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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Demobot View Post
    I lol'd at the question about price caps.
    I lol'd at the vet reward snob. As if more than a handful of players can afford the hundreds of dollars it takes to buy their way up to tier 9.
  2. Forbin_Project

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
    Just curious Forbin, are you one of GG's alternate accounts?

    I don't see the connection since GG seems to be agreeing with you.


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    Edit: Also, how long did it take us to get Shields after that survey?
    If memory serves (and I could be wrong) the polls were done in 2005 and we got shields at the end of Dec 2008/Jan 2009. So roughly three years.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lulipop View Post
    It was at that very moment on that DVD player that I found my true religion. Jedism - the Rogue Sanct.



    Jedism

    the Rogue Sanct


  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Schismatrix View Post
    Ignoring the obvious chronological issues i can see your point if you're referring to the original Cybermen, but not so much the newer version, and far less so the Daleks since their origin and goals are so different from the Borg's.
    What I was referring to is what designs the Doctor Who show could have come up with if the show had a comparable budget to Next Generation. Robbie the Robot showed us what could be done with a budget in 1956 which predates both Trek and Who.


    As far as the Dalek origin and goals, they seem to have gotten twisted in the new series as far as being willing to "assimilate" human DNA for what they considered Dalek genetic material so they could rebuild the race.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hyperstrike View Post
    Depends on who's writing.
    If it's Roddenberry's crew, Wesley would have some off-the-wall ***-pull that'd bring him out on top...again...
    And then Adric would do something that gets them both killed, and the Doctor would explain that there are fixed points in time and nothing can change them. Adric and Wesley die.

    And everyone in both universes rejoice.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lord_Nightblade View Post
    Even more hilarious when you time it right and use it as your death blow. I just picture some Imperial officer having to explain to a soldier's next of kin that he was the recipient of a fatal kick in the balls.
    Imperials don't bother writing next of kin. They just send a bill for the cost of training that the Empire spent to train the soldier that the family is now required to pay off or go to prison.
  7. Forbin_Project

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
    Wait, it was Jack's poll??? You mean the dude who hasn't had anything to do with City of Heroes for like 5-6 years?
    Whose polls they were doesn't matter because those same polls got us Shields and the other power sets we said we wanted. And they were added long after he left.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by McNum View Post
    A beautiful young lady who got bitten by a radioactive steam train, and is now exactly as powerful as a locomotive?

    Ya know I have enough weird ideas for characters. I don't need you throwing fuel on the fire. Thanks a lot.

    <goes off to the character creator grumbling>
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    Going over the OP...
    Uh, yeah. Sorry, this looks like it's been blown way out of all reasonable proportion, compared to what is actually stated in the dialogue.
    I'm with you on this Tech. The OP's complaint reminds me of this guys complaint about how the Science Booster encourages cross dressing in real life.

    http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...14&postcount=1
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Leo_G View Post
    So in the new Star Wars game, does the smuggler actually get a "Don't Shoot First" ability that makes the opponents' first attack a guaranteed miss and all subsequent attacks a high chance to miss so long as the smuggler doesn't try shooting first?

    Not even a sith should be able to touch one of them!
    No, but the Smuggler does get a "Kick in the Crotch" melee attack that stuns the opponent. Funny as hell when it's used on a droid. Who knew droids had family jewels.
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Juggles View Post
    Is there a good population of players still? I haven't been on since 09 and want to come back but will it be possible for me to still find players to group with and guild with?

    Yes there's still a good population. The easiest way to find good communities is by joining global channels. You won't be able to do that on a free account. You'll have to upgrade to at least a Premium account. Subscribing has no restrictions and gets you access to an additional server if you choose to use it.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Agonus View Post
    I still think the Borg are Cybermen done right.
    I think you mean Cybermen are Borg on a budget. So are the Daleks for that matter.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Coin View Post
    Be fair though, you have to feel sorry for the Borg if they try to assimilate Wesley.....
    Fixed that for ya.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    I.....seriously. What.

    Does it really, REALLY matter who shot first in a tiny section of a completely fictional story that's however many years old?
    No. It's just idle conversation to chat about. Plus we get to laugh at Lucas and at any SW nerds that take this way too seriously.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dante View Post
    Because, it's not like we have over 20 years worth of TV screenings, videos, even the cruddy quality DVD release that proves otherwise is it? Like this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=YGpuM_VJDQ4

    Thanks for the link. I completely forgot that Greedo had his gun on Han the whole time. That looks even more like a scene from a spaghetti western.


    I heard Lucas is re-editing all the Indiana Jones movies and replacing the Nazi's with Gungans.
  16. Forbin_Project

    Moon Hazard Zone

    Yeah but Star Trek is about exploring outer space. It's expected to have a moon zone there.
  17. Greedo did not shoot first. Period. End of discussion.

    This scene was a classic spaghetti western saloon shoot out. The bad guy made a move for his gun and the good guy got his shot off first. The bad guy dies without firing a shot.

    Lucas is full of manure to claim otherwise.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hero_of_Steel View Post
    Ok, just for fun, who would win the follow match-ups?

    Black Guardian vs. Q

    Unless the Black Guardian has the Key to Time, Q wins hands down.

    Adric vs. Wesley Crusher

    Which Wesley are we talking about? Pre-Traveler? Adric wins. Post Traveler Adric can't beat a guy that can stop the passage of time with a thought.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Durakken View Post
    Do I need to remind people that Doctor Who was supposed to Cross over with Enterprise years ago?

    If you bothered to actually read the thread instead of skimming it before posting you would have seen that someone already mentioned the crossover.


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arnabas View Post
    A number of years ago there was a fairly decent (as I remember it) book called The Doctor and the Enterprise, which had the orignal crew meet the fourth Doctor. I think I still have it somewhere. Being unofficial, they couldn't use any names other than the Captain, the Science Officer, the doctor (lower-case d) and the Doctor (upper-case d). At a climactic point, everyone had to evacuate the Enterprise for some reason and they all went into the TARDIS.

    Will have to reread that.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by houtex View Post
    /jranger

    /If anything ever deserved it, this is the thing, this... abomination. This hideousness. This... THING of unwin.
    Gonna have to agree with houtex on this one. This rates right up there with the second Highlander movie.

    Don't want to see a Star Wars crossover either. Now I could see possibilities in a Who/B5 crossover as long as the Doctor was kept away from the main storyline on Babylon 5 itself. But even that has an overwhelming chance of failure.
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    7) ant swarm (covers target area in bugs (ants) causing dot damage as well as slow)
    No no no no no no no.

    Ants have no place in a Ape Mastermind set. It should be Monkey Swarm.


  22. Forbin_Project

    Moon Hazard Zone

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
    Anecdotal evidence is not evidence, thank you and good night.
    Anecdotal evidence cuts both ways. Neither of us is offering proof of what the devs have or have not said. All you and I have agreed upon is that if something was said on the subject, neither of us saw or heard about it.
  23. Forbin_Project

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by I Burnt The Toast View Post
    So uhm has anyone asked during one of these ustream Q&As? Did anyone ask about a moon zone at the pummit?

    I have no interest in a moon zone, but if you want to ask a dev a question and get a response there are specific tools aside from the forums that afford people that opportunity.
    I don't know. I can never get Ustreams to work right. I get frequent disconnections and can't participate. My internet service says it's not their fault, and they've had a tech check the wiring and that's supposedly ok. I've had my systems been checked and nothings wrong there either.
  24. Forbin_Project

    Moon Hazard Zone

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
    The results of a survey from 7 years ago? No, that sounds precisely like entitlement to me.
    Then see my previous post for a possible solution to that problem of yours.

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    For all you know, the dev that was spearheading the thing left the company. Or it was Posi's pet project (Statesman's? whoever was in charge at the time) and got back-burnered when War Witch took over, or whoever the hell is even running the show now.
    Not relevant. A simple statement about priorities being changed would have covered it.

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    I don't disagree that it would have been neat to get a dev comment over the years.
    I'm glad you agree with me, because that's all I was saying before you had to try to blow this all out of proportion with your drama.

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    (P.S. can you explicitly prove that they never have?)
    Already answered.

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    Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
    I know I've never heard anything official, or any players claiming they heard anything.
    and if you actually bothered to read posts before responding you'd notice that I said that in response to one of your posts.

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    but they have no obligation to do so, and it's also really not that big a deal in the grand scheme of the game compared to their philosophy of letting some bad nearly-game-breaking bugs get pushed to live.
    Yes because we all know that all bugs are glaringly obvious and even more easily fixed. All the devs have to do is



    spray the code with a can of Raid before it goes live and it will kill bugs dead.

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    As for why they're not saying anything now, perhaps they have a reason for keeping mum,
    As I recall someone already mentioned that. Who was it . . .

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    Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
    I know it's stupid to hope but they're taking polls for retro space suits, maybe that means they are finally working on the Moon Zone.
    Oh yeah, it was I.

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    and perhaps you will feel somewhat silly when that reason becomes evident. Perhaps.
    Don't hold your breath waiting.
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Night_Hornet View Post
    Can't we have both?

    /this

    And we did just get some new maps over the last year, but we can always use more.