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Again, purples are NOT random-rolls.
You're spec-buying them. IIRC, they're something like 25-30 A-Merits apiece.
So you're looking at about 2 months or so to save up, or spending out 1500 merits and 400m inf, which would still require a month or so to actually "cash in" for a-merits.
Once you've got the recipe, you then have to craft it. Cue the need/buy salvage.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Knightingale
just for the record here....
Discrimination is a word.
It has a dictionary definition, go look it up. Sometimes it does 'refer' to matters of racial or ethnic discrimination, but that's not what the word itself means. Hence why we add the words Racial or Ethnic.
When I brought up discrimination earlier it was as a word. At it's basic level the word discrimination means....
"treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit"
I just grabbed that snippet from Dictionary.com
Or from Oxford English....
"the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people"
And yes before you go look and come back it does then say "especially on the grounds of race , age, or sex" but it doesn't say EXCLUSIVELY on the grounds of etc....
So using as a word. And using those definitions..... it ABSOLUTELY is the right word to use in this instance.
We as a COX playerbase are split into 3 groups. Those that have EU accounts, those that have US accounts, and those who have both.
A decision has been made, whatever the criteria, that affects one of these groups more than the others. So like definition 1, we're being treated as a group, rather than as an individual.
Hence why we don't like it. Hence why we are using the word Discrimination.
Notice when I quoted MLK in a much earlier post I didn't post anything about the racial message he was trying to send. Just the "Aren't we all created Equal" bit. Because as paying COX customers should we all be treated equally?
The Veterancy method proposed bases it's criteria on the Individual, because everyone will have a different length of service. Hence it's NON discriminatory.
Now I agree also that to drag up EULA's and courts and laws etc is silly as to be honest nobody is going to even try to take this to court, it probably wouldn't stand up and it is to be honest just a game we're talking about.
And whatever happens I'll still be playing and won't be kicking up a stink in the European courts. LOL
The problem is, personal merit is a complete non-issue here. NCSoft/Paragon don't know you outside of very basic account information. So making a personal-merit judgment is beyond them.
Also, you've conveniently neglected some of the additional usages for "discrimination".
From Oxford
From Dictionary.comQuote:2 recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and another:discrimination between right and wrong young children have difficulties in making fine discriminations
From Merriam-WebsterQuote:the power of making fine distinctions; discriminating judgment: She chose the colors with great discrimination.
And to qualify as the other type of discrimination, one would have to somehow prove that they harbored some malicious intent towards their EU subscribers. Their stated criteria here had nothing of "Screw the EU". It was simple math. The population on the EU side was smaller and it was faster, cheaper, and easier to implement it this way.Quote:the quality or power of finely distinguishing
Also, their responses thus far have indicated that they ARE sympathetic to the concerns raised and are willing, if it's reasonable and possible, to alter their plans.
As such, proving discriminatory (in the negative connotation) is going to be a real tough sell. -
Can you post the data chunk? Once it can be gotten into Mids, it becomes MUCH easier for us armchair builders to critique your setup.
Also, for ease of reading in the future, maybe alter your default colors to red or light blue.
As for advice, I'll join my voice with the others. Look at the various hold procs (Gravitational Anchor proc for your Immob), Lockdown proc for your holds, ESPECIALLY Choking Cloud), and the Contagious Confusion proc if you're going Psi and taking WOC.
While the procs aren't guaranteed effects, they're still a big brick in your handbag of control tricks. -
Quote:For defense, most of the time I just plonk common defense IOs, rather than set pieces in there. The first two slots give the best return that way. Because I'm deliberately baking 40-ish% EndRed into most of my attacks, I'm not really that worried about the low endurance costs of my toggles.Originally Posted by Clouded
While I have your attention...
When slotting Invinc, do you go for the HO (or SHO) that provides +Def, +tohit and End Red (forget the name, enzyme perhaps)? Or do you focus on IO Sets?
However, if Enzymes are available, I'm not above abusing the HO/SHO Buff/Debuff loophole to cap out defense and gain a little extra endurance reduction, giving me room to attack like a rabbit on crack. -
I vote Freedom. You already have a marketing SG (Mid-Level Crisis) there with a big chunk of prestige. Just go whole-hog on it. I'd be willing to toss a couple billion at that.
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Quote:Will you be holding your breath as well oh Captain DOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!?Originally Posted by Capa_Devans
Currently, eh?
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Quote:That's essentially what my Inv/SS tank is. Defense cap with a nod towards recharge.Originally Posted by Clouded
Hey all.
Working on my INV/DM Tank and I'm trying to decide which direction to take his build. The most popular route is of course soft capping his S/L and E/N defense with 1-2 critters in Invinc, but I was wondering if a +recharge build would be just as effective.
The plan with +recharge would be to get Dull Pain and Hasten as close to perma as possible without gimping the build. Running around at ~3400 HP seems very appealing.
I'm not asking anyone to post a build, but I would like some discussion about the two difference routes and which one people feel is more survivable for tanking.
What about a combo of +def and +rech? Would that be effective?
Thanks!
I'd suggest building, power and IO-choice-wise for */endurance rather than */recharge to offset the endurance burden. Things like Conserve Power and Physical Perfection will help enormously too.
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Quote:Originally Posted by all_hell
No way, man. You just paid 4 inf to have someone collect your garbage. That's not a loss.
Versus vendoring it for a couple hundred inf? Fee-free? -
Quote:Not meant for you KK. But for others. Whether you list at 1 inf or 100 inf, you still pay the market minimum listing fee of 5 inf.Originally Posted by Kitsune Knight
I used to list my common salvage for just 1 inf (except a couple actually GOOD ones)
As such, if you list and sell something for 1 inf, you just lost money. -
Quote:Then do it before you log off in the evening and it'll be there the next time you log on. Nothing DEMANDS that you have to have it in your hot little hands RIGHT THAT SECOND.Originally Posted by Blue Lava
I love how people who can read DONT.
As I said -- "" When you only have a limited time to play, its worth it for me not to wait 4 minutes until my bid of 2000 is accepted ""
Then the choice to be ripped off and pay high prices is yours. And the person ripping you off? YOU.Quote:So waiting more than 10 seconds or going and running another mission while I wait is not an option I choose to use.. thus why I said what I said LOL
Just cuz I pays lots doesnt mean u haz to
Quote:PS - Always good to get a "PRO TIP" from someone registered on the forum March 2011 with 5 posts under their belt LOL Quote:PRO TIPS: Don't simply look at someone posting from their alt account and assume they're a newb. Also, note that forum registration data is NOT the same as the age of the account it is attached to. These tips should help keep you from making a fool of yourself....whoops! -
Quote:Originally Posted by sharker quint 1
pro tip: Sometimes you have to wait more then 10 secs for a bid to fill. Go do a mish or 2 and come back to collect.
oh hell naw!
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Quote:TT is an event put on at a regularly scheduled time every Tuesday on a rotating server schedule every month. So, unfortunately, there cannot be multiple times.Originally Posted by Santa_Laws
Why can there not be multiple times? I am almost never on at that time due to young one.
I'd be up for it during the day. -
Quote:In short? YES!Originally Posted by Silver Gale
"Too soon" is just an arbitrary time value to you?
"Too soon" for you may or may not be "too soon" for me. And vice versa. At that point, we're arguing over a number and not the incident itself.
Maybe I just have a higher tolerance for black humor than you do.Quote:You *honestly* can't see how "the recovery efforts have literally literally started today and the damage to the nuclear powerplants may still spiral into an additional disaster" might just possibly be "too soon"?
Some people swear and bluster when things are bad.
Some people curl up in a fetal position and try to shut it out.
Some people try to dive in and "fix" the problem.
Some people try to express themselves in some public "artistic" manner.
Some people make jokes (good or otherwise).
All of them are legitimate avenues of coping.
If you dislike someone else's method of coping with it, the problem is, and remains, yours. Deal with it.Quote:I think it's tacky, and nothing anyone has said in this thread has convinced me otherwise.
How I deal with a situation like this is UP TO ME. That's what you're failing to understand. Whether or not I agree with someone else's choice for coping is irrelevant. I recognize it for what it is, whether it offends me personally or not. And I'm adult enough to make allowances for others.Quote:It's good that you think doing the same thing for a tragedy that impacted the US would be okay, because otherwise you'd be a hypocrite. -
Quote:Mercy Island could use you right now.Originally Posted by BreakneckBecky
*runs through the Rookery. waving a stick and chasing a herd of snakes*
Hi!
I'm chasing all the snakes back to Ireland
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Which way is Ireland?
It's a bad day to be a Snake. All these guys dressed in green and screaming "BEGORRAH!" hopping down into your warrens, beating the living *AHEM* outta you with a shillelagh.
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Quote:The problem becomes, not the tragedy then, but some COMPLETELY arbitrary number in a temporal value. At that point, you can argue 100 years or 100 seconds and it's all equally meaningless.Originally Posted by Silver Gale
Do I have to specify *recent* tragedy when it should be clear from context?
You want to object to it over the issue of the tragedy? Great, fine and wonderful. You want to pull a "too soon"? Find a better reason.
Had the game been out then? Yeah. Just like you'd have seen a lot of "American Vengeance" type characters too. Ragging on people because it happens to jar YOUR sensibilities is poor form.Quote:Suppose for a moment that back in 2001, there was an European-made MMO set in the "present day" and just after September 11th someone made a character whose mutant powers awakened from the shock of losing their family in the WTC attack. Would that strike you as a normal and understandable way of dealing with what they saw in the news? -
500m.
While it's nice, it's not THAT superior to a 50. -
Quote:Caffeine! It does a body good!Originally Posted by Archiviste
Rats! At 9 PM EDT I'm all ready to fall into the arms of Morpheus...
Best of luck, and good hunting !
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Just a heads-up guys.
Tuesday, 9PM Eastern: Tanker Tuesday will be returning to Protector.
We'll be assembling by the Independence Port gate in Kings Row.
Bust out your tank and prepare to roll over everything in your path. -
Quote:My global is @Hyperstrike1 you insensitive clod!Originally Posted by morbious
on the brightside least its not a server merge
losing your global is nothing compared to having a 1 after your mains name
*Slaps morbious with a gauntlet*
I demand satisfaction!
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Quote:My point is, these hypotheticals are irrelevant to the discussion.Originally Posted by American_Angel
Nope...
...but in all honesty, do you really think someone won't finally come out with a game equal or better to City of Heroes in that time?
Or that City of Heroes 2 won't be planned by then?
We see enough DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! here already. We don't need to go borrowing more. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Hiroko
ok so my question is obviously i would rather spend 725$ then 1350$ so if i went ahead and bought the 725$ computer could i over time switch this out with that... upgrade this... basically just slowly spend money on it so i have a the really good 1350$ computer some day but in the mean time have a decent computer that i can play coh on in ultra? i guess what im looking for (the 725$ computer might be it idk) is a computer with the capability to run coh on ultra mode and have the capability to greatly upgrade it to one day have a computer that has more power then i will ever need lol
You COULD do it that way. But it'd cost you more in the long run. Unless you're talking ultra-high-end, you're always better off spending more money on better components up front than trying to band-aid-upgrade it later on, hoping for phenomenal performance.
The machine quoted for the $725 box would probably serve you just fine. But upgrading the video card to something like an nVidia GTX 560 would require you to upgrade the power supply as well. So a $240 upgrade becomes a $350-380 upgrade.
Gangrel's advice to you is good as well. -
Well, I've done about the only thing I can do short of dropping AT&T service. I've written my congresswoman.
If you guys are really as disgruntled as you seem, I'd urge you to do the same. -
Quote:Incorrect. There were financial incentives at multiple points for major carriers (not just phone companies) to build out broadband networks. Most of them took the money and ran. But the broadband was never supposed to be "free for everyone". The money was intended to make it ubiquitous (not the same thing as free), like telephone service.Originally Posted by Durakken
#1. The US government paid to have broadband free for everyone years ago... the phone companies took it and didn't build it
You can try. But they'll simply point back to the user agreement. Especially the part that allows them to modify it whenever the hell they like. Which is, essentially, allowing them to DO whatever they like.Quote:#2. You pay for higher speeds with the intent of the contract of getting more and/or faster. One can sue over these data caps because the intent is not being honored. Theoretically there is already a data cap and one could view that data cap as what they are paying for and not the actual speed.
People's only real recourse is to switch providers.
Realistically NOBODY could provide this kind of service for everyone. Not without charging the real cost of the line. There's ALWAYS going to be some bit of oversell on circuits.Quote:12Mbps x 60x60x24x30 = 3,796.875 GB/month should be my bandwidth cap.
949.2187 GB/month should be the cap of the 3Mbps people.
Realistically some significant percentage of your total upload speed's true bandwidth allotment should be used as your cap. But For people on a 12Mb service, less than 4% of your total promised bandwidth allotment is downright criminal.
I'm paying for the 6Mb service, some I'm inching closer to 8% utilization. But still criminal. -
Quote:Wrong. They're not capping "all" usage. Merely usage of any services not directly provided from within their network. Their television service doesn't count against the cap. Their own in-house video on demand service doesn't count against the cap either.Originally Posted by QuiJon
Also keep in mind, kinda like comcast got smacked down for on the whole capping or blocking file sharing, this is yet another way to address this issue. Yet now rather then capping a specific function that comcast got smacked in court for, they are simply imposing caps on all usage to end run around that.
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Quote:Bullcrap. It's neither yours nor my fault that these idiots under-built and over-sold their network to this degree.Originally Posted by QuiJon
Ummmm i would argue that yes it is our fault. Yours and mine
And I repeat, BULLCRAP. Again, neither we, nor Google/etc should be held for ransom just because AT&T under-spec'ed and over-promised.Quote:collectively we ******* and moaned about the net netruality issues, made our voices known that we didnt care for the idea of throttling back content providers etc.
The very fact that they were selling different tiers of service should tip you off that this is nothing more than a bald cash grab.
Essentially this is just a nudge back in the direction of pay-per-bit.
