Smurch

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like not in human form

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So how would a dog look using an Axe or using Martial Arts or Shooting Arrows?

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I think we both know the answer to that...

"Awesome!"

/petitions for new Chainsaw Juggling/Grizzly Bear power set.

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I just have to ask it, why? Just what the hell do you plan to do with that character after getting to 50 in such a short time and skipping over 90% of the game's content?

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i'm not planning on actually doing it....not yet atleast....this my first time playing the game so i want to play it all the way through, one mish at a time....but if there's a way to do it, i'm just curious how it can be done....plus i'm not sure if once i play this game all the way through with one character, i want to necessarily do it over and over again with the rest of the ones i create, i may get to a point where i want to just create one and level him up quick....

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And then what? You do know there's almost no endgame content, right? I mean, just leveling your character up quick means having nothing to do with that character that much faster.

((before I get jumped and bludgeoned to death, I do know you can do stuff at level 50, but lets face it, it's pretty much the SAME stuff over and over.))

This isn't like most MMOs where the endgame is The Real Game and everything else is grinding. This game, the 1-50 journey IS The Real Game, and leveling fast to 50 means, basically, avoiding the game.

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This game is not like any other MMO. The Holy Trinity of Tank, Healer, and DPS does not exist. All of the roles are blurred.

Forget everything you learned in other games and keep an open mind.

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It gets worse (and by worse I mean better) over Redside. Hybrid ATs FTW!

Woo! Go villains!

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I expect Going Rogue will have a metric ton of story, arcs and systems as well.

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While I don't expect it will be on the level of CoV, I agree with this statement.

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Given that the GR devs will have access to the tools created for MA, I won't be surprised if it IS on par with CoV for mission content.

It must be vastly less labor intensive than messing around with spreadsheets.

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This. MA grew out of the overhaul of the devs' own mission creation tools. While we got a scaled down version, presumably theirs are much more powerful and just as intuitive, so I would expect that this would make content creation a much more common thing going forward for both GR and in the future.

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I am getting WAY WAY WAY too much spam from [censored] and other websites trying to sell me influence and it's really getting out of hand. The other day, I let my toon stay offline for 2 days and came back to find like 24 e-mails from these people. I am really tired of having to delete these e-mails and put up with this harassment.

Is there a way to disable my e-mail nobody else e-mails me or to put a stop to these harassing e-mails?

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Never empty your inbox. It will fill up and the emails will stop. That's been my approach.

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I may have missed it but has anyone asked whether or not Epics will be able to "go rogue"?

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OMG I hope so, I totally already have planned for my Warshade to go villain.

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Why wouldn't they be able to? That would be kinda stupid. Everyone can side switch except for Epics.

What I'd like to know is for the Arachnos if you switch sides then you would technically no longer be allined with that faction so why would you have their uniform? Can an Arachnos gone good change their first costume slot? Or are they going to play it off as "I'm just keeping it for old times sake" maybe have some kind of story arch where you're required to wear it as a hero because the Arachnos aren't aware you've left yet and they want you to go undercover and find out as much as you can before you turn in your resignation.

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Since SoAs get a super secret 6th costume slot already, why should they have to give up their Arachnos uniform?



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I've been scooped!

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I may have missed it but has anyone asked whether or not Epics will be able to "go rogue"?

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OMG I hope so, I totally already have planned for my Warshade to go villain.

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Why wouldn't they be able to? That would be kinda stupid. Everyone can side switch except for Epics.

What I'd like to know is for the Arachnos if you switch sides then you would technically no longer be allined with that faction so why would you have their uniform? Can an Arachnos gone good change their first costume slot? Or are they going to play it off as "I'm just keeping it for old times sake" maybe have some kind of story arch where you're required to wear it as a hero because the Arachnos aren't aware you've left yet and they want you to go undercover and find out as much as you can before you turn in your regignation.

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Arachnos Soldiers already get an extra costume slot to accomodate the armor. Why would they get yet another? If you don't want to wear your uniform anymore, don't. You aren't losing anything.

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Don't forget that the very computer you are typing on came from the technology that was needed for manned space flight.

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Yet it wouldn't be until several years after the moon landing that computer technology would advance enough to handle something as sophisticated as Pong.

Clearly Pong > Space Flight.

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250,000 is a bit more than a couple of hundred.

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That was an editing error. I meant to say a couple of hundred thousand.

Edit: Fixed the original.

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Humanity's highest achievement so far.

I'm only glad I was old enough to have seen and remember it. Sad though that forty years on, we've not exceeded it.

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I dunno. Instantaneous world wide communication seems pretty impressive to me. Sure it lacks the sheer chutzpah of going a couple of hundred thousand miles away from the planet in a tin can armed only with a slide rule, but it's still pretty darn impressive.

We've done some great strides and accomplishments since then. Just nothing quite as cheeky.

Edit: replaced an important and key word that was accidentally edited out.

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I find the "did we and on the moon conspiracy theory silly" they always over look something, that was the height of the Cold War, if we faked it the Soviets would have called us on it. Trust me on this we did what we said we did, and the soviets knew it. How you may ask? 1st telescopes, every high powered telescope was on the moon landing mission. 2nd Radar, every tracking station in the world was fallowing the Moon Landing. 3erd Radio/video transmissions every radio antenna was tracking the moon landing. And finally Failure, not all the moon missions where successful, **Apollo 13** read the story on it.

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Finally and most importantly, we brought part of it back with us.

Moon rocks. Physical evidence examined by scientists around the world. Hard to beat actual real physical evidence.

The whole discussion about moon landing conspiracies just flatly ends at moon rocks.

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No, my young and ignorant friend, this is not what naturally happens when one sits at a computer and begins to type. This is what happens when a 12 year old sits at a computer and begins to type. Clarity and intelligence are sacrificed for brevity and some ineffable form of 'coolness'. Come back to us when you have completed high school, and perhaps we can engage in a civilized conversation.

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This.

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It cannot be stressed enough.

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My favorite source of factual news has been sold to the Chinese.

http://www.theonion.com/content/index

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Wow they sure put alot of work into that. Did you see the Yu Wan Mei website? Amazing. I've never put that much effort into anything. Ever.

They've sure come far. I remember when the Onion was a relatively local print ragstock paper back in the day before the internet brought them wealth and fame. Sure is amazing.

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what about a type of danger room option in SG bases to pass the time while waiting for friends to come online? what about a chess board where all the pieces are players? or checkers? yes, checkers, as it is. would not be a fun way to pass CoX time. but that is what i'm trying to discuss.

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Technically we have this already. The AE is would make a great danger room, and we have been asking for a base AE terminal for exactly the purpose you describe.

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A base AE terminal would be a fantastic addition. I hope they add it.

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No. CoV is the name of the first paid expansion. The game has always been City of Heroes.

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uh wrong.

CoV was an expansion, but it was also a stand-alone game.
For quite a while plenty of players *only* had CoV, with no access to Paragon City.

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Hence the birth of the horrid term: "expansalone."

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Thats not even a real word!

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I suggest looking at Dana Massey's column at mmorpg.com "Make The Journey Fun". I don't quite agree with his proposed solution, but his analysis strikes me as pretty accurate.

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Man, that was spot-on. I'm a "for fun" player all the way. I came into the whole MMO thing late. I had played MUDs before, but most of my gaming has been PnP tabletop games where the actual experience is more important than what level you are.

So I approached MMOs the same way. Is the game fun RIGHT NOW? If not, I lose interest and find something else to do. I'm not going to go kill rats for 3 weeks so I can start having fun. One of the best things about Warhammer Online (as mentioned in the article) is I could jump right into RVR at level 1 (and even rack up some kills). I had alot of fun in that game until the RVR became a game of musical keeps because apparently not enough of us think engaging in multi-player vs player keep sieges is fun enough.

Fun is 100% what the game is about for me. XP and other rewards are the icing on the cake. The big delicious funcake (that sounds like an inuendo doesn't it? Funny).

I do not understand the mindset of grind for stuff so we can go get more stuff. I like the open ended epic storyline idea alot. I like the sandbox idea. Give me Things to Do and Make Them Fun and I'll play forever. Neverwinter Nights was all about the story and that had a pretty big community. It wasn't an MMO but persistent world servers did exist (I even ran one) and the appeal was being part of a living world and exploring and telling stories with friends, not achieving level 20.

I'd love to see MMOs break out of the level-grind mold and give us Fun from Level 1.

I think CoV does a pretty good job overall, but it still has too much level mindset and the world, the story, is too static. But AE fixes that for me. Now just figure out how to make a whole world with a dynamic story and you've got something.

I like the idea of more content (period). I'd like it if the Ski Chalet was open a bit longer every year (through the actual winter months), but not all year 'round. I think a summer zone, like maybe a tropical volcanic island (with an angry Volcano God GM to fight and eruptions that spew magma men all over the zone) would be great.

I'd like to see more usefulness to bases, to make them somewhere cool to hang out instead of just a place to Keep Your Stuff. I'd like to see more things to do in the Midnighter Club than just hunt the lore badge (which you can in fact find a walkthrough for with no trouble). I'd like more events in unexpected places, not just zombies here, Rikti there.

That all said, I've never really felt that this game was very grindy. Certainly not compared to other MMOs. There's been a few rough patches in my characters' careers where I felt like I was just trudging my way to the next level or whatever, but it's decidedly the exception and not the rule. For the most part I find the game very satisfactory for remaining fun and interesting and not grindy at all.

But I'm also open to having some more fiddly bits. Hidden places that people can find (but don't have to). The Developer Dungeon in Grandville is cool, but it'd be cooler if there was something you could do when you got there except kill an Arachnoid. That sort of thing.

But by and large, those are really perks. The core of the game is pretty solid and I certainly wouldn't want to change that.

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also city of Villains . way to be constructive too .

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No. CoV is the name of the first paid expansion. The game has always been City of Heroes.

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I beg to differ. My game box clearly says "City of Villains". It does NOT say "Expansion" on it anywhere. At all.

Now that they've merged the two games they're one game, but it wasn't always so. City of Villains was a stand alone game that shared the same universe as City of Heroes, but I couldn't buy CoV and play blueside when it came out because I didn't actually own City of Heroes. Not until Good and Evil edition. At that point, city of heroes became an expansion to my CoV. :P

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I hope that the demon thingy is all new character models, would hate to see that they are just CoT's demons and such.

Can't wait to see what they do with the double pistols! I know alot of people have always wanted them.

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They already have a screen shot revealing blue fire imps, so don't get your hopes up.

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Which were from a Fire Dominator, not a Demon Summoning Mastermind. There is no reason to expect that the same fire imps are going to be part of the Demon Summoning set.

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So we ARE NOT getting Dual Pistols on rupters?

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Unknown. But since Demon Summoning is a villain-side set, probably not. However, since you'll be able to make a blaster and then make him Go Rogue, it doesn't seem to matter much.

But yeah, I'd prefer a Corruptor. I like the AT better.

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Correct Yankeedave

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...ar_propulsion)

Dyson's son wrote a book by the same name on it. Project Orion. Give it a looksee when you get a chance.


Smurch's first comment reminded me of 'The Doctor Dance's from Dr. Who.

Rose Tyler: Are the words 'distract the guard' heading in my general direction?
The Doctor: I don't think that's such a good idea.
Rose Tyler: Don't worry. I can handle it.
Captain Jack Harkness: I've gotten to know Algy quite well since I've been in town. Trust me, you're not his type. I'll distract him. Don't wait up.
The Doctor: Relax. He's a fifty-first century guy. He's just a bit more flexible when it comes to 'dancing'.
Rose Tyler: How flexible?
The Doctor: Well, by his time, you lot are spread out across half the galaxy.
Rose Tyler: Meaning?
The Doctor: So many species, so little time.
Rose Tyler: What, that's what we do when we get out there? That's our mission? We seek new life and...
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Rose Tyler: and...
The Doctor: [nodding] Dance.

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It's funny because it's true.

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Two highly successful raids were run this weekend, dropping large numbers of Rikti dropships. I think you've overestimated the allure of AE, Smurch.

Aaaaaand, Ara beat me to it. Good job organising those, BTW Ara. Wish I could've joined.

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I was in on the friday raid...

I think you're underestimating the superiority of Rikti technology!

oooh... the server's up!

So uh, nevermind then.

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Ah-HA! But globals are down! you see! They've taken out our communications! So we can't organize against their NEXT big strike! Don't you see!?!?!

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The only way we can communicate is through Broadcast, and AE farms dominate that.

I got it, AE is a nemesis plot to take over City of Heroes

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That could be why Nemesis started the first Rikti war in the first place. See, so we'd have these invasions that people are already kind of jaded to, then introduce AE, then knock out global communications... it's all becoming so clear.

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Two highly successful raids were run this weekend, dropping large numbers of Rikti dropships. I think you've overestimated the allure of AE, Smurch.

Aaaaaand, Ara beat me to it. Good job organising those, BTW Ara. Wish I could've joined.

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I was in on the friday raid...

I think you're underestimating the superiority of Rikti technology!

oooh... the server's up!

So uh, nevermind then.

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Ah-HA! But globals are down! you see! They've taken out our communications! So we can't organize against their NEXT big strike! Don't you see!?!?!

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Two highly successful raids were run this weekend, dropping large numbers of Rikti dropships. I think you've overestimated the allure of AE, Smurch.

Aaaaaand, Ara beat me to it. Good job organising those, BTW Ara. Wish I could've joined.

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I was in on the friday raid...

I think you're underestimating the superiority of Rikti technology!

oooh... the server's up!

So uh, nevermind then.

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I say we wait for the United Federation of Planets to get involved. Cause we have the technology, except they are holding it back from us because we haven't developed the human race to where we are tolerant of other beings.

Am i right?

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Nah. We all know we'd collectively jump at the chance to make it with some hot alien babes. Tolerance isn't an issue.