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Quote:Which I think is the cause of some of the disappointment for some. Some people just don't use some of the ones and would probably like to not have to slot them. I admit that would be a nice feature, though I'd probably end up slotting everything anyway personally.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
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Quote:Personally I'm sincerely hoping that since the normal tier 9 rewards are all repeatable (I imagine that's what the green arrows circling those slots means anyway in the picture) that as long as you're a VIP customer and have the tier 9 slots open, then you can 'buy' those costume rewards.Originally Posted by Djeannie
So basically not a single current vet will be unlocking tier 9 costumes without paying real cash or waiting half a year.
An 87 month vet will have 36 tokens which only unlocks 2 of the 5 in tier 9, they will have 3 months to go to get the other 3 and then 3 more months to get to the costumes. Or they can spend 90 bucks to unlock them, far far more money then any super booster every cost, or even the combined game boxes cost.
I seriously hope we get to choose what order we unlock stuff in each tier.
I am not happy with having to spend 90 bucks or waiting half a year to get new costume stuff. It better not be half ***** like the Ascension costume parts/steampunk booster costume parts/animal pack parts is/are.
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Quote:Where does it say 'rotate'? To me 'refresh' seems to indicate they'll be bringing in a stream of new content for that tier every 3-4 months. If that turns out to be the case I'd imagine when new content comes through, they'll take the previous content and open it up to purchase on the in-game store. Which means not only would vets get the pieces early, they would effectively get it for 'free'.Originally Posted by PeerlessGirl
I would also assume by "rotate" it means that they'll come back in and out over time.
I mostly think it'll be a steady stream since if it was rotated through you'd run into issues of people just missing the piece they wanted and having to wait months and months until it cycled back around again as well as the issue of the rotation eventually getting entirely too long (not to mention that eventually everyone would end up having all of the rotating content). -
Quote:Honestly it struck me as fairly straightforward to tell the truth. You get your tokens, you slot your tokens into a tier. Fill up a tier move on to the next one. Putting tokens in slots gives you 'neat stuff'.Originally Posted by Sermon
This is the most complicated thing I have ever seen.
If you have any vet badges on your account they give your account a token for each one plus one extra token for every year you've played.
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Quote:I thought he said something more along the lines of it being like combining two of them. Or at least listening to him it seemed like he was referencing how we combine two SOs to make one with slightly better numbers.Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
Black Pebble specifically brought up Luck of the Gambler global speed 7.5% and said "it makes it like you have two of them".
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Oh hey, any new episodes of Alphas won't be on Hulu until after the end of the season. I just don't get that.
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Quote:I'm still relatively sad that we're not ever likely to see the 'other' EATs they hinted at long ago. Playing a character with my Coralax costume code just isn't as satisfying as playing a Coralax EAT.Originally Posted by AkuTenshiiZero
My issue is not with the current content having insufficient backstory, but the existing backstory to things that still don't exist and/or are severely underdeveloped compared to their massive backstory.
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Quote:I have a similar-ish setup with my fire/elec blaster. We also had a bit of fun just going around clearing hazard spawns earlier on, which is strange since I normally don't enjoy hazard zones much.Originally Posted by Tahliah
My favorite tanker in all the land runs with my ice/ice or fire/fire blaster. He herds the map, I decimate them. Good times.
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Quote:It is however, very much the implication that many people will draw from a statement like that. Especially on the internet where I've noticed people seem more likely to read too much into statements (and just flat-out not get sarcasm).Originally Posted by Texas Justice
Why not? Because that's not what you said.
Personally my first thought when I hear someone say something like that is to ask if they're saying that people are actually getting food poisoning from Fred's Steak Sandwiches. Partly because a lot of people don't always get the possible implication behind their otherwise innocent remarks (most everyone seems to do it on occasion), and partly because I've known far too many people who like to insult and deride others without actually ever directly saying anything bad about them (something I'm most definitely not trying to imply you're doing). -
Quote:While I don't completely agree with the idea that you quoted, you're 'ignoring' Another_Fan based on a misquote.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
See, when you say stuff like that, which is so, very, very wrong, you make yourself very easy to ignore.
Of all the ATs, 3 of the 4 melee ATs (Tankers, Scrapper, Brutes) have more hit points than Blasters. Blasters are *tied* in number of Hit Points with Stalkers. All other ATs have *less* hit points than Blasters.
Blaster do not only not have the worst hitpoints in the game, there are 9 other ATs with lesser hit points.
How could you be so wrong about something like this and then come into the forums and make such forceful statements based on ignorance?
The comment was that there's no reason for blasters to have the worst hit points of any of the damage dealing ATs. Now I don't really agree with that, and it's also still not completely accurate, but it's far less wrong that the picture you paint.
Blasters are tied with one of the damage ATs (stalkers) and have more than dominators, but they have less HPs than the other 'damage' ATs (scrappers, brutes).
Now that aside, I do have a thought based on a comment from earlier in the thread. If it's true that blasters are the most commonly played AT at the mid levels (which is very believable), and yet drop down to the third most played AT at higher levels which kind of coincides with when the other damage ATs performances starts to but in on a blaster's (in my opinion). Doesn't that indicate some level of problem to anyone else?
It's certainly not 'OMG blasters are superfluous' level of a problem or anything, but it would seem to indicate a problem that should be, at some point, at least looked at. -
See, you're mixing up your definitions of 'alien'. (edit: Bah, no you're not. I jumped the gun and posted before reading your last paragraph) Neither the Rikti or the Praetorians are extraterrestrial and I don't think the Hydra are either. All of them come from earth, just a different one, kind of like that old sci-fi show Sliders.
However they all are non-native to primal earth and would be legally aliens in the same way someone from a foreign country would be an alien. -
Quote:Oh I know. That whole Battalion requiring inventions was from an article in a magazine years ago. I'm not sure when it was exactly, but I want to say it was either before or just slightly after CoV was released. I'm not positive on that though.Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
While there's nothing stopping them
From making the Battalion require IOs of some kind, the needed inventions was part of a previous invention system incarnation. -
Quote:No, the Rikti are genetically altered humans from Earth in another dimension. That's still Earth. Now the alien race that altered them on the other hand, that's certainly alien. Unless it's changed in the lore, I believe that race was supposed to be called the Battalion. At one point I believe it was supposed to be a really strong enemy group we'd end up facing that we'd need IOs to stand up to.Originally Posted by The_Spad_EU
Like I said, not from our planet.
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Quote:So this brings up a good question. Why the freaking hell was he in the movie more than Megatron? I don't want to see 'human lackey #1' more often than Megatron as if he was really the main villain.Originally Posted by EvilRyu
On a side note, after seeing this my wife is having a hard time watching Grey's Anatomy now after seeing Mc Dreamy as a villian.
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So I watched this last night when I lost power due to a thunderstorm. So I knew I wasn't going to like it, but good freaking lord. I almost actively hate every single annoying as all hell freaking human character in this franchise at this point. They're just annoying, unsubtle caricatures (Deep Wang ... you have got to be freaking kidding me). Similarly the comic relief robots were just as annoying in this movie as the twins of the last one.
I liked most of the rest of the robots in the film, and they had several scenes that actually made me care (though not the freaking Challenger explosion freaking thing ... WTH man). Though realistically they have less characterization and development than the humans. I mean really, an accent is not the same thing as characterization Mr Bay. Although, on that note, why do the NASCAR-bots have Scottish accents.
The bot's character models are confusing (especially when it comes to the Decepticons), it's almost impossible to differentiate a lot of the models from each other. I don't recall but maybe one scene where they even vaguely mentioned any of the Autobot's names aside from Bumblebee and Optimus Prime (and I suppose Sentinel Prime) and I don't think they ever even mentioned Starscream's name. Heck, there was a scene with a 'Mexican Standoff' that had four grey colored bots pointing weapons on them and heck if I know who any of them were from the dialogue in the scene (or any of it leading up to that).
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Quote:So I go in with my blaster and hunt for grenades and acids just fine. I die occasionally sure, but it's on a 50 so who really cares. That said there are also things I'd much prefer to build for on her than defense, and while I'd never get upset over a stalker or scrapper not holding aggro on something like an AV I do get annoyed when I team with a tanker who can't whold aggro(which has happened).Originally Posted by Laevateinn
I've seen this attitude before, from squishies of all types (not just MMs), that if they die it's somehow the melee's fault. I personally know someone in a global channel I frequent who thinks that it is the job of melee characters to babysit squishies (the same person scoffs at high defense builds on squishies - I wonder why?
) Players who blame other players for their own deaths are the worst incompetents.
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Quote:I kind of figured you meant it something like that. It came across as very over entitled spoiled brat though to me. Very, "Every time I disagree with something I complain and end up getting things MY way." What you wrote just now there was much better.Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
I know how it should sound: "Say and do nothing, watch nothing happen. Work towards change, often get it."
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Ok, so some days I like to team and some days I just don't want to interact with another living soul (in game or out of it) so I'm honestly all for solo incarnate content. I think it could have a place right alongside the whole trial system they have going on.
I don't think it's going to come before (or with) I21 though. I kind of imagine that if they managed to decide on a good way to set it up then it got pushed to either stretch goals on current/upcoming issues if possible and if not was probably put into upcoming issues not currently in the development cycle. So that would put it off until after 21 if they couldn't squeeze it in.
The only real complain I have with the people asking for solo incarnate content is that some of them really seem to have an attitude of, "I want it now, why isn't it hear yet," about them. That sort of thing isn't terribly useful in persuading people to their point of view and generally seems more likely to start arguments than anything else. Not that the pro-incarnate trial bunch are entirely blameless either mind you since they can 'attack' pretty harshly in 'defense' of an aspect of gameplay they enjoy.
That said.
Quote:You realize what that sounds like right Bill?Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
At the end of the day (where day is a metaphor for some period of time) what I'll get is quite likely the same thing I've gotten in the past for expressing my opinions on this forum: What I Want. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Then prepared to be surprised. Where, precisely, do you think the extra development muscle is going to come from? The studio wasn't doing a mass hiring drive and they haven't talked about expanding their staff. Sure, you'll see a large influx of "stuff" at Freedom launch, which consists of things they already have ready but are holding back so they can sell them, but once that's done, how exactly do you expect the team to make more stuff?
So if all this 'stuff' sells well, what do you honestly think they're going to do with any increase in revenue? It's not so much a faith in the devs as it is a faith in Paragon Studios being a business. If it sells well and they can conceivably make more of that type of thing that sells well they most likely will, and while they haven't talked about hiring people they have certainly talked about optimizing their studio structure to enable a more rapid production of content. On top of that if things sell well and they need to hire people to keep up the stream of content I would hope they will as not hiring people to keep up with demand (assuming you can afford to do so) would be silly.
Basically my expectation is based on the thought that they will see an increase in revenue with Freedom. I'm not saying I expect the equivalent of a booster every month or anything here but I'd be surprised if there wasn't at least a small increase in things they release to sell to us after it goes live.
In any case, who knows. I may end up being horribly wrong (it's certainly possible), but then again so might you. We'll have to wait to find out. -
Quote:I'll be incredibly surprised if they don't put out more things to buy in the next year then they have in the past. If they don't they may not understand the f2p business model very well.Originally Posted by Dr_MechanoEU
From the moment Freedom is released until exactly a year after I will have to run this experiment. If the year comes to a close and I still have points remaining from that initial purchase, the answer is No, it has not cost me anymore than it did the previous year.
However if, at any point, I run out of points then the conclusion is obviously the opposite, yes the game has cost me more than it did during a year when a full boxed expansion was released.
The big question for me over the year following Freedom is if I maintain my VIP status will I get more content than I used to, or less? At the moment they're promising us that we'll be getting more, and many people are saying they expect less. Personally I'm being somewhat optimistic and hoping for more. -
Quote:I would kind of imagine a nice wind-up decapitation sort of swing. Very basic looking honestly.Originally Posted by Leo_G
Nope, it should be the character circling it by the wrist (one handed) for momentum then smashing down (using both hands) with some screen-shake.
To be honest though I'm unsure if a scythe would be well served by the same sort of animations that have to be used for a big-honking-sword and an axe. Maybe that's just my mental image of them though.
City of Nero?Quote:Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
"Onoes, it's going to be City of nero/archers/anime/this/that/theother."
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Quote:I'm not even remotely trying to claim that they're not. It's just easy to classify them as western=comic books, Japanese=manga, and so on. Similarly it's easy to classify western cartoons as such and label Japanese cartoons as 'anime'. Nothing but an easy short-hand do differentiate between them for me. It's certainly easier than typing out 'Japanese comic books' every time I want to specifically reference manga.Originally Posted by Ironik
Manga ARE comics. Just not Western ones. And at least as popular as superheroes.
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Quote:Oh, I said I liked mine and I do. It also works fairly well, especially at moving around enemies. That doesn't mean I don't have some issues with it too though.Originally Posted by Nyx
Thats my combgination and it rules!!!
Or at least I think it does.
It's always worked for me.
Same thing goes for my 'main' character ... which is an energy/dev blaster. I love the character, but I'd never in a million years level a single other blaster with devices as the secondary set again. Unless of course, they did a pass of the set and it was improved for team play somewhat. -
Quote:It's from the newsletter they sent out about going F2P. It's off to the side of the blurb talking about the market and being a VIP customer. That doesn't help all that much I guess, but I suppose I could see it as being part of the store's GUI possibly.Originally Posted by Umber
I saw that image but have no context towards what I'm looking at, what is it intended to be? Loading screen? New costume creator interface?
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Did you see the concept art at the top there? One of them's a freaking giant sword and another is a railroad crossing sign. I can't imagine at least some of them not being over the top anime weapons.Quote:Originally Posted by Amy_Amp
For the sake of my sanity, please don't let these be anime wannbe over the top type swords. I will punch a kitten. Think of the kittens devs.
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Quote:Um ... wish granted? At least according to today's ustream. Not sure about purchasing it from within the costume creator, but apparently you can add the items to your 'cart' from within the creator at least.Originally Posted by reiella
What would certainly be nice is an revamp to the Costume creator to get it to show/preview all costume pieces and let you purchase the costume pieces from within it.