to pull lower level trolls into the river. I usually go south closer to the Skyway entrance for that though. They do not have to be pulled all the way to the bridge.
    Thanks for the tip!
    That should make it even easier...