SadronMeldir

I know you on Odds (Vandal) and I approve of this message! Scarlet is an awesome character! RP with her!!

I apologize in advance because I'm horrid with numbers so my two cents isn't going to involve any math or anything.

Relativity doesn't matter up to a point. I mean, the argument that the damage was passable before i24 doesn't hold much weight IMHO. Not because there isn't some merit to it, but isn't one of the reasons blasters are getting a buff across the board because their numbers were relatively low for their intended role? Sure, they still dealt damage before and were perfectly fine on teams, but in relative terms they weren't living up to the intended potential. I'm not saying that it was the only reason for the changes, but relativity was a factor. It only stands to reason that it continues to be one.

With that said, I didn't really hear people going around suggesting that ice was over-powered pre-i24. It ranked higher on the single target side, lower on the AoE side, but in general seemed to be a fairly balanced set. When a set is balanced today and then nearly all the sets around it get a boost, an imbalance will almost certainly occur.

Now, there is merit in the suggestion that by turning blizzard crashless, it may make up for the difference. It may, and I'd leave that up to people with math skills to determine. My gut tells me it wouldn't, though. While it gains some in mitigation, the other sets gain some in AoE damage so I would suspect that the two balance each other out quite nicely. That would still leave the issue of what to do for the sets without snipe.

I know to be perma'd on the snipe changes you need to maintain a certain standard for tohit. An argument could be made that the build that pull it off are somewhat niche and/or min-max, but that is exactly why the issue is important. Those niche builders and min-maxers are the exact same people who will care about relative performance levels.

If the devs say the sets will be watched closely and assessed, I trust them. My OP was simply to see if something was going to be done at release.

I totally agree that it is all relative. Blasters may still be effective this is true, but the blaster changes are being made in response to the feedback that, relative to other archetypes, the blaster class was under-performing. That's not to say that blasters were/are bad in their current state, but rather that they seemed to lag behind in comparison. The point is that relativity matters when considering if a powerset should be eligible for a buff.

Now, this would quickly turn into an arms race between sets if they were all focused on the same thing. It becomes a tradeoff. Single target DPS, AoE DPS, Debuff and Control are the core things I consider when picking a blaster set. In the case of Ice, I knowingly took a bit of a dive in AoE in trade for some very nice relative single target damage and some decent control to boot.

With the blaster changes in i24, my role doesn't really change per say and I'm sure I'll still be able to do a passable job. Heck, with the crashless Blizzard, a lot of new possibilities might arise. It's just unfortunate that they'll be on the lower end of single target and AoE DPS because every set should rank either high in one or the other (or fall mid-range for both).

With all that said, I still love the set. It does sound like the devs will be watching things closely and I have hope. Positron sounds like he has a lot of great things coming down the pipeline to give older powersets some love so we'll see!

That seems unfortunate, but maybe I'm jumping the gun a bit here.

When I looked a while back, the community seemed pretty certain that Ice would be dropping to nearly the bottom of the pack. Is the jury still out on this?

My apologies if my search-fu is weak. I've seen this addressed many times over the last few months but I wasn't sure if it's been definitively answered.

With the snipeless primaries such as Ice, what changes are being made to ensure they don't become under-performers?

Sorry all for the delay and thank you for the feedback. I think I've found a correlation, but not 100% on the solution yet.

It seems like every time my fiancee touches the internet at all from her iPad or laptop, it's lag-city. She could be streaming videos or just browsing a website but the same issue occurs.

We've never had an issue before, but my gut is telling me it might be my router. Any other ideas?

I pinged what I found on a thread to be the IP for the Virtue server, but let me know if I got it wrong...






Tracing route to hit-nxdomain.opendns.com [208.69.32.132]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
0 EDI.Belkin [192.168.2.5]
1 . [192.168.2.1]
2 73.156.104.1
3 68.87.159.37
4 po-20-ur01.lowell.ma.boston.comcast.net [68.87.144.153]
5 be-21-ar01.needham.ma.boston.comcast.net [68.87.144.157]
6 68.86.90.57
7 xe-11-3-0.edge1.NewYork2.Level3.net [4.71.186.5]
8 vlan51.ebr1.NewYork2.Level3.net [4.69.138.222]
9 4.69.132.89
10 ae-92-92.csw4.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.134.158]
11 ae-43-90.car3.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.149.197]
12 SPLICE-COMM.car3.Washington1.Level3.net [4.79.168.118]
13 hit-nxdomain.opendns.com [208.69.32.132]

Computing statistics for 325 seconds...
Source to Here This Node/Link
Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address
0 EDI.Belkin [192.168.2.5]
0/ 100 = 0% |
1 0ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% . [192.168.2.1]
0/ 100 = 0% |
2 8ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 73.156.104.1
0/ 100 = 0% |
3 10ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% te-8-4-ur02.lowell.ma.boston.comcast.net [68.87.159.37]
0/ 100 = 0% |
4 8ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% po-20-ur01.lowell.ma.boston.comcast.net [68.87.144.153]
0/ 100 = 0% |
5 11ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% be-21-ar01.needham.ma.boston.comcast.net [68.87.144.157]
0/ 100 = 0% |
6 22ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 68.86.90.57
0/ 100 = 0% |
7 19ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% xe-11-3-0.edge1.NewYork2.Level3.net [4.71.186.5]
0/ 100 = 0% |
8 16ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% vlan51.ebr1.NewYork2.Level3.net [4.69.138.222]
0/ 100 = 0% |
9 24ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 4.69.132.89
0/ 100 = 0% |
10 32ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ae-92-92.csw4.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.134.158]
0/ 100 = 0% |
11 35ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ae-43-90.car3.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.149.197]
0/ 100 = 0% |
12 26ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% SPLICE-COMM.car3.Washington1.Level3.net [4.79.168.118]
0/ 100 = 0% |
13 22ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% hit-nxdomain.opendns.com [208.69.32.132]

Trace complete.

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 7:07:44 PM, on 8/1/2012
Platform: Windows 7 SP1 (WinNT 6.00.3505)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v9.00 (9.00.8112.16447)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe
C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\spotify.exe
C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Data\Spotif yWebHelper.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology enterprise\IAStorIcon.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD9\PDVD9Serv.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\Shared files\brs.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Roxio\OEM\Roxio Burn\RoxioBurnLauncher.exe
C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\AvastUI.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Anansi\RazerAnansiSysTray.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\DivX\DivX Update\DivXUpdate.exe
C:\Program Files\Alienware\Command Center\AlienwareAlienFXController.exe
C:\Program Files\Alienware\Command Center\AWCCApplicationWatcher32.exe
C:\Program Files\Alienware\Command Center\AlienFusionController.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Titan Network\Mids Hero Designer\Hero Designer.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\PDApp\UWA\AAM Updates Notifier.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerPlug in_11_3_300_268.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerPlug in_11_3_300_268.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\NCsoft\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe
C:\Users\Chris\Downloads\HijackThis(1).exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://AlienwareArena.com
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://AlienwareArena.com
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = C:\Windows\SysWOW64\blank.htm
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
F2 - REG:system.ini: UserInit=userinit.exe
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: Increase performance and video formats for your HTML5 <video> - {326E768D-4182-46FD-9C16-1449A49795F4} - C:\Program Files (x86)\DivX\DivX Plus Web Player\ie\DivXHTML5\DivXHTML5.dll
O2 - BHO: Groove GFS Browser Helper - {72853161-30C5-4D22-B7F9-0BBC1D38A37E} - C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\GROOVEEX.DLL
O2 - BHO: avast! WebRep - {8E5E2654-AD2D-48bf-AC2D-D17F00898D06} - C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\aswWebRepIE.dll
O2 - BHO: Windows Live ID Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: URLRedirectionBHO - {B4F3A835-0E21-4959-BA22-42B3008E02FF} - C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\URLREDIR.DLL
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
O3 - Toolbar: avast! WebRep - {8E5E2654-AD2D-48bf-AC2D-D17F00898D06} - C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\aswWebRepIE.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IAStorIcon] C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology enterprise\IAStorIcon.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RemoteControl9] "c:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD9\PDVD9Serv.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PDVD9LanguageShortcut] "c:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD9\Language\Language.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BDRegion] c:\Program Files (x86)\Cyberlink\Shared Files\brs.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe ARM] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RoxWatchTray] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\OEM\12.0\SharedCOM\RoxWatchTray12OEM.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Desktop Disc Tool] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Roxio\OEM\Roxio Burn\RoxioBurnLauncher.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SwitchBoard] C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\SwitchBoard\SwitchBoard.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AdobeCS5ServiceManager] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\CS5ServiceManager\CS5ServiceManager.ex e" -launchedbylogin
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast] "C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\avastUI.exe" /nogui
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BCSSync] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\BCSSync.exe" /DelayServices
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Razer Anansi Driver] C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Anansi\RazerAnansiSysTray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [APSDaemon] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\APSDaemon.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DivXUpdate] "C:\Program Files (x86)\DivX\DivX Update\DivXUpdate.exe" /CHECKNOW
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Sidebar] C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [msnmsgr] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe" /background
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Steam] "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Spotify] "C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Spotify.ex e" /uri spotify:autostart
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Spotify Web Helper] "C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\Spotify\Data\Spoti fyWebHelper.exe"
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-21-1410376040-3156353362-2189784800-1006\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun (User 'UpdatusUser')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-21-1410376040-3156353362-2189784800-1006\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'UpdatusUser')
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O8 - Extra context menu item: Se&nd to OneNote - res://C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ONBttnIE.dll/105
O9 - Extra button: Send to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Se&nd to OneNote - {2670000A-7350-4f3c-8081-5663EE0C6C49} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\ONBttnIE.dll
O9 - Extra button: OneNote Lin&ked Notes - {789FE86F-6FC4-46A1-9849-EDE0DB0C95CA} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\ONBttnIELinkedNotes.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: OneNote Lin&ked Notes - {789FE86F-6FC4-46A1-9849-EDE0DB0C95CA} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\ONBttnIELinkedNotes.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files (x86)\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidnsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files (x86)\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidnsp.dll
O11 - Options group: [ACCELERATED_GRAPHICS] Accelerated graphics
O18 - Filter hijack: text/xml - {807573E5-5146-11D5-A672-00B0D022E945} - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE14\MSOXMLMF.DLL
O23 - Service: Adobe Flash Player Update Service (AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc) - Adobe Systems Incorporated - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerUpda teService.exe
O23 - Service: Andrea RT Filters Service (AERTFilters) - Andrea Electronics Corporation - C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA\AERTSr64.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\Alg.exe,-112 (ALG) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Alienware Fusion Service (AlienFusionService) - Alienware - C:\Program Files\Alienware\Command Center\AlienFusionService.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - AVAST Software - C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\AvastSvc.exe
O23 - Service: CyberLink Product - 2012/02/24 15:34:44 (CLKMSVC10_9EC60124) - CyberLink - c:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD9\NavFilter\kmsvc.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\efssvc.dll,-100 (EFS) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\fxsresm.dll,-118 (Fax) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\fxssvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology (IAStorDataMgrSvc) - Intel Corporation - C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology enterprise\IAStorDataMgrSvc.exe
O23 - Service: @keyiso.dll,-100 (KeyIso) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Mozilla Maintenance Service (MozillaMaintenance) - Mozilla Foundation - C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe
O23 - Service: @comres.dll,-2797 (MSDTC) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\System32\netlogon.dll,-102 (Netlogon) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (nvsvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\nvvsvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Update Service Daemon (nvUpdatusService) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA Update Core\daemonu.exe
O23 - Service: PnkBstrA - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\PnkBstrA.exe
O23 - Service: PnkBstrB - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\PnkBstrB.exe
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\psbase.dll,-300 (ProtectedStorage) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: RoxMediaDB12OEM - Sonic Solutions - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\OEM\12.0\SharedCOM\RoxMediaDB12OEM.exe
O23 - Service: Roxio Hard Drive Watcher 12 (RoxWatch12) - Sonic Solutions - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Roxio Shared\OEM\12.0\SharedCOM\RoxWatch12OEM.exe
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\Locator.exe,-2 (RpcLocator) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\locator.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\samsrv.dll,-1 (SamSs) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\snmptrap.exe,-3 (SNMPTRAP) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\snmptrap.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\spoolsv.exe,-1 (Spooler) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\sppsvc.exe,-101 (sppsvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\sppsvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: Steam Client Service - Valve Corporation - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Steam\SteamService.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Stereoscopic 3D Driver Service (Stereo Service) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\3D Vision\nvSCPAPISvr.exe
O23 - Service: stllssvr - MicroVision Development, Inc. - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SureThing Shared\stllssvr.exe
O23 - Service: Adobe SwitchBoard (SwitchBoard) - Adobe Systems Incorporated - C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\SwitchBoard\SwitchBoard.exe
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\ui0detect.exe,-101 (UI0Detect) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\UI0Detect.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\vaultsvc.dll,-1003 (VaultSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\vds.exe,-100 (vds) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\vssvc.exe,-102 (VSS) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%SystemRoot%\system32\Wat\WatUX.exe,-601 (WatAdminSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\Wat\WatAdminSvc.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\wbengine.exe,-104 (wbengine) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\wbengine.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%Systemroot%\system32\wbem\wmiapsrv.exe,-110 (wmiApSrv) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe (file missing)
O23 - Service: @%PROGRAMFILES%\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe,-101 (WMPNetworkSvc) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmpnetwk.exe (file missing)

--
End of file - 13240 bytes

As the title says, I've been experiencing massive rubber-banding in-game and slowness on the forums over the last 24 hours. Before this the game has run fine at my rig on these settings for quite a long time. I'll attached the various data points I've gathered.

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated!









---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at August 1, 2012 19:03 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120503-2030)
System Manufacturer: Alienware
System Model: Aurora-R4
BIOS: BIOS Date: 02/08/12 15:27:32 Ver: 04.06.05
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz (12 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 16384MB
.Net Memory Report: 13437MB out of 16336MB available
Page File: 28162MB (4507MB currently in use)
C Drive: (Intel Raid 0 Volume SCSI Disk Device) 786671MB out of 952645MB (82%) free
D Drive: (Intel Raid 0 Volume SCSI Disk Device) 538MB out of 749MB (71%) free
J Drive: (WD 5000AAJ External USB Device) 79811MB out of 80003MB (99%) free
L Drive: (WD 5000AAJ External USB Device) 79358MB out of 80003MB (99%) free
M Drive: (WD 5000AAJ External USB Device) 79805MB out of 80003MB (99%) free
N Drive: (WD 5000AAJ External USB Device) 195556MB out of 236927MB (82%) free
E Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVDRWBD CH20N SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7601.17514 (64-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 555
Video Memory: 4064 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.12.9610
Driver Date: 2/29/2012 8:02:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 555
Video Memory: 4064 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.12.9610
Driver Date: 2/29/2012 8:02:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6505
Driver Date: 11/16/2011 3:58:28 PM

Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6505
Driver Date: 11/16/2011 3:58:28 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Alienware
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 07JNH0
Motherboard Version: A00
BIOS Manufacturer: Alienware
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 02/08/12 15:27:32 Ver: 04.06.05
BIOS Version: ALWARE - 1072009
BIOS Release: 20120208000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 2560x1600
3D Resolution: 2560x1600 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 0Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: Low
Maximum Particles: 15766
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: None
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Low quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High


World Texture Level: Low
Character Texture Level: Low
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Shadow maps
Shadow Map Shader: Low quality
Environmental Reflections: Low quality
Advanced Occlusion Settings: Yes
Ambient Occlusion: Quality
Occlusion Strength: Medium
Blur: Fast
Ambient Resolution: Performance


Gamma Correction: 0.931
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.029
Music Sound Volume: 0.058

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 1.000
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: ?
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\NCsoft\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

Following up... I checked my slotting and even though I had the proc, I had tornado slotted with two 50 KB IOs. Taking those out fixed things greatly.

To clarify... with the release on beta, will knockback occur the remaining 60% of the time or will no knockdown/knockback effect be applied at all? I'd much rather it be the later.

I thought this was going on during an ITF last night, but I couldn't be sure with all the chaos ensuing. Could someone shed some light onto this?

I'm perfectly happy accepting that tornado might only KD 40% of the time and do nothing 60% of the time, but it's a game changer if for 60% of the time it is actually still using KB because with the sheer number of times tornado is hitting, the net effect is still the same: bad guys going everywhere.

The IO was advertised as a solution to knockback. I'd prefer it do nothing 60% of the time than simply function as KB.

Fool,

As usual your dedication to RP and the community is awesome! More please!

I apologize for taking so long to reply. I wanted to make sure the fix worked before posting it. I tried some of the suggestions here but nothing seemed to work.

Finally I found this article posted back in 2008: Dual Display Nvidia : Alternate Solution

I hadn't thought to look that far back, but following the instructions here fixed the issue. Apparently, it's a known bug that hasn't been fixed in the last four years.

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 6:23:44 PM, on 4/21/2012
Platform: Windows 7 SP1 (WinNT 6.00.3505)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v9.00 (9.00.8112.16421)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
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C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD9\PDVD9Serv.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\Shared files\brs.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Roxio\OEM\Roxio Burn\RoxioBurnLauncher.exe
C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\AvastUI.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\Anansi\RazerAnansiSysTray.exe
C:\Program Files\Alienware\Command Center\AlienwareAlienFXController.exe
C:\Program Files\Alienware\Command Center\AWCCApplicationWatcher32.exe
C:\Program Files\Alienware\Command Center\AlienFusionController.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe
C:\Users\Chris\Downloads\HijackThis.exe

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R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
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O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files (x86)\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidnsp.dll
O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\program files (x86)\common files\microsoft shared\windows live\wlidnsp.dll
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O23 - Service: @%systemroot%\system32\fxsresm.dll,-118 (Fax) - Unknown owner - C:\Windows\system32\fxssvc.exe (file missing)
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Title says it all. Often, when I hop between zones or go through a door in a zone (ie going into a building or shop), my game becomes very laggy and even the unloadgfx command doesn't help. The only fix I've found it to restart the game.

Now, I run CoH on some fairly high settings, but it works fine even for hours so long as I stay in one zone. I've also run into the same issue on much lower graphics settings on the same machine. I've checked to make sure the computer is not overheating and the issue occurs even when the computer is only using about 25% of its memory and 10% of the CPU. I do use two monitors, but I close all other applications and I do not switch screens at all.

Any and all feedback would be greatly appreciated! Here's the CoH Helper logs and the hijack this logs will follow in the next post.




---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at April 21, 2012 18:22 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120305-1505)
System Manufacturer: Alienware
System Model: Aurora-R4
BIOS: BIOS Date: 02/08/12 15:27:32 Ver: 04.06.05
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz (12 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 16384MB
.Net Memory Report: 13360MB out of 16336MB available
Page File: 29093MB (3577MB currently in use)
C Drive: (Intel Raid 0 Volume SCSI Disk Device) 856080MB out of 952645MB (89%) free
D Drive: (Intel Raid 0 Volume SCSI Disk Device) 538MB out of 749MB (71%) free
K Drive: (WD 5000AAJ External USB Device) 79811MB out of 80003MB (99%) free
L Drive: (WD 5000AAJ External USB Device) 79358MB out of 80003MB (99%) free
M Drive: (WD 5000AAJ External USB Device) 79805MB out of 80003MB (99%) free
N Drive: (WD 5000AAJ External USB Device) 197527MB out of 236927MB (83%) free
E Drive: (HL-DT-ST DVDRWBD CH20N SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7601.17514 (64-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / NVxx
Video Memory: 4064 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.12.8576
Driver Date: 11/4/2011 12:26:00 AM
Driver Language: English

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / NVxx
Video Memory: 4064 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.12.8576
Driver Date: 11/4/2011 12:26:00 AM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6505
Driver Date: 11/16/2011 3:58:28 PM

Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6505
Driver Date: 11/16/2011 3:58:28 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Alienware
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 07JNH0
Motherboard Version: A00
BIOS Manufacturer: Alienware
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 02/08/12 15:27:32 Ver: 04.06.05
BIOS Version: ALWARE - 1072009
BIOS Release: 20120208000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 2560x1600
3D Resolution: 2560x1600 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: High
Maximum Particles: 27081
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: 2x
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Medium quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High


World Texture Level: High
Character Texture Level: High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Unknown (3)
Shadow Map Shader: High quality
Environmental Reflections: Medium quality
Advanced Occlusion Settings: Yes
Ambient Occlusion: Quality
Occlusion Strength: Medium
Blur: Fast
Ambient Resolution: Performance


Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.029
Music Sound Volume: 0.058

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 1.000
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: Unknown bytes/second
Current Game Version: ?
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\NCsoft\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

Hey all! New to the brute forums, so I apologize for any ignorance in advance.

When Staff Fighting comes out, I'm hoping to roll my first ever brute. I've played an invul tank to 50 and I've done shield, reflexes, regen and willpower on scrapper. Frankly, I'm sick to death of those powersets and I'm hoping to try something a bit new.

Has anyone tried elec, fire or dark with staff? I've been told all three can be challenging, costly or squishy but I'd love some more opinions on what would work best.

Any and all thoughts are appreciated!

Fool,

This is a great concept!

I've been in other SGs with MindfulFool and I must say he is one of the most talented RPers I have ever met when it comes to out of the norm characters and concepts. I highly recommend anyone with a free, applicable character to give this VG a look!

Hello all,

I am looking to hire an artist to draw a group shot of about 13 character, colored. I know the cost for these things vary widely, but I'm trying to keep the cost to a maximum of $215.

Does anyone have recommendations of an artist for group shots within this price range?

Here I was about to do a shameless plug, but I see Tyger beat me to it! *give Tyger cookies*

Anyway, everything people have stated so far is spot on. Virtue is generally considered to be one of the more RP-accessible servers, however some might argue that RP in general has dwindled over the last year or two.

There's still plenty to be had, though! I've always had the best luck joining a group. My group, the Codex, does a lot of forums stories and in-game events. There's plenty of active supergroups still out there and I'm sure many would love to have you. If you can afford to make the transition from Free to Premium (no monthly fee, still), I'd highly recommend it!

Don't get me wrong, it's a great concept for anyone who has a matching color scheme.

I just don't want my dark, brooding anti-hero to look to have it look like he's going through a mid-life crisis.

*Cruisin' through Atlas* "Heeey Ms. Liberty! Check out this ride. That's right... all chrome, baby!"

Anyway, thanks! You saved me some points.

So I apologize if I'm just missing this, but with i21 hitting today, I don't want to waste my points.

All the videos of hoverboard I've seen have been of a bright red, flashy hoverboard. Is this the only model available or do we get to pick or color the board in any way?

Hey welcome back! If you are interested in a themed group, the Codex is open to new members. We've been around for 3+ years and typically fluctuate between 15-35 active members. We do a lot of forum stories, arcs and in-game RP (with a dash of missioning on the side!) We meetup up regularly on Tuesday and Thursday nights EST but plenty of folks play all week long.

Thematically, we are a shadow group with a few odd twists. I don't want to fill up the board with a length post, so if you're curious check out our website (found in my sig).

If you're looking for another theme, please feel free to PM me and I'll happily try and point you in a good direction.