ArwenDarkblade

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I just want to say how glad we are to have Blue Steel on the forums.

Whoo Hoo!!

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Ha! Hey Lighty, I caught another Red Name that needs an introduction!

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I was just about to say...

Welcome Blue Steel! It's very cool that a player and fan not only got hired by NCSoft, but also gets to be Blue Steel.

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Me: "Hey, you can get wings!"
Friend: "Really? How?"

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There are other ways to get wings. In fact, there are only two wings available just for Veterans, and they're not even the best ones. Go to the auction house (Wentworth's or Black Market) and buy a recipe and the salvage. After you craft them, they're usable at the tailor (ICON or Facemaker).

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I've posted this before in other areas of the board and am posting it here because it seems fitting

Vet Reward Solution *snip...*

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I absolutely hate this. For one, you're feeding right into the sense of entitlement that everyone seems to have now. Vet Rewards are *rewards* for *veteran* players. They are to be *earned* by playing the game.

Also, I don't want double rewards - one weaker set and one Vet Reward set. Why should have I two Nemesis Staffs? Or two versions of Sands of Mu?

Vet Rewards don't need a "solution," as they have no problem. The problem is with a few people who feel they have to have everything *right now*.

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Gah! So much "I don't like what's in it, so I think its not only a rip off but that no one else should have it!"

Holy dawg. You know what? The developers put stuff I don't give a damn about in CoX, *all the time.* This does not mean I think no one else should have it, nor am I going on a rant about how content I don't like is a "rip off," 'cause ZOMG! Ten bucks is the end-all, be-all of my personal universe! Or OMG! I had to pay a $15 subscription for the month they put in content I don't care about.... stop the presses! RIP OFF!

Let's get real here: you spend ten bucks in five minutes picking up your order at the local take-out Chinese place. Ten bucks ain't nothin'. It's chump-change. It's lunch money.

The best part is, if you don't like the pieces you don't have to give the developers your ten bucks. Win-win here, people. Never seen so much grief over cool new costume pieces since the recipe-debacle. [And this ain't that, so celebrate.]

Or don't buy the pack; whichever suits your fancy. Its a wonder the developers don't fling their hands into the air and shelve whatever cool thing they're working on next, in a fit of pique. I would not blame them if they did, no matter *what* they do its DOOOOOOOOOOOM!

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QFT. I couldn't agree more.

It was worth $9.99 to me just for the tux with tails for women. My pirate themed DB/Will Scrapper is so very close to how I want her to look. All I need now is a hat with a huge feather and a parrot for my shoulder.

It was worth the $9.99 just to have the deluxe tux for my Scrapper (who is female). Finally - a decent butt cape!

This is excellent news! Welcome back, Manticore!

Happy Birthday CoV, and congrats to the Dev team for a job well done!

Halloween is my favorite holiday, and the Halloween event has always been my favorite. But can I humbly request that for next year, we do something different? Or at least have different spawns at the doors?

Also, the new costume badges are a grindfest. And they don't even have graphics. Did you all test this nearly a month ago? And in a month, you couldn't find the time to put a pumpkin or something on the badge?

Not to be a downer, but this was tested almost a month ago, and in that time, you couldn't find the time to make art for these badges? Lame.

It's also a grindfest to get them.

I'm a bit confused....

The featured SG stated they were founded in 2003. Is that correct? Because I'm pretty sure this game came out in 2004.

Otherwise, fantastic issue.

There is an add on program for WoW called WRUGS. When I played WoW I used it, because it was wonderful. It made everyone sending you a tell have to verify they were a real person by typing in a code. Once they did that, they were allowed to send you tells without having to do that ever again. It stopped you from seeing bot spam, and was quite nice.

If NCSoft/Cryptic would allow these kinds of add-ons, it would be a simple fix.

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Last time I checked, there is no Gadgets secondary. There is, however, one called Devices. Freudian slips like this and folks wonder why some hold the belief that the devs don't seem to know the Blaster AT all that much.

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Gadgets is the internal name of Devices. It's a Legacy issue and it was my mistake when adding the patch note.

As for the change itself, there was an exploit involving TFoe and various stationary entities (like Auto Turret.) In fixing this, the player versions of these entities were locked down as well. I do realise this impacts one of the tactics Devices players used to bypass the limitations of the set. I'll be keeping an eye on this to see if the change hampers the gameplay too severely.

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I can tell you now that it will. Hasn't Devices been screwed over enough? First you make it so Smoke Grenade takes you out of the stealth that Cloaking Device gives you, thus making stealth mining (one of the trademarks of the set) nearly impossible. And why isn't Smoke an auto hit in PvE anyway? You're throwing a smoke bomb on the floor, for cryin' out loud. Who misses a floor?

It's not like Auto Turret is even that good of a power anyway. The only thing it's good for is holding aggro so Blasters don't end up as colorful smears.

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and since i am in an asking mode... how about a hosp in hollows. god knows that that is the ONE place that needs it the most. travel is dangerous enough for lowbies...do we really have to make them run from atlas on every death?

there has to be a way to make hollows less annoying than it already is... unless there are more mish in atlas from levels 1-14 and up hollows entry to 14 at travel (or travel at 10)

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NO hospital in the hollows. Unless its REALLY close to the AP exit. Like...right next to it.

Whenever I ding in the hollows (before level 10) I almost always take the AP hospital express to see Ms. Liberty.

Of course, knowing posi's sense of humor...the hospital would be in a back corner of the hollows....

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My gut feel is that the Hollows won't get a hospital. Ever. Based on the current state of affairs, there isn't a hazard zone in the game that I'm aware of that has a hospital, and a "non-hazard" zone that doesn't have one. Admittedly, I've never had a toon make it way up to the end game, so that might break north of level 40.

However for all sub level 40 zones I think you'll find that to be the case. And since the Hollows is a hazard zone .....

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Dark Astoria, to name one, has a hospital.

I'm really happy with the new changes to Claws. I've been playing a Claw/Invuln Scrapper from I1, and even though I was recluctant to this change (because I had never had a problem with Claws), I am delighted by them.

However, please don't ever change Eviscerate. It's the perfect, flashy, deadly capstone power in an attack chain. Please don't ever take away my backflip of doom.

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Personally, I would STILL like to see the "old" Swipe anim be placed on Eviscerate

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I think that's a terrible idea! I LOVE the Eviscerate animation, and would be terribly upset if it was changed. It's the only flashy move that Claws has now. I can live with the other changes, but if this one changes, I will personally throw a huge fit.

The Elec/Elec Brutes was what I was looking forward to the most in I7. I was glad to hear that Electricity was *finally* getting into CoV. however, I do not think I have ever been more disappointed with this game ever, and I've been around since CoH launch.

First off, I love the concept of an Elec/Elec Brute. I made one for the special Test event to give it a go. I did some PvP with it, and was happy with the results. I then headed out to Grandville and did some PvE. Was VERY happy with the PvE results. The attacks do good damage, and the end drain is great. I especially love the inherant powers in the secondary set. BUT....

Who the HELL thought that RED electricity would be a good thing to do? It's hideous and it makes no sense! If you want to distinguish this as "evil" or "villainous" electrcity, make it black and purple like you did with Invuln, and like the Nictus are. Seriously. The more I played this toon, the more disappointed I became. I REALLY want to play one of these, but it's so horrid to look at that I just can't.

Now would be the best time possible for the Devs to implement custom looks for powers.

SG Name: Hammer of the Gods

SG Leaders: Arwen Darkblade and Phantom Enigma

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SG Recruiters: @ArwenDarkblade, @PhantomEnigma

Teamspeak/Ventrillo Server: We use Skype. Contact one of us for more info

SG Peak Hours: Evenings EST, and all day on weekends

Other Info: We like to have fun and don't take ourselves too seriously.

Thank you for posting this! It's very helpful.

Also, is vidiotmaps.com up and running again?

I would be more than happy to give you feedback about my level 50 Claw Scrapper (whom I've been playing now for nearly two years) if the server would stay up long enough for me to actually hit something.

Every time the Heroes win in RV, it crashes the whole server. It's impossible to actually test any of the new powers.

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I really don't wan to pay a monthly fee and have to buy a new "expansion" every two years.

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Then don't play any other MMO. CoX is the one of the only ones, if not *the* only one, to have free issues. Paying extra for a big set of updates it not unusual for an MMO.


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I know that the last new box was $40+ and came with an increase in my monthly fee.

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If you have CoH and CoV as stand together games, there is no increase in the monthly fee. It's only if you have them as two separate games that the increase occurs.

So does the new box expansion mean the end of free issues? Or will there continue to be free issues between the boxes?