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Likely, but can hope folks can use it as an incentive to start using the in-game LFG system again. Course, as you said, folks [myself for instance], like to ask before inviting, and with a trial you just won't get a response.

Of course, could really hope and see if we get a matchmaking service.

What would certainly be nice is an revamp to the Costume creator to get it to show/preview all costume pieces and let you purchase the costume pieces from within it.

Forbin was refering to Redrum I believe with their crossposting campaign of "Going Rogue is now free".

And you do have a nice UI request, I suspect personally, that the majority of the question is going to be coming up more so with stuff like slots though. I can see question about it with a few feature unlocks, but well, time will tell how the interface looks .

Add to it that the free players don't get posting rights, wouldn't be surprised if much of forum-rage fizzles away.

Well, you can also go to the Echoes of Gemini Park. At least if I understand what they mean by the Ouro gate.

21 overview doesn't appear to include new slot, but it's possible it'll be a future reveal.

However, I'm leaning more towards a later event [perhaps a mid i21 release].

I imagine that folks will still have the option of a Praetorian start [if you have GR].

This, however, will open up folks to playing whatever [non-epic] archetype they want on whichever side they want without dealing with side-changing.

Sidenote, I still see Double XP boost events in other games that offer XP Boosts via microtransaction. So that specific concern may not be too pointed.

However, you will still face an implicit pressure to purchase them to 'keep up'. So the broader concern still applies.

I'd content it's more of a failure believing that more money and faces results in a better service. There is some merit to multiple solutions in play, especially some good merit to having multiple third party security certifications in play. However, it's a false dichotomy to believe that the cloud computing services are only applying a single form of security.

While very true that you still have to deal with the weakest link no matter what information security methods you undertake, at least you limit the amount of valuable information a given terminal will have on it [reducing the risk factor from the 'lost laptop'].

You can have fake costume pieces [the 'Fur' part on the Bolero] and multiple-sided color [capes] as well.

You're arguing against a monolithic structure for security. Yes, you have a single 'provider' of service, however, that does not mean you only have one security solution in play. Nothing should stop you from using a RSA token solution and encrypting your data on EC2.

Course, here's the funny thing. If any hardware provider's security [cisco is actually a good example here, although I also like RSA for the immediate reference] gets compromised, the entire footprint of their products security are compromised. That's why it's kind of important to keep up to date on your security updates [as I'm sure you know]. Is it more likely for those 500 companies to update their security methods or for the one company whose lifeblood is maintaining the trust of their clients. Perhaps really the only advantage a monolithic setup has in assuring security updates are applied across the entire platform.

Actually, that's one of the nicer points for some companies with regard to cloud. A cloud provider is able to centralize and put economies of scale to work for security purposes. Of course, as in all things, it's a matter of having a partner you can trust to do their part well.

Or in the case of some security providers, lie about the extent of damage for a few months until the public forgets about it. Of course, incidents such as that tend to just highlight that you need to plan for data compromises to occur as well.

To be honest, I think it's more a case of a hump in power levels. 30s feel boring to me on most of my characters. Just more enhancements mostly [which are nice, don't get me wrong, but they're more useful to me once I get 50 and start spending the moneyz].

I agree. It also alleviates the time risk/commitment of trying to start a team to do something.

Your 15 minute example may actually be cropping up because of the heavily instanced nature of the game. Even if one of them were willing to lead, they may not be willing to hang out and do nothing for a period of time trying to recruit and instead jump into an instance and actually do something.

I do admit there is fear of leadership [I'm guilty of it myself after all ].

Quite, they work better as a supplement, or often as a 'simple interface' when you only need a simple interface.

3) Handle the Turrets
4) Handle Damage Balancing/Adds

Possibly can make the argument for deciding to farm the Adds/AVs during the final phase as well, but that's really not too deep imo. Personally, I feel that #4 shows a bit more of a case for not necessarily comparing based on 'points', but on depth of those decisions, especially when considering the differences between a task force and a trial.

There is some trouble with 3d games, but I'd suggest looking at OpenSim environments, and it's corporate predecessor.

Or alternatively, in an abandoned building within the safety of the slums, but ya, it still was annoying.

One thing it did help with was establish community within the game though. Not the best way, but it's also a reflection of one of the interesting problems that MMOs face. There are no real secrets anymore, the player-run wiki and boards do such a thorough job of exposing the content and how-tos that much of the game is already exposed. And, unfortunately, there is an expectation that folks use those resources.

Many of the structures of the MMO game are pretty self-evident. The tutorials do usually do an ok job of telling you the basic mechanics of how to play. In telling you "too fast" the issue is that most MMOs do design their systems to be accessible early on, so as to broaden their appeal. If you're a crafter, and you find out that you really can't start crafting until you get halfway to some arbitrary level, it's kind of frustrating and may send you off.

One thing I will note, CoH itself is pretty bad about spamming you with Tutorial Tips, imo.


Might I suggest a MUSH?

That incident would have also been a rewrite/replacement of the general idea that Battalion was supposed to be a factor of the invention system.

In all, until in canon, prolly best not to worry or grump over it changing.

Just curious here, is 25ft/whatever the area of effect for Team Teleport?