Where did the Rikti War Zone dummies go?
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Decorum,
Posted on: 2010-06-08 06:34 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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For some strange reason, the dummies are programmed to spawn like NPCs... sometimes they're there, sometimes they're not.|
Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
That caught me by surprise, but I logged in today after having been away from the game for a few days, and I find the War Zone dummies just aren't... There. I kind of need them in order to do a little mock-up clip, and they're gone.
Aside from those dummies, is there any other place in the (hero-side) game where I can find things I can attack, but that won't die, hurt me or run away? |
Rezoning often makes them spawn.
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OK, will try. Hope there isn't anyone else in the zone right now |
Originally Posted by Zombie Man
For some strange reason, the dummies are programmed to spawn like NPCs... sometimes they're there, sometimes they're not.
Rezoning often makes them spawn. |
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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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Thank you Mr. Zombie Man! I had to wait until the zone was vacant and zone a few times, but they showed up, and now I have my footage. Thank you!
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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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It was all a Nemesis plot , they were not really dummies . They were robots with sensors collecting info on your powers.
In your toliet..watching you forever
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Strange reason? They are NPCs! I believe they've got a resistance power immobilizing them and making them immune to knockback and repel, and they've got 'object' AI. But they're still NPCs |
Originally Posted by Zombie Man
For some strange reason, the dummies are programmed to spawn like NPCs...
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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
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True, they are NPCs, but so are Borea and Levantera and they never seem to drop out of existence. It just feels like the dummies really ought to be there all the time. They don't get in the way, so what reason could there for them to NOT be there?
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Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
Strange reason? They are NPCs! I believe they've got a resistance power immobilizing them and making them immune to knockback and repel, and they've got 'object' AI. But they're still NPCs
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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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Blueside.
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Originally Posted by Thaumator
Blueside.
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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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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
O.o
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I believe the phrase is "I see what you did there"?
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Originally Posted by Thaumator
Blueside.
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Q: How do you wreck an Abrams?
A: You crash into another one.
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I still don't get it.
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Originally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
I believe the phrase is "I see what you did there"?
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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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Burma!
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The dummies that were in the War Zone went to Blueside. In other words, became Heroes.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
I still don't get it.
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The Abrams is one of the most effective war machines on the planet. - R. Lee Ermy.
Q: How do you wreck an Abrams?
A: You crash into another one.
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You panicked? |
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Dec out.
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Possibly. I just assumed he was jokingly calling all bluesiders dummies. |
M_I_Abrahms has one interpretation: The dummies that were in the War Zone went to Blueside. In other words, became Heroes. |
Dec out.
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Um... I was looking for them from blue-side. If they'd gone blue-side, I expect I'd have seen them.
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Originally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
The dummies that were in the War Zone went to Blueside. In other words, became Heroes.
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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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Right, sorry forgot for a bit that you're not a native English speaker. It's a play on words, with dummy also being a slang for someone of low intelligence. And now that I think about it, it works on a couple of levels, since that comment would most likely come from someone who primarily plays Villains, and would indeed think of Heroes as target drones.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Um... I was looking for them from blue-side. If they'd gone blue-side, I expect I'd have seen them.
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Q: How do you wreck an Abrams?
A: You crash into another one.
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Originally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
Right, sorry forgot for a bit that you're not a native English speaker. It's a play on words, with dummy also being a slang for someone of low intelligence. And now that I think about it, it works on a couple of levels, since that comment would most likely come from someone who primarily plays Villains, and would indeed think of Heroes as target drones.
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Originally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
Right, sorry forgot for a bit that you're not a native English speaker. It's a play on words, with dummy also being a slang for someone of low intelligence. And now that I think about it, it works on a couple of levels, since that comment would most likely come from someone who primarily plays Villains, and would indeed think of Heroes as target drones.
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Edit: Wait, waaaait a minute. . . I think I get it. Maybe. I'm just gonna sit down before I hurt myself.
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Do you play blueside a lot?|
Originally Posted by Street_Wolf
English is the only language I speak and I still don't get it.
Edit: Wait, waaaait a minute. . . I think I get it. Maybe. I'm just gonna sit down before I hurt myself. |
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Ooh! Oh, OK. OK, now I get it |
Originally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
Right, sorry forgot for a bit that you're not a native English speaker. It's a play on words, with dummy also being a slang for someone of low intelligence. And now that I think about it, it works on a couple of levels, since that comment would most likely come from someone who primarily plays Villains, and would indeed think of Heroes as target drones.
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So, I ask where the dummies go and the response is "The dummies went blue-side." From this I am to infer that the things that went blue-side are the dummies, and the things that went blue-side are the heroes, hence heroes are dummies (or punching bags). OK, that makes sense.
See, I was reading it completely the other way around. I read it to say that the dummies - the disembodied inanimate Rikti torsos - somehow left or were taken blue-side for... Some purpose I couldn't determine. However, I assumed that the purpose for which the dummies went or were taken blue-side was the joke, whereas it turns out I was missing the point completely.
OK, in hindsight, that should have been obvious even to me
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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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Maybe someone emailed them to themselves and they got deleted.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
That caught me by surprise, but I logged in today after having been away from the game for a few days, and I find the War Zone dummies just aren't... There. I kind of need them in order to do a little mock-up clip, and they're gone.
Aside from those dummies, is there any other place in the (hero-side) game where I can find things I can attack, but that won't die, hurt me or run away? |
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That caught me by surprise, but I logged in today after having been away from the game for a few days, and I find the War Zone dummies just aren't... There. I kind of need them in order to do a little mock-up clip, and they're gone.
Aside from those dummies, is there any other place in the (hero-side) game where I can find things I can attack, but that won't die, hurt me or run away?