Shado_Shryke

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Ah nutz. I hate it when good people leave.

Congratz on the promotion. Live well, play well, Die happy.

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Your logic is flawed. If the devs are going to do this (and I have to agree that is will happen, since I believe the devs have no interest in any playtesting other than seeing if the code works as they plan). There is no point in attempting to find the "holes" since the entire concept is far worse than whatever holes are created.

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I disagree with you. This statement on the Regen thread is why.


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Just incase there are those here that have not checked the Official Regen thread in the last few days (which is now locked by the way) the regen nerf for I4 has been cut. They have decided that their testing was not what it needed to be and will be redoing their testing.

Statesman on Official Regen Nerf now a locked thread.

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This has to be the dumbest issue I have ever seen in any game. I see people arguing over a badge that does not enhance your character and is optional if you do not want it.

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What about capes??? Longest thread in CoH Forum history!! CAPES FOR EVERY 1!!!

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This FICTIONIAL game is set in America so having the US Flag in the game makes sense.

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Um.......The flag was not the problem. People did not ask to have the flag removed until someone purposefully misinterpreted a post asking that flags for heroes of OTHER NATIONAL ORIGIN (role playing) be introduced for the PATRIOT BADGE.

People keep forgetting, this was not an anti-US sentiment. It was asking for recognition of other nations heros giving their life and limbs for the continued freedom of the US AND THE WORLD. It is all about the Rikti, my friends.

I have a few char/toons that are US Citizens, one from another world, two from another dimension and one from Scotland.

All have loyalties to their places of Origin and are only WORKING (legally, don't deport them) in the US. They are on green card contracts to assist the US/Paragon City officials with the Rikti problem.

Also, remember that it says that heroes came from ALL OVER to help the US in this great time of need. License does not mean Citizenship. Or alot of the "illegal aliens" in country right now are actually citizens and need to be left alone by NIS.

Anyway. The game may have been made in the US, and sold first in the US, but to say anything that could constitute as "so take your un-american butt and get off our property" is just wrong (as wrong as a boy with hamsters and duct tape in a dark closet).

It is not that we have a US flag. It is that all the others that came/come to Paragon City, to give their lives to save the world, are not honored as well.

After all, wasn't the British superguy Hero-1 the one who is honored the most for sacrificing his life? By the Cape issue?

Yet, his country of Origin is not honored for its sacrifice of heroes?

Just a question. Not a jab. Statesman and the rest are doing their best. So everyone breath deep.

"Oh why must the spirit of mortal be proud."

I can appreciate this change: I was posting the following in the Official thread when it became locked. I hope CuppaJo and Statesman will understand why I quote it here since it never made it in the Official thread.

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I am a well travelled US citizen, served in the US Army (I think everyone that is physically and mentally capable should serve at least one term). That is my flame retardant underwear. So here goes.

1) Paragon History: This is set in the US but our heros come from ALL OVER as is stated in the History and storylines. The heroes did not come here because the US was the greatest nation ( though in RL it is a Great nation) on earth, they came to help stop and invasion and to continue to fight the invasion. To ONLY recognize US flag as Patriotism (calling the badge Patriot Badge when you approach the US FLAG ONLY) is VERY narrow-minded and is the type of mentality that causes most international interaction problems.

2) Real Life: 9/11 Never happened in the CoH world. We were all recovering from the Rikti Ivasions at that time. In RL I honor the fallen and my fellow servicemen (Emergency Response/Police as well as military) and what they are doing/have done, but this is the game world. Don't drag politics into this. Don't be over-zealous.

3) RolePlaying: There are people in the US and outside of the US playing the game, but that does not matter. What matters, to the Roleplayer, is that some char/toons are NOT from the US. I may be a hero from China helping to defend the WORLD from the Rikti. Why do I have to be US Patriotic?

4) Work around: Why not have a zone/building that is just full of flags on the walls, paired with a dropdown menu in the ID that lists nations. Each char/toon at generation choses a nation of origin and must click on their nation's flag in the hall. If a character decides to change their country, they can go to the Representative or a Registrar in the Hall and change that part in their ID. They lose their badge, but can go to their new flag and get it back.

To narrowmindedly call this an US and US ONLY world and game is disrespectful to the history listed for Paragon City, discrediting all the heroes from other nations, INCLUDING HERO-1, who died for OUR CONTINUED FREEDOM.

I will always honor the "heroes" of other nations that have for countless generations help US citizens by endangering their OWN lives. After all, the US would not be the US without the help of the French and others in the revolutionary war. Funny how we forget that.

Heck, the biggest symbols we have, the US Flag and the State Of Liberty are of foreign history. The US flag was originally a reworking of the British Union Jack and the State Of Liberty was provided by France.

Their colors are also Red, White and Blue.



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The Freedom badge seems the more appropriate, and simple, a change.

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The new non-combat system is going to be riddle based. A series of riddles, each correctly answered riddle awards xp when the series is complete you will get an end of mission experience bonus. Then you may enter the next string of riddles. Each series more difficult then the previous, they may or may not require research both in game and out.

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But that would require the Riddler to be introduced as an ArchVillian, and I doubt they could get the rights from DC for that.

And any ripoff would DEFINITELY put Cryptic/NCSoft and CoH in MAJOR jeopardy.