Lemur Lad
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People send me the coolest avatars sometimes. I love this one. Ty to MrsAlphaOne for this one
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Quote:They recently shifted the regular window a few hours earlier, and people are still complaining, so no.Originally Posted by RiOTWRAiTH
OP, i feel yer pain.
I think we can all agree that we would all pay 5 more cents a month if it gave them dough enough to get someone outta bed a couple hours earlier to come in and put the monkeys through they're paces before we start waking up and loggin in.
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While there may not be more than one Sapper in a group, there's another issue that crops up with Malta on enhanced settings, particularly if solo. I can't remember their exact name, but one of the more common Lts makes regular use of a Taser attack from melee range, and that has a hefty end drain. There may be only one Sapper, but 2 or 3 of those guys hitting you is almost as bad.
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Quote:You're misunderstanding. The Base Raids that were active for a while were not true Base Raids. They were Practice Raids. Practice raids had no destruction, however under the system of Holding IoPs and defending them, and having a scheduled window for Open raiding, the destruction was supposed to be permanent.Originally Posted by painfullvirus
Not to point you out but i see this thought often when base raids are brought up.
I was an avid base raider when they were still active and all items in your base that were destroyed were only destroyed during the raid, as soon as the raid is over everything was back to normal. You dont have to spend prestige to fix things because everything reset after the match ended. -
Quote:Originally Posted by eryq2
When new people join this game and ask a general question about an AT or a build, and the replies are like this...... 1)"Be more specific", 2)"What are you looking for", 3)"We need more information about your play style"....
1) How specific to people expect a NEW player to be about an AT they know nothing about?
2) Do "experienced" players REALLY expect a NEW player to know if they need more recharge as opposed to more damage or accuracy or if they need more resist than def?
3) I doubt the NEW players even have a playstyle to say if they prefer to solo or team, mish or farm, rather play a tank or troller if they haven't played every AT available.
I seen a post by someone with 12 posts and just joined this month ask for a list of powers he should choose or skip for a Fire/Dark Corruptor. Now as exp. players, we know about which powers may be better picked than others. Instead of seeing this is a new player and giving some GENERAL info, he gets replies like the ones above. I mean, really?
That's all. Flame, reply, give your thoughts if ya wanna.
So you're trying to tell me we should read minds? Or spend several paragraphs talking about what I like when that would be meaningless to someone who likes different stuff?
I'm always going to try to get information about what someone likes before I try to tell them what is best for them. If you don't like it, you know where the Report post button is. If the mods don't like it, fine. But until then, you post how you like, and I'll post how I like. -
We've been told it's godawful hard for the devs to make custscenes with the tools they have, and it's unlikely there will ever be a way to make a tool for AE arcs to do it.
For my part, I'm glad. Cutscenes in this game are 99.9% of the time intrusive and don't add anything to the story. -
Quote:God don't remind me. I've been blocking that.Originally Posted by srmalloy
Or the 'random civilian comment' feature that really needs to have a completely separate choice list for Cimerora, so you don't get things like random Cimeroran citizens wandering by and commenting on how [insert name here] saved them all from the Rikti invasions...
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Wishful thinking as far as announced changes goes.
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Quote:I agree with you, but you missed the biggest issues.Originally Posted by Sigium
/no no no no
Why is it that when ANYONE posts the 'latest and greatest' way to 'efficiently implement vehicles' it's always ignoring the most basic of questions and mechanical setbacks?!
How does it strafe? How does it turn like we do? How does it go into buildings? And if it just goes to 'Legacy Power' then why is my Kung Fu character flying in the air like some magic guy?!
How does combat work? How will this affect load times? How will I zone? How does it enter/exit? What happens if I'm attacked? Can I drink coffee while on my vehicle?
These are serious questions.
How do vehicles dynamically orient themselves when moving over angles surfaces.
How do they solve the need for realistic acceleration/deceleration? You can kind of handle one with Drift from Flying, but as of now, when you start moving, you're going max speed. That's not particularly immersion breaking for a superpower, but it would become so for vehicles. -
Quote:Vanguard Medal doesn't increase Magnitude of effects, just duration. The only click that increases Magnitude is Domination. Overpower for Controllers just gives a potential chance for a Critical.Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
Recharge and range are probably too unbalancing to make accessible by inspiration (particularly recharge), but I find myself intrigued by the idea of an inspiration that increases the magnitude of status effects (sort of a one-use version of the Vanguard Medal). I think it'd have to be available only as a drop, not to be bought from contacts, and I've no idea what they'd call it or what color it'd be. (And, being an Energy Blaster who's fed up with people constantly whining about Knockback, I'd want it to increase KB magnitude as well.
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As for ideas for Inspirations, I like the idea of expanding them and even started a thread on it recently. I don't think Global bonuses are the way to go though, rather specific buffs dropped on specific powers. -
I don't feel that Global Recharge Inspires are balanced, and I addressed some solutions for that in this suggestion a couple of weeks ago.
In short, enhancing global recharge through a stackable Inspire would end up being pretty broken. Too many powers would have to be changed so that they couldn't be abused with them.
Just like IO sets with recharge bonuses, these Inspires would instantly become the "best" and no one would want anything else and prices would skyrocket on the market.
I'm not downing your suggestion just because I like mine better. I really feel the Inspiration system needs a boost, but Global Recharge isn't the answer. -
WoW uses this extensively and it's something that was introduced after I stopped playing, but it sounds interesting.
I'm not a fan of using it for Contacts, Zones and Missions, but it would be cool to wildly expand Invisibility, Perception, and Phasing powers into something that would be a lot less marginal than they are now.
There are too many powers that are considered useless outside PvP. It would be a lot more fun to have some kind of use for them in PvE. Phasing powers, that unphase phased enemies, a phasing system that keeps you in a phased realm where you can attack phased enemies needed for a mission. A Day Job or Empowerment buff that lets you see clues in open zones, hidden by the phasing tech. Interact with them and they lead to a new kind of Pick Up mission, similar to Scanner/Newspapers (in terms of involvement and length) but with interesting choices and rewards that can lead to unlockable contacts.
There are ways to make it work in this game and revive some aspects that aren't that exciting now. There's no need to directly mirror the WoW system, since their game is technically different and designed to handle it. -
Quote:Not quite. In order for Base Raiding to work, Bases had to be reworked, because the bugs were extensive. When the PvP changes were made, we were told that they were the first step in a 3 phase program of PvP revamps. Phase 1 was for Arena/Duels. Phase 2 was Bases. Phase 3 was PvP zones. (2 and 3 may be reversed)Originally Posted by Carnifax
Base Raids are a weird one. For them to work PvP apparently had to be reworked. PvP got reworked (and a hell of a lot of PvPers left) but the Raids never came back.
They weren't just waiting to make the changes to bring them back, they need to make some heavy tech changes to get a reliably working system.
Considering the reaction to Phase 1, I'm nearly certain Phase 2 and 3 are on hold while they make careful decisions about how they want to proceed. -
Whenever I am given a long download, I find that restarting the patcher often fixes the problem for whatever reason.
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Quote:That's only one reason. Photon gave another. The main one though is there are a lot of holes in different spots in the structure of PD, and to prevent a lot of issues with people getting stuck or being stuck, it was decided to lock down the power instead of spending a lot more time tweaking the map.Originally Posted by DocArcus
The reason it's there is to keep people from TPing their friends into the Tiki Club when they don't have the pass to get in.
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Quote:This is just about the worst time, apart from during or right after the event itself. Sometime in the Spring/Summer is usually best.Originally Posted by Rodoan
that reminds me, must dump last year's excess halloween masks into WW/BM right away.
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Who decided it needs to be changed? Intelligent people can tell the difference between discrimination and expedience. Others get bogged down in minutiae instead of dealing with real issues.
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Quote:How is it important? I'd consider it far more rude to be asked if I were male or female than I would for someone to get it wrong inadvertently. If someone makes a mistake, then I politely correct them, and we move on. Getting on someone's case for the vagaries of language that are beyond their control, or an honest mistake? That's bad etiquette, not assuming most players are male unless being told otherwise.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
It's important team etiquette to not assume everyone on the team is male
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Quote:Slippery Slope argument? Really? Weak point is weak.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
So are you saying minorities should be ignored? Be careful how you answer that
And while it might not be a major deal, these small things do add up.
It's the 21st century. Women are more respected and equal than at any other time in history, and it's because the true movers and shakers on the equality front DON'T get bogged down in semantics. Hate speech and discriminatory speech and policies are clear and obvious, and should be stopped. Using words in a commonly accepted way in a discussion that has nothing to do with the topic of sexual equality should be accepted for what they are.
Don't hate the player, hate the game. Sam's just using the language we have. Unless you can come up with something better and get it approved by society at large, all you're doing by pointing it out is weakening your stance.
It's a game forum and we're talking about the game and how to respect people in it. Stop trying to disrespect someone for something they're clearly not doing. It demeans you. -
More on point for the thread:
I try to work on two guidelines (not rules) when I team. When someone else is in charge, I try to follow their lead and support with suggestions. When I'm in charge, I try to make it clear what my expectations are, so my teammates don't have to guess about whether I want glowies, etc. -
Quote:And it's perfectly clear you're trying to derail the thread. Want respect for being a female player and poster? Participate in the discussion instead of trying to troll it.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Yes, it's perfectly clear that you find it easier to assume regard men as the "defaut setting" for humans.
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Mace/Shield Brute from 35 to 38 AoE machine, RAWR
Earth/Elec Dominator from 30 to 32 yay new Crystal d00d!
Plant/Rad Controller from 41 to 44 I love this guy
BS/Elec Scrapper from 12 to 22 on a single Posi run, yay for exemping rules!
Several lowbies to 12
Most of those characters are pacted, so the girlfriend has several new Present Levels when she's feeling better. She has been sick
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Quote:I really had to type "the guy flying in Granite" as part of that sentence for it to make sense in the context of this discussion? Really?Originally Posted by Vanden
Pff, I could fake that easily. Replace the Enrage icon with the Group Fly symbol, pop a bunch of reds, bam, 18-stacked Group Fly buff image.
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Quote:I highly doubt flypose emotes have even been made for the model. It would be like a lot of emotes you might try with a Shield out, just wouldn't work.Originally Posted by Blood Spectre
I'll say it again. I'm not buying it till I see a Granite doing a Flypose emote.
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Quote:You're just holding out until I invite you. I can tell.
Last time I joined a team was like seven months ago