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Because the server and client constantly send UDP packets between each other, it would be very easy for a poorly-written program to falsely identify CoX traffic as P2P.
That patcher itself only runs when you launch the updater, and should only be using TCP packets between the client and the patch server; no UDP, and no P2P are involved.
However, your other problem may be any wireless LAN you have on your router. Are you running wireless? Is it using any sort of security key? Are you sure your neighbors aren't leaching bandwidth off of you to run their own P2P applications? Or have you given neighbors permission to use your wireless LAN, and perhaps they're running P2P apps?
Perhaps it's not CoX at fault, but a lack of network security on your router? I'm not saying that's the answer, but you definitely need to make sure no one's on your network through a lack of security.
But it that's not the case, call your ISP, tell them that you're running purchased, license software, not performing an P2P, and demand that they stop harassing you. -
Quote:Plenty of other opinions are on the official threads. I'm genuinely confusedOriginally Posted by Nitra
That's neat, but I like the fact this is an UN-official thread, it's a question and I wanted to hear OTHER people's opinion... but thanks for the advise MUCH appreciated.
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Steel Canyon was deserted last night when my Praetorian finally got to Paragon City. Did the Praetorian invasion scare them away?
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Quote:If you're fishing for a dev response, you're not likely to get one. Would love to be proven wrong though.Originally Posted by graystar_blaster
So with the fitness pool being moved to inherent does that automatically come with a slot?
So in essence do we get 3 or 4 slots free? Or is it like WALK
Meaning does the whole set go? Sprint/hurdle/health/stamina? one slot each automatically? An then we can add more slots if we wish to have set bonuses and procs in them.
Does that also mean that i get hurdle for free on my blaster? when i only had swift. -
Quote:Hopefully you mean her grandmotherOriginally Posted by Kheldarn
That's probably the same pick-up move he used on her waaaaay back when...
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As long as this God Mode includes a jet pack and magical roller skates, then we're in agreement sir
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I am bookmarking this site for future inspiration.
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Quote:Indeed. Many base builders would be PO'd to start from scratch. The whole stacking business started out as an exploit which turned into an art form which turned into a sanctioned exploit (when developers removed collision boundaries from base objects as an "interim solution"). Fixing it at this point would present a whole quagmire of problems between "people who want a better base system", "people who have invested too much time to discard everything", "people who want base PvP back", and "people who think that base PvP will make base building too restrictive".Originally Posted by SpittingTrashcan
Perhaps I'm cynical, but I can only see this ending in tears.
Base editing is a steaming pile of legacy code. It has bugs so old they've become cherished features: stacking, for instance. It has legacy items that people have repurposed to the point where improving their resemblance to the thing they're supposed to be is considered a terrible mistake. It has an editor that intimidates new users with its absurdly fine-grained control, and has no expedited path for reasonable defaults - all editing must be done at the detailed level, one piece at a time. Incremental improvement is not a realistic option - it would be too much effort for too little gain. Wholesale replacement would basically be a choice to discard a significant fraction of the current editing userbase - because all current bases would have to be invalidated in order to make enough changes to make a difference - in the hope that the new system will attract enough people to make up for the loss, and I'm pretty sure we all remember how well that went for PvP.
Basically, any changes significant enough to be worth doing would alienate the players who would theoretically be the target audience for the changes. The reason why devs aren't giving bases love is because there's no form of love they could give that would be returned.
Again, though, I'm cynical. But that's the cynical analysis, FWIW. I'd be overjoyed to see an effective rebuttal.
It's the reason I haven't been more invested in my base than what investment I've already put into it. -
I told them to "get off my lawn."
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Just as long as we're not talking about gunblades, which is obviously stepping on the toes of another IP.
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These mission NPCs always reminded me of a Harold Zoid film...
Also:
Singular: Developer or Dev
Plural: Developers or Devs
Possessive: Developer's or Dev's
If your spell check freaks out, either add the word or don't truncate it
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Are we talking one big gun-knife or two? Animation for Bullet Rain wouldn't look right for only one gun-knife.
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Agreed, it's a travesty. Give us real dreadlocks; they could be used in a variety of ways, from African American characters, to Jamaican characters, to alien characters, etc.
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Mostly, my examples happened years ago, when RV came out, there were a lot of people hunting for badges in PvP zones, which made the PvP people upset, causing things like hostile takeovers of Triumph Watch (and the QQing that came with it, incl. from me) and a whole rift in the community.
Eventually, a lot of Triumph's PvP community went to Champion, for better or worse. PvP on Triumph has had a negative stigma since, and the rift between the "badgers" and the "PvPers" is still present with a lot of players. Which is a shame. I don't think I13 killed PvP as much as the culture clash. Some people will blame the devs for putting badges in PvP zones, while others will blame the communities. In either case, it's a quagmire.
Personally, my mantra is "If you badge hunt/ farm in a PvP zone, expect to be PvPd" -
Been asking for more back options (backpacks, jetpack costume items, etc.) for year. YEARS. As much as I agree with and support this suggestion whenever it crops up, I'm not holding my breath.
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Quote:Only because, months and years later, people who patronized this artist are still waiting for their commissions. It's a sad state of affairs.Originally Posted by Tartyrsause
this thread was dead.. but NOW its alive!! ..ZOMBIEEEE!!!
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Yeah, that's odd. She's supposed to teleport away after spouting off her monologue, so it sounds like your instance was bugged. Glad you got past it though
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MEh, there are certain PvP players that talk a bunch of garbage, spout off a bunch of crap online and on the forums, and then wonder why no one will PvP with them. It's not really too hard for me to figure out. Complaining about putting bullets in one's own feet is just silly.
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The fate of the X3 was hilarious and ironic.
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Sounds like a reasonable solution IMPO. The main reason why it was ever put in place was for PvP, so perhaps it should be opt-in instead of opt-out.
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Quote:One has to wonder though: given the online community on the forums, the people to which it was sent (some of whom were and are big presences on the forums), and the magnitude of the questions on the survey, might it be possible that Marketing was counting on the survey to be leaked? It's a brilliant move to create buzz, whether the intention was inferred or not. If it was intentional, it's something that Marketing got right.Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum
1) Referring to a leaked confidential & targeted marketing survey as an example pretty much misses the mark. You don't know that they're not still doing such surveys, just enforcing the confidentiality side more.
It's certainly true that a lot of time and money was and has been reinvested into the game... but how many of those devs are working on CoH? How many are working on the sequel? It's a bit off-topic, but couldn't this explain why certain devs have been more silent lately?Quote:2) Said survey came around the time of the massive reinvestment into CoH (going from the under-two-dozen devs to over 100, iirc) and represented a moment to develop a creative vision for going forward. The vision that came from that covered this expansion and could cover more gameplay to come-- it could be that they're not at the point where they need that very broad approach again.
In any case, couldn't OCR pick up part of the slack in communications?
I mentioned this in my OP, but dev contact is great. However, I don't expect devs to comment on feedback threads which may or may not be related to their various fields of work. Although I'm glad that we get a direct line of communication with them at times, if an OCR rep creates a "feedback" or "discussion" thread, they should tend to it.Quote:3) As you noted, some devs prefer direct channels. Sure, we haven't had any forum-related surveys like before, but we have the Art director managing and responding to several targeted threads for feedback, input, and criticism... and he's responded to all of them. Those could all have been channeled through community relations, but we wouldnt' have the direct conduit to the dev.
Thus, we can't really tell if there's been a net decrease in feedback or just a change in where the message has come.
Case in point: Black Pebble's thread. Although the resolution hasn't been the most timely (probably due to situations beyond his control), the back-and-forth has been good.
I'll offer a counter-point: if such a low percentage of a game's population actually uses or reads the forums, why even bother to clean up the CHCV board, which by and large was one of the most visted board on the forums? TheOcho stated it was to decrease the amount of infractions on the boards, but doesn't rolling back forum policy by a matter of years increase the amount of moderation required? Perhaps not, since the community by and large is self-policing, but perhaps Marketing or Corporate had a hand in it? By all appearances, it seemed that TheOcho had little wiggle room in the matter, leading to only a few concessions but otherwise stonewalling other valid feedback.Quote:Back in 2004-2005, at one of the developer conferences, a research group presented info that, based on datamining on several MMO's, they had online community forums that were visited at least once a week by 5%-9% of their player population. Never past 10%. Additional surveys indicated that this 5%-9% didn't represent a cross-section of the base.
Their takeaway was 1) don't rely on JUST what your forum base says and 2) don't neglect the rest of your base. In-game community relations has the potential to reach the forumites AND the rest.
It's Marketing the forums to new players, at the cost of a content, loyal fanbase. But, I guess OCR has to follow the orders of those holding the purse strings
I beg to disagree. People like Lighthouse and Ex Libris not only had a large board presence, they also organized in-game events (the V-Day Wedding event, gold title handouts during holidays... the events that are harder to coordinate than just flipping an invasion switch and saying "Have fun!") and helped organized and coordinate real world events (the Milpitas M&G, SDCC M&G, the first Hero Con, etc.), all while keeping open communications with the PvP crowd, the Lighthouse Lounge, the City Scoop etc.Quote:It could be argued that the previous OCR's-- with very heavy forum presences-- focused TOO MUCH on the forumites. We've seen a general increase in GAME activity run by these guys- Rikti raids, zombie hunts, parties, etc. They try to make a presence at many player-run events-- including some PvP ones.
These take time to prepare and time to run, so you can't do that AND keep the broad presence on the boards of their predecessors.
Edit: Speaking of the City Scoop, if memory serves me, one of the key reasons it never returned was due to a lower amount of support from OCR. But I'll have to dig through some Snow Globe posts to nail down a quote.
Edit 2: never mind, it's a Lemur Lad quote:
Quote:There's also the unfortunate fact that after the departure of Lighthouse and Ex Libris, a lot of our support from the staff dried up. No disrespect to our current community team (truly. I got nothing but love for them), but it became very hard to progress, when we weren't getting any feedback on the new forums and when they were coming and how they would work from a technical standpoint. -
Quote:Then we're on the same page, unfortunately.Originally Posted by IanTheM1
I hate to repeat myself and essentially cross-post, but as I said in the announcement thread for the Party Pack - when rednames go silent, marketing is to blame. Obviously I can't know for certain, but that's my theory.
It's likely well-buried by now, but another thing brought up in the thread is that the Party Pack has a lot of incredibly suspicious and downright ignorantly-designed elements to it.
Honestly? I'm cynical enough to believe that the party event is a last-ditch, low-cost attempt at drumming up interest in the pack. I could easily be wrong, but my imagination tends to wander when left in silence. -
Approved for all audiences!
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I like the concept; petitioned for something like this during GR beta when it was announced that villains would have access to PPPs and APPs without Heroes having an equivalent.
One caveat is that a character should have access to PPPs and APPs, or HPPs and APPs, but not all three at the same time. But with Villains being able to keep PPPs even after going full Hero, I'm not sure this would be feasible. -
In this mission, there are Nemesis Mole Machines that, due to their high number of HPs, had great XP rewards, although they had no attacks. People would farm this mission constantly for the Mole Machines, until the devs removed all rewards from them.