Mothers_Love

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More levels to earn will only increase in my opinion that pathetic power level behaviour.

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As lovely as the sound of Ding'age is, this sounds like a resounding 'NO' vote so far.

If people are so interested in honing and improving their character, to be perfectly honest I have seen very few Hero's (or Villains for that matter) whos Set bonus' read "Ultimate.., Ultimate.., Ultimate.., Ultimate.." - I suspect a lot of people calling for a level-raise are clearly nowhere near realising their characters full potential with the current Inventions system.

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*whistles innocently*

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*jingles some catnip in front of you*

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*kicks Khorak in th dangly bits and runs off with the catnip*

Mine, mine, mine... MINE! Meeow-hahahaha!

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A warning on the dangers of drug addiction if ever i saw one


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everyone loves mummies with their dissease and fear effect.

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I resent that Knightly





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The Invention system was introduced as a way of making your character better without having to raise the level cap.

The only thing I can think of off-the-top of my head is more variety in powerpools, more power choices added to be slotted with the same system.

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That's not strictly true, only one of two factions actively wants to destroy humanity

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I know, thats why I mentioned Faction, to be honest I'm always forgetting who are the naughty-ones™ are.

In this fictional setting proposed in this "Push the story to the extreme" thread, we are coming up with story ideas based on what could happen - not talking about the story as it currently is.

In my proposal, The Restructurist forces have gradually seduced the populus in the same way Hitler did in 1930's Germany and convinced the Rikti race that war and domination of our Earth is the only way forward.

The Traditionalists have unfortunately become as inept and ineffective as today's United Nations are - endlessly drafting treatys and pontificating whilst War is brewing.

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Mother, you've been mind reading me again?

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Well, I am a Psionic Empath, but I wouldn't dream of reading you without your permission Bunny

Can't destroy them (not very heroic), can't coexist with them (faction wants to destroy Mankind)... thats looking from our point of view, look from the viewpoint of the Rikti;

The story needs to continue so,...

Time travel exists in the CoX Universe, so have the Rikti pull a Terminator-style venture, go back in time and pull off an alternate timeline..
They decide its too hard to invade in the present day with so many heroes and villains in existance so a battalion travels back to a depression crippled Paragon City in the 1930's

Cue map zones of 1930's pre-invasion Paragon:
WhiteSands, Eastgate suburbs before the Hollowing, the old Cityhall, skycrapers as partial wireframe etc, you could be visting a pre-franchise Icon surplus store to dress up Watchman-style, Some maps/zones could optionally be in Sepia.

Rikti battalion are set to destroy a fledgling Paragon City and follow through to the Isle of Praxidae and obliterate the Well of the Furies before Stephan and Marcus can reach it.
Without Statesman and Lord Recluse ever existing they can conquer this alternative world and construct a portal to bring the Rikti Race through to join them.

You as Heroes and Villains must ensure Marcus and Stephan survive long enough to realise their destinys and then join them along with the rest of the Freedom Phalanx, fighting alongside a 1930s Statesman, Maiden Justice, Elementar and The Dark Watcher in sending the Alien scum packing and securing a (slightly altered) timeline - but one that will at least have superpowered Heroes/Villains in it.

Since this will be the first time you actually get to visit the Isle of Praxidae and the fabled Well of the Furies, I would like you to be addressed by Megan, Alexis and Phoebe and the gift from the furies to you for successful completion of the Taskforce to be a vial of golden Nectar, this will open up the Incarnates powerpool for level Fifties.

The Tf is hard,....actually, scratch that - Its a frakkin nightmare.

Welcome back dragon spawn!

Scarlet I'm shocked at your Doom-mongery!, go wash your mouth out with tar-soap younglady!

... besides, I'm not listening <puts fingers in ears> "Naa-naaaaa-naaa-naaaaaa-naaaaaaaah"

I'm afraid once they are gone... they are gone , theres no way to get them back.
Although really with other servers and test and plenty of purchasable slots now introduced - you don't really need to delete anything anymore.

Goodjob!, wondered how far you'd got with the project!

Good Lord! - you drew that? - greatjob!!!

Nevermind Photoshop, make some photocopies and get scribbling with coloured pens!

This Idea made me look at the original map that came with my copy of CoH in 2005, there are 15+ blank coloured spaces on the map for city zones that are currently unused, plenty of room for expansion then!.

I like these ideas Valkryst, whether it is the airport you detail or any of the other two Paragon City Airports - having them as jump off points for said missions would be great. I love the ideas of instanced missions set at different points around the world, battling giant lizards in Tokyo sounds fun!

Can anyone tell me why the 'Fog' in Dark Astoria is not actually volumetric, just this grey wall of gloom you never quite reach, retreating before you unconvincingly and not actually being permeable?, Storm powerset's Steamy-Mist clouds are convincing - why not DA's?

Thanks in Advance.

I hate Tesco, They are the EA of the Foodie world, they are an evil conglomerate who should be fought at all costs!. - but thats another story.

/em,protest

Hehe, Hi Infurnus' sister - nice piccy.

That sounds like past experience, I've got this horrible mental image now of cute little Norwegian children, their faces all aglow on Christmas morning rushing downstairs, ripping open presents and their faces dropping in disappointment at woolen underwear.

Happy Birthday Dr Toerag!
Have a great day!.

...and isn't that quote (although I haven't come across it in-game yet myself) from Kevin Spacey's Lex Luthor in Superman Returns when he is talking to Kitty about the crystal technology.
The quote directly from Clarkes third Law? or how it is written, from the said film?.

Well, depending on what you can get out of NCNC, I believe quite a few of us would like some reassurance thus;

With reviews like the one currently in PCgaming giving CoH:Midnight hour 6/10, I would like to ask if NCNC have any plans to implement a bit of graphical shineyness back into the original zones/models/maps.

Gamers magazines all now almost without exception mention CoH as beginning to show its age and I'm concerned as a subscriber how Champions and DC Online are going to grab a market share of the MMO market that I feel hasn't been capitalised on to date.
If you are, as a studio not going to develop CoX II - you are going to have to update the graphics or consider a painful but necessary engine update in the next couple of years to remain attractive to those who have not seen the light, unfortunately eye-candy still means too much to too many.

Also, (Now you own all the IP) Merchandise please!.



Ps: With respect, Please enough with the PvP tinkering every Issue - I realise its to address issues but we need real 'bread 'n' butter' basic improvements to the intial gamezones/maps to attract newcomers to CoX, The PvP is not going to interest or affect newcomers.

Also, please ask If NCNC have any objections to the previous designs on 'Mother's Forumite shop Ideas' being transplanted to a tribute 'City of Kittenz' merchandise store. All appropriate IP will be skirted around, eg: no imagery from IP and no names from IP. All benefits will also go to a charity such as 'Draw the World' - I wish to help bring merchandise to players and have been promised several times from several moderators that you would ask Brian Clayton and ...nothing.
I appreciate you are working on your own designs for t-shirts but would like a definitive answer from the powers that be if possible, seeing as though you are going all the way over there. Thanks.

[EDIT]: PPs: A big thumbs up for all the design direction and implementation since Positron took over, we've all noticed the difference - Welldone guys.



Enjoy your trip.

I'll try and put in a couple of brainstorming scribbles within the next couple of days, I won't have time to work them into a final finished design but happy for any of our creative community here to run with any idea of mine should they deem it worthy.

There are several threads similar to this, all we can do is post our disappointment on any one of them, suggest alternatives, keep the critisism constructive and hope a Moderator passes along such threads to NorCal.

End of really, If Norcal cannot justify allocating Dev time to rejigging the Vet Award programme for minimum payback then, Im afraid they are always going to remain what they are now - a welcome addition, but not a proper system to strive to stay subscribed for.

Sorry this is late, I had a pretty awful 'blue screen of death' Windows corruption Mid-May and had to salvage a lot of work.

Next up, the winners of the Supreme Superbeing Awards.

Lady Brittany

Little White Lies


.... and some behind the scenes stuffery;
Kittenz original drawings
Constructing Infinitron (Vector Artwork stage)

Disappointing, rehashing old content as new Veteran awards is (luckily for NCsoft) not what I stay subscribed for!.

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trigger pads that can trigger doors/ object moving / object destruction / ambushes, etc etc

- dangerous spikes for floors and/or ceilings

- pits of boiling hot magma

- big rolling stone balls

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I love this idea of the enviroment itself being a threat - I wish we had it more on PvE maps to be honest.

Nothing like a concealed Trapdoor Spiked pit of Doom™ to keep teams on their toes.

"Its not the age Praf.... Its the the milege"

Have a happy birthday youngman.