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Quote:Probably from reading your posts.Originally Posted by Soul Trapped Burrito
I don't know how you came to this conclusion
No, anyone that made the slightest effort to read his previous posts would know that isn't true so, it sounds like he only has that opinion about your posts.Quote:except maybe you think everyone who posts a suggestion you don't like is not serious. -
Quote:But the Dimensional Vortex looks so cool.Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
and is overkill for most PVE bases.)
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Quote:Originally Posted by Texas Justice
Bzzzzzt.
Or as Dr. Cox would put it.
Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.
Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.
You're wrong.
You're wrong.
You're wrong.
Not exactly sure what you are trying to say . . . could you be more precise?
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Quote:Originally Posted by Wicked_Wendy
Okay I admit I don't usually pay that much attention but SERIOUSLY? I can got to the costume editor and create an IN GAME outfit that is skimpier than what that woman has on but your saying the Moderators have shut down threads with pics that showed less?
And before anyone disagrees.. Bottoms with Skins .. Bikini # 3 or Barbarian and Tops with Skins .. Bikini or Barbarian Both show more skin that the female in that picture. The only place I can think of where THAT picture would be considered obscene is the Middle East. During the first Gulf War as care packages were being prepped to be sent to the troops the covers of certain fitness magazines had to be removed because OH MY GOD .. the female on the cover had on shorts and a sports bra top.. she was revealing legs and her tummy. This of course was the same country that after begging us to protect them from possible invasion KICKED the US military and our allies out once the threat was contained because we were contaminating the Holy Land. So .. are we saying COH is just as bad as that? lol
I'm not pointing out or referring to any specific action taken but when I've seen it happen in the past I pretty much had the same thoughts you just voiced. -
Quote:Which explains why Power-Levers are so lonely and frustrated.Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
As I understand it, though, women aren't too fond of fast men. >_>
Power-Leveler: Hey baby I can't get your character to 50 in 3 hours.
Female Player: <derisive laughter> A real man knows how to take his time and satisfy a woman. <dreamily> It took my boyfriend 2 years to get me to 50.
Power-Leveler: ...
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Quote:Yep. Someones cow gets sick and dies and the next thing you know some innocent girl is getting burned as a witch.Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
That line of blaming goes all the way back through human history, unfortunately.
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Quote:Because the victims want to know how and why these things happen, and the people that were in a position to prevent it from happening don't want to get blamed.Originally Posted by Frost Warden
Why can't people just accept that others can be different?
Questions like where were the parents?
Where was the school?
Why didn't someone see this?
etc
No one wants to be in the hot seat so they all scramble to cast blame at something that can't defend itself, rather than admit their own flaws and mistakes. -
Quote:That doesn't mean there won't be people doing it.Originally Posted by Lucky666
Wow that's a lot of clicks for a measly 100K influence. You know with converters I can make a similar amount of clicks and make 150-200 million influence.
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Quote:No, it's because when the devs find things like the OP is suggesting in the AE they squash them for being exploits, and issued punishments to the people that abused those exploits that ranged from permanently locking the mission/character so it can't be used or deleted, to banning the accounts of the repeat offenders. (not the player organisation that goes by that same name)Originally Posted by damienray
So why not just make an AE with "cows" or "piggs" with ... some kinda of non-threatening power (sonic Moo ?) and viola - cow mish.
Oh but wait, AE is a $$ feature, huh ?
The only option the OP has is the DfB which has built in limitations and diminishing returns that prevent power levelers from abusing it. -
Quote:And how long do you think a small blue or green would remain dirt cheap on the market, after the marketeers start buying them up in bulk to convert them to large insp?Originally Posted by CoyoteShaman
And with everyone having the ability to do that, how long do you think that large red would stay at 100k? That's the negative impact I already mentioned in my OP. As I originally stated, it would drop the market for inspirations. This would, in a matter of hours, remove the threat you're talking about.
Instead of "solving" one problem you're creating another. -
Quote:Whattya mean in 2012? People have been playing the blame game for at least 30+ years to avoid admitting their own responsibility/culpability in preventing these tragedies from happening.Originally Posted by Night-Hawk07
Yep. But of course in 2012 it's not the actor's fault he/she acted, it's comics, or music, or video games, or movies....or someone/thing else's fault that the actor acted. The actor wouldn't have acted if it weren't for these things/people....give me a break..
I remember growing up and hearing people blame Rock and Roll or D&D or some other scapegoat when some idiot did something like these killings. -
Quote:It's what I've been doing since the AE was added, along with 1 starring, and /ignoring the obnoxious ones.Originally Posted by TheGrouch
What He/ She said.
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I want a Curly emote
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Quote:Oh please. That video was obviously made just before the final episode of season 5 of Doctor Who after all the stars went out and just before the Doctor rebooted the universe with second big bang.Originally Posted by _Klaw_
It's fake. Or at least it's a clever merge of different timelapse videos. The background stars don't show up that brightly when taken from space because there is no scattering effect from the atmosphere.
This is real. -
I swear you can see my house at 2:23 It's the one on the left with the lights on.
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Quote:I can't speak for anyone else but I want nothing to do with the love of Pete. I will however take Pete's Sake.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
This is what the OP is all about for the love of Pete.
I've always been fond of Sake Bombs. -
Quote:AE Farms, DfB's, DIB's, anything in the LFG queue that let's them start without changing zones, if they're a member of an SG and high enough level the SG's Pillar of Ice and Flame for flashback missions.Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
I check my team's levels......and all of them are above level 30. Guess how they got there?
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Quote:Originally Posted by Mr. DJ
and here's the first crackpot conspiracy...
people assuming the Illuminati and Lil' Wayne had something to do with the shooting as depicted by 12 skeletons shown sitting in a movie theater in Wayne's new music video "My Homies Still" that came out the day before the actual shooting.
My head hurts -_-
Didn't you know that both that video and the "shooter" were funded by the CIA and a secret movie theatre consortium that wants to stamp out 2D movies because they can charge more per ticket for 3D movies. -
Quote:I was commenting on Mod responses I've seen in the past, not what you or I might personally think.Originally Posted by Lothic
I don't believe the OP's suggested emote idea is all that provocative.
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Since this thread is serious, I want this as an emote.
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Quote:No Problem. You're just tellin it like it is and I'm not one to be offended by the truth.Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
You don't read very many of Forbin's post then, do you?
(Just messin' with ya Forbin!)
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Seeing as how the mods have deleted posts with less provocative pics than the OP's, in before the modsmack.
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Quote:Short explanation:Originally Posted by LightningBird
Why no?
Long eplanation:Quote:the monumental amount of code changes needed makes it un-feasable.
Quote:Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Disclaimer
Yes. This is a cut and paste reply that I keep handy, as well as a quick bit of instruction on how to search. Neither are meant to cause fights or to be insulting. The search instructions are in, not just because forum rules say flat out to search, but to help you and anyone else reading this use the search tool effectively.
The body of the cut and paste reply is the way it is because we've seen these arguments numerous times before. They're a summary of the salient points that come up each time. They are not here to insult you, make you feel stupid or otherwise "bring you down a peg." Instead, they are meant as instruction and information. Please read through the points and the explanation behind them to see the issues that are commonly brought up in response. They may not always match your suggestion 100% - in fact, you may have explained around one or two of them - but they're there for consideration and refinement of your idea.
Yes, I do look forward to the time, with some of these suggestions, that someone not only addresses all the points, but does so exceptionally well. It'll probably be added to the end of the cut/paste reply, with credit. For now, though, read and consider the points. They really are just there to help you, and move discussion along to help ideas evolve.
If you're going to see this and say an "evil forum vet is just shooting down your idea," or "You think you're the last word because of your post count," you're wrong. Heck, if you say the second, you've just worried more about my post count than I have in the last four plus years. Tongue-in-cheek comments in here are meant as humor, not put downs.
Searching Effectively
1. Click on "Search" up at the top of the forum.
2. On the left, under "Forum(s) to search," select "Suggestions and ideas."
3. On the right, Keyword Search Terms. This is probably where your problem was if you did search. Try the following, exactly as typed:
+vehicle -"re: "
This will search for anything with the string "vehicle" in the title.The -re: portion of it removes replies, so you'll see the root of every thread that comes up, letting you see just how many threads there are on this. (The last helps for other subjects, as well.)
Be sure to put the space between the colon and last quote.
4. Click the "In subject" radio button. This is a search, not a cute blonde in a bikini. Here, you want to ignore the body.
5. Leave Username Search blank.
6. Date range, Newer Than, change the 1 to a 3, and the time to Months.
7. Result format doesn't matter. Click on "Submit."
The subject at hand: Vehicles.
Vehicles as travel powers. This gets brought up a lot.
Short answer, don't expect it.
Long answer:
There are a lot of problems with the idea.
1. Movement.
Forward and back,even turning - ok. But you can do things that a vehicle can't - such as strafe (direct side to side or angular movement.) It doesn't work with a vehicle. There are also issues such as drift and "realistic" handling. We can go side to side, as mentioned, and make immediate right angle turns. Cars... not so much.
2. Movement, part 2.
Go stand in the road. No, not you personally. Take your character out and stand in the road, if you're heroside. Or even in the path of civilians. What happens? You get pushed. While not as big an issue with a motorcycle, perhaps, a car would have issues. What happens if two cars meet head on - yours and an NPC, or yours and another player's? Do you just pass through each other? Would you be satisfied with that very odd result? Or would you get stuck? How about those NPCs, can they walk and push your car, or are they walking through it? Neither answer is very satisfying, and intelligent, dynamic pathing is too computationally expensive.
3. Terrain.
Not every place has roads, or even makes sense for "off roading." Go look at Founder's Falls. Go look at Crey's Folley. Or Eden. Try to get to the north islands in Talos. What, do you have a kubelwagen? Look at the Pit in Sharkshead. Try to use your travel power (car) to get up to some of the doorways in high caves. Cars and motorcycles would be more like Superspeed - horizontal movement, period. And look - I'll be blunt - flat out *stupid* tied with, say, Combat Jumping or Superjump.
4. Combat.
You get ambushed on the way. How do you fight? Just have your powers blast out of the rolled up windows? How do you buff or debuff? EVERY power would need a new animation. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. Then you want people with motorcycles instead of cars. Redo ALL the animations AGAIN. And they still wouldn't make sense - how do you use Footstomp in a car? Or Stalagmites?
5. Customizing.
Yeah, it would come up. Not everyone would want a sports car, or a mid-70s Buick boat, or an exotic, or a minivan, or whatever else.
6. Making "sense."
This was touched on in terrain - how do you get across water? How about the Shadow Shard? And if you want downright ridiculous looking, go do the heroside 25-34 Respec. Look at the Sky Skiffs inside of rooms or the reactor room. It makes no sense and looks *ridiculous.* Something that, yes, the devs try to avoid.
That's just a quick overview of why vehicles as generally envisioned aren't a spectacular idea for a travel power.
Further discussion
This I think merits a bit of extra commentary, honestly.
"Vehicles" covers a lot of different ground for different people. Some only consider cars/jets/motorcycles vehicles. Others add jetpacks, wings and the like. Much of the above considers cars and similar sized vehicles, with nods to motorcycle type vehicles.
Jetpacks and such, I don't see happening as travel powers. As costume options for Flight? Or as invented pieces that interact with Fly, similar to wings? Absolutely - but they don't need to be a separate travel power for that. I'm all for more jetpack and wing (or combination) designs. Besides, there are so many "temp" jetpacks, I don't see introducing yet another one as really being feasable - just my opinion.
But vehicles - cars, specifically - as a travel power, have issues.
One way to have them "somewhat" work.
For all that, I know some people *would* still like to pull up in front of a mission. So how do we do it?
A temporary power, based on the same tech from the Mac/Valkyrie pack Mission Teleporter. The temporary power would:
(a) be an invention - dropping from enemies. (A reward, because you saved... well, we'll get to that,)
(b) be a single use each time - you can only hold one at a time, not one of each, one total.
(c) use rarely used salvage, because... it's rarely used, and cheap. No Luck Charms here.
(d) come in multiple varieties.
How does this get around the various issues?
Terrain - It doesn't pass terrain. It just arrives.
It follows the same 'rules' as the mission teleporter - it's not indoors, doesn't go to contacts, etc. Just mission doors.
Customizing - It's not "your" vehicle. It's a temp power. You've called a cab, limo, or other transport.
Power animation - since you're skipping the space in between, no powers can be used 'til you arrive anyway.
The varieties?
- Limo: Stereotypical slightly stretched black limo.
- Checker cab: The classic yellow cab.
Guess which one the devs decided to give us (hint: it's bolded in green) -
When it's scheduled to be released.