NuclearToast

Bobitron wrote:

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What the heck is a snort fort?

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You know how your nose often runs in cold weather? And how it gets so cold that snot freezes when you snort it out onto the ground? It takes a while to build a two-man snort fort, and the color can be kinda iffy, but that thing can stop a two megaton snowbomb.

--NT

Greetings Starfighter! You have been selected by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Zur and the Ko-Dan Armada.

--NT

Logging off on top of the blimp in Atlas Park: Unpossible.

--NT

MissInformed wrote:

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I could not imagine two better ambassadors for Paragon City.

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Sister Flame and _Wyll_ for ambassadors to the UN!

--NT

_Antares_ wrote:

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The explosion that caused the destruction of Siren's Call.

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This was the first thing I thought of, too, when I saw this thread!

Also, the creation of Dark Astoria would be exceedingly interesting to me.

--NT

Hungry_Eyes wrote:

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i think it's perverse that uve got your kid hooked on video games already.

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But look on the bright side. In ten years, some gamer guy is going to be very happy and envied by all his friends.

--NT

Run around a city zone and click on as many civilians as you can. They can say some crazy stuff to you!

--NT

April 28, 2004: It took me over an hour to create my first hero. I had to go through every single option in the character creator just to see what was there (and that was release, when there were =WAY= fewer choices).

My friend, who had gotten home much earlier than me, called THREE TIMES as he impatiently waited in Atlas Park for me to arrive. (It's his fault I left on the Colors Linked setting and had yellow skin that I had to live with until Icon debuted.)

The most memorable moment of all was, after finishing the amazing tutorial (I CAN SHOOT FIRE FROM MY HANDS!), was standing around Ms Liberty, amazed that all that all these other heroes were played by actual people from all over the place, online at the same time. I admired the ingenuity of the many costumes I saw.

Then my friend and I went off to kick some Hellion butt. Did I mention how awesome it was to SHOOT FIRE FROM MY HANDS?

Thank you, devs past and present, for the best pasttime I've ever had.

--NT

paytoplay_hero wrote:

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I appreciate the 2 free slots, thanks for that at least. It does seem a little skimpy though (skimpy as in 1 additional slot per year of paid account time), considering the capacity for 36 slots *per server*.

I'd buy 5 slots per server for 20 bucks, but 5 slots total is crap. Almost as bad a deal as a wedding costume or two for $10. 5 more slots on 11 servers would run me, what, $220?! Please correct my math if it's wrong, but it looks to me like maxing out your 36 slots on all 11 servers will cost you about $1000.

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Based on your name, I find your complaints to be worthy of a stanza in an Alanis Morissette song!

--NT

Wow. And I mean that because I just read the whole thread.

Now, what's wrong with NCNC? I mean, I was happy about the 5 slots I was going to buy, but then they go and =give= me 6 instead? What, my money's not good enough for ya?

I keep trying to get out of the fanboi business, but they keep pulling me back in...

--NT

<gets a rag and polishes bottom part of sig>

--NT

So... what do we call this awesome video? Recluseroll?

--NT

Outrider wrote:

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Clik Clak himself

Map Server decided to say hello before I could get a shot of little guy at the end of the mission when I was putting up the first one of the mission objective. Had to do it over again to get that one.

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Awesome sauce, with raisins.

--NT

I must admit that Aidalyn makes some good points. The problem is, most of us have either played the game too long, or have too much experience from other MMOs, or both, to understand the real frustrations that new players have in the game. It's easy to say, "Do sewers," or, "Do radio/safeguard for jetpack," or, "Don't take Wincott's missions, just go back," because we =know= that. But they don't.

Exemplaring a lot in The Hollows is a constant education in how much I take for granted. I think Aidalyn's friend's comment about "City of Hospital" sums up the OP very well.

--NT

Mr_No_Pants wrote:

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It's simple they want you to do A to get B.
A is meant for C people but if D people can do it that's cool to.
If D people do it and C people get credit A is not being met.
The item no longer is working as intended.
Now with this switch if 1 person can do the work of C so they can get the reward then you might see some nerfs.

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I read your post and followed the instructions, but my allen wrench is bent and I have two screws left over.

--NT

Too bad they're not POSA (point-of-sale activated) cards instead of yet one more thing wrapped in extraneous packaging. A DVD case, really?

--NT

I guess this change, prompted by actions of the loot-chasers, means that the Invention System is not totally ignorable any more. (Never had this problem when TFs awarded just enhancements and badges.)

--NT

Fluxx wrote:

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I honestly miss the days of watching tanks round up whole missions.

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Some people just can't adapt to changes. <shrug> Last night I was on a team with a herding tank. He became upset when we wouldn't stand in his designated spot while he herded. With three scrappers, it was more fun just to wade into every spawn.

He quit immediately when the mission was over. And everyone made some comment about how they hated herding. The next mission was a lot more fun. And faster xp.

--NT

I hope the PPD ticketed that driver for exploiting Ouroboros porta... What am I saying? They can't even enforce crosswalk laws!

--NT

I would say that since the developers have access to all the numbers, like how many people run TFs, how often, how many people typically participate, how many start versus how many finish... with all the stats, they have a pretty good idea of what the majority of TFers do. Yes, there are situations where <bleep> happens, but by and large, the vast majority of people will get a positive experience from this change.

No, it may not be perfect, and it may not solve every single scenario you can think of, but geez, give 'em some props for coming up with a good compromise.

I promise you, the numbers are on =their= side.

--NT

BadStorm wrote:

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*glances at firm, upright Emerald Chesticles of DOOOM! and stretch-mark free, flat belly*

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I'll bet you're not the only one glanci... er, thinking of adoption.

--NT

It's apparent from this thread the that devs are apparently too lazy to read this thread. <grin>

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Updated my sig to honor this awesome thread.

--NT

This thread is great. I love Sister Flame! Where's Jack Thompson when you need him? Oh wait, this thread undercuts his ambulance-chasing...

--NT

Oddballica wrote:

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And while it's on my mind, suprised there is no drinking champagne or toast emote.

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I am also concerned that there is no irradiated "me" emote.

To the thread in general, it's certain NCSoft is watching this pack very closely. As a fanboy who has bought every version they've released so far, I didn't see a price-to-content ratio I liked, so I took my dollars and opted out. I know some people like it, and that's fine. I know others are opposed to it, and they're entitled to that as well. But I can't automatically knock those that decry it just because I'm a fanboy.

It'll be interesting to see how the trend plays out.

--NT