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Quote:I don't think it is so much as disappointment i feel as severe confusion. Why did the spoil Statesman getting the pointy end of the stick..why is this called WWD when the story revolves more around Darrin Wade making a power grab rather than the deaths of characters. Ever since it was revealed that Statesman is going to die I have been more interested in what Wade is playing at than the actual Deaths.Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
There was so much potential here, guys, and I really think you missed it.
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I do it on characters when I get tired of slotting for defense or recharge.
it saddens me that those are the only really worthwhile things to slot for, oh well I plan on making my MA/Fire armor scrapper try to squeeze alot of +damage sets if she can for the lulz. -
Quote:Soul Transfer has a fairly decent huge stun attached to it so you will have time to retoggle, and a Softcapped Dark Armor Brute has no excuse for dying that often.Originally Posted by Flamewarden
Hrm...i like the defense numbers...but no taunt and a crap ton of toggles...it might not even be playable for me
Do you realize how long it takes to retoggle 10+ powers if you need to use soul transfer :P Thats one of the main reason I went where I did on my current version lol
End will also be a HUGE issue...maybe not for trials but for just about anything else.
I will say you went with a lot of sets i might not have looked at so there is definetely something to remember for later...I appreciate your input
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Quote:Actually they do have a blueprint for the COX verse, there is a story bible. The Main problem with it is that the Devs forget which bits of it we know and which we do not know sometimes.Originally Posted by Acerbus_NA
Kinda frustrates me that they never really did make up a blueprint for the CoX multiverse. It makes it difficult(atleast for me) when there is no core rules on dimensions and stuff.
So most people treat the Netherworld as some sort of void plane that is filled with creatures that can shatter your sanity and is the "gas tank" for negative energy?
In essence, going back to the Champions setting, the Netherworld is the Qliphothic Realm? Basically the old worlds that are dying, where gods go to die, where the antithesis of life exists. -
Quote:In all honesty if you are wanting to make things more difficult for high end teams the first step is going to be having DR in PVE, which is going to be about as fun for the PR team as ED was. Frankly no matter what mechanics you can throw in, a team with 3 or 4 buff/debuff sets is enable enough force multiplication to slaughter whatever comes their way.Originally Posted by Dr. Aeon
Hey everyone!
I wanted to start a discussion between me, one of your loving mission designers, and you all, the loving people of the forums. The point is to discuss challenge in mission content and how to make things challenging for solo players, small teams, and large teams, without just turning on and off the AV button. That's not to say that we can't still turn on and off the AV button for future content, however. There was an excellent example in a previous thread of how to make things more interesting with a fight, which was that instead of the EB scaling up to an AV, the EB has more EB allies to make things interesting for a full team. I thought this was a great idea, and Id love to hear more. What were basically going for is...
So! Here are the guidelines to that we need to set up for this:
1) No flaming/putting people down; give each other useful feedback on ideas. Lets keep this polite. Any insulting feedback to your fellows will be handled by Arachnos Laser Drones.
2) Little to no impact on the art team or powers team. The goal here is to come up with ideas that are easily applicable to several scenarios.
3) Stay on the subject!
Ill be doing my best to reply to this thread, but keep in mind I also have work to do on occasion (when Im not in the lab striving to make great science). -
Quote:Oh...still that is a bug I would love to know about..Originally Posted by Terwyn
No, no. The Kheld bug predates the three extra slots, and was a bug in respec code.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Terwyn
Unfortunate. I think a great many people would have loved to see this, as it would allow people to reduce weaknesses in their builds.
I do, however, recall that old bug that resulted in a Kheldian character being able to two-shot Hamidon or something like that... call me crazy, but it seems to me that part of that bug at least partially accomplished what's being considered.
If there's an old back-up copy of the code that contained the bug, it might be possible to examine and adapt it.
I'm not a programmer, though, so I wouldn't know.
another example of how coding is really strange sometimes.
3 extra slots breaks something so that a Kheld can two shot Hami. I would love to learn how to code just to examine the dominos of that bug. -
Quote:Except that the beta testing Proved you can get to +3 without doing a single Trial in about a month. As I stated before that is *faster* than you can get fully IOed just doing solo missions, and that is only one test case by one person who seemed to have some really bad luck I honestly think that the overall speed of DA will be faster than that.Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Compared to the broad swath of content that came before. Yeah. It is.
Essentially the game funneled down into one thing if you wanted to advance your character.
Raid Your Brains Out
The introduction of DA does little to change this.
It introduces a painfully slow "alternative" that STILL ties you to the "Well if you get lucky with random rolls you can make progress, if not tough ****" mechanic. And your only deterministic option is to STILL build everything raw from threads and continual up-conversion of salvage.
You may not be able to get T-4 Incarnate levels too fast in DA, but you really can not get Purple IOs in *any* sort of fast time like you can with Trials, and I still see no real comparison with WoW, it falls flat for *anyone* who has actually knows anything about both games.
In short.
The solo path in COH has *always* been slower outside of the broken broken MA, Go level a character from 1-50, IO fully, and fully Incarnate up vs someone who does the Taskforces to 50, runs the high level TFs for Merits and then Trials up to Incarnate. I am willing to bet the teaming will always have a very large advantage as it has had from the very start of the game. -
honestly I kind of like how DA works for Incarnate Content, the soloers get a bunch of arcs that lead up to a trial to end the story..My only complaint is that after Dream Doctor's arc there should have been a Task Force to set up for the DD Itrial.
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Quote:PSSSST! They did that in Preatorea, it was not a good idea!Originally Posted by Mr_Morbid
I'd nuke the hive from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
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Quote:having played WoW. Umm No, not even close the difference between Itrials and WoW Raids is extensive. For that comparison to even begin to work IO sets would have to be shut off during Itrials, and every new Issue that came out would remove all your Incarnate Abilities/Currency/Slots.Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
/this
Then every single Trial would be *easily* failable if one person did not do the exact movements right or if a single prisoner escaped, and each Boss would only drop 3 Merits that the entire group would have to fight over, oh and those Merits would only be usable by 1 class so there is a chance that for your 20 minutes of work you get absolutely nothing.
Honestly +3 in about a Month is not entirely bad considering that those Incarnate abilities will never become useless, and is quite faster than someone could get fully IOed Soloing without spending money on the AH. -
I would say the new phasing tech they have added to atlas is a step towards allowing you to get a "win"
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Quote:*cough* Freedom Phalanx Reserve badge *cough*Originally Posted by BrandX
But we're not cutting ties to the past, we still have the rest of the Freedom Phalanx, which is from the start of the game, as is Statesman.
This isn't cutting the ties to the past, if Positron and the rest of the Freedom Phaanx remain alive.
Kill them off, let player characters be the new Freedom Phalanx.
Even better, give players the option of being in the Freedom Phalanx SG or their own created supergroup! The FP will just have an unlimited number of spaces, stops you from joining another, and gives you access to the Freedom Phalanx supergroup chat channel!
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I kinda want to slap around the letter writer a bit, after finding out who he is there is no reason for him to have played the letter writing bit.
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Quote:*thinks about the first book* No..I am pretty sure that "death Incarnate" is a pretty good theme.Originally Posted by Snow Globe
Okay... I would get that Game of Thrones image with Beast Mastery, but not "Death Incarnate".
- Grim Reaper
- Skeletons
- A completely black image
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Quote:Alternatively they are saying "Hey that Mass Effect thing, forget that space marine crap that you have seen a thousand times, come check out our stuff."Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
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Quote:its a logical thing to leap to considering that its Loki as the main villain but I doubt it really is. Of course if my theory about Asgard falling at the beginning/before the movie is right then hey Midgard Serpent should be there.Originally Posted by CaptainFoamerang
Why do folks keep assuming it's the Midgard Serpent? o.O
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Quote:Except I stated the the first Cars was a good remake of Doc Hollywood. I am not hating Cars 2 because it is popular, I am hating it because it was a bad movie.Originally Posted by BrandX
Nope it doesn't. I didn't once say it was good.
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Quote:Popular =/= good.Originally Posted by BrandX
What I find interresting is all the hate for Cars 2, when it was one of the top 10 biggest movies of 2011.
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In Defense of the lack of MM primaries, they are the only AT to get them and take *alot* of work to do.
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Quote:*looks at her hybrid Psy/Electric attacks*Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel
And so did I, but when I found out she was an adult, I was able to accept it and not desperately cling to the idea of her being a child or accuse the devs that this was inconsistent writing.
The devs have shown lots of poor writing consistency in the past, but this wasn't one of them.
Edit: You want inconsistent writing on Penelope Yin? Here's one from Agent G
And now they're saying "no one knows who trained her"? Yeesh.
Not Obvious at ALL, I was surprised she didn't show up as a Clockwork/Empathy Mastermind Honestly! However her costume is horrible. -
Quote:If..it is done well it would. I am not saying this is going to be a terrible movie, it is probably going to be the best tomgirl princess movie ever mostly likely just because Pixar is that good.Originally Posted by Father Xmas
Yes but "tomgirl princess decides to accept the status quo and conform to her patriarchal society" while unexpected, wouldn't really pack the theaters beyond opening weekend.
Will I go see it? Of Course, Pixar has garnered quite enough good will from me over the years to go to. Heck their worst movies are the Cars ones, and the first one was a good remake of Doc Hollywood. -
I have mixed feelings about this..Sure Pixar! but..it looks like your generic "tomgirl princess defys all the old ways and becomes a hero" thing that has been done to death.
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In their defense for City Vault, word is they tried but..it broke things, as in unplayable broke.
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The Arbiter Sands one..was really strange, him and the hero is is pining for are dating?
How does *that* work!