FloatingFatMan

Officially, 45 months as of 3rd November for me, but unofficially, 46 thanks to EU beta. Not planning on going anywhere.

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Well.. Mine is reliable, and I have spare slots...

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I'm sure there's a way to take that the wrong way...

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With THIS lot of reprobates? I have absolutely no doubt of that...

Well.. Mine is reliable, and I have spare slots...

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If you have space for yet more alts.

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No, but those that do can join the SG and act as team leader gateways to the base, silly.

Level 1 alts.

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Can we first get the new forum... this one is.. errr.. pretty borked.

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Definitely ... Not got a set date yet, but I'm expecting a beta version of the new forums within a very short period.

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Tell the forum guy that there's a pint or 2 in it for him if he hurries it up.

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Ryan: Coming, is there any chance of a +1?

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Or perhaps a +3 for some?

Though odds are Ellie's +3 got invites too.

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I'd just love to meet this army of people that want to buy wedding packs, extra slots and respecs from NC with a nicked credit card.

Cos i can see there is a huge profit to be made there.

"here Bill, iv had this fantastic plan for them nicked credit cards we got"

"whats that then Fred?"

"instead of buying electrical goods, booze and cigarettes that we can sell straight away, lets buy some extra slots for CoH!!!"

"TOP idea Fred, you da man!"

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I've never met a company so paranoid over it, tbh. Especially when places like play.com and amazon, places FAR more likely to need extra security controls to protect from fraud, AREN'T even remotely this restrictive!

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Let me put it this way for you. If you want to give NC your money, they will go to great lengths to let you do so. Any limitations in payment options is squarely down to the banks. Remember, NC WANT your money.

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Actually, I kinda disagree there. In their paranoia over possible fraud, they actually make it REALLY difficult to give them your money...

All teleport powers are blocked in Pocket D by intent. Something about griefing or something, though personally I can't see it was ever a problem.

Personally, I'd rather you have manual control over your PvP flag in there, so that you CAN have a bar fight if you want, but that then has the problem of you annoying other patrons...

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We will, however, be launching the beta phase for the new forums here in Europe in the next few days.

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Not just me. Any of the dozens upon dozens of us who are always getting the "Form is invalid" errors!

Ellie too, will be replying in the positive.

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Have you not got a family member or friend with a credit / debit card you could just give the cash to and borrow their card?

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You should bare in mind that there are also a lot of people who, given the number of places that get hacked these days, don't WANT to give their card details out online. Allowing people to use the GTC's to purchase stuff from the store OTHER than game time would be the perfect solution.

((Apologies for this being late. It takes place the day after the attack on the Unity Plaza ))

Somewhere in Paragon City

A piercing shriek echoed through the dimly lit council chamber, shattering the darkness in it's pain and terror. A ground of suited figures men and women stood in a circle around the high backed chair, and before it, a man floating in the air, twisting and screaming in the glow of psionic energy rippling around him.

The circle of figured watched impassively as number 12, the one responsible for the failed raid on Unity Plaza, twisted and writhed in their masters grip. In the high backed chair, the wizened hand was pointing at it's victim as it's owner spat out venomously. "Failure is NOT an option, you pathetic creature! We had the PERFECT opportunity, and you ruined it! I warned you, Rolando's forces would be more capable than our intelligence reported! You should have been prepared for that! Especially that OTHER mage!"

The energy contracted sharply around number 12's writhing body, and there was a sickening crunch as both legs suddenly contracted upwards, crushed by the irresistable psionic force of the one wielding it. Number 12's shrieks of agony grew ever more frantic as more and more bones gave way under the pressure, until finally, little more than a ball of flesh floated in the room, mercifully silent at last.

The wizened hand dropped down, signs of fatigue clear as the remains of number 12 dropped wetly to the ground. Number three, the black haired mage with the red stripe in his hair waved a hand, and the remains of his co-conspiritor vanished in a ripple of darkness.

00 let out a slow breath, calming himself through force of will. "The time has come to take direct action against Rolando. No longer can I allow incompetants take care of this matter. Now that Rolando has seen a taste of our strength, she'll be even MORE determined to oppose us than before."

Number three cleared his throat. "Sir... If I may? An idea occurs to me."

00 focussed his attenion on the mage, the only one so far who's plans had borne fruit. "Speak, number three."

Number three nodded and took a short step forwards. "Rolando's defenses, both at the Plaza and at her home, will surely be stronger than ever now, after our failed incursion. But there I still one window of vulnerability, her teleportation network. I can weave a spell to intercept their system, and redirect anyone using it to a place of our choosing."

00's hand clenched. "Bring her directly here you mean?"

Number Three shook his head. "Nothing quite so bold as yet. I feel we need to... punish her before we deliver the final blow. I was thinking perhaps her two small children, and perhaps her partner as well."

A dry chuckle rose from the figure in the chair, rising quickly to a rasping cough as he reached for a glass of water. "Excellent, number three, excellent. Arrange it at once!"

"Of course, sir. The spell I must weave is... complicated. I will need to procure several artifacts before I can complete the incantation."

The hand gripped the glass of water tightly, it's knuckles growing white. "I dislike waiting, number three. How long exactly?"

The henchman thought for a moment before replying. "I think, no more than 4 weeks before I can complete the spell, sir. After that, we can take who we want, whenever we want; but this spell will work one time only."

00 considered it for a moment, a multitude of scheme's running through his dark and twisted mind, before he cackled quietly. "See to it at once. Bring me Rolando's children; I have plans for them. Oh yes.. Plans indeed...."

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I think the name "Mission Architext" was a pun...


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Yeah, well you'd be wrong then, wouldn't you?

The walk speed isn't the stated problem, animating it with powers is. Of course, the easy solution to THAT is just make it an "Only affects self" power that disables all powers, or shuts off if powers are used.

As for the "offline mode". My character already HAS a non-hero name, thanks. I don't want that to be set to something I don't have absolute control over under ANY circumstances. It's also daft for your friends to not be able to see you online. That just takes away a huge part of why you're playing in an online game to START with.

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A page will become either a category or a sub-category depending on the link you use to make it from. The category links below the pages will make a full category. While the ones in the text will make a sub-category. if you need the same page accessable from boths links you need a redirector for one of them.

Raising the question... When is a page a sub-category of a category?

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No, a page within a category is, 99% of the time, an ARTICLE, not a sub category. You're nesting things that don't NEED to be nested, and causing circular referrals.

Yeah it's a wiki, but that doesn't give you free reign to change it willy nilly. The ONLY changes you have a right to make are to your OWN pages, not other peoples. As it is, you've buggered up entire sections, screwed up the categories, and causing pages to link back to themselves, causing Zortel a huge amount of grief. And you did all this AFTER being told last time not to change other peoples pages without permission.

Sure Pious is one of the mods, but he's not the ONLY mod, and even he can't go giving permission to you to go messing with other peoples pages.

Do what you like to your own pages, but keep your damned interfering hands OFF of other peoples.

I say roll it back. Better to redo changes than all the work involved to repair the mess.

Given that the graphics card is showed in the incompatible list, I'm afraid there's going to be very little you can do, sorry.

I feel I should point out that the user responsible has done this before back when the wiki first started, and was told then NOT to go changing other peoples pages.

Therefore, one can only conclude that said user either doesn't give a stuff about the rules, or doesn't have any comprehension of propriety.

Here's hoping!

Now... off to Tesco. I need to buy me a flaming torch, a pitchfork, and some rope.

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I'll get to work on trying to sort that out. My Wiki-fu has faded, but as long as I don't collapse it in on itself...


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Something Liz has seemingly had a good go at trying to do!

Well, the chances of your laptop being able to play the game WELL are slim, but it should at least run it at minimum settings. Check the "Safe Mode" option on the launcher, after making sure your video drivers are fully updated. This will set the graphics settings to minimum for you.

Be aware, laptops are not really aimed at gaming (unless it's an expensive gaming laptop), and don't do well at it. Also, it's pretty much impossible to upgrade most laptop video cards as it's all on-board.

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Does anyone else think it's ironic that Turus is telling people not to moan about in-game problems?

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Oh yes. Especially the bit where he's saying there's no need for another thread on the same subject. That's a killer, that one is!