CaptainMoodswing

Can you tap the screen to activate a power?

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...the inherent "Dev Whim" feel of Bug Hunter?...

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Point of order - while they've never used the WORD whim, they have (basically) admitted it. Case in point - at the last minute in this last patch they snuck in a fix for an exploit I had reported when bases FIRST came out.

I made the mistake of joking about Bug Hunter in the post and the reaction I got was nothing short of hostile. But yea - Bug Hunter is another example of a BIMM: "BAD IDEA MADE MANIFEST"

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First rule of..."it"...is we don't POST about..."it". lol

I believe one of the moderators mentioned in the San Diego thread that they were considering future east coast conventions because of the...constructive feedback.

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Soooo... is the hardsuit worth $30.00? ^_^

I mean yeah, I'd get to wander around a few hours on top of that and meet people, but that's my only real reason for thinking of going.

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Considering that some people on other boards were contemplating spending $150+ on the Freakshow costume, I'm guessing yes.

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I see no reason why they cant just open up the microtransaction store.. where people can buy just about everything in game and just drop the sub fee.


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I'm pretty sure it's because they don't want to go out of business. They need to make more money, not less.

May I suggest that the reason does exist, whether you see it or not.

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Great idea, but the price is bit out of whack. $10 is simply too much for this.

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I agree. That's a bit steep. How about 3 for that price?

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The VIP Pass will also unlock a special in game item that was selected for this show only.

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Please tell us what this special item is.

And please consider making this item available to those people who could not attend Comic Con. Perhaps for a small fee? This makes everyone happy. NCSoft makes money, and those people that want this item can have it.

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Maybe it will be a future vet reward. :P

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I like energy cloak & conserve Power. Merging the Passive into 1 Passive covering all resistance, thats cool, even double its effect, so its in 20s, not the 10s.

Make the missing power from the merger be another passive or Toggle to Cover Positional Defense.

JJ

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Ooh, let's merge energy cloak and conserve power! lol

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I realize why this happens... temporary work arounds to get you past the "real" problem until it's fixed are standard practice in the manufacturing world where I work. And I'm glad we can help ourselves now instead of waiting on outside help to keep going. But I still gotta say it.

Are you serious? We're getting a command to get us out of a bug instead of fixing the bug? Come on people... that's like McDonalds putting a 3rd drive-thru window up where we can exchange the food they gave us for what we really ordered.

OK.. that's it.. . Keep up the good work Dev's.

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Hey, that's like using a bad analogy in order to try to prove an illogical point.

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If you're smart, what you'll do is offer whatever it is to the rest of your subscriber base, even if it is for a price. At least this way nobody has any legitimate reason to complain.

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And of course, they would anyway. :P

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While I appreciate the reservation to implement a bugged patch into the live servers, I really wish this discernment had been present for the deployment of Issue 12 in the first place. I'm already upset that many of these bugs have been in place for three weeks without fixes. In learning that this new update is faulty, I am losing faith in your ability to properly support your own game.

At least you were able to identify the problem, and I hope this patch will be corrected so these bug fixes can be implemented ASAP.

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While I partially agree with you, Issue 12 was deployed properly. Every issue has gone live with bugs that were fixed to the best of their ability with later patches. There will never be a big issue to go from test to live with absolutely no bugs. The point of beta testing is to do away with the bugs that make the would make the live patch a nightmare.

IMO the devs are doing a fantastic job with this, with one exception doublegutpunchanimationforwidowshastogoyouhearmeba bhastogo.

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I agree. The benefits of issue 12 outweigh the problems BY FAR. I'm amazed we got along without issue 12 as long as we did. lol

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Side note: Has anyone earned MLRSF since the Ouros portal fix? Didn't think so...

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Actually, YES. But that seems beside the point...

Back on topic, yes take off that extra zero. I don't see the logic in keeping the requirements literally impossible through normal play.

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[*] July 18, 2008: Double XP Weekend Begins


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Ahhh, the weekend *before* Comic-Con! Very wise, grasshopper!

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Whew...see ya there.

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Please use this thread to discuss the following announcement:

The City of Heroes Team will be out and about at the following trade show events this summer:

Comic Con, San Diego, CA
July 23rd to July 27th

Penny Arcade Expo, Seattle, WA
August 29th to August 31st

We'll have more details as to who will be there and what we will be showing as we get closer to these dates, but we want to give those who may be interested in attending advance notice.

Also, we want to mention that we will be doing a player Meet ‘n Greet in the San Francisco Bay Area in mid to late October this year. We had a great time and received a lot of positive feedback from last year's Meet 'n Greet event and we’re excited to be planning for another one this year. We're still working out the details of the event and we will let you know more about it as we get closer.

We look forward to seeing you at the shows!

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Will you be running double xp weekend during that time?
It kinda bums me out when you do that...

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Not a single Assault Rifle/Thermal guide in the bunch? Wow. I've just started mine (she's only a level 7 right now) but holy cow, is she awesome. If I had the damage capability that Assault Rifle gives me, combined with the empath-like Thermal set, over on the hero side I'd be the happiest little girl in the world. Guess I'll keep working on her, write down what I'm taking/slotting, and be writing a guide once I get her to a point where I feel like I can write something comprehensive.

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I've got one at 43. I'm no expert, just using it as a tool. I've basically taken all the secondary, and four of the primary. Burst, slug, m30, and full auto. (the latter rocks!) For pools I took speed for hasten, leaping/SJ, health and stamina, and recall friend.

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Tankers with Ninjitsu? Talk about stupid.

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Why? Seems like a really good fit to me. Control your terrain, position your enemies, let you and your allies stirke them down while they are confused and distracted by you. Sounds like a Tanker to me.

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But ninjas don't do that...they are fast and efficient. They live with honor and kill with stealth!

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wow wish devs cared about vils giving them crap powers and let me guess the vil epics will suck too?

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Only if you really hate being a flunky of Arachnos...Night Widows will probably be really cool, from the sound of it.

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OH Great mad Scientific Genius sir, since you were so kind as to illuminate some of your great revelations, I implore you to reveal the Stalkers Electric Melee/ set so I can worship you massive intellect!

KTHXBYE!

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Ok, and how exactly is a Stalker going to survive with electric melee as a primary? Seriously?

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As to the Villian/Hero Empath/Poison argument.

It's not the nature of the powers you use, it's how you use them.

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This is what I was getting at, in simplified form.

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You could have also just said "Oh, Bu******!", but more flies with honey, and all that. lol

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“WHY NO EMP FOR CORR?” – ELF_STALKER



Empathy isn’t a villainous trait, generally speaking. From a fiction standpoint, it will likely never be given to Villains as a set.

Back to thematics – Empathy isn’t really a villainous trait. From a fiction standpoint, it wasn’t our first choice to port over and the reason corruptors didn’t receive it in the first place as part of the release of City of Villains. If we were to add an “Empathy Like” set, it would need to be all new and not a port of it, to make it fit into the Villainous theme. As such, that fell out of the scope of Issue 12’s powerset proliferation and is why it wasn’t included.

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Defenders have dark, not very hero like.

Scrappers have dark melee, not very hero like.

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This point can be debated until the end of time. In a game where concept trumps all, not allowing us to decide for ourselves what is evil and what isn't is just beyond comprehension.

Empathy for helping other villians achieve their devious goals? Or perhaps empowering other idiots to do all of your dirty work while at the same time manipulating them into believing that you support their cause.

There. I just made a concept that makes sense. It's not really even that creative. Just saying that it isn't a villianous trait is just an excuse for not wanting to port it over. I can go one step further and say WHY GIVE VILLIANS BUFFS AT ALL? Cold shields, Thermal Buffs, Sonic Buffs, the list goes on. Why would you want to buff other villians? To serve your own purposes in the end, perhaps?

Listen, I am stoked about the new issue, including the VEATS and QOL improvements. But watching you guys try to pacify the screaming of Doom from some of the playerbase is just hurting your original aim. It's no wonder people think the Devs hate villians with responses like this...

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Well spoken, sir or madam.

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“WHY NO EMP FOR CORR?” – ELF_STALKER



Empathy isn’t a villainous trait, generally speaking. From a fiction standpoint, it will likely never be given to Villains as a set.

Back to thematics – Empathy isn’t really a villainous trait. From a fiction standpoint, it wasn’t our first choice to port over and the reason corruptors didn’t receive it in the first place as part of the release of City of Villains. If we were to add an “Empathy Like” set, it would need to be all new and not a port of it, to make it fit into the Villainous theme. As such, that fell out of the scope of Issue 12’s powerset proliferation and is why it wasn’t included.

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Defenders have dark, not very hero like.

Scrappers have dark melee, not very hero like.

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That is consistently and intentionally overlooked. They just don't want to give empathy to villains.

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Also, "arresting" people by burning them, shooting them to death, and SHOOTING RADIATION DIRECTLY INTO THE CROTCH (X-Ray Beam) doesn't really seem all that heroic. Hilarious, but not heroic.

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Do we have any estimated ETA on I12 release yet??? I'd just like to know a date I need to have my villain to 50 by so I can start playing my VEAT hot off the press

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nope. It has to go into closed testing first. You have at least a month or 2.

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Wait. How exactly do we still have our powers in Ancient Rome? I thought that was way past our "tether" or something?

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The Carbon Teather is over 5700 years long. Roman was about 2000 years ago.

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Yes, but...I thought we couldn't go past Breakout (or Outbreak) because our powers were only level 1?

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What... you want continuity consistancy in a COMIC BOOK GAME??

...gotta stay true to the genre, bro!

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Yeah, I forgot about Mender Tesserect. I remembered that we exemplared when going into the alleged future, but I rationalized that as traveling through time itself causes the exemplaring, not the direction. Now I'm thoroughly confused. :P

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You get exemplared by Flashback when the mobs in the mission are lower level than you.

That's it.

There's no RP explanation.

Mobs aren't higher level in the future or the past. Mobs are just sometimes lower level and sometimes higher level, depending on the mission. You get exemplared to match them. That's all.

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Ok, Captain Buzzkill.

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As far as I know (I'm not about to delete my only 50 as he's still my main hero) but the account unlock of the EAT doesn't require you to keep at least one level 50 character. All getting to 50 does is unlock the AT in the character creation screens and is not required to be around to keep the new ATs unlocked. Think of it like making a recipe for a costume piece, you don't need to keep the recipe to have access ot the costume piece, it just sets a hidden flag on your char (or account in the case of the EATs) that says you can access the content. Keeping the item (the level 50 in the case of EATs) is not required to keep that flag.

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This is incorrect. It has been tested and shown that deleting your only level 50 will RElock the epic ATs.

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hmm well that sucks and I suspect is a bug. Nowhere in the knowledge base or info about the EATs does it say that that is behavior. I could see many an upset player unlocking their EAT and deciding to reroll the same character as one of the EATs so deleting their 50 to start his 'new career' just to find out they can't get the EAT anymore and now no longer have the level 50.

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While it does suck, it is working as intended. This has been asked of the red names. Repeated player tests were done on the Test server.

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Just transfer the 50 to a server you don't use. ...right?