Nice Writeup on the Summit- and a Update on Radiation Armor
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Posted on: 2012-05-30 15:54 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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New to me too, but I miss a lot of New York Times bestsellers. The Wikipedia article on "Who Moved My Cheese?" is informative.
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Originally Posted by Stormbird
The "Who moved my cheese" factor?
Can't say I've heard that one before. |
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USED to be overpowered? Did I miss a memo? |
Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
Vaz vomit used to be untyped (i.e. overpowered). Spines used to be lethal.
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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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I didn't say it was unreasonable for them to have radiation-related name. I said the radiation-related names they chose didn't make sense.|
Originally Posted by Chy_Tara
Ummm, TheDeepBlue.... It's a radiation-based powerset, so it stands to reason that they would use radiation-themed/related names for the powers.
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In any case, looking at the list again today, the names don't seem as bad for some reason. Few bits I still can't reason out.
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Shouldn't Radiation blast be energy damage, because radiation is energy?
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Well i'ld say 70% energy, 30% toxic damage personally.
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Originally Posted by Quantum Evil
Shouldn't Radiation blast be energy damage, because radiation is energy?
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It's based on a book of the same name. I had to read it in college. Basically it's about how people will react and deal with changes in life/environment/work/routine.
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Originally Posted by Stormbird
The "Who moved my cheese" factor?
Can't say I've heard that one before. |
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And it's something we have to consider *every* *single* *day* when working on a live MMO |
Originally Posted by Trickshooter
It's based on a book of the same name. I had to read it in college. Basically it's about how people will react and deal with changes in life/environment/work/routine.
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Already answered, mostly, but here's the Wikipedia link on the book. Note that I have read the book but not that article. My boss' boss bought copies of it for his whole core team and their direct reports probably around 10 years ago. I hear the phrase used in corporate/work settings, but not much of anywhere else.
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Originally Posted by Stormbird
The "Who moved my cheese" factor?
Can't say I've heard that one before. |
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Then for a short while it was typed fire so as to not penalize RES armor sets.
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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
Vaz vomit used to be untyped (i.e. overpowered). Spines used to be lethal.
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Wow... don't know where my mind is! When I read this, I saw the "b" in the underlined word as a "t" and was like "Where the hell did he come up with THAT costume piece... and please let me hope that is a mistype!"|
Originally Posted by cursedsorcerer
Also, seriously. Look at some of that concept art from the Post-Apocalyptic set: I like that headband on the second guy on the bottom row, the skull chest belt on the first guy on the bottom row, and of course, the bionic bits.
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But, then I saw what it really said and laughed, and sighed in relief.
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Vahz vomit was actually Fire damage, and Vahz darts were Negative damage at release. People thought they were untyped because most people that cared about damage type were playing Invuln and expecting Smashing/Lethal resistance to affect it. Firey Aura Tankers did very well against the Vahz in comparison to Invuln.|
Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
Vaz vomit used to be untyped (i.e. overpowered).
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Whoops, didn't see this.
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Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
Then for a short while it was typed fire so as to not penalize RES armor sets.
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I was pretty sure that it was Untyped at some point... which is why when they made it Toxic they couldn't create a Toxic Defense stat... and why it's resistance was added rather haphazardly into the various +HP powers like [Dull Pain].
also...there needs to a be a wheed whacker or a larger chainsaw for titan weapons...and a staff with chainsaws on each end like the one in dead rising 2...in the post apocalypse set....everything's better with chainsaws....
What are the odds that Radiation Armor will replace Bio Armor?
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Originally Posted by Quantum Evil
Shouldn't Radiation blast be energy damage, because radiation is energy?
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Energy damage for the initial blast/exposure
Toxic (DoT) damage for the long-term effects
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Or catch "theyre follow-up selection was Radiation Armor"? This is an actual publication?
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Originally Posted by firecracker
...by the way did anyone notice the "peculiar" way asymetrical is spelled?
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Zero. They announced Bio Armor at the Summit. Given they don't announce power sets until they're close to hitting beta and thus live, there's no chance that a power set that'll be -at least- a half year more in the making is going to 'replace' it.
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Originally Posted by Demon_Shell
What are the odds that Radiation Armor will replace Bio Armor?
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I'm expecting the sets to be different enough that there won't be much overlap.
Afterall, Willpower has a place alongside Invulnerability and Regeneration, as it is kind of the result of smashing the two together.
I'm expecting Rad Armor to play a little bit like a combination of Fiery Aura, Electric Armor, and Bio Armor.
(plus the addition of -Regen in the set will mean melee ATs will have a viable set for soloing GMs, assuming it is substantial and/or stackable)
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately. |
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I like that comparison Claws- but I don't think it is a combo of Bio Armor, more a stripped bown bare Regen (as a side note- I Seriously wish they had kept the name Symbiotic Armor.. Bio armor just sounds soo plain).|
Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
I'm expecting the sets to be different enough that there won't be much overlap.
Afterall, Willpower has a place alongside Invulnerability and Regeneration, as it is kind of the result of smashing the two together. I'm expecting Rad Armor to play a little bit like a combination of Fiery Aura, Electric Armor, and Bio Armor. (plus the addition of -Regen in the set will mean melee ATs will have a viable set for soloing GMs, assuming it is substantial and/or stackable) |
I see Rad as being Fire's little brother- trading survivability for offense, in Rad's case through Debuffs. I can see a Fire/Rad Brute or a Rad/Fire or Mace Tank being a great farming toon.
"Well, there's going to be some light music and a short note of apology saying, 'The universe ended last week, we're really sorry, we don't know what you're doing here, didn't you get the message?'"- Steve Moffat
Radiation Armor will likely be January-March. Since a lot of work is probably done on the new sets, Rad armor probably got bumped up to the front of the line with Synapse, and that should filter down to the animators and artists.
"Well, there's going to be some light music and a short note of apology saying, 'The universe ended last week, we're really sorry, we don't know what you're doing here, didn't you get the message?'"- Steve Moffat