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Quote:Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
No, no, no - I say one of the newest 50s should be inducted into the Phalanx:
SISTER FLAME!
Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
+1 for this idea.
What do you think Wyll? Would it be interesting to see your Daughter's Namesake get into the Phalanx?
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Quote:Z...Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Guys...guys...guys...
One word.
Flambeaux
You still have that [LRM Rocket] that got used on Synapse over the Beast Mastery leak? Don't you?
Suggesting that twit, I think, would be considered a useable offense. Now if you had suggested Fussionette instead...
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Quote:Now hold it right there.Originally Posted by Dark One
Counterpoint:
As for the people who were mad at LoT, they had the option to not read his threads and increase the thread count per page so that their pet topics stayed on their "first" page. Instead they complained at the guy who genuinely enjoyed this forum and wanted people to know about things going on in geekdom.
Now I didn't have a problem w/LoT as a person, per say. I did have a problem with how he posted. He would seemingly bot post 10 - 15 threads at one time, several posting the exact or near exact info as currently active threads of the time. Yes, I understand he was ill and perhaps that was the best way he could of posted stuff. My problem was he could of searched a little before posting. Why start a new thread when there is clearly an on going discussion?
And to be honest, I get what Seven & Maestro are getting at. I kinda miss how CH/VC was. While I understand that the Corp side wants to keep their players interested in only their little bubble, realistically that ain't the case. CH/VC was a bit of a outlet for the Forumites to talk, within reason of course, about non-CoX stuff. Yes, it still is, but not to the extent it was.
And for the record, I have my Page setting set to the max. -
I'd have to say my Account would be in the Low F Range. My GF's Account would either be in the High G to Low F Range as well. Neither of us really Market, but it's not uncommon to have a number of our Characters having several million INF on them, as well as, a couple of Characters have been gifted large amounts of INF in the past as well.
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:::Groan:::
It's ok... but It's no Little Vader.
And besides, I'll take this rendition of SW music anyday.
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Quote:Europe?Originally Posted by Dante
In with the obligatory "When are you coming to Europe?" question.
Now back to your usual programming.
How about a Midwestern version of the Pummit?
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In the CC, capes are located under Back Items ---> Capes. From there they are broken down by Mantle, then specific capes (long, short, then the Special Capes (like the Origin ones)).
Hope that helps.
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Quote:I don't have a Facebook account and I was able to see it just fine. In fact I just double checked the link as I was typing the reply up.Originally Posted by JChaos
Any chance we can get this video on Youtube, for those of us who refuse to sell our soul to facebook?Quote:Originally Posted by Zwillinger
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Quote:Honestly, Z...Originally Posted by Zwillinger
You didn't need to open up w/the [LRM Rocket] on the poor sap. Just a couple of tags to the back of the head w/the TW Rocket Mallet would of worked...
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Godless, The following is for you...
One of the most used Cut/Paste replys out there.
Thank Memphis_Bill for this... (Doc Roswell, I'm surprised I still had a copy of it saved...)
Quote:Now honestly, Godless, At this point in the Game's life, if there hasn't been a server merge of some sort already, I wouldn't expect one anytime soon.Why server consolidation is not a good idea.
Welcome to the forum. You have posted one of the oft repeated suggestions, "Consolidate the servers."
Disclaimer
Yes. This is a cut and paste reply that I keep handy, as well as a quick bit of instruction on how to search. Neither are meant to cause fights or to be insulting. The search instructions are in, not just because forum rules say flat out to search, but to help you and anyone else reading this use the search tool effectively.
The body of the cut and paste reply is the way it is because we've seen these arguments numerous times before. They're a summary of the salient points that come up each time. They are not here to insult you, make you feel stupid or otherwise "bring you down a peg." Instead, they are meant as instruction and information. Please read through the points and the explanation behind them to see the issues that are commonly brought up in response. They may not always match your suggestion 100% - in fact, you may have explained around one or two of them - but they're there for consideration and refinement of your idea.
Yes, I do look forward to the time, with some of these suggestions, that someone not only addresses all the points, but does so exceptionally well. It'll probably be added to the end of the cut/paste reply, with credit. For now, though, read and consider the points. They really are just there to help you, and move discussion along to help ideas evolve.
If you're going to see this and say an "evil forum vet is just shooting down your idea," or "You think you're the last word because of your post count," you're wrong. Heck, if you say the second, you've just worried more about my post count than I have in the last four plus years. Tongue-in-cheek comments in here are meant as hummor, not put downs.
TL,DR section.
First, my stock answer, one which I stand by and repeat with all due fervor. HELL NO.
Searching effectively
1. Click on "Search" up at the top of the forum.
2. On the left, under "Forum(s) to search," select "Suggestions and ideas."
3. On the right, Keyword Search Terms. This is probably where your problem was if you did search. Try the following, exactly as typed:
+server -pvp -"re: "
This will search for anything with "Server" in the title, including Servers, Combine Servers, Consolidate Servers, and The Server At Mcdonalds Is Rude. it will eliminate "PVP," so you won't see PVP server requests, and the -re: portion of it removes replies, so you'll see the root of every thread that comes up, letting you see just how many threads there are on this. (The last helps for other subjects, as well.)
4. Click the "In subject" radio button. This is a search, not a cute blonde in a bikini. Here, you want to ignore the body.
5. Leave Username Search blank.
6. Date range, Newer Than, change the 1 to a 3, and the time to Months.
7. Result format doesn't matter. Click on "Submit."
As I try this now, (12/3/08,) we have:
Consolidate Server
Server Stats RSS Feed
$server modifier ofr chat
Fix the forum server
Earlyissue server
Merging low population server
Combine slow server
Server status
Global chat on the Character and Server Screens
Rated M server
Add Ponies, Nerf Vills, merge Servers, PistolMelee
Server Visiting
Display Central Time on Server Status Page
Ignoring the smartalec reply, that's three full discussions about this topic.
You should have read one of them if (inevitably) something similar comes up in your search.
Now, on to the topic at hand....
Why server consolidation is not a good idea.
1. Just because YOU like living in New York City doesn't mean I can't like Kansas.
Yay, you love having huge lag spikes as you get near the black market/wentworths and a busy broadcast. Congrats. Enjoy Freedom. Some of us - many of which you will get replies from with this subject - like *low population* servers. If we *wanted* to be on Freedom, we'd *be* on Freedom.
I have characters on Freedom. I rarely play them (and actually moved a character OFF of Freedom to finish leveling it to 50) because *I DON'T LIKE FREEDOM.* I dislike the banality of broadcast, the high percentage of *horrid* teams I've come across there, the lag around any gathering point- and I've got a decent connection and system. For much the same reason, I typically startin Galaxy City instead of Atlas Park - I don't *want* to log in to a costume contest with several 50s spamming powers and nonsense arguments in broadcast.
Some of us *like* nice, quiet servers.
2, Kansas, part 2.
In addition, servers have their own personalities. No, I don't mean that literally, there's no AI to worry about if you start hearing "Daisy, Daisy" over your speakers or headset. Freedom's a crowded mess. Virtue is the RP server. Pinnacle is the "Drunk" server. Others have specific communities, such as those from Australia/NZ, Europe, etc.
3. "I only saw one other person. World of Conancraft has eleventy billion!"
So what?
We don't run around camping spawn points in this game. People are in missions. People are spread across many zones. Search on a map or do a /whoall and you'll miss those in missions, as well as those who are, for whatever reason, on /hide. Your "search" there didn't give you a full picture, not in the least.
I understand the "feel" of things being "not very populated," but take a good look around when you're in game. Typically, you don't really have a lot of visibility. Standing in steel canyon, there could be multiple, full 8 person groups surrounding you, and it's likely you'd never see them. We have buildings, walls, architecture, trees and more limiting our visibility. Yes, it can make you feel more alone... but that's rarely the case. Add to that that the population is spread between many, MANY zones, most quite large, and among two sides... well...
4. "I put up my LFT flag and nothing happened!"
Learn to search. Don't just wait. Form a team yourself.
5. "I AM SPARTACUS!" No, not any more.
Remember logging in and seeing all those slots? Everyone has those - some buy more than the base 12, you get an extra one each year, you could have a total of 36 on any server. Everyone does. Every one has a character with a unique name. Maybe not a *good* name, but a unique one. Every one has a character with a unique name. Maybe not a *good* name, but a unique one.
Now merge servers. Suddenly, CoolBlasterDude from server 1 is getting merged with CoolBlasterDude from Server 2. Who gets to keep their name? Nobody has been able to answer this with any degree of satisfaction. Add a number? But I am NOT CoolBlasterGuy1. And what if the name's too long? Does the older character keep it? What if they're not as active?
People are *VERY* attached to their names. They are, quite obviously, part of their character.
6. "This Is SPARTA!" Sorry, Sparta exists already. You are GenericSG 8734 287 9798.
What else has a name? Supergroups. And I can *guarandamntee* that the same name is in use on multiple servers. Sometimes it's 'branches' of the same SG, sometimes it's coincidence. But with *everything* involved in an SG - from its identity and reputation on the server, to everything stored in the database about what it owns, what its base is like and such, this would be a disaster in the making. And no, auto merging them when the servers merge, even if they have room to, is not an option.
This, of course, assumes that they *CAN* move supergroups as a unit. More than likely, it'd just be a mass character move, with bases, prestige, anything stored in bases and all SG affiliations just gone forever.
7. "I am... where'd Spartacus go?"
Remember all those slots? Well, you start with 1/3 of the available ones. You can buy up to 36 total (24 on top of the ones you get initially.) Now, what do you suppose would happen if you merged two servers, and someone has, say, 20 characters on each? Not unusual. In fact, before those extra slots, I had *filled up* several servers. Do those characters just disappear? Do they move? Free move to another server sounds great, right... well, except you now kick them from their supergroup, remove them from their friends lists and more. This makes for angry and unhappy customers. Or rather, ex customers.
8. I will play where I damn well want to. And you can too.
And that should be blunt enough. If I want a crowded server, I'll go to Freedom. If I want an RP server, I'll go to Virtue. I do NOT want to be shoved onto another server I *don't* like. If I wanted to go there, *I'd be there.*
If the server you're on isn't "busy" enough for you, you have two options that won't bother anyone else.
(A) If it's low enough, reroll. You have a ton of character slots for a reason.
(B) If you don't want to reroll, server transfers are available, and relatively cheap. They also finish fast - you should be up and running and being spammed to join someone's SG on the new server in a few minutes, in most instances. So YOU can go to the server of YOUR choice without screwing ME over.
9. "It'll free up server hardware for Freedom!" No, no it won't.
Freedom, because of the load it tends to have, already has more resources dedicated to it than other servers. And ALL of the servers have been upgraded multiple times. The servers are not allocated exactly the same. The servers that handle less of a load have less dedicated to them. So this argument doesn't fly.
10. DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Last but not least (at least until better points come along to be added,) server consolidation is widely viewed in the industry as an MMO going on life support. No, we don't have WoWs numbers (and you should actually pay attention to when and how they got those.) They're an abberation in the MMO industry. COH has had and does have a very successful, sustainable population even at its lowest points, so there's no economic need to combine anything. The flip side of that, of course, has been suggested above - you crowd people together, break up their SGs and friends lists, cause characters to go missing and people definitely *will* quit, both out of annoyance and a sense of "The game is almost dead!"
In conclusion....
As stated before, when it comes to server consolidation... HELL NO.
Also, remember the flak given when the NA & EU Server lists were merged last year? You wouldn't believe how upset a good number of EU players were at losing their Globals to inactive, but valid, NA accounts.
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Quote:Not sure a HD makeover would work for JQ. Granted I have the DVD release of that set and it looks good. Then again, if a video remaster was done, maybe a audio remaster could be done as well (thinking of the OP in 5.1 Surround...).Originally Posted by Father Xmas
Original 1964-1965 Jonny Quest. 26 episodes, jazz opening, super science, VTOL aircraft, jet packs, etc. The best Hanna-Barbera series of all time.
Also...
So many titles already mentioned that would be interesting to see done. So many titles...
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Quote:Umm C_L...Originally Posted by Celestial_Lord
This is the one of the two main reasons why I jumped to the Exalted server the day it opened. Despite being the #3 server population wise, haven't had a single gold vendor there yet as far as I'm aware of. VIP server ftw.
A few have been idiotic enough to show up on Exalted's help channel as well.
As to the OP...
Honestly, the best we palyers can do is /IgnoreSpammer. Otherwise, like Michelle stated, Don't use the services in the first place! Eventually the overall environment will not be profitable and they'll go away.
Anything else will be more draconian on the Free/Premium players, annoying on the VIPs, and not really affect the Spammers at all.
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Quote:Originally Posted by NuclearToast
Pointing out that the original post was made in February 2008, and that we haven't heard much from Wyll lately. Sister Flame must be about 10 now, but I see a reflection of her every time I fight the Clicky Clacks or Flambeau.
Still carrying The Flame,
--NT
Umm NT...
Try about two weeks ago. _Wyll_ Just posted a pic of Sister Flame showing off a Custom Sister Flame figure done by Super Oz. In actually, _Wyll_ does post occasionally about Sister Flame and her goings on w/City.
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All I know is, on regular time cards, is the Fry's near me is going to the generic NCSoft purchase @ Register type. It's really a PITA cause they have them mashed in with all of their other types of those cards. On a product hook. Behind the main counter in their Software Department!
Believe me, I wished we could gift points. Or even convert time cards into points (like what was done for Exteel).
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"Maggie" seems like it would be a good Syfy Movie of the week kind of thing.
"The Current War" might make for a interesting Made for TV film as well.
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I agree w/the OP. I never really like getting "Smiley" (as the GF & I have nicknamed Becktrees...). He just looks too cheerful for being a cop. Now granted, getting "Sourpuss" (Freitag) isn't as bad.
I'm not entirely sure if it is going into the Station to see Smiley or just the Character Model appearance that bugs me. I rarely do any Radios outside of Kings, so I don't meet any of the other Detectives (Well except for the one in Steel you see in Twinshot's 3rd Arc...).
More I think about it, it's the Character Model...
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Quote:Is your TP Tech or Arcane? IIRC, the Arcane one is bugged.Originally Posted by Kheldarn
I have never had that happen. GC TP always takes me to Galaxy, and then boots me to AP.
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Okey...
The Hunt for Red October
Howard the Duck
The Last Starfighter
Quick ones I could think of.
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Either he's gone off the deep end or he's starting a new Inner Circle. Either way, yesh... Maybe it's not a bad thing I haven't followed Comics a lot lately.
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Litte bit of a update on my Points.
Hadn't seen any addition on the 28th (Billing is currently the 27th).
Filed a petition through the support website early afternoon on the 28th. I got a auto reply and then a CS e-mail a couple hours later stating I'll have a reply w/in 24 hours.
Checked my account status later that night and noticed my points had been added w/a posting date of the 29th, so I'm happy (just in time to get the Gunslinger Pack). Left a addition (on the 28th) on my ticket asking if the 29th is going to be my PP awards date going forwards.
This afternoon (11/30), I got a e-mail from a different CS rep stating the following:
Quote:Now we'll have to see how December goes.I apologize for the delay in our response; we have an unusually high ticket volume which we are working through as quickly as possible.
The November stipend for your account was disbursed yesterday, Nov 29 2011.
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David, no offense, but with the tinting of a number of pieces in the last few Costume sets (and a vocal number of fourmites not liking it), there's good enough reason to let the Model artists know while the design is still being worked on.
Especially if the items in question are rewards for keeping Subbed through a specific time frame.
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For starters, I do agree that there needs to be some equalization in regards to Male/Female costume choices (Baron & Gunslinger Jackets, I'm looking at you...). But you have to admit there is a segment of the playerbase that does like more Sexy, for lack of a better term, attire for Female characters.
For me personally, I plan on getting the Gunslinger pack. I can do stuff w/a number of the pieces. About the only thing I am getting tired of is the Fracking tinting on a lot of the stuff. Yes, texture is nice, but if it doesn't work well with other stuff, then what good is it?
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Z's reply in the Offical Black Friday discussion thread:
Quote:Thank you for the time...Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Just popping in here to update you guys regarding an item we had to remove from the Black Friday sale:
- Late yesterday we discovered a fairly egregious bug with the Numina's Convalescence set, so we made the decision to pull the item from this weekend's sale. Once we fix the bug we'll give everyone another chance to purchase it.
Sorry about anyone who was anticipating this one, however we felt it was important to fix the issue prior to people paying Paragon Points for it.
Thanks and Happy Turkey Day everyone!
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Well, I got my PRT on 11/23. I still haven't gotten my PP yet. Guess I'll have to wait till Monday.
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Quote:But then again that film seemed intended on a more 'Comic' color palette. And besides, I thought more of the Flak was about Beatty not having going under the latex to look more like Tracy (you know like nearly all the Villains did...)?Originally Posted by peterpeter
In all the discussion of comic book colors vs movie colors, I didn't see anyone mention Dick Tracy and the 1990 Warren Beatty movie. That bright yellow trenchcoat drew a lot of flack.
vs 
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