SilverSablinova

Working in Washington, DC here...


When the quake began I knew exactly what it was. Then when it got stronger the building started to sway. We're on the 8th floor of an 8 story building & I have to say it was not a good feeling.

With this quake being a shallow quake, and coupled with the fact that many areas on the east coast are not built on a sand box there was a decent reason for concern. That said I'm reminded of why I don't ever want to live out west.

Glad everyone's ok (by and large)

First, great topic. Allow me to jump into the fray if you will.


Next I want to point out something that I may have skimmed over but I didn't see stated: a hero or villain is not based on a black/white definition but more of a perspective one. A person can be seen as a hero for one action by one society but viewed as a villain by another society.

For example someone who runs a Nazi-hunting organization could easily be viewed as a hero. Hamfat - that's Captain America's bit. However if someone looks at this person who runs a Nazi-hunting group...but expands it to hunting down criminals for a price (and will do most anything other than an assasination) they may be viewed as a villain simply because they use leathal methods or they prefer to be paid for the work they do.

My primary is based on this actually. After a falling out with her family back in Europe - including the leagal rights to her corporation that began as a group of Nazi-hunters founded by her father - she went to the Rogue Isles. She's set up shop to secure funds for a legal battle to regain her company while retaining the original concepts: guns for hire with a predication toward the Council (derived from Nazi/5th column/etc.) as she'll take Council assignments for free.

She comes across as glamorous for the most part, but everyone will have his/her own view of her actions. She personally cares little for the view of others.

I'll chime in on the other end as my level 50 is a Mercs/Traps.

I'd personally say that one of the great advantages with Mercs is the range you can have...especially if you're adept at splitting your forces while keeping protection. Your Spec Ops have sniper shots that truly come in handy and coupled with the invisibility factor (after your tactical upgrade) I find them to be quite useful as the primary strike arm of the troop.

Now full disclosure - your soldiers can get wiped in a hurry if you're not careful & I prepare for this with my traps set, but with what I've read above I'd go with Thermal (the regen bonus is what sold me).

Just my two cents.

Most of the time I'd use petsay_name for my emotes rather than petsay_all, but that's a personal flavor. I tend to try & give my individual pets more personality this way; I still have a string of macros that introduce each individual member (although I have to re-create the one for my first soldier).

Interesting.

I recently came back to the CoX fold & ran into this. At this point I agree with what's been said in terms of binds and that some macros still work. Is there a slated fix that anyone is aware of? Does that fix have a timetable?

Some of my pet binds & macros were for entertainment, but others were for team/game play. Example having one of my mercenaries perform a recon of a spawn (calling out each one) then making a suggestion.