The_Phantoms_EU

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Seems like I Killed a n00b will be the winner cos its got 2 votes (me and Soul_Storm)...

Wait, GR, come back, pwease!

Somebody just locket, please. (locket = lock it, if you didn't know)

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The Westin Phipps missions in Grandville are pretty nasty, but they're still there.

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Yeah first time round I didn't bother to read and just went with it but...when I read a tear comes to the eye.

But only one tear.

AKA, I've seen more horrible things done.

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having competition pushes us to look at our own game and see how we can improve City of Heroes and stay competitive. You're going to see a lot more features that we thought we'd never be able implement over the next year or so.'


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O.k besides the stuff we alrdy know of i13/i14 what else couldnt they/we do now compared to like 2 yrs bk? (i know 2 yrs is a big gap technology wise)..does make u wonder

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Extra stuff for our avatars would be nice

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Jay is sexy.

'Nuff said.

(ofc I want more cossie pieces, we are getting more )

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I'm not so sure that frustration is such a good selling point for an entertainment product.

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That's not my point.

For newbies its quite a push getting to level 14, and theres a fitting reward for it. Theres not too much frustration along the way.

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the MMO's still going strong

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There we go! Proof the game aint dying

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I think the point was made not about population, but about if the game is still being made or not.

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I would have never expected to see a travel power appearing that can replace normal travel powers. Yet we have the flight pack and soon the even more handy tp to mission.


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I'd like travel powers to be available from level 1 when you make you avatar.

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No. Simply no.

For all the wrong reasons. This is the last thing I want to see happening.

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I think it'd be more useful - you'd get access to the travel pools at 1, then the second pick at 6 - it'b be like you get it once you graduate from the starting zone.

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Haha, you're lost for ideas, aren't you?

1. We'd lose a legendary concept in this game of "EARNING" it.

2. All the Hazard Zones would be out of buisness. Instantly.

3. Level 14 is a important level for your character, it's where you start to unwrap and understand your sets positives and negatives. And of course the Travel Power you worked so hard for.

It takes away a massive feeling of accomplishment of the game, getting frustrated while in Hazard Zones would be eliminated, and I'm sure there's other reasons.

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I would have never expected to see a travel power appearing that can replace normal travel powers. Yet we have the flight pack and soon the even more handy tp to mission.


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I'd like travel powers to be available from level 1 when you make you avatar.

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No. Simply no.

For all the wrong reasons. This is the last thing I want to see happening.

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They never give release dates before issues go live.

Issue 13 is still in closed beta, it may hit open beta next week, and could go live around end of Nov or early Dec.

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That gives me a excuse to download the Test Server again, meh...

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A quick mock-up of a Dual Pistols set;

Pistols

Dual Wield

Empty Clips

Incendiary Round (Dual Wield with moderate fire DoT afterwards, 2x recharge)

Impossible Shot (ST snipe, superior damage, half interrupt time than normal snipes)

Reload (Aim with a 30 second recharge, 1.5 second interrupt)

Cover Fire (180 degree cone, moderate DoT, foe -tohit(7% unenhanced))

Cripple (ST -speed(20 seconds, -40%), moderate DoT, 30% chance for immob(15 seconds, enhancable))

Eat Lead (PBAoE extreme damage, 5 tick DoT over 6 second animation, during animation player defence is buffed by 30%(unenhancable) and resistance by 50%(unenhancable), 60 second recharge)


Main idea of the set being quick recharging attacks, lots of DoT and soft control, like a cross between Archery and Claws.

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That sounds pretty good actually.

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Yeah - I hate it when people say powersets are gimped cos of their origin, well if that was so why are the swords effective, hmmmmm?

All you need to do is to mess with the stats a little, come up with a good concept for the powers that fits in, and there, no worries.

Hehe, poor guy. I bet he made a concept for it already...

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Your 'sources'?

Do tell.

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If I revealed my sources then they'd be your sources, maybe our sources, but they're not, the clue is in the name, 'my sources'.

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God...do I hate people who go say: My sources and then go: I can't tell because <enter stupid reason>

Shut up about your sources to begin with then. Or go to them with your problem...as they probably care more.

But I suppose this was a hidden Doom thread to begin with...and that's logical...because it's Saturday again...

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/sings Saturday Saturday Saturday /stops singing

I've attempted to take on board previous advice on this. See what you think.
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Chapter 4: Hurricane Detrich

"So, Astral Outburst, what's all this senselessness?" Alexander stated.

"This is the place we like to call the Hollows," Astral Outburst replied. "For years this place has been desolate. But I must show you something. Something which that chemical did to you and how it will prevail you for the rest of your life - and the world. The weather forecast is changing for today..."

Astral Outburst conjure a hurricane of tremondous power. The amount of rain and wind was torrential. The hurricane was like the eye of a monster of the wind element. It rushed and hurried itself to the whole of Eastgate quickly, and made it quite clear that it wasn't going to be a clarious day in Eastgate.

"I'll call it Hurricane Detrich, after you." Astral Outburst stated.

"This is all well and boisterous, but what's this all about? What did that chemical do? How do I know you're called Astral Outburst? Why are you showing me your powers? (FFM ) It simply doesn't make sense." Alexander proclaimed.

Meanwhile, in the folorn lab, William's project still let out it's sickening wail; the lout itself had no idea that it's mindless intent would bring back William in quite another way...
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I have tried to take on board the advice that has been suggested so far.

Hmmmm, I think next I will do the Characters Profiles. This will hopefully give some more insight to who our characters are and what they do.

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What would happen if the devs all simultaniously went insane?

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They would allow me to post.

Awesome! I loved the Barack Obama pic!

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Ack!

Macs are not "just" PCs. While the hardware is now pretty much the same since the switch to intel, the Mac motherboards use EFI instead of a BIOS for initialising the hardware. There are a few PC motherboards that are starting to add support for EFI (And Vista is EFI-aware) but it's still pretty rare (And why you can't just run OSX on a PC without some tweaking).

CoX Mac will not be running under any kind of emulation either - as I said in my earlier post, it will be using Cedega, which is based on WINE, which is a reimplementation of the Windows API, not emulation of it, which means it runs as fast (and often faster) than the native Windows version.

That all being said, make an offical Linux version damn you!

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Better suggestion: Put it on 360 and PS3, so we can have the infamous community of WoW but nobody complains about not getting teams and low server population!!!

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Because porting it to a console would involve a hell of a lot more work than is being done for this.

They'd have to completely rewrite the base code to allow for control pads (Which IIRC are not supported by the game currently), as well as rewrite the UI and various other features which in the current state of people demanding bigger updates is not feasible.

This on the other hand is a relatively simple process which will provide a boost to the playerbase.

Just to make sure, I mean relatively simple compared to porting it to a console.

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I was j/king, hate the kinda people playing FPSes online these days...

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Ack!

Macs are not "just" PCs. While the hardware is now pretty much the same since the switch to intel, the Mac motherboards use EFI instead of a BIOS for initialising the hardware. There are a few PC motherboards that are starting to add support for EFI (And Vista is EFI-aware) but it's still pretty rare (And why you can't just run OSX on a PC without some tweaking).

CoX Mac will not be running under any kind of emulation either - as I said in my earlier post, it will be using Cedega, which is based on WINE, which is a reimplementation of the Windows API, not emulation of it, which means it runs as fast (and often faster) than the native Windows version.

That all being said, make an offical Linux version damn you!

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Better suggestion: Put it on 360 and PS3, so we can have the infamous community of WoW but nobody complains about not getting teams and low server population!!!

IT WELL ALL BE GONE TO THE UNIONITES!!!

PvE.

And I just created a new DB/EA. Even though it's only lvl 2 it's just soooo fun to play for some reason! Loving it for the first 2 lvls

Intresting article.

The obvious problem is theyre saying "theres loads and loads" when theres only 3...and 2 havent been realsed yet.

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Thats about right for EU staff, had you been on a US server that would have been sorted for you within the hour.

Your lucky they didnt tell you to upgrade your drivers in French.

Or blame it on ya ISP.

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as bad as this sounds it matchs up with alot of my experiances to the point when i get a problem on the eu servers unless its huge i tend to ignore it and keep gamin, but similar things i would ignore here i wouldnt think twice about sending a peition for over on the us servers

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Poor show to hear that other people have had similar experiences. I was hoping to find that I was in a minority.

My sources tell me that in the not too distant future there will be some kind of merging with the US (although unclear what form that will take). And although I'd never wish redundancy on anyone I will not bat an eyelid when I no longer have to rely on the EU staff for any assistance required.

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Your 'sources'?

Do tell.

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His brain, maybe?

But seriously, EU support is poor. Anything beyond a question and they seem to be stupified. And there's always the famous "AI" e-mails

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It would be as meaningful to ask "would you continue to play if all the dev went insane and coverted all the villain mobs into pink fluffy bunnies". It's something that simply isn't going to happen, so it is stupid to get in a flap over it.

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Issue 16

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Issue 15...no, wait, 14.

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Hello, this is IP Funny Colours Games, giving you the low down on all the latest realases.

Today, IP Funny Colours Games have the privelage of interviewing City of Heroes and Villians Developer, Matt Miller! Let's begin our Q&A with him about the new update to the game, Issue 14.

IPFC Games: So, Matt, what's the title of Issue 14?

Matt: We're calling it Evil Bunny Architect. It fits right in with the concept.

IPFC Games: So I hear this new enemies turning into evil bunnies thing is "the coming storm" that was rumoured about. Is this a Nemesis plot?

Matt: You betcha your life it is. *mutters* And so is this website...

IPFC Games: So, what kind of challenging will our Heroes and Villians will be facing?

Matt: Well, they'll be facing the evil bunny reincarnation of all the enemy groups. It's been suggested since the game was realased, and now we have the tech to put it out. We'll also be pitting Heroes and Villians against a strange force known as the Bunnydom. Excuse me, I need to go to the restroom. Lucozade is niiiiiiiiiice...

That's all from us! See ya next time!


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Sorry. I meant Energy Aura in my previous post.

Explain your problem to NC again and emphasis that it's not a mistake. That will convince them.

I find that most of my respones are helpful, probably becuase I don't petition much...