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  1. Forbin_Project
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by InOnePiece View Post
    Another MMO has a "training room", and I think I'd rather see something like that. A super-hero gym you have to go to, rather than something you can summon any place, any time.
    I was just thinking the same thing a few hours ago. I think the Arenas would be a great place to add a training room. It might also spawn some new interest in trying the other features there.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill View Post
    It means the targeting system is active.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Blood Red Arachnid View Post
    But, if you really wanted to cease using an aura, there is another way around it. First, duplicate the costume of your character into another costume slot. Then, in this second slot, change the costume so the aura is off. Then, in the game, if you wanted to turn the aura on and off, just type "/cc #" where the # is the slot where you have put the costume with the aura that is on or off.
    If the OP wants an aura "power" so badly he can set up a macro that does what your describing and turn the aura "off" an "on" with the click of a power icon in his tray.
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    I agree with the little girl. The weeping angels scare the Water Blast outta me too, and there's only one thing . . . err two things that can make me feel weak kneed and stupid, err I mean safe.

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Vel_Overload View Post
    some of us have been playing since 2006 or sooner and are tired of the same low level contacts that we've done countless times.
    And no one was bored to freakin tears of Atlas Park a week after Freedom launched when the devs castrated the start up content leaving us no alternative missions other than Habashy/Twinshot or DfB's.

    We've all seen how popular railroading players into linear mission progression is with City of Villains and Praetoria.

    Pre-Freedom we at least had the illusion of variety blueside. Got sick of the contact missions in AP? Hop over to Galaxy City for a change of scenery.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by _Klaw_ View Post
    I tried an SO farmer on my 2nd ('free') account but it was not do-able without forming teams. I pay the monthly io licence but no incarnate so it's not the best farmer you can get but good enough for me.
    Not trying to be offensive Klaw but you weren't farming right then. Long before IO's were aded to the game

    Anyone with a fire controller was assumed to be a farmer
    Demon farms were popular
    Tanks doing dumpster diving
    Before we could adjust mission difficulty farmers would recruit door sitters to spawn larger mobs for them to farm by themselves
    People recruiting for TF's and kicking everyone from the team after it started so they could do it solo.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill View Post
    Yeah, I see a few missing from the list, looking through it again.

    - MM pet upgrades becoming AOE.
    - Team buffs (shields) turned into AOE.
    - Changes to Dimension Shift (now an AOE you can go in and engage the shifted enemies.)
    - Do believe phased players in PVP can attack each other... or at least that got to beta at one point. (Haven't run into it... hmm, ever, that I can think of.)
    - Zone teleporter (Teleport tier 5/Warshade power.)
    - (some) enemies following through elevators.
    - Removal of (most) simul-clicks from missions. (may be a few out there still... /bug them. Not the case for task/strike forces.)
    - Calvin Scott TF (and old Posi, old Galaxy, etc.) being added to Ouroboros.
    - Solo/small team Incarnate content. (Yes, the first reaction of the devs *was* "we didn't think you wanted it." It's in one of the video panels. They were actually surprised.)


    ... just off the top of my head.
    Email attachments
    Email filters (to block RMT spam)
    Increased SG roster
    Null the Gull evolved from requests to decline unwanted buffs
    Sideswitching
    Opening AT's to all factions
    additional Enhancement trays came from requests to be allowed to pull more than 10 enhancements off of builds during respecs
    Sending email attachments cross faction
    Merging the server lists/giving EU and NA players access to each others servers
    Animal skeletons
    BeastMastery
    Rocket Board
    Flying Carpet
  8. Forbin_Project
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill View Post
    Yes, they have. There's a fairly long list. And I'm sure a few are missing, or came in in ways we didn't expect that were sparked from other discussions.

    And yes, I pushed for a good year and a half or so to get the Sonic graphics changed - though that wasn't just here, and wasn't just me, as the originals were making people physically ill.
    And for anyone not willing to click on the link Bill provided:

    Implemented Suggestions
    Archetypes
    Animations
    Badges
    Costumes
    • Biker-style leather jackets
    • Fishnet Stockings
    • Trench coats
    • Bare legs for male characters
    • Badges unlocking costume pieces
    • Maple leaf chest symbol
    • Pirate costume pieces
    • Additional skirts
    • Ninja costume items
    • Spikes and chains costume pieces
    • Lab Coats
    • Multiple costume slots
    • Tennis shoes
    • Custom weapons
    • All auras given combat-activated options
    Environment
    Game Mechanics
    • Enhancement Diversification
    • Travel power suppression
    • Inability to click mission objectives while phased or invisible
      • Inability to click mission objectives while invisible being a bad idea
    • Global chat
    • Coalition chat
    • Increased experience bonus based on team size
    • Increased mission completion bonus based on difficulty
    • Difficulty
    • Removal of Power 10 enhancement schemes
    • No debt until level 10
    • Half debt in missions
    • Changed to the way Hamidon Enhancements were awarded, so that everyone gets one
    • Teleport and resurrection propmts
    • Respecifications
    • Free respecs
    • Exemplar
    • Team search flags
    • Pets following up and down elevators
    • Auto exemplar for Task Forces
    • Pet window
    • Increased inf trade cap
    • Option to see your own name over your head
    • /hide command
    • Fading sound effects
    • Auto logout
      • Auto logout disabled on TFs or inside missions
    • Various changes to the hit claculation
    • Archvillains downgrading to Elite Bosses
    • Flashback
    Missions
    • Fire missions
    • Newspaper / Police Radio missions
    • A second contact chain in Mercy Island
    • Mission auto-completion on teams
    • Story arcs contained entirely in one zone
    • The Calvin Scott Task Force as something temporary to move the story forward
    • Contacts giving out their number sooner
    • Heroes and Villains teaming up for the Pocket D event missions
    • Addition of various Elite Bosses in some TFs
    • Combat allies in missions
    • Additional protection objective missions
    • Traps (eg: Ernesto Hess Task Force)
    • Prisons
    • Outdoor maps
    Powers
    Power Sets
    PvP
    • Frostling and Rascal Gladiators
    • Confuse protection and +Perception near bases in PvP zones
    • Bloody Bay changed from Free-For-All to Hero vs. Villain
    • Arena invites teleporting to a nearby Arena
    • Mez suppression to prevent chain-mezzing
    Supergroups
    • Extra titles
    • Adjustable permissions
    • SG Colors
    • Supergroup descriptions
    • Enhancement storage
    Other
    • Combined pricing for CoH+CoV
    • Many emotes
    • Crafting temporary powers
    • Story arcs and website articles expanding the story background
    • Need to type a character's name during deletion
    • Damage resistance inpirations
  9. Forbin_Project
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aura_Familia View Post
    Didn't we just get Water Blast last week though? Why would anyone assume we should get anything new right after that.
    Personally I wasn't expecting anything this week because of the pattern of releases over the past couple months. I just thought the phrase "taking a break" accientally gave the impression that new releases were a weekly occurence.

    Quote:
    Every 6 weeks is not a bad idea.

    I agree, with the caveat that they should only put stuff out that's not a buggy mess.
    Yeah I'd rather the devs not cut corners in a rush to get something out.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bloodspeaker View Post
    Delete all characters. Uninstall game. Remove all billing options. Have someone else change passwords.
    He can also have that third party set up an administrator account on his computer that he doesn't have access to and then use the parental controls to prevent him from using any or all games on his own user account. I think the same can be done for web controls.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aura_Familia View Post
    So you are saying there is nothing wrong with the routine they have set. I agree.
    Actually I prefer it if they have a routine for releasing new stuff on the store. I just want whatever routine they use to be regular. A regular routine lets me plan ahead.

    Personally I like to keep at least 800 points available. A regular routine allows me some time to figure out a way to get more points if I want to get something new that might be more expensive as soon as it's released. A fluctuating routine (4 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 weeks) is irritating because it's harder to plan ahead.

    And while I don't doubt everyone woul like new items as soon as possible, if it's too difficult for the devs to put something new out, for example the first Tuesday of each month, then by all means make it every 6 weeks.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hopeling View Post
    Yes, I did read them, but the OP (at least, to my reading of it) wasn't particularly insisting on getting the portal exactly at 14.
    Okay. I got a different impression.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by cohRock View Post
    You turn 14, but can't find anyone to open an Ouroboros Portal for you.
    To me that says he wants methods of getting the portal unlocked at level 14.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SmegHead View Post
    On the other hand when you look at zones like talos that have trams, ferries, portals, smuggler ships AND a entrance to pocket d its not unreasonable to ask for a simple tram in FF.
    Adding a tram isn't simple.

    A tram requires clearing a space in the zone for the train building.

    Then adding the train station in it's place.

    Then designing and placing the rail system the train will move along going into and out of the zone.

    Adding tunnel entrance/exits in the war wall

    Coding the movement of the train along the path of the rails.

    Then coding the spawn points where players will enter and exit the train.

    That's also not considering the additional work that would have to be added in Skyway City so the train actually looks like it's part of the rail system. Or hadn't you noticed that when the train goes into a war wall in one zone that is net to another there's a corresponding tunnel an rail system on the other side.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aura_Familia View Post
    /shrug.

    And?

    There's only so much content they can make at a time.

    Unless the devs suddenly grow extra hands, heads, and the ability to manipulate the time stream.
    Never said that that wasn't the case.

    What I said was that this isn't a case of them "taking a week off". The current schedule they appear to be following is to release something brand new every three to four weeks or so with various sales and rereleases going on inbetween as filler.

    An established routine isn't taking a break for a week.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Captain-Electric View Post
    PEOPLE! I HAVE A REQUEST!

    Got your attention? Okay I know not everyone has time to read everything in a thread. But can ya'll please click back to page one and read my very short suggestion, and give me your feedback? It's one of the first posts.
    Gee actually clicking back an entire page and looking thru the posts seems like a lot of work. Couldn't you just provide a link to the post your referring to?
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Thunder Knight View Post
    Subscribed vs. Free doesn't matter for Incarnate content, since that's VIP-only and is supposed to be harder than regular missions.
    Several people on the forums have also admitted they run Incarnate content using SO builds, so IO's don't matter there either.
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    1) See Aett's response.

    2) See Aett's response.

    3) In PvE it doesn't matter. I have less than a dozen characters that are completely IO'd out, and none of them use more than basic IO's. The highest level IO's on those characters are 30.

    So I frequently find myself on teams where I'm not only using just SO's, but many times my SO's are red because we are leveling so fast. And I have never once been accused of not carrying my own weight. Cuz I can almost always be found right up in the thick of mob combat even if I'm on a squishy.


    The only time being purpled out ever matters in this game is during PvP and that's been dead for years.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hopeling View Post
    But moreover, there are like fifty other ways to get Entrusted with the Secret besides the exploration badge on the Ouroboros spire, most of which do not require the help of other players with the badge. That's how people got it in the first place, after all.
    Did you actually bother to read any of the requirements for those "fifty other ways" to get the Entrusted badge that your implying a level 14 character can get solo?


    If so please explain how a level 14 character can get into Recluse Victory which requires characters be a minimum level of 40 to enter the zone.
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    Taking a week off? I'm sorry but this isn't the first time they had nothing of interest on a Tuesday. For a couple months now it's been old stuff on sale, old stuff on sale, old stuff on sale, something new and cool, old stuff on sale, old stuff on sale, old stuff on sale, something new and cool.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Oedipus_Tex View Post
    If the one character slot had identical levels, so that getting one of the two configs up to 50 automatically brought the other to 50, I would probably be against it.
    And that's exactly how dual/triple builds currently work. Your second and third builds are the exact same level as your primary build and vice versa. This idea would let people level up one AT/power set to 50 and then instantly level bump the second or third build up to 50.

    The devs would have to rip out the current build feature and redesign it to stop the builds from automatically level bumping. As far as the devs are concerned it's much easier to simply say roll up a new character.
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    I heard theres's an episode where the Doctor and the Tardis get trapped inside one of the servers in CoH.



    Screenshot of the CoH Tardis control room.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by GreyScribe View Post
    First off, loving the rollout of new improved power icons for many of the temp/vet/pet powers. Makes power trays a lot clearer. One idea though - can the 'detoggle' powers have an identifying mark - maybe a brightly coloured rim just to differentiate them from other temp powers?

    By 'detoggle' powers I'm referring to things like the rocketboard that shut down all your active toggles when you click on them.

    Meh. You'll get faster results if you drop this idea in Corva_NA's Power Icon thread.

    http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=213578

    He and other players have been making custom power icons for the game for years.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hqnk View Post
    I know that. It does not stop me from wanting it. Nor does it stop me from making alts.

    And for the record: The absence of this feature does not annoy me, but since this is a rather rehashed thread, I would put in some rehashed hopes and dreams.

    The game keeps giving me things that I want...so I keep throwing money at them.
    Hey I'd use it in a heartbeat myself if it was added. I'm just acknowledging that it's one of the few frequently suggested topics the devs have never wavered on. So far.
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ad Astra View Post
    To be fair Experienced is a Tier 7 reward, and new players won't get that one without dropping some cash. I know we can't go by Reg dates, but OP looks like a newer player (2012 reg date), so his suggestion would be a potential benefit.

    That being said, the fact that there is a Tier reward that does the same thing makes it unlikely that the Devs would add the OP's suggestion.
    Really? Then why do I get that power all the time whenever I open booster packs? NVM. I somehow overlooked the "without dropping some cash" part. Sorry Ad Astra. I've been spending Paragon Rewards.




    Yes after claiming 99 charges on one character I still have 545 waiting to be claimed in my inbox. (I was curious to learn what the cap was on how many I could claim.)
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Vel_Overload View Post
    Eh, they release content that I can't use unless I wait an additional 2 months for 800 points or spend even more money on top of my $15 subscription... so no.. I am losing love for the CoH devs. Not sure what game the OP is playing but he got Banned for doing something wrong.
    So you believe waiting 2 months to get new content for free is worse than pre-freedom where subscribers had to wait over a year to get newly released content for free? Cuz that's how long after release we waited for City of Villains and Going Rogue to be included for free with our subs.

    Personally I'll take the 2 months.