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Actually the dev seemed to have taken a lot of the negatives into consideration based on what we were told at the panel. Its precisely why they waited to do it. So I'm fairly confident we aren't going to see any nasty side effects. But who knows.

Its possible the numbers are going to be a bit different then they are for fitness as a powerpool.

I was there and missed that part myself... doh.

Too much time spend trying to type out the important bits to Twitter in a timely manner.

The cross server question came during Q&A and Posi's comment was that its on the list, but nothing more. Which I believe I said, so not sure why people would think we'd be doing a beta for that in a week.

Also... how in the world did this thread get so massive?

No it wasn't and honestly I completely forgot to ask about it. But I assume we aren't getting costumes in it because Sexy Jay is apparently overbooked for mysterious unknown reasons.

As far as the signed NDA and Issue 20 beta.

What we were told, which was decidedly vague, is that Issue 20 is going to include some systems and items in the game which are unlike anything else ever done. Its a major major thing and because of that they want to do a pre-beta closed period thats ultra top secret to test the ground work before going into Issue 19 closed beta.

Issue 19 beta, from what I understood though I could be wrong, won't start until after the Issue 20 closed beta period that will start in about a week.

I also had a brief moment to talk to War Witch about bases and the state thereof and while they really want to re-approach bases its not a simple issue. The system is old and has issues, they are aware of, and its not an easy job to fix or change.

It also runs into the same problem they are having with trying to use new Praetoria assets with old assets. It just looks bad next to each other. There are also apparently other issues that make including those assets into the base system hard to do. She is very interested in looking back at bases, but its really about determining its priority and whether something else should be shifted to allow it to be addressed.

I am now off to bed after fun at the meet and greet. I'll try to check this tomorrow if anyone else wants clarification on my frantic tweeting.

Issue 19 will have a normal beta after issue 20. Issue 20 includes a lot a of new systems that will require more beta time. Also sorry for typos on my phone.

Truthfully, from what I've heard in discussions I've had while doing this migration the desire to add off site linking is there. The key problem however is the lack of a large enough and active enough pool of people moderating content.

There have been a few instances of content going up that directly violated the web hosts TOS. And really without that constant large group of eyes over content its too hard for one person to patrol the pages to check off site images.

So if you have a solution to that problem, by all means share it, that would definitely put that option into the realm of more likely to happen.

We're going to have to disagree on this. Because there really is zero reason for overloading a page with gigantic images. Because even with a high speed connection your just needlessly wasting bandwidth on images that don't need to be print quality for viewing on a profile on a website.

Beyond that its something that someone else is paying for. They're the ones paying for the bandwidth and the server disk space to contain everyone's content.

Its not exactly a simple issue. Even if the server is new you should still try to take some consideration into the fact that you're sharing the space with others. And I will tell you, the new server has three times the disk space and way more processing power. The restrictions however will not change. Because otherwise people will abuse it and just fill up even more space.

Per your edited comment, yes it is in fact a risk to the site and the people who pay for its hosting. Its very hard to control what people include on pages using a hotlink. Forcing people to upload means that each image can be reviewed to make sure it doesn't violate the hosts TOS.

I've never had any issues with decreasing my file sizes to the necessary size, and I do it without major degradation.

If you use Adobe Photoshop I'd suggest checking out the save for web/devices function under the file menu.

http://tricks-collections.com/reduce...osing-quality/

There are some good tools otherwise here you can use to do it.

You can also try including a lower res version on the UHVU page and link it to say Deviant Art or photo bucket with a full rez larger version.

There is absolutely no reason to ever include a file inline in a HTML page that is over 100 KB unless its an art website like deviantart and you've chosen to do a full view.

Let me just give you guys a snap shot from what I know. The images folder for UHVU is 4 GB of data, the database itself is 4 GB of almost all page text. I'm actually lending a hand to Kadekawa and the Admin to try an migrate the data to a shiny new server. Problem is its too much data, especially in the database, so its not playing nice with the migration tools.

So that is why the file restrictions are in place, the site is too popular for its own good.

Cap Au Diable.

Wait 20 hours per bubble? Is that right? I thought it only took 20ish hours to reset all five to continue on the path towards something else.

And I've gotten drops after I did my morality mission last night. I got two actually before I ran off to enter Paragon from Sharkhead.

However I do know people who are getting these unexplained dry streaks where they can't get tips to drop at all as if there is some sort of timer. My understanding was the only timer is on the ability to earn alignment points.

Glad that helped you guys too because it definitely helped me out. I thought the flickering at some points in Nova was going to give me epilepsy like I was playing Beat Hazard.

Though I've decided to just hold off on really diving into Praetoria till the new shiny syndrome goes away.

We could debate on why that is.

I run the sewer trial periodically myself, but I don't bother with the other two hero side.

Primarily because its low rewards for the effort because of exploits people use to do them quickly.

I do think the sewer trial is a blast though, and the thorn tree trials are fun as well.

Works for me.

I'm looking forward myself to giving it a go again, I haven't since right after CoV launched. But I'm just waiting till it hits live next week to really start beating the drum to get a group rolling with trying it out.

I just wish we could allow members of the opposing faction in the base to do it. As it stands right now a vigilante can only do hero group CoP runs and a rogue can only do villain group CoP runs. Which sucks.

Its more an issue of a broken character transfer to test. People can't port over their more powerful/slotted characters and are instead generally relying on more poorly slotted characters they had on test.

Personally from what I've seen of this trial I expect it will be doable without nukes/shivans or any other temps. Much like how Hamidon raids are done now and the LRSF. The hardest part, like a LRSF and a Hamidon raid is that it requires a lot of coordination.

A lot of people scream the sewer trial is hard, but its really not, you just need good players who listen and leaders who know what they're doing. Its a challenge, its not impossible.