rian_frostdrake

there are posters with lower end pc's that refused to even render that post.

That is awful to say, you should bravely prove that people are manufacturing artificial meanings,nicely tell us that our usages are counterfeit.

Amen...lose the spandex, instant improvement.
quite right, plus if you go travel powers, and later ios with travel bonuses, you may be blissfully unaware that company was coming.

interesting choice of the word grind

when jack allocated resources..of course..that was the devs in that case.

you know, my problem with stone is , outside of it's mezz protection slowing you to a crawl and granite doing the same, that it looks really cool with all the layered armor sets, i loved that..then you get the last power and it just turns you into a visually unimpressive member of an old villain group. but the utility of the power is too much to ignore it so yu are kind of stuck.

you'd be amazed how much extra that costs

anyhow, for one thing, we certainly have our contentious moments. pick the right topic and watch even the calmer posters go feral. that said, the hero suggestion has been floated before, and its possible..i also think that based on admittedly unscientific anecdotes, this community is a bit older so perhaps more agreeable portion of the community has developed the sense of perspective as to where games importance is relative to the other big responsibilities. working a real job, dealing with a spouse and kids and maybe aging parents who now you have to help as well can round off the edges of a lot of little stuff.

another possibility is this game has (as per a former lead developer) an unusually high retention rate of players once they start. when you have been here a while, you kind of feel some ownership of the place, so you dont let it become another internet hellhole.

finally the communtiy is smaller than many other online gaming communities. If we assume that all communities have a certain percentage of idiots, then applying the percentage to a smaller number leads to a smaller number of twits. and the more organized twit groups dont hang around because we are too small to notice at first, and too small for prolonged "fun" once engaged. a second factor is we realized that, being small, driving off new people is not conductive to the game's longterm survival. make em feel welcome or watch the community wither and die from natural attrition. a little mercenary, but the result is the same, comparatively open arms if you enter politely. that said, i have seen some enter with a chip on their shoulder..it ends badly.

and as others mentioned, lack of competition helps. we all are working to the same goals and we generally dont damage each others game. pvp is kind of a non-issue here and kill stealing doesn't work here.

he played a drow, i already do.

You know, experiences vary and im not saying you didnt have some bad experiences, but when the heck was this? I went to grade/high school in the early 80s to mid 90's and i not only did not ever get beaten up for being a gamer(i did get attacked in a few arcades, but that was more because they attracted a group of local delinquents rather than because of any broad societal pressure, but found gamign to be a good starter for a lot of friendships i made back in the day. Heck, in the early 80s i remember getting together with kids i didnt even like over the singular goal of the male population(girl gamers were rare beasts at my grade school) of my grade at the time, beating the second quest of legend of zelda. this was pre-internet, you found something, you called the right guys and the info got out by phone. and ended a longstanding rivalry with a kid because i could help him with locations of items in rygar (nes, not arcade). I cannot ever remember a time when people were actually socially stigmatized by their peers because of gaming...provided they had some sense of balance and didnt neglect all other social skills for gaming. Yes there was generalized nerd bashing, but gamers(or vidiots, as was the nomenclature of the day) weren't a unique beast then, gamers who venn'ed into nerds were treated thusly and gamers who didn't weren't.

you know, i have noticed that in the past people mentioned that he was somewhat sympathetic, different than competent, of course, but hear me out. then i actually took a loyalist responsibility arc character up...and i have to say be disappointed me, he was a whiny, self pitying little bitter husk of a man who endlessly nurses his grudge against the legitimately annoying neuron and makes you do all the work..exactly what he dislikes about neuron. I have to say,for whatever brilliance he may have, he wastes it by being a sad, bitter little whiner. no wonder he couldnt get dominatirx. my main is a ma/sr, they couldnt make marauder any more evil for me...cheating +to hit buff smashing damage resisting @#$%

my ice/ice tank says hi right back. play him regularly, very good control, multiple auras get me tons of aggro, and witht he change to freezing aura, his aoe is pretty good.

yep, christian Jacobs(also known as m.c. bat commander), was just going to come in and post that. he and scott shcultz were the co-creators of the show.

people like myself are waiting for paragon to commit one way or the other, unless you can back up your statement that more would wait, your statement is meaningless.

in da your full shifts are active, one reason its kind of anticlimactic if you are already fully shifted, streets are full of green and grey cons.

what about playing at a minimal difficulty slider? does the existence of the -1 option diminish your joy at playing at any other level?

ok, gek, honest question, did you get some of the rewards you are currently proud of by farming minimally risky enemies? If not, does the fact that others have diminish your accomplishment.

especially the cyclopses, the minos were more straighforward.

so far, just with rian frostdrake, ma/sr. but i was a +3 incarnate at the time, I expect it would be harder for anyone with less shifts.

and it is equally easy to exaggerate the deleterious effects by thinking it would hugely affect them. I am not going to pretend that i can say with certainty that they wouldnt lose some purchases of super packs if the option of getting the costumes was eventually going to be sold, but In as much as i have seen of human nature, people who wait are not the norm, a portion of the other people who are adamantly against superpacks have admitted buying packs to get the costume parts, So while actual market information could obviously change my mind over simple anecdotes, timed exclusives are a part of gaming, they provide incentives for a type of purchase while not punishing others for not wanting to make that sort of purchase, I'm currently waiting out a 30 day timed exclusive for dawnguard because i like to play elder scrolls games on pc, i can wait. Furthermore, locking things behind exclusives forever really is the tactic of the garbage freemos that I have dallied with here and there, and it was always a source of annoyance for me, and is part of why i describe them as i do and dont play them.

so to answer, i dont know, if you do, and i know you have had more hands on with the industry, by all means show your sources so I can be duly enlightened, but I just see the buy it now mentality being strong enough to maintain the profitability, ANd get an extra bit of money and goodwill from players who feel, at the moment, strong armed.

finally, lets be honest, we all have a stake in the game, if it crashes, We all lost the game, and if it loses profitability then we get less content, but there are good ideas and there are strong arm tactics. There are a number of horrible practices that the aforementioned freemos do that make them money and may, for a time, make coh money, but would be hostile to the playerbase, There should be a balance between seeing players as valued customers and treating them well, and seeing them as faceless dollar signs to shake down for everything they have got. I pay a sub, have never let it drop, and have purchased very nearly every costume and powerset, im not penny pinching here, but If i start seeing the game degrade to the profitable but hostile practices of the freemos, then im gone, and so is the sub and market cash.

a period of exclusivity for the costume pieces to be in the sp program, once that period expires, maybe when they ar replaced by the next one then it is offered in the market, i will grudgingly accept even a slight increase in price . gamers(and people in general) are not exactly known for their impulse control, see bethesda's horse armor being wildly profitable, even though it was supposedly reviled and was functionally limited, so the preferred method of getting them would still be supported for people to gamble, but those with objections to it can, after a period of time, get them as well. thats cool, I enjoy playing my beast mastermind just the way it is. perspectives, ya know.