Botched ritual.

I do. Anything which makes the game HARDER after a failed objective, thus making me more likely to fail subsequently is a recipe to chase me out of the game all quick-like. I get debt. It slows down my progress, but it doesn't do anything to make me SUCK more. It just takes longer to get to the next level, but I can be just as awesome getting there an hour late.

This was the straw that broke the camel's back for me in Champions Online. I got killed by a stupid boss about three times because he's surrounded by easily-aggroing enemies, then I lost most of my "stars" and lost stats with them. Yeah, people tell me the "Star" buff isn't all that much, but you know what? I don't care. I HATE losing stuff on defeat. Far as I'm concerned, the actual defeat is bad enough, I don't need to be punished for it.

It's too easy to fail a mission and move onto the next one? Fine by me. The less time I have to spend not enjoying myself, the better. I don't need to be "conditioned" on how to enjoy a game like I'm five years old. I'm more than capable of measuring my own performance and finding pride in doing well.

I can't (read: won't) play another character AT ALL until I'm done with the one I'm playing. That may be a week, or it may be a month. If I'm forced to stop playing the character I want to play, I don't swap to another one. I swap to another game. Depending on how pissed off I was for being unable to play my character, that might constitute a significant break, and depending on how pissed off I am about it, that might constitute me being very tight with my money, too. I rarely buy stuff because I can't live without it. A lot of the stuff I buy from this game is out of good will, because I figure any money I spend on the studio goes for a good cause.

So, no. I can't play another character, because if I try, then I end up resenting the game for forcing me to do it.

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.

You don't know Sam at all and I can tell you that you couldn't possibly be more wrong of your assessment about him.

Sam hasn't invested into inventions yet because he has not felt the need to be max efficient (like I do).

Your comparisons are ridiculously oversimplistic. The Vahz wasting disease and the Crey example last until you complete the mission and call the contact as you wrote. They do not last 20 hours.

I was playing a freaking android at the time. He doesn't have any blood, hello???

Excuse me for actually taking my character's concept seriously.

Oh yeah, and I actually got this debuff on the very first failed attempt, the very first time I tried this last night. After I got some help on the Virtue United channel and learned the debuff lasted for 20 hours*, that pretty much killed my mood to continue playing for the rest of the evening and so I just quit the game for the night.

I'm just going to ignore this arc entirely, the next time I log in to play.

*(That, and the fact that the Carnies in the very next mission were level 40, where my already debuffed emp/rad defender was level 31...)

Obviously.

The Vahzilojk Wasting Disease lasts all of one mission, and even then not a very hard one. Yes, it's a debuff, but it's a debuff I have the ability to end within 15 minutes of getting it. That's not remotely the same thing. What it's like is that old bug where you'd finish the arc but nor lose the Wasting Disease debuff, and then CS had to fumble around for days because you already turned in the mission and they lost control of the triggers. Yeah, that was fun.

That lasts half a mission or 10 minutes if I sit on my hands. There's a slight difference between 10 minutes an 20 hours.

Also, you forgot to mention the Curse of Weariness, one of the dumbest ideas I've ever seen come out of the powers team.

I'm not blowing smoke. You're simply smelling the smoke from that straw man you set fire to.

I never said anything BUT that I will not play this mission. Go back look at my first post: "There goes the last of my interest for this." or something to that effect. It's a bad idea for a mission that offers no special reward and offers a very special penalty. What possible reason could I have to ever consider playing that one when I can play a mission with a better story which rewards me more AND doesn't debuff my character for 20 hours?

Let me ask you this, though - if you enjoy being punished for failing by losing power, why not just remove a random power from your tabs every time you die and keep it there for the rest of your play session? Dead once? No more status protection. Dead twice? No more heal. Dead thrise? You lose a decent attack. Just thinking out loud.

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.

While I appreciate the sarcasm... No, really, I totally do... I actually did have a modicum of interest in working with Ms. Duncan off-duty. Sure, I'd heard all bad stuff about the arc, but I keep saying that I want the signature characters to have more exposure, and this would have been an... Imperfect but good way to get that across.

So while I wasn't burning with anticipation, I was at least somewhat enthusiastic to see what it's all about. Not any more.

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.

On the plus side, I am actually learning to do that, though in baby steps. I was actually going to that thread, but came to finish posting my embarrassing reply that got bounced when the boards went down for maintenance.

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.

Can't speak for Sam, but in my case this is exactly the truth.

During my one experience with Vazhilok Wasting Disease, I took the character in question and parked them where I was unlikely to be seen, then pulled up the Internet and surfed until the effect wore off, which seemed like an eternity. The knowledge that there is the slightest chance that something similar might happen to one of my people for TWENTY HOURS means I would not touch this crap with a ten-foot pole. I know that's not the cool-kid mindset to have, but there you go.

Pass.

Real time.

So, if you got it right now, then by this time tomorrow it will be gone.

*sigh...

sigh...

Can i vote for you to be our new CoX President?

Actually, I do have a way to spin it.... "in your opinion."

Sigh what? I got it on the 7th around 4PM PST and I still have it as of 9:30PST today, the 9th. That's way more than 20 real-time hours.

/petition to have it removed. That's not how it was behaving in Beta.

Originally Posted by Paladiamors I love you, I Burnt the Toast!

ZM in my opinion what? I was not a horrible decision? Ok, I'll bite, you think it was a good decision I take? You guys will take crap and make a crap sandwich and say yes this is good in my opinion. Wonderfully brilliant mate, just bloody wonderful.