What has happened to this game? (Freedom)
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Aisynia,
Posted on: 2009-05-15 16:05 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Once again, Bill simply proved that his lvl 25 toon could put a team together at that specific time ,
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To be clear, on the fly, within minutes of you challenging him to.
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Bill - "I can make a team at any point," 2:29 PM
You - "So do it, right now, redside." 2:39 PM.
Bill - 2:54 PM, "I have a team." No mention of when he logged on to Freedom, but mentions 3 minutes and waiting for replies.
You, at 2:59 saying "I see the same people," even though he never mentioned names of who he was teaming with. Sounds kind of dishonest.
Bill, 3:15, added two people, one dropped.
You, 3:18, saying something about "people leave and join all the time," which kind of contradicts your own "It's harder to make a team." You also made some sort of comment assuming a "lil" something was on his team, which he later said was not. He did, in fact, provide a screenshot of the team list.
You did, however, say he did the exact same thing as you - given his results, he's getting a markedly different experience from you.
4:06, he mentions logging off finally. So, for an hour and a half, he had a team, and kept it going. Doing, by YOUR OWN ADMISSION, "the exact same thing."
He posted this:
Do you require everyone to be the exact same level?
Do you require an 8 person team?
Do you require one of each AT, or any specific ATs/powersets?
What is so much more difficult for you when it comes to forming teams? This is not "snark," this is an honest question. What are you doing, looking for, or expecting when you form teams that's making this "more difficult?"
at which time you said "most of the people" were ignored.
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I had the option before to send tells to many many people in my level range, today there were about 10 ppl total in the entire /search...if that isnt evidence i dont know what is.
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Define "Your level range." Seriously. EXACTLY your level? Since you kind of implied it when you made the challenge. You sounded like you wanted a team ONLY of 22s - which is YOU limiting yourself. There's someone else counter-searching within minutes of you saying you couldn't find anyone who reported somethign very different.
Where did you search? What did you put in FOR a search? I'll make a character on Freedom if I don't have one sitting there, and do exactly what you say for a search (I won't make a team, since you're not talking making a team, just "There were this many people.") I want to know how you're searching and what EXACTLY you're looking for and accepting when making a team.
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Read carefully please. I also had a team at the EXACT same time as bill that I formed and led. Bill proved nothing but at that specific time where I had already formed a team, he could do the same. This does not mean that it has not become harder. Before I could form teams at any given time in my own level range. Even if i am "limiting" myself the point that i cannot find as many people in my level range is still valid.
Go onto Freedom Server atlas park, many different levels there, most of them doing AE farms, that takes awaya substantial part of the population for a undebatable fact. So, basically you either AE farm or you grind for a team.
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First, I been afk damage farming for born in battle (i pvp alot and never have a hard time finding action and i am a freedom native) i have 10 tells in the past hour with no LFT flag up, no description of what i am in my search comment.
You are just doing it wrong, and God doesn't love you.
Lazy ignorant people think they NEED stamina
Lazy people just pick up stamina even though they KNOW its not needed, cuz they rather do an easy build than one that needs a bit of forethought
im a lazy person, i have 30 50s all with stamina, i could easily with IOs and Accolades make staminaless builds and be highly functional but that would require time and effort
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The problem is that you're one of the "Forumistas" and therefore suspect at best, and an irrational, reality-warping liar at worst. The only 2 "rational" people are Ares and B_I, and the rest of you, that is to say those who do not instantly agree with the only two rational people, are irrational liars whose own experiences are inherently less valid. (Incidentally, i find it interesting that to be rational you have to ignore any evidence that does not support your premise or change the conditions to exclude it.) Anyway, the only two rational people in this thread are better than the rest of you. The rest of you have consistently failed to make me constantly howl with laughter (literally) or facepalm (metaphorically) while reading this thread. Failures, all of you.
Offering clear, detailed suggestions makes posts tl;dr for those who are truly rational. Not taking an arrogant and dismissive tone the instant someone doesn't agree with you is also irrational. Using actual numbers and concrete examples? Irrational.
Become rational now, cast off those chains of not agreeing, lest ye go on to succeed doing it differently from the two truly rational posters in this entire forum. Oh, and CityLife. i'm pretty sure CityLife would qualify as rational by the standards of the two rational people here, so now we have three rational people to lead us, hallelujah! 
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Kindly do not ascribe things I have never said to me, thanks.
And as far as "arrogant" and "dismissive," I'd like to see what you call practically every post in here since it was decided to dogpile Ares; really. Oh but wait! This behavior is perfectly ok!
Another forum truism: negative behaviors are only ok when performed by certain people. You're [among others, aka The Usual Suspects] in here just flaming and namecalling and insulting away, yet you expect this to be well-recieved by a chastened and humbled recipient. I have only this to say:
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yeah, that'll happen, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
My respect is earned, sorry:
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BOTH OF YOU HAD TEAMS!
How hard is that? That means "it's not hard to get a team!"
*shoots self*
Please read my FEAR/Portal/HalfLife Fan Fiction!
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I really think most everyone who continually posted in this thread to be a waste of time.
There was no reason for this thread to go on as long as it did, as far as I am concerned you all are part of this forum's issues.
When something good happens to me, I can never enjoy it....
I am always too busy looking for the inevitable punchline...
BEHOLD THE POWER OF CHEESE!
Bad maybe if we continue to post away at this thread we will become forum cartel and they will agree with us by default XD and everything they have said before will be wrong thus causing a paradox thus destroying the forum cartel's evil villain base and the new guys and gals can take over.
*jokes*
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I really think most everyone who continually posted in this thread to be a waste of time.
There was no reason for this thread to go on as long as it did, as far as I am concerned you all are part of this forum's issues.
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It's fun :/
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If you come to the forums looking to be insulted, you will be insulted
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And who exactly are YOU to determine whether or not someone *needs* insulting, "Mr. All-knowing SUBJECTIVE Opinion?"
Oh, wait.... Was that an insult?
My bad.
"The One"
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The way you play changes your IO slotting..
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76 characters and Twenty-four 50s later, I still love this game.
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The irony is you just proved his point.
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Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
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It's funny that just by glancing at a post, if I see things like "Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiight" and "LOTS OF SENTENCES IN ALL CAPS" and sprinklings of things like "Sure thing," and "You bet," I immediately know it's a B_I post.
Does anyone else read B_I's posts with a valley girl voice?
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No, I thought that's what you did with "The_Player" posts.... My bad... I must have missed the latest TPS report on that one.
"The One"
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Originally Posted by Infernus_Hades
The way you play changes your IO slotting..
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76 characters and Twenty-four 50s later, I still love this game.
AlienOne's Human-Form Warshade Guide (Old guide+New guide = 12,000+ views!)
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If you come to the forums looking to be insulted, you will be insulted
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And who exactly are YOU to determine whether or not someone *needs* insulting, "Mr. All-knowing SUBJECTIVE Opinion?"
Oh, wait.... Was that an insult?
My bad.
"The One"
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Apparently whenever I post I am looking to be insulted according to these dudes. They should know that if I were looking to be insulted i'd say..."This game sucks and anyone that plays it is probably a cootie head."
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Read carefully please. I also had a team at the EXACT same time as bill that I formed and led. Bill proved nothing but at that specific time where I had already formed a team, he could do the same. This does not mean that it has not become harder.
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He did so in minutes. How is that "harder?" He also has stated he's been here four years, and hasn't had any more difficulty doing so! You say youv'e been here two, if I remember right. So he's, quite frankly, got more experience doing so and a longer amount of time to judge from - time which overlaps your own.
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Before I could form teams at any given time in my own level range. Even if i am "limiting" myself the point that i cannot find as many people in my level range is still valid.
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BUT HE DID SO! And apparently didn't have to work at it all that hard.
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Go onto Freedom Server atlas park, many different levels there, most of them doing AE farms, that takes awaya substantial part of the population for a undebatable fact. So, basically you either AE farm or you grind for a team.
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Neither is true from what I'm reading, though - And there's the point that you didn't answer my questions. Reposting:
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Define "Your level range." Seriously. EXACTLY your level? Since you kind of implied it when you made the challenge. You sounded like you wanted a team ONLY of 22s - which is YOU limiting yourself. There's someone else counter-searching within minutes of you saying you couldn't find anyone who reported somethign very different.
Where did you search? What did you put in FOR a search? I'll make a character on Freedom if I don't have one sitting there, and do exactly what you say for a search (I won't make a team, since you're not talking making a team, just "There were this many people.") I want to know how you're searching and what EXACTLY you're looking for and accepting when making a team.
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Wanted: Origin centric story arcs.
If you've only played an AT once (one set combo) and "hate" it - don't give up. Roll a different combo. It may just be those sets not clicking for you.
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The irony is you just proved his point.
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Someone using the "irony" statement on these forums?
noooo waaaaaayyyy.
DOOOOOOOOOM! (haha)
Wait..... someone using sarcasm in a reply?
DOOOOOOOOOM X2!!!!!!!!1111
"The One"
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Originally Posted by Infernus_Hades
The way you play changes your IO slotting..
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76 characters and Twenty-four 50s later, I still love this game.
AlienOne's Human-Form Warshade Guide (Old guide+New guide = 12,000+ views!)
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Read carefully please. I also had a team at the EXACT same time as bill that I formed and led. Bill proved nothing but at that specific time where I had already formed a team, he could do the same. This does not mean that it has not become harder.
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He did so in minutes. How is that "harder?" He also has stated he's been here four years, and hasn't had any more difficulty doing so! You say youv'e been here two, if I remember right. So he's, quite frankly, got more experience doing so and a longer amount of time to judge from - time which overlaps your own.
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Before I could form teams at any given time in my own level range. Even if i am "limiting" myself the point that i cannot find as many people in my level range is still valid.
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BUT HE DID SO! And apparently didn't have to work at it all that hard.
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Go onto Freedom Server atlas park, many different levels there, most of them doing AE farms, that takes awaya substantial part of the population for a undebatable fact. So, basically you either AE farm or you grind for a team.
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Neither is true from what I'm reading, though - And there's the point that you didn't answer my questions. Reposting:
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Define "Your level range." Seriously. EXACTLY your level? Since you kind of implied it when you made the challenge. You sounded like you wanted a team ONLY of 22s - which is YOU limiting yourself. There's someone else counter-searching within minutes of you saying you couldn't find anyone who reported somethign very different.
Where did you search? What did you put in FOR a search? I'll make a character on Freedom if I don't have one sitting there, and do exactly what you say for a search (I won't make a team, since you're not talking making a team, just "There were this many people.") I want to know how you're searching and what EXACTLY you're looking for and accepting when making a team.
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Someone else needs to explain this because obviously I cannot dumb it down enough.
Topic of this thread: What has happened to this game? (Freedom Server Specifically)
PVP has diminished:
My experiences:
Siren's Call used to be a very competitive zone where there were numerous heroes and villains day to day, now I tend to see a barrage of heroes sprinkled with a few stalkers playing hide and seek.
It is harder to find a team:
My experiences:
Frequently I attempt to start a team, it seems that most people are only interested in AE farms however when I do form a team, we do fine sometimes. Though often i have to settle for people that do not know how to function with their toon. Four months ago, this was not the case. Steel Canyon was booming and Atlas Park always had multiple sewer teams of 8. STFs and Respec Tfs were a daily occurrence in the higher level zones. This is no longer the case. Since i14 I have been on a number of teams, some good, some bad. Teams still exist, they are still able to be found. However, I have noticed and have heard others saying, it is tougher to find a team, I just simply put a specific time frame on it since I have been gone for 4 months.
Also if you are never on Freedom server, don't even comment because you have no experiences to back up anything you say.
So you can't, or refuse to, answer, even with contradictory experiences.
Even with people giving you suggestions, which you decide are "insults."
You don't want to be shown by a non-cartel person (pretending one exists as anything more than a post count title) that a team can be gotten quickly.
You refuse to answer "How are you looking, what criteria are you using." Or, in your own words, "back up" what you're saying. Of course, you've been proved WRONG before.
Fine. I'm done. Your actions in here have made it clear that you've deserved every ounce of derision and mockery that's been pointed your way. And if you're as bad in game as you are in here, I know why you have such a "hard time" getting a team when someone else can make one and roll. You're probably on ignore lists across the server.
Oh, and by the way? Until you get a red name, you have no control over who can and cannot answer you. You don't like that, make your own little forum or blog where you have mod powers.
So you and Bad_Influenza there have fun talking to each other, k? I'm sure you'll get along JUST fine.
(Edit: And he even has an SG and VG - at least according to this site, - check out the roster - and can't get a team together quickly. Yeah, I think the problem's him, absolutely.)
Wanted: Origin centric story arcs.
If you've only played an AT once (one set combo) and "hate" it - don't give up. Roll a different combo. It may just be those sets not clicking for you.
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"But still, is it just me or has the population deteriorated in a big way?"
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you asked this, then argue with everybody who has said, "no, it is just you"
what else do you want?
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"But still, is it just me or has the population deteriorated in a big way?"
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you asked this, then argue with everybody who has said, "no, it is just you"
what else do you want?
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Overstatement on my part. Based on my experiences I am sure that it is harder to find a team at the very least of the matter.
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Positron: "There are no bugs [in City of Heroes], just varying degrees of features."
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If you come to the forums looking to be insulted, you will be insulted
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And who exactly are YOU to determine whether or not someone *needs* insulting, "Mr. All-knowing SUBJECTIVE Opinion?"
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I should have phrased that differently. If you come here looking to be insulted, you will find something to be insulted by, even when one isn't actually present. I meant to say that people who look to be insulted will take offence at exceedingly small things, not that there will be people to insult them because they deserve it.
And it's true. Whenever someone comes to the forums ready to proclaim they suck and everyone is mean, their self-fulfilling prophecy fulfils itself. They post, someone responds with something genuinely stupid, they take offence and bite back, more people join in, and before you know it, you're stuck in a shitstorm without an umbrella. I don't even have to read a thread to know what's going to happen, I've seen it just that many times.
The moral of the story is to ignore people who say stupid things (either forum ignore or just don't read their posts) and just keep on topic. Of the many threads I've seen where people try to do that, I've only seen a handful fail, and the people responsible for most of those have been banned long ago.
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Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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Apparently whenever I post I am looking to be insulted according to these dudes. They should know that if I were looking to be insulted i'd say..."This game sucks and anyone that plays it is probably a cootie head."
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To avoid repeating myself, your inability to let inane comments drop off the thread is what's making them recur. My mother always said that the worst thing you can do to someone trying to get a rise out of you is to ignore them. And you know... She was right. People aren't going to hound you if you keep on topic and simply not address non-constructive, belligerent posts. They'll have nothing to hound you for.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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Apparently whenever I post I am looking to be insulted according to these dudes. They should know that if I were looking to be insulted i'd say..."This game sucks and anyone that plays it is probably a cootie head."
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To avoid repeating myself, your inability to let inane comments drop off the thread is what's making them recur. My mother always said that the worst thing you can do to someone trying to get a rise out of you is to ignore them. And you know... She was right. People aren't going to hound you if you keep on topic and simply not address non-constructive, belligerent posts. They'll have nothing to hound you for.
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We two are on the same page then because I have already taken your mother's advice.
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Apparently whenever I post I am looking to be insulted according to these dudes. They should know that if I were looking to be insulted i'd say..."This game sucks and anyone that plays it is probably a cootie head."
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To avoid repeating myself, your inability to let inane comments drop off the thread is what's making them recur. My mother always said that the worst thing you can do to someone trying to get a rise out of you is to ignore them. And you know... She was right. People aren't going to hound you if you keep on topic and simply not address non-constructive, belligerent posts. They'll have nothing to hound you for.
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We two are on the same page then because I have already taken your mother's advice.
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and there we go...... Mod 8, here ya go
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You can make a highly functional build without stamina.
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Ok, let's take this ball and run with it. What build is "highly functional" without Stamina? On what AT? And don't say regen; tell us something new. After all, the canon argument is that no one needs Stamina; one of the real thigh-slappers I remember was that people who picked up Fitness are "greedy."
And even if you can think up a build, how does that address all the others that cannot move three steps in any direction without it? Rhetorical question only, there.
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Sad part is, no one can make a build without stamina that I can't make more survivable and more capable of non-stop carnage with stamina.
Does that mean everyone should take it? Absolutely not. This game's easy. Not everyone is going to build their character to push the limits of the game's engine as high as possible while alone.
Those are the folks that take stamina. But you could build a team consisting of 8 characters with RA and/or AM and never run out of end no matter how hard you play.
Oh, and ArestheImpaler..? If folks aren't teaming with you, and you have the same attitude in game that you have had in this thread, it's truly no surprise you can't find anyone to team with.
Be well, people of CoH.
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