Ironblade

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Pimpstress_Bambi View Post
    To turn around your question, if I were in your Supergroup, why should you have the right to take all the prestige I helped earn and the base I helped pay for to a different server than the one I choose to play on?
    Why "should" I have the right? If I'm superleader, I have complete and total control already. I could kick everyone from the SG and they would have ZERO recourse. The superleader has DE FACTO ultimate control and decision-making capability.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by BBQ_Pork View Post
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you get your transfer intercepted, isn't it more a case of doing it wrong than a case of the interceptor knowing what to look for and doing it deliberately?
    Short answer: Yes.
    Longer answer: If someone is actively trying to intercept transfers, they may catch some that weren't done COMPLETELY cluelessly, just 'kind of' cluelessly.

    I've never had one intercepted. And I don't expect to be doing any for a while now. "Free servers transfers? Load up the influence mule and send him on a tour of the servers where I play!"
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kierthos View Post
    Ostensibly, if someone has a lot of positive rep points, it means that they are making posts that people approve of, whether for factual and necessary information, witty commentary, etc. Likewise, if someone has a lot of negative rep, you can probably assume that they're known for being a jerk, troll, etc., and to take their posts with a grain of salt.
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    Originally Posted by Westley View Post
    The reality, however, is that none of that's true. The mods have even explicitly STATED that reputation is now a "forum game", which is why I have mine turned off.
    Well, SOME of it is kind of true. If someone has a lot of green rep it generally means either 1) people like them, 2) people find them helpful, or 3) they farmed it. If someone has a lot of red rep, it generally means either 1) they got it on purpose for kicks, 2) they're a jerk, or 3) a jerk with a lot of jerk friends decided to massively -rep them.

    What the mods have stated about forum rep is, of course, meaningless. End users will always do unexpected things and form their own judgments regardless of the 'official position'.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Red Valkyrja View Post
    No, I've DC'd while checking the market when I had 2GIG's of system RAM, especially after being on for a while.
    Same here. The game has a memory leak. I can sit there and watch the usage in Task Manager gradually climb.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Scene_EU View Post
    I totally agree. I've experienced the same thing in IT for the last ...... years. Last to get thanked, first to get smited (smote?).
    Smitten? No, wait, that has a different meaning.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Premonitions View Post
    This is why a system that allows two people to have the same name works.

    Your right to pick a name currently hinders mine because if you get it first, I can't have it. Whereas if we both have the same right, noone is disadvantaged. Excluding of course the people who want to be special snowflakes, and be the only one who has SUPERAWESOMENAME.They don't realize that's like forcing everyone in town to cut their hair short because you're the ONLY one who can have it long.
    Actually, we *DO* realize the implications and results of non-unique names.
    And we STILL think the idea sucks like a tornado.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mental_Giant View Post
    End Game content is an unqualified good.
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    Originally Posted by Sailboat View Post
    With the qualification that it renders current 50s substandard until they have gone through it.
    Firstly, you're ASSUMING it will have that effect.
    Secondly, there is already so much variety in powersets, builds and IO'ing that most currently existing 50's *ARE* substandard when compared to others.


    I second the position that End Game content is an unqualified good. The fact that people can IMAGINE problems with a system they know nothing about is meaningless.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fury Flechette View Post
    2. No more big bag of hitpoints as the big challenge. I really don't want to see a repeat of the Khan TF in any form.
    Fair enough, but I have no problem with them having done it once. Even if they come up with something else that seems contrived/annoying, as long as it's NEW and DIFFERENT and they only do it ONCE, I'm cool with it.


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    4. No to raiding culture. I'd rather not see something implemented here like there is in WoW: Application into various tiers of guild based on gear and then ascension into a higher level guild once you've gotten gear of that particular dungeon. Teamspeak and voice chat are absolutely required and raid leaders who can, at times, be tyrannical. I realize I'm very broadly generalizing and putting forward a caricature of guilds in WoW, but I've heard enough bad stories from real players that I'd rather not see that implemented here.
    There's really two separate issues here. One of them is the whole loot business where you need the right gear to do certain content and you need to grind certain content to get the gear, etc. This is bad.

    On the other hand, I think we do need more raids - as in any activity that requires more than a single team. Hamidon really isn't very popular. The RWZ raids seem to me to be a great success, but it's just one raid. We need more group stuff, preferably with more flexibility. Hamidon is too complicated and requires too many people.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Pimpstress_Bambi View Post
    that was just my thought on the free server transfers it's like they were encouraging people to move. That doesn't help the slower servers.
    The servers are machines. Many PLAYERS wanted to move characters around and were given the opportunity to do it at no cost. Move or don't, but it's your choice. A choice that can be made without incurring any expense, at the moment.
  10. Neither does a level pact, per se. You're either high enough level for a TF or you're not. SSK and pacts don't change that.
  11. Ironblade

    The Television

    You get dragged into the television to be Dean Stockwell's replacement.
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Organica View Post
    I think I collected over a billion last Saturday when I checked on all of my toons, but I doubt I'm going to make anything like that much this week.
    Yep. Unless you keep a log (which I don't), it's really hard to estimate a long-term average.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    I have dark/dark tank (with Stamina) who runs *TEN* toggles. Without IO's, that would be a horrific task.
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    Originally Posted by Werner View Post
    I run *ELEVEN* toggles on my Katana/Dark Armor Scrapper. Who's got twelve?
    I could have gotten more, but I didn't know it was a bidding war.

    Didn't someone create a hero named Toggle Man?
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by NordBlast View Post
    Gladiators are to play Pokemon inside of CoX
    You beat me to it. My answer was going to be "You just earned another Pokemon."
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ten__ View Post

    It might be worth noting that using the default built-in PrintScreen function of City of Heroes not only saves a screenshot without the user interface (if you have it set that way) in the screenshots folder but also copies a bitmap screenshot with the user interface showing in the Windows clipboard. You can then paste it from there into any other application you like.
    You can turn the user interface on or off (affecting screenshots only).
    On: /screenshotui 1
    Off: /screenshotui 0
  16. Ironblade

    Taking Pictures

    If by "third party" you mean from a different camera angle, i.e. showing the front of your character, yes.

    Press and hold the center mouse button (if you have one) and use the mouse to move your camera angle. Or, press and hold the PAGE UP key and use the mouse to move your camera angle. Press PAGE DOWN to reset it.

    If you're on a Mac, I can't help you.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    Actually, there are some auras that get drawn before their avatar is and you can see disembodies auras at a distance.
    Yeah, there are a few things that are visible at epic distances. One is the Christmas presents - you can spot them from tremendous distances. Another is the Icon sign. I can see the sign clearly (well, I can't READ it, but I can see it) from the Steel Canyon green line.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by KingSnake View Post
    Heh. My computer is my one thing i spurge on.
    EWWWW

    I think the word you wanted is 'splurge'.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ransim View Post
    Yeah I seem to vaguely remember this being a bug in the past that was fixed once before.
    Well, let's hope it gets fixed again.
    I've PM'ed Arbiter Kim about it to make sure the devs are aware.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Slax View Post
    Psoma!!!!!!!!!!!
    No, the name says it's Not Psoma.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
    AFK farming for redside PvP recipe drops using a MM and a Regen or WP scrapper would be an example of botting.
    No, it would not. The only definition of botting that matters is this one (from the official post):
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    If you use “third party applications that control your game play”—which is the literal definition of “bots”—you will lose your account, and nothing you say will get it back.
    This is NCSoft's definition of botting and the one that will apply in their investigations and enforcement.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Another_Fan View Post
    The poor are poor because they want to be ?
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    Originally Posted by DSorrow View Post
    Not exactly, but pretty much. They're not poor because they want to be poor, they're poor because they choose to be poor.
    EXACTLY.
    There is no "I lost my job.", "I had a long-term illness.", "My car was stolen." There are no external factors to make someone poor.
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Werner View Post
    As a Regen Scrapper, prevailing wisdom is to slot for recharge, recharge, MORE recharge, and then defense. Don't bother with +regen except as happens accidentally. Don't bother with +hit points except as happens accidentally (you "need" just enough to be at the hit point cap with accolades and Dull Pain). Definitely don't bother with +heal.
    I agree completely. My BS/regen is my only purpled toon and recharge was my priority (after a little +recovery to handle endurance issues). My main limiting factors were that he can only slot 3 different purple sets and can only slot 3 LotG +recharge.
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by wudake View Post
    For example, I've started a */Regeneration Scrapper and I'm looking ahead to set inventions. Is it overkill to slot all the +Regen, +Heal, +Recovery I can fit or maybe consider defense/resistance?
    Each aspect is a separate question.
    +regen - Not a bad plan. In my opinion though, you've already got so much that the improvement will not be dramatic.

    +heal - Bad idea. Increasing the healing effect will not apply to Reconstruction since it gives resistance. It won't apply to Integration, Fast Healing or Instant Healing because they are not "heal" powers; they are "regen" powers. It would only help Dull Pain.

    +recovery - Now we come to your 'hole' question. Are you having endurance issues, even after slotting end reduction? If so, that is a hole in the build and IO's can fix it.


    You really need to evaluate each build on its own merits and ask: Does it have any problems and can IO's address that problem effectively?

    +recovery can do amazing things for a toon that actually needs it. I have an empathy defender who runs 5 toggles in combat without Stamina. This is achieved by a combination of end reduction from IO sets and +recovery bonuses. I have dark/dark tank (with Stamina) who runs *TEN* toggles. Without IO's, that would be a horrific task.

    For another example, I have an invuln tank with his resistances maxed out and no 'holes' except for psi damage. With IO's, I saw two routes to take: boost defense or boost regeneration. I went with regen since healing yourself is the universal defense vs all damage types. He has +HP bonuses, can cap his HP with Dull Pain and has 300% regen. He can survive psi enemies and absolutely laugh at enemies using smashing/lethal.


    Basically, you need to be familiar with the build and be able to ask yourself what annoys you the most about it. If there are no major issues, the next question is, "What would make the character even more fun?"