Techbot Alpha

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Great.. what will the next step be? Every map that can hold large amount of mobs in them.. you know.. to farm?

Another map/thought for arc lost for what...? *sigh*

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Bit fast to point the finger there...

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Well, that's what the devs have been saying the changes are for, for the most part (certainly with mobs)
Doesn't mean their right, though =[

Best time when defences failed;

Was running with a friend, testing an MA arc. He was blithely making mincemeat of my EB foes with his tanked-to-the-gills Nightwidow. He was about to polish off the fire Blaster boss....when he hit Inferno.
Boom. One dead Nightwidow. I proceeded to point and laugh while he sat there in disbeleif XD

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Every map that can hold large amount of mobs in them.. you know.. to farm?


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IIRC the maps weren't removed due to their capacity to hold mobs - they were removed as they had bad/buggy spawn points for objects.

But, especially if this is the case, the devs still ought to:[*] inform us of removals (and replacement) in patchnotes;[*] give us an estimate of when the removed assets will be replaced.

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^ This
It's the lack of any sort of communication that drives me nuts.

Im sure there were actually things that did give about 1 or 0xp when destroyed, cant remember where or what though.

Both the 'Drag self to feet' and 'Punch off the screen' power ideas really appeal. They get my /Signed =] More like 'em would be nice. Even a pool that you picked from at, say, lvl 15, 35 and 50? Unslottable powers that were similar to 'Trademark' powers for that character?

Bit late to make the brain work...maybe for ranged sets have a '1 in a million' shot'. Rather large recharge, sniper style shot, maybe make it non interuptable to avoid making it a tad irritating. Useful for picking off that running boss or downing an AV.

If they could balance the timers, coupled with making them unslottable, think it'd be really nice.

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wait wait wait....demon summoning is already in game, the oni? if they bring out demon summoning, doesnt that make the oni redundant?

anyway, if demon summoning come out, can they get rid of oni and replace it with an actual 'ninja'?

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the oni isnt really a demon, its more like a warrior spirit....so ...lol

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Ancestor Spirit is similar.
Now, that'd be a cool reskin for the Oni.

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And alternative animations for MM pets too?

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Alternate or custom skins, please. That is all.
/Want

Tbh, I'd rather they simply removed exp *for the items*. I mean, it doesn't fight back, why give it an exp value?
That way, they can leave these things in without screwing up the arcs.

As for Map removal, ain't got the foggiest why they do that, I really don't...

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Here's hoping the weapon sets get new animations afterwards :P

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^^^ This

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Well like the saying goes, all it takes for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.


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Which is why the good women have to be extra watchful

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Sooooo many ways that could be taken. Hehehe

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PLers are nuts?

I'm pretty sure all the stuff removed will be put back in later once they've fixed it - maybe even in I16 if there are more tweaks to the MA incldued in it.

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I'm getting more and more sick of their methods though. The ends justifies the means, or something? Becuase the only people it's really hurting atm are the story creators.

Although, I saw Snake Eggs are back in. And they removed them early on.
I guess the worst thing is Not Being Told. I.E. stealth-removal, which really hacks me off...and others, it seems.

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Another nomination; Crown of Iron, Heart of Steel Part 1 (236933) by Techbot Alpha

Very well written, really good costume design for his custom Nemesis. The story was very good. Just waiting on part two now

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Totally agree with this. I like the allies in the arc especially Psion and Gorgon, nice take on some familiar heroes.

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Heh, yeah that mish was fun. Made a bit less so since they stealth-removed the WSPDR mobile generators I also had on that map =[ Had to replace them with a stand in (Rikti A-Bombs) for now.

/Signed

I'm not sure if I spotted poison in the list for I16 proliferation, but it should be. So should be.

Well, I'll be lurking in Warburg tommorow, so if anyone fancies a crack, you're welcome.
If you can SPOT me or not, well...

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Fail

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Creative comment here.

And Techbot, I'm afraid people use these things to glitch free XP and whatnot, removal of XP from the entire system would stop 99% of people using it. I know it's a huge shame when they remove it for people who are using the stuff correctly, but far too many people use it to exploit the game. Really sorry to hear your arc got scrambled in the mess though.

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Im not saying remove exp from the whole thing, Im saying stop destructables giving exp, inf, aynthing at all! They don't even have to do damage, they just have to sit there and be destroyed as objectives! How in the world can they be an exploit, for pities sake?!

For the love of all pete, will the Devs kindly stop taking things out of the MA ?!
If something is really that damn broken, then remove EXP and all stuff from it! Honestly, how many braincells does it take to fix something farely straight forward?

I've just had ANOTHER arc RUINED by the hamfisted bilge that the Devs call 'Tweaking' in MA. I was using the WSPDR backup generators as objectives in my missions on one map. And, oh look, they've GONE! There not even going to tell us what they remove, they are jsut GONE.
Same as the bloody Crey Cloning Lab map. WHY?! ARE WE NOT WORTH AN EXPLANATION OR AT LEAST AN UPDATE AS TO WHY?!

Yes, I'm angry! I'm very damned angry! And I hope they hurry up and merge the forums so I can tell the Devs just what I think of how they handle MA!

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+1 to that buddy, they should go IPB or VBulletin.

And before anyone thinks of mentioning PHPBB, NO!!! Just no.


But in any case, I don't really care about pistols to be honet. Seriously, we're (well, I personally) are supposed to be SUPERvillains, or SOOPERheroes. Where's the 'super' in pistols?

-.-

Now demon summoning, THAT I am looking forward to with anticipation.

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Malta Gunslinger cell just saw what you wrote.
Malta Gunslingers are not amused. They wish to have a little chat with you

Seriously, what's more satisfying? Being a lightning wielding, flying super tough guy, or some dude who is a normal-ish joe, and can STILL beat the cape with nothing but some body armour and a pair o' 9mm's? The 'In Your FACE' factor, if you will

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After that comment, I'm tempted to see how you do VS the Bots/Traps of the in-game Alpha, Rent old chap

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Sure... Always up for a fight. Though i hope you noticed i said MM's were no good in Zonal not MM's are no good in PvP :P

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Fair point =]
PvP is an almost unhealthy adrenaline high at times, especially fighting people you've never fought. Even under the 0.2 version.

As for builds, I've only just started a Domi, my corruptors tend to languish in the late twenties. The only things I have PvP experience with of any sort is MMs and Stalkers, with a bit of VEAT (mostly failure) added in.

After that comment, I'm tempted to see how you do VS the Bots/Traps of the in-game Alpha, Rent old chap
Need to dust of my Stalker someday, see if I can still be a right pain in the proverbial's

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'Through the Kaleidoscope' ? A throw back to 'Through the Looking Glass' back in the day.

Surely they could figure out how to design an 'achor point' on models? So, even scaled, there would be the point where the thing would latch on to?

Besides, they bang on about clipping, when the HELL has that stopped them releasing stuff that clips?

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Cutscenes would be VERY nice. They have indeed shown they can do stonking good ones.
And I still think the biggest thing they could do to make the game fresh again is slash and re-work all the missions, red and blue side but blueside especially. Yes it's a damn lot of work, but it would be for everyone's benefit. No more 'Talk to', no more pointless glowy clicking patrols.

I still don't know how far the Devs could push the engine, but it'd be nice to find out. Even if it means scrounging/borriwng/downright stealing a new, workable Desktop PC

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MA - from the start - was rather ill concieved. There's a reason no MMO has done this already.

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Yes, there is - they're all not as good as City of Heroes

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Someone has to be first.

Yes - I know that CoX isn't actually 1st with PCC, but it probably stands as 1st for a MMO of such a size to do it with a generally user-friendly system that anyone and everyone can use without needing technical (programming/graphics/design) ability.

And I disagree with Sing that it was rather ill conceived. The concept is spot on, it's part of the execution that failed.

The idea of an easy-to-use system for players to create missions is what more MMOs need. That's the concept - that's not ill-conceived.

But the execution needed tweaking to stop or remove exploitative missions (or missions falling outside the devs acceptable boundaries) or to prevent exploits from getting into the system in the first place.

It should have launched with a smaller number of resources (mobs/maps) that was added to regularly once it was clear that there were no major exploits in existing assets would have been better than adding so many assets and then removing so many of them when exploits came to light. Then MA PL/farms wouldn't have become such a problem (most of the problem has been because of farms that skew the risk/reward ratio) and authors wouldn't be anoyed at arcs becoming broken when assets are stripped out.

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^ Total agreement with that.
Still miffed that one of my arcs is missing its proper final mission, due to the Crey Cloning lab map being cut for reasons unknown

I do remember somewhere they said they would add stuff back once it was fixed, but I haven't seen any sign of that yet...fingers crossed, mind.

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I'm very happy about Assault Rifle for Defenders.
Trick Arrow/Assault Rifle anyone?!

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Oil Slick, Ignite & Full Auto? That's a lot of orange numbers.

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I foresee a lot of weapon redrawing!

Other than DB have we any sets combinations for ATs where there are 2 seperate weapons for customisation (as this should allow)?

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Thugs and, ergo, Dual pistols

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That as well. They have shown they can do variations in powers, it would be nice to see that spread.