Schismatrix
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Yeah, far more D&D/high fantasy than anything medieval.
In fact i think Iron Man is almost supposed to be one of Eberron's Warforged. -
Quote:"We're the power of all the rest of you combined into one! Suck it, PANCAKES!"Originally Posted by Kirsten
I can't seem to find my copies of Brightest Day, so I was wondering:
Did they ever give the White Lanterns an oath?
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Quote:That common, pejorative usage was in fact also used during the classical period at the height of ancient Greek culture that most people, including historians, think of when they reference ancient Greece. Just like when most people reference ancient Egypt they aren't thinking of small stone age villages clustered along a fertile valley, but a place with cities and huge stone edifices. Now, some historians might focus on the earliest known settlements, but no historian will say "Ancient Egypt" and expect you to visualize tiny clusters of huts along a river.Originally Posted by dugfromthearth
Exactly.
If one is faced with a character with powers based on Greek mythology created by a historian, one should probably assume that they were named knowing the original meaning of the word rather than just the common usage today.
I have to assume that Tyrant was named knowing the double meaning of the term and that it was chosen deliberately. It is also nice that being a character based on Greek mythology they used Tyrant which is a Greek word rather than Dictator with is a Latin word.
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Quote:Well, that's true in the newer version of Praetoria. He was simply Emperor Cole to the Praetorians who didn't oppose his rule.Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
Emperor Cole didn't select the appelation at all... it was applied by Primals. Wasn't it?
i haven't read the original storyline in a very long time, but back when Praetoria was the goatee universe i thought he used the name proudly to signify his status as a brutal absolute monarch. -
Quote:Ah, i see.Originally Posted by dugfromthearth
is a character named Tyrant
* which those who do not know history think means bad ruler whereas it really just means one came to power not in the usual way and was the term for many great leaders in history
"Do not know history" means anyone who feels more than two millenia of usage of the word tyrant should not be abandoned for the more neutral, but not necessarily good, connotation it had for a few centuries beforehand. So we should ignore the last 2500 or so years of usage of the term in favor of the long archaic early definition? In some ways that seems almost opposite of learning from history. (Godwin time!) "In the early days of their formation the National Socialists were focused on rejecting the unfairly punitive economic sanctions forced upon Germany at the end of World War I and rebuilding the German economy. Why does everyone always harp on the stuff that happened over the following decade instead?!"
When "really just means" is a pretext for ignoring over two millenia of widespread usage i suspect you're being a tad disingenuous. -
Quote:Because at level 4 you basically only have Web Grenade and Caltrops, and if your opinion of the entire set was based on only using those two powers Traps wouldn't seem very good. It was a reference to you only playing the set for a few levels and then deciding it wasn't any good. (Traps is actually one of my favorite support sets.)Originally Posted by Power_NA
Oh, I played Traps I like them.
It is almost like Devices few different powers but traps are good. Why would you think Traps they aren't slow like TW.
Titan Weapons generally deals a lot of damage in rapid bursts with pauses in between. While some players don't enjoy the more pulsed nature of the set it does put out AoE damage rather well. Build Momentum is available fairly early on and pretty much negates any worries about teammates nuking the entire spawn while your first attack is winding up because you can start nearly every fight with Momentum and start out fast.
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As far as support sets go i tend to rank Trick Arrow near the bottom in effectiveness. Which is a shame since i like the animations and theme. -
Quote:Yup, you're wrong. Especially the bolded part. Then again, considering you spent maybe 10-15 minutes playing the set before giving up according to your own calculations i guess it's no surprise.Originally Posted by Power_NA
No, but TW is like a Blaster sniping need to wait about 5 seconds for every swing. Then I need to wait until the power comes back, that part I don't care since I have to deal with that in all of the powersets....
30 minutes to hit level 4? It takes me about 10-15 minutes unless I am a controller/defender then it takes a while.
Once you have more than 2-3 attacks from the set Titan Weapons plays nothing like what you described.
Waiting for you to follow up with "I only played Traps to level 4 on a Corruptor and it sucks!" -
Quote:Agreed. i currently have no intention of going Premium, but i would like to have the option to purchase the AT unlocks (especially when they're on sale) in case i ever have to. (Hmm, did i just end that sentence with both a proposition and a preposition?)Originally Posted by Nethergoat
That is a pretty ridiculous situation that they should rectify.
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Quote:Old MoG basically capped your defenses against all but psi, gave you 75% resist to all but Psi, reduced your hp to 25% and left you unable to be healed or regenerate until it wore off. The 75% resist just about exactly balanced the 75% hp loss except that psi damage effectively did four times normal damage if it hit you.Originally Posted by Asha'man
Thanks for the correction guys. I guess I wasn't aware there was an old and a new MoG. Can someone clarify what the difference is?
Edit: The historical reference leaves out that in addition to negating all regeneration you could not be healed by any means while old MoG was active. -
Quote:Exactly this. Gaming is about enjoying games and having fun playing them, or even just enjoying studying the art, design, and rules of a game even if you don't actually play it, not about qualifying for the RPG superbowl.Originally Posted by Father Xmas
And don't forget that Miss Day did tweet and link to, off her youtube channel at the time, DR's CoH Avatar music video.
Also you can be a fan of video games without honing your skill in any particular one or actually make money being a professional grade gamer. You just need to enjoy playing video games and play them a lot. -
Quote:Yeah, i still have a literal suitcase of cards from the MtG Revised era in storage. There's a few decks worth of cards from long forgotten CCGs like XXXenophile, Heresy: Kingdom Come, On the Edge, and some others in there as well. (Not to mention i also have a few boxes of cards from all the sets since then.Originally Posted by Oathbound
You, me, and thousands upon thousands of others.
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i used to enjoy making decks that were 'designed' to be somewhat unpredictable by virtue of sheer size and using lots of cards that offered different combo possibilities. (My favorite is still using Ashnod's Transmogrant followed by Detonate against an opponent that was using a fast mana/large, expensive creature deck. Especially when he summoned a Shivan Dragon the next turn and i transmogrified it as well. The look when he realized that the combo the first time wasn't a coincidence... "No, you can't be serious." Boom. ^.^)
Anyway, while i haven't followed her all *that* closely Felicia Day seems as an authentic of a gamer with as much enthusiasm for gaming as many other gamers i know, and i've known a lot of them over the years. And no, not all of us were beaten up or harassed for being gamers even if most were considered at least somewhat weird. -
Quote:Hell, i created "Thingy now with Extra Stuff!" over a decade ago.Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
You know... You can't trademark stuff!
I've had stuff since before I was born! -
Quote:No problem. (Yes, i'm taking your reply at face value.) It might possibly not be what you want to hear, but as a few others have pointed out the DA content is designed to be harder than normal content, and while adjusting your tactics may help somewhat it's going to remain challenging under your own self-imposed restrictions. In my opinion this is a good thing since you've finally found content that provides what you want.Originally Posted by NewName
Your answer to my question about if anyone has had success living through knives of vengeance missions on 54/x8 settings without inspirations is to lower the difficulty, get a teammate, use inspirations, and accept dying frequently. Interesting. Thank you for your input, I'll take it into consideration.
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Well, you could always lower it below x8. Or get a teammate. Or use inspirations. Or resign yourself to going slowly and/or dying frequently. The DA content is intended to be challenging, more challenging than most normal content. If you're dying frequently at high difficulty settings while playing under self-imposed limitations you obviously want a challenge. You've got one; everybody wins!
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Quote:Over the top hyperbole?Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
Maybe it's the fact that people who aren't geeks and gamers have co-opted the culture to make money. Stuff like "Gamer Fuel" Mountain Dew and models who wouldn't know Samus from B.J. Blazkowicz who pose for skanky photos licking controllers. ****ing Usher performing at E3.
When I was in high school, my friends and I used to have people trying to kick the sh out of us every day because we played computer games. We were harassed constantly. When using the internet was a social stigma, we were the outcasts but we took our lumps and called ourselves geeks as a point of pride.
Now that gaming is "cool", when actors or rappers go on about how huge gamers they are for playing Halo a couple of times or having run a raid in WoW, I can understand real geeks and gamers who who cringe at that. Like I said before, most are as legitimate as Vanilla Ice's street cred.
IMO, being a gamer is like Woodstock; if everyone who claimed they were there had been there, they would have needed 10 fields. If everyone who claimed they are obsessive gamers was one, high school computer labs from the 80's and 90's would have been overflowing with people elbow to elbow and today there wouldn't been a free slot on any game server anywhere.
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Self-centered elitism and arrogant assertions that only their opinion counts?
Absurdly high and arbitrary standards for others?
Goalposts mounted on a sports car?
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Quote:No, i think it's perfectly acceptable to take his money anyway.Originally Posted by Tyger42
This. All the way.
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Quote:Strange. i have never had the experience you describe. Then again i don't spend much time in AP on any server. Although i will concede i've had much better luck finding teams who can get all the DFB badges on Virtue. (Oddly enough i actually encounter more people on other servers' DFB runs who ignore everything said in team and run around blindly attacking anything they see. (And then lie there spamming "Rez me!" when it gets them killed.))Originally Posted by PunkRolex
I don't really *like* Virtue. I have some characters on every server at this point, but Virtue is the only one where people regularly whine and moan about drive-by buffs. I think the quality of player is lower than on some of the less populated servers, HATE the discussions that happen in broadcast and help chat, and I dislike the burden of dealing with role players. Basically, Virtue is full of fussy weirdos. If my only option were to play there, I would not play CoX at all.
i don't find overall player quality to differ that significantly overall on any server. However i find it much easier to find teams with very good players on Champion, Justice, and Virtue due to the global channels i'm on. -
Quote:To continue the derail: i generally always tri-form my Khelds when leveling up and then decide on how many forms to use in the later build depending on concept. And with the new power tray popping up when shifted and instant form changes the forms are easier than ever to use. (i still use binds to shift my bottom power tray with the forms, but the instant change is awesome!)Originally Posted by Northman
Is that a human form or tri-form Warshade? Mine is stuck at 24 too lol.
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Look, i'm working on my aim, okay?
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Quote:So far for me that solution has worked every time. No need to log out or in, just select the server again.Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
Of course, the quick version is, as said above, pop back out to server select
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Quote:Damn you, TJ!Originally Posted by Texas Justice
what
Oh well...
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Quote:There's still time in Paragon Studios' work day and such plans are subject to change anyway.Originally Posted by Ultimus
Did I miss something or where are they?
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Sudo make me a sandwich.
Being able to toggle sudo on would be equivalent to having access to Dev tools. i would be okay with that. -
Offhand i have two characters who will be using the pirate pieces as soon as they're released: Lefty the Buccaneer and Space Pirate Miko.
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Quote:Well, i expect that there will be at least one featured item in the market for the week of USA's Independence Day, July 4th, and a tricorner hat would be appropriate. Probably a return/sale price of the fireworks emotes as well.Originally Posted by Olantern
Embarassing question: is the Space Piracy hat the same one leaked a while back as the tricorner hat? I'm sad to say that I'm not sure.
If it isn't, will that wonderful tricorner hat ever be sold/seen/given away/used for anything at all?