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Quote:Originally Posted by Leandro
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Quote:Originally Posted by Windwalker
Is the newsletter/news paper still going on? I know it used to and had stories,articles etc in it. If it is can someone send me a link cause I cant remember the name of it. If it isnt is there anyplace on the forums that people are releasing shortstories,tales,etc?
There was a "City Scoop" but that seemed to die a death too.
I don't think there's anything like it remaining. -
Very good post Lady A.
It's an idea that's been mooted by many (myself included.)
However NCSoft are obstinately refusing to listen to the players on this and I fear our pleas are falling on deaf ears.
WW has effectively ruled out a list merge with her cryptic [sic] statement about enabling us to play together "in design" so I don't think we'll see too much positives from it.
I also think any acknowledgement of the benefits of x-server teaming have come too late. By the time any such plan is implemented it'll probably too late for the EU servers.
For those who've cited "technical difficulties" as an excuse not to implement it, the Devs said that about wings and they said it about power customisation and side switching too. So we know it can be done.
The bugbear here isn't Paragon Studios. I'm convinced of that. It's the Faceless Ones at NCSoft who have such a low regard for the EU that our needs simply won't be met. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I can't even remember the last time I mentioned it
That whole Defiant vs Union thing kinda ended along with the Euro forums.
yeah it did and my tongue in cheek remark kinda backfired huh?
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Quote:Originally Posted by Decorum
It's sad that the regular costume designer can't quite "do" Liefeld. This was as close as I could come (granted, it was '06 so I might be able to do better now). His name is DethBludStryke.
Definitely needs more pouches.
Please... just... no
At least the creator doesn't break spines, give elephant feet and shadows where none should be -
Quote:Originally Posted by Anti_Proton
I wouldn't have expected that answer from you GG. The Devs experimented with the fires in Steel Canyon and then left it at that. So far we all seem to be fine with just blasting away at villains in new and creative ways. But after 6 years is that really all there is to being a hero? Or even being a villain for that matter? It doesn't take much to break us out of the same routine, and like the fires, it is something special when we get the chance.
In fairness, you can rework plenty of combinations of that in the MA - but generally speaking that combo of missions works because that's what the majority of people want and are happy with.
Most computer games have a legacy of repetition going back to Space Invaders and even beyond. Breaking that mould is a very challenging ask and when it's tried, often the conservative nature (with a small c) of people prevents them liking new stuff.
Many of the people here who decry the state of the game and demand "new" stuff are really asking for more of the same in different clothes. -
Quote:If you measure it "per attack" then you are correct.Originally Posted by Decorum
Ghost Slaying Axe only does moderate damage to one target.
Sands of Mu does high damage to multiple targets.
That's enough for me, right there.
Although I will take it if it's "in character". It's not like it's useless.
If you measure it over time, then you are not.
You first have to line up Sands properly to hit multiples. The recharge for GSA is so far below SoM that you can do as much damage in a given amount of time.
GSA gets a +5% acc bonus too
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Quote:Originally Posted by Perfect_Pain
Yea... My only regret in life is coming to this forum.
I used to love the game alot more than I do now. In the back of my mind when I log in I wonder if the people I will be teaming with are the same people on this forum, that alone pretty much doesnt make me want to log on.
*SHOUT OUT TO THE 7 AWESOME PEOPLE ON THIS FORUM*
*you know who you are*
I envy you... sincerely.
If this forum is seriously the worst thing in your life you must have a really great life - clearly you're privileged.
I hope it continues for your sake because I suspect that you might one day find that there's one or two things out in the wider world that are just a tad worse than an online forum. -
I see that and think I need to start putting a Lady Grey TF together
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Quote:Originally Posted by Judgement_Dave
You need to think bigger.
I'm expecting Egyptian dinosaurs on the moon complete with zombie space nazi riders and frikkin' laser beams.
what? No lesbian cat-girl space clowns? -
Quote:Originally Posted by Judgement_Dave
This.
Although I also have the regret that I didn't join later. The game's too big a time sink for an addictive personality and I used to be so productive before I joined...
Spooky - I could have written that pretty much word for word, except I didn't miss a month and got 4 years last week...
Guess the shelf presence worked for both of us (even though we're both UK based iirc).
We are. (We met at Omega Sektor too)
As for addictive personality I know all about that too. CoX is one of the few things that have kept me (relatively) sane since I became ill and has given me an outlet for some social activity despite my increasingly reclusive nature. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Vanex_NA
If there will be a cross-server teaming without server list merge you'll be able to teamup with other-EU servers only. It will not increase Defiant pop but it will make it somewhat easier finding a team.
On the other hand cross-server + server list will do as much as the same (no pop increase), what is better in this case is that you could teamup picking teams out of 14 more servers instead of 3...and will allow you to "team with the wider community"
About character slots: Devs allowed more slots per single server totalling 36 per server; if that is not enough for you..a server list merge will allow you to have 132 more slots spread over 11 servers, expandable to 396
are you asking for cross-server teaming to access all 15 servers and no server list merge?
I'd suggests you read WW's post again - and not pre-judge it before she actually tells us what it'll be. -
Quote:I had to check because you do make a good point but I'd say thatOriginally Posted by FredrikSvanberg
Issue 10 was nothing special.
If anything it's every 6th issue that is "special".
I6: CoV.
I12: Midnighters.
I18: Going Rogue.
was actually pretty special... especially given the small team.
That said, I24 would give the opportunity for a new paid expansion about 2 years from GR. -
My one real regret is that I didn't join the game sooner.
I was aware of it for about a year before I signed up - I'd seen the double page spreads in the comics back then, but I was a bit "meh" about MMOs. I'd never played one, and I was frankly a tad mistrustful about a subscription based game.
Then I saw it on the shelf whilst browsing a game shop and figured for something like £18 I could buy it and play for a month - if it didn't work nothing ventured, nothing gained...
I get my 4 year reward in 3 weeks with only one month missed ever. -
Quote:Exactly.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I18 is GR, not I17
And after I18, come I19 and then Issue 20 -
Quote:Not at all.Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Just to nitpick;
- Completely new content
- Completely new mobs, multiple of
- Completely new costume pieces
- Completely new tilesets and maps made from them
- Completely new zones
- Completely new power sets, including new enemy powers
Perhaps more importantly;
- Completely new graphics system (Ultra Mode)
- Completely new coding and game mechanics (Side switching, and any unannounced stuff they have yet to spring on us)
Really, that doesn't seem like a SMALL ammount of work. The past issues were a zone, maybe two. Tops. They had all the old tilesets, maybe one or two enemy groups. But nothing on this scale. I think people are really belittling just how much work has and is still going into GR here.
/nitpick
I'm not belittling it at all. But I'm suggesting that with a very big Issue number around the corner the development team have been moving that forward - and I'm suggesting that it'll be a lot bigger than GR.
I'd go so far as to speculate that GR and the things you've mentioned above provide a great deal of the ground work... that's the foundation for the next big leap perhaps. -
So... GR is going to launch pretty soon and that'll take care of pretty well 2 issues in one hit.
There's a team of some 80 devs working on it right now and they've been nose to proverbial for well over a year now.
It's gonna give us 20 levels in 4 zones and 2 powersets - there's some great stuff in it- more than I've mentioned here.
But I got to thinking....
80 devs to bring that to us.
It was only when that recruitment drive came along that the team expanded. Before then the entire team has been consistently around 15 people since I started playing - exactly 4 years ago.
While we had 15 devs, we got at least 2 shiny issues every year - we got 2 zones with big makeovers, and we got an entirely brand new zone in Cimerora. We also got RV (just as I joined)
We have been given plenty of new power sets, and I'll remind you that dual blades and willpower came at the same time. We got Psy blast and MM, plus a whole bunch of proliferation - and some of the best content in the game in terms of TFs and SFs... ITF, LGTF, KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHN (it's gotta be typed like that) and Barracuda, not to mention LRSF and STF. Inventions... a whole bunch of stuff delivered over three years by 15 people.
Seems to me that 80 odd devs should have been able to blitz GR with their eyes closed.
But then we've only got one issue before I20. Issue Twenty!
I cannot imagine for one moment that'll be just a run of the mill (are there ever any such? ) Issue... so I17 might be the big paid expansion we've all been waiting way too long for but there'll be another even bigger one just around the corner.
Shall we start speculating about what'll be in it? -
Quote:Originally Posted by Blue Rabbit
Yes, you Onionites lack a proper joke radar... fortunately us Deviants have one. Just the one though. For all 8 of us.
there's 8 now? No wonder I was feeling like the place was crowded
Dante, no worries I didn't use any emotes so I guess it's easy to construe as negativity. Trust me, when I'm being negative I'm kinda positive about it. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Dante
It's called Union. Please can we get past the rivalry, we're divided enough as it is.
I'm sorry you took that as seriously as you seemed to mate. It was friendly rivalry and nothing else. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Snowzone
In the case of a server list merge I would also stay firmly rooted in Defiant. The only time I click on another server is in the event of a misclick and it's usually Zukunft.
could be worse. Could be Un... uni.. u...
no I can't say it. -
Quote:Originally Posted by fatalnova
The thing is we have only ever had 2 english speaking servers, the US have several and are used to server hopping yeah people will try other servers if there is ever a list merge. But that will still mean an influx in our servers and like most people have said they would not leave their home server, but other players will join for slots cross sea teaming etc but our tight 'LITTLE' communities will remain with a better chance of having more players in them.
if the first part of your.... unpunctuated tirade were true, then the US population would be evenly spread across all servers rather than concentrated in 2. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Snowzone
Yeah... Every village needs an annoying, out-of-place American tourist.
If they weren't tourists they be... residents! -
Quote:Originally Posted by Silver Gale
What? They're making an MMO like EverQuest and Ultima Online, only it's about superheroes?
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Quote:Originally Posted by Sapphic_Neko
Cannot say i've experienced any of that.
Sure Ghost Widow is tough, but she's by no means hard.
I've never used shivans (i don't go to pvp zones), i don't farm for large inspirations prior.
I've pretty much only fought her as a scrapper or blaster, never had any issues on either. Sure i get hold once or twice and my toggle drops, one click and it's back.
I've done STF with some wierd team mockups and it works... sure they've not been master of. But c'mon...
The failed master of attempts i've seen have been in 99% due to player stupidity. Like stone tanker turning off granite to move recluse some and got two shotted quick for example.
Romulus is also not a hard fight either, and i never ever cared about team make up for ITF, it's a very easy TF. I've failed it once i think, when we forgot to change diff and fought rom at +3 level and lost three people after first wipe. I've even soloed it on my scrapper O.o took about three days and alot of tries, but doable.
I hold firm in my belief anything (aside a master of) can be done by any team mockup as long as the players know how to play their character. I've yet seen nothing that proves otherwise to this belief.
The biggest problem witht he end game raids and such is onfortunatly the network lag... anyone who done a zone capped mothership raid knows this.
I see and agree with this, but I also get what the OP is saying.
There is, in some quarters, an expectation that certain missions and TFs should be done one way. I am sure that is generally the way that most people have found to be successful but it is not the only way nor is it guaranteed to be the easiest.
Mostly I've found that if failure results from not doing it the prescribed way, it's generally a problem of perception combined with an unwillingness to try new things. -
they've been rubbish ever since the merge