Lie to Troy Hickman


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OK, so I just got back last night from Vancouver (where I was sick as a dog for three weeks, unfortunately), and I'm jonesing to play some CoH (which I will do when I get done teaching my last class today).

So tell me (keeping in mind the thread), what's new that I can expect when I log in?
Gregor Robertson has mandated a bike lane down the middle of Steel Canyon.

Edit: Also, Quatchi is now a giant monster wandering through the city.


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Because players were complaining about low frames per second, there is now the option to lower the polygon count to zero and use just vector graphics. This is called Under Mode, or 'UM'. Running UM on an Intel integrated graphics chip can result in over 20 thousand frames per second.

Here is the RWZ in UM:

Holy friggin' frig, I remember that game! Except the title.

Anyway, Troy, the servers are just plain empty. Like, all the time. Especially Freedom and Virtue.

But that's okay, because the newest power set, Metrosexual Shapeshifting Cat Melee, is just great for soloing.


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Edit: Also, Quatchi is now a giant monster wandering through the city.
You'd be pretty monstrous, too, if Vancouver shops were selling your plush figures for 85% off (and Miga and Sumi have it even worse!).


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Honestly Troy....all these slanderous rumors and fear-mongering! There's only one thing you need to know about what's new in this game:

The steampowered lazer unicorns.


Where have you been? Some land that the dieties forgot?

....oh, right....




S.


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So what you're saying is that we should all be able to constantly switch how we hit?
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Old faces are no longer available. Word is that there was something far too disturbing about certain grandmas.


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Loyalist and Reistance factions have been replaced with Team Edward and Team Jacob factions.
Hero and Villain factions have been replace with Team Stefan and Team Damon factions.

(Hah, far more obscure...)


 

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Oh man, the things you have missed! Let's take a look, shall we?
  • A new Time Travelling faction has been implemented, allowing you to fight against Cavemen cyborgs, Pirate Ninja Cowboys, Roman Soldiers riding dinosaurs, and a giant monster that's a gigantic T-Rex turned into a mobile weapons platform.
They're turning CoH into Doctor Who now?


 

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We all voted to change your name to Trey Hackman.

//Jack


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Because players were complaining about low frames per second, there is now the option to lower the polygon count to zero and use just vector graphics. This is called Under Mode, or 'UM'. Running UM on an Intel integrated graphics chip can result in over 20 thousand frames per second.

Here is the RWZ in UM:

With all the detail sliders set to zero, I'm able to achieve 8,458,215 frames per second, albeit with a slightly higher loss of fidelity:



On the plus side, ambient occlusion finally works correctly with these settings.


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With all the detail sliders set to zero, I'm able to achieve 8,458,215 frames per second, albeit with a slightly higher loss of fidelity:



On the plus side, ambient occlusion finally works correctly with these settings.
Watch out! The new Chi Master is difficult enough without a Tsoo Sky Dragon boss in the spawn. You need to select 'No Bosses' at the difficulty adjuster pixel.


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The new content in GR, while well written, is painfully trivial in regards to difficulty. Leveling a new character in Praetoria purely off of mission arcs is no more complicated than pressing 1, 2, 3, 1 . Spawns are also notably smaller.


 

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Pants are now legally required for men in public in all 50 states during daylight hours.
Unless you play on Triumph.


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Holy friggin' frig, I remember that game! Except the title.
Battle Zone, I had it on my computer a long time ago and managed to get an eight thousand point score.


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Enriche is good for you.

Enriche is Soylent Green



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And thus the entire population of the Triumph server became roguish outlaws.
I'm going to need to wear pants now?


total kick to the gut

This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.

 

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I'm going to need to wear pants now?
Something I find myself asking the authorities almost every day...


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Well, vegetables anyway
Damned tasty with a helping of Soylent Green!


 

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Enriche is Soylent Green
Dammit...5 hours to late with my reply! lol This is what I get for not reading ALL the way through the thread before replying!


 

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Cyrus Thompson is a non-combat pet that follows you around and makes folksy comments on your alignment/morality choices.

--NT


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Cyrus Thompson is a non-combat pet that follows you around and makes folksy comments on your alignment/morality choices.
That would truly be the best addition to this game ever.


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Dammit...5 hours to late with my reply! lol This is what I get for not reading ALL the way through the thread before replying!



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Cyrus Thompson is a non-combat pet that follows you around and makes folksy comments on your alignment/morality choices.

--NT
What, that bug's back now?


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Enriche is Soylent Green
And...soylent green is made of SOY beans and LENTils! It's green because of artificial coloring! (Note: the movie Soylent Green is based on the book 'Make Room, Make Room' by Harry Harrison. In the book, Soylent Green is made from soy and lentils, hence SoyLent.)


 

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They've added a new "Citizen" Praetorian Epic Archetype.

You walk around and wave at people and talk about how great life is.

And sometimes you have to tell the time.

It's awesome.
On the upside, you get a Magnitude: infinity repel power that you can use to push heroes around.

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