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I only played a Thug MM for like 5 minutes but...the thug pets/henchmen are REALLY slow...I was waiting like a minute or two for my henchmen to get caught up to me to fight a Longbow boss.

I was using flight and was stopping every now and then so it wasn't like I was just SuperSpeed'ing away from them...

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They do seem to have a horrible time keeping up. Even with just sprint on they're always lagging far behind.

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QFT. Use those legs boys!

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Well at least it gives me time to finish this.. BIG [censored] DOWNLOAD you people dropped on us. Give a dial up girl a warning.

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Ewww, I thought continued dialup existence was just a myth. Like Bigfoot or honesty in government.

*empathy*

Something funny I noticed - power sink was draining MUCH more end than the /energy equivalent (energy drain?). So much so that one of them *must* be bugged, that or the lag was just causing all my energy drains to miss. Power sink would take off about half a hero's end, energy drain wouldn't even take a noticeable chunk.

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I just realized that we not only got Immob and KB protection... but that we got passive Immob and KB protection!!!! That is so awesome.

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Also very excited..this is all the set really needed imho. I'll deal just fine without the heal & toxic def/res. Go _castle_ & bearing good news! (Now how about those PP pet powers eh? )

Well, were the PPs at all useful in helping you get from 41 to 50?

I'm sure this has been said many times (I haven't had time to read the whole thread yet...), but it's worth saying again: the exit/entrance to the villain base is IDIOTIC!

The whole "boxed in" thing allows for no kind of strategic maneuvering, and not much hope at all for someone without a stealth power (joyfully my temp stealth power ran out just in time to get me mauled!) to get by the hero campings. I wanted to just check out the area tourist style last night, but I couldn't get past the 20-30 heroes camping the villain base (with its 6-ish villains).

I'm sure (or at least I'd like to be) that the camping won't be as bad on live...but still, the whole "corridor of death" is kinda stupid.

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Otherwise, the holds are a bit of a let down.

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Sounds about right, actually.

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Gotta love my selective hearing.

I'm wondering if a lot of the "trouble lining up cones" stuff I have heard is related to lag - it was pretty bad when I was on last night, and definitely messed up many of my JL cones.

The ones that did hit looked noticeably larger than Shadow Maul - perhaps about the same size as Ripper.

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Anyone have any values for Dominators?

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Doms:

Power Sink: 16.25 end, 2 min recharge
Charged Armor: 1end/sec, 4s recharge
Ball Lightning: 25.5 energy dot, 19end, 32s recharge
Summon Guardian: 26 end, 4min duration, 15 min recharge

must...download....pretty
can't watch until 5 pm
grrr. must have mayhem

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I haven't had time to get on test, but I was wondering what people are reporting about the changes to hurricane. Anyone have any stories?

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This is as good a place to put this, as any:

I checked in a few Hurricane changes today that QA is going to look at. In Theory, these changes should mean that for PvE, Hurricane acts Exactly as it did before the previous change, while in PvP, it should act exactly as it does currently. Hopefully this change will get a green light from QA -- I've spent quite a bit of time on it over the last few days.

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Yes please! Go _Castle_!

You know, I really, really loved hurricane pushing/herding (but not the tank-gather-up-50-mobs kind of herding, I mean in the actual sense of herding/pushing things where I want them) on my original main, my fire/storm (still my only character to make it to 50). I take the loss of reliable gentle repulsion (very good melee protection), basically completely based on PVP issues as real insult. This used to be my favorite power, the crowning jewel of the storm set (for a user that knew what they were doing).

Would it be so hard just to nerf the PVP effectiveness? Put in a separate check for players and non-players? Maybe...but this still seems silly. I don't think a gentle swirling breeze is a good substitute for a raging hurricane.

I won't cry DOOOM yet, but I suspect that I probably will after I go home and test it.

Awesome thanks. Now I know for sure that no updates are available. :P

Is anyone still updating this? For a while (CoV), players were providing extra files. When I try to do the update on mine (1.7.6.0) it fails: "failed to read the config file at: http://sherksilver.coldfront.net/pub.../updates.xml".

[edit: sweeeet 1111 posts!]

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Just a minor aside, how long did it take for you to get a response from Castle after you PM'd him? I send him a couple around noon PST regarding the 75% redundancy of the Dominator Patron Pools and I've still not gotten a peep from the guy.

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Nope, I just don't have a good answer for you. I didn't design the Patron Powers, so I'm not 100% on the design philosophy used.

Also, I tend to not respond to "Why did you guys do XXXX?" PMs because it rarely does anything but get more "But why...." PMs. Perhaps that isn't fair, but I really cannot spend much time justifying things, especially when I'm not 100% conversant on the topic. I *do* read them, but rarely respond.

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I didn't really expect a response (but I'm quite glad I got one! Motivated to play my doms again!), so I tried to make my question as simple and direct, (and answerable!) as possible. Any kind of "why" question directed to a dev in a PM will, I suspect, not get an answer.

In case anyone is wondering (aside from questions as to "why <x>!!", this was the most pressing question on my mind regarding the powers), the ever helpful _Castle_ confirmed to me that the PP pets function like controller pets - at least with regards to duration.

Again, to clarify, the pets last until you zone or die. That makes me very happy. I doubt they will be as buff as their NPC versions, but hey - free pets!

How about just changing secondaries? A little secondary change never hurt anyone...

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Waitaminnit..... who gives the super-evil-bundt-cake?

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Super-evil-bundt-cake is so top secret even _Castle_ won't comment on the relationship it has to claws or stalkers, or stalkers who get hit by claws.

I have to say this is probably the fluffiest issue info bit I've seen in a while. Thanks for making me wait annoyed for the next update, which will hopefully have actual POWER INFO instead of just some oblique text describing what one might do with said powers (Rob a convenience store? Hobble a hero? Make super-evil-bundt-cake?).

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I hope Shadow Dweller, is another form of Stealth. Dark Regen should be a self heal that doesn't need to hit targets... or I don't see how that isn't "counter productive" as well.

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My guess is it's just a passive neg & maybe energy/cold res or def. That seems to be what they add when they are lacking powers. Also a good choice for a power to skip!

I'm annoyed that dark regen is so late in the tree, but it is a pretty awesome power. Imho dark regen, cof & og are the dark armor set - the wackiness that make it what it is. I doubt they'll ever do anything to Soul Transfer as long as the other self rez powers are in the game - so never.

I so hate to be that guy...but seriously, where is all the fun going? Is it in the fridge, or perhaps the microwave? Stuck to the bottom corner of the table, covered in old saliva? Waiting outside patiently in the recyling bin for a homeless person to swipe it for 3 cents? Acting as a decorative urinal cake in the expected location?

*nail*

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4. Guided by Voices - Striped White Jets


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Sweet! I never thought I'd see another GBV fan here.

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Or another...

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This is my first post. Don't laugh, but this is alot different than the rest of you guys.
1) Shooter Jennings: 4th of July
2) OAR: Crazy game of Poker
3) Chris Ledoux: 8 second ride
4) Mcbride and the Ride: Just One Night
5) Wade Hayes: Tore Up From the Floor Up
6) Lonestar: I Gotta Find You
7) Johnny Cash: Boy Named Sue
8) Hank Williams Jr.: Fanmily Tradition
9) George Straight : Babys Gotten Good at Goodbye
10) Doug Supernaw: 21 to 17

Yes i love country music

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Hey it's good to see all sides represented! That being said, the only place I would overlap your list is on Johnny Cash. Although I do also enjoy the Mavericks & Dwight Yoakam from time to time. I did see Chris Ledoux at our county fair once years ago when he was still a free show and still a truck driver (??I think..??).

Anyway, here's the beginning of the morning mix:

1) Radiohead - Thinking About You
2) Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Get Down Moses
3) Magnetic Fields - I'm Sorry I Love You (you can tell I've got like 6 MF albums in my collection here because they have been in all my posts so far - I think)
4) Neutral Milk Hotel - You've Passed
5) The Weakerthans - The Last Last One [live]
6) Elvis Costello - The Beat
7) Mendoza Line - Will you Be Here Tomorrow
8) Bloc Party - The Pioneers
9) Less Than Jake - Gainesville Rock City
10) Tracy Chapman - Another Sun

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7) Sublime -- Hong Kong Phooey


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hey, speak o the devil. on mine, from the same comp--face to face: popeye the sailor man


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I love that CD (Saturday Morning Cartoon's Greatist Hits I think it's called)...I remember watching the TV special when it first ran (cartoon network?). There are some really great tracks on there. In fact, I'm not a big Sublime fan, but I love that song, so you could call it my favorite Sublime song. Anyway, here's my list for this morning:

1. Velocity Girl - There's Only One Thing Left To
2. Tegan & Sara - Good Bye
3. Joe Christmas - Best Wishes
4. Wilco - Far, Far Away
5. Frente! - See-Believe
6. K-Os - Fantastique
7. Tegan & Sara - Terrible Storm
8. The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drum
9. Mendoza Line - The Kissing Rocks
10. Pavement - Speak, See, Remember

I should add that all my posts thus far are from my music selection at work, which is only 3-4 gigs.

This has been a fun thread, keep up the chaos rock!

I was just going to make a comment about the low probabality of two people having T&S's "Underwater" in their playlists...but I figured I should keep the game going, so here's 10 more:

1. Screeching Weasel - Static
2. Pulp - Seductive Barry
3. Starflyer 59 - Teens in Love
4. Tegan & Sara - We Didn't Do it
5. Mendoza Line - The Living Theater
6. Magnetic Fields - Railroad Boy
7. Vhs or Beta - You Got Me
8. Elvis Costello - Sunday's Best
9. Magnetic Fields -I Don't Believe in the Sun
10. Kings of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance with You