Mothers_Love

New Years Day photos! \o/
...probably best to make it in the evening so people have a chance to recover from 'celebrating'.

There was a purge of all threads that had not had any new posts for a year, It is known that some guides that should of stayed inadvertantly .....err, went. Its a known issue as it were.

...And yes, the search function has never really worked well for me either - ever.

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But we also know that Matt Miller likes to give us left-field leads that whilst not exactly misleading are not what we normally read into things. So, maybe he has been speaking to Massively (who do seem to have good links to NCNorCal) and they have inferred something

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Plus, don't underestimate the influence and excitability of our firmly entrenched spies..err I mean "subscribing fans" in the Massively.com MMO reviewing team.

Massively don't normally base articles on pure speculation, ...still, nice for a sequel to this MMO to be considered highly anticipated. NCsoft/NCwest would be complete fools not to capitalise on the current success and market-share and not undertake either a sequel or a comprehensive re-vamp for the next 5-10 years of the licence.

"Commencing Global Takeover:"
Send Pwnage.exe

Really welldone, can't wait to see part two. I love the bit where the PC delivers a kick to the Mac's groin and two chrome balls drop. <laughs>

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In the Union one?

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No of course not dear, you are on Defiant if I am not mistaken.

Lovely gathering, I was hoping to see you there.


sniffs

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Happy Birthday! (and Merry Christmas) Aardy. Have a great time.

Well I'm hoping 2009 onwards will hold out possibilities for;

#The last few Issues have added some very nice Qol features like 'Real Numbers' but I am starting to feel like we are seeing polish more often than the features the players are asking for. After a good few Issues now I am seriously hankering for Moonbase Armstrong, Space and the Undersea Kingdom of the Coralax as well as International flavours to zones, It would be preferable if CoX takes us International before the variety of enviromental zones in Champions shows up our obvious lack of it. I very much doubt Recluses' meglomania would be contained to one city in the U.S!.
Also, We already have the Time travel element in the storyline so why we do not have historical missions yet via Ouroboros expanding on the back history of zones I will never guess.

#More Taskforces please.
(Pessimistic I know), but If Official NorCal TF-content falls away over the next year or so to be replaced by a competition-inspired player-made TF ethos, I imagine I'll feel a little cheated.)
Theres a small part of me that like to think I still pay NorCal to deliver content not give me the tools to do it myself (as welcome as that feature is).

#If NCsoft really does have 5-10 years of plans for the CoX license then (if it hasn't already) things have gotta get moving with the eye-candy upgrades (player-models,weather/faux-weather seasonal patches/ NPC behaviours/ more flavour to the bland cityzones)

#I'd like to see the unused parts of the game, the zones that are perennially empty, (Shadow Shards, Monster Island, Huuuuge areas of sea and the Islands North of Talos) re-injected with some purpose...some feature that will draw us there.

#Make the Giant monsters properly GIANT (like they are in DCUO), invade city zones (for example wade out of the sea off Talos and into the city) and do proper enviromental damage.

#Please lift the missions off of ground level

I enjoyed The Hollows how it used to be with the horrific mobs and mission distances, all a redux needed was a Med Camp/Trainer like the ones eventually provided, there was no need to scale the mobs down in my opinion... or maybe thats just the sadist in me.
The greater the risk, the finer the feeling of achievement.

Nowadays these young recruits have it handed to them on a silver plate, and are sorely lacking in judging aggro distance - wasn't like that in my day! etc etc.

/em,lecture

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Interesting that it's Massively, who seem to be fans of the game in their own right

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Yup, I believe two out of the five or so Massively reviewers have had ongoing CoH subscriptions for a while now.

Linky

Heheh, Welcome back Pyro!

I started to attempt that but became worried I'd interrupt somebody's Gold Medal attempt run so aborted it before I encountered anyone.

I did have fun on the advanced slope the other night when someone was right behind me hurtling down the advanced slope, I turned round and started buffing them and talking to them via the usual binds, gawd knows what they thought was happening

Ok, how much did you pay Angela to put that time up? - Those earmuffs look new and those boots are suspiciously unweathered by the alpine climate!

(heheh, Goodjob there Kinenetical !!! - thats astonishing, You have inspired me to hit the old slope tonight after the nightmare that is the advanced slope has abated for me.))

Maybe he has two like the Queen?,... eitherway there was definately cakeage and candles to be seen at 3:54am which is today.

Happy Birthday Fire Guardian! - Have a great day!

Theres advice on the 'Ski times - Post 'em here' thread.

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Now, now. No need for anyone to get shirty about this.

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Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, after I posted, but it was too late, and I don't know how to withdraw a post. Anyway, consider the shirtiness withdrawn.

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Edit post - delete.... or in this case just an edit note added would suffice. Personally I didnt think it was a carnal crime, passion for all things 'City of' is what we all have in common on the forums.

eg:[EDIT]:Shirtyness withdrawn

/em,ski
/em,toboggan
/em,marshmallow - /em,eatmarshmallow
/em,hotdrink
/em,snowshovel
/em,snowblow (like a leaf blower but kicking up a snowstorm)

#A skating animation please for next year's Icerink

#Build Snowman temp power (goes where you place it - snowground restricted).

#Elves serving drinks, walking around the chalet asking if we'd like anything to eat/drink.

#Fireworks/Aurora Borealis on night-time cycle. <---really want (comon guys, GW has fireworks!)

#Volumptuous Fräuleins in lederhosen serving drinks

/em,partypopper
/em,sparklers
/em,sledge
/em,sledgeheadfirst
/em,dustbinlid (sledging on a dustbinlid)
/em,wineglass
/em,tankard
/em,sick (actually on second thoughts... better not. )
/em,hangover

#A Tree in the Chalet or in the grounds, properly decorated.
#Unique Christmas cossie options recipes that you purchase through Candy Canes and can give away as presents.

/em,givepresent

Server:Union
Character Name: Mother's Love
Character Level:50
Character Archetype:Defender
Character Origin:Mutation
Are you Grouped:Yes
Are you Sidekicked or Lackeyed:Yes
Are you Exemplared or Malefactored:No
Are you in a pact:No
Any other details that you think might be related: Happened on 3 missions, 1x candy canes reward didn't apply, 2x Golden Rings temp power reward didn't apply.

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there's a new badge for logging in, and 3 new ones for the new ski slope

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Indeed!, It took me the best part of yesterday evening's practice runs to finally get the Gold medal. So thats the almost obsessive compulsive drive and sheer frustration over for another year. As usual, a massive thankyou to all the kindly Kins who stood buffing everyone at the startline, the top medals really are next to impossible without some kind of kin-assistance.
Everyone was very appreciative, and the annoyed shouts of "I SAID NO IR" from some people made me laugh.

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You want obsessive compulsive? I've done all the race badges on 37 out of my 39 characters and I will get those last two even if it kills me!

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No rush dear, The winter event lasts for more than one day you know!

...actually your stats of 1 evening and getting the badges on 37 characters scares me, I hate to think what you're like in PvP when you set your sights on someone!.

/em,cower

Indeed, but the majority of it must be finished as a map, the quote to come from the Dev Blogs was "We are building up until Christmas and then polishing until launch"... whatever that means.

Belated Birthday Wishes.

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(As a side point, interesting to see what CO does about this. Jack Emmett was massively against Secret IDs, but he's making a game based on an RPG which had specific rules for handling how your secret ID affected your heroic life. Personally, I suspect that's one of the aspects of the RPG that will be quietly dropped.)

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I did fear about RP in Champions until I heard they have designed Millennium City to have specific places for Heroes to gather, RP and socialise, that was a quote not from Jack but from one of the Devs responsible for siad design who was and is a big-time fan of the boardgame. Damned if I can find the dev blog quote though.