NekoNeko

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I know what the OP is saying, though.

Every other MMO I've ever played has the player's level clearly visible on the main GUI. I don't see why CoX can't do the same, even if it's only inside a small circle at the left end of the exp bar, it would be better than nothing.

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My Mercs are named after the cast of Apocalypse Now.

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My thugs are named after the cast of Home Improvement.

My zombies are named after fictional characters and nicknames from Homestar Runner cartoons.

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My necro MM's pets are Pride, Sloth, Gluttony, Envy, Wrath, and Greed.

No, she's not missing one.

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Ha!

I see what you did there.

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'AE', unfortunately, has come to mean 'farm mission', stemming from a brief period after the latest major update where there was an exploit in the Architect allowing for utterly broken farming and powerlevelling. It's since been fixed, but a lot of players haven't quite got their heads around it.

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Or maybe you didnt realise that for some reason, ppl got bored, and want farm?


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OK, I'll invite the lock...

So, you're saying that because of boredom, people will farm the same mission over and over and over again. And that alleviates boredom?

So, you're saying that because of boredom, people will farm the same AE mission over and over and over again even though the AE System has tens of thousands of new missions?

So, you're saying that because of boredom, people continue to play the same game they're bored with rather than unsubscribing for a few months and resubbing when a new issue comes out?

Oblivious self-referential irony is so 2008.

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Lol, I love you, ZMan. You said what I wanted to say... and with at least 50% less venom!


ZMan, the voice of reason in a sea of inflated egos.

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I still posit that Gravity is just the slowest maturing set. The problem is you need wormhole slotted heavily for recharge and singy out. Once you have those two things you have much greater control capabilities.

Also, TA and Storm synergize far greater than anything else. The ability to put down damage/debuff fields and pull more enemies into them at will without doing repel-herding is amazing. It's not just about extra controls but about wormhole being more than an aoe hold and the true go-to tool in the set.

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Don't overlook /Rad's synergy. Damage/debuffs as well, and even better, single-target control of the anchor with a hold and DS to protect it from those annoying "oooh, it glows! kill it!" teammates.

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ED2: Electric Boogaloo

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This alone is worth the price of admission of this thread.

Colonel Jade, Merc/Traps MM, made 50 last weekend, after literally years of on and off play, since I prefer Heroes to Villains.

Been busy with the Arachnos ATs ever since.

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I think Gravity/Rad is the way to go also.

The tools that /Rad brings help you just about as well as the team. Also, it includes the ability to heal yourself, which you say that you like. Finally, Gravity is known for being crappy at AoE control until the late 20s, but the combo of Crushing Field and Radiation Infection will serve you well as regular, bread and butter, quasi control and mitigation every single fight.

Lewis

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QFT, man.

My Grav/Rad is 42 now, the furthest I've gotten any controller, and it's been a pretty easy ride so far. Enervating Field really helps Grav's lackluster damage, too. My only problem seems to be I never (well, rarely) get hit, so those damage-taken badges are gonna be a bear to get

I really like Grav, despite what all the naysayers say about it. I'd like to try it with /Kin or /Storm next. But I know those will be tougher without the security blanket I've enjoyed with /Rad.

I know this is a ways off for you, but I finally decided on Primal Forces as my epic pool, solely for Power Boost, the power every controller wants. Of course, Temp Invulnerability will come in handy, and the -KB aspects of Grav make the energy blasts less of a problem. I don't really need Conserve Power, amazingly enough.

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I have encountered this sporadically. Returning to the objective later, and the bomb will no longer be an invalid target.

I don't know why this is happening, but I have a suspicion. Does your map contain a large number of set features or goals?

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That map contains 7 objectives.

But I found the source of this problem. It appears that I had the enemy difficulty set to Single for this objective. Single is bugged in that it puts no guard enemy next to the Destructible Object. The guard enemy *must* be defeated before you can attack the Destructible Object. So, Any setting (Easy, Medium or Hard) will work, but Single will not work. When I changed the setting to Easy, then one guard enemy appeared and after defeating that enemy, I could destroy the object. Later I went back and bumped it to Hard, which put three guard enemies next to the object.

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That's not quite correct; the guard enemy must be attacked before the destructible object (possibly damaged, not just attacked; I'm not sure, since I never got a complete miss while testing). I was testing the one arc I'd published (#19340, "Through a Portal, Darkly", plug plug ), and I found that if I targeted the guard(s) and opened up on them with Full Auto, M30, or Buckshot, the destructible object would a) take damage and b) become targetable.

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I've since found out that you are indeed correct!

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Another issue seems to be that on certain outdoor maps, the accompanying mobs will spawn some distance away from the object in question, rendering it unclear that they "belong to it".

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Sigh, there do seem to be a few bugs. I guess the best we can do is try to work around them/become aware of them, at least until they get around to fixing them.

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In an effort to be accurate with my MA arc Land of ConFusionette I would like to know if anyone higher up has a save file of her Faultline appearance and scales and color codes. I know this is a little A/R but a costume / character creator save file of her would be nice for use in the MA system. Lacking that, a list of height / body / facial scales, and hair / skin color would be greatly appreciated.

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You could try checking the ticket vendors to see if Fusionette is unlockable.

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I have encountered this sporadically. Returning to the objective later, and the bomb will no longer be an invalid target.

I don't know why this is happening, but I have a suspicion. Does your map contain a large number of set features or goals?

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That map contains 7 objectives.

But I found the source of this problem. It appears that I had the enemy difficulty set to Single for this objective. Single is bugged in that it puts no guard enemy next to the Destructible Object. The guard enemy *must* be defeated before you can attack the Destructible Object. So, Any setting (Easy, Medium or Hard) will work, but Single will not work. When I changed the setting to Easy, then one guard enemy appeared and after defeating that enemy, I could destroy the object. Later I went back and bumped it to Hard, which put three guard enemies next to the object.

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I don't how that possibly effects your ability to make or join a team. Because it does not. People need to just face it, farms are a permanent fixture.

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I can't see the LFM for regular teams because the LFM for Farms is so thick it's blowing them off broadcast. Same as what happens in PI.

And no, farms would not be a permanent fixture if the devs would just grow a spine and do something about them.

Frankly, I don't care if you farm. You can play your game as boring as you want to. Stop spamming broadcast with it and I wouldn't care a whit about it.

When my Boss is defeated in one mission, he mentions something about a bomb they planted. Then the Destroyable Object Objective starts and a Rikti Bomb gets placed somewhere on the map, and Find and destroy the Rikti bomb! shows in the Nav window.

So far, so good. The problem is that when I find the bomb, I can target it, but I cannot damage it. When I try to attack it, Invalid Target keeps popping up. My Destroyable Object is not destroyable. What's going on and how can I fix this?

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Can I set "Rescue Soandso" in the Nav window and later remove it based on a clue?

I've seen regular contact missions do this, like when your objective is to rescue someone and you later find out they've been moved.

Just wondering how to get the MA to do this. (Forget the Boss part then, I'll make that a separate objective.)

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Under the Navigation Text for the collection, put "Rescue the Captive!" (or whatever) - the clue they get from the collection can tell them the person has been moved. Then, you can set up a Boss and have "This Mission Goal is created when..." set to "Collection: Clue is completed" (or whatever you call your collection)!

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This is exactly what I did. Thanks, Paula!

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I'm curious as well, since I couldn't see any difference. Both settings start you off with -1 enemies, and end with +1 enemies.

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This is why I like Staggered. I usually get a mix of even enemies to +2 enemies. I rarely get a -1 on Staggered.

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I think it was more to complain that the farming missions are already starting to drown out the real content in the MA. See, people wouldn't have issues with farmers if they weren't disrupting normal gameplay. You can play the game the "wrong" way all you want as long as you're not interfering with anyone else. The problem with farming is that it does interfere, and this is one of those ways.

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And another way it interferes is turning every zone with an AE into the next PI. All I hear in these zones anymore (especially Talos, since so many people hang out there) is "AE Farm lfm". You can barely spot the people trying to form real teams, just like in PI.

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There is a global channel called MA Arc Finder.

This global channel is open to all and is intended for across all servers to help players promote, locate or get tech help with Mission Architect story arcs.

NOTE - This Channel is meant to be CROSS SERVER. It is intended as a way to help locate arcs you might want to play and to promote your own arcs beyond your home server. It is in no way meant to replace individual server channels.

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With a name like that, it sounds like a good place to locate/promote an arc.

Anyone know a good global channel devoted solely to MA tips and help? I'm hoping for one where the help tips won't get drowned out by the arc promotion spam.

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Ah, thanks so much Star.
I feel stupid

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Don't feel bad, Rymos, I had the same question. It wasn't clear you could do this.

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Put it in as a glowie with an ambush or chained event?

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This idea has potential.

Thanks, I'll play around with this idea some.

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Can I set "Rescue Soandso" in the Nav window and later remove it based on a clue?

I've seen regular contact missions do this, like when your objective is to rescue someone and you later find out they've been moved.

Just wondering how to get the MA to do this. (Forget the Boss part then, I'll make that a separate objective.)

How do I get something to display in the Nav window like an objective, that isn't an objective?

For example, I would like to add "Rescue Soandso" to the Nav window like an objective, but when I get to the Boss, he tells me the person I'm looking to rescue has been moved. At that point, I want to remove "Rescue Soandso" from the Nav window as an objective and replace it with "Defeat Boss".

How can I do this?

(Sorry for the noob question. This is my first arc.)

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Apparently, Freedom is updating slowly. They don't want other servers to have access until they can all go live together.

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Yes, this is true.

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If the other servers are starting to show "down" now, like Freedom has shown for the past 2 hours, then maybe it is all the other servers with the problem.

Posi said "Yes, this is true" to 2 statements. It's unclear whether he meant both are true or just one of the statements is true.

Everyone relax. At least something is changing now.

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ok my time is up, thanks for the laughs guys, good luck! Have fun in i14! Gr33n OUT!

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ABOUT TIME!

Now they can bring it up.

Ginsunami Neko - Dual Blades/Willpower Scrapper - 01/24/09 - Main Character Babes of War

Jalapeno Salsa - Firey Melee/Firey Aura Scrapper - 01/25/09


Yes, both dinged (finally!) during Double XP weekend

Server : Freedom
Character name : Neutrino Star
SG/VG : Babes of War
When do you crash : Aside from the initial crashing problems with i13 launch, not until today after patch. First time: in the middle of a mission, sound loop bug, lockup, eventual crash to desktop. Second time immediately after: crash when entering mission. Haven't tried again yet, came to forums looking to see if others had the problem.
Does it affect all characters : Don't know, haven't gotten that far
Does it affect only characters in one or more SG/VG : Don't know, haven't got that far