Dispari
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The box has i18 in it.
i18 is so amazing that we get to skip over i17 entirely. -
It makes sense if you think about it. You have to be good at PvP and be able to kill people so you can get drops to be good at PvP.
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Quote:Why exactly? There's not any good parallels that I can think to point to. The only similar powers you can compare always have the benefit of affecting the user, and pretty much always have some other component as well (like +DMG, +mez resist, +stealth, etc).Originally Posted by Aura_Familia
I think mac means the devs might MAKE THEM weaker if they changed it in the fashion he was mentioning.
When MM pet buffs were changed to AoE, they weren't decreased in effectiveness. They weren't nerfed or made less powerful by increasing the recharge or removing powers from pets. They weren't even increased proportionally in endurance like some other people in this thread have suggested would happen to other buffs.
Unless the forcefield buffs affected the target, I don't see any trend that would suggest they'd need to be nerfed or made less effective. Any comparable AoE power that's similar to a single target power has other factors that make up the difference in stats. This is more likely for variety than anything else. -
Dear Facemaker,
I appreciate the irony of the issue you're currently having and your name. Though I don't mean to make light of your situation. Perhaps you could try to get a facelift, or maybe just facial reconstructive surgery. I spend a lot of money in your fine establishment, so I'd be happy to spring for a little extra to help you out. If interested, please contact me.
Sincerely, Dispari
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So, anyone else having this issue?
I restarted, did unload gfx, and reverified. She's the only NPC that does it. But nobody else has said a word about it yet. It's a tad freaky! 
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Quote:That's not true! Sprint can mean the difference between jumping from a lower floor to the ledge up in some office maps. It's just baaaaaaaaaaaarely enough!Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Sprint has a token jump height buff that LITERALLY doesn't matter.
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This is all way too complicated for something that would probably save maybe 5 seconds on your trip to the mission.
Heck half the time I bounce around because it looks cool, not caring that it's a solid 20 MPH slower than running.
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Anyway, for a full listing of pets blueside:
Blaster:
Electric Blast (primary) - Voltaic Sentinel - level 26
Devices (secondary) - Gun Drone - level 38
Controller:
Earth Control (primary) - Animate Stone - level 32
Fire Control (primary) - Fire Imps - level 32
Gravity Control (primary) - Singularity - level 32
Ice Control (primary) - Jack Frost - level 32
Illusion Control (primary) - Phantom Army - level 18
Illusion Control (primary) - Spectral Terror - level 26
Illusion Control (primary) - Phantasm - level 32
Plant Control (primary) - Carrion Creepers - level 26
Plant Control (primary) - Fly Trap - level 32
Storm Summoning (secondary) - Tornado - level 35
Storm Summoning (secondary) - Lightning Storm - level 38
Defender:
Dark Miasma (primary) - Dark Servant - level 32
Storm Summoning (primary) - Tornado - level 26
Storm Summoning (primary) - Lightning Storm - level 32
Traps (primary) - Acid Mortar - level 6
Traps (primary) - Force Field Generator - level 8
Traps (primary) - Seeker Drones - level 18
Electric Blast (secondary) - Voltaic Sentinel - level 35
Some pets I'm not sure on classifying/listing. I suppose technically Triage Beacon and Oil Slick might count but they don't really move or do anything. Also note that there are various pets available through vet rewards and mission arcs (as temporary rewards) that would take a while to list. -
Quote:My guess is Imps, Gun Drones.Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
What pet do you want? Some are AT-dependent, and some can be earned in game. Others are different kinds of rewards. We'll need a bit more to go on, unless you want a page or two of explanation.
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Quote:The reason we got martial arts stuff is because it was the next super booster. They're following the origins. And yes, they're going to cover each one, and do some you don't really care for. Me, I make a lot of natural and magic themed characters. I don't make any robots or mutants.Originally Posted by MLEdelen
Look guys, my beef isn't really about natural/supernatural....it's about the fact, that there are too many martial arts costumes and powerset already....I'm ready for some new and improved supernatural powers and costumes. Like the ability to have 2 auras or be able to have more than one designs on my toons shirt..(like having stars 1 and stars 2 patterns at the same time), etc....
The next pack will be mutant. It's the only one left, so it has no choice. The devs are equally representing every origin. Sorry if you don't like one of them, but that doesn't mean the devs are going to skip the mutant pack and make three more science and magic packs. Whether you like it or not, natural heroes are just as much a part of the culture as spandex-wearing guys who got their powers from a lab experiment. -
Quote:There's only two ways this can happen.Originally Posted by ABC123
At no point did I say "BABs fix the bugs" what I said was "How about you fix the damn bugs in the game instead of trying to hit me up for more money !!! "
The "you" I was refering to was the company not an individual.
1) You make everyone who doesn't normally do work with bugs, work with bugs. Artists, world map designers, people who balance rewards, and people who write stories have to work on bugs. Note that they don't know how to, so this is either a disaster or they sit in the corner.
2) You send 90% of the devs home. Then you sit back and watch as the bugs continue to be found and fixed at exactly the same rate they are now. Because the people who do that are a certain team who is working even while BABs and Jay are designing cute things for a booster pack. Progress comes to a screeching halt so that nothing can change with the rate of bugfixes.
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Quote:I'm not sure that's the best comparison power. Thermal and Sonic shields wouldn't necessarily become weaker if turned into an AoE. WoP not only affects the caster, but also adds DMG and ToHit. If all those things weren't true, it would probably be on-par with a regular shield power.Originally Posted by macskull
making those powers PBAoE would mean I'd need to wait for my teammates to gather on me before using them, the recharge would be longer, and they wouldn't be as effective (for an example of what I'm talking about, see World of Pain).
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Quote:...Because SR and SD Scrappers can't soft cap other players?Originally Posted by Another_Fan
Also to FF defenders being able to cap themselves why not ? SR and SD scrappers can do this and they don't even take the damage output hit
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Quote:Of course it's not a perfect comparison. It's impossible for an analogy to be a completely perfect 100% exact parallel between two ideas. Unless I want to say "Let me explain it for you, try thinking of BABs as an animator for City of Heroes."Originally Posted by ABC123
This is just a silly analogy, this is software not a house.
The point of an analogy is to put a concept into another perspective to make it easier to understand or relate to. Which clearly needs to be done because the person I was talking to doesn't understand software; he wants the animator to fix bugs.
I welcome you to come up with a different analogy to explain why it's stupid to tell BABs not to do any more animations so bugs can be fixed. -
Quote:You don't double it, with DEF it's closer to +55% ~ +60% depending on slotting.Originally Posted by Father Xmas
Since we don't know what AT you are there are two base values for a PFF, 67.5% for Defenders and 75% for Controllers. You can double this with defense enhancements however the chance to be hit mechanics always gives your opponent a minimum 5% chance to hit you.
Anyway, all versions of PFF are already over the soft cap with enough buffer to take a -7.5% debuff and still be capped, even before considering other powers like Dispersion. So there's no point in slotting any of them. You'd be better off doing recharge. Or just throwing an LotG in there. -
*laugh* Okay, which dev should I PM about an exploitable bug with Walk? I found a pretty nutty one, but I don't want to post details here.
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Quote:That's okay. I just thought I'd poke fun at the fact that people were taking my analogy too literally. The whole point of an analogy is that it's not literal.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Ventilation and plumbing work just as well as wiring if you want a complex thing
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Quote:No one is against a name purge, but it's also highly unlikely it will do anything.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
You are right. No one has said they were against name purges.
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Quote:If you like, I won't cuss. I'll just ask where you got these facts. If you would, please, show us what evidence you have that this is undeniable fact.Originally Posted by MPSCAPPY
Well I can see that when you guys get challenged with the facts by someone you resort to name calling and cussing.
Simple, population is down period. -
Quote:It's kind of funny how we had that one double exp event where Freedom and sometimes Virtue filled and they had to make the caps. And then people couldn't log on, and they complained. And then they upgraded the servers, and then people complain that nobody's online anymore.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
It has been.
Several times.
There were public announcements and everything.
Why don't you, I dunno....fire up your DS or something?
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Quote:I think this is the heart of the argument. I have no sympathy for people trying to name their character "Darkness" or "Doctor Lightning." Yes, I understand there's such a thing as a superhero name and that involves things like Superman and Batman. But even if you want to follow in their footsteps and be boring and uninspired, if there's already a Wombatman out there, why do you still want to be Wombatman?Originally Posted by Westley
My POINT being, there are PLENTY of names out there to suit ANY "preference". And the people that are whining about the lack of names are simply...
Not. Creative.
It's that simple.
Do you think you have more claim to the name than whoever has it? Do you not care that the name you selected for your superhero, to be identified and recognized by and known as, is already taken? Or do you just not care at all?
The naming system is only a problem with both of the following are true: 1) You come up with a name that's so generic, obvious, and predictable that someone already thought of it, and 2) you refuse to consider any alternatives because you feel as though you should have that name anyway. -
Quote:But maybe BABs did some wiring as a pet project with his dad in the Summer of '84...Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think hammering nails is silgtly easier than fixing bugs
Make it wiring instead of bent nails - that takes more skill to do, so it's less likely anyone could do it
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Quote:Still, given the really nice stuff we've gotten lately, between the tarot buff and ninja run, I'd really like to see something done with SD. It's a mini-nuke you can only use once an hour. A lot of times it barely wipes minions assuming it hits. And it kills you in the process. Even if it was autohit, you can only do it once an hour, so I can't see any overpower potential. 1.2x accuracy would be very nice, though I'd love to spring for the 1.4x that nukes usually have.Originally Posted by Schismatrix
In my view you pay $10 for the costume pieces and the power and emotes are free. The costume pieces were definitely emphasized more in the promotion of the pack. Or you could look at it as being a less than $1 power if you divided the cost of the pack by the number of costume pieces and powers it gave you and counted the emotes as being freebies.
i tend to pop a yellow or two right before triggering the power anyway. i rarely use it past the early teens, and at that level it easily decimates even con minions and lieutenants, and will even take out bosses if you soften them up a bit first. If you can lay out a bit of AoE before exploding it's easy to wipe out most +1 or +2 enemies in the early levels. After that i generally only use it for the occasional amusing moment. Like right before i'm about to level. Dingrezzing from Self Destruct xp is very amusing to me.
For a power that's made to sound like "If I go down I'm taking you with me!" it really doesn't do that. The damage will only kill minions (which is enough to preserve the "feel" of the power, so I won't complain), but worst of all it will miss like crazy without some ToHit buffs. -
Quote:That's fine, and I fully understand that. I've seen people use some of the tops as tattoos or body designs. Heck I've done that myself.Originally Posted by Catwhoorg
basically the reason appears to be:
whenever a costume piece has been changed, and there have been a few, there is an uproar from the people who liked it as was.
just like powers, you and I may not like piece X as it is, but someone does. They don't like the thought of them changing.
Add , don't change existing is the bets guideline
But I also see what Shadow means. I hate that all the tops look like paint. If I want to make a serious outfit, I have to either wear paint or use one of the five tops that actually has any depth to it.
We have Angelic, and Angelic Plus. We have Excess, and Excess Plus. Heart, and Heart Plus. Nobody's saying we have to replace the old ones with new ones, thus annoying everyone who liked the old ones. What about Athletic Plus? Disco Plus? Hacker Plus? Sport Plus? Strapless Plus? I'd like some alternatives that actually have depth and detail. I don't want the old details and patterns to disappear, but they don't have to. Just offer alternatives which are provided alongside the originals. -
Quote:That's because circular logic works because circular logic works.Originally Posted by Morac_Ex_Machina
This conversation is going in circles so fast I'm surprised it hasn't needed to sit down and wait for the diziness to pass.
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Quote:Speaking as a programmer, allow me to inform you that yes, technically everything is possible. Therefore, "possible" is irrelevant to any conversation about what will be done. The word you should be using is "feasible."Originally Posted by Windenergy21
That fact that it's possible, that's what part. It doesn't matter what anyone says as to "it would take so much work" or "there are complications however" It IS possible, that's all that matters. It's possible, and i'm asking for it to be worked on so we can have it. That's the ONLY part that matters. It may be a matter of how long into the future, but there is NOTHING wrong with asking such a request. I don't understand all you fearmongers trying to say it will never happen, that's just foolish.
Even if its so extensive as the work you say it would be. Then booster pack #5 "elemental" here we come.