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Quote:I'd say the first good TF was Hess from I2 and the Striga addition. It's added new maps, new mechanics, and was reasonably short. It was a vast improvement from previous ones. It's funny that Moonfire came out at the same time, and honestly I'd not much better than the original TFs.Originally Posted by Kitsune Knight
I don't exactly recall the chronology, but I'm pretty sure the Katie Hannon Task Force was the first TF added to the game that was actually fairly decent (I miss when everyone was running it constantly!).
I can still remember everyone being in awe of that last Hess mission in the epic volcano base with the giant robot. Compared to what had come before, it was magnificent.
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2x XP weekend?
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Quote:I can see your point.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
It isn't the least bit odd. Say someone "hacks" your Master Account, which NCSoft has already had a problem with just a couple years ago, they could then up your monthly charge limit and use your credit card to "buy" time and other things for other peoples accounts while charging them less than the company charges.
No it's much safer for everyone not to allow it at all.
I'd just like to be able to purchase a time card code so I could pass it on to my buddy. Right now he'd have to physically wait for delivery.Quote:Instead what they should do is sell Paragon Point/game time cards that way you can buy the card and the player can use it for points or game time. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Kangstor
Than you can buy timecards again from amazon.com or any other retailer and just give him the keycode.
Sounds like this is my best solution then. It's odd that they don't have a provision to do this when there's all that referral bonus stuff available. -
Quote:He has a long standing account which was once VIP, so buying a new box doesn't really help the cause a great deal. I guess he could redeem the code, but I'd rather get more than a month at a time, and shipping him a bunch of boxes doesn't seem very efficient.Originally Posted by Kangstor
Or you can get a box from amazon.com there are different boxes that comes with a free month of play and almost all are under 10$ so win-win.
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Ok, I want to buy a couple of months of VIP for a buddy of mine, but for the life of me I cannot figure out how to do it. I've tried in my NC Soft account area, and I've tried the market. I've seen nothing which allows for this. So how the heck do you do it?
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This looks pretty interesting. Looks like they are following the comic closely.
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I'll check the couch cushions.
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She was definitely up there as one of my favorite companions. RIP.
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Quote:Actually it's fairly amusing, but I can go into older canon and make about the same claim (slightly different order of events).Originally Posted by Arcanaville
The "canonical" Bruce Wayne has also disappeared, died, and retired as well.
If we're going to talk canonical Batman, why not talk the original? You know the Golden Age or Earth 2 Batman?
Even closer to the movie, he retired and married Selina Kyle. He passed the mantle on to Robin. However he doesn't disappear. He does eventually die.
It's not a hard case to make that Nolan's Batman is a slightly more grounded pastiche of many different comics Batmans. The character has honestly been all over the map, and let's face it, with a 70 year history, how could this not be the case? -
Quote:Yeah, that was pretty egregiously dumb. I quite enjoyed the movie overall, but I had to ignore this because it was so silly.Originally Posted by Dr_Darkspeed
The reason he shelved the reactor, seems... kinda dumb. Something that contains nuclear material could potentially be turned into a fairly standard nuclear bomb. Shock horror! Thats a good reason to deny the world clean, renewable power!
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Actually I was happy to hear the 'spoiler' since I couldn't place the guy even though he was familiar.
As to the series itself, I will say I found the previous stories leading up to the finale a bit weak. They weren't completely bad, but certainly could have been better. The finale itself was fine. As others have said, good to see the show go out well rather than limp away (like SG-1 for example). -
Quote:No, he would seem fine for it to me. I've enjoyed a number of his movies. He's really not a bad actor. As others have said, Lobo is not really a part demanding a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.Originally Posted by Blood Red Arachnid
Anyway, am I the only one who thinks the Rock might be able to play a good Lobo?
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Quote:Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
It's possible that the Dowd may be stronger, as mentioned earlier.
The correct spelling is Douwd. I kept trying to look the wrong version up and getting nowhere. -
Quote:Find that the Mac client is OK on the latest Apple hardware, but on older stuff it does outright suck. I can play on my new laptop, but my older iMac is a crashfest.Originally Posted by TwilightPhoenix
Okay, that verify didn't take long. The performance difference between the Mac client and Windows client is, quite honestly, disgusting. Unlike with the Mac client, the Windows one said "Hey, you can use ultra mode with your hardware!" to which I was like "Ummm... no. I know better." But, even still, I'm having a massive FPS boost with no jitter at higher graphics settings. And that's with me finding a formerly laggy spot and dropping a bunch of formerly laggy powers all over my camera.
I want to go find and punch Transgaming for not doing a better job with the Mac Client (along with every other developer who takes the lazy way out and just uses cider and wine wrappers).
Oddly enough I can play a pretty new game (which is part 3 of said series) from the 400 lb gorilla company on that old iMac quite smoothly. However that company actually writes for Mac rather than fudging a solution. -
Having been a gamer for a long time (30+ years) of many flavors, I cannot recall an era when being a computer (or video) game enthusiast was ever a social stigma.
Now pen and paper RPGs might hold said stigma, but computer games? No. If anyone had a geek stigma, it was owing to their own decisions outside of the gaming. -
Did the thing once last night. I found it to be underwhelming.
I supposed the thing that bugged me the most was the fix at level 29.
You know, I'm bloody sick of so much stuff in the 20s. It's like the devs are just plain fixated on that level range.
Sure, I could see that they didn't want to make it level 50 because then incarnate powers make it a walkthrough. You can't really balance content for incarnates and non-incarnates, I get that. However make it level 35, or 40. I'm just so sick of the 20s.
Personally, while I'd like a KD proc, I'm not really all that fixated on getting one. I'm not sure I'm willing to grind through such a boring event to do so. Maybe on a character which exemps better than what I chose last night, but still the prospect of repeating that has little if any appeal. -
Quote:"You know what happens when a vampire is hit by lightning?"Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Yes Cruise is a horrible choice, but it could have been worse.
Or they could completely reimagine Van Helsing as a chick.
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Considering how bad the original was, I can't see this being any worse.
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Quote:While they keep spending money on such things, they always tend to find that when practical matters come around, wheels or tracks simply work better.Originally Posted by ThugOne
The US military would also dearly love a practical, cost-effective legged vehicle, and have been researching the idea since the 1960's. Admittedly, they mostly have in mind off-road transport vehicles rather than sword-wielding giant soldiers.
In reality, any mecha style vehicle is about the dumbest configuration for real combat imaginable. In combat, short and squat survives. A tall bipedal design means the armor thickness is going to be very limited and one leg taken out is a mobility kill. I'd say if walking fighting vehicles were to ever come about they would be either:
A) Individual soldier suits of armor not much bigger than the soldier (for urban combat)
B) Many legged squat vehicles which look like bugs.
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I must be out of the loop. When did(will) this IO come out? Is it a new set or something?
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Quote:That would appear inevitable.Originally Posted by Dante
Although the last time I tried that was during Sharktopus and I blacked out before the end...
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I'm in the crowd that the second was appreciably better than the first (which, come to think of it really isn't saying too much).
If this is on ScyFy, I might watch it. I'll just need several beers first. -
Quote:Laurence Fishbourne was a nameless thug in Death Wish 2. Don't know about The French Connection.Originally Posted by Slaunyeh
While I can't find any reference on Wikipedia, or IMDB, I was almost positive that Laurence Fishburne was playing a nameless thug in The French Connection (credited as 'Larry Fishburne').
Maybe my mind is playing tricks on me. It's been a while since I've seen that movie.
Edit: I see he's not really old enough for that. So I probably just am going crazy.
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Quote:Alas, I lacked that comforting numbness.Originally Posted by VoodooCompany
Not a problem!
Though I question your parents' lax attitude regarding underage drinking