Radionuclide

It's not just the devs that hate villains

--Rad

Actually, this is a myth. The reality is it executed from left to right - activating the first which is cancelled by the second activation and so on down the line. So, it appears to be going from right to left since there is nothing to cancel the right that one is activated.

The reason the macro is not working (or working in reverse) is really for the same reason as above. The first power is being cancelled by the second and the first costume change is being cancelled by the second. I know you have accomplished this using two binds and that works just fine. The reason is it works is because you have only two commands which are not mutually exclusive to each other on the bind. There is another option which would be using two bind files which would call the other one to allow you to utilize just one key. But, that is a little more complicated (but, not overly so).

--Rad

And does it very well. Always a good time.

I forgot Cozmic's, it doesn't seem as busy as it once was. But, they do still happen there. Good point nonetheless.

--Rad

If you have access to globals Join PinnBadges. There are a lot of teams of many levels forming there all the time. When you join you are autosilcenced so send a tell to an op to have a gag removed.

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The foot touches the ball at least twice every game. Though it is touched generally far more when for example when team punts, kicks a field goal, or scores an extra point.

But, seriously because it's origins are traced back to the same root game - football.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football

I do not work for Paragon Studios and have no say in what is considered a show stopper. Do I consider this do be a showstopper? To be brutally honest, No. What would I consider to be a show stopper? A crash that affects everyone. An known vulnerability that is easy to exploit. Something that makes the game broken or unplayable In this case, you are still able to choose a reward. It just isn't the reward YOU want and you do have the means to obtain it. Even if it is more work for you. But, this is not unplayable. Sorry.

And to show you how silly your comment is... That bug didn't manifest in beta only on live. How was it known to be a showstopper? But, even if it did. These two are still not on the same level. The inability to communicate vs the inability to obtain a specific reward without having to do a few more missions first. Or having text saying as much. You don't want to do those other missions I get that but, it is not game breaking like the inability to send tells. I'm sure you'll agree.

The tell issue took two months to fix. Most bugs take more time than a few minutes to be fixed since there is millions of lines of code to shift through to untangle the cause of the issue at hand. As for their wording on the patch notes. I'll give you that it was poor. But, the difference is as I stated before, the global tell issue was not present in beta. There was be no possible way to say it was a showstopper if it was unknown until live.

Umm. I'm not a dev. I can pay or not pay attention to what you have been saying all I wish :P. But, you are completely right. Only those that are showstoppers would get such attention. They are after all showstoppers. A few lines of text, could be added during the next release cycle.

Having worked in customer service, while not for an online game but for an online company, yes I do. The question is; is this formulaic.. How many people do you think apologize in such a situation? What do you think the best response would be? Sympathy? Silence? Apology?

I'd go for either sympathy or apology, personally.

Why? Because it would be a canned reply I would make. I don't know if this is canned or not. But, I would not be surprised if it was.

--Rad

Not every reported bug will be a showstopper. If that was the case, the game would still be in Alpha.

--Rad

You can play a Plant/Poison Controller as of Issue 21. I've created one. Though have not play him much so, I can't speak to how it plays.

--Rad

No more then 1 or 2...

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The dots do not indicate population but, server load. While population contributes to server load, it is not the only factor. Since we do not know the specs on each server you cannot really make a comparison of the server loads, TBH. Many try to tough.

I really would not say you were tricked but, may have used an assumption rather than fact to make the decision.

--Rad

Here is two side by sides of firefox 3 and chrome 14:
What I see for the landing page

What I see for the main page

Seems like something is off somewhere. Clearing cache does not resolve it and the link was there yesterday.

EDIT: It has been fixed now for me on Chrome. Not sure what the issue was...


--Rad

Appears to be an issue with Chrome (14.0.835.186 m for Windows). Appears fine for me on Firefox but, Chrome is messed up. In fact once I get to http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/index.php in Chrome though several clicks, the background is messed up.

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Nope

--Rad

Essentially, this - http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=267434

--Rad

Based on this I would say it is a bug. Oversight99, I'd suggest contacting Zwill and find out the scoop.

--Rad

There is room for improvement. The game is great not perfect. You never know how they will improve the game and without offering the suggestion it is less likely they will.

Just wanted to offer some suggestions that might lessen the pain the lack of your wishes are causing.

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Welcome to the City!

4) There is a pets window. But, it only shows your pets. It automatically appears when you summon most things. You can force it to appear through options. I forget what the option is but, something like show pets menu on team window. One other thing you could do is set status bars to allows show though options. That would so you a players, mob, or pet to see their status if the pets in question are not your own.

7) While there is not a separate window, you can target through a target. Just target the teammate and attack, you will attack whatever they are targeting (as long as they are targeting something obviously).

Maybe that will cut down a few of your dislikes at least

--Rad

* Steelclaw: I'll be right there to help with that. I just need to I finish this tournament.

Sorry I could not resist...

--Rad

I would guess that would be the case. But, canyouseeme can't see me on port 80 (I was not surprised by this - I knew my port settings) and I can use the Launcher.

--Rad

My first and second characters are, regretfully, deleted and have been for some time...

Anyway, my first character was a Dark/Energy scrapper named Enkil. I got him to all of level 6. My second character, was a Grav/Bubble controller named Bia. I played her all the way up to level 16 before I stopped playing on the server. My third character was a Rad/Rad Defender. He got to level 10 before I recreated him during the move. I liked him the best. He is still my main. I did not delete those three for a few years. So, there you go my first 4 (well, 3 and a half) characters.

--Rad

My point wasn't whether it was cost prohibitive. It was that a customer may be unwilling to pay for something due some reason they give but, may very well decide to use it if there is no cost to them.

1) Yeah the SO is a difficult thing to overcome. And not just the nerd thing... But, this reason will not really be overcome by it being free or paid. I would agree with you here. Though it is easier to hide your playtime if you don't have to explain the charges :P
2&3) These are prefect examples of what I mean. Why pay for something you may not use or may use so rarely? In this case there is no value is paying $15/mo for that time to go unused. For me, I may have the money to spend but, why if I can't play ways. It's not cost prohibitive, but, I cannot justify the expense. I would consider coming back online during the few snatches of time I may have if I don't have to pay for that time That is much more appealing from my point of view.
4) See #1.
5) You are correct here. This is the same for any product though and isn't really a reason to based the business decision on. They are not your customers or potential customers. You have already lost them. It does not matter what your business model is.
6) IMO, F2P is not a moral choice. It is not right or wrong. But, to each their own. If someone sees a subscription model in such absolute black and white as to be an ethical choice, then you are correct here. You have lost them as a customer or potential customer. I no evidence to back this statement up other then other successful F2P games, I think this is a small enough minority to not base business decisions on.

All I can really say here is that going F2P gives those who quit because of these reasons an easier ability to comeback, try and see if the game has improved. They do not directly address those issues surely enough. But, the do provide an opportunity of someone to try it again cost free. This is a perceived value. Those who feel this way may not feel that $15 is worth trying the game again. But, they may do so for free. And really that is what I mean by the exit poll question. How many of those that you have heard these reason from would be completely unwilling to try the game again at anytime they wish for free? The reasons they quit may or may not hold up with a deterrent to return with the incentive of the game being free. Because even if the reason is not due to cost, cost may factor in the decision to return.

--Rad

So on your little exit poll of this small subsection of quitting customers, what was the percent that might be persuaded back if the game was free? What I am getting at is that the "moral" (really poor choice of words here) decision to leave may be more an issue of an unwillingness to continue to pay for XYZ content, direction, lack of attention, etc but, they may decide to comes back and very casually play if they don't have to pay for it.

You did read the restrictions placed on free accounts correct? If so all a VIP (or anyone for that matter) needs to do to avoid spam, is remove the local and help channels. Since that is all the free accounts can use that does not require you to invite them onto a team. And if they do that there, you can kick pretty quickly. And if you are still that concerned about the free spammers, head to the VIP server where they cannot follow.

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Relevent

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With this, I believe you are failing to live up to your goal of giving your VIP players what they want.

--Rad