Things you find fun, but aren't necessarily rewarding?
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Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2010-05-22 14:40 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
THANK you! I was basing the pronunciation on my admittedly limited knowledge of Latin, but just assumed it was a hole in my knowledge.
Dec out.
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This, though on my ST-specialist scrappers. I like crane-kicking them off of buildings.|
Originally Posted by Primal
I thoroughly enjoyed flying around Founders Falls with my AR/Elec and playing anti-sniper. They actually are quite good xp, but if that was what I was after she had plenty of AoE she could dish out to large spawns, which would be tons better xp and more loot too. However, the real fun was either catching enemy snipers totally unaware, or figuring out where that bullet just came from and sending one back, preferably into that punk's right eye.
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Using Hurricane and similar powers to move giant piles of leaves or trash around, then dumping them on spawns.
Crossing zones without touching the ground with Ninja Run. (And on a larger scale, crossing up the skyscraper-populated area of Steel Canyon with Super Jump while doing the same.)
Using Personal Force Field to /e newspaper in the middle of groups of +2s.
Knocking the hanging fish by Mikey the Ear to the ground and then kicking them back into the water, their natural habitat.
Using Shield Charge to teleport to weird places for a shield charge. (I SHALL CHARGE TO THE TOP OF THIS LIGHT POLE.)
Gift-wrapping spawns for street-sweeping lowbies with huge piles of debuffs and mezzes that don't do damage.
You know that Ballista in St. Martial? His butt is mine.
Flying to the invisible ceiling in outdoor zones, then letting myself fall all the way to the ground, to crash with 1 HP in the middle of a group of lowbies.
Standing on top of the submarine in Port Oakes with binoculars or another appropriate nautical emote.
Insinuating myself into grey-conning spawns and joining in their emotes, then doing /e grief is somebody kills them.
Having Vengeance and Fallout slotted for recharge means never having to say you're sorry.
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I do this also. If the description is noteworthy (or hysterically funny) I'll let the player know in a PM.
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Originally Posted by Angryellow
I like to check out players' character info. If I see a cool or funny looking character in my vicinity I'll check their info...
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"Misbegotten Moon"---Fighting stupidity with stupidity.
Confusing ALL the mobs in a large spawn that's much lower level than I am, to play a little game of Last Man Standing. If I am teamed I will take bets.
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"At what point do we say, 'You're mucking with our myths'?" - Harlan Ellison
PvP.
The competition is the reward, the IO drops are a nice bonus.
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168760: A Death in the Gish. 3 missions, 1-14. Easy to solo.
Infinity Villains
Champion, Pinnacle, Virtue Heroes
More, because I remembered them while doing them on different characters.
Confusing on Rikti Guardians to see how many AMs I can stack.
Slotting one or two damage procs in a Fear power and scaring level 1 critters to death.
Swimming with Sally.
Watching Jack and Eochai slug it out.
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Originally Posted by srmalloy
Yet another example of faulty or missing research on the part of the developers; in ancient Latin, 'c' is always hard, pronounced like 'k', so it's "kim-ur-OAR-uh", although in Latin vowels were considered long by nature, so it could equally well be "keem-oor-OAR-ah", or any mix of long and short for the 'i', 'e', and 'a'.
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But this isn't history - it's a comic-based MMO. And comics are rife with alternate spellings and pronunciations and histories that differ from real life.
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Two of my favorite useless things to do involve Telekinesis:
Drum Majoring--Go to PI and wipe out all the Nemesis in a spawn except one soldier. Slap TK on him, and float him around, triggering civilians' "flee in panic" mode. Herd them up into a whole parade of running civvies in front of the hapless marching-band-attired minion.
Mob Piñata--Go to a lower-level zone and TK a lieutenant from one of the red areas. Float him back to an area where lowbies hang out and pin him against something. Stand next to him with an AFK message inviting people to take a swing at him. When someone defeats him, announce that some candy fell out, and pass out medium and large inspirations to everyone nearby.
The Way of the Corruptor (Arc ID 49834): Hey villains! Do something for yourself for a change--like twisting the elements to your will. All that's standing in your way are a few secret societies...and Champions of the four elements.
Trying to get all the RWZ exploration badges on a toon under lvl 5.
currently reading: A Mighty Fortress (David Weber)
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And even more rife with writers and artists who don't bother with anything approximating research, for whom "That looks close enough" is the mantra to handwave the lack of accuracy. The people who think the name of the winged goddess of victory from Greek mythology is pronounced "NIGH-kee" because they see all the sports-shoe commercials and take its pronunciation as gospel, instead of the actual Greek pronunciation "KNEE-kay". But who are these Greeks to think they know how to pronounce their own language, after all? |
Originally Posted by Dark Ether
But this isn't history - it's a comic-based MMO. And comics are rife with alternate spellings and pronunciations and histories that differ from real life.
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Originally Posted by Dark Ether
But this isn't history - it's a comic-based MMO. And comics are rife with alternate spellings and pronunciations and histories that differ from real life.
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Originally Posted by srmalloy
And even more rife with writers and artists who don't bother with anything approximating research, for whom "That looks close enough" is the mantra to handwave the lack of accuracy. The people who think the name of the winged goddess of victory from Greek mythology is pronounced "NIGH-kee" because they see all the sports-shoe commercials and take its pronunciation as gospel, instead of the actual Greek pronunciation "KNEE-kay". But who are these Greeks to think they know how to pronounce their own language, after all?
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Again, this is not history. This is not Latin class. This is a game based on comics. Don't sweat the small stuff.
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Hmmm... Several things come to mind, all "rewarding" in their own ways to me...
1> Creating a Backstory for a character (all of mine have one).
2> In the "Payback is a B*tch" column 
a> I'll kill any Void or Quantum on sight, regardless of what toon I'm on,
Kheldian or not... They *all* need to die...
b> The random 1-shot AoE on an entire spawn of grey mobs... Just for fun.
Watching them all fall down at once makes my villains give an evil mua-ha-ha
chuckle, and on my heroes, it gives me a sense of "Justice Incarnate" 
3> There were a couple market niches I love playing, not for wealth, but because
their behaviour is so illogical and counter-intuitive they just tickle me.
4> PvP - sometimes, it's rewarding to bag a veteran. Oftentimes, it's hilarious
to kill a newb (this past weekend, I got accused of hacking/crashing a guy's
connection so I could then PvP kill him - in Warburg. I kid you not, *that* was
his story). Now *that* is entertainment!
5> Exploring - The Shard started this one for me too ... Just touring around
a zone and seeing what there is to see...
6> Watching players - I have a couple toons that "live" in the tutorial. I
just enjoy seeing how players start out a new toon... Warshades are great
for this as I can tp from bldg to bldg and spectate, 95% of the time
without them even knowing I'm there... "fly-on-the-wall" mode...
7> "Guardian" character... I have a mid-level toon (Emp Def) that simply cruises
lowbie levels (AP, GX, Hollows etc) and "rescues" near-dead, or struggling lowbies
with a timely heal, or a Fortitude or RA buff... It's kind of an extension of
#6, but my motto for that toon is "No hero will die in here on MY watch"
It's also the balancing alter-ego to #4 who exists purely to kill other players...
Regards,
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I've been rich, and I've been poor. Rich is definitely better.
Light is faster than sound - that's why some people look smart until they speak.
For every seller who leaves the market dirty stinkin' rich,
there's a buyer who leaves the market dirty stinkin' IOed. - Obitus.
Hobo Hockey with my Ice/Storm controller in Faultline. Freeze one of the Lost and push him around with Hurricane.
Breaking off the swinging iron gates in zones like IP and Faultline and then kicking them down the street, into the river, trying to prop them up against NPCs, etc. Nothing like Sister Psyche with a gate balanced on her head.
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Originally Posted by Jophiel
Breaking off the swinging iron gates in zones like IP and Faultline and then kicking them down the street, into the river, trying to prop them up against NPCs, etc. Nothing like Sister Psyche with a gate balanced on her head.
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Yeah, I find myself breaking those gates most every time while waiting on that tf to form up.
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Going to FF and hoping from roof top to roof top smashing Crey snipers. I really wish there was a badge for it 
I spent probably a level or two doing that as an up and coming Blaster, it was certainly my favorite way to clean out debt in between missions
------->"Sic Semper Tyrannis"<-------
I'm utter carp at getting in tune enough with the physics to do anything more amusing than tear them down, but I admit to a little gate vandalism every now and then. Okay, often. Constantly.
They respawn quickly, you know. With some running back and forth, you can build up a pile. There's an area in Faultline, it has a hot tub in the middle, with gates at each end.
Sometimes when I'm on my f/k, I'll run around Atlas with hot feet on and just spend time running around melting baddies for the heck of it.
- Earning Vanguard merits by exterminating Rikti wherever I see them!
- Ganking Void Seekers in city zones.
- Finding great screenshot locations to use.
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I do this all the time. I'll be passing through a low level zone like Kings Row, or Steel Canyon and get a pang of nostalgia that will make me take a side trip to explore an area or back alley I remember from 6 years ago. Trying to find the exact window in the building where the secret admirer badge is located where War Witch and Apex shared an apartment. Stuff like that.
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Originally Posted by oreso
Flying around pretty places, like Eden and Ouroboros.
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I see that as a public service, much like taking out Crey Snipers along the main avenue in PI.
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Originally Posted by TsumijuZero
Ganking Void Seekers in city zones.
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Super-Jumping around, super-parkour style, trying to bounce off as many things you think you couldn't bounce off of, as I can.
And Caltropping greys to death in Atlas on my 50 Eng/Dev Blaster just
never
gets
old.
I actually giggle a little under my breath every time I do it.
As much as I really do not care for redside, I love mayhem missions. In games I just have a blast letting loose my inner vandal and destroying large tracts of land.
One of the many reasons I loved Auto Assault.
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When my Bots/Dark MM is ready for her next mayhem, I sometimes have to wait and set aside close to an hour because by the time I leave (unless the clock catches me), there's not one target-able anything left.
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Originally Posted by BlackArachnia
As much as I really do not care for redside, I love mayhem missions. In games I just have a blast letting loose my inner vandal and destroying large tracts of land.
One of the many reasons I loved Auto Assault. |
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