Valerika

Very true, but wouldn't server consolidation effectively put all your eggs in one basket anyway?

Exactly so--but the main reason people are calling for server consolidation in the first place is the lack of server-load balance. My solution--always keep Freedom and Virtue on seperate physical servers, but eventually put say, Triumph, Liberty, and Victory on a single physical server with three virtual servers. It should help balance the load.

(EDIT: Actually, server load (and the cost associated) isn't the main reason people are asking for this--it's usually more along the lines of POPULATION imbalance--"I can't find teams, consolidate the servers". You can switch servers fairly easily, and finding a team on lower population servers is not as hard as they suggest. I don't consider this to be a legitimate concern. The problem more, often than not, is player attitude rather than server setup in this case. Anyway...)

Very true, which is why I wouldn't even suggest that they try to use virtual servers until the load is so light that even the strains associated with map servers wouldn't be an issue. My guess is that several of the servers are already there now.

As suggested earlier, the idea of charging ridiculously high rates for this option (on the order of $30 per month) would soften the blow for me quite a bit. Considering the deliberately fluff nature of many of the veteran rewards, I wouldn't feel terrible if a newbie gave NCSoft several hundred dollars so that he could "catch up" with me in terms of my vet rewards. It would be like if, in your analogy, you found out that someone new had the same watch that you got after working there for 5 years, but they paid, say, $5,000.00 for it. It would still rub me the wrong way, but not nearly as much as it would if they told me they paid $20 bucks.

EDIT: Upon further consideration, catching up with me for $30 a month would cost a lot more than a few hundred dollars. Especially since I've been playing for over 50 months...

If that is, in fact, what you mean, then I'm all on-board for this. /Signed.

QFT. This game really has ruined me for other games. As I play them, I keep wondering, "Why didn't this game learn anything from CoH?" Aren't games supposed to get BETTER as time and technology progress? Somehow, even the GRAPHICs are worse on the newer games, not to mention the character creation choices, the PvP setup (or lack thereof), available ATs and playstyles, user interfaces, etc.

So would I, but not if it meant giving scrappers a ranged set in the bargain. I know you mean well, but this idea is really crappy, and all you're doing is spreading the crap with your hands.

Seriously? This "Equilibrium" crap again? Pistols are RANGED weapons. Unless they give us Archery scrappers, it's time to give this suggestion a rest.

So. Much. Fail.

Really? I doubt that. Go on...

You do realize that you are literally talking Tankmage here, right? Removing the snipershot and the endgame nuke doesn't even begin to fix that. Like others have said, this AT would make all the other ATs pale in comparison (even with its silly concept).


As a matter of fact, YES, those sets were somewhat gamebreaking. WHY DO YOU THINK WE HAD THOSE GLOBAL NERFS IN THE FIRST PLACE???


Wow. We're supposed to take you seriously after this? Gotta have a tank? W3 n33d 4 h3413r? Ugh.

Going into labor is a tricky thing. Sometimes it takes longer than others. My guess is a lot of morphine and a fair bit of screaming.

So, basically, your desire to discuss PvP in a calm, rational manner brought about a result opposite to that which was planned or expected. Who would have seen that coming, Prof_Backfire?

I find myself doing this on all my new characters now. I create the costume, come up with a name, then hit Google for a quick once-over. There have been several times where I've found myself frustrated because some obscure company or cousin-of-a-cousin-of-a Marvel character had the same name. Usually I just try something else and move on. I guess I've been lucky--I've never had a character get genericized.

Yeah, I'll admit I do tend to dogpile people. I shouldn't kick 'em when they're down, but some things are so ridiculous that it's hard not to, even when they admit it.

*Drops torch and pitchfork*

I have read the entire thread, and I've done no such thing. The OP's friend clearly deserved to be hit with the generic stick, and pretending "J" doesn't stand for "joint" is pretty silly. While some people in this thread have claimed they don't understand the reference, they weren't the ones who created the character in question.

EDIT: I'm curious--how many people here were hit by the generic stick and felt like it was unjustified?

I went down to the track to watch the alphabet race once. I wanted to bet 2p on U, but they said the D twins (DDs) were a safer bet. So I went long on DDs.

My letter came in first place, but the cashier (the letter B) never paid out. So I told the manager "Tell that B I want my money!" Eventually, B came back with her friend S and double-teamed me. "What is this BS?" I asked as they threw me out.

The preceeding story was brought to you by the letters W, T, and F.

Seriously OP, you knew *EXACTLY* why your name was offensive--no one is that naive. Stop pretending it was inoccuous. It's an insult.

I took my girlfriend to see "Mama Mia" in Vegas. She was grateful...but now, late at night, the ABBA demons poke my brain and ask me if it was worth trading my coolness for some after-theater nookie.

As for GR info--I'm trying to be patient. A watched pot never boils and all that silly crap. I really want my demon-summoning MM though.

Dr. Mechano: Looking Really Hot
Do You: Come Here Often?
You Must: Work Out

*Suddenly realizes he should have been a developer*

I don't think you're being selfish--I think you're trying hard to come up with ways improve the game, and I applaud you for that. I just don't think that spending so much time and effort on PvP would do improve the game that much. Like others have said, PvP makes up such a small percentage of this game, and rather than spend massive efforts to fix it, I think we should: 1. Just give PvP back its old system so that PvP and PvE playstyles aren't completely different. 2. Focus development efforts on PvE, where most of the remaining players are now.