Schismatrix

Quite true. As i understand it, it works as if it was an enhancement slotted in each power, sort of like a invisible Hami-O in each power. And just like a Hami-O it will only enhance an existing aspect of the power, unless it's an aspect that's tagged to be unaffected by enhancements.

Dispersion Bubble is the mez protect and +def bubble, so that's not actually the one you wanted turned off, and no one running that one would ever be inclined to do so.

Force Bubble is the one that was doing the shoving, and i'm pretty confident the MM knew what you meant.

Generally i'd just run after the enemies after asking the MM to either drop the Force Bubble or stop pushing them ahead of me. If the MM was using it intelligently to shove all the mobs into a smaller area or corner for easier disposal/AoE use, then i'd be fine with it. If he was just constantly pushing them away and scattering them i'd leave the team.

You upgrade by combining the old one with other pieces to turn it into the next ranked ability.

Keep in mind that only the Alpha slot acts as an enhancement, and it acts like an enhancement that's added to all your powers, and it allows you to bypass part of the ED caps when it's used.

Later slots will grant completely new powers and abilities, but exactly what and how isn't currently available.

According the GR site it's now unlocked by a story arc. See my post above. Having to be level 50 is correct.

In the original Going Rogue beta that Alpha Slot was an ability/slot you unlocked several different ways.
According to the GR site here: So you unlock the slot by doing a story arc.

IIRC once unlocked the Incarnate menus are accessed by clicking "Incarnate" at the top of the powers tab. When you create an Incarnate ability it always remain usable unless you combine it with other pieces to create a higher rank ability. You can switch between the various Incarnate abilities every 5 minutes or so if you want. Incarnate abilities do not function when exemplared.

i had the exact same thought when i watched it the intro.

HOWEVER, if they don't get all the known major bugs corrected before the 16th they will still put it off until the 30th or so. With the amount of new material coming in this issue there's no guarantee they'll have it ready for release by the 16th, although only the Devs and beta testers could say how well things are going, so it's all speculation at the moment. If it goes to open beta in the next couple of days i'd say that the 16th seems very likely. We'll see.

It's repeated the predownload more or less at random at least 4 times for me out of 12 times or so that i've quit to desktop. (The CoH client takes about 5 seconds to load up, and if left running will eventually use at least 1.5 gigs of memory, so i usually quit to desktop whenever i log off to do something else or even just to take a short break. With 4 gigs of RAM running out of memory isn't really a concern, but once it gets much over 1.5 the client has a tendency to crash.)

Some rhetorical questions make me smile. See above.

Some interesting points there. Most of which seem rather obvious to me, though admittedly not in a quantified form.

That's why in my earlier post i stated that Hero System-based character creation mechanics would not be workable within an MMO, and simply stuck to pointing out that both the Hero System and this game are based on using endurance to generate damage, and that both systems have ways of managing and modifying the costs.

Y'know, if i had the resources to finance an MMO based on Arcanaville's design concepts i'd probably do so. Well, except maybe the option to punish players by giving them exactly what they ask for that she's mentioned before.

Although i think it would be interesting to have the game provide multiple genres of superhuman/scifi/fantasy settings with several different worlds/dimensions based on different genres. The problem of course is to supply the amount content to make each genre have enough content unique to itself at launch. It would require the sort of robust and flexible content generation tools that CoH is only getting 6 years on, and that as far as i know no other MMO has available at this point.

There have been a few PnP games based on characters interacting with and within multiple settings, but it may be a bit overambitious to attempt launching an MMO based on this premise.

Ah, i hadn't looked into the Rikti and Praetoria story stuff since GR was underway, so it may have been retconned, or i may be remembering incorrectly.

There were a lot of Marvel covers with characters that appear in the comic in some sort of big dramatic scene/setting that is not actually in the issue. Very often the dialogue was some piece of absurdity that did not accurately reflect the events of the issue. So not that different from DC of the same era.

Hey, he can also fly.

Of course that power also sucks if it's only good for flying to places where something's already happened just to state the obvious.

As long as they turn the burner on and start cooking i don't care all that much which one they use.

Maybe i misread it, but i'm pretty sure it's canon that the Rikti encountered Praetoria when tracing the origin of the Nemesis attack that precipitated the Rikti Invasion.

Edit: Although most sources suggest Nemesis as the instigator of the war using his automatons to impersonate the Freedom Phalanx, automatons you encounter in a CoV arc, but at least one mid-ranked Rikti agrees with you:
"Though he didn't seem like the type to talk much, the Rikti Psi-scout called Lk'Onik had something he wanted to say: 'Longtime Didn't: Trust Humans.
We Thought: Humans Attacked: First.
Was There: First Attack.
Thousands: Dead. Lost: Everything Important.
Looked like: Freedom Phalanx.
Further Attacks: Dozens.
Finally Traced: Point of Origin.
Thought Justification: Protecting Ourselves.
... : ...
Since then, seen: Freedom Phalanx; Seen: Earth-Heroes.
Phalanx = Attackers: Impossible.
My Theory: Praetorians. Nothing Else: Makes Sense.'"

Fair enough. i find it interesting myself. i edited my post to include the same style of argument presented in a slightly different context simply because i found the idea amusing.

He wants the very concept of endurance usage gone. It's good enough for PnP games, but has no place in computer games. Sadly, hundreds, if not thousands, of computer games use variations on this mechanic.

Also, since it's his opinion you can't prove him wrong. It doesn't matter if the sub-arguments he uses are demonstrably composed of bovine droppings, since they're part of his opinion they're not wrong either.

i think the sticking point here is that most people are unable to accept the premise that opinions, even any factual errors presented as part of the opinion, are incapable of being wrong. On the plus side having it finally stated so clearly means that anyone who cares about having a useful conversation, discussion or debate can now simply ignore any thread or post by Ultimo_. If someone honestly believes that simply by being presented as an opinion that any position or stand on any issue cannot be falsified then there is no point to engaging in any conversation with them.

Simply say, "ookaay...", and move on to a more useful dialogue.

"That's nice, dear." Also works.



Just because in my opinion* it's fun let's apply that "opinions cannot be wrong" method to another arena....
*bzzzt bzzzt*
Park Ranger: "Hello? Yellowstone National Park Service."
Demented Moogle: "Hello. i wanted to warn you that in my opinion Velociraptor attacks are real danger to hikers in the park."
PR: "Uh, sir, there have never been any velociraptor attacks in the park. They died out millions of years ago."
DM: "That's not true. It's my opinion that 37 people were attacked and partially eaten by Velociraptors last year. They are a threat to hikers in the park and there should be Velociraptor patrols."
PR: "There were 37 wild dog attacks in the country last year. Velociraptors had nothing to do with it."
DM: "No, it was Velociraptors. It's part of my opinion that those attacks were done by Velociraptors, and opinions aren't facts, so they can't be proven wrong. I've been hiking past the Yellowstone National Park sign for 129 years, so my opinion is worth more than your 'facts.' Velociraptors ate the rest of my family."
PR: "Sir, this park was created slightly over 128 years ago, so I doubt you were hiking past the park sign then, even if I accept that you're over 130 years old."
DM: "Well it's my opinion that I am and I was. Since it's my opinion it can't be wrong."
PR: "Thank you for expressing your concerns sir. We will take them under advisement."
*click*
Park Ranger 2: "Who was that?"
PR: "Some demented lunatic."
PR2: "Oh?"
PR: "He was worried about being attacked by dinosaurs in the park."
PR2: "..."
PR: "Yeah, exactly."


*Remember, opinions can't be wrong if they're opinions.

Most of the forum mods are off on weekends. Which is why there's usually a couple threads created over the weekend that don't get deleted until Monday, when they'd normally get deleted within minutes on a weekday.

As i recall the endurance cost of mob powers tends to be higher than the player equivalent as well even with the player powers unslotted.

Not too worried about them getting Hurdle since many mobs can do a two story vertical jump if the AI tells it to do it.