Scythus

Originally Posted by IanTheM1

The tip drops as soon as you roll a normal tip drop, from what I could tell. Lots of reports of getting both a normal tip and the special one (which has a special icon to boot, so it's hard to miss). This isn't a repeat of the Halloween tip mission, thankfully.

The tip mission itself can be a little rough, since it has an EB in it, but keep in mind like Katie Hannon and Ernesto Hess, only the leader needs to have completed the tip mission to start the TF.

Originally Posted by Lazarillo

I read this, I notice Venture is sounding incredibly sensible, and then I begin to weep.

Originally Posted by Olantern

"Fun?" Most of what I see are the usual rants and whining.

Originally Posted by AquaJAWS

Shards drop from nearly everything after you start on incarnates, and everything can be gained from shards, maybe slowly, but as with EVERYTHING with the game, progress happens slower than when in a group, thats the trade off.

Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect

Yes, you're right.

They MUST give every possible preferred playstyle something new to do with every single conceivable issue or they fail as a dev team.

This issue was focused around large group content. Find me an issue that catered to every possible subset of players all at once. I can't think of a single one that didn't leave someone out in the cold.

Originally Posted by Zwillinger

You're absolutely right...

Multi-group content is not "the" way.

Neither is solo content "the" way.

Nor are TF's/SF's "the" way.

One thing I've always respected about the team here at Paragon Studios is their ability to cater to many different playstyles and still maintain a game that is, at it's core, just damned fun. There's no one thing that I can put my finger on about CoH and call it "the one thing" that makes it fun; it's a combination of many features and options presented as a whole.

With the Incarnate Trials we've added to the variety and have given more people more options. The Incarnate abilities don't change existing content, nor are they in any way a requirement for current content, even for the new Trials and not having them doesn't make you enjoy something any less. As is the case with most things in CoH, you're only competing with one person...you! (Heck, even the levels shifts don't practically apply outside of the Trials).

Are all of the aspects of the Incarnate Trials going to be perfect out of the gate? Of course not. Just as is the case with most if not all game design, things get better with iteration and you learn from past experiences.

Wise man once say, "Variety is the spice of life." Loud CM once say, "Options are good!"

Originally Posted by Vanden

Okay, you don't want to team. Got it.

Originally Posted by AmazingMOO

Right now, the only path to Incarnate content available to small-team players is the punitive shard->thread conversion. For players who prefer not to raid with big teams, or who can only play a little bit each day, this means a very long, uphill climb toward even the basic rewards.

Originally Posted by Vanden

Rushed out the door? They were beta testing it IN SEPTEMBER. As in, before I19! Did you forget?

EDIT: Unlike this post, which was rushed out.

Originally Posted by Dr_Mechano

Noticed something interesting.

Well interesting to me anyway.

Even the Lore Pets are customisable, as in you can colour both their aura AND certain parts of their armour.

Perhaps this is the reason for the lack of other pets, the Praetorian pets, using items mostly available to players, can be customised, other pets would have to be tailored to accept such customisation.

Though perhaps we are seeing the first step towards MM customisation in this, who knows.

Originally Posted by Melancton

Yellow Dawn?!? You whippersnappers don't know a THING about Yellow Dawn!

THIS was a Yellow Dawn, sonny!



Now you kids get off my lawn!

Originally Posted by Venture

I hate everything.

Originally Posted by Angelxman81

I wish they create a new login loading screen, the current blue is so... old.
I wish I could always have the GR one but now seems not possible with the new launcher?

Originally Posted by FlashToo

You must not be one of those people who skips Lift on your Gravity controller because you've decided your powers are temporally-based and can't find a good explanation for how that could fling someone into the air.

Originally Posted by LISAR

Not like it's some sort of trade secret.

Also...Kroger brand products in the Fred Meyer's store.

Originally Posted by LISAR

It's called Fred Myer there.

Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha

Yes, yes it is.

And now? Now I have proof.



Chatlog:
04-05-2011 00:49:48 [NPC] Fallen Buckshot: You owe me so much influence it's not even funny.

So. Anyone still want to cling to the belief that Inf is anything other than in-game currency? Because the Devs are clearly treating it as such.

Originally Posted by Ms. Mesmer

They're the largest supermarket chain in the United States. They mainly exist in the Eastern part of the country, but their presence is nationwide, thanks to their purchase of Ralph's and several other chains out West. About the only area in the continental U.S. that doesn't have Kroger-owned grocery stores is from Maryland through Maine, the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions.

Originally Posted by Schismatrix

*hypersonic facepalm*
So how often did you read the plaques in early 2005 or so? (i don't recall the exact time period offhand.)