Capa_Devans

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  1. When I saw 'scorecard' I expected a list of CoPs run and the outcomes.

    Although it wouldn't surprise me if you'd lost count of those.

    Don't think I'll ever tire of kill the Stormy though.
  2. The helpful bit:
    * I've seen someone use a crafted base item as a waterfall

    The unhelpful bit:
    * I can't remember the name of the item.

    A look through my crib sheet of pretty base items doesn't show any candidates. I did wonder if it was disruptor pylons but I can't find a photo of them. I seem to recall it was quite small (wall torch size or smaller), crafted and were set very close together to create the waterfall. I suspect is was an expensive exercise too.

    I'm only on tea 2 so I'll keep racking the braincell and try and remember that item.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by rsreston View Post
    But what puzzles me is that this information (orange) is useless: why would I want to know about an opposite faction character that cannot team up in the zone where I am, where the mission is? This other character has the GR expansion but hasn't crossed to my side?
    I thought it meant that:
    * you are a hero
    * they are a villain
    * they are in a redzone but COULD be a rogue therefore CAN team with you but they need to goto a bluezone before invite
    * or vice versa

    I doubt it is flagging whether or not they have GR or have got to the vigilante/rogue stage.

    However, as I said above the colour scheme is far too complex. I use globals/channels for teams and if I have to use the search function I'll go for people with LFT flag open.
  4. I have three or four incarnates slotted at the moment. I'll be working my way through my other 50s. Pretty sure I'm at the max number of channels for both accounts though.

    Although to be honest, I use the usual channels or my gfriends for teaming. I know it's a nuisance when people show up without it slotted but just explain that they need it slotted. You can see it on the powers info list so it's easy to check.
  5. I was on the team with my stalker with Blood & Kay which did Apex & Tin successfully back-to-back.

    Interesting TFs.
  6. Wulf, I always liked your instructions in Request. I actually meant the ones from Kiddygrade. Not having been on tank team before (which is a whole new ball game to being on another part of the raid), they were invaluable.

    I was also one of the ones who haven't got merits for the effort. I've petitioned it but I can't even get a response from support to acknowledge the petition.

    Thanks for explaining the issue regards being outside the cyto - I didn't realize that was the issue. It's incredible that they haven't addressed that because it must be more work having to datamine petitions than just fix the issue.

    I agree, it's pretty shoddy that anyone outside the cyto doesn't get merits without having to argue for them and equally unfair to the support chars. Good support is just amazing; makes a huge difference but you often don't realize they're there.

    Hope to catch you on another. If I'm awake.
  7. As to the OP, I know how annoying it is to hear the same question 15 times an hour. GR Had a GREAT FAQ (player created not the devs) with pictures and I linked that into chat everytime I saw a question about it. Eventually I admit that I did get fed up because instead of reading people just continued to want the info spoon fed. So I closed the chat tabs; unfortunately if you do that with this issue you miss a lot of the TFs you WANT to join.

    Although I don't read the beta forums much or play on beta/test servers, I DO read the forum and the GR website and I admit that I feel a little underwhelmed by the information about Incarnates and how it works.

    Somehow I got to this page which tells me the bonuses and also which TF drops which named shard. The in-game screen is very good with one exception; that page should be read top-down while the in-game screen reads bottom-up. However, the rest of it (4 shards to one named) seems pretty lacking in information.

    With all the effort going into the Issues it would be nice if a bit more attention was paid to the information presentation.

    As regards the info from Mender; I agree that Oro is like a circus. I actually gave up trying to unlock the incarnate slot on one char because I wanted to read the story and it was impossible with people hanging around, rocking the auras and randomly buffing or jumping up and down like maniacs.
  8. Nice raid there; my thanks to Wulf and TA for running such a smooth raid (again).

    Also thanks to Kiddygrade for the invite. I'd never been on the tank team before but great instructions were very helpful. Also whoever put those binds in chat; awesome.

    Nice work from the buffers too.

    Hope to catch you on another one soon.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Noble Savage View Post
    We use the .psd format for a few reasons:

    --layers allow us to easily modify your submissions (i.e., makes it easier for us to get your work into the game)

    --format/software is relatively intuitive and easy to pick up

    --format is widely used in the art world (and is our 2D software package of choice in studio as well)

    Hope that helps explain the reasoning. Remember, you can get a free trial of Photoshop from Adobe's website if you'd like to try it out.
    I already stated in my post I knew why you used it. It's the go-to choice and easier for you.

    My points were:
    1) Cost
    2) Time
    3) Difficultly

    I have tried the free trial of Photoshop for the last contest and downloading something of that size for every contest isn't worth it.

    Photoshop/Elements/GIMP are not easy and intuitive in my opinion. I've been doing creative stuff with paint/office products and bespoke designs with CAD packages for 10 years, so I'm not a beginner and I find all three products clunky and unwieldy. Sure you might find them easy; you work with them every day. I don't. I found them incredibly complex and as I said, I don't have the time for that.

    You'd feel the same if you tried to use my CAD packages; you'd be lost and I would whizz through it in 15 mins.

    Doesn't matter. It looks like you have plenty of people who always enter these who can use your packages of choice.

    Thanks for responding. Good luck to everyone who is able to enter.
  10. Glad to see i19 not so glad that you can no longer see other people's set bonuses on player info. No idea why that was removed when you can see the Accolades and Incarnate slot info.
  11. My main, my badger: done with Musculature Radial Boost. One char down; several to go.

    EDIT:
    Did my dom last night.
  12. Cheers guys. I was debating sticking it in fly or SS so .. fly it is and endredx in SS>
  13. The winters gift slow resistance 20% any info on how that works? IE is it only active when the power it's slotted in is active or is it universally on?
  14. Capa_Devans

    My little base

    That's a really nice place. Thanks for sharing.
  15. I recall seeing something like that when (I think it was) WarBase took me on a tour of one of his bases on Virtue.

    Also has neat touches like a medbay in the back of an ambulance and a wheelchair. Amazing stuff.
  16. Many thanks for keeping the BH site and information going and updating it so promptly.

    I am also looking forward to the downloadable maps being available soon.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DumpleBerry View Post
    Nice work, people. No change to the PlayNC pages and certainly no promotion running.
    I logged into both of my master accounts at 9.05am EST this morning and sub'd to the buy 12 get 14 thing.
  18. It would be nice if for once these contests didn't require .PSD format.

    I appreciate it's the go-to format but I'm sure there are plenty of people like me who are pretty artistic but don't have time to buy/learn that.

    Another competition (like the loading screens one which I was so excited about at first) which I shall be missing.
  19. Capa_Devans

    Lost game =/

    Only things you will have lost are saved costumes/power colour customization unless you have them backed up.
  20. As always a well-organized and executed Raid. Many thanks for TA and Wulf.

    I admit these runs are really late for me and I am often in bed but when I do get to them, they're always quick and easy.

    Will you be running multiple runs back-to-back after i19? So everyone can pick up a HO, the merits and the shards on consecutive runs?
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    I was on a team that tried that. We had a team wipe due to lack of room to work with.
    Really? I've never failed a run by doing that. Including several Master runs.

    I wonder if you mis-read what I wrote. Whack Reichys either at the bottom of the steps or the top landing to spawn ambushes but KILL the ambushes at the T junction of the caves where Reichs won't come.

    If the team can't manage that, my guess is they aren't staying tight, people are chasing mobs, or whoever was buffing, wasn't doing so. There is AoE damage but by funneling the ambushes into those tight areas, any reasonable team should be able to destroy them quite easily; as I said, all my Master runs are done like that.

    I wonder if one person died and went to the hospital, dragging stuff across the map on their return. As I said above; that's a bad idea.

    Frankly, I prefer to get all the ambushes together in one continuous swarm. It's safer to have them keep coming than have to go and hit Reichsy again (especially if you need a good proportion of the team to do it because of low damage). So my comment above was not a complaint.

    YMMV. But what I posted works for me. Many many times.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Beef_Cake View Post
    I wanted to chime in here and let everyone know I’ve acquired a developer for the tracker program for Badge-Hunter. I do thank everyone for their PM’s and emails in regards to this thread. If not for this thread I’d still be looking.
    That is really great news.

    Quote:
    I was presented with another option, which was to close down Badge-Hunter and merge Vidiotmaps into the Titan Network

    Hahahahahaha! I'm delighted you kicked that idea out of the door. BH has it's own flavour and one much more to my taste than Titan. BH and in particular the downloadable maps are absolutely outstanding and I look forward to them every update.

    Like Kheldarn I only touch Mids/Wiki from Titan and I wonder about Mids given the recent flip-flop on i19-compatibility; I for one wouldn't want to change all my alt builds before loading into i19 mids.

    I'm sad that I'm going to need two programs (HS for ingame info) and your tracker for badge-hunting (I no longer bother with Titan tracking and have deleted my character's info there). Hopefully you'll expand your badge tracking into a HeroStats-type program that means that won't be necessary either.

    HS has some long-standing issues (EG picking up so many instances of Quicksand on my spines/fire scrapper that it scrolls off the bottom of my screen and makes it unusable on that char) and perhaps the author's desire to no longer support badge tracking in it, indicates they don't have the time to update it either. *shrug*

    I look forward to seeing what you come up with, Beef. Thanks for your effort in keeping BH so up to date.
  23. Little late on that announcement, eh?.

    I again ask the question for those of us still on the free months from the last year; can we buy this or not?
  24. It isn't the TV reactor. I've been on Cuda's where I've refreshed the temp power twice and the ambushes didn't end.

    Just do what I initially suggested: take them in the T at the bottom of the room and stick tight until they end completely. You may need to whack him to start another wave sometimes.

    Yes it requires patience but I know from experience that it works.

    I would not suggest Oro'ing out or otherwise exiting if there is a death (EG hosping); it spreads the ambushes out and whoever comes back is almost certain to get whacked again getting back to Reichsy's room. Ok if the team wipes then you don't have an option but one death; rez/wakie.