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I understand perfectly what a logical fallacy is. Do you?

You are saying that:

System A (yours).
System B (hers).
C is the game.

You are saying that because A works with C and B is not working with C that means B is faulty. This ignores the possibility that the problem might be C, thus a logical fallacy.

Given that any player can point to a dozen acknowledged bugs in the game, and unofficially many more exist, it doesn't follow that the problem is the other computer.

Edit:
Anyways the graphics card and system exceeds the required specifications for the game:

I do NOT SB anyone that doesn't stick with the group. I have much better uses for my time than to be chasing after demanding loners.

I ignore those... literally. I don't put up with people like that.

This appears to be totally true and I'm glad you like playing the way you do.

I've done my share of speed runs, but I prefer a more relaxed approach. Once I enjoyed a 4 week Dr. Q with my group. We split it into sections, and played other characters the rest of the time.

Yes, because up until last year my system ran better on blue (more on this in a bit). The only time I played red was with extremely small teams. Order of travel powers I prefer: Flight, Teleport, Super Leap, Super Speed.

Actually I think I got the context quite clear. Let me highlight some of it for you: I think I got the context quite well. Wendy seems intent on telling Forbin what exactly is wrong with his build and then proceeds to berate him for it. She goes further and tells him to delete the character "so he can create a better one." Better for who? Well it would be better for her play style, but maybe not for his. I know I've built my empath without some of the powers she has insisted are "needed" and it has done very well over the years (both solo and on teams).

Like I said, I don't need anyone to tell me how to build my characters. Because I don't build generic characters, I know that my play style will not mesh with hers. So I want to be proactive by not teaming with her in the first place.

In general, I do the same. I'm not here to be a rabid anti-buff. I like to play the buff ATs more than the damage dealers. However, I don't buy the argument that "just because my machine isn't affected, it is obviously the fault of your computer." The logic fallacy of that statement is gaping.

Ok, in order:

I started out in 2005 with a Celeron 1.8 GHz with 1 GB ram and a GeForce 2 graphics card. I ran with lower settings but it was still playable. The only thing at the minimum specs for the game was the graphics card. However Speed Boost would either cause a slide show or crash my system, just like being on a Hami Raid (Issue 6). I think in both cases that I got down to .5 FPS before the crash.

In 2006, I got a GeForce 6600. I didn't raise my graphics settings a lot, but kept particles to nil as well as some other settings. I could actually participate in Hami Raids without crashing often. If I reduced some graphics settings the Hami Raids wouldn't crash me, but Speed Boost did (and reduced my FPS at LEAST 10 FPS, if not more).

At the end of 2007, I got an AMD 64 Dual Core 2.6 system with 2 GB ram and an onboard nVidia chipset. Zoning to Ouroboros had a 50-50 chance of crashing me to the desktop. Speed boost would lower my FPS, but didn't crash me as often.

At the end of 2008, I got a nVidia 8600 GTX card and a new power supply to run it. I can zone freely to Ouroboros, my machine can keep up with speed boost, but I still don't like it.

[edit]Above dates now correct, and I'll add that this year I've upgraded my ram, but will have to wait a bit till I get Windows 7 to fully use the extra 4 GB of ram.[/edit]

I haven't tested if I still drop FPS, but I suspect that after that Kinetics overhaul a while back the problem lessened. That overhaul, if people forget, caused some of the Kinetics powers to crash some systems (shock!) because it slammed the sound card with a sound for each target hit. Higher end systems could handle the extra CPU/sound card cycles needed, some couldn't. Given the attitude of some of the posters here, that problem wasn't with the game, it was with customer's computers.

The problem with that kind of thinking is that we'd still have issues, even though customer's computers were in spec (and a bit above average) for the game. These same people that constantly tell others to upgrade their system blindly forget the fact that if the game is constantly needing to be run on only high or bleeding edge systems then the user base as a whole cannot keep up and the game loses customers.

These are the same logical fallacy. A favorite of mine: non sequitur.

Again, a non sequitur, or you should stress "probably". You have absolutely no way of knowing if it is the game or the hardware.

Agreed, Bug Hunter should be eliminated. In its place I suggest that a special, selectable title be enabled for those that have earned it. This title could be selected at the trainers and be available to the entire account.

Well, I've been asking for the arena farm loophole be closed for years now. Personally I think that if you are gone from the game long enough to normally activate the AFK timer, then all badge progress should stop.

Actually, if you want to spend the time during the event all the Halloween event badges are obtainable in the exact same fashion as the previous years.

And before someone tries to bring up the Valentine Badges, you can still get those too. A couple have changed from logging in to end of mission rewards, but they are still around.

Yes, many times, the character I'm working on currently is a Fire/Kin. I just ran a Hess TF a couple of hours ago on it. One person responded to my standard question of "who doesn't want speed boost?" with "not in caves please." Know what? The task force went smooth as silk and that person's request was honoured.

Hmm, My first two fifties were Ill/Emp and Ice/FF, both with 500+ hours of play by the time they reached that point. I still play both regularly. The majority of my active characters are buff-oriented.

I probably wouldn't want to play with them, but only because if they are so focused on DPS to not accommodate a player's play style then that is not my idea of "fun".

I don't focus on getting to 50 the quickest, I focus on enjoying the game. I always have.

No, but I'll try to stay out of range, or find other ways to negate the buff on some of my characters. One of my favourites is to hover.

I've made my fair share of mistakes in the past, and I don't usually worry if someone buffs or fails to buff me by accident.

I do get annoyed if I get boosted into a group and die because someone assumes that I want it. I'll make a note on the character and if they do it too often I'll let them know.

I've found the exact opposite. I had super speed on one character for six months trying to get used to it. I prefer any other means of transportation over super speed. I'd use hover over it (and have).

I don't have an issue with the Taxibots. I've known several and people that do similar tasks on other servers too. Generally they are nice, helpful people. Even the one person that slightly annoys me from time to time, I respect (TonyV aka Taxibot Belle).

However when anyone tells someone else:
They have clearly demonstrated to me that they seek either cookie-cutter builds to team with or have a predefined notion of what a power set "should" do. Neither of which I do. I don't like people trying to dictate how I play my characters.

Actually, every year the developers say it is a bonus to you for logging into the game during a certain period. Given that, it would be acceptable for the developers to change these badges from character->global. Just like Positron said they were looking into.

Actually the way I read it, Astrolynx just wants a placeholder (like vet reward placeholders) to be able to copy that badge to their other characters. This would keep the badges to those that did log in during those periods.

5th Year anniversary announcement:
Yes, by design it is for each character specifically. However it is for out of game actions and reasons, so they should logically be in their own category. As repeatedly suggested, this should be an account category. Veteran Rewards and certain other badges should be moved to the same category.

As to the change from character to global, given Positron's statements in the last year, if the developers can see the reasons to change these badges from their current state then needing to prove "why" is somewhat moot.

Actually, if you did it too many times I just wouldn't team with you. If you are that prone to letting your fingers go faster than your brain, you definitely have a play style that doesn't match mine.

1) I don't crash that often these days as I do have a better computer and the fact that the developers do try to fix crash bugs faster than other bugs.

2) ANY crashing of the game should be treated with a #1 priority. It usually means sloppy code in my experience.

3) I've been on the side of asking for a anti-buff method for years, and I don't see that ending any time soon.

4) My complaint with speed boost these days have to deal with the run speed component (it has gotten me killed too many times). I made a suggestion last summer that people should be given an optional "speed slider" to have the ability to cap their own speed to what they are comfortable with, along with the ability to enable/disable that cap.

I would think that if you had read this entire thread, you would have realized that this whole thread is about people who wish to decline buffs. It doesn't matter if the buff is causing a crash or not -- the buff is unwanted, therefore the player should have the right to refuse the buff.

Can I have your global name so that I can add a player note to never team with you?

If you want to pay for a new computer for me, go ahead. I've finished post-secondary school in the last six months, I'm looking for work, and I've paid for this game (thanks to careful budgeting) until June. My entertainment budget is fixed and has been spent.

My computers (even my old ones) still meet the specs for the game. If the computers were below game specs, then you might have a point. Until that time, the developers should be doing their job to eliminate any crashes they can.

This I agree with entirely.

I'm a programmer. If my code blows up for a user because I forgot to put in a safety check for a buffer overrun, it isn't the user's fault -- it's mine. It doesn't matter if 99.9999% of the users don't experience the failure.

Or perhaps a faulty bit of code in the game that runs a procedure too often causing a stack overflow because the CPU/GPU just can't keep up. It would be happening apparently randomly that programmers would never be able to detect it normally.

Except I've had people give me a particular buff even after I've asked them not to. At that point, they either don't care or is an idiot. I leave the determination to the reader as to what they are.

Except, of course, if you have a computer that will crash when you are given a particular buff.

It would also be nice if the "suppress extra effects" option actually worked properly. It doesn't. If it did, you would not have to enable it every single session. It returns to being disabled every single time you start the game. Yes, I've bugged it several dozen times.

Actually it affects nVidia too. I've never had a ATI card, yet I have experienced the same fault in several computers. I think the problem is running a computer nearer to the minimum (yet still valid) requirements for the game.

In addition, even though I have a better system than when I started this game, I still sometimes request that I don't get a Speed Boost buff because it does negatively affect my game in certain circumstances.

Yes, Bug Hunter is only assigned to a character currently. This is just one more flaw with the badge (completely arbitrary being the main problem with it).

Congratulations on getting all the badges you can get.

I'm just barely in the top 50 (higher if you go by players instead of characters) despite the fact that I'll NEVER be able to get to that top spot due to some unobtainable badges (4 Vet badges behind the leader, bug hunter, etc). The Veteran, Anniversary, Bug Hunter, Passport, and the VIP/Destined One badges make any thought that this is a level competition a complete farce. To a degree the Pocket D VIP badge likewise provides an unlevel playing field.

All these are player badges, as opposed to character badges. As such these badges should be moved to a non-counting group, just like the Super Group badges. Call them "Account badges" or something like that. At that point, players have an equal chance to "get them all". Until then leader boards just illustrate the inequity of the system.

I still have a few that I can get yet. A couple will be a pain in the rear, but overall I'm looking forward to finishing what I can.

I actually have that one.

Here is an idea:

• Raise the rank of Cysts to AVs. Increase the threat of them by limiting the amount of "puffies" they spawn, yet boost the "puffies" abilities. Likewise increase rewards.
• Only spawn cysts in Kheldian missions. This is a no-brainer thanks to the storyline and back story for the Cysts. They are NOT supposed to be random spawning according to the back story.
  
  
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  *Spoiler*Shadow seeds? The nictus have smuggled shadow seeds into the city? This is worse than I'd thought. A shadow seed is made by melding together an encysted Nictus with certain rare crystals. If fed the right energy, it can create a 'Shadow cyst', a place where Nictus can live without a host.*Spoiler*

Actually, that spoiler pretty much explains why the cysts appearing anywhere other than specifically placed spawns is a long standing bug that should be dealt with.

Kristof Jaeger is 25-29, and you can flashback to the Radio's "Steal Outbreak Drugs" for a large longbow map.

A nearly complete list of badge targets can be found in this post and the post immediately following it.

This is a bad thing?

Well, Synapse didn't clear all the badge issues, and Sunstorm didn't clear all the base issues. Congratulations on your move (sideways?).

My condolences.

Story-wise, the menders and midnighters are two separate factions.

Yeah, I really should update that. I'll include links to those guides in the update.

This describes a typical progress bar rounding error. Totally normal.

Actually there are two PPD buildings in Atlas Park.

http://www.vidiotmaps.com/maps_po.php?map=atlas_park

If you are going to the one in the north east, you can't enter the building. If you go to the one right beside the student plaque, you can:

Oh, and to the suggestion for opening up the Galaxy City PPD: /signed.

I mostly agree with this. I would like Warshades to get a team teleport though.

Erm, 5 flight types.

They also get access to Group Energy Flight, and Quantum Flight (fly+intangible).

And Warshades get Starless Step (TP Foe) and Nebulous Form (jump+intangible).

I grant unto you this title:


Actually, any booster has to be more, not less, balanced. So the rest of your suggestion is flawed based on the fact that your foundation is bad.

If you already knew that your suggestion was so epically bad that people would reject it, why did you bother?

This will never happen due to the outcry from the player base.

As a Fire/Kin nope. If you were a character with Assault Rifle or Mercenaries then you'd unlock two Nemesis rifles for the Unveiler Badge, or if you had War Mace you'd unlock the Carnie Mallet for defeating the Master Illusionist pets.

http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Weapon_Customization