Hyperstrike
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Quote:http://www.ratpadz.comOriginally Posted by Pollyanna Matronic
Thanks for the compliments on the cube! It'll be at the Player Summit, where I'll be squeezing it maniacally.
I am a mouse pad destroyer. I just slaughter the things, and I have no idea how. So I finally gave up, and now I tape a piece of paper to my desk and use it until I wear through it.
Erm...I mean...there are top secret documents in there.
They're currently reworking the site at the moment (should be up on Thursday).
You'd be VERY hard-pressed to destroy one of them. I've had one of their originals (what's the XT now) for roughly a decade. They're tough as hell.
The GS (a cheaper version made from injection-molded plastic) is roughly $15. The XT (which would be preferable) is $25.
Note: The newer ones are a little different than what I have now. The new versions are a bit less slick (but don't warp the way my original did). But if you take a little Pledge to the surface first thing, it's perfect. -
Quote:Originally Posted by RoentgenStorm
Man, I wish Paragon Studios would make CoH Eyefinity compatible.
With the way the engine currently works that wouldn't be a very good idea at all.
Basically what happens now is that it renders at 4x3 resolution for whatever the width of the resolution is and simply crops the top and bottom.
Here's what my game looks like at 1920x1080 unzoomed.
Click on it for full size.
Now, this is going to break the formatting of the page but this is what it'd look like were you to stretch it with Eyefinity.
You'd have to play WAAAAY the hell zoomed out to see any sort of character detail whatsoever.
Yeah. Shipping alone would cost several times whatever the cost of the desk is. Those suckers are heavy duty (emphasis on "heavy").Quote:Originally Posted by Zwillinger
FYI, just a quick perusal of the Bay Area CL showed 5 of them for sale. Maybe you could negotiate shipping
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Quote:Originally Posted by Torment And Agony
Some of you have a lot of power trays open - are you familiar with the magic of "popmenus"?
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...hlight=popmenu
Yes. But that adds to the number of clicks. And in an effects heavy fight, it's REALLY easy to lose the mouse pointer. -
Quote:I'm using 3rd party buttons.Originally Posted by Justice29
Heya Hyper. I have to ask...please don't flame me!! As you know, I'm still relatively fresh off my 3+ year absence. What are the powers in your third tray? I see the Pocket D teleporter at the end, perhaps the Crey Pistol in there...and what looks like a couple of teleport powers at numbers 7 and 8 (not sure about that though), but in those other slots are ones I've never seen. Can you (or someone else) explain what they are? Thanks much.
Tray 3:
- Mystic Fortune
- Secondary Mutation
- Sprint
- Eye of the Magus (*)
- Geas of the Kind Ones (* Use these two as a kind of pseudo-godmode)
- Crey CBX-9 Pistol (Need to actually take this one off. I never use it.)
- SG Teleport
- Mission TP
- Oro Portal
- Pocket D VIP pass
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Put it this way. If we wanted to see a cleanup/spruce up effort like this, we'd have to do it in three steps.
- Actually come up with a specification for a cleanup/spruce up mandate. Not just "fix it all". There'd have to be goals, milestones, etc. A real project spec document would need to be drawn up, plans for how to achieve it and everything.
- Get NC/Paragon to agree to abide the project spec/mandate if we can put the capital together. They'd have to cite us a number with a $ in front of it as a target budget. There'd be a contract and everything.
- We would actually fund the mandate (Kickstarter, etc).
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Quote:Yes. This might be the shot in the arm PVP would need to at least be more healthy in the game. *I* still won't play. But I'm not really against others who find it entertaining being thrown a bone.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
And I'm hopeful that if we manage to get crossshard teaming implemented, that the PVP system would end up being low hanging fruit.
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Quote:I dunno. Maybe if the two players are more or less equally threatening to one another, then the contest is decided on pure skill, rather than "Me and my 40-billion build vs you and your 1-billion build"Originally Posted by The_Masque
There is no such thing as balance in any competitive game. If there was there would no point in playing.
Yes. Some people would ***** regardless.
Again. Skill. It modifies that base 50/50 chance. But I can see some people holding their precious "uber" build to their chest like a child going "NOOOOOOOOO!"Quote:If there was a 50/50 chance of me winning in a fight no matter what, then why would I even want to compete.
The big pain in the butt for PVP is that it's essentially an almost completely different game than the PVE environment. Almost nothing works the same. And, as you said, there's no tutorial for it. In game, there's the intro mission, the various training arcs, etc.
In PVP it's "Toss them into the shark tank and see if they can learn to swim in time".
At least for me, that's a "Howsabout HELL THE **** NO?" proposition. -
WHY U GIV US FREE STUFFZ!
IZ SLAP IN FAYCE! -
Liberty holding regular runs of their own?
The multi-server group is on Virtue tonight and Liberty next week.
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Quote:Yep.Originally Posted by Coulomb2
For real?!
"Random" can mean "Randomly crappy for a long, continuous stretch" too. Maybe on a long run of 10,000 rolls it might even out. But I'm not quite sure I have the stamina to run the arcs that much to test.Quote:The odds of that are actually 0.001%. Wow. Just wow. (EDIT: But to be fair, the odds I'd get four rares in a row were half that...)
I'll be keeping a close eye on it too, and trying not to let my disgust with the situation get the better of...Quote:Hmm ... most of my testing on beta implied astrals to emps were about 2/3 to 1/3, but ever since they introduced Gabriel, I've noticed that I'm getting *very* long strings of astrals and almost no empyreans. I must admit I'm starting to get a little suspicious that they actually stealth nerfed the merit roll in response to the "guaranteed" merits Gabriel gives. I might actually start tracking merit rolls in the near future to see - at the moment I've got way too little data to draw any real conclusions.
(I'll post the real update a bit later today).
*BLAM!*
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ARRRRRRRRGH!!!!
KILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whoops! Sorry. Slipped for a second there.
Just got the mid-point table for the Dream Doctor arc. Common.
Le sigh.
Second table. Astral Merits.
04-18-12
Another component table. Another common. -
40 reward tables taken for the component thus far. Nothing greater than common.
10 reward tables taken for the Merit(s). 8 2xAstrals, 2 Emps. -
My main system is a desktop.
I do, however, have a laptop for the long overnight shifts I pull on weekends. It's not as powerful or functional as my desktop machine. But it works for gaming, some streaming video, etc. -
As a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th slotting in the power?
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A few things holding me back from watching this.
- No cable (I barely ever watch any television anymore so I don't need cable.)
- Deep loathing for "SyFy" as a channel.
- This series just never really "grabbed" me on the few chances I DID get to see it.
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Quote:What makes a man turn...Neutral...Originally Posted by Ironblade
So, your argument is that it MIGHT be?
umm.... The position you're arguing is "maybe"?
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Quote:Try again. I said ONE of the points I raised is straight-line accounting.Originally Posted by Mazey
You just said that it was a complex issue. And now you're saying it's simple enough to work out quickly with accounting.
No. I'm simply making a point, whether "compensation" as you call it needs to be documented and accounted for. Whether it happens to be in cash, services, or goods (real or virtual).Quote:What? That doesn't even make sense.
You're just randomly repeating other people.
English comphrehension please. You have yet to supply a cogent reason why giving something to the users as compensation for downtime makes any real sense from Paragon's POV.Quote:There's no should about it.
Why do you keep forcing words into my mouth?
I'm not saying YOU are saying Paragon "should" or "must" do this. Merely that you supply a reason that doesn't take massive quantities of alcohol and mind altering drugs to actually accept.
This question is designed to help you formulate an acceptable answer. Which you have to do.
Yet when I said that "You are not entitled to 720 hours a month of gaming.Quote:NCSoft are under no obligation to compensate us in any manner. None what so ever. I've said this repeatedly.
YOUR first response was
Quote:Originally Posted by Mazey
No, but maybe we should be.And I'm saying I fail to see the business case.Quote:My argument has never been that they "should" compensate us, but that it might be good business sense to do so. -
Quote:Your end of the argument consists of:Originally Posted by Mazey
You, on the other hand, have been very clear-cut in your position that it would harm them financially.
Where exactly is your complex world there? You seem to think it's actually very simple.
- Self-entitled players feel slighted and demand compensation
- Paragon caves in the nebulous name of "good will".
- ????
- PROFIT!
My end of the argument is mathematics and accounting.
The fish was all yours.Quote:Wow, red herring or what?
I never said that compensation wouldn't cost them, in fact I said the exact opposite (so, please try to learn to read before responding in future).
Please try to keep your end of the argument straight.
Not that fiddling with someone's bill date won't mess with their in-game rewards.Quote:The fact that it isn't monetary compensation is important because, even though it will still cost them money, it won't cost them, to quote yourself "several thousand MORE in transaction fees".
Not that this, or compensation through points doesn't have to be accounted for...
Nope! Uh uh!
Strawmen unite!Quote:I never once said that somehow it would magically cost them nothing because it was "just gametime". That's something you made up.
Look at what I said. Why should Paragon eat ANY costs? PERIOD. I simply gave ONE example. Then you ran with it and tried to mutate it into me saying that's what you were arguing.
I'm too tired to deal with this anymore today.
Maybe when you're actually clear on the concept of what you're talking about we can actually discuss this. I have no intention of getting into a further shouting match with someone who is going to attempt to "win" a discussion with such dishonest rhetorical style. -
Quote:No. I'm pointing out that the entire line of "reasoning" (and I'm being kind) is wrong.Originally Posted by Mazey
Why are you so desperate to insist that I'm going "I want compensation, I want it! Wah wah wah!!!"? I'm not.
Would I like compensation for unexpected downtime? Of course I would, I'd guess you wouldn't mind it either, but I don't care that much.
I'm not making this argument for myself, I making it to point out how it could very well be good business sense for NCSoft.
If the world was as simplistic as "We give people free stuff and they like us so much they spend even more", Paragon would be swimming in cash from free outlay.
Unfortunately, reality is a great deal more complex than this and the social interactions are nowhere near as clear-cut.
Oh! This again.Quote:The only people who've brought up monetary compensation are your crowd.
So now, with the talk about "compensation", you're now going to try freighting the goalposts for all you're worth.
Compensation, at its base is all money regardless of if you're talking hard cash, points, etc.
At some point it still costs and the outlay has to be accounted for. Pretending that it doesn't changes nothing.Quote:The argument is not for NCSoft to do anything that would have transaction costs, the argument is that they do something that they have full control over themselves. -
Quote:Originally Posted by eth_Nargy
Baldy! Baldy!
It was a race between gray and bald.
Gray showed up in a V6 Mustang.
Bald showed up in a McLaren F1.
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Quote:Okay. TankerTuesday.com updated.Originally Posted by NuclearMedicine
Don't you mean "set up so TT will happen" that weekend. There's enough of us TT regulars that we could get one going at the summit.
...and I'm sure there was no Rangle Plotting™ involved...
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English does not borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, hits them over the head, and rifles through their pockets for loose grammar.
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Quote:Someone calls me "bro" they get tased.Originally Posted by Xzero45
Nowadays, nope. It's like dude, man, homie, bro, etc.
Buncha old people in here, I tell ya.
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Quote:Sorry. Not going to let you off lightly on this.Originally Posted by Mazey
I never said I was losing anything over it.
BULLSCHNITZEL!
Then entirety of the "compensation" argument stems from supposition that one has lost or been deprived of something.
So please don't try to wrangle your way out on a "not my exact verbiage" technicality.
By tossing out MORE money? Needlessly?Quote:You're right, NCSoft are the ones losing the most, so why on Earth wouldn't they try and use the opportunity to recover some of that loss by inspiring customer loyalty?
You're kidding right?
You're comparing the loss of MAYBE $1 MAX in the last 4 years on a per-person basis to Paragon spending out tens of thousands of dollars to give people back a couple cents, PLUS several times that in transaction costs.Quote:Ah yes, the "hit" of grateful customers, the poor poor people at Paragon.
Sorry, but trying to convince Paragon that spending out several tens of thousands in "reimbursements" plus several thousand MORE in transaction fees, just to keep "goodwill" is the equivalent of putting a bun, onions and mustard on a turd and trying to convince them it's a brat.Quote:The desire for money isn't a convincing argument for a company?
I'm living in a nice little place called "reality". Lemme know when you get sick of fantasy land kiddo.Quote:What dimension are you living in again, and are you drinking the Cole-Aid there? -
Quote:As soon as you can find me an MMO that gives you an SLA 100% uptime and you're not paying through the nose and out the *** for it, let me know.Originally Posted by Mazey
No, but maybe we should be.
No. My post didn't say "shut up" anyplace. It simply made the point that you're not entitled to compensation for dowtime. Please stop injecting argumentative spin on factual conversations. It's rude and serves no purpose.Quote:All these posts going "You're not entitled to anything, shut up." are completely missing the point.
Why? For a miniscule fraction our whopping $15 a month?Quote:No, we're not entitled to that at all, but maybe we should be, maybe NCSoft should make a promise against unexpected down-time.
Every second they're down you're missing out on a chance that you're paying a massive $0.0000056 to $0.0000057 for! An astronomical TWO CENTS AN HOUR!
Question. How much money have you lost because you were sleeping instead of playing? Or working? Or doing something for entertainment OTHER than the game?
Honestly. If the value of the unplanned downtime in the last four years I've been playing (including maintenances/upgrades that have "run long") equal a solid buck ($1.00), I'd be shocked.
The discussion itself isn't productive.Quote:They want our money, and time and time again its be proven that people are more willing to give money to people and businesses they trust.
Shutting down the discussion before that's even properly considered is completely counter productive.
Well, it produces pissing matches. But nothing else...
If you think you are losing big money over this, think about what Paragon/NCSoft are losing. Instead of keeping staff working on other things, they're forced to pull them off that (sometimes at odd, overtime-bearing hours) and make them work on "Get it back up NAO!"
Why should Paragon take the hit?
Sorry, but "becuz they want our phat loot" isn't a convincing argument.
