The_Killbot_5000

I think this section's a great idea, as said it's a place for players who are regularly are online around the same time to announce events, look for SG's, chat about local topics, etc.

I'll still roam around all my usual subforums but this will be another to drop into from time to time.

Hi folks, I'm @Killbot 5000 from N.Z. I play mainly on Freedom, soloing or playing in random PUG's. Nice little place we've got here!

Thanks Forbin, now I have a rep, completely undeserved, *proving* the system can be messed with! Tis funny. I have at least out of this thread learned enough about the system to know that it's silly.

Well, I haven't even looked into the rep system, seems kinda silly to me as a concept. I'll go with what others have said about reading each post and taking it on it's merits regardless of who the poster might be.

Oh, and apparently I have no rep, so the system seems to be working.

It sure will be fun, technicolor fun, when I16 goes live! Over a year of secrecy, that's how important it is to not tip your hand to this group of players, can you imagine the forum discussions if this had have been announced then!

Looking forward to the feature, several of my toons will be fine-tuned for color once this hits live. Thanks Devs!

I think the new boards look spiffy! New forums, power color customisation and side-switching in the near future, talk about full of win!

Nice job Paragon Studios and NCSoft!

I've not noticed any noise from Fungoids before, maybe it has something to do with all the instanced NPC's having various starting animations now (like the Lost pan-handlers for example) and the Fungoids now start in the Tarzan or Howl animations.

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Yeah I've always wished there were some good Warrior arcs in the game. They have a kinda cool background, but no exciting stories. They are just sort of a forgotten group, more or less.

Lewis

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Have you even played the midnighters arc with them in? That final mission in their arc is . . . . . . . . . . ambushy with a flavour of carnage

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Which one is this? Is this villainside Midnighters? More details too. I like the warriors, and do agree it's hard to get a good impression of a villain group when they're being bullied all the time.

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Mercedes Sheldon 20-25 Hero side arcs.

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Funny, I just did the first arc of Mercedes' last night and had an interesting time trying to escape with Amanda Gates as server shut-down was imminent. With 10 minutes to shut-down I got whomped by yet *another* ambush and had to do a hospital run (with no travel power) back to the mission, through to the 3rd floor, find Amanda, *and* fight my way back to the entrance through the remaining ambushes!

Long story short, I made it to the exit, completed the arc, got 7 Arc Rewards, salvage, inf, xp, and levelled up! With surely seconds to spare I managed to get Detective Dan back to the nearest PPD station so I could log him off for his Day Job badge!

Whew!!

There was quite the bit of tension playing against the clock like that and I'm looking forward to any other arcs of Mercedes'.

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Not sure if this has been covered, but does "Reveal" reach beyond a certain floor? Like, if I use Reveal on the first floor of an office building, will the other four floors be revealed as well?

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An interesting distinction to make! When I read this I only thought of the outdoor zone maps, not internal maps. It would be my guess that this is for outdoors only.

Dev confirmation one way or another would be good.

The official application process includes a field for you to state your desired salary range. So, it's kinda like Wentworths!!

*taps foot impatiently from the future*

Lots of potential tid-bits in this update, the Mercenary Super-Powered Soldier Origin listed for Maelstrom seems to suggest that not only will GR have new AT's, but completely new origins as well! I think that this might be an attempt to include the long-held idea of a "Spy" class, with the concept possibly expanded over several different origins.

The Secret Identity aspect of the bio's may be nothing more than fiction to fill out their biographies, my guess is that it's not a game-play aspect of GR.

Interesting stuff!

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You started your post saying his argument kinda fails, but yet it looks to me like you agree with him. lol

it's not the essential = There isn't a single power in this game that is 'essential'

While his original post may not be specifically useful to the OP's request, he did follow it up with more specific information about why he feels that way, and a "YMMV" to show that there are other alternatives out there that might not be for everybody.

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This was ultimately my point, I've been around long enough to see the Stamina threads come up regularly, and seldom do I see the point raised that actually it is possible to have a fun non-gimped character without it.

As mentioned, this really comes down to what you want to do with the toon, now as taking on AV's solo wasn't mentioned originally, I'd only modify my original statement to say that soloing AV's probably isn't one of those circumstances for most players....but then again....I've done it without Stamina on some toons too (Scrapper...easy).

Good luck to the OP with however they choose to spec out their toon!

Tooter?

Welcome! It makes me happy to know that new players are enjoying the game, especially that you're out there soloing and teaming in the real-world, taking down real villains.

The Architect Entertainment system, much like video games in the real world, seems to have proven very popular (with issues). This being said, it's nice to know there are new players exploring the many other aspects of the game that exist outside AE.

As said above, if you have any 'newbie' questions, feel free to ask, the Player Questions section of the Forums is a good place to get answers and feedback on all sorts of issues.

Again, welcome!
K5K

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I deal with 4Mb/s UP and 0.14Mb.s DOWN. Latency of first hop is 120ms.

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Wait, you have a faster upload speed than download?

I know you're on the wrong side of the planet but...

(JOKING!)

Or did you get those mixed up and mean 4 Megabits download speeds (coming in to you) and .14 Megabits (143 Kilobits) upload speed (for you sending out)?

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What you said. I've been awake all night, I blame sleep deprivation.

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CoH feels like a home I left and when I came back there were a bunch of [censored] living there and people trying to create drama.

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That's family!

I turned them off on day one of the system being introduced, but have been keeping track of any discussion on the forums and at HeroCon about it, didn't seem like 2 years, but hey. *shrugs*

The in-game ad system is the Rikti to my Vanguard! They are among us! I will be vigilant.

Oh! You can turn off XP now. Under Menu - Options - General Tab - Miscellaneous - Disable Earning XP. So, you'd be able to slow down your progress on an arc if you really like where it's going but fear you'll out-level it.

Pst, while you're there you may as well turn off those pesky in-game ads for real-life products. That's just my pet peeve.

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Or you could do what I've done, not take Stamina on any character in many long years of playing! *gasp*

Just bought it on one of my toons yesterday and only because there were no other thematically suitable powers available to choose. So, depending on your playstyle, PvP'er vs PvE, solo or team, Archetype etc, I'm only commenting to point out that it's not the essential that I've heard so many people claim.

I'm just sayin'...

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"I just hate running out of Endurance."
"I hate missing."

I see a lot of weird builds posted based on these long held, but rarely tested, beliefs.

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Absolutely possible. I only state my own experience, I don't mind running out of End when it happens, it's another thing to juggle, another challenge to keep on top of. Generally I find that 1 End Reduction slotted in each power is enough to keep my Endurance bottoming out at an annoying rate.

Of course... other players mileage may vary.

I believe you could run it anyway for no XP or rewards.

Or Ouroboros it!

Well, as lightly as some others are taking it, I find text errors in the game quite irritating. I usually play solo, and actually read all the text of the storyline. I also like reading what my badges say when I get them. If I find an error I /bug it, if I find another I /bug it, and then if I'm playing and find another text error I /bug it. You get the picture.

I'm not giving up on /bugging them, maybe one day I'll notice less of them. If I had to take English at school, then someone else is going to suffer for it!

Nice work, I chuckled. I see why you do this. This kinda thing drifts through my mind as I play too, I'm just not organised enough to note them. Keep it up!

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