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No they aren't. Something can be easy to implement, but take ages because you have to write thousands of lines of code.

In another instance, it may be difficult to pull off because of the complexity of formulas for example, but only require a few lines of code.

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If something takes an inordiante ammount of time, how can you classify that as 'Easy'?
...Out of Cheese error; melonmelonmelon; reboot from start.

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What if they were beluga whales?

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Thats not a fish

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VISTA!?!?!?!? Vista is, in your words, a blasphemy.

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It is that, it made me agree with you on something
Nyeh, it usually gets me by. Again, it came with it, and morphing to XP is something that ain't really possible.

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Of course you're going to run the game smoothly if you run it on minimum GFX, your GPU has almost no work to do.

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Quite. Of course, if I crank it up even to Performance, then it lasts about 3/4 of an hour, then bugs out on me. Bluescreenofd00m, normally. Oh, and for some random reason the cursor turns into a pixilated block. But not on minimum. Surely to god the cursor shouldnt ever be affected? But heydehoo.

I have no idea wether Vista hates me, or the laptop hates overheating/having that much stuff to render, etc.
Shiz happens.

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I know, i've heard it, but when you go talk go him in his little hideout, he says nothing!

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He needs to say nothing, I mean I'd understand the look that said bugger off from a guy like him.

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Heh, true.

Anyway, yes in-game voices would be nice.
The 'Would be Nice' list is probably....hell, I have no idea how long.
If wishes were fishes...

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They totally need to loop /e slap and /e smack

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Can be done nearly the same by binding the two to keys, sometimes next to each other, and flicking back and forth.

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I'm not concearned whether it's easy to implement or not. I'm concearned with is it possible, and can it be done in a reasonable amount of time.


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Those two are, pretty much, one and the same.
If it ain't easy to implement, ergo, it will take a longer ammount of time to sort out.

Also: 'Concerned' /nitpick

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I see your points, but i won't have sympathy for anyone running a prehistoric PC. PC technology doubles every 10 years, if you need to take out a loan to get a beasty old pc, do it. It's a worthwhile investment.

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Someone is either;
A) Too into games
B) Rather rich
C) A villain in real life

PCs ain't cheap. I run CoX on a laptop with settings down on minimum. Yes, all of them. And, y'know, I still love the game. Sure, I want shiny graphics et al, but I only lag when other people are (lagspikes) and I actually run, most of the time, really rather smoothly. Loading times are good, no major problem.

Now, I am planning on upgrading, but if NC went 'Oh well, we'll update it now, everyone will have to have XYZ to play now,' well...I'd be a tad miffed. I'd go so far as to say irate. Because not all of us can afford high-end kit. And no, a loan isn't really viable, as you end up paying interest. That interest may, in the longer run, even end up being the PC.
NC are being wise atm by being concious of the people stuck on lower-end stuff. Seeing as people on high-end stuff get benifits for that anyway, well, go figure.

/Opinion

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I want Lord Recluse to have an epic voice, like the guy from unreal tournament 3, or some thing like that :3

Either way, signed!

I know NPCs in 2moons talk, and that game is EPIC in terms of pve.

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He does
Perabulate off the ferry in Grandeville, keep on going until you find the big screens. His Nibs is there, pontificating away, in a [censored] awesome evil voice.
All hail the Lord of Many arms!

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But what your talking about would require rebalancing of the entire game its not just a simple matter of change AI so mobs stay at a distance/ go get help im not saying these things wouldn't be nice but I don't see them working with the current set up.

I think if you were implementing what your suggesting then the ATs and power sets would need a over hall at the moment we have simple AI to go with simple power sets. Increase the AI you need to up the power sets as well melee toons would need means of catching/stopping/killing runners which is some thing many melee sets don't have at the moment.

Ranged based toons would have a huge advantage over melee as well so they would probably need nerfing

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No it wouldn't require any rebalancing at all. Any ranged mob would get 1-2 hits on a brute before the brute was in their face with CJ, SJ, SS or even sprint, then ba, 1-2 hits and they're down.

It's not like we're saying give ranged mobs SS and tell them to constantly backpedal whilst blasting nukes.

We're simply suggesting they fall back to a range where they can get their moves out. Any good brute would still be able to shatter them in a matter of seconds.

You're making this out to be a bigger deal than what everyone is suggesting.

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No, he's actually not.
Let me put it this way.

After I14: Mob AI HAS changed. Often for the worse. Its erratic where it wasnt before. I remember examples only vaguely, but there have been cases.

This is in a normal issue, with no focus on AI. Even the slightest change can throw AI way outta wack. Something that must have happened to make certain EBs and AVs, wether MA or not, act in strange ways.
Implementing something more akin to player level AI would, although it would indeed be nice, would *most likely* (not 100% sure because, hey, I dont work for NC!) be hard to implement.

Going on a general overview of programming, 'Easy' in itself is a rather misleading term. Hell, I like the idea, just dunno if we'll see an AI upgrade anytime soon.

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While playing the other night a certain clockwork whipped me. I called out for a paladin gank and.....nothing, I miss getting a 3 paladin fight and a mass of heroes coming down to Kings to show him who's boss.

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No badges Do you even get merit rewards for it now?

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You get a badge for preventing one being built. There are only 3 build sites though so no more Paladins get constructed if there are 3 fully built ones loitering at paladin park.

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I thought the badge was for a fully built one being killed? I may very well be wrong there though ^^'

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It's [censored] to lose your powers when you are crowd controlled, let alone have them backfiring at you.

While I would endorse traps and the ability for you to lose powers in specific zones or parts of zones, I believe this is too much particularly for PvP. I also believe it would be a nightmare to balance in PvE with all the existing NPCs villain/hero powers.

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NO!

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Wow. I think we broke him Thats the third one word answer.

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No.

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You've been ginving a lot of one word responses latley, and I have no idea what you're disagreeing too here. Try and by clear with your posts, and if you agree or disagree with somthing, give your reasons. A simple "No." doesn't add anything to the discussion.

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It's called trolling.
Please do not feed the Troll's

Short Version;

There've been discussions about this before. Much though people would like it, an Engine upgrade would mean a whole game overhaul. In short, CoX2. Seeing as the devs are planning I18 and beyond, the assumption is that this is not happening. Coupled with the fact they think they can get more out of the current engine than they have been, one could surmise that they will be exploring that.
The other assumption is that the last thing on the cards is to get into (more) legal strife with Marvel. Why's, wherefores and suchnots are, simply, not ours to second guess.

Theres also the issue of Engine upgrade = people on older machines getting stuffed, which would cause all sorts of hell. And, given the economic climate, its NOT just a case of 'Well get a new PC, lolz!1', because for the most part it simply is not that easy.


And yes, thats the short version

Sure, thats sorted.
Oh, wait, don't think the engine can do it.

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taunt would still alow them to stay at range tho as it cant be used to fully debuff there range.

TP dose work but i tend to pick powers based on theme and TP dosent allways fit

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There is a rare and elusive theory out there.
I believe it involves....turning off Granite Armour? And rooted?
Oh, sorry, was that heresy?

And taunt is much more effective than people think. I've taunted people into 'Slap-Silly' range before. It's possible.

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That's their problem. They scared of a challenge?

Melee toons exist to make ranged ones run/backpedal/try to escape

The chase works both ways

Think of the extra dimension it'd add to fighting. Having to run an extra 50 feet to catch up with an enemy, difficult eh?

The mobs might get 1 or 2 ranged shots in before you're in their face.

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Get to around level 10 Villain side. With a melee toon for added effect.
Then go play an arc which contains Mook Hitmen. Y'know, the cowards with sniper rifles?
Slight tactical inclination and better A.I. would be nice. But as my example shows, that needs to come first BEFORE giving Enemies those options. Or there will be some angry, angry players out there.

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But the thing is, the founder of the Carnival was not a mutant, she was a psionic. Dimitri Krylov says there are no mutants before 1938 and Sister Psyche says psionics are something different from mutants and have always existed. It fits.

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mmm, then marvel and NC are on a disagreement, wolverine is born in the 1800's.

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Why would they agree? The Marvel Universe and the CoH universe are unrelated (and both are fictional).

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that was not really my point, i just stated that there universe of hero's are out of line.
nothing against it, just saying.......srry to have some fun.
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Different IPs, don't confuse the issue.

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does it begins with 85.162.2.1 instead?

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If it was meant to be a joke, I think you were the only one that got it

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Name:U'Kon Pr'pul.

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So. Much. Win! XD

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It's about the money.

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Hence the concern over getting sued.

I noticed this, and generally borked A.I. a few times.
What irked me most was that the bosses I had set to Never Flee in MA, they STILL fled. Often a lot. Why is there no 'Stand Your Ground' option? Like, literally, stand there until they or the player is dead? Move to a different target and suchnot, obviously, but not run round like a beheaded chicken.

I /Sign for a general A.I. upgrade. With the ammount of staff now, they might make excuses, but that doesnt necessarily make them valid.

I would support a TF auto-reward. Know that would get me playing them.

Way of the world, sadly. Although it would be nice, sometimes for character tweaking and sometimes for concept, afaik the Devs have said no. In their wisdom...
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Must....keep...straight face!
*Snort*
Wisdom...

Sleep works on AV's? Oo

/SIGNED

Love 'em all, Doc, nicely done =] Adore the descriptions too.