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Quote:Uh....your reading skills are apparently not as good as you think they are.Originally Posted by Zenlon
By the looks of this thread - it's not something I'd doubt.
This entire thread breaks down to, "I want something I can't have that I know we all have the same methods of obtaining, however I don't think I can get it so if I won't have a way of obtaining it no one should be able to."
People do NOT have the same odds of getting something;
-Slower internet
-Slower reflexes
-Slower typing
Oh look, you just missed the codes because someone was a faster typer. Or you lagged. Or...something.
So...why not offer this promotion in other ways so that EVERYONE has a FAIR shot at it?
Or does that clash with your little bubble-world where you get to high-horse at everyone who dares have their own opinion? -
Quote:Yup, I'm still in this boat. Remember Me, for me, DOES NOT WORK. Just, y'know, as a heads up. In the EU and using Chrome, if that helps?Originally Posted by Texas Justice
Not all of the issues were fixed.
Several players have reported that instead of keeping the cookies and simply expiring them at the end of 8 hours the cookies are being deleted if you close the browser. Arcanaville can give more information on what's happening with the cookies since she's looked at it to see what is happening.
Even if I leave the browser open and never touch the Back button it will regularly log me out before 8 hours have passed if there has been any inactivity at all.
The Remember Me button does absolutely nothing. Luckily, my browser will fill in my username and password for me at home. I obviously don't have this enabled at work due to security reasons.
There are also the random logout bugs. -
Quote:Oi, stop making me agree with you!Originally Posted by oreso
Devs. Thank you.
I know there must be lots of pressure to make new shiny things to chase new dollars, but long term players will keep playing because of attention like -this-.
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Everything Hyper just said. Seriously.
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Quote:Judging by the response so far? This seems like a really *bad* way to go about it, Zwill. Exclusivity is NOT an incentive that people like, it just gets them all burned up and angry. Rightly so, in this case...Originally Posted by Zwillinger
And just as soon as they get that functionality working, we'll take advantage of it.
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Quote:The trick here is not to tug everything else down to that level. Sets like AR and Archery need buffs, instead. Especially given, indeed, lol-lethal. Every set (in every AT, in my opinion) should be at 'Awesome' level, the level where people want to pick any set because they are ALL cool. Not 'Oh, I'll skip that, it looks neat but does pancake in actual gameplay...'Originally Posted by MarvelZombie
I kinda wonder the same thing about Archery and Rain of Arrows. The strength of the power (and the set, really, let's be honest) is it's crashless nuke that is up every spawn or so. With this nukeless normalization, will RoA lose this distinction?
I'm all for buffing the T9s and blasters in general, but I'd hate to see Archery plummet even further (with its lol-lethal damage and weak secondary effect) down the desirability chain as an unintended result of this. Suppose I could at least hope RoA gets a damage buff outta this.... -
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Quote:Agreed. I don't actually know anyone anymore who even USES TO/DOs. Because...well, why the hell would you? They are pointless. The numbers they give are pathetic for what they cost, they run out and become inferior at level 22.Originally Posted by Tenzhi
I'd like it to change so that regular enhancements never expire, personally. Getting relatively weaker when you level up is a facet of the game that's never made sense. The existence of basic IOs doesn't make it any more sensible - rather, it highlights the nonsense.
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Quote:Yes, because actual in-game combat and content is EXACTLY the same as a tedious meta-game system that has to be re-done very few levels.Originally Posted by Power_NA
Yeah they should fix the boring stuff, starting with incarnates stuff. That thing is way worst the slotting the SOs, I rather do the SO then do the incarnates, The incarnates are long, boring. I mean what the point of it, being level 53 fighting 53s is the same as fighting level 50s at level 50? Also it cost 25 million inf to get the Alpha 3rd buff. Way to much work.
Also the IOs they are also un fun, I rather have 50++ SOs then grind IOs/Inf to buy them.
Your analogy is bad, and you should feel bad.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Everything that's been "leaked" has been through our official Twitch channel, not through various media outlets AFAIK. Our official, weekly, live streams are nothing new, and a venue we've been using to introduce new content and upcoming changes for well over a year now. We now have the ability to back these up on our YouTube channel, another official channel.
Nothing that's been discussed has broad Marketing Value. It's all very Community centric and really is something that's only interesting to current/former players of the game. When we're closer to beta, we'll release a full Issue 24 overview (I was just talking to Black Pebble about this today).
And here I thought that the Community would be excited about getting news about upcoming changes prior to the actual announcement.
Uh....no? The dev chat stuff has been awesome so far.
If, however, you had been talking about the recent Twitter-based announcement, then yes, you would be correct... -
Quote:What.Originally Posted by Hit Streak
For right now, the Dark Matter aura is going to be for promotional use only. There aren't any plans to put them up on the market.
This isn't to say that they won't be available as contest rewards, or for other activities online (Zwillinger gave some away last night on Virtue, I believe). It just happens that the focus right now is to build an audience on twitter.
No, actually, what the actual [PANCAKE] HELL?
Do...do you guys not GET how *un-fun* exclusive stuff like this is? Making people jump through hoops just to get stuff they might want? What does that achieve, exactly, other than really aggravating people?
The stupid 'Incarnate only' unlocks stuff is bad enough. The Super Pack only 'chance to get' costumes are even worse, even if you may get them nearly always within 24 or so. This? This is an all time [pancake] low. It's the principle of the thing, and it's not damn cool .
Edit: Oh, look at all that majorly unpositive feedback. Is this giving you guys any HINTS yet? ¬¬ -
All of my want. ALL OF IT!
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They used to have the Origin arcs, which had you working for DATA, MAGI etc....which didn't even count as arcs. They were badly put together, out-dated and old.
That doesn't mean the CONCEPT was bad, though. They just needed wholesale updating. Which, honestly, I'd love to see them do. Heck, you could extend the level range a whole bunch, make it a longer arc that ties into each city zone. -
Quote:Why? It's not a gameplay balance or 'challenge' to run and re-slot the entire damn build. It's just long, boring and nothing at all to do with punching goons in the face. i.e. un-fun. i.e. not something the game should focus on. QoL is about fixing the boring stuff to focus on the good stuff, and this is a worthy cause if ever there was one, second only to respecs.Originally Posted by Bullet Barrage
I can not support this idea enough. Seriously. It might have to have a slightly higher price then just buying the enhancements, though.
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Quote:Why? It's not Hasten itself that is the 'problem', as much as there is any problem... I, for one, don't feel the uber pressing need to include it on every character, because I'd much rather have more attacks and other powers I can have up all the time, without the need of a specific IO build that will probably cost a small fortune.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Then please, do nerf Hasten.
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Oh dear god, yes, YES! /Signed! Re-slotting SOs every few levels is one of the biggest remaining un-fun faffs of the game as it is right now.
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Well, given they should have known that when they were making the new animations, I find it incredibly daft that they didn't take that into account and add extra frames or take frames out to make all the animations shareable. That would have increased the possible animations for ALL non-weapon blast sets at least three-fold.
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Quote:Given edits they've made in the past, and the nature of animation, it is more than possible to slow down or speed up an animation. I don't buy that as an excuse, frankly. Seems like a waste, anyway, to have all that stuff and only some combinations useable...Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
I think they were kind of limited by the variety of cast times in the various sets.
Like if the cast time is between 1 second and 1.33 we can use this animation, between 1.67 and 2.03 we can use this one, and above 2.07 we can use this one.
But we can't use the 1 second animation for a 2.03 cast time power, because there would be a 1.03 second gap where the character is just standing there and can't do anything.
Similarly, they can't use the 2.07 second one for a power like Blaze, which has a 1 second cast time, because the animation is significantly longer than the amount of time the power takes.
That's probably how they planned it out. They had a selection of alternate animations and they matched them up by cast time. -
Quote:Well, I'm a VIP and have never noticed this. Have I been missing mine?Originally Posted by Xzero45
VIPs get a free rename every two months. nbd
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For anyone saying 'It only happens if you're near him'...that's not true. You can hear him on the floor above (red side bar) quite easily. And it does get old rather quickly. But, eh, whatever. The Pocket D stools still have a habit of shifting anyone sitting them a few inches in a random direction every few minutes and have done so forever, so I see no likelihood of this getting changed...
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Dual Pistols/SR or Willpower character, please >_<
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I already renamed the character using the normal method, so that options gone.
And, honestly, I get rather sick of this 'because griefers MIGHT use it' excuse because, hello? We have a bloomin' report system, and I'm pretty sure the QA/GM team have tools that make it easy to keep track of that sort of thing. Certainly more than players do.
As it is, having to pay an annoying amount or re-rolling a character all the way from 1 to 31 (no, I'm not a fast leveller, so please don't bring up that [Pancake] about 'Oh, that's easy!') is a bit of a non-choice. If the ONLY reason that is in the way of a fairer price is 'potential griefing' then, well...that sucks, frankly. -
Yeah, and the stupid thing? That they could have added ALL the variant blast animations to every set. Instead they stuck only one or two tops in each set. Which...kind of makes me wonder why they bothered in the first place, given they put in WAY less alternatives than they easily could have done.
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......Arrrrrghh, I have spare Transfers and totally forgot about that. [PANCAKE] -_-
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Problem there is that you're trying to shoehorn stuff in mechanically in a game that already has a lot of role cross over. I mean, we already have Brutes, Scrappers and Stalkers. All three are, effectively, damage dealers with the only variant being taunt level (from lots to none) and the players personal preference. Corruptors and Defenders are, essentially, the exact same AT but with one favour buffs more and one favouring damage more.
I honestly thing we have all 'roles' covered, and should now be looking at what is both Cool and Comic Book/Hero/Villain inspired.