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Originally Posted by Noxilicious

Oooooh! So that's what Tip mission are!

Never let it be said the devs never listen to their players. How often did people request to see story arcs you get from street-sweeping? I swear there was a thread for it every couple of months.

Originally Posted by MunkiLord

I'm used to him being wrong.

Originally Posted by Bionic_Flea

I wonder how much hidden people add to the perception that server populations are down. I used to periodically search for all players on Justice just to get a head count. I haven't done that in so long I forgot what the average was. But I did note that there were less and less players. Part of the seperation began after CoV came out and we were divided by faction.

But if a third of a server's population is hidden, there may be a lot more people around than we think there are.

Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba

Thank everyone. We're still hovering at 33% using Hide From Searches and have been hovering there for some time. I'm going to call it at that.

1/3 of the player base is generally hiding from searches.

Final tally:
Yes: 34
No: 68

Is this a scientific poll? Of course not. Could a dev swoop in and say "the forum going populace is not an accurate representation of the playerbase on the whole." Of course.

But for my calculations, 1/3 hidden it is.

Originally Posted by Frost

Oh yes. It's all part of the devs plans to go into the prescription eye wear market after ruining all of our eyes with their tiny text.

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Really? You think they're just going to leave it as is? Just because they're not talking about it doesn't mean it's not being looked at.

Originally Posted by Mandu

Citadel first please. It is required for an accolade and has the same problem. Invade the council base and defeat all time after time after time after time after time.

Originally Posted by Test_Rat

I have pretty much zero luck getting on Pick up Group TFs (thankfully I am in Repeat Offenders and they accomodate anyone for anything, but this is a discussion outside that.). When the impossible does happen and I do get picked up for TFs, I have had the following experiences:

Had people quit the team because the leader invited a stalker.
Had people threaten to quit the team, until the leader boots me.
In nearly 100% of the time People will say in Team for me to read it: "A stalker?, ugh Stalker. Oh boy Stalker etc"

Originally Posted by m3lon

If I was leading a team and you said SB only by request and you have to say thank you, I'd kick you from the team. If you were leading, I'd call you some uncivilized words and probably end up getting kicked. If a third party was leading, I'd call you the same uncivilized words and add you my ignore list before I get kicked... and still get kicked anyway.

I'm of the school of thought that SB is highly overrated, and I have no problem teaming with kins that skip it entirely or rarely use it. However, one way to piss me off quickly is compliments for average play. I'd gladly give a standing ovation when somebody pulls off something awesome such as taking control of near wipe situation caused by somebody else's (usually me) mistake. But saying thank you for clicking my name and pressing SB every 90 seconds? Go yourself. If you want your epeen stroked you have to earn it.

And because we're on the topic, here are some other etiquette issues that piss me off.
*Requesting a teleport and having to say thank you. It's one thing if somebody comes out of the mission or waits for you while others go in, but when you choose using recall friend over twiddling your thumbs you're not getting a thank you from me!

*Saying "gratz" (or even worse "gz") every time somebody levels. Honestly, none of us give a crap and we all know this. It's exceptionally meaningless when people have a bind to say some congratulatory phrase every time they hear that dinging sound. Screw that, if I'm going to congratulate you for leveling it will be meaningful (i.e. /e clap, or announcing the newest 50 to the world.

*Not kicking khelds from the team every time a cyst spawns. I'm sorry, but if I had you in my room and came across some giant cyst that was spewing black puffy stuff you'd be kicked out so fast you'd think I slotted SB for speed. Why am I not allowed to treat khelds the same way!

Originally Posted by EnigmaBlack

I hadn't read that they were exclusive to GR, I was under the impression that you would still be able to roll heroes/villains with the new sets (but not rogues/vigilantes). That sucks, so I have to wonder if this is true, then why even bother with releasing I18 concurrently and why not just call I19 I18?

Unless it's I18: Market Merge. That sounds catchy...

Edit: I almost forgot about the other huge long pushed aside event that is finally fixed (Don' think I can talk about it due to NDA). Maybe that will be what I18 is named?

Originally Posted by Timeshadow

Exactly this. It's how I've maneuvered through CoX since day 1. Never been a fan of the WASD key layout and having the numpad on the right side of my keyboard makes using any other control scheme feel cumbersome and unnatural.

Originally Posted by Eva Destruction

Not as epic but hilarious: Ragnarok Chance of Knockdown proc in Caltrops.

Originally Posted by Smurphy

I've never understood the concept of the numpad making things easier. Perhaps you can explain it to me. I place my left hand on W-A-S-D and my right hand on my mouse. Shift-2 targets the player in the 2nd slot and Shift-3 the 3rd etc. First I target using shift + number then I press the power for speed boost: perhaps control-1 or alt-1.

How does using the numpad make that easier? You have to move one of your hands away from its normal position, I assume. Personally, I consider that "not good". I'd really like to be able to walk around with my left hand and look around with my right at all times. Is using the numpad easier than pressing shift-2 to target for most people? What benefits does using the numpad give you? Do you place your hands at different keys?

Originally Posted by IanTheM1

It's 100% against policy for rednames to post using a non-redname account.

Originally Posted by Sharker_Quint

honestly, if you have the pocket d teleporter or your base has the beacon, go there instead of actual arena. the arena's offer nothing but a long circular hallway to run through. everyone usually goes to pocket d to do arena stuff.