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I can tell you for a fact that the minimum is lower than that. I'm running UM in about medium for occulsion, high for Reflections, world and character details on max, and shadows on Stenciled, and I've only got a NVIDIA 8800GT. I can only do 4x AA, though, otherwise I start getting choppy.

I was actually surprised. I didn't expect it to work at all. I don't run into problems with graphics lag except when first entering a big zone I need about 10 seconds for textures to load. Otherwise, it's been surprisingly good.

Of course, I also have a quad core processor, which might be helping as well.

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The "see if your friends are online" would be a nice app.

Are you SURE you're in marketing?

You are correct.

Slot them with 1 end redux each. Fixed!

Yeah, of course there would. It'd be all the other villains!

I run a Villain Group on Virtue. It's leadership are all people who would love to control the group for themselves. Each of them works to establish a faction with the lower ranking members sworn to them. The reason none of them can seize power? The rest wouldn't stand for it. They're essentially locked in a political stalemate. Each of them is powerful in their own right, each has legions of lackeys (who would each love to usurp their position), and thus when all of them have power, none of them do.

It is only on matters where enough of them can muster the support of their peers that they can, as an organization, get anything done.

And if they can't break the stalemate in their own group, they certainly cannot conquer the RI much less the world. If the Rogue Islands had no Arachnos, we'd see the situation that is expressed in my VG writ large: any villain who tried to take over would be knocked down by someone else. Anyone who built a big enough coalition to take over would be in danger of his supporters usurping him or the coalition fractioning and falling to infighting and anarchy.

Megalomaniacal villains don't, as a rule, get along well or easily and that fact alone would ensure none would take over.

Arachnos isn't necessary for Redside. Unlike others, however, I don't have a problem with Arachnos. I just don't feel it's REQUIRED.

Yes.

CoX is an old game, but Ultra-Mode itself is brand spanking new. If you want to play it as an "old game" your video card can smack around, then turn UM off. Ultra Mode, however, was designed to push the boundaries on video cards. Sure, it's got some optomization issues, but they told us months ago that if you wanted everything turned up you'd need an NVIDIA 485. The 470, they said, would run UM at the middle of the range. That seems likely: my old 8800GT runs UM at the high-middle of the range.

"Black Tuesday"

Anything that doesn't involve demons or two guns.

Once it's delivered, it should be safe. But if you send it while globals are off, it's anyone's guess.

I am trying to remember, but it was a long time ago... but I think I went through a brief period in the mid-late 20's as well where things got a bit tough for me. It was after 30 that the scale tipped again. I may be mistaken, but I do seem to remember being a bit frustrated around level 27 or so.

My philosophy when I first rolled this stalker way back in I7 was to treat regen as my primary and claws as my secondary. That philosophy served me very well, with my taking and slotting the regen powers preferentially over attacks. I choose IOs with high bonuses to heals, regen, and the like over anything else.

These days, I'm working on finishing my IO collection for him. Still need a couple of Miracles yet.

Post information about your video card here (and yes integrated graphics still have a video adapter).

I actually play left hand on keyboard and right on mouse but don't have a problem with numpad binds. All you do is have your left hand take over for movement with WASD+QE and dial the "code" on the right hand then switch back. It takes about 1 second once you've mastered it. I would encourage people who play lefty-key, righty-mouse to at least give it a try. I think it's worth the extra granular control you get over your pets. This allows you to do things like keep your Ember Demon on defensive but send your gargoyle into melee quickly and easily.

I saw one MOTD that popped up several hours ago while I was in the middle of a big fight that started with "blah blah 6 year anniversary blah" and went on practically the length of my whole screen. That was all I saw and if it contained any data about a bug or issue, they hid it in the Wall O' Text that popped up right in my view during a tense fight, so yeah, I clicked right past it.

Ah poo.

I've restarted twice now and am still locked out of the market.

If you send it to me, I can create a downloadable fix.