NuclearToast

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Silver Gale View Post
    How are people supposed to get excited about Freedom if I- if the average Net denizen can't see the info in PC Gamer? I'll- people will completely lose interest by the time it's here and it'll get zero new subscribers!
    I'd guess that more people subscribe to PC Gamer (or buy it in a store) than play this game, so I'd say the odds are pretty good that it'll be good for us.

    Even though we on the forums without the magazine have to wait a bit.

    --NT
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Texas Justice View Post
    2 Anniversaries to celebrate.

    1 for the launch of the game itself, 1 for Freedom.

    It's like Birthdays and Fourth of July.
    Unless your birthday is ON the 4th of July.

    --NT
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    Trial rewards shouldn't be lotteries.
    Isn't that what raiding is all about? That's how the 8-million-pound gorilla works.

    --NT
  4. Rathar than quote a bunch of people, I'm going to just reply in general.

    I don't think it's so much about protecting people from making mistakes (which, true, still happens), but avoiding the cookie-cutter uberbuild that "everyone" knows is the best and why would you make anything else? We already have that to an extent now, where people who know "how to do it right" sometimes even berate you for taking (or not taking) power X in set Y. Look at those other superhero games, where the fairly open power selections have led to anything that's not the "norm" (in their eyes) sometimes precluding you from being on teams because you're not doing it right.

    --NT
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Doctor_Gemini View Post
    I'll be very surprised if they charge subscribers for new power sets unless they start cranking out a large number of them.
    Or maybe they'll do like that other game, where you have to buy stuff when it's new, but it eventually becomes available to the subscribers for free.


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zyphoid View Post
    The frightening thing is that I have 4 kids, and I never know what is going to come up in the budget
    A vasectomy?

    --NT
  6. Quote:
    Revival Of Redside?
    Sorry, my fault, I logged in my one villain by accident.

    Yes, that one. The villain created day one of COV who is level 39.

    --NT
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Infernus_Hades View Post
    Since you all continually CHOOSE to ignore it I will keep it in front of you:

    THEY TIED COSTUMES, AURAS AND OTHER THINGS TO TRIALS.
    Keep singing, brother!


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by BrandX View Post
    Once you've unlocked those trail auras, auras, chest emblems, they're usual by any character you make from levels below 50! And no teaming required.
    Yes, ONCE you've unlocked them. I can't speak for others' progress, but at a grand total of 5 iTrials, that's a loooong "once". Not everyone runs multiple iTrials a day.

    --NT
  8. Quote:
    Steam Wallet support?
    Came looking for a new steampunk item. Thread has a disappoint.

    --NT
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by JAG-01 View Post
    Oh, consistency isn't the worst problem with enhancement names. Try shopping for tech origin enhancements sometime.

    DRINKING GAME: Take a shot every time you open an enhancement's Info window just to find out what the freaking enhancement does.
    not eveen dun wif frist tray an im al durnk

    --nT
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Electric-Knight View Post
    Why can't I set the resolution and graphics before starting the game?
    OMG YES! This is SOOO annoying! Especially for someone like me, who maintains it on multiple computers. Every time you install/reinstall, you have to go from the 800x600 default to the real resolution. Which totally screws up the window locations on an existing character (once you finally get back into the game at the real resolution).

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Electric-Knight View Post
    Why oh why is the default mouse control the opposite (at least for what I'd expect)?
    This, too, is something I always have to fix. I don't understand it, either (although I know some people prefer the "wrong" default).


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Electric-Knight View Post
    I can't quite remember where and how this is done in the options window off hand, but I think it is pretty simple, once you find it and know to do it.
    The "Save Options To File" and "Load Options From File" buttons are at the bottom of the Options window. They save/load your default game/window options. To save/load keymappings (which lefties like me need as well), go to the Keymapping tab.

    --NT
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    The Trials are all casual friendly - players just need to know what they're doing in them
    You know, I realized another bad side effect of me wanting iTrial rewards for costumes/emotes/auras: I'm not the best teammate. I don't know what's going on, and I don't really care. There are enough people on the iTrial to pull the weight and get me 0.02% closer to my goals.


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Shadow_Kitty View Post
    Actually, it's not the difficulty that makes it non-casual. It's the grind. If you have to commit yourself to grinding, it's NOT casual.
    And I have commitment issues.

    --NT
  12. Quote:
    Bitter but still paying...
    Sure, I hate the incarnate stuff and complain about it here and there. But, as Scarlet_Shocker said, there's much more about the game I really like, and do on a regular basis.

    It's because I love the game that I get bitter about the stuff I don't like. But I'm also big enough to admit that not everyone plays the game like I do. Example: I have never spent a single Hero merit. Stupid replicating currencies...

    --NT
  13. Whatever you do, don't look in a mirror and say his name three times!

    --NT
  14. To sum up:

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
    New players don't know anything about the servers.

    When I was a new player looking at the dots I saw green dots, yellow dots, and red dots.

    Green means A-Ok
    Yellow means caution &
    Red means danger.

    So today I'd be logging onto the green servers just like I did 7 years ago when I first started playing.
    Ding ding ding!


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
    Interesting theory:

    A LOT of new people are going to be under the false impression that since the game is called CoH Freedom, and there is a server also called Freedom, the server called Freedom is the server they are supposed to play on.
    Ok, that =is= an interesting theory. We'll see how that plays out, I guess.


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by CORE_NA View Post
    I've played a few MMO's that when I first logged in would "recommend" a server to me, and if I didn't have any friends telling me where to go I would always take the recommended server. Maybe Paragon could recommend servers based on population.
    They already sort of do that, with the least-populated (at the time) servers showing up first in the server list. Many people, assuming this is a recommended order, are prone to pick the top one.


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aura_Familia View Post
    I really don't think they need to do anything. The server queues which would pop up IF Virtue/Freedom get overloaded would be incentive enough for newbies to make alts on the less stressed servers.
    This. Once the F2P players get queued up regularly, unless they have a reason to remain on that server, they're more likely to just roll up on a different server. People hate to wait to play.

    --NT
  15. NuclearToast

    Backpacks!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lothic View Post
    I'm glad the Devs tried their best to get these things to fit our characters' backs perfectly. But clearly it's time for a bit of compromise to their otherwise exacting standards. Basically after 7+ years I'd rather (for example) have a costume item jet pack that might not look great from a few posing angles than not have one at all. *shrugs*
    TOTALLY. I'd rather have clipped quivers and tech packs and scabbard-y things (you know, like that other game) than not.

    --NT
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    The devs have said several times on the UStream chats that bitter tears taste the sweetest to them.
    Must be why they're not coming out with animated hair.

    --NT
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Winterminal View Post
    The crux of the matter is the inclusion of non-Incarnate-based costume items and emotes as rewards for Incarnate content.
    And that there are so =many= of them that I give up trying to get them through iTrials, and hope I can support the new store once I21 comes out.

    --NT
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bubbawheat View Post
    2. Wait times of less than 1 minute *need* to be removed from the average.
    What does the wait time even mean? It doesn't seem to signify anything. That's one of the frustrating parts of the queue: when you've waited 5 or 10 multiples of the "average wait time", it's meaningless.

    --NT
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by EvilGeko View Post
    The costume pieces are rewards for people who enjoy the trials and value cosmetic items. This idea that the devs are trying to 'bribe' anyone is silly.
    Wow. Because, of course, people who don't play the trials (for whatever reason) don't value those same cosmetic items. I'll just leave it at "agree to disagree".

    --NT
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by BrandX View Post
    What's compkicated about it?

    Click on LFG, click on the trial you want or the ANY option, and click a button. then wait.

    Or were you being sarcastic?
    No, I was being completely serious. Even if you do those things, you still have no idea if you're going to get to do anything or not. It's like magic or something, except without the anything-happening part. Just the waiting part. I've never successfully gotten the queue to do anything but raise my blood pressure.



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by rsclark View Post
    This is likely because signing into the queue locks you out of doing anything productive - including getting invited to a group doing the trial.
    Bingo. Broadcast is SOOOO much simpler.

    --NT
  21. I still don't even understand how the queues work. The interface and everything is confusing, and I have no idea what's going on and if I'm joining something or not.

    Broadcast is SOOO much simpler.

    --NT
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nylonus View Post
    I've kept my Praetorians in Praetoria.

    Now you Primals get off my lawn!
    As soon as I get that last zone event badge...

    --NT
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    NT, window colours are static unless you change them manually. If you have a default window settings file, every new character you make will try to start with those colours. If not, you'll start with colours appropriate to the side you're on. These will never change unless you change them.
    I've never changed my window colors, and I do have a default window settings file. This new character started hero-side with gray windows; I just assumed they'd change to "normal" at some later date/level. Perhaps it's a bug and I should enter it.

    --NT
  24. NuclearToast

    The Chest Slider

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    That large breasts = back pain is just a stupid urban myth - the only thing that causes back pain is poorly chosen support.
    Or not lifting with your knees (instead of your back).

    --NT
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MajorDecoy View Post
    Well, you've got something wrong. It should have started blue.
    This is what I was thinking too. I looked through the options, but didn't see anything that might fix it (and I didn't want to manually adjust colors).

    On the General tab, I hit Reset Windows. That did it. Of course, I had to set up my windows all over again, but at least they're comforting hero blue now.

    --NT