Where Is Everyone?!
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Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2010-02-09 11:49 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Can't argue with this at all
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
They're quieter than before - but that's not a bad thing when they were turning out 50s in less than 24 hours
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Thelonious Monk
The Devs decided AE was broken. Well, no, they decided the potential of getting from 1-50 within a day was ludicrously broken.
So they fixed it.
That has nothing to do with any 'player cartel' on the forums.
Hell, me and my friends still use AE. Are we breaking some sort of self-imposed law that AE is dead?
Did someom mention an ignore button..?
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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So...I've had this tremendous influence as part of the Cartel...and didn't even know it???
When I think of all the wasted months of flagrant power abuse I could have enjoyed...
Troy Hickman - So proud to have contributed to and played in this wonderful CoH universe
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Originally Posted by TroyHickman
So...I've had this tremendous influence as part of the Cartel...and didn't even know it???
When I think of all the wasted months of flagrant power abuse I could have enjoyed... |
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Congrats, you realize what a noisy few refuse to. They could reword it as "Millionaire" and it would have just as big an impact on my taxes as "Forum cartel" does on any "influence" supposedly wielded over the direction of the game. |
Originally Posted by Afterimage
I'm pretty sure that 'Forum Cartel' is just a label applied to people who have a certain large number of posts. I don't think it is an actual organization.
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There's not even agreement within this so-called "cartel" - any agreement is because the individual *posting* the agreement, well, agrees. Or agrees with some modifications. Of course, being *individuals,* you'll also find people with the "Forum cartel" label DISagreeing as well - sometimes vehemently.
But, no, pushing some paranoid conspiracy theory that there's this tiny amount of players in a shadowy "Forum Cartel" with incredible influence over the game lets a few, like Tank up there, pretend they're a lone voice crying out against their oppressors - when in fact, all they're doing is crying.
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I think we should use our Cartel influence to make this happen...
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
They could reword it as "Millionaire"
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Troy Hickman - So proud to have contributed to and played in this wonderful CoH universe
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Not to mention that the whole "Forum Cartel" thing was done as a joke.
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Congrats, you realize what a noisy few refuse to. They could reword it as "Millionaire" and it would have just as big an impact on my taxes as "Forum cartel" does on any "influence" supposedly wielded over the direction of the game.
There's not even agreement within this so-called "cartel" - any agreement is because the individual *posting* the agreement, well, agrees. Or agrees with some modifications. Of course, being *individuals,* you'll also find people with the "Forum cartel" label DISagreeing as well - sometimes vehemently. But, no, pushing some paranoid conspiracy theory that there's this tiny amount of players in a shadowy "Forum Cartel" with incredible influence over the game lets a few, like Tank up there, pretend they're a lone voice crying out against their oppressors - when in fact, all they're doing is crying. |
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Personally, I'm still trying to use our Cartel Influence to get me a cheeseburger.
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Originally Posted by TroyHickman
I think we should use our Cartel influence to make this happen...
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You mean the Forum Cartel DOESN'T control the world's supply of diamonds and keep the prices artificially high and uphold the myth that diamonds are rare!?
Oh, wait...That's some other cartel...
Quit busting the intraweb!
Troy Hickman - So proud to have contributed to and played in this wonderful CoH universe
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
They could reword it as "Pantsless"
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Originally Posted by TroyHickman
I think we should use our Cartel influence to make this happen...
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Dear Lord, NO!
However, it turned out that Smith was not a time-travelling Terminator
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Took me a second to figure out what you meant there...Then I slid the forums over to my smaller monitor. Poor you, having to look at everything on da teeny tiny screen. |
Originally Posted by TroyHickman
Quit busting the intraweb!
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
At the moment, I'm guessing that everyone who has access to the closed beta is on the Test Server checking out Dual Pistols. The closed beta started TODAY.
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Originally Posted by Afterimage
I was on Champion an hour ago. Lots of people in Pocket D getting together teams for the spring fling missions. Check there if you want to see people.
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The Mentor Project
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Indeed. And maybe that's just what we WANT you to think....... |
Originally Posted by Afterimage
I'm pretty sure that 'Forum Cartel' is just a label applied to people who have a certain large number of posts. I don't think it is an actual organization. I think I'm labeled 'rookie' because of my low post count, though I've been playing for 6 years.
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Paragon City Search And Rescue
The Mentor Project
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Actually, that's Lord Nemesis, who does so because Diamonds are typically used in a variety of giant laser cannons used to write on the face of the moon and various other Doomsday weapons and Death Traps. By keeping the price artifically high, he then makes a killing when using a variety of third parties and shadow companies to sell those diamonds to villains.|
Originally Posted by Moiread
You mean the Forum Cartel DOESN'T control the world's supply of diamonds and keep the prices artificially high and uphold the myth that diamonds are rare!?
Oh, wait...That's some other cartel... |
How else do you think he manages to make enough money to afford all those robots? Well, that and his involvement in the Columbian Fruit Pie trade.
The Justice Server has a contingent of Australians, and South-East Asian folks who's playtimes may co-incide with yours.
Want teams?
Start your own.
Join global channels.
Join or coalition with an active supergroup.
If you are willing to lead, you can find followers.
www.paragonwiki.com is a great source of information for this game.
New or returning to the game? Want advice from experienced players who want to help YOU?
The Mentor Project: Part of the New Player Council.
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I was fired years ago. But ignored them and kept showing up at my desk every morning until they forgot.
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Originally Posted by TyrantMikey
You're fired.
The use of logic and reasoning has no place on these forums. Pack up your keyboard and mouse and leave the premises immediately. |
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Hooray! I can't lead, but I'm happy to follow! Invite me, invite me!
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Originally Posted by Xalaqia
The Justice Server has a contingent of Australians, and South-East Asian folks who's playtimes may co-incide with yours.
Want teams? Start your own. Join global channels. Join or coalition with an active supergroup. If you are willing to lead, you can find followers. |
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I hate those pinko greenie reds
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Originally Posted by Pendix
It's a Liberal, Communist, Nazi, Rostrician conspiracy I tells ya! They're out to keep us honest, hard working, average Joe power-levelers down!
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I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.
So sad to be ending ):
Hesitant to chime in here, but... The problem I had with those who only PLed in the AE, was that they didn't STAY there. The got to 50, and then decided the rest of the game and non-AE teams were for them. I have no problem explaining the game to a new player on a low level (below 30) toon, but if you are lvl 50, you should know you way out of AP. Call me an elitist if you want, but really, AP?
So what they did was leave the AE, and then started to screw things up for others who were playing the game, and not sitting at the end of a map while some one else played for them. I am not saying everyone who did the AE thing was like this, but there were enough to give the AE a bad name.
Just my take on it.
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If someone's polite, then you should help them, no matter how basic their question might be, or how high their level is.
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Originally Posted by Zyphoid
Hesitant to chime in here, but... The problem I had with those who only PLed in the AE, was that they didn't STAY there. The got to 50, and then decided the rest of the game and non-AE teams were for them. I have no problem explaining the game to a new player on a low level (below 30) toon, but if you are lvl 50, you should know you way out of AP. Call me an elitist if you want, but really, AP?
So what they did was leave the AE, and then started to screw things up for others who were playing the game, and not sitting at the end of a map while some one else played for them. I am not saying everyone who did the AE thing was like this, but there were enough to give the AE a bad name. Just my take on it. |
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Originally Posted by Zyphoid
Hesitant to chime in here, but... The problem I had with those who only PLed in the AE, was that they didn't STAY there. The got to 50, and then decided the rest of the game and non-AE teams were for them. I have no problem explaining the game to a new player on a low level (below 30) toon, but if you are lvl 50, you should know you way out of AP. Call me an elitist if you want, but really, AP?
So what they did was leave the AE, and then started to screw things up for others who were playing the game, and not sitting at the end of a map while some one else played for them. I am not saying everyone who did the AE thing was like this, but there were enough to give the AE a bad name. Just my take on it. |
What I did at the time... was farm behemoths/purples.
Then I sold them to AE babies, and made a killing.
(since I was always solo, I wasn't effected by the whole "esplain things" to lvl 50 newbies)
Although there is no debating that Tank's posts tend to be overly dramatic and completely blown out of proportion I do at least partly agree. I tried to make interesting and entertaining arcs in the MA.
To do this I focused on two things. First, creating custom groups and testing them out to make sure their power was on a par with existing groups. Not overpowered but not tissue paper targets either.
Second I liked making the arcs so that the danger ramped up as they arc went on. In a comic book it would be something like Iron Man starts an investigation and is attacked by agent of AIM. As he continues to work his way deeper into the plot he encounters AIM agents with weapons specifically designed to take him on. Finally he winds up against Super Villains who have been hired by AIM or were working with them all along. It's a classic comic book type plot. The problem is this when trying to recreate such a story.
Balance the custom groups so they are equal to canon groups? Sorry, they don't have every single power they need so they are worth less exp.
Have the first mission equate to taking on AIM troops? Sorry, those are minions with a couple unique lieutenants thrown in. Uniques don't count for the all 3 needed rule so the reduced exp of the minions is cut to almost nothing.
Middle section of the arc is minions and lieutenants but not yet the named bosses (supervillains)? Sorry, still only two out of three groups needed and still don't have every single power available to them so exp is reduced.
End of the arc? Well you get the idea. I liked creating the stories I wanted to tell but almost nobody is willing to run through one of those stories if it doesn't give full exp. And I really don't feel like turning my custom villains and story line into just another Nemesis plot.
If you actually want to check the arc I was working on when I gave up it's #250142 Lockdown. And keep in mind while playing that I had to tone the custom group down severely because they were causing team wipes left and right for experienced players. The arc is actually pretty much complete with only minor tweaking left.
Don't count your weasels before they pop dink!
OH NOES! NOT TEH EXPEEZ!
Sorry, I just don't care about XP in AE. They could take it out entirely for all I care. If I run an AE arc, I run it for the fun and the story, not for "rewards". The arc itself is my reward.
But yeah everyone is testing Duel Pistols.