Scarlet Shocker

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I was under the impression that upgrade is now an AoE but it doesn't seem to be on mine

[/ QUOTE ]The animation only plays on the pet you target, but the upgrade itself affects them all. The others just don't do the animation that comes with it. Do you not notice the green smoke coming from their mouths after the upgrade?
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I can "upgrade" each zombie more than once... ie the power fires off and animations work.

[/ QUOTE ]That's the way pet upgrades have always worked. You -can- upgrade each pet more than once, but there's really no reason to do this as it has no effect.

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On Soldiers you can only upgrade once and it's a far more obvious effect.

Try doing it again and you can't. With Zombies you can.

If nothing else, it's inconsistent

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Figured id chuck together a wind set and see if i can come up with something more interesting than the OP without resorting to "silent but deadly attacks"

1. Gale. pretty much the same as storm but with damage etc changed to match the rest of the blaster tier 1 attacks

2. Air Blast. you send forth a concentrated blast of air causing your target to take some moderate smashing damage and loose there footing (Knock Down)

3. Grit storm. using your control over the air you gather up grit and sand and blast it towards your opponent this attack causes only minor damage but leaves your target held as they attempt to clear there eyes and throat

4.Icy Blast. You summon a blast of Icy wind which chills your those in front of you to the bone. DOT cold damage and slow

5. Aim.

6. Hurricane. same as defender version

7. Grit storm. using your control over the air you gather up grit and sand and blast it towards your opponent this attack causes only minor damage but leaves your target held as they attempt to clear there eyes and throat

8. Tornado. Again same as storm summoning

9. Lightning Storm. Again same as storm summoning

Sill not particularly brilliant and it reuses far to many attacks from storm summoning but ah well.

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Grit Storm twice?

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OK then so the top 100 SG listing isn't bugged but if it is gauging the listing over all prestige gained from when the SG was formed doesn't that mean that a lot of the SG's on that list may well be inactive over a good period of time and the only thing that's keeping an inactive SG on that list is the huge amount of prestige they gained when they were active?
So an entire SG could just dissolve (which does happen) but still be number one in that list even though no one would even be in the SG?
That does sound rather unfair....

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Yes.

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Two?

Frankly, if it's a badge that was never meant to be doable by heroes, then there you go. There's a History badge they fixed recently; you could get one plaque because it was in a PvP zone, but never go further because the rest were in villain zones. They removed the progress indicator for heroes.

It seems unheroic at best to get a badge for defeating Longbow who are, basically, only doing their job, when you're supposed to be on the same side.

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If the badge has been available to Heroes for 7 Issues then they can hardly say "Oops... it's bug, sorry" and take it away. That's at best, lame.

Sure it might once have been a mistake, but if so, they should have gotten on the case a LOT sooner.

Also as to your unheroic remark, what about when the Longbow/Vanguard spit their collective dummies out in RWZ and leave it to the heroes and villains to fix?

If they are deleting the badge that's frankly very poor. They should actually spend some time fixing it properly if they are unhappy with how it is gained.

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We the Supernation on defiant really went for number 1 Hero SG and it took us a while to do it

So don't expect for weekly or monthly changes

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Well, the 47 Ties are getting to you - we'll take your throne

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It's not a competition.

But I think this is a false measurement. It only compares Prestige earned over time, wheras there are many other ways to gauge the activity of an SG

I'd love to see this set in action purely for The_Phantoms to write the guide for it. I reckon there's some excellent comedy value there.

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It's easy to imagine if a bear is a huge scientific experiment, a mutant bear, a magically empowered bear, a bear inexplicably in a suit of power armour or just an angry bear. So why not the same for an alien?

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...

*runs off to make bear characters*

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I don't think I ever want to see Khorak bear!

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Just feels like singing

"Like a mereman..."

Enjoy the earworm and gratz!

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It's bad enough hearing your jokes now "singing"

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wait til I start singing my jokes with full orchestral accompaniment!

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At a rough guess, they'll try quite hard to get a few extra things in there. Probably nothing major, but some. After all the shouting following the 'is strong enough to stand on its own' remark, they probably want a few bits and bobs in there for the people who will scream the MA isn't for them (and be singing its praises a month later ).

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My guess is it'll be MA, some fluff for padding and something a little more substantial but not major, to say "it's not just the MA"

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Valentine's Event happens entirely inside Pocket D: three missions in which the last has to have a member of the opposite faction to be completed and then beat Snaptooth 5 times (or more).

[/ QUOTE ]There's a mission outside of Pocket D. Or at least there was this year; recovering or stealing presents for Manticore and Sister Psyche's wedding, depending on faction.

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Wasn't that on the Test Server only?

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I think that over-thinking the Origin could be fraught with potholes, really. Just go with Mutant. Everyone loves a Mutant!

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Not in the X-Men universe

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I hear the pack also comes with a new power, Open Bath Robe (effect: AoE/cone stun).

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Boasting again?

I certainly agree with the challenge aspect but I think they could be used as a good way of generating interest in the forums which then helps grow the community. It might be something of a "chicken/egg" discussion but you never know til you try. A few well timed broadcasts etc would soon spread the word... but yes, revelations of the next rikti invasion etc would be a bit self-defeating.

But equally, Supergroups could advertise, community event (ski times, for example?) and similar stuff could be done.

Man hours seems to be the biggest issue.

I was playing around with the character creator the other day - I'd got a concept for an Alien character - but I couldn't ultimately decide what Origin to make my AT and this became such a sticking point.

I guess I couldn't reconcile in my own mind that an aliens origin isn't necessarily any of the choices that we have; primarily because the 5 choices we have are humanocentric - technology and science seem (despite the Rikti) to be based on human tech/science,

Mutation doesn't work for me either because they could be "normal" in their own type.

Similarly Natural gives us a natural, human emphasis, but it could be "natural" for them too I guess. It just seems a bit... "lumpy" for want of a better expression, but this is perhaps the closest I can come to.

Magic Aliens? Nah... that just makes me itch.

Sure, you could have an alien race who encompass all the 5 characteristics... and I'm not even certain if we should have an "Alien" origin, but I'd be interested in the thoughts of any of you who have played off-world or extra-terrestrial characters.

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I've not been able to make this so far, is it too late to join in?

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Never too late - come along on sunday or monday - see above for what build to throw together.

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W00t cheers

Ok Team looks like:

Scarlet Shocker
Fulcrum Toast
Rocktroll
Brightfire
Caelash
Aubrey

Who's brave enough to take the last couple of slots?

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Maybe they need to do something funky with them and the telephone terminals too

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Well, the telephones are there to support patrol missions.

And if they actually did do anything useful with them, they would need to implement something similar red-side, and, let's face it, anything like that on the Isles would need built in chain guns to keep the vandals off.

Let them rot, says I.

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Yeah they'd have to, and I'm not saying it's easy but it could be a very good community linkage - from, for example, the game to the forums etc.

Since they are there, let's make the most of them

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I must admit I've never really seen the point of them... a very under-used resource. I can't even say I know anyone who refers to them or checks them out or anything.

Maybe they need to do something funky with them and the telephone terminals too

[/ QUOTE ]well i did do a monthly concest with them if your name appeared in the top 3 for kills enemy you get inf for it......was a good and fun event

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Never even got a whisper of that

I'd like to see them far more community based... maybe picking the newest events for the server etc. (Probably too labour intensive sadly)

I guess people leave TFs for a number of reasons. Some just can't help it... stuff in RL happens unavoidably.

Some people want the reward without the efforts sadly. The moment things get sticky they run and hide.

Some will give it a while but when things are perceived to be seen start going wrong it becomes tough to stick with it and of course as more people leave things get worse.

One of the problems I've encountered on the ITF and some of the tougher TFs is that people tend to get into arguments about "the best way" to complete the missions, and when they are forced by peer pressure to do things differently, it can be problematic.

But I bet you one thing: This was a PUG, not a group of people you regularly team with.

I have a zombie MM, and I've noticed that upgrading them doesn't seem to work correctly.

I was under the impression that upgrade is now an AoE but it doesn't seem to be on mine, and I can "upgrade" each zombie more than once... ie the power fires off and animations work.

WAI or should I bug it?

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Jay has spilled some of the beans about the "magic" pack:

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Just so you know, because knowledge is power. Robes, skirts, and other shoot that goes beyond the knee looks like trash. I have tried to make a long skirt but it just doesn’t work out to my high standards of fine quality. If I think it looks bad that means you; the players, will loathe it even more.

What I have going on for the magic set; that is done and complete, is a compromise. I wouldn’t call it a robe per say, it’s more like a cloak of sorts. I don’t know when marketing is going to release pics and [censored], but I think that you guys will like what I did.

Magic is a pretty broad theme and trying to wrap it up in a single costume set was a bit of a task. I ended up breaking what I had in mind in to male and female sets. I try to please the masses but I know somebody out there is going to say “oh man, why didn’t he include this, or that?” and to that I say tough nutz.


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source

[/ QUOTE ]sound like we getting a bath robe....come out fighting crime with a Loofah and a rubber duck....don't underestimate the duck power's

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so you're proposing a new power set to go with it then: "Flicking bath towels"?

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Fresh from BaB on the US side:
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Probably not breaking protocol to let you know that there will not be Dual Pistols in Issue 14.

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http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat....part=3&vc=1

The way he say it, i gues there will be new sets or either based on existing sets.

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That's no suprise, since issue 14 is really issue 13.5, it will only contain only the MA, plus any other minor features they happen to have done in the time frame.

BABs post in no way implies that there will be any powerset stuff in issue 14.

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Added to which Posi is on record saying that the Mission Architect is sufficient to stand alone. So we'll get frillies and I15 which will be following will be bringing more goodness

I must admit I've never really seen the point of them... a very under-used resource. I can't even say I know anyone who refers to them or checks them out or anything.

Maybe they need to do something funky with them and the telephone terminals too

Rotten Teeth? That's cuz you get the Toothbreaker badge

WB don't recall you personally but good to see people return