WonderChris

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Seems hover/flight needs re-re-tweaking. Flew into the train and upon exiting the train in a new zone Cerebrawl is vibrating like he's having siezures.

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Flight or Hover on?

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That happens to me now too. Flight on.

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We confirmed this is happening. No ETA yet on a fix.

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Yay!

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Are you positive these events were not Ambush related? Some reports sound like that could be the case, others I am not so certain about.

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Yup, I'm sure. I've seen it in action inside of missions several times and for fun I tried to gank a Cobra I came across. He chased me for ages, literally across half of Mercy Island before someone else killed him. In CoH, if I aggroed a mob at the end of a mission, they would never chase me all the way back to the entrance which is what I first witnessed.

Chris

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Posting this in the Stalker Forum since I have only tested it with my Stalker. I was hunting in Oil Spill by myself and accidentally agro'ed a Wolf Spider Huntsman when I AStriked another mob. So I ran. And ran. And ran.

He proceeded to follow me over 3 miles before I just took him to an Arachno Bot for deletion. I wasn't fighting for any period of this. Just running until he completely faded from my screen and I lost the ability to target him. Then I'd go another 50-100 yards and stop. He would then reappear and the chase would continue. He also was never able to get close enough to shoot me again.

So I decided to test this.

I was able to pull a Penumbra the same way. A Hellion Buckshot also never gave up. So then I took a Penumbra out to the sunken oil liner and took off from there. I reached Oil Spill and he was already out of my screen, so I kept going. All the way to the Northeast corner of Port Oakes. No sign of him. Tried the same thing with a Hellion. Same result. Tried the same thing with a Huntsman. Same result. Then I went back to hunting and leveled. So I went to the arbiter and leveled up.

I got 50 feet from the arbiter when all three (Penumbra, Hellion, and Hunstman) jumped me and beat me down harcore.

Now, I can't verify that it was the SAME ones as the ones I lost, but I know it wasn't a mission ambush because I don't have any missions. Haven't done a single one. Have strictly solo hunted.

Went to Cap Au Diable and tried the same tests. Nothing ever followed me after they dropped off my target ability and graphically out of my range. Tested it on Huntsmen, Luddites, and Goldbrickers. So...

Is there an agro bug with Port Oakes?

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I'm not sure that it's isolated to PO. I watched a mob chase a team mate (corrupter) from the very end of a mission map back to the front door. I popped it a couple of times with my brute which is supposed to have taunt effects on all his powers but the mob was not disuaded. Very odd. I bugged it just in case, but, yeah, aggro is pretty hairy on the Rogue Isles

Chris

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Official launch day is the 31st. If your store broke the date, well...

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they didn't break the date. It doesn't matter when they sell it because you can't get into the game until the Devs let you in. On sale date has been 10/28 for the last coupel of weeks. LAUNCh has been 10/31 for a long time.

Chris

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Gil, we'll miss you sir.

Any chance you can tell us where to find you?

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As soon as I'm able, I'll invite all of you over to my new digs. It's gonna be a very cool place.

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Cryptic's newly announced MMO City of Pedestrians where you too can live the live of an average Paragon City citizen trapped in the middle of an epic battle between good and evil!

Chris

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what the? why do they need to respond? it was a temporary event, people had fun, people took advantage. so what. move on already.

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Not my point.

It was fun, didnt say it wasnt. But id did sweep in a wave of noobs who are now at my level and helping me get XP Debt.

And the Devs havent said a word.

hmmm

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Are you looking for a personal apology from the devs for putting on an event that a lot of people enjoyed? Maybe you need to be more disciminating about the teams you join.

Chris

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Now that the WL is finally gone, I look back and think-

"What do the Devs think about all the issues it caused?"

I havent seen a post by the Devs discussing its impact or admitting its failure.

So what do they have to say about it?

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The only "issue" the event caused was a few more newbs running around playing their heros less effectively than they might had they "paid their dues" so to speak. If fact, I would say that it wasn't just the presence of WLs that was the problem, it was the post Christmas bump in new players combined with the WLs. I know plenty of experienced players that used the WLs on a new hero or two to climb a few levels faster than they might normally and they play VERY effectively. I think that the real "problem" was that there were more newbs around because they got CoH as a Chrsitmas gift that arrived to find the WLs and powered leveled up pretty quick. That said, I've played in plenty of pick up groups in the last few weeks and they still seem to suck with the same frequency as before The WLs didn't hurt anyone other than the people who weren't very well versed in the game and PLd beyond their level of experience. Seriously, I don't understand why so many people think this was such a travesty. It was disruptive to people seeking teams for about two weeks. WHOOPEE.

Chris

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Hey! That's not evil at all!

I say we abandon our former dark lord Recluse and follow someone REALLY evil. Like... I dunno, Bill Gates or something.

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You mean the evil man that donated so much money to charity, it literally pushed him off top spot on the "richest men in the world list" and keeps on giving to the extent that he outnumbers sums that entire nations give away for the purpose of charity? Also, the evil fiend who created(or had major part in creating) the operating system that allows us to play CoH?

Not so evil-looking now is he... You want pure evil? Go get that mean british American Idol judge... He's overdue for followers.. ^^

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To quote the Joker in the movie Batman:

"And now, folks, it's time for "Who do you trust!" Hubba, hubba, hubba! Money, money, money! Who do you trust? Me? I'm giving away free money."

Chris

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Anime inspired can me literaly anything. From historic samurai armor to incredibly awesome special ops uniforms and whatnot. We might even get some more plain cloths for heros currently not on the job.

Even if you don't like the costumes... Body sliders alone will be worth it.

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Actually, I was going to ask about this anime / manga stuff. For those of us that aren't into that stuff and are completely unfamiliar with it, we have no idea what these costume options could entail. I know nothing about anime except that Sailor Moon seems to be a popular title in the genre. I'm excited that we're getting more costume choices, but beyond that what lies ahead is a mystery to me.

Chris

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This technically isn't possible with our engine. It would have to be a huge animated texture refreshing at 20+ frames per second.

We did think of it, but the engineers' eyeballs popped out of their sockets when we suggested it.

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You wouldn't need a 20fps texture if you guys just did a slide show of fight highlights. Just give us some screen shots of the good stuff, maybe 3 or 4 pics per fight displayed on a giant screen outside the arena for fun :-)

just a thought,
Chris

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Well, a lot of my interest in Issue 4 just died.

I hope that arenas aren't all Issue 4 has to offer.

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None of the previous issues have offered one big new feature, why would we think that would be the case with I4?

Chris

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We want gameplay that encourages the best part of the game: teaming up.

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The best part of any game is the story and the gameplay.

When one neglects or destroys either the story or the gameplay in order to obtain teaming or soloing they are making a bad design change in my opinion.

Teaming and soloing are optional. Emphasis on optional.

That the devs consider teaming to be the best part of the game disturbs me greatly. It is merely a facet of gameplay nothing more nothing less. For some it is an attraction and for others it is a hindrance. Don't ignore the Yang for the Yin.

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And through teaming and playing with your SG, you are, theoretically, creating your own story around the framework the devs have provided with the Paragon City mythology, backstories to the various villian groups, story arcs, badges, etc... The classes are clearly designed to be interlocking and complimentary. What does this tell you? It's a massively MULTIPLAYER online ROLE PLAYING GAME we're playing here. By definition, it has to defer to the mass of the player population. IF you don't want to bother with dealing with other players, why are you here? Why not just go play X-MEN Legends or something?

BTW, you can still solo just fine in CoH if you care to but it's not reasonable to expect to be able to do everything the game has to offer if you do.

Chris

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Sentry, that looks kinda like a gremlin in her mug to me...for anyone old enough to remember them, hehe!


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Of course you mean a Mogwai. It's not a Gremlin till it eats after midnight...

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But what I could never figure out was when could they START eating again? Technically, any given moment of the day is some amount of time after midnight

Chris

No offense, but don't you think that reattempting a TF mission on TR is a tall order? That requires gathering a team and keeping them together for the 3 to 4 hours it takes to complete the missions on a server where the average player doesn't keep his/her main characters... That's a lot to ask of someone, especially after they just spent all that time and effort on doing it on a live server where they were expecting it to work the first time through...

Chris