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  1. Bill Z Bubba
    Went ahead and bumped to +2/x0 w/ bosses. Needed to level faster.
  2. Bill Z Bubba
    Hit 22. Stamina has 2 SOs and a Perf Shifter chance for +End. All toggles and attacks have one or more end-red slotted. I still run out of end far too rapidly.

    Attack chain is Smashing, Quick, Body, Quick, repeat.

    Haven't bumped my diff at all yet because even with a steadfast +def unique and maneuvers, she feels awfully squishy.
  3. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by reiella View Post
    Well, when one of the counterpoints is that "they have no other choice but to run trials", *shrug*.

    But, sure, okie-doke.
    My point was that I haven't heard any griping for a solo path while doing those trials either. From myself or anyone else.

    What would be the point of griping about it there? At least here, the devs (well, maybe not anymore) read these threads. My league mates aren't going to be able to do anything about it.
  4. Bill Z Bubba
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    For me personally, I wouldn't necessarily say tiny, but smaller than the forums make it appear. Since I don't see the same sort of ranting going on during the Incarnate Trials I am on.
    I wouldn't expect to hear a lot of griping about the lack of a solo incarnate path by people running large team trials.
  5. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    because I don't experience lag in the trials sufficient to impair my ability to function most of the time.
    And that's the important part right there, A. It's a far cry from "I don't get lag."

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    I've only experienced serious functional lag during BAF escape phases
    And that's the only truly annoying lag I've experienced in either trial. I don't have any issues in Lambda.

    Now can we guess why my response to you is so different than my response to him?
  6. Bill Z Bubba
    I've got rules when I run a team as well.

    Try to keep up. Kill things.

    Seems to work out well.
  7. Bill Z Bubba
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    Do other people lag? Maybe, hard to say. I haven't been to everyone else's houses to see. What I'm damn sure of is that in my house, on my computer, with my Internet connection, I don't.
    You lie.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Positron View Post
    Hey guys,

    Thanks to your feedback we believe we have tracked down the cause of this lag (we did something weird with Leagues), we're working to get this resolved on the live servers as soon as possible.

    Thank you for your patience, understanding, and most of all your feedback on this situation.
    Even Positron says so.
  8. Bill Z Bubba
    Thank you, Bladesnow. That's some nice info. I don't experience any crashing during BAF and can generally get through that one bad spot with nothing more than a "oh goody, three minutes of boredom and ugliness" running through my head, but I did not know that this feature had been added to the game.

    I will certainly give nuking the buff data a try should I find myself in a BAF again.
  9. Bill Z Bubba
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    Personally, I think it's kind of silly, but hey, you're the one who brought it up by taking pot shots at the wiki.
    More accurately, the shot was at you, not "the wiki."

    So are you going to admit that the devs have stated lag issues exist and that you were therefore speaking from a place of ignorance?
  10. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TonyV View Post
    It's hard to find anything meaningful to respond to among the personal attacks and the "woe is me, life sucks, everyone's miserable" attitude, especially when some people play with blinders on that block out all the coolness. I'm a happy CoH player, not a therapist.
    Says the boy that can't admit, "yes, there is a lag problem in the BAF. I accept this because the devs have stated so."

    Quit projecting blinders on other people, Tony. Yours are the darkest around here.

    As for your lovely job description, woopty farkin doo. My branch, for which I am the sole IT employee, pushes out $2 million worth of product every month. You have a server? Wonderful. I've got a few more than that.
  11. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill View Post
    /agreed.

    *chuckle*

    For the next act, can he question Arcanaville's math skills?

    Sorry, Tony, but you are way off here.
    The saddest part is that is that he doesn't understand the fact that it's the devs he's questioning.

    But, hey, OBVIOUSLY the devs know less about this game than he does.

    I mean, this is the mighty TonyV we're talking about here. He can copy/paste information to a website!
  12. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TonyV View Post
    I suppose so. It's funny that someone who is considered a hardware guru would be having such a problem. Maybe you have too many services running in the background or something.

    Any lag I've ever experienced has been totally inconsequential to the point where I don't even notice it. I've never failed any of these trials, not one single time, so even if there is some minor lag it's not even close enough to make any difference on the outcome.

    If you want, I can send you my system specs when I get home. I don't remember them all offhand, but maybe they'd be helpful in building something you can play with.
    Ahh, lookit the petty wizziwig user trying to act like he knows what he's talking about.

    End user system specs mean nothing to server side lag Tonyboy.

    So sad that you can't get past your dev-worship to even acknowledge when THEY say that there's a problem.
  13. Bill Z Bubba
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    When I run the BAF or Lambda Sector, I do not have these "lag-fest filled mish" problems you are referring to.
    Oh, BS, Tony. Everybody lags during the escapee section of the BAF. It's a known issue.

    But yea, I'm sure that my pristine quadcore hyperthreaded I7 proc, 6GB of RAM, Win7-64bit rig with an ati 3870 video card is the problem.

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    The Ramiel arc, a slightly more difficult than normal arc, seemed to cause outsized levels of complaining. Why would such a content path be any different?
    EG, I have no doubt that the crying would be fierce. I don't care. I'm not asking for an easy path. I'm asking for a solo path.

    You do Ramiel's arc, you unlock alpha. Get alpha slotted and you don't get hit by the -4 evil. Yes, fighting +4s is rough. So what? As you do it more they become +3s. Then +2s. Then +1s. Do the work, get the reward.

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    Let me say that, other than having sympathy for folks who really want to solo most of the time, I have no personal objection to not being able to solo Incarnate content. I want such a capability, but I will do non-solo things till it comes along.
    After looking at what the "solo option" currently is, I dove right into BAF and Lambda. The current choice isn't a choice at all.
  14. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Beef_Cake View Post
    Not sure what server you play on but on Pinnacle, this is played a bit more than the BAF. Mainly because you can do it with smaller teams. I haven't seen a single thread started on these boards talking about people griefing the Lambda, so I doubt this is the reason.
    And lemme, tell ya, BeefCake, it makes me so happy that Pinnacle is my home. Yay for lag free Lambda runs!
  15. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EvilGeko View Post
    Well, I'll leave you all to your complaints then. I've been arguing about this stuff since last summer. Eventually, you'll the devs will give you all what you want. Probably not on a timeframe that will make you happy, but what can you do?
    Leave for 7 months, come back and be 100% caught up in 9 days.
  16. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EvilGeko View Post
    Calling someone a worthless piece of **** is not equivalent to denouncing someone's OPINIONS.

    Yours is an attack on the speaker. Mine is an attack on the message. There is a major difference. Ideas can be savaged, but there is no need to insult the person.



    It's a little more than just killing a couple of AVs. But you know that.
    Yes, they are equivalent. Your opinion that they aren't isn't worthy of my acceptance.

    I don't give a damn what you're attacking with disrespectful and idiotic statements. Attack me or my posts in that way, get it back in spades. You should know this after this much time.

    More than killing a couple AVs? No, it isn't.

    Zone in, defeat a few spawns, kill AV, guard doors during lagfest, kill AV, kill 2 AVs within 10 seconds of each other. That's the BAF. That's all it is.

    Lambda: run a lap killing spawns, clear courtyard and guns, split up teams, get temp powers, use temps on doors, use temps on AV while you chase him around the map. I enjoy this one, mind you.

    Why do shards even exist in the game? What's the point of them? Why not just have threads drop as shards are dropping now? Purge the entire shard system from the game.

    Throw in a few more repeatable arcs for soloists that follow the same rules as the BAF/Lambda with similar but appropriate rewards (fighting +4s, you're -4 if alpha isn't slotted, get a random incarnate drop at the end) and call it a day.

    Will such a thing be the end of all teaming like X, Y and Z were before this? What's that? People still team? Oh.
  17. Bill Z Bubba
    Hello, Mr. Hypocrite. You don't get the right to call me out for going negative after calling our opinions unreasonable and worthy of derision.

    Solo paths aren't supposed to be as fast as team paths. Nor are they supposed to be egregiously slower as they are in the case of incarnate advancement.

    What the hell is so interesting about killing a couple AVs and a boatload of fleeing enemies during a lagfest? Nothing. It's the same thing we've been doing for 7 years.
  18. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Alpha Slot Vouchers are a boon if you prefer to play alone. Once one of your characters completes an Incarnate Trial, you can purchase and use an Alpha Slot Voucher. Each of these vouchers lets you unlock the Alpha Slot for another of your Level 50 characters.
    So a dev did state it. Well, probably someone in marketing, but still.

    Yea, I don't see why anyone would bother doing this.
  19. Bill Z Bubba
    So I can start the incarnate trials while solo? What? I mean... BZB is a badass and all, but he can't take down Marauder. Cuz Maruader has rage and thus tohit buffs and that makes BZB cry.

    Ohh, I see... i have to team to get stuff to buy stuff that unlocks stuff on other characters? So it's not a solo path at all. Did a dev actually call it that?
  20. Bill Z Bubba

    I'll be damned

    POST-ACTION

    Wait... Carnie pets? Groovy.
  21. Bill Z Bubba

    I'll be damned

    POST-ACTION

    Speed boost is group wide now? Awesome. I can't wait to read all of the crying and gnashing of teeth over that one.
  22. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Electric-Knight View Post
    Haha, I must commend you on the excellent job you do of hiding those three attributes!
    Well, you know, humility is admirable.
  23. Bill Z Bubba
    Who could ask for more?
  24. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Electric-Knight View Post
    And it also goes along the lines of that whole... because we're here posting our opinions, our opinions don't matter thing.
    Well... MINE do, but I'm highly educated, intelligent AND drop-dead sexy.
  25. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
    And here in the most recent server merge thread is someone who finds himself unable to dispute any of the reasons explaining why server merges are bad, so he resorts to attacking post counts and claims high post counts are a sign of anti-social behaviour.
    /reads quoted post
    //sees own post count
    ///ponders opinion towards server mergers

    He'd have a point except for the fact that being part of a forum community is a social thing.