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I don't have kids but that was horrifying to watch. I'm not ashamed to say I had to throw up. I can't in say anything else because the Mods would have to take action, but this is one time I'm literally shaking with rage.
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Quote:Just like to point out that it's not an exploit if it's working as intended. This was thoroughly beta tested before it went live.Originally Posted by psycheout
I do not care if people are exploiting this I care if new players get trapped in a loop of DFB's when they know too little about the game to find anything else. -
Quote:Me giving good advice? Scary huh. Just in time for Halloween.Originally Posted by Aura_Familia
AKA let them play how they want and go about your own business.
Best advice on these forums in ages.
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I wonder if they'll do a song and dance episode like Whedon did on the Buffy show.
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/signed
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I think Feycat said it best in another thread on this same topic.
Quote:/unsignedOriginally Posted by Feycat
it's not YOUR job to decide where my journey starts and where my destination lies.
Let them enjoy playing the game the way they want. They aren't breaking any rules and it's none of our damn business. -
Quote:Fixed that for you.Originally Posted by Lightbender
Not buying this at all. We all know that some players easily run missions on xA/+B, where B is certainly NOT equal to 1. One player can easily be equal to more than 4 players when it comes to "balance". Just as, in some cases, four players can have difficulty with things "balanced" for four players, depending on what exactly they are running and what they run into.
And how exactly did they come up with the magical number of exactly 4 for this? Three was too little, but 5 was just entirely too much? Come on...
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This is just as epically funny as Walken reading Lady Gaga lyrics.
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Quote:TBH I've learned to add that last sentence because I've found that some people take being told that the CoH CE isn't that expensive as a personal insult that's as offensive as the word "Belgium".Originally Posted by Dark Energon
I was very tempted to get the CoH:CE for $100, just for the badge >.<
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Quote:Would they feel less like dirt if the company went back to the old business model where they had the same chat restrictions, but could only play for free for 2 weeks, couldn't get a character above level 14, and had an inf cap of 50k?Originally Posted by IanTheM1
And as I keep saying, players aren't going to get to the point where they feel like spending $5 if they're treated like dirt to begin with.
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Quote:But we have seen some of them come to the forums and complain. I recall one girl that got all 5 of her accounts banned one night because she was upset that she got nailed for exploiting the AE. The Mods were very busy that weekend.Originally Posted by Megajoule
No, I'm responding to your assertion that "I guess you haven't seen all the people complaining they've been banned" with an acknowledgment that no, I haven't.
And your answer is "of course you haven't, here's why, DUH."
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Quote:They can buy a prepaid credit card over the counter at many stores or even use paypal.Originally Posted by IanTheM1
And if that someone doesn't have a credit card or another valid means of online payment?
If their budget is that tight then they have more important things to be worrying about than not being able to chat in the game.Quote:Or if that someone just plainly does not have the money?
If I may use your own phrase, let's keep things in perspective. We're talking about a one time expenditure of $5 bucks, not a monthly subscription. If they were charging $5 bucks each month I'd say you had a valid argument. -
Quote:Then they can't afford a computer to play the game on nor the price of internet service. I've been managing to keep my account active by carefully budgeting the $8 grand a year which is my annual income. If I can do it while supporting 2 senior citizens so can they.Originally Posted by Screwed38
Some people genuinely cant afford that even if it is a small amount
Edit: And seriously if their budget is so tight that they can't come up with $5 dollars to spend on a game just once then this really isn't the game for them.
All online games have downtime, we all have to deal with it.Quote:Ok, so 2 hours daily downtime necessary or not,
All online games have obnoxious players, and Free accounts attract more of those types of players. They aren't paying any money for the game so they don't care how they act. Some of them even get a kick out of trying to find out how fast they can get banned then making another free account to pick up where they left off. That's the price we pay for switching to a hybrid business model.Quote:Rude and uncooperative players (i have come up against a fair few) not to mention the people that care more about proving people wrong in broadcast/help
You're entitled to form that opinion if you like but these are by far the friendliest forums I have ever seen, and I'd say that the majority of people that have had any experience with the forums of other online games agrees.Quote:and forums after doing their own research without a care for the condescension and or insults the answers/arguments contain, don't get me wrong there are a whole bunch of nice and friendly people the play this game but you wont find them here -
Quote:I can't say I've ever seen any barbarians wearing Santa gloves.Originally Posted by CactusBrawler
Likewise with the santa gloves, they really pull the barbarian fur set together, but we can only get them around Christmas.
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Well, I wouldn't mind seeing them do a general purge once a year on everything just for spring cleaning.
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Quote:Thank you.Originally Posted by The_Spad_EU
It's "/r <message>" similar to any other chat channel, except that it is directly to whomever last sent you a tell.
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Where would the drama be if they cast people that were useful and didn't have personalities that clashed?
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Quote:This.Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn
I understand your frustration, but you have to understand that ALL of those restrictions were asked for by the players to help cut down on RMT spam and theft.
Free players can't use tells? Because of RMT spam
Free players can't use broadcast? Because of RMT spam
Free players can't join supergroups? Because RMTers were joining supergroups and cleaning them out.
Does it inconvenience brand new players that are nothing but friendly, genuinely interested people? Yes, it does. But without those restrictions, we'd have a whole host of other problems to deal with, and those problems would be felt by every player, from free to VIP.
I'm sorry to hear you feel that way but this wasn't something that was in a "patch note". It's been argued over ever since it was first implemented. and when Freedom was announced in June of this year it has been clearly advertised, not hidden in patch notes.Quote:Originally Posted by Black_Light
Yes I knew all those restrictions, I just assumed, yes assumed not read every sodding patch note that when the game went Free to play,
http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/freedom/about-freedom/
and argued over in dozens of threads (as well as ingame) on a weekly basis.
The devs even responded on 9/29/11 with this explanation as to why they choose to continue with the chat restrictions.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...4&postcount=97
But if you do decide to take a break from the game, I hope you find it relaxing and when you come back with your batteries recharged you'll be able to dive into the game and enjoy all the new stuff that will have been added during your absence. -
Quote:So how does it work?Originally Posted by The_Spad_EU
You are, /r is the shorthand for /reply - note that Backspace by default is *not* bound to /r but uses /t
/r <insert name>
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/r <enter>
I ask so I don't make any mistakes when I pass the info along ingame. -
Wow power sets. My first thought was to go to the costume creator for that bionic man feel.
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Quote:Actually I did the same.Originally Posted by Zyphoid
HEHEH You said Jarhead and my mind instantly went to Marine. I was wondering why you would need help making a soldier.
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Quote:I may be wrong (and in this case I hope I am) but all I think /r does is bring up the request channel, and if your on a free account you can't use it.Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
This true? Is it a bug? So free players can reply to tells sent to them, they just have to use /r...
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Quote:Because it's against the rules of the forums to post it.Originally Posted by Megajoule
I haven't seen any.
Just because we can't discuss it doesn't mean they aren't enforcing it.Quote:4. Private communication between Customer Support, NCsoft Europe Ltd., (“NCsoft”) members, moderators and administrators of the forum and the forum users is not to be made public on these forums or by any other venue.
You are not permitted to publicize any private correspondence (including petitions, email or PM correspondence, in game chat logs, etc.) received from any of the aforementioned without permission. As such, warnings, your character name being changed, and bans are not to be discussed on the forum. Such matters shall remain private between NCsoft and the user. Questions or comments concerning warnings and bans will be conveyed through e-mail or private messaging. Likewise, discussions regarding moderator actions are not permitted on the forum. If you have questions regarding a post or thread that has been removed or subject to other moderation, feel free to contact a moderator to discuss it.
Or maybe you being stubborn and pretending to be clueless about the rules regarding the confidentiality of GM disciplinary actions.Quote:Maybe I'm not reading the "right" sub-boards. -
Quote:You've been playing the game long enough to know that free accounts haven't been able to send tells since May of 2008. Over three years ago.Originally Posted by Black_Light
I conviced a friend of mine to try my favorite MMO, still is after all these years, but it wasn't all that much fun.
She couldn't send tells to me, even after I added her as a friend and she added me (both server and global).
If you and your friend wanted to talk you could have easily done it on the /Friends channel since you claim that you put yourselves on each others /friends list.
Once again Free accounts haven't been able to join super groups for over three years. That went into effect in May of 2008 as well.Quote:She couldn't join my supergroup.
Free accounts haven't been able to do that for three years either.Quote:She couldn't join the user created channel I mostly use, when I invited her.
As Sam said,Quote:When we couldn't set up communication lines we went back to playing World of Tanks, I doubt she'll try again anytime soon.
Quote:You mean the game where you can't form teams unless you're a Premium subscriber?
If a one time expenditure of $5 bucks is to much for your friend to spend on this game to unlock tells, supergroups, and ingame email then she'll just have to do without.Quote:How am I to convince her that this is a beautiful game with social people, when she's not allowed to communicate with them? I understand that having the possibility to send tells to random people might be restricted, but not to be able to send tells to global friends or to accept invites to supergroups and user channels removes so much of the experience that I'll doubt that I can convince her to join up again.
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<starts making popcorn>