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I couldn't find anything like that on my Prem accounts. Just whether they were active or not.
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Quote:Originally Posted by eth_Nargy
Yep, when your brain is gone, you can't make money and therefore can't spend money on the game.
Good work, you really showed em!
But yeah, don't really wanna read/watch this. Seen the concept way too many times for it to interest me anymore.Quote:Originally Posted by Hopeling
It's not your character dying that you should be worried about:
Hence the entire premise.
That presumes I believe the threat is real, which I don't. Or that if I could be convinced it was real that I still wouldn't be willing to disconnect because I believe death is preferrable to losing my freedom and being a guinea pig. -
Quote:Still not a problem. Where I live worst case scenario is I'd be "trapped" only until my family "needed" me to do something "important" and they'd physically disconnect me so they can yell at me for ignoring them.Originally Posted by starphoenix
The game system connects to the mind so without the proper passwords, then there is no way to stop the game on your end. Any way to delete the game would require external effort and probably has safeguards to prevent or hinder tampering. The essence of the problem is that there are 10,000 players that are trapped in a game with no way to get out as far as the players know.
An amusing moment in the anime was when the dev made every avatar look like the player. So the classic male playing as a female to get good loot for free from other players turns into a male. Resulting in an awkward situation.
If I was living alone then worst case scenario I'd be stuck until my utility and internet services were disconnected for lack of payment. -
Unfortuantely we won't be getting anything added to bases anytime in the near future.
Quote:Originally Posted by Impish Kat
I was told at the Player Summit a mere 5 months ago... NO NEW developments for bases in the near future... Occasional QOL improvements are the best we can expect.
Why?
1. According to the developers the base code is an unholy monstrosity and any attempts to change it tend to end up breaking stuff (like base defenses being hostile to you a few issues back).
2. The developer that created the base code failed to document what he was doing, and he no longer works for NCSoft.
This has left the devs unwilling to do anything at all to bases except the least amount possible to maintain the feature as it is.
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I don't see the devs deciding to add a feature that would allow players to turn multi-player content into something that could easily be abused by solo farmers/power-levelers.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Agent White
Probably not. Just looking at the 4 episode titles released, lots of it can be divided up between them. Daleks, Dinos, and the Cowboys are all separate episodes, not a hard leap to believe some of it is from the other 2.
Cool, then to me the trailer doesn't seem too over the top. We're just getting highlights from half a dozen episodes. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
Well having a special storage area means it the how long can easily be "until the servers shut down".
Basically what I'm envisioning is a setup where all items are moved into permanent storage and the old bases are deleted (with prestige being refunded). When you start your new base you can place a "Permanent Storage Access" item for zero prestige in any room which will allow you to remove items from the permanent storage area (but you can't add more items). Once that is setup it's pretty easy to leave it as a legacy item even once most people have removed their stuff.
Who is putting stuff into that special storage tho? The players or will it be done automatically?
If it's us then we will still have the "I didn't know" complaints.
If it's done automatically will it be sophisticated enough to,
1. maintain previously established security settings
2. take into consideration SG's that use creative bases editing to wall off storage bins from SG members to give some members extra personal storage
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Am I wrong in guessing the trailer has stuff from all the episodes?
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Quote:If I'm going to the effort of deleting the game from my system I don't think I'm concerned about my character "dying" as far as the games concerned. I'll have beaten the game because it won't be getting anymore of my "money".Originally Posted by DarkGob
And then you die because as far as the game is concerned, you just removed the VR gear. But points for effort anyway.
The only way the game wins is by keeping me interested enough to give it money. 
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Quote:Whatever solution is decided upon there will still be someone complaining they "lost" stuff because they weren't actively playing when the changeover is made.Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
It's possible. The risk there is that you'd need to have both types of base operational at the same time which potentially causes other issues.
A possible alternative would be to move all existing stored items into a special storage area where you can remove items but not add new ones. So everything gets tossed in there and you can transfer it to the new base storage once you get it built.
That is why I mentioned a "grace" period of 6 months to a year (personally I prefer a year because that seems to me to be more than a generous amount of time especially now that the games F2P) for players to get their affairs in order.
To me the "how" isn't as important as the amount of time allowed to get items moved over. A generous allotment of time cuts the legs out from the inevitable "it's not fair, I didn't know" complaints that will happen. -
Quote:One way it could be done would be to give people with existing bases "credit" towards building a new base and a period of time to transfer everything from the old storage to new storage. Say 6 months to a year.Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
My only concern with such a change would be what happens to base storage. As long as they can figure out a way to make sure that I retain my stockpiled inspirations, salvage and enhancements I'd be cool with it.
Sure there will be people complaining they didn't have enough time or they didn't know the old system was being replaced but ya gotta draw the line somewhere for the good of the active players. -
Whattya mean I "can't" log out? If I have to I physically disconnect my internet connection, reboot my computer an uninstall the stupid game. Screw them I "can't" log out.
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Quote:Outside of the devs who unfortunately have the final word, I doubt you'd find anyone that wouldn't be thrilled if we could send offline SG invites.Originally Posted by Ad Astra
I would love to be able to email SG invites - even more if I could email them to myself.
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-Base trasfer between servers
Been asked for for years, and the devs have made empty promises they were working on it.
-Convert prestige to influence
As has already been said Prestige gets converted to Inf not the other way around.
-invite to SG via email for characters offline or same account
The devs have flat out told us if they ever created an offline SG invite feature they would deliberately design it so we can't send invites to characters on the same account.
-storage for influence
You can currently store
2 billion inf on each character
40 billion in emails and
2 billion on each market slot with 50+ market slots available for over 100 billion
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Quote:You should. And what's worse is that you'll never feel clean again.Originally Posted by Stone Daemon
Oh man, I didn't check the previous dates, just the poster above me. I feel kind of dirty now.
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I hate pointing to a certain other super hero MMO that was created by the same company that developed this game before they sold it to NCSoft as an example, but they successfully created ankle length dress/robe costume pieces that don't look silly with any of their powers.
If the devs at that steaming pile of bat guano can do it why can't our devs? Our devs are smarter, more talented, better looking and sexier than the people at that other company, and it's common knowledge this game is much more successful finacially than they are.
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Quote:I'm not saying what you proposed is in any way a bad idea, but wouldn't be easier if instead the devs made those unique badges that can't be earned again account wide rather than character specific. That way players won't feel they are losing those accomplishments.Originally Posted by Quinch
As for why the devs might want to do this, well... it would make players who are attached to their accomplishments happy, and they might be able to charge for the service.
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Let's see. The average character has 100+ enhancements slotted on a level 50.
Unless a player has bought all the extra enhancement trays he can only pull 10 enhancements off of a build per respec.
So that means it would cost the average player $110 bucks to strip a build of it's enhancements, $220 bucks if he's using 2 builds, and $330 bucks if he's using the third build he unlocks with Incarnate content.
On top of that he'd have to pay whatever ungodly fee the devs decided to charge for the actual power set/AT respec.
Even the players that spent $80 bucks on the extra enhancement trays couldn't spend enough money to make this idea profitable for the devs to develop if they were willing to do it, which they aren't. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Lord_Nightblade
Can't sleep. Weeping Angel baby will get me.
Can't sleep. Weeping Angel baby will get me.
Can't sleep. Weeping Angel baby will get me.
Can't sleep. Weeping Angel baby will get me.
If a Silence
Walks out of a room that contains a Weeping Angel
Does the Weeping Angel mover closer or forget the encounter?
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Quote:At the end of each billing cycleOriginally Posted by Sailboat
Are you supposed to get the token at the end of the time period or at the beginning? I forget.
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Quote:Rewards are given out to everyone on the team that completes a bank mission for the first time.Originally Posted by Soul Trapped Burrito
Here's what I actually wrote:
How about they give rewards after the first time* you do a bank mission?
There are already unique rewards awarded for completing bank missions more than once. The rewards for multiple completions are badges.Quote:Something like a handful of merits or a recipe if you do the same bank more than once.
No the devs aren't going to give out reward merits for bank missions because of the fact that they are so easily farmed.
Recipes already drop during bank missions. Players have a chance of getting a recipe each and every time they defeat an NPC.
Players can already get 27 different temp powers for completing bank missions.Quote:Even another temp power would be ok.
9 for each different zone map
18 for preventing the Arms Deals
So I'm sorry but I don't see the devs adding more temp powers as rewards.
We all understand that you like to farm and power level. Lots of people do. There is nothing wrong with enjoying that playstyle.
However,
The devs are not going to screw up the risk/reward ratio and ruin game balance just because you personally desire rewards that aren't commensurate with the challenge you are facing.
If you want reward merits without having to get them from doing the appropriate content then go buy some Super Packs. -
I'd also love Paintdrumming as an emote. Each time you use it it does a random color.
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You are not going to get reward merits for completing radio/safeguard missions. If you wish to focus on the easiest content in the game so you can power level your way to 50 you'll just have to do without Reward Merits/etc. If you want the types of rewards that drop from TF's/Storyarcs/Raids/GM's then you are going to have actually do that content. The devs aren't going to unbalance the rewards for radio/safeguard missions
Recipes already drop from defeating NPC's on radio/safeguard missions. If you haven't gotten any it's because the RNG is random.
No, everyone does not like radio missions, because it gets mindnumbingly boring doing the same missions over and over and over. Many people also hate certain maps that constantly pop up on the radio missions.
There are plenty of teams forming for regular content, and there are plenty of reasons why someone can't find teams.
1. A player might be on a low pop server.
2. A player may be online during off peak hours.
3. A player might be playing faction that has a smaller player base.
4. A player may not be a member of the global channel community.
5. A player may be hanging out in zones that don't have a lot of regular content. Hanging out in AP means you'll mostly see AE farms and DfB's.
6. A player may be lazy, standing around waiting for other people to form teams.
7. A player may find himself 1-starred and /ignored because he rubbed too many people the wrong way.
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Quote:Was that the same dingleberry that complained that he couldn't afford to buy stuff because he only made 70k a year, and that anyone on disability was a drug addict?Originally Posted by Schismatrix
i remember one in particular would not stop going on and on about how evil it was for Paragon Studios to release more content than his stipend could cover and how it proved VIPs/subscribers were getting less than ever for their money. He refused to acknowledge basic logic or math and apparently ragequit over PS releasing too much stuff. Well, at least i don't recall any posts since his last tantrum at least six months ago.
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Quote:If he left he'd have no one to kvetch, moan, and complain to.Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
From the way you always talk on the forums, I'm surprised you're planning to use those points at all. Seems like you'd be happier just walking away.