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Quote:But the epic ATs don't have a predefined background, only a defined present. It's one thing to be called a Soldier of Arachnos of Kheldian, but quite another to say how you got to that point.Originally Posted by Paladin_Musashi
On the one hand, I hate the whole "This is your background and you will follow this railroad story! RAWR!" idea of epic ATs. -
Quote:Pretty much this. Longbow only looks bad because the playerbase insists on painting them as such - they're no worse than the players, and in effect exercise more restraint in a lot of cases. Plus there's just a lot of plain ignorance - no police since Longbow came around? What about the PPD? Or, in fact, the small matter of regular police being assigned to regular crime rather than fighting against super villains?Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
You can twist things all you want, that doesn't give you the authority to redact game fiction and retag existing factions.
But, eh. The person most vehement in her dislike of the characters is also an AR/Fire 'Hero', so I have a feeling the irony was lost from post one. -
Quote:Nor do Longbow.Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
Player characters don't just hop over to the Rogue isles to harass its citizens.
The Rogue Isles is international waters, which is precisely why so much crime happens there - even the United States has its dirty little backroom deals take place there.Quote:They don't set up secret bases all over foreign soil.
But, eh. Whenever Longbow come up Hero players will always run into the thread screeching about how awful the organisation is, never mind the powers they're using on muggers. Or the numbers cut down, for that matter. Just bugs the hell out of me to see such inconsistent indignation. -
Quote:Whereas I think the "good is actually evil!!!!!" approach is hilariously over done these days and has ceased to have any impact beyond a resounding Meh.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Personally, I've always been a fan of "humans are evil" stories because they play on our preconceptions of good and evil.
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Quote:Yeah. This is my issue with a fair few games and movies as of late - moral complexity is only complex if you do it for a genuinely interesting storyline, not simply for the sake of mixing things up. Avatar bugged the frak out of me due to this: oh look our story is really grey and makes you think because humans are evil!!!!!!!!Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
To be honest, I'm kind of disappointed that every faction introduced since CoV has been morally grey. Moral ambiguity is good and all, but we need to counter-balance that with clear-alignment organisations. Sure, Arachnos is puppy-kicking evil and the PPD are puppy-petting good, but the rest... Vanguard, the Menders, even the Midnighter Club are squarely "grey."
Oye. It's depressing when the basic black/white storyline becomes something new and exciting. -
Quote:Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. They might hear you!Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Apparently forgetting that the Vanguard employ villains...
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Nah, people hate Longbow because they do the exact same thing as player characters just with a uniform. That's the point the ethical line gets crossed, apparently.
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Exactly.
Style can make a lot more impact with me than straight out detail. To me the likes of Metro 2033 (oppressive, rusty, very muted colour scheme), Darksiders (bold and chunky characters with vibrant colour schemes) and so on will sticks with me for a lot longer than, say, Crysis or Gears of War - the latter two are undeniably more advanced and powerful with their graphics but don't endear me as much as their less technically tricky counterparts do.
Quote:It's also ten years old, compared to Champions Online which was meant to have had the benefit of experience, hindsight and a greater budget. Even the low end options are blighted with horrific performance issues.Originally Posted by TrueMetal
CoH's engine is horribly inefficient though. It asks a lot of your PC for the quality it delivers. -
What Sam said.
The CO engine has been criticised in a lot of places simply because it gobbles up far too much power for what it does, and has inconsistent performance compared to a lot of games out there; similar deal with Star Trek Online. Framerates are jumpy and can be all over the place, and in same cases has seen to GPUs breaking down if not outright melting.
Speaking from personal experience I get very distinct pauses whenever I play(ed) either game every few seconds, regardless of the options I changed or the drivers I used, nor was I the only one suffering this problem. Given my rig can knock boots with the likes of the Unreal 3 engine it's a very frustrating issue.
Well that and the ******* ugly style. Improved models are all very well and good, but the style of CO is just...eh. Everything seems so gormless and childish even if there are higher polygon counts. -
CO has a newer engine, yet somehow it runs so much worse for so little gain. Same deal with STO - the graphics don't warrant the grunt needed.
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Quote:If you're not following the gaming media chances are you're not going to give two ***** about MMOs like CoX.Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
Except that with pre-orders, and a lack of marketing - only existing game players and those who follow the gaming media know of GR. So any "spike" will be more of a gentle curve over a longer time and won't be reaching the wider world.
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hey guys this fing anoys me sos i kep talken about it in all freads kk
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Are people really that surprised giant donuts are used to advertise donuts.
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Quote:Really? Christ, I'm in the wrong line of work. Hell, I would be in the long line of work even if I'd gotten into the military - I'd have only been looking at around twenty-six grand after about eight years.Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
In software development? Seems about right to me.
Venom retracted if the gaming industry really is that profitable. -
Quote:I'd love to know where the **** you work that thirty-two grand is average.Originally Posted by Quin
Using a conservative estimate for costs incurred during development, which assumes an average salary of £32,000/year
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Quote:Except in this case we're simply going from:Originally Posted by SpittingTrashcan
Villains don't have to win, but they have to try to do their thing.
"My character wouldn't take orders from them!"
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"My character wouldn't have that as their plan!"
The argument isn't as strong as you apparently think. Shifting the issue doesn't resolve it. -
Quote:It isn't naive. It's just asking that this shrieking is kept to the bloody threads where it's relevant, rather than being jolted into every other ******* thread on the EU sub-forum. Well, alright. That's naive given how whiny your lot are. Eh.Originally Posted by Wondering_Fury
Ah yes, the naivety of once again the person who is the on the safe side of the barricade.
Bravo.
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Thought so. G'night folks.
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It's actually a thread asking for players who made the jump, not yet another springboard to make hyperbolic claims of how terrible the EU is being treated, and how much easier the game could be fixed in some hypothetical dreamworld.
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Can we take the grousing back to the SHAFTED!!111! thread please.
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Quote:Well either way the point's the same - they use existing assets, and are not quad-creatures as claimed. Their animations are knuckle dragging variations, which it isn't the 'all fours' style people actually want.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Actually, they do use a skeleton that players don't have access to, and unlikely to ever see.
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Quote:They're still bipedal and using a variation of the Huge animations. It isn't an entirely new skeleton, it's just a model using some very sneaky techniques to disguise its base. A true quad-based animal would be far, far different and require a lot more effort to be convincing.Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Uhm...I don't know any biped creatures other than Gorillas that move about using their knuckles. Just looking at the idle stance, the Ember Demon for one is sure as heck not using a standard rig, not from the way it stands or the way it moves.
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EU server performance is due to the EU net infrastructure. Short of completely rewiring everything themselves, there's not a lot that can be done about that.
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Formerly EU, made the jump to the US (and Virtue) a while ago. It's been a positive experience overall, really - get away from the usual Doom Prophets shrieking in the global channels, and I can fit into the roleplay community without really feeling really ******* awkward around a few of its members.
I'm annoyed with myself for not making the jump sooner, honestly. -
Quote:Yeah. I think the people barking those comments need to go and take a look at the powerset themselves. They still move like bipedal creatures.Originally Posted by Gaming_Glen
Those are still 2-legged critters.