Tyger42
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Aside from perhaps the Kryptonite, Supes' weaknesses always seem to be cobbled in for storyline specific purposes. I recall at least one occasion where he was saying how it felt so good to go all-out on some major bad guy during a fight because he always had to walk on egg shells because he was afraid of breaking everything around him. In that particular fight, so much damage had already been done and so much more would be done by not winning that he would do more harm than good by holding back.
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Quote:Allow me to introduce you to a guy named "Superman"......Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
I said it's an anime trope THAT DOESN'T FIT IN WITH THE GAME UNIVERSE. I made no comments one way or the other about it being "acceptable," just that it can't jive with CoX. Western equivalents don't fit in either, but are far less prevalent.
This was also covered in follow-up posts, which you apparently didn't read either. Popular Western comics don't allow for heroes with the power to destroy planets, and those that do either are able to do so via some extremely temporary extenuating circumstances (e.g., Marvel's "Cosmic Force") or are rapidly de-powered or rebooted in the next story line. -
Quote:I think this is exactly the problemOriginally Posted by Freitag
I think a lot of people have, as some people have stated, seen very little anime, and what anime they have been exposed to may not have been representative of the entire genre
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Quote:No, I quoted something to give you flack for criticizing anime for something Western ( and, really, ANY animation/comic style ) is guilty of. It's not a matter of whether you acknowledge it or not, but the fact that you seem to feel it's acceptable in formats other than anime... As I've said before in this thread, there's Western stuff out there that makes the most twisted Anima/Manga stuff look tame.Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
You quoted me to give me flack for overlooking something that I acknowledged within the quoted text? Classy. :/
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Quote:I'm sorry, here I thought that the "opposite of what we need" would be making people feel they are being forced into a play style they don't enjoy. People who want to team will. Those who don't will quit if the game starts forcing them to team.Originally Posted by JayboH
Wouldn't it encourage more soloing, the opposite of what we said we need?
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Quote:Yes there are no characters at all like that in western comics.... /sarcasmOriginally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Not exactly.
For starters, any anime where characters are strong enough to destroy an entire planet single-handedly won't mix with the CoX universe. So there's a power level limit somewhere in there.
See aboveQuote:And not to mention any adult-themed sub-categories, since this game is T-rated (though that obviously applies equally to Western art styles as well) -
Quote:Here's a thought: If they add them and you don't like them, DON'T PANCAKING USE THEM!!!!!! They are options. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean they aren't.Originally Posted by mercykilling
Anime=/= options. Nice try, though.
Options would be things like...multiple choices for power animations/colors. Having a single item for use in bases to seperate room height -like a floor does-. Or actual stairs that go up a single flight. Additional costume pieces, yes. But not asian/anime flavored. -
Quote:Female club hairstyle looks decent. Male version looks...derpy as @$%!Originally Posted by Megajoule
I wonder how many posters here just hate the "club" haircuts on anyone.
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Quote:Let's not forget costume sets, since that one is more relevant to weapon skins. That still supports your point, though.Originally Posted by Scythus
How many power sets on average were we getting back then?
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Quote:Depends on the accuser's definition of "money grubbing territory". In this case, it was a perfectly valid response.Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
I really don't think this is a valid response to anyone who ever points out when the company crosses into "money grubbing" territory.
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Quote:Yes, it says that VIP players aren't elitist jerks who are willing to move off of their home servers where they have a long-established community they are a part of just to stay away from the premium players. There's no reason to move to Exalted, so they don't. It does NOT, however, say a damn thing about the quality of the perks overall from being a VIP.Originally Posted by Gemini_2099
The funny thing is the most populated servers are still Freedom and Virtue, not the designated VIP server. That says it all really.
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Quote:I'd specifically point to the /b/ section of 4chan being guilty for a LOT of the trolling idiocy on the internet these days. Have you never heard the term "b-tard"?Originally Posted by Leo_G
You're not alone. The mysteries of 4chan must be rather prolific since I thought it was just some internet image board and yet it shaped the internet as we know it.
It must be like the sun, a subject you can study and learn about but don't look directly into it without proper eyeware and even then, not for too long
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Quote:...and, yet, you don't bother telling me in what way I'm wrong. So why even say anything in the first place?Originally Posted by Moderated_IRL
I couldn't even begin to tell you how wrong this is.
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Quote:Well, that for me falls under the umbrella of "bad management".Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
That and the customer service was nonexistant.
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Quote:Honestly, TOR itself wasn't a bad game. My problem had more to do with the management.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
One of the funniest parts of the whole TORtanic catastrophe is just how poor it looks for the budget it had
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Quote:It'd be like a new fast food chain gunning out the door to top McDonald's. Ain't gonna happen. Well, it may happen, but it'd be insane to make that your goal and plan your whole business model around achieving it, including how much you invest in development of your product and marketing. ( Sure, McDonald's is kinda crappy even for fast food, but they're too well established to be knocked off the top of the hill... )Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
IDK, I think there is something to what you say in the sense that you do want to be able to turn a profit with as few subs as possible. While 500k is more a lot of games can handle I can understand them thinking they could get 2-3 million steady subs going in.
I just don't get them thinking they were going to beat WoW. That is where I felt the level of hubris in the room need to be counterbalance. I am sure as usual in the corporate environment, someone expressed some doubt about that, but probably was let go short there after, for not being a "team" player. Telling the truth in the corporate environment can get you fired. -
Quote:Yeah, the hairstyles on some of 'em are my only complaint.Originally Posted by Roderick
I'm OK with most of it, but...
I hate that hair, and these two look REALLY stupid. And there's something off about the mask on the latter picture. I don't like it either.
Of course, I also like the CoT revamp, so what do I know.
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Quote:Try the Final Fantasy games before 7...Originally Posted by mercykilling
I've -tried- to watch and like anime shows. Really I have. I simply can't. Nor can I fathom -why- anyone would like such tripe. The Final Fantasy games? Tried to like them....didn't. Huge weaponry and over the top martial arts don't appeal to me.
You've obviously never been exposed to the HUGE amount of western comic/animated porn out there. There's a lot of stuff that can make the sickest hentai look tame that comes from right here in the USA.Quote:Hentai doesn't help anime's case either. There's a godawful amount of truly sick subject matter in it. -
Quote:....yes, because this NEVER happens with comic book fans. Well, you know, except ALL THE PANCAKING TIME!Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
Second, there's a bit of a stigma that comes with anime; a lot of it stems from the folks who go absolutely overboard with their fandom and end up defending their most favored series like rabid cats.
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Quote:4chan. That's about all the answer you need. Anime became popular, and the trolls ( who are often closet hipsters ) started hating it just for that reason. The trolling hate became so prolific that it started to influence some non-trolls' opinions as well.Originally Posted by Kirsten
I've been going about the fora for a while, and I've noticed that many posters hold no love for the idea of adding anime-inspired, well, anything to the game. I never understood why this was. I mean, there's no rule that says superheroes need to fit Western standards...Son Goku and Ichigo Kurosaki are just as much superheroes as Batman or Spidey.
So I have finally come to this particular forum to pose the following question:
Why all the Manga hate?
I get that there are people who dislike anime and came to that opinion completely on their own. But the rabid HATE? Nah, that's the troll-influence speaking. For example, if you can't handle the game having influences from a genre you don't like and feel the need to flame anyone who has the gall to suggest ANYTHING from that genre be added to the game? You need to seriously reevaluate how you came to your opinions on that genre in the first place. -
Necroposting is bad, mm'kay?
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[QUOTE=Golden Girl;4357361]Quote:That goal in itself is a recipe for failure.Originally Posted by Kitsune Knight
Their target was to overtakle WoW - which makes their failure all the more humilating - and funny -
Quote:Oh, sorry, I forgot. Any game that can't retain all its players indefinitely is doing things wrong....Originally Posted by RemusShepherd
Have you considered the possibility that you only see long-time players who agree with the system because all the others left? An observation made with extreme sampling bias is no datum at all.
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Quote:Just still shaking my head every time I see people apparently basing their perceptions of "success" and "failure" numbers off of that other behemoth MMO. Frankly, if they budgeted their development so that they'd need more than 500k subscribers to turn a profit, they're setting themselves up for a huge chance of failure.Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
It certainly would not be considered the average MMO and I think you know that. Having said that, I am still not sure what the point of your post is, mind elaborating?
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Quote:So, what exactly qualifies an old player as a "great" old player? Do they have to agree with your OPINION? What does that make the rest of us who've been around since beta?Originally Posted by RemusShepherd
I am *an* example of a long term player, but perhaps not the ur-example. Maybe I was, once, but all who were like me left the game. Someday there'll only be fossils of the great old players, our bones imprinted in the rocks of the high-rez revamp of the Hollows someday...