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That was pretty much my reaction, too.
All the physics are client side only, and no information about them is passed from client to server -- so, it's strictly a visual on your machine. That means, there is no way for people to play volleyball, or kickball. We could put one in that only you, the player, would see, but I imagine that isn't what everyone would like.
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How about adding a special NPC with infinite health but that gets knocked back by any single attack? 
I don't think we would be too picky on the physics of it. So make it a big red ball enemy, that has 100% damage resistance, and has no knock back resistance. I realize that those without KB powers would be left out but if you *really* wanted to play with the ball, you could take Kick and have a 1 and 4 chance of making it move.
They can use the graphic of a light form peacebringer inside shining shield but change the blue tint to red.
In fact, a light form peacebringer with shining shield on has pretty darn high resistance to most everything BUT knockback. According to Sherk's hero builder, 3++ resistance slots on light form and shining shield gives 117% resistance to smash/lethal, 81.9% to everything else but psi and toxic.
I understand that NPCs don't have to have those values, but just wanted to throw that into the discussion.
Here you have an existing set of powers and graphics that give the look and feel (with a slight color tweek) of a BRB.
So how about that _Castle_?
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We have to have a BRB. I'll respec into jump kick.
How about a REALLY big WHITE ball, say about 12 feet in diameter (or about four meters), like the "Rover" drones from the old TV series "The Prisoner"?
The difference being, you don't go after it, it goes after YOU...
You can run away form it or even drive it off, but you can't really destroy it, and if it scores a "Critical Hit", you're engulfed and wake up in a Council prison cell.
Now THAT would add a little something to the game...
I guess depending on how your mind works, just exactly WHAT it would add would vary with the inidividual experiencing it.
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"The customer is always right."
If this were possible, I'd love to see it in Pocket D. Or it could act more like a Beach Ball hehe.
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All the physics are client side only, and no information about them is passed from client to server -- so, it's strictly a visual on your machine. That means, there is no way for people to play volleyball, or kickball. We could put one in that only you, the player, would see, but I imagine that isn't what everyone would like.
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What a sad day. There has to be some way it can be done. There has to be someone on the Dev team who wants this as bad as the rest of us do, please make it work! IT can be an ongoing thing, where it get's improved upon every so often.
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All the physics are client side only, and no information about them is passed from client to server -- so, it's strictly a visual on your machine. That means, there is no way for people to play volleyball, or kickball. We could put one in that only you, the player, would see, but I imagine that isn't what everyone would like.
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Um.. bullpucky.
When someone knocks back an NPC everyone sees that NPC get knocked back. The NPC ends up in the same spot for everyone. They slide down the same ramp for everyone. In short, all of that physics is happening on the server. The arms may be flailing client side but the NPCs position is being calculated on the server.
Do the same thing for a ball. Create it as an NPC without an AI (it won't run away or try to attack). Then add some code that treats damage done to the ball as knockback. Okay, that last bit might get a little tricky, but my point is that it can be done.
If this ever does get implemented think of the pickup games of soccer in any zone...wormhole will suddenly be the most popular power as everyone rushes to make gravity controllers
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That was pretty much my reaction, too.
All the physics are client side only, and no information about them is passed from client to server -- so, it's strictly a visual on your machine. That means, there is no way for people to play volleyball, or kickball. We could put one in that only you, the player, would see, but I imagine that isn't what everyone would like.
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I don't see why you can't make it into a Level 1 monster with immunity to all damage and all debuffs and all status effects, but like Gears, vulnerable to Knockback. No attacks and no move, so we could attack it to move it around.
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That was pretty much my reaction, too.
All the physics are client side only, and no information about them is passed from client to server -- so, it's strictly a visual on your machine. That means, there is no way for people to play volleyball, or kickball. We could put one in that only you, the player, would see, but I imagine that isn't what everyone would like.
Sorry, folks.
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What if you made it yellow?
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Gold Damn it! 
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I remember Phantasy Star Online did something like this in the higher-level lobbies.
People were amused incessantly for months. Soccer games were everywhere.
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I love it when people bring back good memories of PSO. I shall have to fire the old Dreamcast back up some day. Of course, won't be the same without Seganet, but I could go for a singleplayer fun-run I reckon.
Give it the same "stats" as the Civies in the Mayhem missions.
5HP, cant be killed, takes full effects from powers.
Only thing you have to change is:
Size, Color, AI(none).
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Give it the same "stats" as the Civies in the Mayhem missions.
5HP, cant be killed, takes full effects from powers.
Only thing you have to change is:
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Sort of a Big Red Beanbag.
I've never yet taken a hit from a bad guy skidding across the floor on his keister.
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Learn the knockback, live the knockback, love the knockback!
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That was pretty much my reaction, too.
All the physics are client side only, and no information about them is passed from client to server -- so, it's strictly a visual on your machine. That means, there is no way for people to play volleyball, or kickball. We could put one in that only you, the player, would see, but I imagine that isn't what everyone would like.
Sorry, folks.
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Gold Damn it!
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you and your gold. Everything must be gold with you.
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Sugar and Spice � Empathy / Psionic Defender
Naughty and Nice � Willpower / Super Strength Tanker
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Or we could have a REAL Arena somewhere in Paragon.
Like a giant football stadium, but has soccer goals at each end.
We don't believe in sports in Paragon City? Because we don't have a baseball stadium, a hockey arena, or football/soccer fields.
Or a quidditch field. I mean, really.
...Are you SURE we can't have our BRB, Castle? Even with some sort of work-around?
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I want a Big Red Ball!
No, no, not as power or anything, just in the game.
[censored]? u ask
lemme explain
In one zone in CoH (Talos) and one zone in CoV (Nerva) there should be a single big red ball that does absoutly nothing except when you attack it, it gets knocked back a bit. By every attack not just knockback attacks. It cant be destoryed or anything, just a Big Red Ball to hit around, thats it.
How big is big?
Well not huge. Just like 1 meter in diameter. Thats Big for a Red Ball!
The reason for just one and being in just one zone is so you dont run into it every time you log on. Maby you'll only run into it once a month or something, then youll be like "WOW! a Big Red Ball!" then you will knock it around for a few minuties laughing very hard then you will leave saying "What a cool Big Red Ball"
Whats the point?
A little extra thing like this would add tons of fun!
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You've really got balls making a suggestion like this, haha! Good idea! It's simplicity is matched only by it's balliciousness.
This reminds me of how when you buy an expensive, must have cool toy for your kid only to find that he more enjoys playing in the big cardboard box it came in.
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I don't think we would be too picky on the physics of it. So make it a big red ball enemy, that has 100% damage resistance, and has no knock back resistance. I realize that those without KB powers would be left out but if you *really* wanted to play with the ball, you could take Kick and have a 1 and 4 chance of making it move.
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air superiority would replace itself as the most popular pool attack. it might even take over brawl as the most common attack power in the game
*edit* it took forever to for this tread to start "flaming" but since we got a dev post it has doubled in views in like a day and a half. i wish my posts had that kind of power
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That was pretty much my reaction, too.
All the physics are client side only, and no information about them is passed from client to server -- so, it's strictly a visual on your machine. That means, there is no way for people to play volleyball, or kickball. We could put one in that only you, the player, would see, but I imagine that isn't what everyone would like.
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Unacceptable! Figure out a way to make BRB work! You got the brains...we want the ball...let's make lots of bouncy!
Sure you can make jingle jets but not a BRB c'mon now. And temp powers that last through level 10. Rockets that fly up into the sky that everyone can see but we're confounded on how to make a Big Red ball work for all?
I'm all for trying to let us down easy, by giving us a soft "NO" , but the whole client side/server side jibber jabber isn't flying with me. I know you're just the messenger Castle so this isn't really directed towards you.
Now then Castel, go over to Statesman's and Positron's white board and write in BRB (in red of course) on the Development schedule *teehee* Dooo it!
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That was pretty much my reaction, too.
All the physics are client side only, and no information about them is passed from client to server -- so, it's strictly a visual on your machine. That means, there is no way for people to play volleyball, or kickball. We could put one in that only you, the player, would see, but I imagine that isn't what everyone would like.
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I don't get it. If I can knock a minion onto a teammate's tar patch, how is that 'client side physics'? Are my teammates not noticing my brilliant play? Is the minion not debuffed by the tar patch for the whole team? Why is the BRB different?
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That was pretty much my reaction, too.
All the physics are client side only, and no information about them is passed from client to server -- so, it's strictly a visual on your machine. That means, there is no way for people to play volleyball, or kickball. We could put one in that only you, the player, would see, but I imagine that isn't what everyone would like.
Sorry, folks.
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Then all the Green Lantern clones couldn't play.
I wish this could be brought in it would create unity amongst the servers and would create a super leauge on the test server. I feel that it could be brought in. If they can make arms flail around after a knockback they can make a big red ball roll.
ps-- this girl is in my SG in protector she is awesome to hang out with.
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BRB = MOB - attacks - knockback resist + 100% dam resist
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That still means that only people with Knockback powers would move the ball, and it wouldn't have the physics aspects that you'd want, since it has to follow knockback rules rather than particle movement rules. It would not 'bounce' properly off of objects.
All of that said, it *could* be done, but I doubt we have the free time in the schedule anytime soon, and even at that it would be fairly low priority. My guess is you'll see it around the same time as the Giant Tape Worm.
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I so would have liked to put 6 knockback SO's in the Forecheck power. 
All the physics are client side only, and no information about them is passed from client to server -- so, it's strictly a visual on your machine. That means, there is no way for people to play volleyball, or kickball. We could put one in that only you, the player, would see, but I imagine that isn't what everyone would like.
Sorry, folks.
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No hockey?