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To be fair, a lot of other MMOs are basically a mad dash to the end-game... gotta level up to the cap quick so you can get to the good content, kit yourself out with the good gear, see the good stuff.

New players may not realize that CoH spreads out the good stuff instead of loading up the back end. They're just trying to get through the slow, boring, grindy stuff they assume is the only alternative, so they can play the end-game that they assume is where the fun really is.

Not that I'm justifying the behavior, just offering up a possible explanation.

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Even in other games I find those people crazy. During the short time I played WoW I was in no rush to reach the top. Only reason I quit that game was because I got tired of only being able to fight 1 thing at a time. Boring as hell.

QR: Hold shift, hit a key. If it looks like a good starting point for a name then hit a couple more and see if it looks good. Not saying just mash the keyboard and use whatever comes out. Prune out characters that dont look good until ya get something that actually looks like it could be a name. A bonus for using this method is that chances are no one else already has your name... unless you are really unlucky

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I'd like to see them fix it, but I'm sort of curious what it would entail.

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I can't see it taking much work at all. All that should need to be done is create a bump map for each pattern/mask. The Tanker chest option for Males has a bump map (No, I haven't pigg-dived, it's obvious if you've ever done any 3D modeling at all), and you can make it white with no problem. But the Tanker option for Females' Tops with Skin still has no bump map, so we're left with the wet t-shirt look, minus nipples.
There are some Tops with Skin options that have obvious bump maps (Metal, Leather, and the various Plus options come to mind), would it really be that hard to add a simple bump map to the rest of the Tops with Skin options and the Full Masks/Face options? I could probably do it for them if they send me the patterns/masks, then it's just a matter of changing the code to enable the bump map (which I'm guessing is a variable in each piece's code).

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Here's where the problem with that is this: Male Tanker, Female Metal and so on are full-fledged, separate textures that actually come with their own unique torso model, even though they look a LOT like the original torso. Things like Angelic or Savage, though, don't come with their own model or texture, they use the "base" texture for a naked, nipple-less torso or a naked, crotchless upper legs assembly, with a pattern applied over it. This pattern is applied over the "naked base" in just the same way it's applied over something like Armour Plate or Leather Straps.

As I'm sure you know better than me, these colour patterns are applied as mask textures overlaid over the original texture. However, they are not separate textures in themselves, they are just colour filters, making the underlying texture look monochrome. They can't add shaders, and in fact actual shaders have a LOT higher priority than patterns do. This is why shiny items always colour a LOT darker than dark matte colours, but a LOT brighter than bright matte colours. Pick any of the I6 CoV shiny items (say, metallic skull) and colour it black or dark brown. The shader almost disappears, because of the dark colour, and the item is almost not shiny. Try white, however, and the shader is extrodinarily effective.

About the only way for Tights with Skin to work with shaders and have their own surface shading that isn't the same as the bare torso shading is to make a unique texture for all of them, which isn't the case for most of them and would require a fair bit of work from Jay.

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Well not just Jay, you have to remember that he has goons now. He can just make them do all the work

If all else fails take the name you originally wanted and rearrange the letters. While it isnt the most creative thing you can do I have managed to come up with a number of fairly good names.

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Hmmm. I see. Any chance I'd get that Bug badge for reporting this...or would I just be an idiot for telling when I got all this stuff for free?

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I highly doubt you would get bug hunter since it is already a known bug.

Simple answer is that its a bug.

QR: Granted I have only taken the pet power on my Crab (my other 50 is a MM so didnt get the option), but I love it. Was just what I needed to turn her into a mini MM. Really need to get around to lvling up some of my other characters to test out the other patron pets.

Well this figures, I was just about to log in...... and its 5:22 am for me

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Pretty sure the only reason there's less douchebags on D2 is that by now they've all moved on to something else.

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As much as I got a kick out of D2 eventually even the mods got boring. Thats when I went over to Sacred. Dont think I tried online there, but that is probably where they went since it was fairly close to D2.

edited for a typo, still not going to add in the 's that I always leave out.

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I specifically said Private Game. Actually, I said "if you want to bring some random shmuck into your private HC game...", but you go ahead and read what you want to see.

Even in a public game (and I have no idea why you play in a public HC game to begin with, as that's just asking for trouble), all the same methods to escape a PK death apply. Your mindless hatred over the PKers is not justified. Note: I am not a PKer.

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Yes, you said private game...as the method to avoid PKers.

And, yes, there are methods to avoid PKers, but they aren't always effective, PLUS there are tons of hacks to circumvent them.

Forcing PvP onto another player without their consent is griefing. Period. End of story. They get off on ruining other people's fun. That's the only reason to want to PvP without requiring the target's consent. My hatred is very justified. People whose idea of fun is to ruin the fun of others are flat-out pathetic and deserve nothing but contempt.

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I'm getting the impression that the last time you played D2 was 10 years ago.

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Ill be damned, they are still patching that game. Although from what I see they havent really added anything with the patches so I havent missed much. Still think I got more enjoyment playing other peoples mods for D2.

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also for all of you really got something smart to say...don't turn this into a personal issue cause this is just a game..i fight in real life and i doubt any of you kids i would pay attention to.


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This made me laugh. Lots of kids "fight in real life". It doesn't mean they're any good at it, and it also means they're masters of the Art of the Mouth Runner.

Of course, if you want to have a go at me, I'm all for it. My tae kwan do is a tad rusty, but I'm sure it'll do. Where did I put those trophies and medals again... ugh. I always lose those things because I don't bother displaying them. Pretty sure I still have my gi, though, and I do need an excuse to wear it again. I like that thing.

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If you two do go at it please remember to get it on camera.

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Indeed. I think that could be interesting... but if he really does fight in the MMA (as his profile an above statement purport), you might just get your butt handed back to ya.

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Not to be an a** but.... either way it would be interesting to watch

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I don't have a fire/kin. I don't have a fire controller of any variety. I used to have two fire/storm controllers (at separate times), but they were both deleted for reasons I can't remember. In fact, the only Kin I have is a kin/rad defender, so...

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also for all of you really got something smart to say...don't turn this into a personal issue cause this is just a game..i fight in real life and i doubt any of you kids i would pay attention to.


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This made me laugh. Lots of kids "fight in real life". It doesn't mean they're any good at it, and it also means they're masters of the Art of the Mouth Runner.

Of course, if you want to have a go at me, I'm all for it. My tae kwan do is a tad rusty, but I'm sure it'll do. Where did I put those trophies and medals again... ugh. I always lose those things because I don't bother displaying them. Pretty sure I still have my gi, though, and I do need an excuse to wear it again. I like that thing.

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If you two do go at it please remember to get it on camera.

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Yes yes ... FINE!

But when will we be able to talk to fish?


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It is part of City of Herring, duh!

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You totally forgot Dual Archery Defense!



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I did forget these, along with the new Giant Tapeworm trial!

Sorry, my bad

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I could really do without the Giant Tapeworm trial.........




thats just a really disturbing thought.

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Not to defend the OP, but more often than not my spelling, grammar, and syntax royally suck and im 26. Was never good with them while in school, not good with them now. Probably why I dislike writing so much

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You have a point, and I'm sure there are many in your boat as well... two things seperate you from the OP, though. You can find the [Shift] key, and I didn't hurt myself trying to read your post.

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Ya know, that is very true. It also made me LoL

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ok then what you guys are sayin that if they did change the fire controller ability...then people would still play like they have been? i doubt it...i'm just sayin i heard about the radius of dominator shockwave...they give one respec after you solid build a toon then you gotta pay for a respec even after the fact you did respec trial and it still takes me about 4 respecs just to wipe out w/e i may have in the toon


also for all of you really got something smart to say...don't turn this into a personal issue cause this is just a game.. i fight in real life and i doubt any of you kids i would pay attention to.

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Kids? Well, considering your sentence construction (if you can call them sentences), I would think one of two things:
<ul type="square">[*] You are a kid yourself, and have yet to learn proper spelling, grammar and syntax.[*] You are a fighter who has taken waaaay too many hits to the head, severely impacting your logic and reasoning areas in the brain.[/list]
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Not to defend the OP, but more often than not my spelling, grammar, and syntax royally suck and im 26. Was never good with them while in school, not good with them now. Probably why I dislike writing so much

Also I have an Ice/kin troller..... does that count?

edit: Archery/mental blasters are FOTM? Huh... made one for the hell of it and didnt know that..... maybe I should continue working on the character, think she has been sitting at lvl 9 or 10 for a while now

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Apparently the kid couldn't control it.

--NT

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Im sorry, i just couldnt help myself. That was just perfect.

I could have sworn forum games was farther down on the list...

I start working on my set bonuses as soon as the IOs with the ones I want are in my lvl range.

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I thought it was about Electronic Arts, the game company...

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Thats what I was thinking when I read the thread title.

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Of course, those of us who aren't being retarded, ever, are punished because other people are being retarded.

Not a big punishment, mind you, and I fully understand NCSoft need to do this to cover their [censored] and not have to deal with "omg help I got my acc hacked!!!" a hundred times a day. It's the spirit of the thing I don't like ; I don't mind warnings, but being restricted because of the stupidity of others always irks me.

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Happens at airports and the DMV, too.

Heck, I'm on a No-Fly list right now because my name is too close to a known terrorist (meaning I get extra-heavy ID checks just for my name, until I go through the process of taking my name off said list; Being as I have no reason to fly anywhere, I haven't bothered).

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Wow, that has slightly got to suck (I say slightly because you already said you dont need to fly anywhere.)

As for the topic..... would it be nice to go right to my character list on logout? Sure. Is it something that needs to be changed? Not really. In closing.... what the hell /unsigned.

Currently have a number of characters spread around most of the servers all of varying lvls, most of them collecting dust. The only time i delete anything is if im out of room on a particular server or i no longer have any interest in the concept that spawned the character.

Needless to say i dont delete things very often

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Im had the mission ending early on a couple times I ran it. That did not stop me from killing every last boss, since that was the reason I was there.

On an unrelated note, Im suprised they did not include something in Architect so that you could simply dissable exp or tickets from the missions, thus eliminating the issue for those wanting to build challenging missions for the pure challenge of it.

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Ya know, thats a really good idea. You should PM this idea to a Dev if someone else hasnt already.

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No, it wouldn't, and if you are going to say that you need to produce FACTUAL information backing you up.

Petitions go to Game Masters. They are the guys who work 24/7 to help people get unstuck, find glowies, and get enemies out of the woodwork.

Bug reports go to the Dev Team. They are not going to be dealt with on an immediate basis, like the Petitions are.

And - obviously, your whining about something not holding as much as something else needs to be backed up with facts. If there were a thousand people claiming an issue with theirs that doesn't work AS INTENDED, they might look into it. If it's just you, or just one person of any complaining bent, they'll chuckle and wonder what it is you're smoking to get the results you are getting.

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Really then you explain why the person ypu lead out still gets stuck on elevators?
Point made! Both sides have that prob and still never fixed

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A. They are working on new things as well as trying to fix bugs.

B. Have you ever done any coding? At times it can be a royal pain to which line of code is producing what bug. Things will be fixed when they know which line to tinker with, until then ya just have to deal with it.

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waaaaaaayyyyy too much time on your hands, man.

[/ QUOTE ]Is it any wonder he's not the president?

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OOH! I know why I'm not President!

1. I'm not a rich.
2. I'm way to evil to be allowed anywhere near that kind of power.

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I feel that I should point out that your second reason didnt stop Bush, so you might as well edit that out

Heh, almost a year between replies, wow.