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Aeon_Thraen,
Posted on: 2005-08-04 09:22 in Developers' Corner
Nice idea, and look forward to it.
On a side note, you may want to lock this or make it an announcement thread, otherwise you'll get all sorts of weirdness like how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. 
Sometimes, I impress my boss. Sometimes, I impress myself. The rest of the time, I scare people. I can live with that.
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On a side note, you may want to lock this or make it an announcement thread, otherwise you'll get all sorts of weirdness like how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
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What, you don't like Tootsie Pops? I think that'll be one of my questions to each one of the Devs. 
Discussion thread here.
Announcement thread here.
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I have a question. Why in the hell will no one respond to the IH and regen changes? Thats mine. On and if there is one of signature heros that is a Scrapper which is it and what is their power set(That is the real one, the first was pure bitterness)
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Guys, guys. I don't think you all are giving the Devs the respect they deserve. Especially considering the fact that they have REAL ULTIMATE POWER!!!!
Hi, this post is all about devs, REAL DEVS. This post is awesome. My name is Salvo and I can't stop thinking about devs. These guys are cool; and by cool, I mean totally sweet.
Here as some facts about devs:
1. Developers are mammals.
2. Developers fight ALL the time.
3. The purpose of the developer is to flip out and nerf people.
Developers can nerf anyone they want! Developers gimp up powers ALL the time and don't even think twice about it. These guys are so crazy and awesome that they flip out ALL the time.
So again: If you don't believe that devs have REAL Ultimate Power you better get a life right now or they will nerf your head off!!! (It's an easy choice, if you ask me...)
Arc Salvo: Okay hold one sec guys, we can't just rush in blindly vs these Nemesis, they've got these ranged aoe's tha-
Teammate1(charging in): Shut up, Arc Salvo, you lame*$% Viewtiful Joe wannabe! What do you know?!
Teammate2(also charging): yeah, ST#& arc salvo u PWR RANGR U!
Arc Salvo: *sigh*
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I got a question...
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootise Roll pop?
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Three (and if you get that joke, you're old).
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Lick. One.
Lick. Two.
Kee-runch! Three.
Yeah, I'm old.
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Yeah! They're twisting Geko's arm to post again!
Would it be possible to add a few questions? Maybe answering a proportion of the questions asked or a few more like 5 each (10 total)? 6 seems a bit short considering how long past question threads have become.
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On a side note, you may want to lock this or make it an announcement thread, otherwise you'll get all sorts of weirdness like how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
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What, you don't like Tootsie Pops? I think that'll be one of my questions to each one of the Devs.
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I live near Chicago, the original home of the Tootsie Roll.
But I find it interesting that a thread can go so wild so quickly.
Anyways, questions for the devs:
Will the shoulder/upper arm graphics be made smoother?
Will the pony tails be given flow like capes?
Sometimes, I impress my boss. Sometimes, I impress myself. The rest of the time, I scare people. I can live with that.
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But I find it interesting that a thread can go so wild so quickly.
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Yeah, let's get back on track here people!
Now, where were we?..Oh yes, Tootsie Rolls! Anyone have a link to the offical lyrics of the Tootsie Roll song?
jk, jk 
Sorry, JAnlee, I just couldn't resist.
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I dont know if its me, but this seems like a weak attempt at damage control (oh, lets throw something out there to take their mind off I5)...
Or perhaps its the fact that Im just fuming that they keep nerfing every AT accross the board every time they do an issue. I mean come on...
Just my angry two cents
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They hardly nerf every AT with each issue.
Regen is not the only scrapper type.
And defenders, blasters, and controllers are rarely nerfed. Even wtih this issue, defenders were pretty much left alone, and blasters got a buff or two
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Dont be giving them ideas about defenders! It's bad enough that it takes me 2 minutes to kill a level 44 grey. 
(ok, maybe a SLIGHT exageration. slight .)
Did Hell Freeze over?
Is that why someone got the Devs to pay attention to those on the forum now?
Personally, I'd rather they pay attention to the GAME, fix some bugs and rethink the travesty that is Issue 5.
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I dont know if its me, but this seems like a weak attempt at damage control (oh, lets throw something out there to take their mind off I5)...
Or perhaps its the fact that Im just fuming that they keep nerfing every AT accross the board every time they do an issue. I mean come on...
Just my angry two cents
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Can you get an "Amen"??
AMEN!!!!
Devs, Why are you messing with all the powers??, making them worst?? Why not fix the powers that need it and leave the other alone!!!
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Guys, guys. I don't think you all are giving the Devs the respect they deserve. Especially considering the fact that they have REAL ULTIMATE POWER!!!!
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Nice one. Figured I'd post the link in case anyone doesn't get the joke.
I really reeeally wish people would stop being such babies and stop complaining about stuff they know nothing about. Have you read the release notes about issue 5 thoroughly? Have you been on the test server and checked things out for yourselves? Most of you have not but think you know what is going on. I've tested a bunch of my toons on test and there is almost no difference! Oh wait, my blaster and controllers have awesome new features to help them do more damage and be more fun. Both my tanks, ice/ice and stone/stone, kick totall butt. Yes ice tanks are powefull, heck I've herded Dreck faster than a fire tank one level higher than me. If you suck at this game, the bad things happening to you on test, if you've bothered going there, are not caused by issue 5 'nerfs' but by the fact that you suck. The devs have created an amazing game, do you really think they could ruin it just like that? Give me a break and stop whinning like little girls and use your brains. Read the power descriptions, think about how the game works and learn to play. All this started with invul tanks going nuts over the fact tha the invul power set won't be tantamount to cheating anymore. They now take damage and its freaking them out cause it never happened before. They are panicking at the site of the little red numbers above their heads. Get the info about issue 5 for yourselves and test for yourselves instead of listening to wild rumors and bellyaching. Booohooo every issue has evil nerfs. Been playing since issue 1 and I've not seen anything bad come out of the updates. I can't imagine the crying that would be going on if shield functionality went back to being like before issue 3. You could not stack mez shields with other shields for example. My God now that sucked!! But it got better didn't it? Stop the bitchin.
Z 
I reallly reeeeally wish people would stop assuming that just because someone disagrees with their position on I5, that they haven't been on the test server. Because despite what you think, it is possible to test the I5 changes and be critical of them.
Not just because people arent godlike anymore, but because of the degree and/or methods which were chosen to reduce our power.
Point is, not everybody is "whining like little girls".
Oh, yeah, telling people they suck is a really bad way of making a point.
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I reallly reeeeally wish people would stop assuming that just because someone disagrees with their position on I5, that they haven't been on the test server. Because despite what you think, it is possible to test the I5 changes and be critical of them.
Not just because people arent godlike anymore, but because of the degree and/or methods which were chosen to reduce our power.
Point is, not everybody is "whining like little girls".
Oh, yeah, telling people they suck is a really bad way of making a point.
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Amen! and Ditto that...
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I really reeeally wish people would stop being such babies and stop complaining about stuff they know nothing about. Have you read the release notes about issue 5 thoroughly? Have you been on the test server and checked things out for yourselves? Most of you have not but think you know what is going on. I've tested a bunch of my toons on test and there is almost no difference! Oh wait, my blaster and controllers have awesome new features to help them do more damage and be more fun. Both my tanks, ice/ice and stone/stone, kick totall butt. Yes ice tanks are powefull, heck I've herded Dreck faster than a fire tank one level higher than me. If you suck at this game, the bad things happening to you on test, if you've bothered going there, are not caused by issue 5 'nerfs' but by the fact that you suck. The devs have created an amazing game, do you really think they could ruin it just like that? Give me a break and stop whinning like little girls and use your brains. Read the power descriptions, think about how the game works and learn to play. All this started with invul tanks going nuts over the fact tha the invul power set won't be tantamount to cheating anymore. They now take damage and its freaking them out cause it never happened before. They are panicking at the site of the little red numbers above their heads. Get the info about issue 5 for yourselves and test for yourselves instead of listening to wild rumors and bellyaching. Booohooo every issue has evil nerfs. Been playing since issue 1 and I've not seen anything bad come out of the updates. I can't imagine the crying that would be going on if shield functionality went back to being like before issue 3. You could not stack mez shields with other shields for example. My God now that sucked!! But it got better didn't it? Stop the bitchin.
Z
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ive tested the changes to my fire/super strength tanker...
burn was majorly screwed over... does this mean my tanker sucks?... no, it means the devs were overly generous with the nerf bat.
you people have no idea what u're talking about...all this may seem like a nerf but it's really a fix... there's a difference.
they are simply getting the classes set for CoV when PvP becomes an issue.
so for all you whining about how your guy got nerfed, shut up. i think the devs wanted pvp to be a little more....even....
so.. we have no clue what we are talking about huh?
no clue at all... meaning we havent tested our characters, and in most cases didnt like the changes?..
but yet... we of course have no clue!
sure u know that your characters arent as good anymore- but if you think its a bad thing, if its the big bad nerf bat, then no, you don't
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sure u know that your characters arent as good anymore- but if you think its a bad thing, if its the big bad nerf bat, then no, you don't
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so because my fire tankers burn now takes about what... 30 seconds to a minute to recharge, and it does less damage, AND it scatters a group... thats a good thing?!
dude... im sorry, but you are just trolling.
no, not really....
im gonna hate to see these boards when CoV comes out...everyones gonna be bawling their eyes out bc "the stalkers are too powerfull!" or "nerf masterminds!" etc etc etc
btw the tanker's job isnt to do damage...its to stand there and take it while the damage dealers give em the smack down
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I dont know if its me, but this seems like a weak attempt at damage control (oh, lets throw something out there to take their mind off I5)...
Or perhaps its the fact that Im just fuming that they keep nerfing every AT accross the board every time they do an issue. I mean come on...
Just my angry two cents
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They hardly nerf every AT with each issue.
Regen is not the only scrapper type.
And defenders, blasters, and controllers are rarely nerfed. Even wtih this issue, defenders were pretty much left alone, and blasters got a buff or two
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Last issue Tanks got a big offensive buff. Before that Defenders got an across the board offensive buff. There have been numerous smaller buffs. People just don't post all the time about the buffs.
Actually that isn't completely true. After the Tanks Secondaries were buffed in the last release there was an outpouring of complaints from Scrappers that Tanks were outdamaging them. This is actually the only reason I can think of why Scrappers got an across the board damage increase in this release. Sure their secondary was reduced but Tanks primary was reduced and they got nothing, so it can't be because of that.
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