je_saist

*kicks spall-cheque in the binaries*

Do I understand you correctly?

Paragon Studios prides themselves on developing a game where no single archtype is inherently critical to any particular content that is in the game.

The flip-side of not really needing a "Holy Trinity" for content is that... you don't need a "Holy Trinity" for content.

Cases in point on why this can somehow be a bad thing can be found in threads from the likes of Kioshi or Johnny Butane; threads which go to extensive lengths to convince the player-base / developers that massive changes must be undertaken on existing archtypes such as Stalkers and Tanks. The question of whether or not the need, or lack of a need, for a specific Archtype or combination of Archtypes results in obsoleting any particular Archtype, as the linked threads demonstrate, does tend to lead to heated arguments.

My own personal opinion, and the one I think the developers share, is that choice of Archtype comes down to playstyle.

Basically: Play what you want to play.

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=266091

Does that answer your question?

... if there was ever a list of "stuff" that didn't need a live-action movie made of it... I would have pegged Captain Planet in the top 10...

Out of morbid curiosity I did a Google search for the term: tanks obsolete Johnny_Butane site:boards.cityofheroes.com

Not surprisingly some of the search results go all the way back to 2009.

Johnny, you've been banging on this subject for at least 2 years now. In all that time it seems you still do not realize that NOBODY ELSE IS BUYING WHAT YOU ARE SELLING.

Okay, fine. After 2 years we get it. You don't like tanks. You think they are useless. That is your opinion.

As pointed out in this thread by Rylas and other players, you make massive assumptions about how players act and operate within each archtype to reach that opinion. In making those assumptions you ignore various realities about the game.

• Reality #1: The game does not start at level 50 and Incarnate powers
• Reality #2: A majority of the game still uses SO's and / or Crafted IO's with little to no set bonuses.
• Reality #3: Enough accounts had not achieved level 50 that the developers actually commented on the relatively low number of accounts when they moved the unlock level for Epic Archtypes.
• Reality #4: Free to play and Premium players won't have Incarnate Abilities to rely on
• Reality #5: Not all teams have a healer
• Reality #6: Not all teams that have a buffer have a buffer that has the buff powers.

Now, I'm honestly not going to sit here and go through each of these realities to explain them to you Johnny... because... I do not think you are interested. You've had multiple players call you out on your "Tanker-Hatred" for well about two years now, and well, the fact that you are still trotting that "Tanker-Hatred" out on a regular basis shows that you haven't read one single bit of it... or possibly if you had read it, you just ignored it.

At some point Johnny, you have got to realize that nobody else shares your opinion. All you wind up doing is convincing players that you are somebody who can safely be dismissed and ignored.

in all seriousness, I had the opposite reaction.

To me it's a lot better than Friday from a musical perspective. I was not reaching for a ToddintheShadows plushie to point out where my ears had been assaulted.

but on the lyrical front... *shudders*

http://www.acidtests.org/

http://forums.whatthetech.com/index.php would beg to differ. Internet Explorer is still the number 1 attack vector for malicious coders looking to compromise an installation of Microsoft Windows.

If that was his intent, I do not think it would be likely to happen based on the upcoming Paragon Rewards program, as well as the existing City Traveler Veteran reward.

I'm not entirely sure the developers could be sold on the idea of adding another method to "unlock" travel powers that requires additional development resources and isn't as effective as the solution that is already coded into the engine.

... what?

Last time I checked all of the existing travel powers; Super Jump, Fly, Teleport, and Super Speed; are already unlocked by taking one of the preceeding powers in the power pool; e.g. Combat Jumping OR Jump Kick unlock Super Jump; Air Superiority OR Hover unlock Fly; recall friend OR teleport foe unlock Teleport; and Hasten OR Flurry unlock Super Speed.

The only exception so far is the 5 year reward: City Traveler.

Subscribing for 5 years in City of Heroes allows players to skip having to take a preceding power in order to unlock the "actual transportation" power. Given that we do not know yet how this Veteran Reward will map to the upcoming Paragon Rewards program, I'd say we'd be better off waiting and seeing what the intent is for this particular reward.

So, I'm not sure what you're asking, because what you wrote is what we already have in the game.

... when the flood of posts requesting Power-Set / Archtype respecs hit... remember... you started it again.

Your search-fu would not be weak as this question has not yet been answered.

The closest answer given is a vague comment by Zwillinger before the announcement of CoH: Freedom: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...&postcount=221

That there are no plans for a name-purge has been taken to mean that trial-accounts will be converted into free-to-play accounts, and that this of course means that anybody who has made a character on a trial account will be able to keep that character.

Is that really what will happen?

Nobody knows yet.

http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Dominatrix
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Praetori...t_.28minion.29
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Praetori...8lieutenant.29
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Praetorians#Lady_.28boss.29

The particular envelope of bondage has already been... pressed. Given the comic-book nature of City of Heroes, there is ample prior art such as line up of various Detective Magazines featuring attractively clad females in various states of restraint; neverminding the... ahem... stuff Frank Miller has been responsible for.

Now, there is a question as to how much this game, City of Heroes could get away with before hitting an M rating. Would a power-set based on Shibari / Kinbaku really press into M rated territory? Would it really be any more sensually suggestive than implications that the various Tentacle based powers already create?

(As a note, the following links show nothing explicit, and I don't think the violate the forum T.O.S., but I would not recommend opening them with wild abandon)

Would costumes based on Lolita Fashion, Spreading rompers, Autumn's Bondilocks, or just something little kinky like gags and blindfolds, really push a Teen Rating more-so than the lack of clothing that is currently possible to achieve in the game? Would adding a bit of "fetish" type wear really be so different from the various chains, meshes, and other costume parts already in the game?

My own personal opinion is that such "fetish" type costume parts or power-sets could probably be introduced into the game while retaining a "teen" rating, just based on the precedent of what is already in the game. However, it is also my opinion that the developers would probably NOT be comfortable with the idea of creating powers influenced by Shibari / Kinbaku, or adding costume parts inspired by Sub-Shop or Adult-Baby-Shop.eu.

As I understand it, this is wrong according to Zwillinger: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...&postcount=511

Currently CoH is an MMO with a subscription.

If you don't have any billing information to give, you obviously can't cover the subscription.

No, you don't need a previous account. However, it is possible if you have been playing a TRIAL account to create a completely NEW account that is separate from the TRIAL account when purchasing a retail code.

No, it just means he has to give the information for the subscription in order to activate the account.

yes.

You have to give your billing information.

log in at www.plaync.com

you should be able to verify your account status there.

It is possible that you may have created a "new" account rather than using a pre-existing account.

Question: what in my post makes you think that I'm in need of "chilling out"

Question: what makes you think that is that difficult to "check" the Dev Digest at least every once in a while?

Question: what makes you indicate that seeing if the Developers who work in Artwork have said anything requires an "obsessive" reading of every single post.

I'll be blunt DarkGob. From your wording and extended hyperbole, I think you are the one in need of "chilling out"

So you don't like that I pull no punches? You don't like that there have been entire threads devoted to slagging me because of how often I've been right?

Get over yourself.

I suspect there would be no question as to who attacked me.

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...42#post3636042

Please check the Dev Digest at least once in a while.

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=263829

This isn't true anymore. Yes, it was true back in 1999, but it hasn't been true since Mepis revolutionized the LiveCD install back in 2003.

To be perfectly fair, many of the gamers that have moved off of Windows have gotten fed up with the corporate treatment of the platform and just do without. I'm not really going to go further into details since talking about other games and market impacts is something that does go against this forum's terms of service.

I'm tried of appealing. At this point I'm going straight for punches.

And I'm going to stand by the point that NCSoft's slagging off on part of the subscriber base is one LOUSY choice to make when the whole mantra from the development staff is that the Subscribers are the "very important players"

If anything the decision by NCSoft to force a .NET launcher on the user-base really ruins the credibility of everybody at Paragon Studios whose saying that the V.I.P. accounts are supposed to remind Paragon Studios that the subscribers are the important players.

Nor will you.

.NET is covered by some questionable patents. I'm not really going to go into the reasons why Mono got away with what it did, but I assure you, Microsoft's threat to use those patents in lawsuits is just as valid as the day it was first made.

The problem with "mostly" working is that new users aren't likely going to follow through a complex series of steps and or procedures.

Like it or not, the average Linux user these days checking out Debian spin-offs like Mepis or Ubuntu are not interested in esoteric / exotic systems configurations.

There's already been a thread about getting around the launcher and running the game directly, as well as some unique solutions to solving the patching issue... but most of those work-arounds all run into the same problem. A user needs to have a valid installation of Microsoft Windows.