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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by tanstaafl View Post
    Doesnt DDO charge for races & classes?
    Yes they do. They have what they call "favor" based races and classes that are unlocked by either earning enough "favor" (farming favor points) or by purchasing them thru the store.

    So what happens is the few patient players earn favor to unlock those races/classes while the much larger "gotta have it now" crowd pays cash for them.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    See announcements, Immediate Emergency maintenance.

    It happens. I'm still kind of amazed people think things never go wrong.
    Pfft. I'm amazed that there are people that think unexpected or emergency downtimes are things that can be scheduled in advance.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Clouded View Post
    I really wish I could use those PP somewhere instead of a server transfer. I've used 3 my entire time here at CoH, and that was during the free transfer weekend and just to move 3 shelved 50s to another server (which I probably could have deleted just as easily since I haven't touched them in forever).
    I understand what your saying, but I think the free transfers were so overwhelmingly popular that it seemed the obvious choice for the devs to please a majority of the VIP's.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by NovaFang View Post
    Ok, so you're saying -- and correct me if I've misread -- that your $15/mo, hereafter referred to as "Subscription", used to get you A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H (hereafter referred to as "Features"). Now that F2P has come along and grants A, C, E, and G for free to anyone who happens to come along, that your subcscription is effectively only covering B, D, F and H and has therefore depreciated.... the monthly subscription, in your eyes, is not as valuable because you're ultimately paying for fewer features?
    You are forgetting that when the game goes F2P he will be getting a $5 dollar credit in the store and a $10 dollar free server transfer each month which cancels out the cost of his subscription fee.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by NerfSliver View Post
    ok...Ok...OK!

    You each love your little shires of solitude...i friggin' get it. Cripes...not wonder it's hard to find descent team players.

    ...

    So please stop whinging on about the technical challenges or the virtues of you "cold dead fingers". I'll continue to make friends, help noobs, and foster a community...you have fun sitting in the corner.
    If this is the attitude you have in game then I'm not surprised to hear that you have trouble finding teams. You've probably been 1 starred and /gignored by many people.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by TonyV View Post
    Yeah, but there aren't "Australian" servers. It's more like one big global Nike store that has to pick some time to be closed to take care of some basic stuff like inventory.

    Actually, no, it's more like a large red wagon, running through a flower bed. Except the flowers are like three feet tall, and the wagon has spikes coming up through its bottom. And there's a rabbit inside, a rabbit that would love to eat some of those flowers, but instead, she has to dodge the spikes to keep from getting hurt. Oh, and it looks cloudy, like it's going to rain. There's a caonpy over the wagon that, under normal circumstances, would protect the rabbit from the rain, but with all of the flowers the wagon is plowing through, it's getting tattered.

    Yeah, maybe I'm not so good at analogies. Still, it's not like daily maintenance is the norm. There's obviously a lot of stuff going on that is unfortunately affecting a lot of people's ability to play when they want. Give it a little time, and I'm sure things will return to normal. Better than normal, in fact, because a bunch of problems will be fixed.
    Best analogy ever.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Amy_Amp View Post
    At least they posted about it this time.
    Unexpected server maintenance are by definition unexpected and can't be scheduled ahead of time luv.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Major_Ravenick View Post
    and for the recored, i dont mean asian dragons, i mean mean looking dragons, tough.

    http://files.myopera.com/descentguy/...ragon-Gold.jpg

    City of heroes is a game of firsts, so why not
    Oh you mean the wussy dragons.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake View Post
    so we should discount it because you don't like manga?
    Well for me the only objection is the technical issues.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by GreenFIame View Post
    Unless you make the Dragons Humanoids,
    If you make them humanoid they aren't dragons. I personally have no problem with using humanoid skeletons
  11. Forbin_Project

    Where's Wall-E?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by CaptainFoamerang View Post
    They should've put Robot from Invincible in there.
    Yeah and they shouldn't have put Daleks in there. Daleks aren't robots. They are mutants and the machine they pilot is their suit of powered armor.
  12. Forbin_Project

    Where's Wall-E?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
    No robot head 790? No Pimpbot 5000???
    102. Robot Head 790 - LEXX
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by GreenFIame View Post
    All Super Heroes does have fanasty in it so what the hell go for it, We got Greek Gods, Vikings, Magical Weapons, Wizards and Mages and Demons I say go for it, I want this a lot.
    Doesn't matter what you want, there are technical reasons why this won't happen. Maybe in CoH2.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Major_Ravenick View Post
    and yet robots being dropped from above in a cave is completly resonable, why not cool down on the dislike and look at both sides when you say something
    No it doesn't look reasonable. That's the point. Thirty Seven is saying we need less of that silly looking crap.



    Edit: Oh and for reasons stated above, /unsigned
  15. Forbin_Project

    Where's Wall-E?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Paladin View Post
    Give me a second to adjust me Nerd Hat, here...


    Ahh, there we go. Captain Proton's actually an honoring of the old black and white Flash Gordon from back in the day (Picked a DVD with them on it for around $2 at a miscellaneous store recently). Here's a picture of the robot a search pulled up:



    Going to dig out the DVD now.
    Good catch. I was wrong. Paris' holo-robot had a different chest piece and is missing the head cables.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Yogurt View Post
    You don't see the numerous other Green Lanterns calling themselves "G4EEn 1antern?" and "Blue-Green Lantern" just because there's already a Green Lantern around.
    That's because Green Lantern isn't a name, it's a title. The Green Lantern Corps is the name of a fictional intergalactic military/police force whose members are known commonly as Green Lanterns.
  17. Forbin_Project

    Where's Wall-E?

    64. Those MATRIX bots that hunt humans.
  18. Forbin_Project

    Where's Wall-E?

    3. Hector - Saturn III
    14. ED 209 - Robocop
    37. Criteon - Buck Rogers
    57. Cylon - New BSG
    102. Robot Head 790 - LEXX
    103. IQ-9 - Starblazers
    106. Marvin - Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy - 1981
    119. Marvin - Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy - Movie
    140. Muffit - Old BSG TV Show
    147. V.I.N.cent - Black Hole
    151. 7Zark7 - Battle of the Planets
    156. Twiggy - Buck Rogers
    157. Dr. Theopolis - Buck Rogers
    169. Dewey - Silent Running
    170. Huey - Silent Running


    Oh and isn't #16 that stupid robot from Tom Paris's holo story on Voyager?
  19. If they spend any money on their accounts they are/will become Premium players when Freedom goes live.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Clouded View Post
    Slippery slope arguments are for chicken little, IMO. Fear shouldn't de-motivate the company from providing an outlet for a playstyle.
    It has nothing to do with fear. It's simply a rational business decision.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lycanus View Post
    personally the only thing that bugs me about farming is when farmers send me a tell invite and, when I say "farming is boring" continue trying to convince me to join anyway...

    it gets aggravating
    Instead of baiting them with a snarky remark stating farming is boring, just say "No thanks." When you taunt them you have no one to blame but yourself if they decide to defend their playstyle.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Skeeter View Post
    You don't want to listen to the answer so why go through it again.
    Actually the truth of the matter is that you are the one that doesn't want to listen.
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
    So if you want a particular name you have 13 servers to try and get it on (Vigilance and Zukunft are only a feasible option if you fluently speak French or German)
    I respectfully disagree on that. I think those servers can be great for soloing. Just set your flag to red "Not accepting invites" and play. If the occasional tell bothers you then just delete tells from your chatbox. If you like chatting with friend online while you solo you can still keep in touch via global channels.
  24. Forbin_Project

    More Tray Slots

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mageman View Post
    I know you can open up more trays. However, They can be difficult to manage and find what you're looking for in them.
    No, they are quite simple to use and manage.

    Quote:
    They are NOT the same size as the existing tray,
    Tray sizes can be changed. See the command given by Quinch.

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    so it looks bad, and can be distracting if you are trying to get things arrainged nicely.
    No they don't.

    Quote:
    They also interfere with the Inspirations.
    No they don't. The inspiration window can be moved to any location on the screen.

    Quote:
    I think it's time for a makeover. They are doing so much with the graphics, and content, why can't they work on a QOL object?
    Because they don't need a makeover. You just don't want to use the tools provided.

    Quote:
    What I am looking for is 12 instead of 10 buttons in the row. That way, I can use the keyboard to quickly activate the ones I want. Being able to open a 4th row might be nice, but not the same as adding more buttons in a row.
    Too bad, because that's what you are going to have to do.

    Quote:
    I don't know what the minus and equal keys are short-cuts to. Thus they are unimportant to me.
    So just because you

    1. Don't use those two keys and
    2. Are too lazy to look under Options to find out what they are used for

    Everyone else that does use the keys for their intended purpose should get screwed. I have a better idea. You can use a mouse to point and click.


    Quote:
    And I have seen it posted that with all the other powers you can get (from mission rewards, invention system, veteran rewards, etc.), there just is no way you can get them to fit in all 10 trays that the game has.
    If it were truly an issue that people needed to use more than 100 powers then the only thing we'd need is the ability to open more trays.

    Quote:
    If you add 2 slots to each row, then you are adding a total of 20 slots to all 10 trays.
    And if you'd just use the tools provided you won't need more slots added to each tray.
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Skeeter View Post
    So then you are happy with the fact that you can do any number of other-alignment missions (as long as you do yours first) with no penalties and no special rewards associated? That seems to have been the issue you and Claws took with my suggestion that it would in some way change the system as it works today. It does not.

    If you are ok with that, then there is nothing wrong with my suggestion of allowing someone to choose to do that in a different order. That's my suggestion for this QoL enhancement. Will it be considered, I don't know. It still doesn't have the negative effects you folks seem to think it has, and I continue to stand by it as a legitimate suggestion as there has yet to be any negative implications.

    You can argue till you are blue in the face It's still working as intended.