Schismatrix

Ah, just a lucky coincidence in the timing then. None of my accounts could log in; after a couple attempts i go to account management and reset passwords, then i could log in again.

But yeah, the "Remember me" button no worky.

Depends on how excitable/calm/ADHD the original poster is.
The calmer types use a period.
The really excitable types use multiple exclamation points.
The really laid back say "screw punctuation" and just title it something like "I21 Mids".

...

Early next week for Mids' is great news.
Maybe you should remind Diellan that release announcements are supposed to use exclamation points. Y'know, just in case they forget and punctuate like they're being a calm adult.

Check your enhancement tray. If you have enough tiers unlocked you automatically get a set of special enhancements on new characters. They enhance both recharge and damage to approximately DO levels as well as having procs that work until the character hits 22 or so.

IIRC Domination doesn't do that on its own. Instead all powers affected by Domination have the additional mezzes added to them which are then triggered by Domination being active. The Devs have to go in and code Domination effects into each power. To use the same approach for Regen the Devs would have to code every single critter power to check if the target has the debuff resisting power active and then apply... yeah, pretty sure that functionality is not in the game either.

On the bright side Facebook has added a bunch of new features. Most of the recent new 'features' are either the equivalent of Clippy or are actually the removal of widely used features in an apparent bid to make Facebook less useful. i've certainly been using it less.

That's an example of a retcon (of sorts) that should be retconned back out again.

i actually bought a bunch of extra points recently. Then this promotion came out. A small fraction of the points i currently have to get it.

Yeah, no.

As Zortel said:

0.o
That would be better for Earth Control than flight. Well maybe if we add pigeon flight to go with the bird heads.

And how!
i'd rather see shoulder parrots added than buy the costume code. i've made better pirates than that costume (IMHO of course), so the only thing that costume has over my own costumes is the bird. A shoulder parrot/bird i'd buy, but even for that i wouldn't pay 600 points. At 600 points you might as well be flipping that pirate's bird at me.

Would it be possible to implement the non-DE version of Granite as an alternate animation/effect, or does it have to be one or the other?

i'd prefer a more generic version that doesn't completely replace the costume, but i can understand the point of view of the players who like the current version. i've known several players who used the current version of Granite Armor to make characters who would transform from a petite character into hulking masses of rock and i can understand them not wanting to lose that ability.

Jerk Hackers?! AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!
*runs around flailing like a muppet, slams into a wall of text and falls over*
AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!
AAAAHHHHH!!
AAAHHH!
AAH!
AH!
ah.
*wheeze*
Okay, i'm done.

To be fair, the original UniqueDragon post was many years ago and not everyone has read it any more than everyone knows where "Go. Hunt. Kill Skuls." comes from.

We are at war with jerk hacking, we have always been at war with jerk hacking.

Nice. Ad hominem attacks on anyone who gets into the numbers side of the game more than you do. Real classy there. Although it does suit your writing style, so there is that.

Incidentally, would Arcanaville's lair be a "woman cave"? What about all the min/maxing players who also have a spouse and two or three kids? i bet those basements get pretty crowded, eh?

Moving on...
Personally i'm more of casual numbers cruncher. i don't min/max for every last % and i don't record my play sessions and run a statistical analysis to determine the exact values. i'm very grateful to people like Arcanaville and Iakona and all the rest who've done the heavy lifting for me since i do enjoy trying to make characters who are good at soloing and very good at doing what they do.

Thing is, i don't feel i have to be able to solo everything in the game or have complete mastery of the markets. Luckily none of that is really needed and we have one of the most helpful player bases i've ever seen in any game, both on the forums and in the game. There are always people willing to help out. (We also have some idiots and trolls, but that's life everywhere.)

Unless they've changed it since beta there are a few areas on the paths where enemies tend to spawn in aggro range, even to the point of being right on the path, especially near the First Ward entrance.

The paths are neat looking and fairly handy, but not really safe.

Don't get me wrong, the show did have its moments of awesome. Some of the stories were very good. It was also rather wacky.

Don't remind me. Years ago i worked at a Staples in the Business Machines department. There were a number of customers in awe of my technical expertise and would seek me out when it came to computers and other digital devices; expertise that really consisted mostly of knowing how to RTFM, but i digress.

Anyway, the manager decided that since i was so good with computers and hardware the logical thing to do was promote me to Furniture Lead. Y'know, since selling, assembling, and doing inventory of mostly particle
board office furniture was the logical step up from working with computers.

i like Niven's Known Space stories, but always felt that the Kzinti and the Slavers weren't really an ideal fit for the Star Trek universe. In my opinion properly handled Kzinti would have huge effects on the character and direction of the Federation.

Actually it had 40 levels at launch, but you're right in that it was designed to have 50 levels.

Tacking more regular levels on top of the current levels would break the game in a number of ways since the powers system works differently than most other MMOs.

The Incarnate system's use of a secondary progression tree is a good workaround.

Not true. At least not for CoH yet. You can't expect to succeed if the entire league is 'suboptimal', but then i guess it depends on where you put the line between 'optimal' and 'suboptimal'. Even with the new trials that line still can be placed pretty close to 'can use keyboard without shorting it out with drool'.

To me it sounds okay for Brawl but in Shadow Maul it doesn't quite work as well.

*clears throat*
*looks at Commander menacingly*

i agree. Combat rezzes, especially those for melee ATs, should all have an untouchable period.

i see basic IOs on the market all the time.
Also, when i get the salvage and recipe drops to make a basic IO i will do so. If it's not an IO i need i dump it on the market for 5 inf or so.

The market does not have to be time-consuming if you have any patience. Maybe 5 minutes a play session, if that, and you can get IOs. Put stuff on the market that you want to sell and bid on the things you want. You frequently can bid as low as half the going price and get the item you want if you just leave the bid up and go play the game. Note that if you don't leave a bid up for at least a day or two you aren't actually serious about buying anything at a good price.

Then you just need to check your bids and put a few more items on the market every so often. Every so often could be just after logging on or before logging off every play session, or it could be after every couple of missions, whatever you want.

True, but you can maintain use of IOs as a 'Preemie' for the equivalent of two dollars a month. Not quite free, but not that onerous. Unless your account is old enough, in which case you have IO access anyway.