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Quote:Yep name hunting and camping is a pass time. That is why I love the virtue name watch thread makes hunting for names I need easier. Also sometimes you will see a released name and BAM light bulb goes on and you make a new toon becuase of it.Originally Posted by Anchor
Instead of an involuntary name grab, how about a voluntary one?
Show of hands: Who, for a variety of reasons, is squatting on a dozen or more perfectly acceptable character names on obvious non-starter toons scattered across a couple of servers?
(Raises hand.)
Maybe it's time to admit that the character concept that doesn't gel after 1000 days isn't going to happen and set those names free. -
If they every allow non-unique names with out the @globe visible I totally look forward to creating the Legion of Gary. An SG with everyone named Gary so that we can run rampant over all the world speaking only "Gary.... Gaaary? GARY!" to all.
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I look up meanings for stuff then try different languages. If something is really got me but is taken I'll toss something in front or behind it.
Latin ... so many good names can come from basic words used in Latin.
Baby name lists.
For some characters the Name over there head is not the name they use so it is just a place holder or title. Like L1-ND4 is a clockwork the name is her model number and not much what people call her.
hmmm what else... Sometimes I'll look up myths and plunder there meanings. But most of these are already taken unless you throw something else into it. Like Thor totally taken but 'Thor Scene' the male ex super model recovering drug addict with the power of lightning? probably not.
Puns ... Puns work good sometimes as does alternate spellings.
Also IMDB can sometimes come in handy just poke around there for interesting character names sometimes.
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Quote:Pretty much this right here... at worst you get to take 3 more powers that you where not using before that you don't have to slot or even put on your action bars. No one is going to show up put a gun to your head and make you slot those new powers. You can have your build just as it is now with three extras that you can completely ignore and your play will remain the same.Originally Posted by Emperor_Justin
If you are already using the fitness pool on a build and have it slotted, having it inherent and slotted isn't going to change anything except giving you three empty spots for 3 new powers which you do not have to slot at all. nobody is forcing you. Anybody saying "But this is going to make my build really hard/tight for slots!" well, that's only true if you consider your current build really hard, or tight for slots.
The only draw back here is since everyone will have fitness we might see new content planned around the idea of higher HP/Regen End/Recovery. -
Quote:I'd blow the money asap for that just to get the option.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
that'd be a great perk for anyone who spends xxx millions of inf at Icon.
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Quote:<.< >.>Originally Posted by Venture
You can't get out of THE TUTORIAL without killing someone. There's no way to preserve your cover, whichever way you go, without someone getting silenced.
We've had forced killing in the game since CoV, cf. the Stone Cold badge mission, Seer Marino's arc, many others. It's not new and there's nothing wrong with it per se.
you could skip the tutorial, grind to level 20, and then bolt having not 'killed' anyone and making only one moral choice. -
Quote:Shrug ... it gets the job done and you can glitch it with sprint to not look retarded while running and just toggle it off when you stop.Originally Posted by Faolon
Honestly, I can't take any of those people seriously.
There are far worst things running around that can't taken seriously to worry about ninja run. No amount of 'cool' looking sprint can make up for some of the really bad character backgrounds and costumes I've seen in my day. -
Bonus points for the free arts. if I could give rep still I would.
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Global Name: @Saice
Server: Virtue
RP Characters: Virtue Verse user page all my currently active and fleshed out characters are listed here.
Type of RP: Casual, PUG mission RP, RP SGs, Willing to join Static teams
Can be contacted: In game or Forum PM
Times on: Randomly on after 10pm most nights until 3am EST
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Still why on the forums? There is a good chance this dude might not even read the forums.
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Awesome I was just plundering my own log files to work on something like this. *points at avatar and sig* For Obvious reasons and now I don't have to. If I find anything you missed I'll post but it looks vary complete.
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Hey thanks for the insight I'll poke some of those options.
Since I don't even have anything to use the stereoscopic view with I'll kill that first and see how things roll. -
Shurg... as always give it time and people will get into the swing of things with the new content.
While I agree there is a lot more wiping in P land even my friends and I are starting to get the swing of stuff and wiping a lot less when with new toons. The new content is really anti-rush most of it seems to work better with the clear a spawn then recoup then move on then the rush from spawn to spawn of some of the older content.
Yes good team building and overlap of stacking powers has a big impact. I'm not saying my Tank/Brute is going to turn down a buff that does not stack it is after all better then no buff at all. But I can see where at lest in the new missions well formatted teams will work better then more random pug teams. But then again that was true before just not as bad becuase you could muscle through with a pug on old content and its a bit rougher with the new stuff.
All in all yeah give it time things will work out as people learn or relearn the ropes there is light at the end of the tunnel. Worse comes to worse get your friends together and build complementing toons. -
Quote:Don't forget nukes... and super powered combat the likes man has never seen.Originally Posted by Haggard4Life
This is what I think too. And the change in geography can be explained by the Hamidon Wars. In some of the Paragon City zones we can see how the Devouring Earth have impacted the land, so I wouldn't be surprised if the landmasses of the world have been drastically changed on Praetorian Earth.
Yeah I'm pretty sure a Praetorian globe would be unrecognizable. -
Were do you think all them minions for the master minds come from. With the influx of new MMs they had to 'recruit' form somewhere.
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I would be insanely happy if they at lest gave us a few canned sets to pick from. You know like Bots might have Classic Bots, Sleek Bots, Magic Golems, and the such.
Not looking for full control just a drop down with some options would make me happy. -
I'd be up for Robo-something. Though I would most likely use clockwork parts for the core and then maybe mix up the gloves/boots to get some sort of unique look.
@saice
ps HAL is my father, GLaDOS is my mother, and HK-47 is my homie.
Edit.... Oh here is a basic quicky based on your above ones for what I'd might do as a bot/droid in such a crew.
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Basically you go with Bane but do not take any of the mace powers. So you focus on mostly the early tier powers with some of the Bane powers thrown in. Over this way is a pretty good thread about the Huntsman with some nice back and forth about its strengths and weaknesses. My Huntsman build is too expensive!
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Update I'm still crashing like crazy.
No error messages the game freezes then after a bit Win7 does the this program has halted and CoH dies.
I've tried finding some logic to why it crashes. It seems to do me more often in the new zones then anywhere else so I would have to believe it is graphic in nature.
But a few things get me.
1) This never did it under XP with the same hardware as I have under win7
2) I've back rev the video driver all the way back to the same one I was using under XP in case that was the issue with no charge.
3) It can do this while parked in a quite back corner some where doing nothing at all. -
My brothers are learning to glitch the system. Soon.. oh yes SOON they will be able to one shot random passersby. Next they will delete all your IOs and then come for our lovely INF... there will be no stopping the Clockwork upraising!
MHA-HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
damn I really need coffee before I start reading the forums in the morning. -
Quote:Go Go sleepy head thinking. I'll still waiting for my coffee to finish brewing. :3Originally Posted by Steampunkette
BRILLIANT solution, Substrate! Eeeeeeeee! =-3
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Quote:Or just remove one and add some situationally useful power. Every power set should have some sort of whole or weakness. Right now this is a set with few drawbacks.Originally Posted by Steampunkette
There is -one- balance issue I'm a bit worried about...
Pop both Direct Modification and Increased Efficacy before popping a power and you've got some insane buff/debuff/heal...
You could also just make them not compatible with each other. Since both are self target powers you can have both add some effect called something like "symbiosis" and does not allow the other to be cast while it is active give the "invalid target" like what the tarot card buff does now. -
Quote:I normally try the rational and logical path first. But oddly that usually does not work with the rushers that seem to have no idea about Argo. It is just a lot of "OMG THIS HEALER SUCKS". The ones that do listen to reason normally need any sort of guidance beyond "Hey how about you don't pull the whole room this time?"Originally Posted by Kreeyith
I don't like the idea of withholding support for a teammate because I don't like the way they play. I also find players are more likely to change their approach if I save their butts, THEN ask them to stop doing what got them in trouble. I know that when I was a new player I was much more likely to listen to a veteran's advice when presented that way.
I'm just saying the groups that try and force the Healer should only heal play style tend not to learn there ways until they are forced to.
But YMMV and luckily it is a tactic I never find myself having to use past the mid teens and rarely with any Vets. -
Would be nice.
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Quote:This is pertty much the frist thing I thought of reading the op. Sounds great I would totaly play it.Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
I would play it. It seems like an interesting combination of Sonic and Rad with a enough unique to make it cool. I am not a numbers guy, so I can't say much about that... but I certainly like the idea.
Perhaps you could call it something simple like "Swarms" and then have selected power customization options: insects, nanites, magic entities (not sure what that would be like), etc. This would require some of the powers be renamed (*= suggestion): Healing Swarm*, Guardians*, Consumption, Stimulation Swarms, Direct Modification, Power Leechers*, Miasmic Cloud*, Increased Efficacy, Directed Barrage*.