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7thCynic,
Posted on: 2009-07-16 11:58 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
If you want to give the Devs a gift, before you send them a basket...
1. Buy a year's subscription. Nothing tells corporate your customers are happy and committed to the game better than this; and,
2. Buy all the editions and boosters.
Then, send a gift.
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If they let us solo TFs/Trials the smileys will go into overload!
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Let's not get crazy now!
Seriously, though, to the best of my knowledge we won't be changing minimum sizes of TF's/SF's. The minimum sizes stand as "warning labels" to newer players that these missions are more difficult/time consuming/whatever than other missions. It's a small, but important function.
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Would it be possible to add a warning that comes up if you try to start a TF / SF with below the minimum team size? Something like "Warning: This Task Force has been balanced for a team of at least X players. It may be very difficult or impossible to complete with your current team." That way the players are duly warned, and if they click yes anyway they know what they're getting into.
After all, it's not like people don't already get fillers to start out when doing a TF with a small group... as long as you include a strong warning there's no real reason to require a full sized team to start it. Some people really enjoy solo / duo / trio TF attempts... honestly it's one of the few real challenges to a fully IOed character. I personally don't run them below minimum size (I don't have any heavily IOed characters) but I'd like the option to try it some day without having to spam chat for fillers.
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I've still not done most of them as a result of these limits.
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/e coughshadowshardtaskforcescough
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There's more than one way to strip a catgirl... wait... ermm... 
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Fixed that for you. 
Heh you've got to love it, PP is mentioned in the meeting regarding this feature. The anti farming crowd surely feels happy for her tonight.
Best feature added to the game since launch, and MY reasoning is probably not what you think.
I will finally be able to return to Freedom because there will be PEACE AND QUIET.
The days of fill requests are finally over, thank God.
In an issue full of good things, this is one that stands out to me as well. Although I'm hoping for the level slider to go to -1 or even -2 for the sake of characters I have trouble soloing with (or for which it is tedious due to how long it takes to defeat minions, much less Lts). Even if it doesn't, it's a QoL change that I can get behind.
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
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Best feature added to the game since launch, and MY reasoning is probably not what you think.
I will finally be able to return to Freedom because there will be PEACE AND QUIET.
The days of fill requests are now over, thank God.
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You are assuming the people who don't know how to use the search feature will be able to adjust their settings?? 
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No, but if they ask me to fill, I can now legally say "RTFM" and it will mean something.
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Best feature added to the game since launch, and MY reasoning is probably not what you think.
I will finally be able to return to Freedom because there will be PEACE AND QUIET.
The days of fill requests are now over, thank God.
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You are assuming the people who don't know how to use the search feature will be able to adjust their settings??
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No, but at least we have something to yell at them.
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No, but if they ask me to fill, I can now legally say "RTFM" and it will mean something.
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Er...
Run The Futher Mocker?
Edit: Oooooh! Er, I think what I'm thinking is what you're thinking. At least, I think that's what you're thinking.
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Enhanced Difficulty Options - Players can now fine-tune their difficulty levels by telling the game exactly how they want to be treated. They can choose to be regarded as a specific size team (even if they are soloing), and even have control over the level they are detected to be when it comes to the dynamic spawn system. So if you ever wanted to see if your Scrapper could take on a map that is populated for an 8 person team, four levels higher than your own, now you can! The difficulty settings of the mission owner dictate how the mission is handled, just as before, and you can change your difficulty settings at any Hero Corp.'s Representative in Paragon City or Fateweaver in the Rogue Isles.
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DO NOT CHANGE THIS I WILL RESUB FOR LIFE. 3 accounts.
Seriously. I LOVE THIS.
I WILL NEVER ASK PEOPLE TO FILL EVER EVER AGAIN.
PI will be the Nicest place for all you people who want to team up, you wont see SPAM. THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER.
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This is great and all but are you devs smoking crack?
If you hate farming then what on earth do you think this is going to do?
Not that I care because i will be more than happy to use this to get levels and do purple farms.
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This is great and all but are you devs smoking crack?
If you hate farming then what on earth do you think this is going to do?
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What Dev ever said that? They may not be fans, but but this new featrues kind of shows Exploit free farming is part of the gameplay.
I have never asked for fillers and such, mostly me and my friends. Now though I don't even need those suckers anymore...heh heh, but it just means I can have a better time trying to earn what I want through hours of grinding all on my own.
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What kind of Gift basket do you want?
I swear to all that is awesome this is the best thing ever. Its like tied with S*X
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Gift Baskets are nice, but I'm fat enough already, thank you. No need to send anything, really!
EDIT: BTW, this was Posi's idea, not mine -- I was just in the meeting it came up in. So, HE'S the bestest dev evah!
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A separate slider for virtual team members? I've heard that idea bantered around by a few people for a long time. Me being at least two of them.
Castle, Positron, anyone else on this decision, please reconsider.
The warning of "You must have X number of players on your team to start this taskforce" can stay in place. It will continue acting as a reminder to those that wish to start it that it will be tough.
Newbies won't be running around with their diff set to Player + 6 virtual teammates, right?
Vets don't need the warning and can handle the content.
Please, you have the opportunity to knock this one out of the ballpark. Don't skimp on the perfection of the multiple difficulty slider. Don't make us bother with pads for TF/SFs.
It's an unnecessary nuisance.
Thanks for your time. Really looking forward to bruting it up with claws.
Be well, people of CoH.
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EDIT: BTW, this was Posi's idea, not mine -- I was just in the meeting it came up in. So, HE'S the bestest dev evah!
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I've been informed that my memory is awful and that it was Pohsyb's idea...So, um, yeah. He's the bestest dev evah!
My apologies for the mistake! (Is that enough? Back into your box now! Go!)
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Or it's like the idea of the [hyperbole]thousands[/hyperbole] players who've asked for it since launch 
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That is an awesome option. No more fill requests. I probably can get even level AVs without going Invincible from what it sounds like. That feature may be my favorite.
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If they let us solo TFs/Trials the smileys will go into overload!
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Let's not get crazy now!
Seriously, though, to the best of my knowledge we won't be changing minimum sizes of TF's/SF's. The minimum sizes stand as "warning labels" to newer players that these missions are more difficult/time consuming/whatever than other missions. It's a small, but important function.
EDIT: By the way, in the meeting where this feature was proposed I specifically mentioned that "Perfect Pain is going to love this change." Glad to see, at least on first glance, I was right!
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TONS of people are going to LOVE this change!
A few of the "That's why its called an MMORPG, so you have to team with me people - as for them, maybe not so much...
Heck, this means I can finally come out of Perma-"your hiding from everything"! (or everything but Tells)
I might even leave 'block all invites' off for a change = so I don't forget during stuff like this weekend's Rikti Invasion, and suffer the through the faux pas of "Oops, my bad... I was on Hide. Sorry, can you please re-invite me to the Bomb Team?" (or whatever)
And seriously, please [u]"get crazy"[u] - change the minimum sizes of TF's/SF's, the only real function that actually performs now is forcing people to either:
A. multi-box,
B. Team-up (when they don't want too or can't), or
C. forgo them altogether.
I'm 99.44% certain I've never completed a TF or SF - It would have to have been back before I7 or I8. I know that way 'back in the day' I did the Cavern of Transcendence & Terra Volta Respec Trials - but that's all I can recall doing so far as TF's/SF's/Trials. (Those 2 trials are really all I can remember doing.)
In fact, I don't think I've even been ON an SF at all... Ever = not that I can recall.
EDIT: Correction, I have done a couple of the Ouroboros TF/SF's, but those don't really count.
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"warning labels" to newer players that these missions are more difficult/time consuming/whatever than other missions
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Then by all means - Bring On The Warning Labels!
Change the TF/SF Contact's dialogue boxes & the Text within to alternating Huge Flashing Fluorescent colors they can't miss!
Add some confirmation boxes to the Contact's dialogue "Are you [u]really sure[u] you wanna do this alone - if so click this box HERE", "No, we really mean it. This is super-hard... Are you absolutely, positively sure you wanna try doing this alone?"'
Even if they somehow manage to blunder there way into a TF solo, as a new player (Like maybe the Positrion TF? 
*cringe* ) they'll either succeed [u]OR[u] fail spectacularly - and in the case of the latter... Surely, they'll figure it out pretty darn quick.
EDIT 2: You know, I really should know better & read the whole thread before I start typing - other people pointed out the "warning-label" thing could be done, in some manner other than making you multi-box or find another meat puppet/schmuck to team with.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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and PINK SPEED BOOST AND PINK BUBBLES AND PINK ICE TANKERS AND PINK PERFECT PAINS AND PINK TRANSFERENCE AND PINK SPINES AND PINK RAIN OF FIRE.
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and PINK SPEED BOOST AND PINK BUBBLES AND PINK ICE TANKERS AND PINK PERFECT PAINS AND PINK TRANSFERENCE AND PINK SPINES AND PINK RAIN OF FIRE.
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AND PINK ENERGY MELEE... wait... what?
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
I always loved my pink pompoms of Doom and Destruction
Incase one of those Super Awesome Devs pops back in...
2 Suggestions for sometime down the line.
1) We need an Amusement Park zone. An old abandoned one like in that Scooby Doo cartoon. Preferably next to the Ocean. (Dak and spooky) and with a working Rollercoaster even if it is an old creepy wooden one.
a) It would be cool if you could add wave effects to the water in all the zones that have beaches.
2) Vet Reward: Super Side Kicker, Can have 2 Side Kicks at a time.
3) Directed specifically at "Teh Sexy Jay" Super long gloves that go almost all the way up the arm...
Like this -> PLEASE!
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3) Directed specifically at "Teh Sexy Jay" Super long gloves that go almost all the way up the arm...
Like this -> PLEASE!
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Why does that woman have 3 arms?
My prediction, this will not stop broadcast spam, just change it. It will simply become more focused. Now it will be "LF Kin for +4 set for 8 mish, pst."
Defenders will be bombarded with tells of "u heal?" or "u a kin?"
TA and cold defenders will receive blind invites and then be kicked as soon as the leader gets a look at their powers.
Hopefully, it will move all the traffic out of AP, as players all gravitate to the one mission that has been determined to be absolutely optimal to crank all the way up and solo or duo. Will we see the demon farm return to prominence? Will it be something new ? Stay tuned!
Edit: Not saying that this isn't a good addition to the game. Just don't think it's going to be the panacea a lot of players seem to. personally, I never had teh patience or heart to grab fillers, so this will get me off of the Cim walls.
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I dont understand your negativity, dude.
We have 3 accts. We will NEVER need to ask people for stuff like that. If anything this is the Biggest incentive ever to have people get multiple accounts.
Most people have a friend that can come healz for them, atleast that is MY expierience with farming.
Granted I play on the bestest server ever... Virtue!
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Why?
I dont understand your negativity, dude.
We have 3 accts. We will NEVER need to ask people for stuff like that. If anything this is the Biggest incentive ever to have people get multiple accounts.
Most people have a friend that can come healz for them, atleast that is MY expierience with farming.
Granted I play on the bestest server ever... Virtue!
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LOL, looks like I got my edit in a minute too late. Anyway, I love this, no negativity at all. Broadcast spam doesn't really bother me anyhow. Just making a prediction about how the lowest common denominator adapts to this change.
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EDIT: BTW, this was Posi's idea, not mine -- I was just in the meeting it came up in. So, HE'S the bestest dev evah!
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I've been informed that my memory is awful and that it was Pohsyb's idea...So, um, yeah. He's the bestest dev evah!
My apologies for the mistake! (Is that enough? Back into your box now! Go!)
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Well we knew pohsyb was awesome already.
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Now i want to create a MA mission of the exploding zombies built for a team of 8. Want a challenge, do that
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*throws Seeds of Confusion*
*stands back*
Okay, that mission's done. Next!
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