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Quote:That is the dumbest thing I think I've read on these forums relating to tanking.Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
Remember, tanking is not about survival.
FA and DA, both lack tanker type panic buttons like Unstoppable, or OwtS and SoW which are more like mitigation buildups, or even Hibernate and Granite.
Instead they get the cheesy "Oh, I see you've failed at your job again, here's a shiny light show that'll distract your team from the fact that the baddest solo member of the group just faceplanted", as their tier nines.
How on earth did any of you who swear by fires slef rez manage to play your tank before lvl 32's rotp, you must've been absolutely terrible given your apparent reliance on it.
The reason that a lot of us hate self-rez for a tanker, especially as the big tier nine power, is that the devs seemed to have gotten the idea that it was ok to leave he rest of the set weak because of it.
Temperature Protection, what the hell does that do when the first shield nearly caps fire, nothing, but "Ohh if they're dumb enough not to take tough/weave instead of rotp, it'll rez them after they're definitely going to be defeated".
I prefer not to die in the first place and I play full bore, if you really believe you have to rely on a pretty Must be defeated to use puff power, the tanks who build to survive will without fail be moving on to the next mobs burning and destroying while you're savoring rotp's piffy animation. -
Pure Tanking is better then sex.
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This sounds fun.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Twilight_Snow
I think it is ok to add defense debuff to gash or cleave, for example.
Which would make them the two most powerful weapon attacks in the game. Axe is already balanced with all the Tanker secondaries, so to add either -res or -def you would have to add it to all the Tank sets, which might happen someday, but it would be ridiculously unbalanced to ad it solely to BA. -
Quote:Originally Posted by McBoo
I'm in the camp of folks that think Battle Axe is pretty much fine as it is right now. The damage is impressive, the KD is good fun and makes for great incoming damage mitigation.
/unsigned
Let's add Psi damage to it, why don't we!
I don't mean to be harsh, but this is a badly uninformed suggestion.
Ok, that was harsh, but if you "don't even have an axe user" the idea makes more sense. -
Yep mentioned in the OP that I tried the fresh install after wiping/partitioning/formatting, no go. So it's off to it's original builder it goes, because I have the interest and don't like being licked by a pc problem, but I don't have the free time to keep tinkering with it.
Thank you again for the replies.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Bluemeanie
I'm sure you did this, but have you tried resetting the bios? Usually a jumper on the motherboard. You might want to write down all the settings before you do this tho.
Not yet, but I've come to the conclusion that the pc builder who put this unit together will get to resuscitate his creation.
None of the hardware software was included with the pc, and tracking down the cd's and drivers, while not impossible, is more time consuming then anyone with a job can spare.
I appreciate the advice and ideas.
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The error is 0x0000007E, now it is an HP cloned to the Asus mobo, which shouldn't matter I don't think, from past experience.
I took the ATI Radeon card off and replaced it with a functioning spare Nvidia card, because the ATI wouldn't accept the correct Catalyst driver, it said there was no hardware that matched the drivers, which is wrong, so I switched to the Nvidia card, and it wont update either.
It's a good mobo, so I hate to just throw in the towel on it, but I'm inching ever closer.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Bluemeanie
Have you tried disabling the automatic restart on failure? It might give you a clue as to what's going on. Here's how to do it.
Disable automatic restart on system failure. This should help by allowing time to write down the STOP code properly. Right click on the My Computer icon on the Desktop and select Properties, Advanced, Start-Up and Recovery, System Failure and uncheck the box before Automatically Restart.Thanks for the replies guys, you can always count on some form of help from the very best (gaming) forum community that exists today.Quote:Originally Posted by PerfectStorm
This is a vague thought that I'm not sure is applicable, but ... is there any chance that the SATA drives may require a 3rd party driver in order to run properly? (i.e., one that the OS's you've tried do not have as a standard HDD driver)... I don't think it would actually blue screen with that situation (it shouldn't get that far) but ... who knows?
However, what Bluemeanie says is what you should try ... boot to safe mode, disable the Automatically Restart on error thingie, and see what the BSOD message and/or code is. If you google the code or title of the message, you might find some more ideas.
Good luck!
Storm
Yeah I did try the automatic restart on failure uncheck, I should've added that in the post, and it returned an error that I tried to track down but I got impatient.
I'm going to re-clone XP to the drive (b/cause ME wasn't properly installed and wont boot even in s/mode), and I will try the auto restart uncheck again.
Bad BIOS could be the culprit, according to someone with the same issue on PlanetAMD, so downgrading the BIOS is the next step after the fresh XP clone.
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Hello, ok here's my situation, my father in law was given a custom built pc three years ago that's basically an Asus A8N-SLI Premium with a AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core running XP Pro, more specs to be posted in a sec.
They get a nasty worm I can't clean out, unlike the countless viruses I've removed for them for free going on years now. No time this round, and the worm is serious.
So I backup their drive, wipe it with Boot and Nuke, and Clone XP Home 32bit fully updated onto it from a 1TB, which is 100% clean running perfectly, set up with NOD32.
Presto, the clone goes perfectly, like unknown times I've done it before.
I hook it up to their PC, it gets to the XP loading screen, and reboots, endlessly.
I start it in safe mode, no problem, I run a plethora of tests, everything's fine.
I remove everything but the ATI Radeon card, the mouse/kb, the try again, same thing, wont get past XP load screen.
I connect two other perfectly functioning SATA drives, and same thing, wont get past XP load.
OK.
I wipe the drive again, partition/format, install Windows ME for the hell of it with their drive attached to their PC.
All is going well, then right after the first reboot and loading the OS for the first time, BANG, same thing, auto reboot at loading screen.
Memory problem I think, so I order new sticks ( 2 512mb 184-pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (pc 3200) ), start it up after installing, and you guessed it, boots into safe mode no problem, but reboots endlessly right as the Windows load screen pops up.
My last step was going to be buying a new HD, but since it wont boot on any of the perfectly operating drives I've tried, all having the exact same instant reboot issue at the OS load screen, it's a slim shot.
I'm nearing the point of just buying them a new PC, because I don't have the time for this.
But if any of you more advanced in this then me have anything to offer that I've missed or any ideas, I would welcome it.
Some specs taken while backing up their old drive before wiping it:
Quote:Monitoring
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Mainboard Model A8N-SLI Premium (0x000004DB - 0x0083C5A4)
DMI
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DMI BIOS
vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD
version ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ACPI BIOS Revision 1302
date 04/12/2006
DMI Baseboard
vendor ASUSTeK Computer INC.
model A8N-SLI Premium
revision 1.02
serial 123456789000
DMI Processor
manufacturer AMD
model AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
clock speed 2200.0 MHz
FSB speed 200.0 MHz
multiplier 11.0x
DMI Memory Controller
correction 64-bit ECC
Max module size 1024 MBytes
Processors Information
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Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Codename Toledo
Specification AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
Package Socket 939
CPUID F.3.2
Extended CPUID F.23
Brand ID 5
Core Stepping JH-E6
Technology 90 nm
Core Speed 2211.5 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 11.0 x 201.0 MHz
HT Link speed 1005.2 MHz
Stock frequency 2200 MHz
Memory SPD
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DIMM # 2 banks
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 512 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3200 (200 MHz)
Display Adapters
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Display adapter 0
Manuf. API index 0
Display name \\.\DISPLAY1
Name ATI Radeon X1050
Memory size 256 MB
PCI device bus 1 (0x1), device 0 (0x0), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x1002 (0x174B)
Model ID 0x5B63 (0x3000)
Performance Level 0
Display adapter 1
Display name \\.\DISPLAY2
Name ATI Radeon X1050 Secondary
Memory size 256 MB
PCI device bus 1 (0x1), device 0 (0x0), function 1 (0x1)
Vendor ID 0x1002 (0x174B)
Model ID 0x5B73 (0x3001)
Performance Level 0
Chipset
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Northbridge NVIDIA nForce4 rev. A3
Southbridge NVIDIA nForce4 MCP rev. A3
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width x16
PCI-E Max Link Width x16
Memory Type DDR
Memory Size 1024 MBytes
Channels Dual
Memory Frequency 201.0 MHz (CPU/11)
Software
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Windows Version Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3
(Build 2600)
DirectX Version 9.0c
Any help is appreciated.
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Quote:Originally Posted by je_saist
Not. Happening.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Silverado
Long animations probably means low DPA attacks. I'm suspecting it's gonna suck almost as much as Dual Pistols.Quote:Originally Posted by Kioshi
As Silver and others said... Longish animations on all attacks shown, if it stays that way Energy Melee will have nothing to complain with 'only' ET and TF being long lol.
Basing all that pessimism entirely on a 40 second video clip, or do you actually know what powers 1-9 will look like when this goes live?.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Sigium
I love how people so previously adamant about raising the level cap are now clamoring that this is some sort of divine work.
Yes, if you want to train for your 2nd and 3rd degree black belt, it's still a black belt, but it's still much stronger. You're still more powerful, and to delude yourself would be asinine.
I won't be surprised if the devs will introduce new IOs for incarnates. A Level 10 Incarnate will become the new 50.
You can call this whatever you'd like, but it is raising the level cap. And you know what? I like it. A great deal.
The only way this WOULDN'T be raising the level cap would be to have powers no stronger than we already have, having the Hero/Villain doing no more damage than before, etc etc... Basically, giving them a few more power choices and nothing else.
But then again, this is all just speculation, I confess. I'll have to wait and see for what incarnates really offer. Pure speculation, muddled by the manipulation of a speculative opinion. Nothing more.
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All this looks great, can't wait.
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Welcome back!
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Quote:You sir are not a reason I would want to come to your server, which is odd because I remember you used to be friendly, lately at times quite frankly you act like a real tool to your fellow players, not always, but in the past you were not like that as I recall.Quote:Originally Posted by CrushingAbyss
Still, it is good to BS with all the other friendly, helpful people on Champion and if BMT of Champion isn't the place for it, there needs to be a place. I suppose Champions United is the designated area?Quote:Originally Posted by Cobalt_Azurean
Yes, amongst other places.
I remember you and the people supporting your view who are in your bmt channel, being generally inviting and friendly, at times that's been replaced with snarky and overbearing corrections to players.
And yet you all tell every new visitor to join your channel, lol.
Maybe you should stop recommending your channel to newcomers, in the event they ask about a set bonus, or some other random act of game fun.
If you can't have friendly game chatter sometimes on supposedly your main channel, I guarantee you'll get better treatment on Virtue and Freedom's main global channels from my experience.
Your servers population's been shrinking, so maybe others already figured that out.
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Don't go!!!!
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Quote:Unless overkill is your thing.Originally Posted by Finduilas
Taking Conserve Power is fine as a prereq to Physical Perfection, you don't need two.
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Some great entries!
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Quote:Originally Posted by Silas
something something BMT fascism, something something taking my ball and going home
lol it must be a common theme on your server, I was on an alt last month and got quieted when someone asked about a set bonus and I knew the answer.
I do have to say I've got all the main GC's on my main servers and the level of mod'ing on your channel is in a class by itself.
But for the most part the channel seems pretty friendly for the past year I've had it, though on some nights the mod'ing is way over the top, given you all tell newbs they should hook up with BMT when they come to this server.
Just saying that from an outsiders perspective that can be pretty off putting for someone testing out your server, and I hail mostly from freedom/virtue, so that's saying something.
Friendliness and common sense are more likely to keep visitors from leaving your server, which has lost population the past couple years, just a thought.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Clouded
rather than debating their points.
"Points", what points?
The heavy handed response to players using AE for normal leveling, not exploits, threw a wet blanket on most of the enthusiasm over the feature, which led to subscribers loosing interest after re-subbing and empty AE buildings.
And that's thought of as a success by the likes of MB and most of the FC types, who beat the hell out of the topic when it was fresh.
They're not good for an mmo because they're a minority who cannot play as they wish, they must also try and force their preferences on others by demonising another players choices.
Have a level 50 that hasn't left AE from 1-50 and you want to reference it on these boards, lol god be with you.
The number of threads over the years where subscribers have been harangued and belittled by a lot of the forum cartel types on this topic would fill the library of congress.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Obsidius
Ad hominem. Attacking the person instead of debating the point. Logical fallacy.
/Sticking with my forum pals, AE buildings are not empty./
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Quote:Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
If you're thinking of the swarm of people waiting for AE farms, those got (fortunately) nerfed, so people aren't clustered around the Atlas AE building
Yes Bill, your enthusiasm for the AE leveling amputations have turned out swimingly, with most of the returning players ( = money) packing up and leaving again, and all those neat AE buildings now as comfortably vacant as the arenas.
Not to mention all those wonderful arcs no one is playing, yay.
Leveling 'purists' like Bill are bad for mmos, because they revel in the greedy xp seeking types getting turned away by some stringent policy not against exploits, but just regular leveling.
Thing is those like minded are usually a very vocal, but small part of the population that subscribes to the game.
But they truly believe you can only learn how to play the game the "right way" (a definition to be determined by the likes of Bill and others) by taking the full two years to grind from 1-50.
And kudos if it takes you longer then 3 years, because you've become a well of knowledge on hitting Space Bar - left click - A W D S.
Now go to one of any empty AE building and reward yourself by running Bills arc, but be sure to turn off your xp and run it on extreme, k.
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One of the most quickly annoying catch phrases in recent memory, but good for the Aints fans it's been awhile.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Ice_Wall
I've noticed Dev chatter seems to have slowed the last couple days.
They're obviously working feverishly, but I would speculate that some of the quietness over the past couple of months is due to the "big announcement" over the lead Design change.
I'd surmise that Matt Miller was not meeting managements expectations, and due to stress and health didn't think he could, despite the PR spin that there was no demotion.
Personally I think the i13/i14 debacle, the ridiculous over the top AE leveling response, and the woefully enept job Marking has been allowed to do for multiple years now, are all signs of poor overall leadership.
My guess is the brass has given management level ultimatums after reviewing last Quarters subscription numbers and the project status of Going Rogue and or i17.
And I'm sure the stress has turned into frustration for many of the dept leads, just look at BaBs a few weeks ago.
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