Sharker_Quint

please don't get this wrong but we all know what will happen if the powers that everyone want's don't come out with the "going rogue" expansion. i to would like to see DP and new MM set. i'm just not going to get all worked up incase they don't come out right away.

the signature characters can not be used to assume what we will/won't be getting. and until a dev posts that the powers will be comming and when, we can not go around spouting rumors that the powers are being added to the game.

im going to ask this then. how would you interact with them?

how would you know that the person or event you were waiting for is there/started?

would it place you in another screen so you can't see anything else?

how would you get the character to perform these functions?

what would be the rewards for doing these side games?

how would they tie into the current game?

these are just some of the questions that must be considered and i'm sure more will pop up.

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Dual pistols is being added because people have wanted it for a long time.

Demon summoning because masterminds need more primaries, and it seems like a good, classic feeling one.

There might be more truly new melee sets at some point, but melee players have received a ton of attention in the last few issues (dual blades, willpower, and shield defense all were added, plus there was proliferation). So the ranged people could use some love. I suspect next will be a new control set after that.

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did i miss somewhere where it was said that these powers are being added?. i haven't seen any posts about it other then the many many dp and mm threads asking for it.

Can i change mine to the Christian Bale rant?

thats funny because i run vista and haven't had any problems with vent. in fact it works juts as well as when i was running xp before i bought my new comp in feb '08.

if you use the debuffs and +damage powers your corr will perform the way it should. they don't need anymore damage.

i find the left alt key works fine for me. my movement is done with the w,a,s,d keys and my mouse for steering/power clicking.

/unsigned. we already have enough people still whinning about not being able to find teams and we don't need anymore. adn i agree that i would rather see the devs working on main content then side games.

depending on which side your playing, go to Kings Row on hero side, or to Port Oakes on villian side. you will have to do radio missions usually on hero side if you haven't been given a contact yet or paper missions on villian side to get a contact.

temperature protection is a good place to have 3 slots. you can put in the whole steadfast set there. you can also grab a karma: kb io and put it in combat jumping thus bringin your kb protection up to 8 points.

/100% completely signed to power supression at the markets. i cant say how many times i've lost small fortunes due to peeps commin up to the bm with shadow fall and all their pets out.

sorry, sorry. my bad. i promise not to do it again unless i have proof. how about bre...nvmd same situation. lol.

lol, i thought it was one of powers' family again when i read it.

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This game lacks end-game content. Put an AE building in PI, Grandville, and the Rikti War Zone .

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i'm shocked that everyone missed the bolded part. where has the op been that he doesn't know that there already is an AE building in the RWZ? and /100% completely unsigned to this idea. for variously stated obvious reasons.

im definately in. if i can get my corr done for it i'll bring him. if not, well, i don't think i have to say who im bringing.

i could get into a 1 vs 1 bracket style format. it would get away from the 2 vs 2 or ffa thats been going on. all in all sounds fun to me.

true, but at least he would only have to ban himself for using them.

if you want a bug free game, g oplay some board games. or PnP games even. those are completely bug free and you can make your own rules as you see fit. of course you WILL be playing those board games and PnP games alone because those do have rules that can NOT be changed and peeps won't play with youe rules that will change every 30 secs or so.

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This would be no different than double xp weekend, where they advertise it to get new players back anyways.

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this is the statement that you shot yourslef in the foot with. if they are new players, they haven't even played the game yet. and i am /unsigned to the idea. there is no need for this in game at all. leveling is easy enough.

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Never played there toon but fought them many times in missions. Even added them as help in AE mishs before. and what do you know. 500 times better.

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im going to pull your head out of your rear for a minuet and shove your foot in your mouth for you brew. the devs toons that you play against in missions or in the AE are ramped up. go to test and try to arena one and youll see that there really is no difference between their toons and ours. they test the game the same way we do, play the game the same way we do, hell, they even team with us on test. now i'm going to pull your foot out so i can put your head back where i found it..... in your rear end.

whta part didn't you read about how inconsistant the data would be to even try to think of this idea? there is no way the Dev's would ever do this. in any way shape or form. there is no punishment being doled out at all. you chose your server and if you can't find teams or can't make them yourself then TRANSFER to another server.

1. villians can not call from the first time you go to the contact.

2. ouroboros portal and sg base teleporters.

3. you can have the same name on different servers. if your talking about cross faction tf's there is the lady grey tf in the rwz and the imperious tf in cimerora.

4. villians don't have access to the shadow shard. they should have it though.

5 & 6. i dont know. maybe at some point but not yet. actually. #6: you can buy raptor packs in fbzs on hero side and in grandville villian side.

please use the search feature as many of the things you have suggesterd are already discussed. but interesting on some of the ideas.

yeah, i figure its going to turn into one of those though. might as well be proactive about it now.

since no one else wanted to i will:

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It's called a search. Use it. You'd find this, many times:

Why server consolidation is not a good idea.

Welcome to the forum. You have posted one of the oft repeated suggestions, "Consolidate the servers."

First, my stock answer, one which I stand by and repeat with all due fervor. HELL NO.
Second, a tip on searching.
1. Click on "Search" up at the top of the forum.
2. On the left, under "Forum(s) to search," select "Suggestions and ideas."
3. On the right, Keyword Search Terms. This is probably where your problem was if you did search. Try the following, exactly as typed:

+server -pvp -"re: "

This will search for anything with "Server" in the title, including Servers, Combine Servers, Consolidate Servers, and The Server At Mcdonalds Is Rude. it will eliminate "PVP," so you won't see PVP server requests, and the -re: portion of it removes replies, so you'll see the root of every thread that comes up, letting you see just how many threads there are on this. (The last helps for other subjects, as well.)

4. Click the "In subject" radio button. This is a search, not a cute blonde in a bikini. Here, you want to ignore the body.

5. Leave Username Search blank.

6. Date range, Newer Than, change the 1 to a 3, and the time to Months.

7. Result format doesn't matter. Click on "Submit."

As I try this now, (12/3/08,) we have:
Consolidate Server
Server Stats RSS Feed
$server modifier ofr chat
Fix the forum server
Earlyissue server
Merging low population server
Combine slow server
Server status
Global chat on the Character and Server Screens
Rated M server
Add Ponies, Nerf Vills, merge Servers, PistolMelee
Server Visiting
Display Central Time on Server Status Page

Ignoring the smartalec reply, that's three full discussions about this topic.

You should have read one of them if (inevitably) something similar comes up in your search.

Now, on to the topic at hand....

Why server consolidation is not a good idea.

1. Just because YOU like living in New York City doesn't mean I can't like Kansas.

Yay, you love having huge lag spikes as you get near the black market/wentworths and a busy broadcast. Congrats. Enjoy Freedom. Some of us - many of which you will get replies from with this subject - like *low population* servers. If we *wanted* to be on Freedom, we'd *be* on Freedom.

I have characters on Freedom. I rarely play them (and actually moved a character OFF of Freedom to finish leveling it to 50) because *I DON'T LIKE FREEDOM.* I dislike the banality of broadcast, the high percentage of *horrid* teams I've come across there, the lag around any gathering point- and I've got a decent connection and system. For much the same reason, I typically startin Galaxy City instead of Atlas Park - I don't *want* to log in to a costume contest with several 50s spamming powers and nonsense arguments in broadcast.

Some of us *like* nice, quiet servers.

2, Kansas, part 2.

In addition, servers have their own personalities. No, I don't mean that literally, there's no AI to worry about if you start hearing "Daisy, Daisy" over your speakers or headset. Freedom's a crowded mess. Virtue is the RP server. Pinnacle is the "Drunk" server. Others have specific communities, such as those from Australia/NZ, Europe, etc.

3. "I only saw one other person. World of Conancraft has eleventy billion!"

So what?

We don't run around camping spawn points in this game. People are in missions. People are spread across many zones. Search on a map or do a /whoall and you'll miss those in missions, as well as those who are, for whatever reason, on /hide. Your "search" there didn't give you a full picture, not in the least.

4. "I put up my LFT flag and nothing happened!"

Learn to search. Don't just wait. Form a team yourself.

5. "I AM SPARTACUS!" No, not any more.

Remember logging in and seeing all those slots? Everyone has those - some buy more than the base 12, you get an extra one each year, you could have a total of 36 on any server. Everyone does. Every one has a character with a unique name. Maybe not a *good* name, but a unique one. Every one has a character with a unique name. Maybe not a *good* name, but a unique one.

Now merge servers. Suddenly, CoolBlasterDude from server 1 is getting merged with CoolBlasterDude from Server 2. Who gets to keep their name? Nobody has been able to answer this with any degree of satisfaction. Add a number? But I am NOT CoolBlasterGuy1. And what if the name's too long? Does the older character keep it? What if they're not as active?

People are *VERY* attached to their names. They are, quite obviously, part of their character.

6. "This Is SPARTA!" Sorry, Sparta exists already. You are GenericSG 8734 287 9798.

What else has a name? Supergroups. And I can *guarandamntee* that the same name is in use on multiple servers. Sometimes it's 'branches' of the same SG, sometimes it's coincidence. But with *everything* involved in an SG - from its identity and reputation on the server, to everything stored in the database about what it owns, what its base is like and such, this would be a disaster in the making. And no, auto merging them when the servers merge, even if they have room to, is not an option.

This, of course, assumes that they *CAN* move supergroups as a unit. More than likely, it'd just be a mass character move, with bases, prestige, anything stored in bases and all SG affiliations just gone forever.

7. "I am... where'd Spartacus go?"

Remember all those slots? Well, you start with 1/3 of the available ones. You can buy up to 36 total (24 on top of the ones you get initially.) Now, what do you suppose would happen if you merged two servers, and someone has, say, 20 characters on each? Not unusual. In fact, before those extra slots, I had *filled up* several servers. Do those characters just disappear? Do they move? Free move to another server sounds great, right... well, except you now kick them from their supergroup, remove them from their friends lists and more. This makes for angry and unhappy customers. Or rather, ex customers.

8. I will play where I damn well want to. And you can too.

And that should be blunt enough. If I want a crowded server, I'll go to Freedom. If I want an RP server, I'll go to Virtue. I do NOT want to be shoved onto another server I *don't* like. If I wanted to go there, *I'd be there.*

If the server you're on isn't "busy" enough for you, you have two options that won't bother anyone else.
(A) If it's low enough, reroll. You have a ton of character slots for a reason.
(B) If you don't want to reroll, server transfers are available, and relatively cheap. They also finish fast - you should be up and running and being spammed to join someone's SG on the new server in a few minutes, in most instances. So YOU can go to the server of YOUR choice without screwing ME over.

9. DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Last but not least (at least until better points come along to be added,) server consolidation is widely viewed in the industry as an MMO going on life support. No, we don't have WoWs numbers (and you should actually pay attention to when and how they got those.) They're an abberation in the MMO industry. COH has had and does have a very successful, sustainable population even at its lowest points, so there's no economic need to combine anything. The flip side of that, of course, has been suggested above - you crowd people together, break up their SGs and friends lists, cause characters to go missing and poeple definitely *will* quit, both out of annoyance and a sense of "The game is almost dead!"

In conclusion....

As stated before, when it comes to server consolidation... HELL NO.

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