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Nemesis plot.

'Nuff said.

Agreed with Calamity. If you're not intrested in badge-hunting, then GMs really are pointless.

Tbh, even if GM's rewards are tuned up, they still wouldn't be more popular.

Maybe the problem is because they are too hard. Tune 'em down a bit, so maybe they can be dealth with under 8 people.

In short, no.

In long, there is an alternative, but it isn't exactly what you're looking for.

In a few people's screens they have the "Base" section of the Combat Attributes stuck onto their screen. They do this by bringing up the Combat Attributes, opening the "Base" section, and minimizing it so you can only see the major effects, like Damage, Regeneration Rate etc. That's something similar to what you're asking.

There is one, a mini Hydra GM, but isn't actually GM level, just Boss IIRC. Real Hydra GM is still in the sewer though.

Nice little suggestion, /signed.

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It seems unheroic at best to get a badge for defeating Longbow who are, basically, only doing their job, when you're supposed to be on the same side.



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You know who Longbow are?

They are a bunch of wimps who can't stand up to Hellions and scream like little girls.

They might as well put this in chat:

Longbow Officer: Help me, help me! I'm a Longbow but these Hellions are too strong!

I'd like to see where they "helped" with the hero work. We, the heroes, do all the work and they get most of the praise!

By the way, their leader sits around in Atlas Park and does nothing. Not very heroic, is it?

In all I think killing Longbow should be ENCOURAGED, every hero has their dark side to be unleashed. We can't let them stand around and take all the credit!

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Exactly. Thank you Bluedarky. It's nice to see there are SOME people here who can see subtle!

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But sadly mostly only when it's been chromed, polished and then they are beaten about the head repeatedly with it

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DOes the shiney thing have coffee or alcohol in it?

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Shiny chromed alcohol = subtle? ummm perhaps not.

To respond to The_Phantoms I don't think it's that. I know for a fact that a number of new people have joined (hell I got the free game time for signign them up too ) and there's a significant amount of new content but because it's blended in very well with existing story arcs, it's not immediately noticeable as "New" content. But it is keeping people interested.

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Not really, only new real story arc in I13 is the Cimerora ones.

Oh, and when I say "content", I mean Story Arcs, Missions, TF/SFs, and Trials.

By the way, you might want to check this on MMOG Chart. Numbers don't lie, but I'll let you decide if that's low numbers.

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That would kinda rule out the entire Invention System as new content then

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IO System was introduced almost 2 years ago.

'Nuff said.

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We've seen an upswing in server populations

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Yeah - I noticed that too - Defiant's been pretty busy recently, even late at night - which is weird, not just because of the late time, but because there's no "hook" right now - double xp is almost 2 weeks away, and the I14 buzz has hardly started.

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Think it's because people have still got to level their Shields/PD characters before taking a rest before I14.

Oh yeah, and since they started work on MA long long ago, they're pretty much sorting out the bugs and polishing things, and putting in the other bits and bobs in I14. (nothing very big though, I14 is going to be MA-focused) Propably by the end of DXP everybody's had their day with I13 and the numbers will drop again until I14.

And on topic, this is a real shame for the French and German community. Surely they can hire someone part time, like Londoner suggested?

It's reasons like this that people are worrying about server merges. GR needs to get the message across that there are no plans for server mergers at the moment. Bolded for emphasis. It could always change.

2 gig RAM should run CoX like a dream, but the 2mg broadband looks a little low to me. Maybe that's the problem?

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Energy Blast: Damage, knockback
Fire Blast: Pure damage and DOT
Ice Blast: Damage, slows, holds, -recharge, -to hit
Archery: Damage, DOT, stun, knockback
Assault Rifle: Damage, DoT, Knockback, -Def
Electric Blast: Damage, DoT, -End, -Recovery, Hold
Psychic Blast: Damage, -Recharge, knockback, Sleep, DoT, Disorient
Sonic Blast: Damage, -Res, Knockback, Sleep, Disorient
Dark Blast: Damage, -To Hit, Disorient, Immobilize, Knockback, Drain Life
Radiation Blast: Damage, -Def, Knockback, Disorient, Hold.

Your set? Damage. Oh, and don't forget that chance to knockback and a little -Acc.

There's no powers in there that grab at me, that make me go "Hey, look, play me over another set!"

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Actualy, Tier 5 has knockback, if you actually read it. There's also some DoTs and a Build Up-style power, and the -ACC debuff isn't the only ones, there is some buffs too, if you read.

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Well i prefer it to the wind blast power set that's for sure but how on earth would you animate it?

I suppose you could use something like the old sonic shield animations but there were a good few reports of them causing pain to the user.

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What kind of pain? Physical pain?

/signed, but I still say that my suggestion is better by miles - feel free to disagree

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It's not a competition.

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You just think it isn't

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But it seems difficult to sustain any ideas beyond that and so with what you have at the moment, which appears to be a long stream of the same attack only ever so slightly different, it is in high danger of becoming boring.


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...a Blaster's primary is mainly damage. An attack in the set will be slightly different from the last one, different damage, different effects.

That's how powersets go.

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No it isn't. Ice Blast has two holds. Electric Blast has a hold and PBAoE end drain. Sonic has a cone knockback and a hold. And that's just what I can think of off the top of my head. Your powers are essentially exactly the same thing with just a different name and level of damage.

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Actually, theres a Build Up-style power in there...

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But it seems difficult to sustain any ideas beyond that and so with what you have at the moment, which appears to be a long stream of the same attack only ever so slightly different, it is in high danger of becoming boring.


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...a Blaster's primary is mainly damage. An attack in the set will be slightly different from the last one, different damage, different effects.

That's how powersets go.

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As Raven said, playing that set from 1 to 50 would get very boring, very quickly.


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I'm a bit confused by this logic. You don't seem to explain how it's boring.



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Interesting logic. Take something that people don't like and make an entire set out of it. Also buff a tier 1 power and possibly put it out of balance to justify the introduction of that set. Not going to happen.

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I'm not a dev, you know. I don't buff the sets so they're out of control. The devs buff so while it's still stronger, it's not out of control. Or at least they try.

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We the Supernation on defiant really went for number 1 Hero SG and it took us a while to do it

So don't expect for weekly or monthly changes

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Well, the 47 Ties are getting to you - we'll take your throne

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I see your using Comic Book Creator with this. I used to use CBC but after MashON.com took over I couldn't upload anything, so how do you host it?

Anyway, good stuff.

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Thanks, yeah I know what you mean, I don't really bother with MashON, although I believe a new version of CBC is out soon. CBC can publish files as jpegs or PDF's, so for hosting I upload jpeg images to a free blogsite I use and I use Yudu to host completed pdf's in the reader style which I have linked in my posts(this is also free).

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Ah, kay. Hmmm, that gives me a idea, turn the pages into JPEG and use Photobucket slideshow?

You're looking at it from names. Click the "Prestige" word on the window, it will list them from 1 to 100 from how many prestige they got.

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Well, Massively seem to want to stand behind their prediction:

http://www.massively.com/2009/01/10/...s-2/#continued

They still think that COH2 is coming when CO is announced and that this ain't gonna be a purchaseable add-on but a complete new game! Complete with, potentially, fixed PvP amongst other things. While the argument is ok, I'm not convinced. Why on earth would NCSoft alienate the current community with a new game utilising the current properties? Unless you can "Transport" into the new game? Still, something to read, and I'm wondering if there's more going on behind the scenes than anyone is willing to let on, and that includes GR who is obviously bound, gagged and yelling for all his worth in the NCSoft basement.

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Agreed - if they were planning a CoX2, then they would have pretty much decreased the amount of content they put in the game, and, as far as I'm concerned, I13 was just as big as any other issue.

NC are showing no signs of stopping production, CO and DCUO are still a few months away, and NC are realasing a MASSIVE feature. It looks like they're preparing for the realase of DCUO and CO with some big stuff. That's what devs do when they aren't making a sequel.

They prepare for the competition. You don't start afresh until you know that a large percentage of your playerbase is being taken away.

I see your using Comic Book Creator with this. I used to use CBC but after MashON.com took over I couldn't upload anything, so how do you host it?

Anyway, good stuff.

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1) Mistral
2) Ostro
3) Sirocco
4) Alize
5) Vendavel
6) Viento de Levante
7) Harmattan
8) Föhn
9) Bayamo

Local winds for local people

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I bet one of those are Estonian

Btw, SteelRat, I thought picking up on Gale would be a good thing? Turning an underused power into a powerset, so it would be more used. And they could buff Gale as well, make both of 'em popular.

Also, while sonic has the same affects as wind, they're different things. End of.

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or the power...

Break Wind ?

toxic damage.

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That would be much more suited to the Poison powerset

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I'm gonna take a crack at say that we'll probably won't even see Dual Pistols until Issue 16 or later

[/ QUOTE ]i know what issue Dual pistol are in and it will be issue ............. (eastenders closing music type thing) * tune into next week for more fourm actions, same fourm channel, same fourm time*

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Or the Bill "next time" thing:

"What!? That's not possible...did you kill Matt!?" - Ravenswing

"I didn't do it!" - Forsaken_Empire

"Guides! Guides! Get yer free guides here!" The_Phantoms

*FFM shoots The_Phantoms*

"We find FFM... *static*" - Jury

Sorry for not replying earlier - the stupid form is no longer valid thing hit.

I'd say it's pretty good, from my eyes. Someone with more number-knowledge and veterancy could go deeper and give some more comments on the set, though.

My first thought to seeing the thread title was "O...K..." but I realized it!!

You have achieved premartial level 50 dinging!! Well done