Diggis

Originally Posted by Acemace

Stop it, you're killin me. Oh man, it does not pay to be wrong on these boards.

Originally Posted by DarkMaster

For example, lets imagine you take someone who has worked on and tinkered with cars their whole life, but has never taken a formal class on being a mechanic, and you sit him down in a class room next to someone who has barely learned to refuel his car let alone look under the hood...who do YOU really think is going to advance much "faster" in the class? Sure, they will BOTH learn something, but I'll garauntee that the guy who has already been fixing and tinkering with cars his whole life will "catch on" and "learn" faster than the guy who has never taken a look under the hood. Both will graduate the class most likely, but if both were allowed to work at their respective paces, one will DEFINITELY graduate faster.

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

Combat auras have been expanded to include all auras not just Alpha and Omega.



You still need to unlock the other auras at level 30.

Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha

Ahh. Well, that's a bummer then =/

Originally Posted by Stealth_Bomber

So I made a new character in Praetoria this weekend and started the Tutorial. When he enters, there is another player there asking how to get capes and "better armor". Several people told him about Vet rewards. He asked about wings and I told him about the auction house and how you can get new costume parts there once you are out of the Tutorial.

So the he says, "I've only had this game 3 days, can we team and you show me around?"

Instantly I was taken back six years to when some kindly soul showed me around Atlas. That person showed where Miss Liberty was, and City Hall. That was way back before you got any help at all from the game.

So of course I said "Sure" and invited him to a team. I got the door mission from the cop and we started there. He easn't sure where to go so I ended up using my Assemble the Team to zap him there.

Here's the broken part: when you click on the door, it says "You have too many team members to enter". We could not go in together.

I wad stumped, having never run into this before. I didn't know what to do. I told him I had never had this trouble.

Eventually we had to disband. I told him I would see him in Praetoria and put him on Friends. I ran thru the mission but when I got out, he was still in the Tutorial. I sent him a couple of tells but he either couldn't or didn't want to respond. A little while later he was listed as logged out.

So that's the story. Devs, I'm a resubscribed six-year vet. I would have GLADLY taken this person under my wing, but we were stymied in the freaking Tutorial. I feel terrible that I couldn't salvage the situation.

Originally Posted by Zombie Man

5 Sets required either the Expansion or Complete Edition: Sport; Overguard; Resistance; PPD; P.Clockwork.

2 Sets required the Complete Edition or the Item Pack: Alpha; Omega (and their corresponding Auras)

The only costuming I18 got was Combat Auras.

Originally Posted by je_saist

...

Okay. It looks like I'm going to have shut down some more ugly green things under a bridge.

Here's the fact: I've taken, at this point, 2 empath / rads, an ice / sonic with a stone / bubbly, and a dark / fire tank with a dark / energy melee tank, to level 50 under the level pacting system.

I know, for a fact, that when one of these avatars was gaining double exp through patrol exp, and the other was offline or not on the same team mission, as well as on the team, they were getting flat exp amount, not the boosted patrol exp. I've filed various bug reports on these differences to the devs including screenshots and total exp numbers.

If the system has been patched so that Patrol Exp is now awarded to the level pact, fine. I don't particularly care. There's been nothing in the patch notes to suggest the problem has been addressed.

Basically, here's the thing. I know what I'm talking about, and I'm getting tired of some two-bit jerks thinking they know better than me.

You don't.

Get over it.

Originally Posted by Angelxman81

Ok, so for clarification:
Pebblebrook, you totally understood my point. Even if this guy try to say the opposite, you understood me, he didnt.
I asked for more costumes. Tights, patterns, complete costume sets, belts, shoulder pads... Ok? Last time we got those was I15. June 2009 with Ulterior and vines, and new faces, great. But thats 1 year and half ago...
And yes the old times (since I08, november 2006 sounds pretty old to me in a 6 year old game) pre-boosters issues were better:

I08 came with individual pieces, masks, googles, skin tights, etc.. FREE
I09 came with invention made costumes... FREE
I10 came with vanguard merits to unlock vanguard costume set... FREE
I11 came with tons of hairstyles and weapon customization... FREE
I12 came with ITF to unlock the awesome roman armor... FREE
I13 came with civilian clothes... FREE

So, yep after I15 we got so far: animated tails, ultramode for a few metallic pieces and combat auras plus the leaked ones, snow and fireflies for I19. That stuff added in four issues, sounds pretty weak to me in comparison with the old times pre-boosters ( Again, I08-I15 era).
I just think the playerbase should push the devs a bit, so maybe we can have some balance. I want costumes sets, and only way to get them is paid boosters. And I blame myself, I got wedding, AE valkirie and all origins except mutant (weak and incomplete booster).

Originally Posted by Myrdinn

But, then he wouldn't have been let go.

*targets BAB*
;salute

I remember when he appeared. Good egg.
...won't ask about the teabag. Still funny how you pulled that gag off.

Originally Posted by CityofChange

I'm with Cai here.

The key word is franchise in "the City of Heroes franchise". Since when was CoX more than 1 game/entity, split into 2 factions?

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

I1 - June 29, 2004 - No new costume pieces
I2 - September 16, 2004 - Capes and Auras
I3 - January 4, 2005 - No new costume pieces
I4 - May 4, 2005 - New costume pieces added along with body scaling
I5 - August 31, 2005 - No new costume pieces
I6 - October 27, 2005 - No new costume pieces
I7 - June 6, 2006 - New costume pieces added
I8 - November 28, 2006 - New costume pieces added
I9 - Tuesday, May 1, 2007 - No new costume pieces
I10 - July 24, 2007 - New costume pieces
I11 - November 28, 2007 - New costume pieces added
I12 - May 20, 2008 - New costume pieces added
I13 - December 2, 2008 - New costume pieces added with the introduction of the Shields power set.
I14 - Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - New costume pieces added.
I15 - June 29, 2009 - New Costume pieces added
I16 - August 5, 2009 - No new costume pieces
I17 - March 2, 2010 - New costume pieces added. Animated tails, New pistols for Thugs MM's
I18 - August 16, 2010 - No new costume pieces

Furthermore due to a glitch on the costume creator players had the chance to preview new auras that were not intended to be released yet.

So it's clear to anyone that actually looks at the 18 issues that there were only 7 times we didn't get new choices added costume creator for free. So his statement that we haven't gotten new costume pieces in a year and a half is a blatant exaggeration. The only time we had to wait over a year for more "free" costume pieces to be added was back in 2005 - 2006 between issues 4 and 7.

Originally Posted by Novapulse

Doing the above will usually get one a similarly contemptuous label, troll.

OP, I think you will find that virtually no one objects to getting free anything ... however in general there is usually a fairly strong reaction when someone posts an inaccurate personal opinion and tries to pass it off as fact.

Originally Posted by Diggis

Retracted. the GR website lists Sport and Overguard as coming with the expansion, the Wiki does too. Where does it say they were with I18?

Apologies Axelman.

Originally Posted by Angelxman81

I just dont like the fact that we dont have any new FREE costume since I15.
If you happy with that, ok. Im not, its my opinion.
Im not minimizing nothing, and Im thankful of what they did in the past for free, but this is now and since boosters went on sale, they keeping the good stuff to sell it.
I think thats greedy. I know this is business, but I think they should come with some free costumes and the some for paid boosters. Not 1 and half year without adding a single one.
Im just concerned because I dont see a balance when it comes to costumes. Pay or nothing.
I think doing waves on your knees for all the devs do is dumb also.

Originally Posted by Angelxman81

Then just a minor upgrade like animated tails.

Originally Posted by Maelwys

Not exactly true.

As I understand it, exemplaring rules mean that you lose access to any POWERS that are more than 5 levels above you (with the new auto-sidekick/exemplar rules) but you lose access to any Set Bonuses from IOs that are more than 3 levels above you.

Originally Posted by Anti_Proton

Ok a couple of points here. First, when I kick up leaves or garbage with a storm power, does everyone see those objects? If so, then they are being synced to everyone.

Originally Posted by Tidbit Jr.

For the most part, set bonuses are always active. I swear there was something about exemplaring below the level of the IO set or such, but I can't remember it in detail.

Originally Posted by MaestroMavius

I want now please!!

I'm weird about wearing shoes. I only take my shoes off for 4 things, and they all start with S.
Not only that, I've gotta have them laced tight as can be all the time.
So, I'm tying my shoes a good 4 or 5 times a day, just to re-tighten them.

If I could get these and they actually stay as tight as the first time I tie them for the whole day I'd be ecstatic!

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow

Unless:

I am allowed to define my own particular groups as many as I want at a time, including loners who would show up alone. And no, don't tie this to SG status, it would be a bad idea. IF I can customize who shows up with who, then I will have no problem. Any halfassedness past this would be my own fault. But I'd rather have a "ghetto" character selector than one that takes control out of my hands.

Originally Posted by Biospark

Ok, I could have sworn that I have seen people click off SB when playing my Kin/Elec, but
perhaps its just "personal time dilation" making me think they are. Hehe

Originally Posted by Roleplayer606

The effect needs changing I agree but so does what it does. To me when I think of hasten in my mind I imagine it increasing reaction times and movement speed. So either small recharge boost and def boost as well as movement increases or keep it same as is where makes no sense from what word hasten even means. This just my opinion feel free burn me if you like.

Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel

So, you think he's ruled out the possibility of a bioshock/Rapture style underwater zone on the principle that you wouldn't REALLY be underwater?

Originally Posted by Major_Ravenick

cool
anyway, if u want a underwater zone, just take the makings of a normal zone. lower the gravity, add some wateryness, and link it though that tanker in port oaks. the coral ppl can have a city
ice will work underwater, it does in real life, why not in a game, fire does to if its hot enough and stone is no problem, as long as they are on the ocean floor. you can even have new stone designs, like coral style.
guns can work under water too, all a gun is is a trigger and pin hammer, the bullets are air tight. besides, if "gun fu" can have bullets bend in air, why not just let them shoot underwater