WanderingAries
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Quote:This is very true as most probably focus more on purpling up than doing tedius in-zone stuff that's dated from ages ago. Again, perhapse in a revamp.Originally Posted by ChaosAngelGeno
This.
I hate to sound materialistic, but if you want to grow PvP in this game you have to incentivise it to attract players. The current awards you can get in PvP zones (that you can get without facing another player, BTW) are outdated. Warburg Nukes, Heavy Temporary Pets, and Shivan Shards aren't quite as useful or desired now that we have incarnate powers and that they can't be used in iTrials. -
Quote:I had this mom ask me the other day if Halo (HD revised edition) had human VS human killing and said if the answer was yes, then she wasn't going to buy it for her son (with the obligatory example of course).Originally Posted by Tenzhi
I get no joy out of beating people, and I certainly get no joy out of being beaten by them.
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Maybe I was just expecting too much control/freedom with the mish options, but my few attempts at AE (for badges only mind you) felt kinda restrictive (like those pants you swear fit, but your zipper says otherwise).
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Quote:Agreed, the one thing that's always been annoying about Respecs in general is that it's litterally starting from scratch, when many times you're only wanting to change say the last 10 powers.Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Even with a pile of vet respecs (and using dual builds,) I'm rather happy to see these coming. They're the most convenient of any respec - no need to burn a token or go anywhere in particular, just /respec and do whatever tweak you're looking at (assuming you're not in a mission.)
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Quote:Granted, if this includes ALL players, then it's a nice freeby for the Preem/Freems.Originally Posted by Tenzhi
Yeah, it barely gets a shrug from me. I rarely have a use for respecs as it is, and I have quite a Veteran's cache of them on any given character. I'd get more excited about a one time award of 50 Inf. Not *much* more excited, but more excited nonetheless.
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Quote:*hands Bionic a Rubix Cube with all the stickers replaced by Maijong tile faces, randomly distributed*Originally Posted by Bionic_Flea
*Buys another puzzle, takes it apart, paints '16' over '15', inserts it into Arcana's puzzle*
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"You're in great perril. No I'm not, there's only 170 of them."
Or in my case, one full (original 12) preem acct backed up by an nearly 3/4ths (33ish) full soon to be preem acct. -
*wonders where the glowing purple sharp thing will end up...snickers*
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Quote:Which is why Some of us will never tell. :-pOriginally Posted by Electric-Knight
I, personally, enjoy the mystery (for lack of a better word) that breaking Poe's law can afford.
It's also a bit like good ol' slang... you can pass it under some people's notice while those who catch it get it.
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Quote:Hey now, that was called initiation to some. ;-)Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Please open your Options menu. Note the prompt option to accept teleport. That was not put there from "indifferent" being the worst people in PVE could be. That was from people inviting lowbies to teams and dropping them from tall buildings into mobs of enemies. Note this was occurring pre-PVP.
Na, it was just something you did to someone on your friends list when everybody was bored or trying to build up the team or waiting on a BIO.... -
It's not a FIX, but you could work out a deal with another player/friend who's going to stay VIP so that you can keep rent payed.
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Quote:That's what I mean, if you're VIP, then getting Sets shouldn't be an issue. Preem/Freem is a different story because they're not paying the light bill.Originally Posted by BrandX
Then arent you having to pay for everything anyways if you're Premium?
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Quote:Hey, if you went through all that effort just to test the waters, then nobody has grounds to give you lip. Enjoy!Originally Posted by Velvet Elvis
I am sure some will disagree with parts of my post, but hey, they're only my opinion.
P.S: I've found that many of the "quiet" areas of the game have players that seem to be on Vent more than ingame chat. -
What they said, but (because even as we speak I'm having to do this Again) I made up a related Guide for this. (see sig)
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Aren't we getting something resembling power balancing in i23? An iPowerTree where you choose from something to balance/boost your existing AT.
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Yeah!!!
*looks at stash of VR respecs*
Oh wait...
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Quote:You know, you Could simply add an extra power tray, place it just below your triple tray (the max 3 that the UI allows by default) and save some space. :-pOriginally Posted by Combat
Here's mine. I tend to stay fairly traditional, but more cluttered than a lot of people.
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Quote:Yeah, I'll probably get pummelled for this, but I actually Miss the old way of debt earning/burning.Originally Posted by Blood Red Arachnid
There are no harsh penalties for death in this game...
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Quote:Agreed, it would be interesting to see it brought back more thought out, but it would probably take alot more than one issue to work through all the details, let alone release it properly. Perhaps revise one zone at a time? Throw some story into it, more so that what may/not exist atm.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
It's not from a lack of desire, I assure you.
I keep bringing it up though...every month, like clockwork
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Quote:Now are you talking CoX PvP or every teabagging xbl player? Just saying, the few times I ever got on xbl I had to kill my sound because of all the crap chat.Originally Posted by Devlin_Quaid
Go to a PvP zone. Sit there for an hour and listen to the conversation. The venom you get there trumps anythign else you will find in the game, and I do not enjoy being a part of it. (You will find this most in RV, I've noticed Siren's Call to be a lot more civil, at least a lot of the time.)
I've also found that the type of people who PvP are the type of people I do not wish to associate with. People who have admitted to exploiting bugs for their own gain, and are happy to cause people genuine hardship (if you can call it that in a video game) over trivial, idiotic things.
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Quote:Agreed, back when I first talked to people about the PvP zones there were many discussions of how they'd have to completely rebuild/redesign their character in order to get a PvP worthy alt. Whether it be limited to power/slot selection to enh types, it was a major recalculation from what's useful in the PvE world.Originally Posted by Radium
I'll throw out the most common unspoken reason.
People grow quite attached to their characters in PvE, they're used to the fact that they can plow through hordes of baddies and for lack of a better expression, feel like superpowered heroes.
PvP game mechanics play vastly differently, and the whole experience tends to see people having their characters die frequently. It's like a feeling of betrayal contradicting everything they have been taught by PvE.
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Quote:So...that's why they null'd the base raids, CoP (original version), etc?Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Well, we already have that to a degree with the customization options in the Arena.
As to the other idea, we did something like that: Supergroup/Villaingroup bases. It almost melted the servers.
Edit: To add my limited PvP experience...
The only real time I ever entered non-arena PvP was to go badge hunting. Most the time it was fine as I did so on my dark/dark scrapper and was generally ok defense wise. What became a problem was when one or more (what must have been) Hard Core PvP'ers (IE: that's probably all they really did from my perspective) decided to camp and play the "Shoot the Ducks as they fly by" game one normally plays in a carnival. Then there was the zone-in timer clears == TP to immob + gangbang thing that seemed to be popular. Worse over was the time I went for a badge and (yes I realize what I'm saying) was being repeatedly killed (nomatter how much I tried to bargan/reason) until I got fed up and called every SG member from a multi-SG group I'm part of to go help said player see the "errors of their ways". I found out in the process of requests for assistance at the time that said person was notorious for being a general...particular type of not-so-nice guy and to try to avoid them from then on. -
Pretty, not very functional, but pretty.
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Quote:So which one do you save up for first? What if you don't know about something because your a freem/preem and don't have access to things like Beta server/forums? Nice concept, but unless the devs put out a calendar of "things to come" market wise, then it'll always be beyond annoying to those of limited means.Originally Posted by gameboy1234
So if you are clever, you save those points and always have about 800 points (only two months worth) on hand, so you can just buy any new power sets with your free points.
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Quote:Maybe not, but one would generally assume that something as basic as a set would be unlocked for those who "front" the sub and summarily locked for the time comes to unsub. Perhaps the afore mentioned "2 sets per year" became easily forgotten by many/most when we've received so many since Freedom without cost. Granted, I do need to mention that I may have simply purchased something and forgotten that as well. >.<Originally Posted by Texas Justice
You are getting the contents you pay for.
We've had powersets introduced in the past that only came with a purchase (Dual Pistols, Kinetic Melee, Demon Summoning, and Electric Control required purchasing the GR expansion).
There are free for VIP powersets that have been released since Freedom launched and there are paid powersets that have been released since Freedom launched.
Nothing has ever been stated that all powersets that are ever released will be included as part of the subscription.