Schismatrix
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Quote:i think the nails mohawk would add more if it was a bihawk, trihawk, or even went full (cenobite) Pinhead. The Freakshow have several models with bihawks.Originally Posted by Snowzone
Did we really need more mohawks? We have the fauxhawk, the tall mohawk, the small mohawl, the Resistance mohawk, the two Cybertech mohawks and now this one... -
Quote:That was my impression from what i know of game design and a passing familiarity with a couple games and modders thereof, but not actually doing game mods i wasn't going to assume it was as irrelevant as it seemed to me. So, the original OpenGL comment was a misinformed and irrelevant dig, got it.Originally Posted by Aisynia
It's usually the tools the developers have, not the engine specifically, or whether its Direct X, Open GL etc.
That was my impression as well. While it's pretty apparent that the Dev tools have been upgraded many times over the years it's no surprise that altering zone geometry is non-trivial.Quote:People use the term "engine" far too often when referring to any number of things. In this case, it may simply be how the world is put together. I don't pretend to know how their tools work, or how their world is built, but if I had to hazard a guess, it's probably less about moving something, and more about the consequences of that movement (how it affects collision, enemy and pet pathing, etc.).
Thanks for the thoughts about SDKs and their relative strengths. i may not be a modder, but i like to know stuff. Seriously, every little bit gets added to the stuff i've read and seen elsewhere and sharpens the picture.
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*huh* Yet another where i wasn't opposed to it, but didn't feel especially enthusiastic about it until i saw the actual pieces.
*looks at Dink's screenie*
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Daaaayummmm, now there are a few pieces i can really use and really like! Y'all just keep making stuff i want when i actually see it, somehow. Very nice!
Gotta agree with Kirsten on needing more chainsaw and rusty weapons as well. Actually, a scrapyard bow would be pretty nice. Rusty leaf springs, bolts, ragged wrapped grip and lots of pulleys... (^_^)
Edit: One caveat is that the only piece that i think is sort of redundant and silly is the nail mohawk. -
Quote:*replaces liquified eyeballs*Originally Posted by Hit Streak
We'd like for you all to join us in wishing a very Happy Birthday to our Brand Manager, Hosun "Black Pebble" Lee!
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Quote:i'd like to see memorial statues of Psyche and Statesman added as well. Not necessarily in AP, but somewhere prominent.Originally Posted by gameboy1234
This is actually a neat idea. There's a couple of generic statues behind City Hall in Atlas Park. Perhaps those statues could be replaced with States and S. Psyc.
Wait, when did they add a Lance Armstrong statue?Quote:Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion
I do not know the answer to your question. But many times in Atlas Park I find myself staring up at the central statue in awe at that man and his one enormous ball. -
Quote:Ugh. Please tell me you work on MMOs or some similar sort of 3D game world building occupation. Otherwise you remind me of people i deal with in daily life who think some things are easy because they know just enough about the abstract concepts and techniques of doing something to think that it's all easy to do in no time at all. And it's not a matter of outdated engines per se. Even things that seem straightforward and simple when you look at the basic design specs can involve many, many hours of work to actually execute.Originally Posted by Bronze Knight
Mutter.. Grumble... Darn POS, backward, OpenGL, out of date, Cryptic engine.
To be fair I was only thinking about making the statue it self. Which appear to use the same model as the costume parts with a rock/granite texture applied. IT may also be baked into one piece. That much should be easy. I totally forgot about issues that might crop up placing it in the world-space, although if its that much of an issue it tells me that you guys need better dev tools. Maybe some sonic ones, eh?
Edit: Also, i'm not sure what OpenGL specifically has to do with editing the game world unless that was just a random "lulz@OpenGL" tossed in for extra denigration. Seriously, not a coder here, so i don't know how relevant the use of OpenGL is to editing zone geometry. Just because it seems irrelevant to me doesn't mean it is. Anyone? -
Quote:i don't know, but i like the idea.Originally Posted by Fista
So how do we convince them to put them back into the game is some manner?
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Quote:That's one of Ultimus' recurring quirks that i find so endearing.Originally Posted by GuyPerfect
I'm trying to come up with an alternate interpretation, but I'm coming up cold.
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Quote:With a pile this big we need the Pun-Rappelling Bat-Rope!Originally Posted by JAG-01
"Quickly, Robin! Throw down the Pun-Repelling Bat-Spray!"
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Force Fields does not have a rez.
I made a bind, "It is your destiny to die here, no matter what else Force Fields shield you from your destiny is to ALWAYS DIE HERE" and people just "DERP" instead of "Force Fields doesn't have a REZ?!".
Makes Force Fields fun again!
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Quote:It follows a polar orbit as well. What appears to be the moon(s) is actually a huge warp gate that was created by the Rikti using the mass of the actual moon. Thus the weird orbit and obsession of The Lost with it.Originally Posted by Vyver
That's a bug?
I just thought we had two moons. -
Quote:The ability to cancel Teleport's hover effect would get my vote as well. Make it an interruptible hover: change it so that using movement keys (and possibly other powers) cancels it.Originally Posted by Dr Harmony
I'll second Teleport.
The enforced immobilise and hover make what could be a flashy, awesome combat power into a grind.
Peacebringers and Warshades have had their form-shifting freed from a lengthy animation and now play much more fluidly - I'd like to see Teleport get similar treatment. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Ultimus
Ok great I wanted to slot it into Energy Transfer and have it proc on a target. I am guessing in I24 it will be PPM?That's what i expected. To be honest i'm not sure if Ultimus was serious or just being silly by asking the question at all. The question seemed so absurd on its face that i was pretty sure it was the latter, but this is the intarwebz, so...Quote:Originally Posted by Arbiter Hawk
No, the easter egg proc will not be changing to PPM. Every other proc in the game will be, but this one would just be silly if it happened more often, since it's both entirely fluff and visually quite "noisy".
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Quote:Yes, yes i would.Originally Posted by Molehill
Would you go forward with a LRSF if you randomly got a whole team full of non-incarnate squishies?
The only way i'd see it not working at all if all the squishies were ADHD-afflicted Blasters who only used their primary and secondary powers or there were (other) PEBKAC issues. Of course PEBKAC can occur with any team composition, but team of squishies more frequently equals absurdly OP in the hands of experienced players.Quote:It may be "working as intended" but it doesn't work very well, intended or not... even for single team endeavors. -
Quote:Thematically Tankers are supposed to be the most durable melee archetype around while doing less damage than the other melee archetypes. That is their theme by design. (Now, you may feel that Tankers should be both tougher and deal more damage than any other archetype, but in any game designed primarily around combat by someone not completely unconcerned with fairness or balance that is a non-starter.) Since the other melee archetypes can come close to Tanker survivability, and even equal it in most ordinary combat situations*, that implies that you want Tankers to be even more durable than they presently are.Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
I've been asking for a 145% increase. That and a new thematic combat mechanic (damage oriented or not) to give Tankers some "flash" and improve their thematic failings would reasonably fix Tankers as far as I'm concerned.
*This generally requires usage of IO sets when comparing like powersets. If you feel that that means Tankers should be able to use IOs to increase damage as a sort of parity/counterbalance to other ATs gaining increased survivability from IOs then an increase in the damage cap and increased damage bonuses from sets would make sense. However, that would not be addressing a "thematic failing" since the Tanker's theme is that with great survivability comes reduced damage.
(i do not put a point specifically at the end of my posts, or if i do i make it a point that actually contains information.) -
Quote:If i had to guess i'd say a little from column A and a little from column B.Originally Posted by RevolverMike
Not sure if this is some when pigs fly snark or if your genuinely saying your ok with them having a higher cap.
That's a point in that it would give most Tanker combinations very little in normal gameplay, but would give a few combinations quite a bit. My SD/SS would see far more benefit from the change than my FA/SM.Quote:As for everyone else commenting about my previous post, I just figured it would be a way to throw tankers a bone without giving them too much. -
Quote:Ah, i see you haven't met dug yet. Hopeling, dug. dug, Hopeling.Originally Posted by Hopeling
Are you seriously claiming that a chance to stun one minion at a time is overpowered? It's not even noteworthy. Stone Melee can stun all the minions and half the lieutenants in a spawn in less time than it takes Energy Melee to stun one target, can Hold a boss guaranteed with a single power, has knocks, and does better DPS without even damaging itself.
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Quote:Well, now you're not.Originally Posted by Zombieluvr
Am I the only one who had a less than wholesome mental image about this?
Also this.Quote:Originally Posted by Vyver
Happy day indeed.
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Quote:But every well of every possibly infinite iteration of a species across all dimensions is tied together so that if one well is subsumed or destroyed they all are? i mean, that's pretty much the premise of the current Incarnate storyline. That's... PANCAKING stupid. No, wait, i mean it's PANCAKING PANCAKING PANCAKING PANCAKING PANCAKING stupid. Did i mention it's not very good writing?Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think each species just has one Well, no matter how many dimensions they're found in.
So the human Well is found in any dimension where humans exist, just like the Kheldian Well is found in any dimension where the Kheldians exist - so the Primal dimension can have a human and a Kheldian Well because both species exist there, but there wouldn't be a Kheldian Well in the Praetorian dimension if Kheldians didn't exist there. -
Quote:Actually, in my opinion your regular build is the selfish build. It's not terrible at healing, but that's like building a Rad/EM Blaster as a Stunner. Taking only attacks that can stun whenever possible and slotting them solely for stun effects and avoiding any abilities that don't help you stun in some way whenever possible can make you fairly effective at locking down a boss, but it makes you very nearly an impediment on any team where stunning enemies isn't very useful.Originally Posted by ColonelKomphort
My different build was successful IN THIS INSTANCE, but, this build is IMHO, a very SELFISH build.
Past the teens that's pretty much what a healing-focused build on any AT amounts to for the most part.
But i'm fine with you playing that way if that's what you want. i've joined PuGs with Empaths who took Medicine, and if i'm looking for entertainment i might stay around for a few missions, but otherwise i generally make a polite excuse and leave the team as soon as it's convenient. Simply put the build you apparently consider non-selfish is relatively ineffective past 16 or so. Then again so are MAN builds, but at least those are intentionally sub-optimal, and the players playing them are usually skilled enough and self-aware enough of the build they're playing that they're still good teammates. Players who think focusing on healing makes them the lynchpin of a team, or even especially useful are, to put it bluntly, not.
If you've got a group of players that your playstyle works well with and who place great value on your contributions i would say you should hold onto them with all your might. All too often they lose that certain charm as they learn more about how the game works and increase in skill. A player who maintains the initial mindset is a rare thing to have. In the end it's about having fun, not whether the team can crank things above base difficulty. -
Ooh, i get to save my points another week. Mostly because i've owned all the featured costume pieces since they were first available and i generally don't bother with SBEs.
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Quote:i saw the same sort of thing in a global channel a couple weeks ago. The player in question only plays on one server AFAIK and it's not Virtue or Union. OTOH it wasn't that much racier than what he tends to chat about in globals anyway, just as an ERP statement rather than discussing more general interests.Originally Posted by Obscure Blade
I recall some years ago someone mistelling some very explicit ERP in Global; to the whole game in other words. Oops.
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Quote:To reply in the idiom that best matches the intellectual and factual quality of your post: lulz.Originally Posted by bpphantom
Pocket D is a scary place full of furries, pedo's and other perverts. Visit once per character for Null then never again, ever, for any reason.
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So far i've only remade my amphibious fishgirl Merkin Verde as a water blast user.
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Quote:IIRC some of the Night Ward contacts give out missions that scale all the way up to 50. Don't recall if that applies to the repeatable mission contacts.Originally Posted by _Arda_
Dear all,
I am running a little experiment. I enjoyed immensely Praetoria when it was released and I have been delighted by the expansion in lore and zones through First Ward, Night Ward and the iTrials. However, since they revamped the first levels experience in Paragon and the Rogue Isles for CoH Freedom (Sept 2011), I have found myself playing exclusively Hero/Villain content.
After one year, and with the new powersets coming out, I decided to go back to Praetoria and try to stay there as much as possible, without setting foot in Primal Earth. My Water Blast/Time Corruptor named Atlantea has been doing well, she finished all the original Praetorian arcs... it was a quite lonely ride I have to say, I think DBF has killed Praetoria just 1 year after the zones were released. Anyway, staying on topic... I changed sides as many times as possible, and ended being a Resitance member. Funny enough, both sides offered me the final mission to go to Primal Earth (Provost Marchand and Steve Sheridan). I got both for fun, tempted to do first one and go, lets say villain, then the other and go heroe, to see if I break the server.
Anyway, she didnt complete any of the two Cross the Rift thingie missions because that would break my only Praetoria experiment. Instead she went through the Praetorian underground to First Ward and I am getting missions there without problems. Blind Makwa wants me to collect something from some graves (creepy!) that are surrounded by purple enemies. So now I have resorted to the newspaper missions from Roadflare to get some levels.
I guess I will have to live in First Ward until I am lvl 30, then I can move to Night Ward... problem is, what to do after finishing Night Ward at lvl 35? Wait in the hope they release new Praetorian content that bridges the gap to lvl 50? Someone knows if I can still go to Primal Earth and join teams for missions? Or do some kind of missions in Primal Earth without being Heroe-Villain/stop being Praetorian, maybe Vanguard ones? Probably I will get stuck and finally go Primal...
I am wondering if anyone has done something similar before and what have been their experiences.
Cheers
@Arda