Cobalt Azurean

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by JKCarrier View Post
    The changes were based on objective data-mining, not just number of complaints.
    You left out this part: (and the changes to Keyes is a direct result of feedback from players), which would be the 'squeaky wheel' I referred to earlier.

    Also, data-minin' just says that it wasn't bein' run as often as somethin' that people were more comfortable with. Which is normal. People don't like change. They stay within their comfort zone. It doesn't actually say why. However, as above, the why is stated as bein' based upon player feedback, which it must've been negative as it wouldn't have been changed otherwise. Thus, again, squeaky wheel.

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    Originally Posted by Fritzy View Post
    Better yet- the insistent, demanding paying customer gets satisfaction. The company has more of an obligation to please us rather than us them.
    Who's 'us'? You? Them? Not certainly I. You can't please everyone. No news is good news, and they shouldn't think that just because a few people were forced to do grouped content in a MMORPG, and therefore complained about it, shouldn't be appeased. Or because they didn't like the 'gimmick' o' the trial, or couldn't form up fast enough, or couldn't lead their way out o' a wet paperbag, or couldn't succeed with just facerollin' their way through the content.

    What about those o' us who didn't have a problem with it, who still ran the content with the original challenge o' it, and enjoyed it? Just because we didn't feel the need to run to the forums and proverbially heap praise upon our content overlords doesn't mean that I wasn't pleased by their efforts and output. We just went about our business and pressed forth. That's what I meant above by 'no news is good news'. Keyes is referred to as lolKeyes now because o' the changes. It's not a challenge anymore. It's a joke. Even if you have 1% regen, you'll be back at full health before the next pulse hits. Why bother havin' it now if it's not goin' take effort on part o' the league to overcome it?

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    Let me break it down for you, as I see it. You don't see the need for Dark Astoria, otherwise you would be part of this aforementioned "vocal minority" and thus wouldn't refer to it as a vocal one. Thus, you're getting something you didn't ask for. You are, therefore, perpetuating the kind of "us vs. them" mentality that's damaging to the community.

    Either that, or you really did want Dark Astoria and are therefore describing yourself as being in a vocal minority, therefore bringing the kind of self-depreciating rhetoric that spawns these "us vs. them" arguments in the first place.

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    All of that said, nice dodge, changing subject like that, when the bigger question is how you know who's a majority and who's a minority at all with no access to data-mining of any kind. Or are you relying on anecdote impressions and word-of-mouth head counts?
    Thanks for the break down. I didn't know I could only be in either o' those two options that you gave me from your strict outlook that's biased towards bein' on the other side o' this. I'll keep that in mind as this isn't my first rodeo on the intarwebz.

    See above for what I said about data-minin' and what part it actually plays.

    I've said what I wanted to say, and clarified for those that questioned, and now I'll get back to actually spendin' more time playin' the game than talkin' about it.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    Yeah, the "vocal minority" hypocrisy as perpetuated by people who didn't get what they wanted. Maybe you should blame your own silent minority for it, then?
    Good thing I got what I wanted and this doesn't apply to me, eh?

    But 'ey, you assumed, and that's what assumptions get you.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    Their opinions are apparently widely held enough to merit changes to at least Anti-Matter Island and the introduction of the Dark Astoria thing. Go figure.
    The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

    And by 'squeaky wheel', I mean if the hugely vocal minority complains long and loud enough, they'll eventually get their way just to get'em to shut up for five minutes.
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  5. In regards to updatin' the Champion Event Calendar, are these still happenin'?
  6. Updated Events Calendar, Champion Players Facebook, and ChampioNexus MotD with Signature Storyarc: Who Will Die? #5 for January 17th.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fluorescent View Post
    I'm sure NCSoft thanks you for frivilously giving them your money/Paragon points. We hope you continue to support their five minutes of work each week to create overpriced, re-skinned and rehashed items sold on the Paragon Market.

    I mean why do people just blindly buy this stuff?
    Because I like it and want it? That's why most people purchase somethin'.

    Thanks for playin'.
  8. Aaand purchased.

    Thank you for this quality product to which I will continue to support.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    So.... some sort of quantum butt state?
    Wavecheekle duality?
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Haetron View Post
    ... wait, you guys are seriously rallying to have more content -removed-?

    Seriously?

    Im all for a zone revamp like what was done for Faultline. Heck, I think -every- CoH zone needs to be revisited and given clear story arcs like how redside works. But removing things is bad.
    I'm not as it was filed under 'if', to which I don't think it'll ever happen.

    I was really just listin' off my favorite zones.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by OmniNogard View Post
    Maybe Prometheus didn't care who got the power and just wanted them to go away?
    That's pretty much how I see it. He even turns his back and gives a dismissive gesture over his shoulder.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dark_Respite View Post
    (and the Flame to Posi)
    Ugh.

    Posi said he was chosen in the Mortimer Kal SF cutscene, which isn't entirely correct. It was directed at Manticore, but Positron dived in and got it instead.

    See image below.


    Not sayin' you're wrong, Sam, or that this is what you were gettin' at, but this is just somethin' that irks me in-game and seein' it obliquely referenced.

    As for the Prometheus speculation... I've got my theories. Mostly stuff along the lines that he did what the Well does now by first givin' fire to humanity. He's likely what the Well replaced... perhaps forcibly.
  13. Cobalt Azurean

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    Originally Posted by Tenzhi View Post
    Heck, given the upcoming Coyote transformation travel power, we could potentially just turn into actual ponies.
    Only the F2P players would get this power, and then VIP players would be able to ride'em.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by GoreckiMike View Post
    So I am guessing that the Calendar is not up to date. I have waited for the Ship Raid a couple of times and it never showed.

    Is there a "Critical Mass" before they are run?
    Thank you for the update. They've been removed.
  15. Praetoria: I like First Ward, but not so much the rest o' Praetoria. I will admit that First Ward might not've been as great if I didn't have the other zones to weigh it against. Better by comparison, I suppose.

    Rogue Isles: Nerva for the Tree of Thorns, Cap for the PTS, Mercy for the Snakes, and Sharkhead for the Leviathan, PO for Mr. Bocor alone, St. Martial for the Golden Giza and Johnny Sonata's story. I don't really care for Grandville, although The Web is nifty, but not enough so to make it stick out in my mind terribly. I also like the Abyss.

    Paragon City: Faultline for the time travel, Croatoa for the folklore, DA for the atmosphere, Striga for the fact there's a base in a freakin' volcano and the storyarcs are shiny, all the Shadow Shard zones, Eden and the Hive for Hami.

    Co-op: Cimerora for that time travel feel and the uniqueness o' the zone. Rikti Warzone since you can literally fight an alien mothership's horde o' bad guys.

    PvP: BB for the Shivans, Warburg for the missile launches and Rogue Arachnos elements, and RV for the temporal zone changes.

    Edit: Oh, yeah, Ouroboros and Pocket D too. I got a theory.
  16. Cobalt Azurean

    Happy Holidays

    Best wishes, Champion.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Demobot View Post
    I'm really enjoying the set thus far. My TW/EA Scrapper is lvl 41 currently, and even without sets he's pretty beastly. Yeah, there are still some issues with the set, the most glaring being that the cone attacks don't seem to reliably activate when attacking a moving target, and yes, there are some delayed hit effects, but I don't think I've had this much fun with a powerset in a very long time.
    QFT, Demo.

    This was the follow-up concept to my Bane, and it filled that niche very nicely.

    Titan Weapons gets two blue thumbs-up from this guy.