Obsidius

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    The jump pack doesn't really make you get from place to place that much faster. But tell you what - if you could ninja-run for 30 seconds and then have to wait for the run to rechage for 5 minutes, then I wouldn't be complaining.
    With the Endurance cost as it is, I might as well use it for 30 secs

    As it is, if I need to get somewhere across town, I can just use the Pocket D teleporter I purchased with GvE also That's two non-cosmetic powers in one pack
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    That's exactly what I'm saying. That ability really shouldn't be something you can get by paying $10 more. I'm happy with booster packs as long as they're cosmetic only, but I really start to worry when they put in quasi-travel-powers.
    What, like the Jump Pack?

    Edit: Bah, Primal beat me to it
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    Explain to me how the Self Destruct power is "cosmetic".
    Exactly. Nothing new to see here; move along, conspiracy theorists
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man View Post
    There was no pushup emote until today...?
    Could have sworn there was... or maybe I'm confusing it with Jumping Jacks... or maybe Tabula Rasa... gah, getting senile in my old age
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Daimyo_Shi View Post
    What are natural powers that aren't based on martial arts?

    that what i though nothing.
    Are we just talking about combat, or should we consider other things like clairvoyance, telepathy, spoon-bending, etc.?
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    Come on now people - 6 pages, and no one's mentioned that /e pushup might be used in...creative ways by the less mature members of the playerbase?
    Because they couldn't do that with the existing pushup emote?
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by American_Angel View Post
    You people are such suckers, lol.

    You're paying $10 for 4 emotes and a Prestige Sprint.
    I guess you don't tip your waiters either
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Another_Fan View Post
    Wow that is brilliant.

    I predict they saturate the sales of extra architect mission slots.
    Yes, I'm sure no one will apply for this contest, especially the European players who weren't legally eligible for the last contest
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Vitality View Post
    Yeah but now I can no longer be the fastest without a travel power unless I buy this booster pack.
    What's next?
    What's next? More slippery slope arguments, I'm sure

    If you want to check out real nickel & diming, head over to that other super hero MMO

    Back on topic: Kind of on the fence for this pack, since I don't roll too many Natural characters... but this could revitalize the one I do have... and that run power looks freakin' sweet... oof, tough decision
  10. Weird... I remember a while back when Citadel had this issue (or Bastion as he was called back then). Odd for it to crop up yet again...
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Niviene View Post
    There will be a Global Chat channel called “2009 Winter Event” for ease of communication.
    With all due respect, there's already a "Beta Tester" global channel on Test. Isn't making another global channel a little redundant and confusing? I know it was for me, during the Halloween event test.
  12. Gotta do a shot for Macron tonight - he would have wanted it that way!
  13. Ditto. I served but never got deployed anywhere. Want to thank all of those who served, especially in wartime and also more recently in the Mideast, including my younger brother, who will hopefully be back in time for the New Year.

    We should also remember those at Ft. Hood who died or were injured. No matter how tragic it was, those that perished died in service to their country.

    /salute
  14. If a flintlock is out odf the question because it has issues delivering multiple ammunitions or rate of fire, add more barrels


    This example has three barrels, each with its own powder pan. In RL one would have to rotate the barrels manually, but we can pretend It's just a jumping-off point.
  15. Although I stated in another thread on my support for vet costumes to be made earnable in-game through Invention recipe drops and such, I have no desire to allow accounts to buy in, even if they originally sub'd long ago. Vet rewards are to reward constant subscribers, not those players who deactivate subscriptions to spend sub money elsewhere for a time. The system was designed to reward loyal subscribers, not fair-weather fans.

    As for the vet costumes - IMPO, earnable in-game as rare recipes? Yes. (Vets can still use them without finding or purchasing recipes and salvage per character, which is still rewarding). Purchasable by fair-weather fans who have the most disposable income? No.
  16. Hey, you should be a Cuppa Incarnate anyhow Shame they removed that title with the new forums.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rockpirate View Post
    More than a few.

    8 seconds.

    Now, I've never been in the military (unless you count JROTC), and I've never used a grenade, but I sure as hell don't think I'd want to hold on to the thing for 8seconds.
    After you let the spoon fly, definitely not However, as long as you're holding down the spoon, it doesn't matter. Heck, you could even put the pin back in with no repercussions
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by BBQ_Pork View Post
    Two more alternate animations, should this be a customizable power:
    *) Character tosses a round, black, bowling-ball-like object (preferably with hissing fuse). Would fit with a cartoony feel, or (WWI-era?) "anarchist" types.
    *) Character throws what looks like several sticks of dynamite tied together.
    /Signed!
  19. Will probably have to bow out after all. Wife wants to get out of the house, and I can hardly blame her
  20. Obsidius

    Kheldian naming?

    My Warshade is named Alaestor. It's a name I used in DAoC but around which I adapted his backstory. He goes by the name of his first human host.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hell_Jumper View Post
    I came home last night to play COH while my wife chatted me up. Find there is an update and then the servers go down,???
    Go to the server up date page and read they are fixing the "WALK" update... Really???
    Not walk so much as the mapserver issues the aptch introduced. That and putting players of Shield characters into epileptic seizures.
  22. First off, this is not a "going away" thread, so relax.

    Actually, this thread is to commemorate my 10,000th post

    However, I wouldn't have 10,000 posts if it weren't for Triumph, the server that has been my virtual home away from home for these past 5½ years. Through the ups and downs I've stuck with Triumph due to the cool people I've met throughout my time here. Plus it's where my SG base is at

    I'd especially like to thank my coalition mates to include Steel Paladins, GHOST Squad, Shadow-Force (formerly Birds of Prey), Heads of Cerberus, HoJL, and anyone else I might have absent-mindedly forgotten.

    Thanks for being cool everyone, and more importantly, for putting up with me
  23. I'd support all this stuff. The coloring is technically possible, although it would take Jay some work to do. The capes, I fully support, although I'm not sure if the current character budget would allow it (in the same vein as loincloths and having more two or more capes on a player character).

    Edit: wow, that's my 9,999th post
  24. Obsidius

    Your 1 thing?

    I'll bite:

    Since my one thing I would want to see improved has been currently shot out of the water (bases), I'll go for an in-game mailing system - mailing items to other characters, within reason (perhaps alignment based, for example, especially if the markets are still to be seperate).