Would Anyone Play a Longbow/PPD AT?
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Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2010-05-09 11:06 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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I was just assured by our crack powers team that the LGTF with mag 50 to hold green mitos is working as intended.| I'm assured by our crack web team that this is caused by the highly unusual browser set up I use -- Firefox with NoScript and AdBlockPlus. |
Cough.
Also, bone stock, not even flash, 2.0.0.18 firefox and things are randomly not marked as read, as well as on the latest firefox and i.e.
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Update: On my PSP web browser right now and I still have issues with posts that I have already read being marked as unread.
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Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
I have AdBlock Plus but I don't use NoScript and still have issues with unread posts having been already viewed. I can't imagine that my AdBlock is causing the issues.
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I use Google Chrome. If I if forgets who I am when I log in there will be unread thread but reading any of them will make everything say it has been read.
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But the epic ATs don't have a predefined background, only a defined present. It's one thing to be called a Soldier of Arachnos of Kheldian, but quite another to say how you got to that point.
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Originally Posted by Paladin_Musashi
On the one hand, I hate the whole "This is your background and you will follow this railroad story! RAWR!" idea of epic ATs.
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Actually, for the VEATs at least, the lore of how you get to be one is pretty set. There's only one way.
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Uh, no. Not really. There's nothing in the story arcs that states how you were recruited into the ranks of Arachnos, only that you were.
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Originally Posted by Paladin_Musashi
Actually, for the VEATs at least, the lore of how you get to be one is pretty set. There's only one way.
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I don't log out of the forums. There's nothing I hate more than having to log out and relog all the time. And it doesn't fix anything even when I do it, anyway.
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Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
Do you leave yourself logged in via "Remember Me" or do you sign out (not simply leave and let the cookie timeout) via the button when done?
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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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That's kind of why I will always advocate for generic ATs before more Epic ones. I don't so much mind the story mandate (even though I do) as I mind the enforced theme. Every time I ask for, say, an Assault/Defence AT, people tell me to go play a Kheldian, or go play a Soldier of Arachnos. Well, no. Suppose I want to play one with Fire powers? Or how about one with Electric powers? Or cold powers? Or how about one with Electric and Cold powers?|
Originally Posted by Paladin_Musashi
On the one hand, I hate the whole "This is your background and you will follow this railroad story! RAWR!" idea of epic ATs.
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Epic ATs don't cut it, not as a framework. And I still want to see more generic ATs before I see more Epic ones.
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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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Since my current character is a duel pistols/devieces running around with a PPD logo, yes I would.
No one pays attention to me, cause I listen to the voices in my head.
I can also see them with a "Call for Reinforcement" power like the VEAT's have. The PPD have some of the sweetest armor and drones in game! I can see something like this happening in future Issues. Longbow needs a costume upgrade. A power armor or kevlar vests like the SWAT team have.
Edit - and yes I would play a PPD/LB AT!
Prometheus: ... so what I told you was true, from a certain point of view.
Me: From a certain point of view?
Prometheus: You're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on your point of view.
Me: You're right about that. Power Blast is very pretty from a certain point of view. But that point of view is not head-on. <Kaboom> - Arcanaville.
Actually I wonder if it has less to do with adblock and noscript, and has more to do with cookie deletion. I run both of those addons, as well as Better Privacy. I have Firefox set to delete all temps/cookies when I close the browser, and never remember any forms/passwords. Better Privacy also deletes all of the "flash cookies" which are a special kind of temp cookie that don't get deleted by Firefox. So yeah, I pretty much have no idea what's new and what isn't, but I don't spend enough time on the forums for it to bother me. (I also no longer get viruses or malicious scripts. I finally made the switch to Firefox with adblock and noscript when ConFiker ate my registry and I had to go buy a new copy of windows. Just because someone embedded some script on someone's DeviantArt page. Shame.)
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If we going to talk crazy browser bugs, how about the one that constantly logs me out in Safari? Nothing more annoying than having made a long post, click submit and being asked to log in, to have the browser entirely forget about the post I written.
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Originally Posted by Castle
Don't mean to hijack the thread, but...
I'd rather that than what it does to me: Mark's EVERYTHING read when I log in...about 30% of the time. Nothing more fun than coming in on a Monday morning and seeing "No New Posts" since I left Friday night, despite seeing right there on the front page post dates of that day. I'm assured by our crack web team that this is caused by the highly unusual browser set up I use -- Firefox with NoScript and AdBlockPlus. |
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Nothing in the in-game story arc text specifically, but it's established lore that all spiders and widows/fortunatas are recruited as children and raised in training facilities.|
Originally Posted by poptart_fairy
Uh, no. Not really. There's nothing in the story arcs that states how you were recruited into the ranks of Arachnos, only that you were.
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So background is a tad fixed.
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Does it specify all of them are or that a lot/some of them are?|
Originally Posted by Paladin_Musashi
Nothing in the in-game story arc text specifically, but it's established lore that all spiders and widows/fortunatas are recruited as children and raised in training facilities.
So background is a tad fixed. |
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In game text for Wolf spider (Lord Recluse recruits legions of desperate souls to fill their ranks...) suggests to me that children are not the only recruits.
No.
There's enough ATs out there... and if you get PPD cossie code then you can create your own.
There's no need for the Devs to make a special one. Roll your own instead.
Thelonious Monk
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Gotta agree with this. Chrome > Firefox.|
Originally Posted by Du Hast
try using Google Chrome instead of Fire Fox. I used to be an avid Fire Fox user/fan but after trying Google Chrome I found allot of issues I had previously werent an issue any more.
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Of course Opera > Chrome (IMO)
Everything (including Konquerer) >>>>> IE
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| and if you get PPD cossie code then you can create your own. |
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I gave away loads during Friday Night Fight Club back in the day!
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Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
Gotta agree with this. Chrome > Firefox.
Of course Opera > Chrome (IMO) Everything (including Konquerer) >>>>> IE They don't exactly grow on trees though, rather difficult to get (I gave mine away as an ingame prize). |
Thelonious Monk
Come to think of it, there are a lot of NPC Groups who I wouldn't mind seeing made into Epic ATs.
Like Freakshow. I really want to win a Freakshow Tank costume code from The Cape Radio's anniversary contest, just so I can make a Freakshow Tank toon. (I'm thinking I'd go with either SS/Elec, Dark/Elec, Dark/Dark, or Warshade Shadow Type Tank which may require some bind dancing...)
Or perhaps the long requested Rikti AT? (Rikti can canonically disguise themselves as humans. In fact, there is at least one Redside Contact who is such a Rikti. But I'll leave you to figure out who that is, if you don't know.)
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Right. I obviously missed that AT that has power armour and can fire gatling guns from its arms. Oh, and that laser canon over the shoulder. Durr, ain't I daft?
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Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
No.
There's enough ATs out there... and if you get PPD cossie code then you can create your own. There's no need for the Devs to make a special one. Roll your own instead. |
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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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To be fair, Tech, that can be reasonably fudged with a new powerset on, say, Blasters. We talked about it over on Suggestions, and I liked it as a powerset. Power Armour is harder to do, but I still say we need to get access to Epic pools sooner. That'd solve a LOT of problems. Say, put them at 30 or 32. That'd give Blasters access to their Epic shields at, what, level 35? 38? Sooner than 45, anyway.
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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Right. I obviously missed that AT that has power armour and can fire gatling guns from its arms. Oh, and that laser canon over the shoulder. Durr, ain't I daft?
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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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The story arc in question mentions *Bane* Spiders and Fortunatas. It doesn't say anything about other Soldiers. Also, while that's stated as being the main method of recruitment, I don't think it's stated as being the only way.|
Originally Posted by Paladin_Musashi
Nothing in the in-game story arc text specifically, but it's established lore that all spiders and widows/fortunatas are recruited as children and raised in training facilities.
So background is a tad fixed. |
Besides, the VEATs contradict previously established lore anyway, since all Bane Spiders were previously stated to be male, and all Widows/Fortunatas female. Player Bane Spiders in general also seem to make very little sense, at least unless you're willing to stick to an extremely constrained back-story.
Basically, there now seems to be an internal inconsistency in the game lore as far as the VEATs are concerned, which leaves us with the choice of how to deal with that.
If you want to strictly adhere to previously established lore, you're limited to female Fortunatas/Widows and non-Bane Soldiers (unless your (male) Bane happens to be one capable of projecting a false mind I suppose).
The other options involve bending the "rules" a bit, and if you're willing to do that, you could also bend them a little in other ways. Basically, you're only as constrained by game lore as you want to be.
Note also that there are VEAT options (for instance non-Bane Soldiers) that are not very constrained when it comes to background stories.
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Browser choice is very subjective, depending as it is on preference and usage patterns.|
Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
Gotta agree with this. Chrome > Firefox.
Of course Opera > Chrome (IMO) |
For my needs/wants, Firefox currently seems to be the best option. There are however things that I think other browsers do better.
How would the players feel about an AT based in Longbow or the Paragon Police Dept?
Start off small, and rise up to be a Warden or even a Ballista? Be a super powered Cop like Blue Steel ...
Dear NCsoft, if you go through with this shutdown you've guaranteed you'll not see another dime from me on any project you put out, ever.
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