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I have been a skulking the forums for some time now and I almost never post. I have witnessed many good natured, well intentioned people shot full of holes and ridiculed for their lack of technical knowledge about game animation and worse yet, their grammar. In an era of acronym overkill brought about by nothing less than sloth I find it refreshing and noble when people take a stab at that troublesome and dated pastime known as grammar. My pet peeves aside I would like to bring to your attention what "isn't" possible. It is impossible to lick your own elbow. That being said I am sure a handful of you are hitting reply to recount your own elbow licking adventure or combing the web for a video link to some freak chick to which elbow licking is the very least of her abilities. All in an effort to debunk my belief in the elbow licking theory, if you were only so intrepid about game ideas and their proximity to the realm of possible. I am tired of the phrase "not within the current framework of the game" or NWTCFOTG for you nymtastic people. Even better is the phrase "The Devs will never go for it". Did it never occur to you that the reason the Devs wouldn’t go for it is because they never thought of it? Do you not realize that we have rapidly outgrown this framework cage we have been in for the past 5 years? Do not think me ungrateful. I love this game. I just think it needs a bigger cage…with an exercise wheel. Stop dwelling on the impossibilities and start pushing for them. Power proliferation and customization is great but long overdue. Switching sides is another great revelation that is also long overdue but is Going Rogue going to expand the realm of the possible other than power variety and a few badges? I want a jet, motorcycles and cars. I want one of those Ugo’s you see all the time with the thumping stereo. I want more interaction with my environment. I want to see a car banana when my giant character lands on the roof then be able to throw it at a Sorcerer. I want to be able to swim under water. I want five story robots to attack the city. I want a MECH that shoots rockets and peppers targets with bullets. I want to be able to pick people up and throw them through a storefront window. I want citizens who aren’t bipolar, alternating between strolling like a zombie or running around like a freak and I certainly don’t like them pushing me around like I’m on roller skates. I’ll stop my Dennis Leary rant here before I really get going and leave it to the techies to pick apart. Before I go, ask yourself, is this cage big enough?


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"PANCAKEPANCAKEPANCAKE?" What the PANCAKE is this PANCAKE?!....I can't say PANCAKE?
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Struck: "Bite my shiny metal Jetboard, coffin stuffer!"

 

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... And did you remember that we also shout "search please"?

You want cars - the devs * do not want cars * in this game. they've said as much, flat out. They don't want this to become city of jetbikes.

We've got underwater in the works, have you not played a little in the new Cimerora maps? It's something they've been working on for a while.

Collision cylinders = no picking up anyone.

The cage is big enough. It's also made of gold, so... I kinda like it here. Looks like a lot of those things are very heavily influenced by the CO videos out there... have fun with that.

And yes - the devs "have" thought of it. Whatever "it" is. Seriously.


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Read a review that Champions online was small in scope. I havent seen any videos just a few still shots and I saw some costume similarities. I think they will have a long time before they catch up to Heroes. I enjoyed your assumption though and the fact that you felt insulted enough to defend the game. Congratulations on being the first of what I am sure will be a conga line of techie nay sayers. I loved that bit about the cylinder thingies. Total Sanskrit…seriously.


"The first rule of 'Tights Club' is,...We don't talk about Tights Club."
"PANCAKEPANCAKEPANCAKE?" What the PANCAKE is this PANCAKE?!....I can't say PANCAKE?
Fanboy: "The Devs don't want this to become city of jetbikes."
Struck: "Bite my shiny metal Jetboard, coffin stuffer!"

 

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The OP's post without all the flamebait:

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  • I want a jet, motorcycles and cars. I want one of those Ugo’s you see all the time with the thumping stereo.
  • I want more interaction with my environment. I want to see a car banana when my giant character lands on the roof then be able to throw it at a Sorcerer.
  • I want to be able to swim under water.
  • I want five story robots to attack the city. I want a MECH that shoots rockets and peppers targets with bullets.
  • I want citizens who aren’t bipolar, alternating between strolling like a zombie or running around like a freak and I certainly don’t like them pushing me around like I’m on roller skates.


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;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!

 

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.... Actually I cook for my 80 year old mother, thanks. That's a great way to earn yourself a ticket to the flame festival by the way. My criticisms of your post are all valid - your criticism is of me. Bad form, dude. You should, after 2+ years lurking, know better than that unless you simply CAME here for a fight.

"OP" also, if you've been reading *any* forums, means "original poster/post".


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Read a review that Champions online was small in scope. I havent seen any videos just a few still shots and I saw some costume similarities. I think they will have a long time before they catch up to Heroes. I enjoyed your assumption though and the fact that you felt insulted enough to defend the game. Congratulations on being the first of what I am sure will be a conga line of techie nay sayers. I loved that bit about the cylinder thingies. Total Sanskrit…seriously.
Cylinder collision is what makes our characters "bump" into things.

Long ago, they changed the collision 'area' - imagine a tube around yourself, and within that tube was all your animation and visual exterior. Without the collision tube area, things simply pass *through* each other with this engine.

Time was, you could pull off things like this,


Player did /e kneel and managed to wedge his face into the npc nurse's chest.

With the new cylinders, sadly, those days are gone. It is specifically why we cannot (and likely will never) 'pick up other people/things' - because it would visually look really stupid. Animations such as Hurl don't look like they're holding onto a 'gap' because they're part of a single animated object. However, if you were to take any given rock in the game and 'pick it up' it would have a gap due to the game having to decide where each object (you and the rock) begins and ends.

And now you know what collision cylinders are about.

I do however, wish that we could walk through cardboard boxes and move shopping carts out of our way. However, they do go very nicely with the way that npcs being mugged or otherwise spawned with enemies around them, are almost invulnerable. City of Civilians = win.


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Kind of off topic but your sig...

"Blasters: Four years of drawing aggro and running from your heals.
Scrappers: We die so that you dont have to!
Defenders: Ever try to solo with ice slick and brawl?
Controllers: I refuse to be your SB dealer.
Tanks: Huh? This shovel make my head look flat? "


Since when did Defenders have the ability to solo with ice slick and brawl..?


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Aww come on Kit! I had one good bite...and it was from a 42 year old!
Why would I bite when I figured out a way to lick your elbow in just a matter of seconds? Hell, I've come up with a variety of different and highly appropriate ways to go about it:
  • Get a blade of some kind, or use your mouth, to cut off your arm above your elbow (meaning, your upper arm)... Then, once it falls to the ground, pick it up with your other hand, and lick the elbow.
  • Open a door, stick your arm through, so that your upper arm is against the frame, then slam the door shut as hard as you can (I'd recommend a metal door). It might require a few dozen goes, but eventually the bone and flesh should be akin to jello, and it should be rather easy to twist it so you can lick it.
  • Cut off your tongue, then rub it against your elbow.

There ya go. A variety of easy, do-it-yourself ways to lick your elbow! And you can do them all from the safety and comfort of your own home!


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;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!

 

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Your criticisms may have been valid but their delivery was "lofty". How hard was it to say "I feel you and I wish we could do some of that stuff too"? Nothing was ever accomplished by not trying. Now I may not know about cylinders and animations but it hardly makes me someone to be looked down upon. I apologize for the hotpocket remark. It was uncalled for and it is noble of you to look after your mother, I wish her well. I also apologize for my writing style as it tends to be creatively coarse. I did not intentionally look to incite a riot. (What is a flame fest anyway?) I just think the Developers need to give themselves more room to work.


"The first rule of 'Tights Club' is,...We don't talk about Tights Club."
"PANCAKEPANCAKEPANCAKE?" What the PANCAKE is this PANCAKE?!....I can't say PANCAKE?
Fanboy: "The Devs don't want this to become city of jetbikes."
Struck: "Bite my shiny metal Jetboard, coffin stuffer!"

 

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utting og ur ung eemed imple-it. (translation:Cutting off your tongue seemed simplest...) that phrase would be totally impossible without a tongue.


"The first rule of 'Tights Club' is,...We don't talk about Tights Club."
"PANCAKEPANCAKEPANCAKE?" What the PANCAKE is this PANCAKE?!....I can't say PANCAKE?
Fanboy: "The Devs don't want this to become city of jetbikes."
Struck: "Bite my shiny metal Jetboard, coffin stuffer!"

 

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Ill try not to step on anyones toes through their curly shoes Kit.


"The first rule of 'Tights Club' is,...We don't talk about Tights Club."
"PANCAKEPANCAKEPANCAKE?" What the PANCAKE is this PANCAKE?!....I can't say PANCAKE?
Fanboy: "The Devs don't want this to become city of jetbikes."
Struck: "Bite my shiny metal Jetboard, coffin stuffer!"

 

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Originally Posted by Kitsune Knight View Post
Why would I bite when I figured out a way to lick your elbow in just a matter of seconds? Hell, I've come up with a variety of different and highly appropriate ways to go about it:
  • Get a blade of some kind, or use your mouth, to cut off your arm above your elbow (meaning, your upper arm)... Then, once it falls to the ground, pick it up with your other hand, and lick the elbow.
  • Open a door, stick your arm through, so that your upper arm is against the frame, then slam the door shut as hard as you can (I'd recommend a metal door). It might require a few dozen goes, but eventually the bone and flesh should be akin to jello, and it should be rather easy to twist it so you can lick it.
  • Cut off your tongue, then rub it against your elbow.

There ya go. A variety of easy, do-it-yourself ways to lick your elbow! And you can do them all from the safety and comfort of your own home!
Not to mention my college buddy who can do it without any of that... he just has a freakishly long tongue, and apparently the right arm length to accomplish it.



 

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Kind of off topic but your sig...

"Blasters: Four years of drawing aggro and running from your heals.
Scrappers: We die so that you dont have to!
Defenders: Ever try to solo with ice slick and brawl?
Controllers: I refuse to be your SB dealer.
Tanks: Huh? This shovel make my head look flat? "


Since when did Defenders have the ability to solo with ice slick and brawl..?
Guess that was my point. I found the absurdity of attempting such a thing funny.


"The first rule of 'Tights Club' is,...We don't talk about Tights Club."
"PANCAKEPANCAKEPANCAKE?" What the PANCAKE is this PANCAKE?!....I can't say PANCAKE?
Fanboy: "The Devs don't want this to become city of jetbikes."
Struck: "Bite my shiny metal Jetboard, coffin stuffer!"

 

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Guess that was my point. I found the absurdity of attempting such a thing funny.
It would be funnier if it was possible..

although I agree with the comment about Scrappers ;D


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Not to mention my college buddy who can do it without any of that... he just has a freakishly long tongue, and apparently the right arm length to accomplish it.
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Pics or it didn't happen.


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He's more saying "Defenders don't get Ice slick". Or that's how I read it, at least.
Maybe I was thinking of my Dominator...clearly I have too many Alts.


"The first rule of 'Tights Club' is,...We don't talk about Tights Club."
"PANCAKEPANCAKEPANCAKE?" What the PANCAKE is this PANCAKE?!....I can't say PANCAKE?
Fanboy: "The Devs don't want this to become city of jetbikes."
Struck: "Bite my shiny metal Jetboard, coffin stuffer!"

 

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Clearly you don't have enough.
Ya I think I only have one Defender who I have managed to get up to lv35. Im not so much of a babysitter as I am a "wade in and test the defenders skills" type.


"The first rule of 'Tights Club' is,...We don't talk about Tights Club."
"PANCAKEPANCAKEPANCAKE?" What the PANCAKE is this PANCAKE?!....I can't say PANCAKE?
Fanboy: "The Devs don't want this to become city of jetbikes."
Struck: "Bite my shiny metal Jetboard, coffin stuffer!"

 

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Ya I think I only have one Defender who I have managed to get up to lv35. Im not so much of a babysitter as I am a "wade in and test the defenders skills" type.
My first fifty was an emp/dark defender that I soloed about 85% of her life. I did no babysitting except at hamidon raids where I was part of the heal-the-tank crew. It's in the mindset, not the powersets, how to best play a defender - or any AT for that matter. None can be pigeonholed.


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Pics or it didn't happen.
Dang... If only I could make his wedding next week, I could totally do that for you. Perhaps I can ask a friend to get said picture? Hmmmm.

/e scheme



 

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Dang... If only I could make his wedding next week, I could totally do that for you. Perhaps I can ask a friend to get said picture? Hmmmm.

/e scheme
Hehehehe

"Hey, hi, could you um, lick your elbow? Yeah, like that, um, can I get a photo? No, no it won't wind up on the internet, I promise."


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My first fifty was an emp/dark defender that I soloed about 85% of her life. I did no babysitting except at hamidon raids where I was part of the heal-the-tank crew. It's in the mindset, not the powersets, how to best play a defender - or any AT for that matter. None can be pigeonholed.
Ya, I couldnt wait to get the whole debt badge set either. I tried the whole mindset thing but I feel my Jedi skills are hampered by my ping. I mean I wanted to beat the guy up but he must have wanted it more. That and the fact that melee is not a defenders strong point conspired to kill me...repeatedly. I find sprint is useful though.


"The first rule of 'Tights Club' is,...We don't talk about Tights Club."
"PANCAKEPANCAKEPANCAKE?" What the PANCAKE is this PANCAKE?!....I can't say PANCAKE?
Fanboy: "The Devs don't want this to become city of jetbikes."
Struck: "Bite my shiny metal Jetboard, coffin stuffer!"

 

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Ya, I couldnt wait to get the whole debt badge set either. I tried the whole mindset thing but I feel my Jedi skills are hampered by my ping. I mean I wanted to beat the guy up but he must have wanted it more. That and the fact that melee is not a defenders strong point conspired to kill me...repeatedly. I find sprint is useful though.
I started out purely ranged, in fear of melee. First fifty = defender. Second fifty = ice/kin controller. I got brave with a tank, because I knew they could handle just being beaten on while I figured out what to do in melee instead of ranged, third fifty = fire/fire tank. Worked my way toward a scrapper, db/wp who is 42 or 43 now, and when it was possible, made a psi/mind blaster (squishy!).

I might suggest work your way toward ranged with a human-only kheld. Wean yourself off the melee...


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