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Quote:Trusting in MB's encyclopedic knowledge of CoX lore, I'm gonna run with this.Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Disagreements over the china pattern.
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It is technically money, Spad, by the Dictionary Definition. But connotatively, it is not the exact equivalent of "money", for the reasons outlined by others in the thread. In the game, people don't "pay" you "cash" for thwarting the bad guys. Money is what your character uses to pay for food/clothes/etc, when you're logged off. Just like 'enhancements' can't be purchased by civilians because they have no powers to augment.
As Lothic said, it's a euphemism for the players, but in character, it can be an important distinction, especially when it comes to roleplay.
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Quote:If the leader on my team is barking orders, I'll check with someone else on the team to make sure my sensitivity meter is out of whack, and if they confirm my sentiment, I'll definitely quit the team. And if it's bad enough, I'll let them (the leader) know what I think, if I'm feeling snarky/etc. I definitely won't encourage such behavior in this game by going along with it - I'd rather not have people quitting CoX because 'the people are jerks like every other MMO'.Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
I'd never demand this attitude from someone else (and I'm sure you're stretching for sarcasm), but this is actually exactly how I feel about it when I join another person's team. If they play fast and loose, fine. But if the leader's barking orders, I stick close and do what I'm told because it's their team. When they know how to lead, I don't let my ego get in the way because these can be incredibly fun and cohesive teams. When they don't know how to lead, I find out soon enough, and excuse myself after a team wipe or three.
If I have encountered this kind of problem ever in this game, it's been less than a handful of times, and I can't recall any specific times now. The first step in "Knowing how to lead" is in knowing that, unlike certain dictators in the Real World, or certain bad bosses in the workplace, no 'leader' in this game holds anything more over anyone else's head than the Invite/Kick buttons. "Success" is only really a key Leadership quality in the Real World -I've had more fun on a few failed TFs than I have on some other successful ones led by people that don't know how to have Fun.
And any schmo can quit that team and become a Leader themselves. So, Noxilicious, Nuclea, Carnifax, and others seem to have it just right. -
My Stone/Stone Tank.
My Dark/Fire Brute.
My Widow.
My Archery blaster(s).
Those are the top ones; others still feel great, but those are the most visceral (at this moment). -
Quote:I'll have you know, we don't have those around here.Originally Posted by BluShield
Greetings all!
After a hiatus of several years, I'm headed back to check out the I20 content! Hopefully I'll see some of your around ther server. Ping me if you see me on and need a healer.
-Blu
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I've spotted you skulkin' round these here parts, Blu...
Great to see you back! I've got Lin still in Vanguard, (though I've been working on my own solo SG lately), and Victory is still on regularly, but I only see a few others sporadically. [And I still have the old Vanguard 8 Poster as my loadscreen!]
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Quote:Great example of personal considerations vs considering an entire playerbase. No one that I have seen anywhere in this game wants a goal (making [extra] shards and merits) that has a target that changes each DAY. That's too much chaos - most people do not play that often.Originally Posted by Rial_Vestro
I thought the auto kick feature was only added for inactive SG members giving the leader the ability to set what the limit actually is.
Anyway... I still feel that there should be a daily strike target just because running the same TF over and over again for a week is really only fun for a day and after that it's like work rather than a game and this is a game not a job. It kinda helps on Rouges and Vigilantes that they can actually do two different TFs unless it's a co-op week but it would help out allot more if we had dailys on top of our current weeklys so that it breaks up the repeating of the same TF all week.
In any case it's good to see there are some people out there who aren't just repeating the strike target over and over again until it isn't fun anymore. The first time I participated in the Weekly I did the strike target about 3 times all in one day and could of done more except I was already sick of it at that point. Sense then I've reduced it to only doing one TF a day and I like to spend the rest of my day doing other things rather than repeating the same TF I just did. Today for example, I unlocked my alpha slot, did the weekly strike target, did a Lady Grey TF (with your help of course, never would of found the team if I hadn't gotten such quick responses in here thank you.), and a Rikti Mothership raid. After that I switched characters and got my Corrupter to 48. Not the best day because I spent a good 3 hours standing around doing nothing but considering I didn't even think I'd get slotted when I posted this, it's actually been a really productive day.
Looking forward to unlocking my Alpha Slot for another character tomorrow, I've still got 4 other 50s who haven't done it yet and most of them I'm unlocking this week. Not sure which one I'm going for on this guy tomorrow, he's a soldier/Bubbler. I'm thinking Nerve because it has Defense and hold which looks like it would be the best thing for a bubbler.
On top of that, it would actually ACCELERATE accrual on each individual character of shards/merits/rewards/etc, which is NOT in the interest of the devs. 'Finishing' a character's Alpha slotting in 1/7 the time in takes now is not the goal. And since this is a game about alts, having more than one day to do this stuff is more than reasonable.
Everyone else has good ideas about how to solve your 'problem'. Suggesting Daily Strike Targets is hilariously not a solution to your 'problem'. -
[Dr. Mechano]" ...when it started, yeah there was a set path and only 2 raids (single boss big Dragon raid and multiboss ...<snip>
Nowadays .... There are quite a few raid instances which gives people things to try our differently each week. "
Looks like you answered your own question there, with the example. Give it time. The people who 'have to have it ALL NAO' will invariably quit, or take a break. And some won't like it - because frankly, you can't please all of the people all of the time. But the game will go on.
One other point: as we get more and more content, and things get more and more interrelated, it may become more and more difficult to keep things in "balance" (whatever that means). For example, it may require more consideration as to how rewards are to be handled with new TFs and/or raids coming along, to keep some of the older content from being completely taken out of consideration for teams to run. So there may be "less" content 'per issue' in the future, simply because it is harder to add to a huge, dynamic game world. Just another thing to consider. -
I alos throw my vote to IllRad. And I don't think you really even need Perma-Phantom Army, though it would make things go faster. But if you want to pursue the IllRad option, look for Local Man's guide to IllRad controllers - it's one of the most comprehensive guides on the forums, and I think it even deals with AV's, and possibly GMs. I love my IllRad, it is a lot of fun to play, and quite different from other ATs.
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Quote:You're right, it probably wouldn't be even half as funny uncensored. (also why I keep my language filter ON in-game.) I haven't laughed that hard in a very long time, my favorite Venture Bros. scene ever.Originally Posted by Lord_Nightblade
Oh, it was a great series of conversations (although Brock's answer was a little on the mundane side). Still, I wouldn't want a Rusty Venture in any of its permutations. Ever.
I need to pick up the second half of season four. Although I'm not sure if the Rusty Venture question will be as funny if it's uncensored.
And Brock's answer being mundane seemed like an ironic twist (since he easily gets the most action in the show - at least I hope that's how it is...) -
Quote:Filthy.Originally Posted by The_Masque
Dirty PowerGamer.
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I have a DM/Fire Brute, and I do not have a DM/Fire scrapper, so I have a bias.
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Quote:No. I look at wanting the most beneficial loot in the game worthy of effort to obtain it. My shorthand word, "work", encompasses many things. Playing baseball isn't work; getting paid 20 million dollars to play 162 games a year + of pro ball is something some people would call work, while others would call "Sign me up for THAT!" But in each case, effort, often unpleasant effort, is involved.Originally Posted by Myrmydon
Heh, you look at this game as work, I look at it as entertainment. I doubt we'll ever see eye-to-eye on this.
You can substitute practically any activity for 'baseball'. The most top-tier performance in any endeavor always involves effort (which I call work) beyond the normal scope of most people. To want it to be otherwise is to devalue it, in my opinion. -
Quote:He was HILARIOUS. I loved him in that movie!Originally Posted by MentalMaden
Ask Ruby Rhod, he knows!
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt! Korben, sweetheart, what was that? IT WAS BAD! It had nothing! No fire, no energy, no nothin'! You know I have a show to run here, you know? Hmm? Hmm? And it must pop, pop, POP! So tomorrow from five to seven, will you please act like you have more than a two word vocabulary? It must be green, OK? OK? -
Quote:PLEASE learn about Supply and Demand.Originally Posted by Myrmydon
You're drinking the Kool-Aid, Iron.
1. How bad do you want it? That's DEMAND.
2. How many are available? That's SUPPLY.
3. How good are they? Well, that's DEMAND.
Re: 1 - you have a 'concept', so that concept will cost you. In some cases, opportunity cost (a less optimal power for RP purposes, for example.) In other cases, Cold Hard CASH MONEY.
Re: 2 - Those blasted PVP IO Farmers are a buncha jerks, I know. [I have it on good intel that they also like to eat kittens.] I wonder what would happen if they were to suddenly... Disappear. Poof! Result: Supply of PVP IOs goes to nearly 0. Demand stays the same. End result? PRICES THROUGH THE ROOF. 3B for an IO? Try 12 Billion on for size!
Re: 3 - That 3% +Def IO is worth... well, it's unique, so you can only slot one. There's only one other IO in the game that provides the same global benefit. AND THE PVP IO EXEMPS FROM 1 TO 50. Allow me to repeat that. IT EXEMPS FROM 1 TO 50. So slotted at 50, IT WORKS ALL THE TIME, 100% OF THE TIME. Running Sister Psy? It's Workin! Why do you think the Steadfast +Def Special is barely worth 1% as much??
PLEASE. Get a grip. The AMerit prices are right on the money, so to speak. The Eeebil Farmers, contrary to your belief, are making it possible for these IOs to be on the market in the first place. And the Kool Aid that you refer to is people dealing with how the system is set up, rather than crying foul because it does not jibe with your playstyle.
Think of the Glad Armor +Def IO as the Lamborghini of the entire IO set. You want a Lamborghini? You certainly don't need a Lamborghini. But if you want it because it goes with your pinkie-ring, by all means, just pony up the $350K, and it's all yours. Can't afford it? Get to work! -
Quote:Originally Posted by Guffy
As ever I'd go for Rad, not because of its numbers but due to the fact that it is very easy to use. Cold is a very busy set, having to target locations, foes and friends means that you can find, at times, you are missing out on your offensive powers.
Rad on the other hand I find to be much simpler as all your powers can be fired off while targeting foes, with the exception of mutation and fallout (which although are good powers can be missed out).
In short, I'm a lazy player, Rad suits me down to the ground and I have a deep respect for those good cold toons out there that keep busy while I slap stuff in the face.I'm gonna go with Guffy here. And to respond to slain, if it's already dead, then the debuffs did their job.Quote:Originally Posted by slainsteel
I actually find rad more painful to work with unless fighting AV's. By the time all the debuffs land, the debuff target is often dead.
[The fact that they were never applied just means that the mobs were so scared of them, they just fell over dead/'arrested'.]
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Quote:Agreed. The first time I used Ice Patch on a Freakshow boss, and it fell flat on its back, was one of the funniest things I had seen in any video game at that point. And I still laugh when they flop around.Originally Posted by Bright
I still love Freaks... They're just so gleefully destructive. Like someone else said upthread, they really seem to enjoy doing their thing, even when they know it's going to end up in a pounding. That, and their goof-ball dialogue often makes me grin.
I'm also fond of the Circle of Thorns and pretty much everything in Croatoa. (Yes, even the ghosts-)
Also, can't ever get enough of facepunching Nazis, Tsoo are so varied and have such great names, Carnies have terrific costumes, and I actually like the new Praetorian Clockwork enemies. -
I have just one thing to ask:
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Quote:I cannot imagine a more frightening thing anywhere.Originally Posted by Melancton
...a sentient, semi-to-mostly-all powerful being that acts like a 9th grader who has read a lot of Nietzsche.
It is uncool that you have frightened me to the point that now I have to change my pants. The people sitting around me at my workplace do not appreciate this.
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Quote:"Strong with this one, The Force Is. "Originally Posted by White Hot Flash
I'm gonna take this the other way and say:
Am I the only one that's just fine with the story as presented so far? I'm honestly not seeing these major plot holes and fudging. Are you guys really looking at Praetoria with objectivity, or through some sort of rose-colored glasses born from some sort of disappointment that you didn't get what you wanted?
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Simple resolutions to this 'game is too easy for me' problem are already stated -
Set the diff higher
Unslot your Alpha/downslot it
And the experience can be IDENTICAL, if that is what you are looking for.
It seems that an attitude of
"There's a problem, Devs - FIX IT!"
could be replaced with,
"The game is slightly different than I used to experience. If I want that similar experience back, how can I get that? Let's take a look." -
Still want MiniHamidon. And if the team gets hungry... Jello!
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I for one welcome our New Hamidon Overlord(s).
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Global name: @Linarra
Server they mainly play on: Victory
Level of PvP experience: Participated in PVP Boot Camp Season 1
Access to Ventrilo and/or mic: Yes/Yes
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Quote:I totally agree with this. And if it were presented this way even 10% of the time, it would be terrific. But 90% of the time, it'sOriginally Posted by Chyll
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6) Come to the forums and attempt to have an open and frank discussion about something that concerns you and try to determine if it is a flawed solo viewpoint, or one that is shared - perhaps even promote moving towards something everyone would appreciate and be able to enjoy.
I hate X!
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X is ruining the game for everyone!
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Why did they change X? It was already perfect! Idiots!!
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This game has never been about X. Complete waste of time to even address it. Don't bother with X, no one likes it anyway.
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Just because (other game) does X, we should make our X more like (other game)'s X!
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X eats kittens! It is Ebil Incarnate (no relation) and it is making my hair recede! Kill it with an axe!
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Working on X is taking away time from the REAL problem, Y!! I like Y, and hate X! MOAR Y!
You'll notice a trend here - a lack of perspective, otherwise known as self-centered behavior. The post you showed displayed reasonable adult thinking behind a considered viewpoint. More of that would go a long way.