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Quote:Ahhh, I got as far as /showfps but didn't put the variable in so it left me with a message saying 0.000 in the chat box... guess it was telling me it was set to 0.Originally Posted by Zikar
There's a slash command
On:
/showfps 1
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/showfps 0
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Quote:How do you check the FPS in game?Originally Posted by Zikar
You're misremembering, my rig can play Ultra mode maxed out with decent FPS just about everywhere.
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Quote:Yeah, had it a couple of times. The best solution I found was to zone, dismiss, zone again and resummon. Not had the bug enough to guarantee it works, but so far so good.Originally Posted by Cybofreak
Hi
When zoning my pets become "stuck" and cannot be dismissed. This has happened on the ferry and train and even entering missions.
Its making it very difficult to play any of my MM's as the only solution to the problem seems to be constant zoning until (if your lucky) the pets start to respond again.
I have bugged/petetioned the problem.
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Quote:1: If you have the science booster you can go to the tailor and find the super tailor (I think it's called) or the tailor in Pocket D. If not, you can adjust the leg length a little.Originally Posted by Aedon
Probably not the best board to ask these, but oh well...
Question 1:
Is there any way to change your character's height post-creation? I would kinda like to change the height of one of my higher-level characters... is there any way to do it?
Question 2:
After not playing for so long I totally forget... at what level does your 4th costume slot open up and where do you go to quest for it? (I know by your 30s you have 3 costume slots - your original look + 2 other slots... and I know one slot is for SG outfits... but when do you get the 4th slot?)
Question 3:
A question that at least kinda fits here heh...
The Domination power (that Dominators get, of course) - I know it boosts the effectiveness of your control powers, but by how much specifically? Does it double the mag of the effect? ...or increase the mag of things by 1 (or another set number)? ...just curious how it functions mechanically behind-the-scenes.
I know the power has changed a LOT since I've been away from CoH (gotta say the inherant dmg increase to Doms and not having to deal with the "up & down" damage of domination being on or off is actually pretty nice)...
Thanks in advance for any info!
2: You're 4th is opened up at level 40. The 5th can be opened at any time using halloween salvage as above. The 1 for supergroup costumes is up to the SG, not a game requirement.
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Quote:OK, and which particular ones aren't announcing ambushes? Because I've done half the warden and responsibility arcs and so far most, if not all, have announces themselves. And as other posters above are saying, other arcs seem to be the same. Maybe listing the missions specifically?Originally Posted by Quinch
All of them.
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Quote:OK, fair enough. False is definitely not the word I would have used. False to me implies he is lying. I agree it is clearly bugged, or if it's WAI then it's a massive design flaw. And I would take Castle's post below as acknowledgement that there is a problem.Originally Posted by Leandro
You're reading too much into it. They are not denying it, but they're not confirming it either. The post from Castle describes how the mechanics are supposed to work -- and if they're not doing that, that makes those mechanics "false" in my head, thus my original wording. False due to who knows what line of code or piece of data is doing something it shouldn't, not because Castle intends for it to be false.
To make it crystal clear: I am calling the quoted description false, but I am not shooting the messenger.
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Quote:Except without the second part of his quote you make it sound like he is saying there isn't a problem. Especially with your original wording:Originally Posted by Leandro
Not at all. I quoted the part where he describes the mechanics, because that's what I am replying to. "I'm not saying there isn't a problem" is not saying "there is a problem" either, so I don't feel that statement adds anything to the quote. Now, if he'd said "I do know there is a problem that we have not been able to address", now that's different. I expect running mobs to be very low on the priority of things to fix, since they don't really "break" anything, they just make some fights immensely annoying..
Yes, it would be better if he had said there was a problem but there may be a reason he didn't. I just feel your post implies they are denying the problem exists which they aren't.Quote:Players of COH know that the above quote is blatantly false. -
Quote:As I understand it this is how it works now.Originally Posted by QuiJon
I also think this purge shouldnt be 100 percent. Meaning i dont think you should lose the name simply because your account is over the due date. I think it should be based on the request to use the name on the server by a current player. Meaning that if i have an average name that could be popular like ...i dont know... Super Frosty... for an ice blaster. I make the toon and the name is taken, if its on an active account then im out of luck. If its on an account that is canceled more then 6 months, (assuming a level 50 toon) then i get an option to take the name or make another. A dialog says This name was used in the past, do you wish to claim it for your new character? Yes or no. Some people might say no simply due to not wanting to usurp anothers name or be mistaken for an old player, some might want the name reguardless. If i say yes then that character is made generic on the canceled account and i get the name, if i say no, then it remains untouched.
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Quote:I think BBQ was saying if they kept the SG but removed the base. So the SG would get the Prestige back.Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Yeah, as long as there's one member in the group, the group and anything associated with it will be safe.
And - with the third question - the prestige doesn't belong to the players, it belongs to the entity known as the "supergroup." If that's gone, who would it be refunded to? -
Quote:I think you're being a little unfair on Castle with some selective quoting there. His full post reads like this:Originally Posted by Leandro
Quote:Originally Posted by Castle
Critters run away for one of two reasons: A power or script forces them to or their "grief" flag has been set to true.
The Grief flag gets set to true when the enemy's morale breaks. Morale can break because a team mate died too quickly, or because they cannot attack their enemy effectively. So, if a group of softcapped players AoE nuke half a spawn down, the rest are pretty likely to run away -- a bunch of their team just died AND their odds of being able to retaliate are at minimal levels.
Players of COH know that the above quote does not reflect the reality of the game. Critters run away whenever they feel like. Maybe you could somehow break the morale of a level 10 minion by killing a boss next to him, but come on. Nosferatu? A level 50 archvillain? I didn't even attack his minions! I was too busy running all over the place to try to get his attention.
Emphasis mine on the bit you left out. To me that implies there probably is a problem and they are looking at it. I could be wrong, but I think you at least owe it to him to provide the full quote.Quote:Originally Posted by Castle
Critters run away for one of two reasons: A power or script forces them to or their "grief" flag has been set to true.
The Grief flag gets set to true when the enemy's morale breaks. Morale can break because a team mate died too quickly, or because they cannot attack their enemy effectively. So, if a group of softcapped players AoE nuke half a spawn down, the rest are pretty likely to run away -- a bunch of their team just died AND their odds of being able to retaliate are at minimal levels.
I'm not saying there isn't a problem; I am giving you, the players, more information regarding how it works internally. You should also know that runners are a part of the game and eliminating that aspect of the game isn't really likely to happen. -
Quote:The Dev's are on record as being against this idea. There is a popup the first time you slot an enhancement saying once you slot this its locked in there. If they allow players to remove enhancements easily there will be almost no inf destroyed in game causing inflation to rise even worse than it does now.Originally Posted by cybermitheral
Also the problem with upgrading your IO's.
If you slot IO's at say level 30 then reslot with better IO's at say level 50 (for arguments sake) then you have to do multiple respecs to swap out the older IO's.
A lot of time, money and effort goes into IOing a character and loosing all that is a real pain.
With SO's they are not that expensive but when a single IO recipe (im not talking about the uber IO's like Numina, Obliteration, Procs or Uniques etc) can cost 250,000 INF, then the salvage say another 150,000 INF and crafting cost (say 55,000 INF) thats 455,000 INF for a single Slot. Level 30 SO is what 35,000 ish.
Take Serendipity (level 30). Recently I looked at slotting my /SR Brute with them at level 30. I then plan on reslotting with LotG when I get to 40-45+.
For a set of 4 Serendipity the cost to buy crafted IO's was around 3.5 Mil Inf.
Recipes and Salvage was around 1.4 Mil Inf. This is taking an average of the cost for the last 5 sales (not the most accurate I know but dont have anything better to base it on).
Someway to unslot IO's and not waste them, but also not requiring 3-4 respecs would be great.
Thanks in advance
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I've had a NPC text for most of the ambushes in GR I've encountered. I'm far from having done all the arcs but so far haven't noticed silent ambushes. What missions are you running?
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Quote:I would add promotes a wider variety of names to the Unique Pros list.Originally Posted by Steampunkette
Pros of Unique Name
Characters are more concretely "Owned" by the person who has their name.
Immersion Saved for those who concretely "Own" a name.
No system changes required to maintain this status.
Impossible to "Grief" using someone else's name (though costume, bio, and near-name is fine)
Cons for Unique names
Players are forced to change from the name they had in mind.
Immersion breaking "Hacked" or l33tsp33k names.
Is another hurdle to jump when a server merge occurs (either forced or in a paradigm shift)
Some players give up on character concepts because they can't get a name they enjoy.
Cross-server teaming is impossible without changes to the system.
Pros of Non-Unique Names
Freedom to name your character as you see fit.
Sharp decline in "Hacked" or l33tsp33k names, leading to less immersion breaking
Less player frustration at the naming screen
Players can still be creative to get a name noone (or nearly noone) has.
More time spent playing the game than sitting at the name screen typing synonyms (total, not individual)
Less player-drop of concept characters due to names being available.
One less step to make when a "Serverless" environment or single-server environment becomes the norm.
Helps cross-server teaming attempts by making names no longer a hurdle.
Cons of Non-unique Naming
Requires a coding change
Immersion breaking at the rare times when two people with the same name meet (if they even care)
Removes the concrete feeling that one "Owns" a name.
Without monitoring or global-ties, could lead to griefing under false-identities.
As I said above I would add allows players to create different versions of the same character to the Non-Unique list.
I'm not sure it's fair having the serverless or cross server teaming items on there as there has been no concrete information on those and it's all been player supposition. But in saying that if they do implement either system something will have to be done about names and we are likely to see something like this in place. -
Quote:Seeing as you keep coming back to this there are some big assumptions in here. I don't quite understand the breakdown per AT based on primary but I think it's 779/total primaries. If so I would argue that secondaries should also be included as a Willpower fire tank would more likely include choose a fire based name. Which would probably double the number already.Originally Posted by Steampunkette
I actually once did the math on this... Let's see if it still holds up.
Let's assume that, in total, there are about 120,000 players on CoH.
Let's split those up evenly among the various archetypes, and with a bit of rounding we get 8,571 players on each archetype at a given time.
Let's also split that number by server, and we wind up with 779 players on Virtue (for example) playing one archetype.
Now let's divide each archetype by the number of primary powersets and discard all the ones which don't have a "Fire" primary.
Blasters: 78
Brutes: 70
Controllers: 97
Corruptors: 78
Dominators: 111
Scrappers: 78
Tankers: 111
So! That's 623 players using a Fire power for their primary. Out of 10,906 players on Virtue.
Let's assume that fully 10% of players using a fire primary decide on the name "Blaze" with no other alterations or additions. That's 62 players with a fire character named Blaze.
Let's divide it further! Those 62 players aren't all going to be in the same time zone, after all. So breaking it down by 24 hours (one per time zone) we wind up with almost 3 players using the name "Blaze" in a given time zone! So if you're online during a given one hour period you have a 3 in 455 chance of meeting a guy named Blaze (Once we divide that 10,906 by 24, of course)
But wait! Further divide that total by 12. The number of character slots a person will have, automatically, on Virtue! That's .25 out of 455 or 1 in 1820 that you'll meet someone named "Blaze" on Virtue in a given hour!
Of course, ALL of my numbers are off, since we know Virtue and Freedom are the two most populated servers. So you'd likely as not see a higher instance of "Blaze" characters running around. But you'd also see a higher number of people NOT named "Blaze" running around, as well. Since the total population would grow as well as the various "Blaze" characters...
So yes. I am in favor of non-unique names.
And to those who comment on the Champions method being ugly (Blaze@Winnebago34) please note that Champs has an option in the game menu to turn off globals over people's heads or in chat windows. So such a system is already in place to continue avoiding immersion breaking.
While you might meet 12 "Rogue Angels of Satan" in Atlas Park during Peak Hours because someone thought it would be funny... do you ever take them seriously, anyway?
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Additionally you have divided by 24 for the time zones but it would be fair to assume the majority of the players are based in the US on the NA servers meaning that skews it more against too.
It's also not only about you seeing someone with the same name as you but other people seeing someone with the same name as you and thinking it's you and the % of that happening would be higher.
I'm playing a little bit of devils advocate here. As I said above I like the system as it is, but could get on and deal with it if they changed it unless they managed to screw it up badly somehow and I would probably take advantage of it by rolling identical characters (fire/fire blaster and fire/fire tank as different roles of the same character for example) which is probably worth adding to you Pro's list.
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Quote:Alternately if simply having to choose another name troubles you, then that is an altogether different problem, one that should be handled by trained professionals and not the peanut gallery that is this forum. That is not meant as an insult, but rather just good advice that I would give to any relative and close personal friend.Originally Posted by Ashlocke
PS. If simply KNOWING that another person exists on a server with a similar name troubles you, then that is an altogether different problem, one that should be handled by trained professionals and not the peanut gallery that is this forum. That is not meant as an insult, but rather just good advice that I would give to any relative and close personal friend.
"Peace, and hug your mother at least once a week."
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Quote:I would argue that you would be more likely to see people with the same name as you if you opened it up to non-unique than you would see bad spellings like you list above. Most of us would find another name rather than corrupt the spelling. If there wasn't a warning the name was taken then you wouldn't think of a new name.Originally Posted by Steampunkette
And to many of us seeing "Frum The Depths "Fr0m Teh D3pths" and other such names are far more immersion breaking.
Especially since, as I've shown mathematically, your chance of running into a SINGLE person who shares your name is remote, much less 2 others.
Meanwhile EVERYONE else who sees "Frum Teh D3pths" will have their immersion broken.
-Rachel-
If they had a vote I would vote against it. If they changed it I would deal with it, provided it wasn't horribly visible in game and I would like to see a warning pop up that the name was already in use so I could come up with something else. -
Quote:While people can do this now if non-unique naming was allowed it would happen much more often than it does now. Sure, as Rachel posted above, chances of you running into them aren't huge, but I prefer to know my name is unique.Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum
There's a "Cinder F1ame" on Liberty that obviously wanted the same name as my wife's main character. its obvious that, to that person, they're not "cinder F one ame" but "Cinder Flame," and just getting around an OOC technical hurdle. That identical name doesn't force me to treat that character as my wife's... or that she's at all affiliated with my wife's... or that my character would have any difficulty telling the two apart. She's just another person that liked the handle "cinder flame."
JB, you were asking for solid arguments why it's bad, but providing little arguments on why it's good. There are very few good reasons to keep the status quo but just as few reasons to change it. The only solid facts are that there is a solid core of people supporting each argument and you're opening post indicates there is more support for retaining it. I'm sorry you lost your name, deal with it. -
Quote:I have been thinking about this and it occurred to me that clones would be strange. I'm fully in favour of summoning pets that look exactly like you, however your powers are to summon pets... so having clones they would be able to summon pets... you see where this is going.Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
4. Clone summoning. (Should be possible with the doppleganger tech, the tiers would be various levels of perfection.)
Obviously the powers they have would have to be thought through and I guess if they had powers similar thematically to the attacks that would work. Would be very cool if they were also able to dip into any secondary you have. -
Also an option to turn it off. Only cos people would complain. I'll use it. I have often hit quit instead of exit when I was learning.
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Quote:Maybe you are onto something here.. maybe the female's don't level so fast cos I'm too busy staring at their butts. Or maybe I just like bad girls which is why all my villians are female.Originally Posted by Aurealis
You just like staring at the males butt all the way to 50, it gives you focus
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Cheers for the replies. I forgot to mention in the opening post that I'm Male. I do roll a lot of female heroes, they just don't get played very often and the males time to 50 is much shorter from date rolled.
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Quote:You know you can go backwards through the list right? Click the back arrow from the top and you get the last item.Originally Posted by Red Valkyrja
I'm voting Option 1.
And I concur with Bill about the pieces that have associated patterns, that specific pieces pattern should be at the top of the list not the bottom. It's rather annoying to select Bio-Organic head/chest/etc and the have to scroll to the bottom of the pattern list for Bio-Organic.
As for your question David, as long as you're not changing the geometry or adding reflection etc then Option 1. If something signifigant is changing then Option 2.
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I've discovered when it comes to playing CoX I'm a bit sexist. I am half working on leveling 1 of each AT to 50 Blue Side while playing whatever I feel like with other toons. Of the 5 mains of each AT I have 2 at 50; Scrapper and Blaster, 2 in the 40's; Troller and Fender; and a tank in the 30's. However, 4 of them are male toons. Only the tank is a female.
I've rolled other female toons and enjoy them but they tend to languish around the 20-30, with only the Fire/Fire blaster getting any love and she was a reroll of my first tank (fire/fire, didn't enjoy it, but liked the back story) and my second toon.
But here's the other side of the story... I have 5 villians and they are all female except for the SoA I rolled. They aren't as high yet, but I enjoy playing them.
Praetoria seems to be breaking my pattern as while I rolled a female Stalker she is taking the warden's path.
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Quote:I know what you mean. I love travelling in a team to an island mission in Talos. I always zoom out to see them all coming into the same location.Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
One of the coolest things ever for me in game was years ago.
Only a few months in for me and I jumped on a random pug in Steel Canyon.
The mission gets set and I start flying towards it. I'm panning my view around (still new and taking in the sights) when I notice another hero
race past me on the ledge of a building. I glance over and watch as they leap off and land on the next building and continue. Then I notice an orange glow zig zagging below me and see the green name, realizing it's one of my team mates racing at super speed. The moment I resume the camera to center a flash appears right beside me, it's another hero spreading his arms and vanishing as quick as he appeared, then bam! He's 10 feet in front of me then 20...
At that moment, with the four of us strangers all using iconic powers to get to the mission. Yeah I was hooked.
Then the leader flew past me.
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Quote:and I'll hope you, and everyone else here, is never put in that situation.Originally Posted by Rangle M. Down
I could only hope that if I was put in such a situation I could be as heroic.