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No, that isn't what I meant. I meant being able to control the media players without having to alt-tabbing out of the game to control what music you hear. Being able to set volume of the media player would be a great bonus.

Streaming audio to other players would be bandwidth intensive and likely get NCsoft/paragon studios sued out of existence by the RIAA. That is the last thing that I would want.

Edit:
Updated original post with a clarification.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal-to-noise_ratio

Read the first few paragraphs as to why it applies to forums, read the rest for the scientific theory behind the phrase.

It wasn't "bugged", I fulfilled the requirements that the badge had initially (on about 6 characters). The developers could have left Disruptor as the PVP mission badge and assigned the 400 rep badge to a new badge, but they chose not to.

I doubt this would ever happen. Why? I say this because 3 additional enhancement slots would be unbalanced. The rest of the vet rewards are a collection of nice tiny bonuses while 3 enhancement slots have the potential to hit the level where Enhancement Diversification could come into play. This would be a great advantage and that is something to be avoided in these free gifts.

The silly thing is that my main badge collector took until sometime after issue 10 to get the 100 rep badge. @Ultrabatz helped me finally get it.

My main hero still doesn't have Forward Observer (100 rep), but does have Disruptor (400 rep).

I would guess that you wouldn't want to hear that initially for the first four months of Issue 6 that Disruptor was a PVP mission badge then.

Okay then: 2 Billion, 5 million/month upkeep for that. That would cut down the number dramatically.

Or 50 million, 100k/month for a statue in the group base.

Be able to purchase a spot in one of the ICON/Facemaker buildings as a model. Rotate the images weekly.

500 million with a 500k/month upkeep.

This is exactly what they have been doing since NCsoft purchased the City of Heroes franchise. Instead of doing it all at once, they are constantly upgrading the game. The problem comes in that it is more cost effective to upgrade as they have been doing.

Even with a new system I'd doubt you'd get either wall-walking or water running. Why? They don't want to be sued by Marvel again (Spiderman), or have DC sue them either (Flash). By the way, I can wall-climb via jumping right now with the current system without any jumping power at all, not even hurdle. It just takes practice.

Like what they have been doing since Issue 7?

Or perhaps "Going Rogue"?

Since NCsoft took over, a similar change happened to the powers database. Did you notice it? More than likely not. What some of us have been trying to say here is that these types of changes are already happening in the background. The problem you are facing is that they are not doing it all at once.

The other option is to do what they have been doing: upgrading where needed and financially viable.

I'll stand by the statement that the original post was vague. You wanted a nebulous "engine upgrade" without saying what you wanted other than to remove Cryptic's influence.

This does show a lack of understanding:
Would be impossible, as more than the various systems are involved. It was a part of the sale agreement and likely covers not only the various systems, but also the content that Cryptic developed.

The original poster has been wishful thinking.

A combination of several factors: Frequency (this same suggestion is in at least three different sections of these forums), Vagueness of the post (the original post shows clear lack of understanding about the realities of game or program development), and the fact that long time vets tend to have a lot invested in the game.

The original poster has an axe to grind about the origins of the game (shown with the comment about removing the Cryptic Studios' logo). Even if they changed many of the underlying systems in the game, the logo would likely have to stay to honor the sale agreement because the content was a part of what Cryptic Studios developed.

Finally, as to the subject of this suggestion: I have stated in the locked thread that had the same basic request that a sequel has been tried and it isn't doing so well. It is called Champions Online.

Fare thee well, Niv. We didn't always see eye to eye on things and I'm sure I've caused you some frustration from time to time, but I would say that I've always respected you (even when I've disagreed with you).

I'm glad that not only you are leaving on good terms, I'm really glad that your career is growing as you wish it to. I've been present on the forums for several community reps (CuppaJo, Cricket, Lighthouse, Ex Libris, Koschej, The Ocho/Moderator 08, Avatea, and the rare appearances of EM Pulse) and each brought something different to this community. Your contribution will be missed, just like the others.

Thanks for sharing your time with us.

Sorry, I was being unclear again. The models are developed in 3DS MAX and converted with a plugin/program. I'm sure there was a plugin that Cryptic was using to convert animations to the format that CoH uses . Yes, this program uses 3DS MAX models. Unless something has drastically changed behind the scenes the game (and C.O.) might be limited by this program.

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If Back Alley Brawller, Jay, and company still have to use that program they have my sympathy.

Yeah, that was Peace on Earth who solo'd Hamidon, and I am pretty sure he did it with a Peacebringer, now a Warshade. Yes, he got Bug Hunter.

Basically he was able to have a huge number of slots in a few powers and thus have a huge damage bonus.

These days, unless I'm asked directly, I just answer general. The reason for this is that I don't want to assume the tech level of the person I'm responding to.

I'm pretty sure that the base engine is using MAX. There is also the potential problem that some of the source files are still in Cryptic's hands.

This is not only reasonably desirable precaution, but it is good practice to have multiple copies. Barring unforeseen circumstances, there should be a back up of the original files.

It isn't just the models, the maps might be made with in-house tools (like the Mission Architect, but more primitive) instead of a more robust program outside.

I'll assume bad practices, that way I have a chance to be pleasantly surprised.

However this is the Internet and there will always be this type of person.

From what I've discovered over the years, that data is the way it is due to the limitations of the game engine. To put it another way, translating a model from one game to another is going to be a very labor intensive job. Same goes for maps too. Transferring within the game system is a labor intensive job, as witnessed by power customization.

Bottom line is that if the new system is fully backward compatible with the current system, then the return on investment is heavily in the red.

Pretty much.

Wait... Karl is his own grandfather?

That was tried... By Jack Emmert and Cryptic Studios. Guess what? The experiment tanked horribly.

Given that I'm at the last day job badge I can get, I can honestly say that if they NEVER introduce another day job location, it would be too soon.

The time it takes to get even one of these is 7 days to long and I rather be awarded for PLAYING than for time spent logged off the character.

This statement is incorrect. I've had cysts spawn solo for a level 6 PB as far back as Issue 6, well before the new difficulty sliders. Before you ask, I leave most of my characters on the lowest difficulty settings until the early 20s (at least).

Actually you forgot about Kheld stink. Even if the team currently doesn't have a Kheldian on the team, as long as one person has teamed with a Kheldian without logging out, Nictus still spawn.

While I was able to consistently fill Task Forces all weekend this does mirror what I found in game. Generally I like to take my time, so I'm only at seven 50s .

Personally I ran 2-3 ITFs (most plow, not speed) each day, a KHTF, and a Hess TF on my main badge hunter to get 160 million inf earned to get the last inf badge.

Then I did a synapse TF to go from 18-23 on a emp/arch defender, and some missions to go from 2-5 on a rad/rad defender.

Yeah, seems like only two years ago.