Schismatrix

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane View Post
    Probably could have got them in half the time if I was really trying. It's easy, especially if you know how to play and don't waste time on floundering trial teams or FaiLambda.
    *heh* Like i said in my previous post...
    Maybe i don't know the right people to team with (on two different servers, at more or less random times as the whim takes me), but out of the dozens of iTrials i've been on three have failed. Two of those were BAF. Out of the two trials i actually like Lambda more, but then i run the trials to have fun.

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    Because until then, provided obtaining the next 4 or 5 slots are somehow tied to Keyes Island, I have no reason to touch Keyes Island.
    i get the impression from this thread you don't do anything in game because you think the activity is fun or challenging in itself, it's all to gain more shinies. Which is a perfectly valid reason/way to play, it's just one i personally have great difficulty understanding.

    Then again i sometimes spend a while toying with grey con mobs using various powers simply to see what sort interesting behaviors i can induce in the game's AI and physics engine. i'll also amuse myself fighting regular mobs in ways that are very inefficient in terms of time to defeat for the same reason. i imagine that's almost as incomprehensible to you.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Freitag View Post
    >.>
    <.<

    ~Freitag
    Riiiight... Like i didn't see a Jade Spider named NCsoft_Freitag ambling through Atlas Park on Champion a couple nights ago...
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane View Post
    Well I can only speak for myself, but I never found it hard unlocking both sides of the tree while only doing one of the trials.
    Wait, what?
    To unlock all four slots doing only one of the two currently live trials you'd have to get all the iXP for two of the slots by spending inf and threads. That's... not terribly efficient. OTOH it is very J_B.
  4. My 50 PB had been in semi-retirement for a while and it was only in the last couple of weeks that i started playing her again. One of the first things i noticed was that Photon Seekers have become very aggressive now. As in if there's an enemy attacking me or within about 40' or so when i launch them they usually streak towards the enemy and detonate so quickly i barely have time to see them. Previously (last year?) when i released them they'd usually wander around near me for a while going "derp derp derp" unless i was within 10' or so of an enemy. Even when they headed towards an enemy after following me around for a few seconds it would usually be a dash toawrds the enemy with a pause for a second or two as if they were asking themselves, "Do I really want to do this?"

    Since i'd only been playing lower level PBs for a while i have no idea when this buff happened. Does anyone else know?
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    Without time elapsed info, number of shards info is useless.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Sailboat View Post
    Bearing that in mind, it might behoove you to first have a thread discussing what data fields you should be capturing to return statistically useful results.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ura Hero View Post
    Also without specific kill info the number of shards is useless.
    It's like saying "I got 30 shards street hunting in Peregrine Island! PI is the best shard hunting area in the game!"
    "How many enemies did you defeat?"
    "Dunno. A whole bunch."
    "How long did you spend hunting?"
    "Uh, more than an hour and less than a year."
    "..."
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by White Hot Flash View Post
    The best reply you heard was the only one that agreed with you....

    Why'd you even bother to ask?
    Well, obviously anyone who doesn't totally agree with him is an unthinking, conformist, ignorant fool. After all, only people who totally agree with him show independent thought.
    <.<
    >.>
    ^.^
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by JImmyTwoTimes View Post
    This game is one of the easiest games to group in. Attitudes are what kills communities. Be pragmatic, a few wipes, in coh, are not a big deal.
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    Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim View Post
    Do you also understand that Mondo is trolling the living crap out of you?
    Nalrok explains it all.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rubberlad View Post
    When you play something more that your average mission, do you prefer single instanced trials with multiple goals or taskforces with chained together instances and mission objectives?

    Or do you not see a difference between either?
    "And" not "or" for me.

    There are differences, but they're not relevant to my enjoyment.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Largo View Post
    I just want to thank the devs who left the Hive on Guardian, instead of staying and making a total mess of a Hamidon Raid.

    They enter and chatted a bit, and we responded with how uncool it was for them to interfere with a hami raid and they obliged and left. We then completed it successfully.

    Again, thanks for being considerate of those attempting this trial on Guardian.
    Uh, what?
    Unless you're using some weirdly precise and specific strategy anyone should be able to participate without "making making a total mess of a Hamidon raid".
    Do you really mean that you intended it to be a friends-only private event in a public zone and telling them they would make a mess of it was a way of shaming them into leaving?
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man View Post
    It was a bug. Rebirth was picking up healing bonuses from inventions and other powers when it shouldn't have. All they did was make it work exactly the way they told us it worked.
    The nerve of them!
    How dare they fix powers to work as advertised!
  11. Quote:
    Travel Temps, Costume Powers and MTX Powers are restored for use in Incarnate Trials.
    Uhm, what's an MTX Power?

    Lots of nice fixes in this patch. Also, i think it's better to release a buggy fix than to leave Nuketrops broken. Admittedly i am slightly sad that i never got any alts with Caltrops Incarnated out with Reactive before the expected fix appeared.
  12. Schismatrix

    Coincidence?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arbiter_Shade View Post
    I am saddened that people do not recognize the glory of the Imperium of Man! Heretics!
    *meh*
    Recognize, yes. Care, no.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by flipside View Post
    Just wanting to repost my question here. Can anyone confirm or deny these for me?
    i don't have the link handy, but shard drops are on a per-critter basis, and every time a critter is defeated everyone who is eligible for a shard gets a roll. If all the members of a team have the alpha slot unlocked they could all get a shard from a single critter defeat. Like many other drops higher critter rank increases the odds of getting a drop.
  14. Have been sick the last several days so i was sleeping for a while. Then i made myself some dinner and played CoH for a while after scanning the news for anything that suggested actual Judgment-ish events had occurred anywhere. Unsurprisingly there was nothing.
  15. Schismatrix

    Lusca

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Flitz View Post
    Poor old Lusca.

    [old man mode]
    Kids these days got it too good. Back in my day, it took three full teams to take down the squid. And you'd still end up with two and half levels of debt. Now any old team of silly names can take it down with no faceplants and without even using insps.
    [/old man mode]
    Actually, i don't recall exactly when it was (other than that it was before the invention system was added), but i was on a team of 5 that decided to take down Lusca since she was near the mission door we had exited. It took a while, but we didn't have any team wipes. i don't recall the exact team composition anymore, but i'm pretty sure i was on my D3 and there was at least one Blaster and Tanker on the team. i think one of the others was Radiation Emission, but i can't say that with any certainty. i just remember being surprised at how easily she was defeated by a team of 5 heroes in the mid to late twenties level range.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Desi_Nova View Post
    Uhh not really, since both are owned by Disney
    i meant if a Muppet-ish dimension was added to CoX.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man View Post
    ... *headdesk* >_<

    /thread
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Goliath Bird Eater View Post
    Four words:

    EVERYONE IS A MUPPET.
    With great power comes...

    ...great copyright violation!
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    Knowing is half the battle?
    The other half is tapping into Charlie Sheen's logic engine.

    Be warned, lingering effects of doing so may include migraines, constantly assuming (which really annoys ming), and making baseless assertions long after you've already had why they're baseless explained to you.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    You may HEAR what I'm saying, but clearly you don't understand it. Ten runs is MEANINGLESS to judge randomness.
    Eh, you might think that with all your edumacations and understanding of basic statistics (we're talking high school level stuff here, not college level) and your readin' comprehensions and all that guff, but he KNOWS the answer in his heart and soul, which overrides and invalidates complimicated stuff like basic mathematics, testing, and basic logical principles. When you KNOW something even the person who created the thing in question is less informed of the TRUTH than you. Evidence and reason is trumped, nay, invalidated, by KNOWING.

    KNOWING.

    So there.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Makai_No_Falco View Post
    Serious answer: block him, because anyone who thinks that's funny isn't someone I want knowing my personal business.

    Joke answer: post about how you're converting to Judaism and tease him that there ain't a damn thing he can do about it.
    i'd go with this one, but probably do it in reverse order.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by JAG-01 View Post
    I know this is coming in a little late, but...
    <awesome pic omitted>
    Priceless.
    Agreed. What arc is that dialogue from? i don't think i've ever run that one.
  23. i used to have a zombiefied looking Corruptor named "meat gone bad" on Freedom that i deleted to make space for a more serious alt. So that name is available.
  24. It started off fairly promising, and i thought it was going pretty well all things considered until people started bailing after one partial wipe.

    i'll try to make the next one. i'll probably bring a more buff/debuff focused alt. Probably a Rad or Dark.
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by VoodooGirl View Post
    So what do you do when you're being followed by "Ghost Hitler" on Twitter?
    Contact Good Hitler and Space Hitler. Then arrange a cage match.