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Quote:Certain play styles and exploits such as...?Originally Posted by SteelRat
Goodness me. Not sure what bug crawled up your behind, but I would suggest removing it in future before replying. Giving people more choice isn't always a good thing because it fosters certain play styles that don't necessarily benefit everyone.
IN MY OPINION, this is one of those times. Just because I don't like the idea, doesn't make me incapable of imagining situations where it might be a nice conceptual idea, any more than I'm sure the obvious psuedo exploit this idea creates honestly escapes your notice either.
Farming? Been here forever. Family farms in PI, Behemoth Farms, AE, Death from Below. Next.
Lack of people going to other zones? AE, Death from Below. Next.
Lack of people at high levels having a clue that they're doing? PI farm babies, AE babies, DFB babies. Next.
Is there anything I'm missing? Because I'm pretty sure everything used as a 'counter' can be debunked with stuff that is already in game. Have you seen apocalypse occur as a result? I know I haven't. This suggestion's likely outcome? A big fat load of not-a-lot-at-all-changing. -
Quote:Uhm...it already 'is', in that what you described is already entirely possible. In fact, you don't even need Ouro right now;Originally Posted by SteelRat
*Edit*
It occurred to me after I'd posted this that if this suggestion were brought in and there were Radios available in Atlas, you could play the entire game by just visiting three zones: Atlas Park, Dark Astoria and Ouroboros. Obviously this doesn't include Task Forces, but is this REALLY the place we want the game to be?
-DFB or AE grind until 50. Yes, some people are that sad/stubborn/determined
-DA for Incarnate content
So, uh....I guess everyone should be panicking that the game as we know it is clearly wrecked, everyone is PL/Farming spawn of Satan and...uh....actually, wait, what? This 'nightmare situation' of yours is already entirely possible. Notice how the effect has been, shall we say, next to nothing? -
Quote:I love the look and the concept...Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
Thanks for some more awesome ideas!
However, I think I have settled this little issue: I took the Nictus idea upthread and ran with it, letting it roll around in my head.
What I came up with is "Void Spectrum," he's part Nictus, part living Shadow Cyst Crystal and part stolen body of Blue Spectrum from the tutorial! He's using the darkest colors I could get to look right for the Bio Armor, and the Mutant pack's sword for Broad Sword, I think he will be a ton of fun to play, here's what he looks like so far:
Except for the part that he's yoinked Blue Spectrum's body. For one, if the Devs somewhere along the line decided to re-use Spectrum, as they did with the 'Extended tutorial' characters later on, then he's kind of a massive breach of canon (Yes, I know, RPers should shush >_> )
I also think maybe he could use a darker colour on the pattern? Right now it stands out a little too sharply from the others. But the red is great use of the three point rule, so kudos for that
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Quote:I must have missed that, since I would have /signed that shoop-de-woop in a secondOriginally Posted by EnigmaBlack
A few weeks ago I made a suggestion which was to allow the option to enroll in auto payments. Heck they can even charge a "convenience" fee. Anyways it didn't seem to be popular...
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Quote:Second thisOriginally Posted by AshleyHudson
Pretty please?
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Gods, yes, YES! This, now! /Signed so hard!
(Also, Coyote, where did I make that quote you've got sigged? It's a good one, I just can't remember when it was )
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I still think base 'rent' as a whole (Rent what? It's MY damn base. You want to charge a Villain RENT? There's a word for that; suicide.) is really bloody stupid, but oh well. Since I doubt it'll go away anytime soon, this gets my /signed for being a good idea.
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Quote:Wait, waitwaitwait WAIT...Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
As far as COH is concerned, it's Windows 7. Works fine.
As far as overall usability is concerned, it's a royal PITA. I've been using it since the developer preview, my current system dual-boots the release preview (since I'm going to have to know the thing,) and I despise it. I don't get passionate about software - it's either "I like it" or "I don't," but I downright hate Windows 8 on a PC. I'm sure it'll be fine on a tablet (and MS is planning on locking down what can be put on at least the RT version via the app store,) but on a PC it's one of the most irritating experiences I've had since... well, I don't know when. And with the "since I don't know when," I'm *including* DOS and having to type odd, arcane, case-sensitive and OddLy.caPit.AL_ized commands into Linux to try to convince a driver to install.
Are you saying this new one is worse than Vista? D= Because that's a whole new level of evil... -
Oh look, it's this thread again...
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Quote:Yes...the Tier 3 Single Target attacks. i.e. the standard ranged attacks, like Blaze etc, that have 40ft range. As the Devs realised that this was stupid and are thus correcting it.Originally Posted by Derangedpolygot
Where are you getting this information? Only the tier 3 cone attacks are getting a range boost.
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Quote:And people who have no intention of doing that content ANYWAY will CONTINUE to do what they already do. The only people this penalises are, funnily enough, the people who want to play all the content, when they want. Isn't that a funny notion to get your head round?Originally Posted by SteelRat
Even more emphatically unsigned than my previous post. Doing this would provide no incentive for players to visit other zones and explore all the other wonderful content the game has to offer. This is not a direction I would like to see the game moving in.
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Quote:Yes, because it's not like the people who are already grinding 1-50 already have the AE, DFB, RWZ repeatables...Originally Posted by SteelRat
Unsigned.
No. Definitely not. This will encourage people to stay in the same zone grinding out Radio Missions from 1-50. It's bad enough as it is that Radios seems to be all people want to do on teams, but this will make matters worse. City of Heroes will be come City of Couch Potatoes. Not fun. Dull as dishwater.
Oh, wait.
Bad excuse is bad. Stop penalising people who want to play legitimately (i.e. getting the badges from Radio/Paper missions) just because *some* people want to grind 1-50. Hell, even *I* tend to farm/whatever 1-22 because, I'm sorry, I've run that content so many bleeding times and, frankly, pre-SOs for me is DULL. As dishwater, in fact. -
Quote:We can neither confirm nor deny that that is the caseOriginally Posted by Blue Rabbit
OK, the post I made with all the supposed powers in development was deleted so I'm guessing posting it was a major no-no.
Oooooops, my bad.
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Quote:Fair enough, I understand I'm some kind of heretic for not having seen thatOriginally Posted by PRAF68_EU
Battlestar Galactica (classic)
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All we know is, he's called The Stig
Sorry, I didn't get the other reference
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Quote:Agreed. For example, a sword is not much use if you have no arms. And Blasters can't blast if they are already faceplanted. Or perma-mezzed.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
That's what pisses me off so much - I KNOW what Blasters characters can, I just never get to do it.
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Quote:-entirely in your opinion.Originally Posted by Reppu
I posted my take on it: City of Villains was a mistake. I'm not sure what glorious insight you were expecting.
Flat out: City of Villains should have never happened, so this conversation would never be taking place. The game is built for heroes, and is dominated by heroes.
I, for one, am very glad they DID make City of Villains. So, eh. -
Some say that there is a new EAT coming Sometime™
Some also say that it has powers that work across all of it's forms, with each form making the powers behave differently.
The Devs said on the stream yesterday however that they have no 'imminent' plans for a shapeshifter.
So, of course, it's just 'some say'. I'm a villain, after all
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I do think that Targeting Drone should be enough to trigger the Speeded-Up Snipe effect without having to slot 4 ToHit IOs in (i.e. silly overkill, when 2 is usual slotting with 3 being the very limit) especially given Devices other...problems. And, y'know, AR paired with Devices has no Aim, and ergo no other method that other Primaries have. Which is somewhat unfair.
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Quote:I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sounds of pain my AR/Ice is causing. Ice patch with an ignite patch on top? Stacked Cryo blast from my PPP and from Ice meaning I can hold Bosses?Originally Posted by Agahnim
/Dev needed help more than other sets? I'm guessing you've never played an /ice blaster.
Sure, it's not 100% great, but NONE of the Blaster secondaries (with the possible exceptions of Energy and Psi) are 100% great anyway. -
Quote:Fix'tOriginally Posted by Tymers_Realm
Umm... Tech,
I believe AH mentioned that LRM Rocket will not be affected by the Snipe changes.
Thank you for the time...
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Quote:Aha, thanks Arcana. Will amend the OPOriginally Posted by Arcanaville
Not exactly. Snipes will skip their interruptable window and windup animations and as a result fire faster if the player has +22% tohit or more applied. Only tohit buffs count, accuracy buffs don't count, and they can come from any source.
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Summation thread is up, may need tweaking and more accurate rememberancing
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Since there seems to be no summation thread yet;
Blast Sets in Issue 24
Snipes: Snipes will skip their wind-up animation and Interrupt window if the player has more than +22% ToHit buff applied to them.
- This effect is most easily found using Aim or the likes of Targeting Drone in Devices. It can come from ANY source, but must be ToHit; Accuracy bonuses do not count.
- This effect applies to Corruptor, Defender, Dominator and PPP Snipes as well (EXCEPT for LRM, which remains unchanged).
Short Range Attacks:
- Short range attacks, i.e. 40ft attacks like Blaze, etc, are having their range extended to 80ft, the same as other attacks in the set.
- This change also effects Corruptor, Defender and Dominator sets (And I assume PPPs, if they have any such attacks)
Blaster Unique changes in I24
Secondary Set survivability
- All Blaster Secondaries, with the exception of Psi Manipulation, will receive a change to a power that adds extra survivability in and out of combat.
- Psi Manipulation already has Drain Psyche, and is thus effectively already in possession of such a power.
The current power changes are;
- Fire Manipulation - Blazing Aura
- Ice Manipulation - Chilling Aura
- Devices - Cloaking Field
- Darkness Manipulation - Touch of Fear
- Electricity Manipulation - Lightning Clap
- Energy Manipulation - Conserve Power
The above powers will all have their names changed.
- You will NOT have to Respec to receive the updated power. The update is automatic.
- There may or may not be a Free Respec with these changes, with the likelihood that there will be (Says Zwillinger *Ahem* )
There are NO changes to Crashing Nukes in I24. They are aware of this, however
Hope that covers everything. If anyone can remember the names of all the renamed powers, please post a comment?
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Quote:Yes, this. That's not a 'challenge', that's just cheap. And always has been, really.Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master
i think the best way to solve what your looking for is to make it so that the illusionists stop phasing when mezzed
currently they phase regardless of what effects are on them including mezzes which is the most annoying since other enemies dont get tier 9 effects and whatnot when they get mezzed