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Quote:Originally Posted by Ironik
Nevermind the "class act" bit -- 15 minutes reading about her dalliances will cure anyone of that impression -- I take umbrage at the "kind of movies they make today" comment. As if movies are somehow bad now and were great when she was at the height of her superstardom. Say what? Besides, the lady was in The Flintstones, for crying out loud.
Okay I'll say this. Liz was a class act. Not because of someone else's stuck-up ideals. But because she lived her life on her terms. If you didn't (or don't) like that, TOUGH ****!
As to her being in todays films or not. Bah. Of course she would.
Look at the earnings potential.
Compare between Liz Taylor and Angelina Jolie.
Cleopatra (1963). Due to the infamously botched handling of the film and numerous delays (the film took nearly 4 years to complete), she raked in 7 million bucks. In today's dollars, that's $48-50 million.
Jolie:
2010: 22 million
2009: 27 million
2008: 13 million
2007: 20 million
AND SHE WASN'T EVEN THE TOP FEMALE EARNER MOST OF THOSE YEARS! -
Okay, buying pre-built is going to make it hard to get the system balanced for maximum performance. Mostly because you're paying for a lot of flash you don't need.
Were I you (and not scared of building), I'd start with the $725 platform as a base.
Make two substitutions.
Power supply
Video Card (AMD Option)
OR
Video Card (nVidia Option, $20 more expensive)
The former (power supply) is necessary to support the latter (video card).
Some people will tell you your system shouldn't need that much. Keep in mind, both of the video cards quoted here are high-end (but not top-end) gaming cards. Their power draw can be absolutely phenomenal (more than the rest of the system combined).
This gives you a modestly powerful base system (with expandability), and a stupidly powerful video system for about $850 shipped ($870 for the nVidia option).
I used a Columbus address for shipping calculations. Cincinnati and Akron zips yield the same shipping cost ($14.09) for UPS 3-day. Basically 2 days to process, 3 to ship. Figure a week total since you're not going to get weekend delivery.
That slides you in under your $1900 budget (you could double the RAM if you wanted and still have wiggle room) for both machines.
Note: Why'd I go with a modular PSU? Because I hate (HATES IT FOREVER!) cable clutter. With a modular PSU, you can attach ONLY the cables you need and leave the rest in a box in case you need to swap out or expand.
Were you to buy a system and try to just retrofit it for performance, it'd probably cost you more.
Also, if you can get those copies of Win7 for cheaper than you can buy an OEM at Newegg, go for it. But make sure it's 64-bit. -
Quote:Originally Posted by EarthWyrm
My questions, then:
1. Am I correct that this card will not do Ultramode justice?
2. Is this a reasonable price for the system as spec'd?
3. Anybody have recommendations for other good sources for pre-built or custom-built gaming desktops?
Thanks in advance!
- I wouldn't ask the card to do Ultra Mode.
- It's actually a bit pricey for what you're getting (a stock-box non-gaming Gateway).
- Hit up the "I need a new computer!" link in my sig. There's a bunch of links there to system builders.
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Quote:Yup. New option for those who can prove their accounts are 18+.Originally Posted by Zyphoid
Was there any information about new costume stuff?
Butt Nekkit. Just what it sounds like. Anyone with a kid on the account will simply see a hero running around in gray spandex basic. -
Quote:No. Remember, there's two paths for Incarnates.Originally Posted by Xzero45
So in other words, you can't be super powerful unless the Well wants you to be. Lame.
The fast path where you get buttloads of power, but are essentially a sock puppet of the well.
And the slow path, where you slowly accumulate power over time, but you aren't beholden to the well.
Being stupidly powerful really fast would be nice-ish and all, but do you really want someone else calling the shots with YOUR life? -
Quote:Originally Posted by myskatz
Yes Leonard Nimoy will be doing a voice in the next Transformers movie.
This will be fascinating. OK bad joke sorry it's been a crazy 2 days for me at work, which sometimes brings out my sarcasm.
http://www.superherohype.com/news/ar...sentinel-prime
I've actually seen some nice high-res photos of the fire truck in question.
A buddy of mine was downtown the day they were doing some of the scenes and got some NICE pics of it. -
Quote:No. Devs said it.Originally Posted by Friggin_Taser
So we have a lot of people talking about the devs announcing Halloween Events being turned on this weekend to make up for the maintenance today on Pinnacle globals.
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Quote:You forgot the most popular option.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
1. Update your characters on Mids.
2. Browse the ParagonWiki.
3. Edit the ParagonWiki.
4. Pay your base rent on the Test servers.
5. Contact loved ones and let them know you'll be heading back into prolonged non-communication with them when the servers come back soon.
0. Post on the forums complaining about the down time. -
Quote:Originally Posted by graystar_blaster
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Quote:The first time you tank an STF usually IS an eye-opening (Recluse shuts them for you after he knocks you down).Originally Posted by The_Bear_EU
That STF was an eye opener for me as I was that tank on the STF and all I can do is apologize to the team as I dont team often and I felt that i let them down a lot.
ProtectorX did a fantastic job as did the rest of the team.
Needless to say since then I have changed the tank a bit and she now has what is needed for team play.
But to all the members of that STF thank you for bearing with me.
Breylorina
There's a few tricks to tanking him and if you're not familiar with them, it's really easy to feel REALLY squishy. Hell, even using standard strategy against him, I've had him spatter a stoner in Granite with appropriate levels of defense and resist on a string of lucky hits.
Don't take it too hard (wish I could take my own advice, it ticks me off to NO end), and next time work him over a bit in revenge. -
I just love the mental image of the team beating the towers down.
Teammate: I wonder where the blaster is right now.
*Cue comically huge BaySPLOSION!!!* from behind the big LR statue*
Teammate: Oh, there he is! -
Quote:If you're running short on End, even spamming Transference, go Cardiac.Originally Posted by Prince_Tycho
Out of curiosity, which Alpha slot ability would you all recommend for a Fire/Kin 'troller?
If you're fine for End, and your powers aren't at 100% recharge BEFORE global +Rech adjustments, Spiritual. -
Quote:If you're running S/L farms, yeah, it's stupidly easy to build Invuln so that it just about never actually takes damage.Originally Posted by Doletmeknow
how high is the hp for the invulnerability and is it good for running s/l farms?
Note: You can STILL fall to lucky shot streaks and the like, but on the whole, it's ridiculously rare for this to happen. -
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Quote:Originally Posted by LovesBigDogs
Invincibility does stack with the number of surrounding enemies. Say you increase, from slotting, defense from 1.0% to 1.4% (or so) in Invincibility. With 10 enemies surrounding you this could be 10x(1.4%) = 14% extra defense. Invincibility is dynamic though, so it’ll be hard to evaluate even if you have the “Combat Attributes” window open. That thing jumps around a lot during play making it extremely hard to read, in my opinion. So (and these are ROUGH numbers) in a mob of 10 foes you could have 15.2% + 14% = 29.2% defense. That, combined with your resistance, makes survivability quite good for an Invulnerability tank.
Good luck!
If you want to see, roughly, what your defense numbers will be in mids, there's actually a slider bar in the power description itself.
By default it's set to 1 enemy. Simply click-and-drag and set it up to 10 enemies. You can then look at your defense numbers to see what they'll be.
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Quote:Because enemies that run away SUCK.Originally Posted by The_Spad_EU
especially if you don't have taunt (and again, why would you if you've only ever soloed?).
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This went on over a weekend and was finally caught monday morning right as the server the app was on exploded (not literally) as the database was keeping copies of each and every outgoing mail (about one every 5 seconds) and filled up the hard drive.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Fridgy_Daiere
The following is my output. I hope it posts alright, as it has taken me an hour to get this far, and I have to leave for work as soon as I click "submit." Thanks everyone for your help and patience thus far!!
Code:Tracing route to coh103.gtm.cityofheroes.com [64.25.35.108] over a maximum of 30 hops: 0 [192.168.1.3] 1 [192.168.1.1] 2 74.123.16.1 3 host-66-128-240-21.united.net [66.128.240.21] 4 207.88.188.37.ptr.us.xo.net [207.88.188.37] 5 te-12-4-0.rar3.washington-dc.us.xo.net [207.88.14.113] 6 207.88.14.165.ptr.us.xo.net [207.88.14.165] 7 192.205.36.145 8 cr2.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.122.81.250] 9 cr1.attga.ip.att.net [12.122.1.173] 10 cr2.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.28.174] 11 cr81.ftwtx.ip.att.net [12.122.100.69] 12 cr82.ftwtx.ip.att.net [12.122.80.10] 13 12.122.153.193 14 12.249.201.12 15 boards.cityofheroes.com [64.25.35.108] Computing statistics for 375 seconds... Source to Here This Node/Link Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address 0 Bobo-PC [192.168.1.3] 0/ 100 = 0% | 1 0ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% READYSHARE [192.168.1.1] 0/ 100 = 0% | 2 1ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 74.123.16.1 0/ 100 = 0% | 3 2ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% host-66-128-240-21.united.net [66.128.240.21] 0/ 100 = 0% | 4 25ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 207.88.188.37.ptr.us.xo.net [207.88.188.37] 0/ 100 = 0% | 5 --- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% te-12-4-0.rar3.washington-dc.us.xo.net [207.88.14.113] 0/ 100 = 0% | 6 33ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 207.88.14.165.ptr.us.xo.net [207.88.14.165] 0/ 100 = 0% | 7 60ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 192.205.36.145 0/ 100 = 0% | 8 --- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% cr2.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.122.81.250] 0/ 100 = 0% | 9 --- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% cr1.attga.ip.att.net [12.122.1.173] 0/ 100 = 0% | 10 --- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% cr2.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.28.174] 0/ 100 = 0% | 11 --- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% cr81.ftwtx.ip.att.net [12.122.100.69] 0/ 100 = 0% | 12 --- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% cr82.ftwtx.ip.att.net [12.122.80.10] 0/ 100 = 0% | 13 --- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% 12.122.153.193 0/ 100 = 0% | 14 --- 100/ 100 =100% 100/ 100 =100% 12.249.201.12 0/ 100 = 0% | 15 56ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% boards.cityofheroes.com [64.25.35.108]
Okay first thing I'll say is "sub-optimal routing".
Your ISP is essentially reselling or forwarding service through XO.
They then bounce out to the DC peering point for AT&T. It then drops down to Atlanta, GA, hits Dallas, TX, then bounces into Fort Worth on one node and out of Forth Worth on another node.
Not sure what the last two hops before the boards are. Locating one turns up something in Oklahoma. The second turns up a location out by me (Chicago). Probably old data, but it's possible those are actually peering points for Level3.
Not the worst routing I've seen, just...weird.
The worst I ever saw was a Covad line that quite literally crossed the country from east coast to west coast and back FIVE TIMES before bouncing back into Chicago to the server which was half a mile down the road from us.
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Quote:Originally Posted by sleestack
^This
People have always been stupid. Now they're just stupid for the whole world to see.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Magentrix
Ugh. Too many tradeoffs, imo. Yes, you have some debuff protection in your insanely high defenses, but you're giving up global recharge and damage, and some of the powers you slot are garbage. Is it really worth it to 5-slot wolf spider armor for 1.7% resist to S/L? Or to 6-slot boxing, really? I could see sucking up some redraw for Venom Grenade, but boxing to push your already ridiculous ranged defense over 70%?
Survivability is one thing, but you're leaving tons of damage on the table to pick up defenses that are ridiculously above the cap, just so you can stand in front of an AV you can't actually hurt, because you don't have any powers to debuff his regeneration. Leave the tanking to the tankers, the Bane is a stalker with a bit of corrupter mixed in.
I didn't say the build was a GOOD build (or even a relatively playable build). It's simply a corner-case build, and pretty much useless in general play. -
Quote:At a strictly schadefreude level, it's funny.Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
This entire incident is so pathetic that really, its not even funny.
What it actually says about this girl, her home life, etc, isn't.
Kinda like this?Quote:And like a kid that age could handle the recoil from such a weapon.... the best we can hope for is that the Glock would end up bouncing off her forehead -
Quote:Doc Quaterfield.Originally Posted by Postagulous
Granted it was a good turnout and we absolutely ate that irritating "protect the reactor for five years" TF, but what really impressed me was when two (or three) of the team helped my fire/ice blaster do the final Mender Rammy Incarnate-boot mission. And by "do" I mean "eat like it was something that requires minimal chewing." Cause we didn't just chew it up, we slurped it down.
It was the first time I've been a non-Frad with other Frads. Very frustrating as most stuff was dead before I got to it.
I'm thinking that respec mish is about as unenjoyable as Citadel. No...nothing can be as bad as Citadel. -
Quote:Nonono! Look at it as being "vigorously sexually served".Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
I don't play the market, and in fact I get screwed by it all the time.
Wow, brains too!Quote:I also don't expect to get the ultimate build RITE NAO!!! -
Quote:Originally Posted by Fridgy_Daiere
OK, the DNS "fix" from earlier might have been a fluke of timing, because the "fix" only lasts 10 minutes or so after changing the DNS servers and is not consistent. Below is my ping.
Typing the ip address of the boards in the address bar doesn't help with loading either. If you care to explain what a tracert is and how to proceed, I would be glad to post the results (assuming I can get on)!
tracert is short for "traceroute"
It basically traces hops back to the address you enter, pinging each node along the way. If there are any problem nodes between you and the destination it can be fairly obvious.
The output from a pathping will look like THIS!
Whoops! Sorry!
It'll look like this.
And don't freak if you see some of the nodes between you and the destination with 100% packet loss. Some carriers purposefully set their systems to drop pings as a form of abuse prevention (since flooding a system/network with massive quantities and/or oversized pings can compromise service. -
Happy First Spanking Day!