Tired Angel

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by EvilRyu View Post
    To the EU people dont be too upset. I know for alot of promotions they simply cant be done outside of the USA due to crazy laws and such in other countries. I am not saying this is one of them but if it was you really couldnt blame the devs on that. You still blame marketing for not thinking of something that could work for most if not all the countries.
    Im not sure about the legal bit EvilRyu as when WAR, STO and CO were released there were pre-order bonuses available to EU countries (well the UK at least).

    And although I don't necessarily blame the devs, it has taken there time to actually create the ingame bonuses for something that the EU player base won't have access to.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Coin View Post
    Seriously, I wrote a massive long post about how annoying this stuff is and how the EU gets kicked in the teeth again, but as always, we get ignored. Just like any comments about this will

    I particularly love the way the EU money they get is being used to develop something that we in the EU will never get access to.....
    I feel exactly the same Coin, after I wrote my post a few before yours I thought "is anyone actually going to pay attention to it" and I believe the answer is no.....
  3. Following the post I made on the thread about the newly announced pre-order bonuses for GR I thought I would say here how annoyed I am that developer time has been put into content that the EU servers won't have any access to.

    I had made my peace with not getting boxset but I feel this has now made a definite gap between NA and EU servers in terms of possible available content.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lyrik View Post
    So how about people who prepurchased? And how about those people in the EU? Remember? No box over here right? So even if I would want to buy this stuff from Gamestop I can't do anything with it right?

    I'll wait for the answer but I have a bad feeling about this...
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Blue Rabbit View Post
    Your Zero senses are correct. Not only do people outside the US NOT get a box, they are now excluded from another perks related to buying the expansion.

    That's 2-0 NC Soft! Way to go Marketing guys! You really, really are doing your best to keep up your image as heartless people only interested in sucking the last cent from buyers. Bless your little black shrivelled pebbles.
    This and this!

    I made my peace with not getting an EU boxset a little while ago but hearing this has actually really annoyed me again.

    The reason for this that although these pre-order bonuses were a marketing idea they would have taken developer time implement. So it has actually gotten to the point where the EU servers now do not have the same access to content as the NA ones!

    Its left me disalusioned with the future of the EU game if the developers are going to be putting in time to content that won't be made available to them.

    And I just want to be clear, I am happy with the idea that there are pre-order bonuses as they will help attract people to the game and I'm not bothered this was announced after the prepurchase. What I am not happy about is that content is being made for the NA servers that the EU ones have no way of getting.
  5. Hmmmm I woud either go with:
    * Snaptooth - our lovable yet overly annoying holiday friend
    * DJ Zero - because I the tune he plays in Pocket D
    * Twilight Sun - Because its a cool name!
    * Trina the Body Sculptress - because its such a cool name, espcially if I was in the art department!
  6. Tired Angel

    Tf / sf

    Im going to put my votes in for the following:
    * Synapse - only because battling NOTHING BUT CLOCKWORK for that long makes me want to hurt someone. The length isn't so bad, its just that there is no variety in it.
    * Citadel - similar to synapse but with council, but oddly I don't find it has soul destroying as the Synapse one.
    * Shadow Shard TFs - they are just to long in my opinion. Also if there are sections where you have to leave the shard maybe they could have a "short cut" you can use that acts as the mission entrance but it is in the Shard instead. Also please give Faathim the Kind the option to call him, there are other people who communicate with players other than cell phones (Im thinking of the several ghost contacts in the game).
    * Mender Silos TF - just to make the final big bad boss easier to hit for melee types that don't fly

    And Im also against reducing the timing for the respec Terra Volta trial. Remember this was designed for those that need to respec so there builds may not be optimal. I know things have changed since it was introduced but there still may be people who run it for that reason so need the down time between mobs to recover or to make sure the entire mob is defeated beore the next one spawns. What I would suggest is allowing a way for players to force the next wave, i.e. just clicking on doors or something. This allows the best of both worlds.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by AwesomusPrime View Post
    I know generally Geography can be a weak point for some but Canada does border the United States and accounts for more North American Land Mass than the US. So far it seems that "North America" means "The United States of" specifically and I kind of hate that.

    Anyway benefit of the doubt for now and I restate the question, has anyone heard anything about Canada. The retailers providing preorders for Going Rogue only ship to the US, and NC says it's available in NA. NA=/=US
    I sense a sore issue, so sorry if I offended . I know exactly where Canada and I made an assumption that they meant United States only release when they say North America.

    From what I have read they have not differentiated in terms of NA being Canada & US or just the US. It may be worth PMing a Red Name to get some clarification on the subject.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by AwesomusPrime View Post
    Considering the box version is available for preorder on both Amazon.com and Newegg.com but not Amazon.ca or newegg.ca what's the word on availability outside of the United States?

    Everything official says North America, but I'd really hate to wait until July/August/September to roll DS or DP just to find out my only option is via the NC Store and I could have bought it months ago.

    Will Canadians get to buy a physical box or just US customers?
    The boxed set is only available in North America - anywhere else that plays on the NA servers will have to import it and those that don't only have the option to buy the digital version.
  9. I'm going to throw in a vote for Mind/Trick Arrow.

    I've gotten one to 50 and found that he is a very safe build to solo. Not overly fast at first in the earlier levels but with the sheer amount of single target and AoE control you get you will be very safe. You get:
    * 2 ST holds
    * 2 AoE holds
    * 1 ST sleep
    * 2 AoE sleep
    * 1 ST confuse
    * 1 AoE confuse
    * 1 cone fear
    * 1 ST Immobilise

    If you take the 3 ST damaging powers from Mind that helps, as people have said Levitate does decent damage and isn't just Psi damage. And then when you get Oil Slick Arrow you will have something that will happily deal with those pesky Psi resistant mobs!

    Mass Hypnosis (or Total Domination/EMP Arrow for sleep resistant mobs) => Disruption Arrow => Glue Arrow => Oil Slick Arrow => Fireball (or something else to light the Oil Slick pre lvl 41)

    That combo is one of my fav and it eats mobs alive! Espcially if you are stealthed and once they are burning you can throw on an Acid Arrow for some extra -res and clear up with your ST attacks and terrify.
  10. I had the idea of making my WS a member of the PPD Awakened department - with the idea that she was previously a member of the police force when she became joined and transferred afterwards. She would face prejudice etc from the PBs due to their distrust of a WS etc etc

    Anyway I was trying to recreate their costume in the cossie creator and couldn't get an exact match because not all of the patterns are available and we don't get Kheldian sashes (first time this had bothered me!). But this is the closest I could get in approximation:



    With the Awakened picture for comparison

  11. My Night Widow is called Poison Araneae (which is another name for spider) and isn't really a proper Widow.

    For a start he is a he! Ive haven't actually seen another male Night Widow running around.

    He is actually a hired hitman (with some big sociopathic tendancies) who originally called himself Poison Skull. He would never remove his skull mask in public and he wanted to increase his skills and abilities. So he seduced a Widow trainer and got her to share with him the skills of the Night Widows. Unfortunately he actually fell in love with her and in a moment of passion removed his skull mask and the trainer saw his face. So he ended up killing her out of anger and regret. He returned to his life as a hitman for hire but changed his name to Poison Araneae as a sign of respect for his dead love.
  12. Hmmmm Maurader seems to have become bit more developed than previously. His old bio used to say:

    Bred for battle, Marauder loves nothing more than fighting and destroying his enemies. Most perceive that he serves Tyrant like a vicious dog but, only follows the leader of the Praetorians for the slaughter.

    Now he seems to be bit more intelligent than a "vicious dog" if he was crossing Praetorian America saving people, restoring order, etc etc

    Edit - and even more forearm mounted guns on NPCs, oh please can we have them!

    Edit again - and I love the Kill Billish black and yellow leather outfit that Syndicate guy has going on
  13. You're also listed on the City of Heroes EU website and on the updater! Thanks Avatea

    Edit - And they even list Rosie and Coin! You're famous guys - can I have your autograph?
  14. I tried this very briefly on my Dark/Fire Brute. To say it was brief would be an understatement! I think my clones got access to Gloom so my toHit was through the floor before I even got into Melee range!

    Slightly related - but hero side I tried the story arc with my Fire/Fire tank. To say two Fire/Fire tanks fighting was an uphill struggle would be an understatement. I also tried it on my Warshade and although she didn't get her forms she did get Inky Aspect so was stunned within a few seconds!
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by magikwand View Post
    Isn't the limiter set to 25 seconds? Or maybe 20. I don't think it is 60 seconds.
    Its 30 seconds for costume changes
  16. Tired Angel

    All Things Art

    I just wanted to say after running the new Posi TF last night that the new maps for it were amazing!

    Very atmospheric and I found very creepy!

    I would love to see more maps like this (and Im sure you have plenty of others up your sleeve for GR!).

    One thing I was thinking is that there is a map Redside were there is a Crey Lab map which had been destroyed with wrecked walls and fires. Even the lifts work differently were you can jump down a tube to get to the next floor. I was wondering if that kind of setup can be used for some of the future maps you design?
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Castle View Post
    Pretty close. I can't say which bits are wrong, but...pretty darn close! The tier 4 "unique power" is quickly becoming one of my favorite powers in the game.
    At least I know I wasn't imagining things - but PLEEEEEASE a couple more sneak peeks!
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tenzhi View Post
    I wouldn't call those "completely different to any other control set." AoE sleeps abound, and the latter ability seems similar to Hot Feet.

    I'm curious as to what they are going to do that will be so different, myself, and whether it will be different enough to distract me from the Kinetic Melee set.
    My original thoughts were definitely thinking an AoE sleep but like you say Tenzhi says that is just like the powers in Ice and Earth
  19. You are right there but although I was looking forward to Electric Control anyhow the pessimist in me was thinking that it wouldn't be that original and would be using clones of existing powers.
  20. Has anyone from their chat logs got what I think Castle said about Electric Control and how half its powers being completely different from any other control set? The numpty that I am forgot to switch his chat log on last night :S
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay View Post

    *Looks at avatar*

    ... pleaseyes.
    Oh Yes! GleeMail should definitely stick!
  22. Now I will probably get shot down for this for not having the quote (I am such an idiot for not having my chat log switched on!) - hopefully one of the other EU players will be able to help me - but something I think Castle said about Electric Control on the EU test server last night was that half the powers are completely different to any other control set.

    For me that got me quite excited
  23. At one time I think there were two Lord Recluses as well as the other RV AVs on top of the GMs!

    To say it was messy at some points is an understatement!
  24. In terms of getting LotG I have fond that by just doing story arcs from 5-24 Ive managed to accumilate 100 or so merits so Im not to worried about where I am going to get them for my Mule powers as I haven't even run any TFs yet,
  25. Just come off of Defiant after being on there for an hour or so! And yes it was good fun with all the AV and GM smashing!